Chinese
Syangcheu Mara
샹츠마라 Mala is the numbing-and-spicy Sichuan seasoning behind the soup here; the posts do not explain the word Syangcheu.
Compiled from 2 blog posts read in fullSources →
A malatang shop on the second floor of a building on Cheonggyecheon-ro near Jonggak. You fill a bowl at a self-serve bar, pay by weight, and pick spice and numbing levels separately. We read 2 posts from July to September 2026, and both writers ate there. Both say they paid their own way, though they cover the same points in a similar order.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 종로구 청계천로 73, 지상2층 (관철동)73 Cheonggyecheon-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul
- Typical spend₩1,900 only 1 of 4 dishes carries a price
- Floor areaFloor area 232 m² · Status In business
What sets it apart
- Both posts say the room is large. One lists group tables, solo seats and two-tops; the other calls it unusually big for a malatang shop and suited to groups.
- Both posts call it clean. One points specifically to the self-serve bar, and adds that the sauce bar has popular online sauce recipes posted beside it.
What 2 bloggers said
malatang
Roomy
We read all 2 in full. The most common claims are “Roomy” (2) and “Clean” (2).
What they liked
Things you can check on site
- Lift to the floor 1 of 2 posts
- Seats to sit and eat 1 of 2 posts
- Review event 1 of 2 posts
- Discount offered 1 of 2 posts
- Beer served 1 of 2 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Who came, and with whom
- With a friend 1 of 2 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
| Lift to the floor | 1 of 2 posts |
|---|
No post states the floor from experience. One writer took the elevator up; the address lists the second floor.
We don't know about steps at the door or wheelchair and stroller access. Beyond one mention of an elevator, nobody wrote about it.
We don't know where the restroom is or whether it is split by gender. Nobody mentioned it.
No one mentioned: Second floor · In a basement · Ramp at the door · Step at the entrance · Step-free access · Toilet inside · 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 2 posts
When the posts appeared
Month by month
| Month | Posts |
|---|---|
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
What we do not know
- Only one post talks about heat: at level 1.5 it felt milder than the menu's Shin Ramyun comparison suggested.
- The three-minute walk from Jonggak Station exit 4 appears only alongside one post's copied info block, not as an account of getting there.
- We don't know about waits. Neither post mentions one, which means nobody wrote about it, not that there is none.
- Only one post says who they went with (a friend). There is nothing from solo diners or families.
- Hours come from a single copied listing: 11:00-22:30 on weekdays, 11:30-22:00 on weekends, last order an hour before closing. No second post confirms them.
- We don't know what a meal costs. Malatang is priced by weight and the guobaorou was bought during a discount, but neither post gives an amount. The only price written down is 1,900 won for soju or beer.
- The phone number 02-2038-8547 comes from one post's copied listing. Nobody says whether the shop takes reservations.
Sources (2)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- [종각]종각 마라탕 맛집 내돈내산, 샹츠마라 종로점에 가보자 2026-09-29 · 도요새의 제법 부지런한 일상 · via Daum
- 종로 마라탕 맛집 샹츠마라 내돈내산(셀프바부터 다름) 2026-07-21 · 몰입러 분마리 ( •̀ ω •́ )✧ · via Daum
Of 364 candidate posts we opened 10 and kept 2 as evidence. We have not seen them all yet; another pass would add more.