Soup and riceKorean
Yeongdong Olbaengijip
영동올뱅이집 Olbaengi is the Chungcheong-dialect word for daseulgi, a small freshwater snail, and Yeongdong is a county in North Chungcheong; one post notes the owner comes from Yeongdong.
Compiled from 12 blog posts read in fullSources →
A daseulgi (freshwater snail) restaurant on the ground floor at Gaepo-ro 22-gil 16 in Gangnam. The core dish is olbaengi gukbap: snails in a mild doenjang broth with cabbage and dried radish greens, rice served separately, 10,000 won for a regular and 12,000 won for a large that only adds more snails. Sujebi, kalguksu, a rice bowl, a pancake, a seasoned snail salad and a hot pot round out the menu. Four side dishes come with the meal, and sikhye arrives at the end. We read 20 posts from May 2025 to October 2026: 17 describe a visit, 2 are introductions without a visit, and 1 was about another restaurant and was set aside.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 강남구 개포로22길 16 (개포동,지상1층)16 Gaepo-ro 22-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
- Phone02-572-3731
- Typical spend₩6,000 – ₩50,000
- Floor areaFloor area 140 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 6 posts: 5 wrote Daily 09:00–21:00.
| Daily | 09:00–21:00 | 5 of 6 posts |
|---|---|---|
| Break | 16:00–17:00 | 5 of 5 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
- Sikhye comes out as the meal winds down. Six posts say it is brought free of charge, one describing the owner carrying over a full bowl. One writer first mistook it for scorched-rice tea.
- The four side dishes (fish-cake stir-fry, kimchi, anchovies, pickled garlic) are the same in every post, and three posts say they got more. One refilled several times; another helped themselves to extra.
- Three posts call the prices reasonable, one adding 'for Gangnam'; none call them expensive. The regular soup, sujebi and kalguksu were 10,000 won in both September 2025 and October 2026.
- Two posts say the rice is served generously. Four note that the large differs only in the amount of snails, one putting it at double the regular.
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- Three posts call it tidy. One mentions wooden tables with comfortable spacing and sun through the windows at midday; another says it is small but unpretentious.
What 12 bloggers said
olbaengi-gukbap
Clean
We read all 12 in full. The most common claims are “Clean” (3) and “Not expensive” (3).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Things you can check on site
- Complimentary tea or drink 6 of 12 posts
- Free refills 3 of 12 posts
- Toilet inside 1 of 12 posts
- Large windows 1 of 12 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Parking
2 posts say you can park. None say you cannot.
| Posts saying you can park | 2 of 12 posts |
|---|
Six posts mention parking, two from experience: one parked on the street out front at lunch and found someone from the restaurant managing it; the other says there are a few spots in front. The rest repeat the listing text about spaces in front and beside the shop and street parking from 12 to 2 and 6 to 8, which we did not count.
Who came, and with whom
- With a friend 3 of 12 posts
- Group visit 2 of 12 posts
- Date 1 of 12 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.
Getting inside
| In a basement | yes 0 · no 1 (of 12 posts read) |
|---|---|
| Toilet inside | 1 of 12 posts |
No one described a step at the door or getting in with a wheelchair or stroller; one post copied the listing's 'wheelchair-accessible entrance.' That means unknown, not absent. One post describes the shop as on the ground floor of its building.
One post says the restroom is inside the restaurant. Separate men's and women's restrooms appear only in copied listing text.
No one mentioned: Second floor · Lift to the floor · 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 themselves2 of 12 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way10 of 12 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 14 posts we gathered, 2 went up on a single day right after a TV spot and show no sign of a visit. They retell the broadcast, so we left them out of the counts.
We do not discard them. That a TV spot produced a burst of posts is itself something worth knowing about a place, and a star rating will not show it.
When the posts appeared
Month by month
| Month | Posts |
|---|---|
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 2 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 1 |
What we do not know
- One post says there can be a walk-in wait at lunch but turnover is fast; another only says you can avoid waiting outside lunchtime. No post gives a waiting time.
- No visiting post explains how they got there by subway or bus; they only place it near Yangjae station and Citizens' Forest, the Gugak high school, or an alley by a KB bank. A walking time from Maebong station comes from an unvisited introduction and was not counted.
- Five visiting posts give the same hours, daily 9am to 9pm with a 4 to 5pm break, all copied from the listing; one header shows 4pm to 9pm instead. One post ate there at 1pm on a Sunday.
- Only one post carries a full price list, and it was copied; the prices other posts give for the soups, pancake, rice bowl and snail salad agree with it.
- Four posts give the phone number 02-572-3731. On reservations, the only word is a copied 'no reservations'; no one says they tried booking by phone.
- One post dissents: the kalguksu was flatter than expected, some snails were gritty, the pancake unremarkable, and the visit disappointing. Another found the soup not especially distinctive but urged ordering the snail salad.
- A May 2025 introduction gives an address, phone, hours and closing day that contradict every other post; we treat it as fabricated and did not count it. An October 2026 post closely follows the wording of a May 2026 post and looks like a rewritten piece.
Sources (12)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 양재동 맛집 개포동 해장국 1등 추천 영동 올뱅이집 2026-10-14 · ekalcjswo1203
- 속이 편안한 다슬기 국밥 맛집, 강남 개포동 영동올뱅이집 2026-08-18 · 짜장 먹고 싶다
- 개포동맛집 영동올뱅이집｜구수한 올뱅이국밥과 바삭한 올뱅이전.... 2026-06-07 · like-impiglet
- 강남 도곡동 직장인 맛집 영동올뱅이! 다슬기요리 전문점 내돈내산 .... 2026-05-22 · 해피쏭의 놀멍쉬멍
- 개포동맛집 :: 영동올뱅이집 다슬기해장국집 2026-05-12 · 호빵언니의 결혼준비♡
- [개포] 너만믿고 술마신다. 간회복에 좋다는 올뱅이(다슬기)맛집 "영동올뱅이집" (내돈내산) 2026-04-05 · 우리맛찾기:D · via Daum
- 개포동 영동올뱅이집ㅣ올뱅이국밥 후기 2026-02-25 · 먹나의 오늘 뭐 먹나?!
- 꾸준이는 힘들어 그치만 해내야지! (10.21 ~ 10. 31) 2025-11-26 · ₊☆·₊˚౨ৎ˚₊☆·₊ · via Daum
- [영동올뱅이/양재시민의숲역 개포동 맛집]다슬기 비빔밥과 수제비 .... 2025-09-18 · 해피비와 전국맛집출장
- 양재 개포동 양재천 칼국수 다슬기 요리가 있는 영동 올뱅이집 솔직.... 2025-09-09 · 엉터리 렌즈
- 강남 개포동 올뱅이집, 시원한 올뱅이국으로 속까지 개운! 2025-08-31 · 워킹맘육아마녀
- [영동올뱅이집] 맛있는 올뱅이국밥과 건강한 맛 2025-07-01 · 태-래블러 | 맛보고 읽고 여행하다
We opened all 389 candidate posts and kept 12 as evidence.