BarKorean
Refine
리파인 을지로명동점 Ripain Euljiro Myeongdong-jeom Refine is simply the English word, used as the chain's name; Euljiro-Myeongdong-jeom marks this as its branch between Euljiro and Myeongdong on the Cheonggyecheon.
Compiled from 20 blog posts read in fullSources →
A fusion Korean dining bar on the second floor of 67 Cheonggyecheon-ro, looking down on the stream. People come for cream sujebi, scallop rosé pasta, grilled blood sausage, scallop-and-cabbage and aged short rib, paired with traditional liquors or highballs; at dinner everyone must order at least one drink. Most dishes run from the high teens to the twenties in thousands of won, and since August 2026 the short rib comes as a 64,800-won set for two or three. We read 30 posts from January 2025 to October 2026; 21 record an actual meal here. Six were about other branches (Sadang, The Botanic Hotel Myeongdong) or only shared the name, and we set them aside.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 종로구 청계천로 67, 종로1번가오피스텔 지상2층 204, 205, 206호 (관철동)67 Cheonggyecheon-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul
- Phone0507-1408-1593
- Typical spend₩11,000 – ₩79,800
- From the station7 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 134 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 13 posts: 11 wrote Weekdays 11:00–23:00, 11 wrote Weekends 17:00–23:00.
| Weekdays | 11:00–23:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Weekends | 17:00–23:00 | |
| Break | Weekdays 14:30–17:00 | 10 of 10 posts |
| Last order | 22:00 | 7 of 7 posts |
Rows without a count: 11 of 13 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
- The window bar is the seat here: 14 of the 21 visits mention looking out over the Cheonggyecheon. A January 2025 post says window seats can only be booked through CatchTable, and an October 2026 post says the same thing.
- Ten posts booked ahead through CatchTable or Naver; one notes there was no deposit. No one wrote about queuing, and one weekday-lunch visitor found the room emptier than expected.
- Several groups held wedding-invitation dinners in the back room — eight people in October 2026, fifteen in December 2025. Six posts say there is a room; one says there isn't. The fifteen-person group noted it is curtained off rather than closed by a door, so noise carries.
- Four posts say a drink order is required at dinner; some met it with an alcohol-free highball or mulled wine. One September 2026 post adds that a main dish is required and tables are limited to 2 hours 20 minutes.
1 more
- Seven posts say it is close to the subway, three of them a five-minute walk from Jonggak Station exit 4. One gives the bus route: get off at Jongno 2-ga and walk in by the Olive Young alley.
What 20 bloggers said
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Returning customer
We read all 20 in full. The most common claims are “Returning customer” (4) and “Spicy” (3).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Where they disagree
| Large portions | yes 4 · no 2 |
|---|---|
| Expensive | yes 2 · no 2 |
Things you can check on site
- Large windows 14 of 20 posts
- Takes reservations 10 of 20 posts
- Reachable by transit 7 of 20 posts
- Private room 6 of 20 posts
- Lift to the floor 4 of 20 posts
- One drink per person required 4 of 20 posts
- Second floor 3 of 20 posts
- Self-order screen 2 of 20 posts
- Complimentary starter 1 of 20 posts
- A main dish is required on the first order 1 of 20 posts
- Time limit on the table 1 of 20 posts
- Free refills 1 of 20 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Who came, and with whom
- Date 6 of 20 posts
- With a friend 6 of 20 posts
- Group visit 2 of 20 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
Seven posts say it is close to the subway, three of them a five-minute walk from Jonggak Station exit 4. One gives the bus route: get off at Jongno 2-ga and walk in by the Olive Young alley.
Getting inside
| Second floor | 3 of 20 posts |
|---|---|
| Lift to the floor | 4 of 20 posts |
| Toilet inside | yes 0 · no 1 (of 20 posts read) |
It is upstairs on the second floor. Four posts took the lift, two of them adding that the stairs at the front of the building are quicker. A December 2025 post says you come up by an outside staircase.
No one described the entrance step or getting in with a wheelchair or stroller. A line saying the entrance and seats are wheelchair-accessible is copied from the Naver listing, so we did not count it. That means nobody wrote about it, not that there is no access.
One December 2025 post says the toilets are the building's, outside the restaurant. Separate men's and women's toilets appear only in copied listing text; no one wrote about seeing them.
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 20 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way17 of 20 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 23 posts we gathered, 3 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 |
|---|---|
| 2025-01 | 2 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 5 |
| 2026-09 | 3 |
| 2026-10 | 5 |
What we do not know
- Opinions on price split. Two posts, from December 2025 and May 2026, found it expensive — one questioned whether the short rib was worth it, another thought five pieces of blood sausage overpriced. Two posts from August and October 2026 called it reasonable or good value. One post puts a meal at about 20,000–23,000 won a head, and two say lunch prices are lower than dinner.
- The short rib's price changed. Posts from December 2025 and May 2026 list it at 49,800 won; from August 2026 it is a 64,800-won set for two or three, or 79,800 for three or four. A diner who went in June wrote that it was 49,000 then and seems bigger and pricier now.
- Portions split four to two. Four posts found them generous (five links of blood sausage, the octopus stew, the seafood stew); two found them small (the scallop-and-cabbage dish, and a May 2026 lunch post on value for money).
- Six posts were dates, six were outings with friends, and two were groups of eight and fifteen. No one came with children.
- Opening hours appear only as copied listing text. Twelve posts from December 2025 to October 2026 agree: weekdays 11:00–23:00 with a 14:30–17:00 break, weekends 17:00–23:00, last order 22:00. One January 2025 post alone gave 11:30–23:00 daily. No post mentions a closing day.
- Nine posts give the same phone number, 0507-1408-1593. Most booked through CatchTable or Naver; one May 2026 post says that on weekday lunches you can phone your order ahead and find it set out, after an earlier visit without pre-ordering took a long time.
- Fifteen posts from August to October 2026 repeat the same pitch — wedding-invitation dinners, blind dates, dates — and the same traditional-liquor tasting description in much the same order. None disclose sponsorship, so we counted them, but some may be commissioned.
Sources (20)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 을지로 데이트 다이닝바 분위기 좋은 리파인 명동을지로점 2026-10-18 · 하루하루만 행복하게 보내기 · via Daum
- [겨론5] 청모 내돈내산 리뷰💐(용산/광화문/을지로/성수/송파/방이/올공/부산) 2026-10-14 · 아무래도 무식한 오정이의 일기장 · via Daum
- 분위기 좋은 서울 다이닝바 리파인 을지로명동점 2026-10-12 · 나는 나만의 길을 간다
- 리파인 을지로명동점 : 종각역 을지로입구역 청모 소개팅 데이트 룸.... 2026-10-06 · 많이 많이 돌아댕기자
- [서울/을지로] 리파인 을지로명동점｜8인 프라이빗룸 청첩장모임 후기 2026-10-01 · 사는 기록 · via Daum
- [종각] 리파인 을지로명동점 ｜솔직후기 2026-09-13 · 맛있는 하루를 기록합니다
- 을지로 데이트 맛집 청계천 통창뷰 분위기 좋은 리파인 을지로명동.... 2026-09-12 · 깜고 식사기록장
- 을지로 데이트 서울 퓨전 한식 맛집 리파인 을지로명동점 메뉴 와인 전통주 2026-09-08 · 소소한 맛집 여행 기록 · via Daum
- 을지로데이트맛집 리파인 을지로명동점 다이닝바 추천 2026-08-25 · 수수 뷰티웨딩로그 · via Daum
- 퓨전 한식 요리주점 [리파인 을지로명동점] 청모, 소개팅, 데이트 장소로 딱 ! 2026-08-21 · 희카부의 빨간지도 · via Daum
- [을지로] 리파인 을지로명동점 캐치테이블 예약 방문 후기 | 피순대구이·관자알배추구이·닭목살구이... 2026-08-20 · 빙봉공쥬 일상 놀이 · via Daum
- 을지로 [리파인 을지로명동점] 기념일 데이트 퓨전 한식 맛집ㅣ레터링 이벤트와 전통주 시음까지 2026-08-06 · 오순도순 맛집로그 · via Daum
- 서울 다이닝바 청계천이 보이는 분위기 맛집 리파인 을지로명동점 2026-08-06 · 꿀로그
- 종각 술집 리파인 을지로명동점 서울 다이닝바 2026-05-30 · Om Namah Shivaya
- 종로 퓨전한식 | 청계천 앞 분위기좋은 퓨전한식 리파인 을지로명동.... 2026-05-18 · 냠냠쩝쩝 기록용
- [종각] 청계천 뷰, 한식 베이스 안주와 다양한 주종이 준비되어 있는.... 2026-04-16 · 신식다반사
- 을지로 데이트 리파인ㅣ소개팅 맛집 한식퓨전 다이닝바 2026-01-21 · 맛도리 우당탕log
- [맛집/종로구] 리파인 | 주류 무료 시음이 가능하다고? 종각 연말 모.... 2025-12-24 · 쩝쩝박사의 숨겨진 맛집을 찾아서
- 청계천맛집 ! 분위기 좋은 리파인 2025-01-31 · Choichoi
- 을지로 종로 데이트코스 추천, 청계천뷰 퓨전한식주점 리파인 2025-01-02 · 클로이님의 블로그
Of 327 candidate posts we opened 63 and kept 20 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.