Chinese
Sinlungpu Maratang Myeongdong-jeom
신룽푸마라탕 명동점 Malatang is a Sichuan-style numbing, spicy soup cooked from ingredients you pick yourself; the posts do not explain the brand name Sinlungpu.
Compiled from 26 blog posts read in fullSources →
A malatang shop on the second floor of a building on Myeongdong 7ga-gil, a short walk from Euljiro 1-ga Station exit 6. You fill a basket with ingredients, have it weighed at the counter, and choose soup, malaban, xiangguo or rosé xiangguo plus a spice level from 1 to 4 (posts give KRW 2,400 per 100 g for the soup and KRW 3,800 for xiangguo). Meat comes in KRW 3,500 packs of 100 g, and many diners added a mini guobaorou (KRW 10,000). Rice, pickled radish and sauces are free at a self-serve bar, and most posts mention scooping free three-flavour ice cream on the way out. We read 30 posts from April to October 2026; 2 turned out to be about the brand's Doota Mall branch in Dongdaemun, leaving 28 first-hand visits.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 중구 명동7가길 20 (을지로2가,2층)20 Myeongdong 7ga-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul
- Phone02-319-3808
- Typical spend₩2,000 – ₩20,000
- From the station18 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 104 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 16 posts: 15 wrote Daily 11:00–22:00.
| Daily | 11:00–22:00 | 15 of 16 posts |
|---|---|---|
| Last order | 21:20 | 12 of 12 posts |
Counted from what bloggers wrote in their posts; we did not confirm it with the restaurant. Where the values differ, it may be a change over time rather than a disagreement, so we show when each one was written.
What sets it apart
- Twenty posts called the place clean and said why: a neatly kept ingredient fridge, bowls and cups stored in a sterilising cabinet, almost none of the usual malatang smell, and staff cleaning throughout service. The posted hygiene-grade certificate is the shop's own claim and we did not count it.
- Fifteen posts said the room is large. Posts describe two- and four-person tables and six-person sofa booths, and one guessed at least 50 seats; several noted there was still room at busy weekday lunch and dinner times.
- Eighteen posts described walking from the station: most said one to three minutes from Euljiro 1-ga exit 6, two said five to ten, and several said Myeongdong Station is walkable too. Posts locate it in the building opposite, or next to, an Olive Young store.
- Most found it milder than expected. Level 2 (original) was the usual pick; five posts said it was mild, one even of level 3, while one said level 2 was fairly hot. Another compared level 3 to Teumsae Ramyun.
4 more
- Five posts described the mini guobaorou as crisp outside and chewy inside; one put it differently, praising chewiness over crunch. The mini is four pieces, and posts noted a mild sourness in the sauce.
- Five posts were solo meals, and several noted other solo diners; one said the pick-it-yourself, collect-when-called system means hardly talking to staff. Four went with friends or colleagues, four with a partner or husband, one with a mother.
- Seven posts came from return visitors: office workers who eat there alone often, someone who had their first malatang here, and one back after about four years. Four posts mention the stamp-card coupons covering the entrance wall or getting a stamp.
- No post called the food slow; four said it came quickly, two quoting about five minutes for the soup and one about ten for everything. One noted the guobaorou took a bit longer because it is fried to order.
What 26 bloggers said
maratang
Clean
We read all 26 in full. The most common claims are “Clean” (20) and “Roomy” (15).
What they liked
Things you can check on site
- Reachable by transit 18 of 26 posts
- Second floor 13 of 26 posts
- Seats to sit and eat 6 of 26 posts
- Coupon 4 of 26 posts
- Independent, not a chain saying it is not 3 of 26 posts
- Lift to the floor 3 of 26 posts
- Toilet inside 2 of 26 posts
- Foreign customers in the room 2 of 26 posts
- Cooked to order 1 of 26 posts
- Origin labelling posted 1 of 26 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Parking
1 posts say you cannot park. None say you can.
| Posts saying you cannot | 1 of 26 posts |
|---|
One post wrote from experience: they drove on a Saturday and parked at the Haeun Center public street lot, a six- to seven-minute walk, free at weekends. The 'no parking, use nearby public lots' line is copied in many posts, and one only guessed that there is no parking or booking.
Who came, and with whom
- Solo visit 5 of 26 posts
- Date 4 of 26 posts
- With a friend 4 of 26 posts
- Family visit 1 of 26 posts
- Came by car 1 of 26 posts
Where it is
We could not find this shop’s own listing on Naver Map, so the link searches for its Korean name around this spot instead.
From the station
Eighteen posts described walking from the station: most said one to three minutes from Euljiro 1-ga exit 6, two said five to ten, and several said Myeongdong Station is walkable too. Posts locate it in the building opposite, or next to, an Olive Young store.
Getting inside
| Second floor | 13 of 26 posts |
|---|---|
| Lift to the floor | 3 of 26 posts |
| Toilet inside | 2 of 26 posts |
The shop is on the building's second floor; thirteen posts mention going up, two of them by the stairs.
Nobody mentioned a basement; thirteen posts placed the shop on the second floor.
Three posts said the building has a lift.
No post said whether there is a step at the entrance or whether anyone got in with a wheelchair or pushchair; that is unknown, not absent.
Two posts said the toilet is inside the shop, and two mentioned mouthwash, hand soap and hand cream there. Nobody said whether it is split by gender.
No one mentioned: In a basement · Ramp at the door · Step at the entrance · Step-free access · Accessible toilet · Separate restrooms. That is not the same as there being none — it means we could not confirm it. Worth calling ahead, and do tell us: we will put it here.
How to read these posts
- Posts saying they paid themselves3 of 26 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way23 of 26 posts
When the posts appeared
Month by month
| Month | Posts |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 8 |
| 2026-09 | 10 |
| 2026-10 | 4 |
What we do not know
- This is a chain branch; three posts compared it with other branches, and the two posts we excluded were about the Doota Mall branch. The '10-year original' and 'first malatang in Myeongdong' lines are the brand's own claims, repeated by many posts, and we did not rely on them.
- Many posts repeat nearly identical lines about 'the 10-year original that started the mala boom' and a 'rich, nutty broth, not a light one'. None disclose sponsorship, but the wording looks like a shared brief, so we did not count these broth claims.
- The shop was refurbished at some point before July 2026: a July post relayed that it had been remodelled, and two August posts said it looked rebuilt and cleaner than before. Every post we read is from after the refurbishment.
- No post described queuing. One said they sat down quickly despite a busy weekday lunch, and another found it full at lunch. That means no one wrote about waiting, not that there is never a wait.
- Because it is priced by weight, bills vary: solo meals of KRW 10,000 (no meat), 18,600 (with lamb and a drink) and 24,800 (887 g plus lamb); pairs paid 24,000 and 30,500 (xiangguo with two meat packs). No post called it expensive and three said the price was fair. The 10% weekday-lunch office-worker discount and free can for a receipt review are relayed from the shop's signs and not counted.
- Opening hours: sixteen posts give 11:00-22:00 daily and twelve add a 21:20 last order, all in the form of copied listing data. No post mentions a closing day.
- The phone number 02-319-3808 is copied in many posts. Whether you can book is unknown; one post guessed not, and nobody checked.
Sources (26)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
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Of 307 candidate posts we opened 109 and kept 26 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.