HVANCH
환치 Hwanchi One post explains that hvanch is a Megrelian-style cheese bread or cheese pie from western Georgia.
Western · Jung-gu, 광희동1가
Compiled from 23 blog posts read in fullSources →
Hvanch is a Georgian restaurant on the Central Asian street by Dongdaemun History & Culture Park station, using the second and fourth floors of a building at Eulji-ro 44-gil 31. People order khinkali dumplings, cheese-and-egg khachapuri, chakhokhbili tomato stew and shashlik skewers, and eat with the plastic gloves laid at each seat. In posts from July 2026, khinkali are 4,000 won apiece (minimum three of a kind), khachapuri 13,000 won and chicken chakhokhbili 18,000 won. We read 30 posts dated November 2024 to October 2026; 23 of them record an actual meal, all from January 2026 on.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 중구 을지로44길 31, 2,3,4층 (광희동1가)31 Eulji-ro 44-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul
- Phone0507-1444-7323
- Typical spend₩4,000 – ₩36,000
- From the station6 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 234 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 8 posts: 8 wrote Weekdays 11:00–22:00, 7 wrote Weekends 12:00–23:00.
| Weekdays | 11:00–22:00 | 8 of 8 posts |
|---|---|---|
| Weekends | 12:00–23:00 | 7 of 8 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
- Khinkali come in threes of the same filling at minimum, as eight posts note. One couple wanted two beef-and-pork and two shrimp and had to switch to three shrimp; others suggest the mixed set if you want to try several. One family ordered the ten-piece mix for 36,000 won.
- It is an easy subway trip: six posts say it is close to Dongdaemun History & Culture Park station, about two minutes from exit 5 or five from exit 8. Nobody wrote about arriving by bus.
- You can book by phone (0507-1444-7323): six posts say so and four of them booked ahead. One says phone is the only way, and some note the foreign staff can be hard to follow on a call. One walk-in was told they could stay about two hours.
- Seven posts went with friends, three with family, one with a partner and one alone — that last writer says they have been about ten times, half of them solo. Several mention that if you tell staff it is a special occasion, they celebrate Georgian-style with chocolate and a wig.
1 more
- Five posts call the staff kind. Many note the staff are all foreign but get by in Korean, and several were shown how to eat khinkali at the table. One family felt plates were cleared so promptly it broke up the conversation.
What 23 bloggers said
khinkali
Friendly staff
We read all 23 in full. The most common claims are “Friendly staff” (5) and “Roomy” (5).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Where they disagree
| Had to wait | yes 3 · no 4 |
|---|---|
| Large portions | yes 3 · no 3 |
Things you can check on site
- Second floor 11 of 23 posts
- A minimum number of portions on the first order 9 of 23 posts
- Takes reservations 6 of 23 posts
- Reachable by transit 6 of 23 posts
- Wine served 4 of 23 posts
- Lift to the floor 4 of 23 posts
- Foreign customers in the room 3 of 23 posts
- Separate restrooms 2 of 23 posts
- Toilet inside 2 of 23 posts
- High chairs 2 of 23 posts
- Origin labelling posted 2 of 23 posts
- Large windows 1 of 23 posts
- Bag storage 1 of 23 posts
- Time limit on the table 1 of 23 posts
- Beer served 1 of 23 posts
- Air conditioned 1 of 23 posts
- Waiting area 1 of 23 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 23 posts |
|---|
Parking is unclear: one post says there is none and they came by subway, another found a lot that was crowded and tight. Several posts copy a 'no parking' line from the listing, which we did not count.
Who came, and with whom
- With a friend 7 of 23 posts
- Family visit 3 of 23 posts
- Group visit 2 of 23 posts
- Solo visit 1 of 23 posts
- Date 1 of 23 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
It is an easy subway trip: six posts say it is close to Dongdaemun History & Culture Park station, about two minutes from exit 5 or five from exit 8. Nobody wrote about arriving by bus.
Getting inside
| Second floor | 11 of 23 posts |
|---|---|
| Lift to the floor | 4 of 23 posts |
| Toilet inside | 2 of 23 posts |
| Separate restrooms | 2 of 23 posts |
The dining room starts upstairs: eleven posts describe going up to the second floor. The entrance is a small door beside a ground-floor grocery, and several people nearly walked past it. Four posts mention an elevator; one found the stairs steep. One post says the second and fourth floors are dining rooms with the kitchen on the third, and one family was seated on the fourth.
No post mentions a basement. One January 2026 post warns that the map lists the fourth floor while the restaurant is on the second; a templated post placing it on the ground floor contradicts the rest and was not counted.
Nobody wrote about a step at the door or getting in with a wheelchair or stroller — that means we don't know, not that it is fine or not. Four posts mention an elevator.
Two posts place the toilet on the second-floor dining level and two say it is split by gender. Nobody mentioned an accessible toilet.
No one mentioned: In a basement · Ramp at the door · Step at the entrance · Step-free access · Accessible toilet. 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 23 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way20 of 23 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 30 posts we gathered, 7 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 |
|---|---|
| 2026-01 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 4 |
| 2026-08 | 7 |
| 2026-09 | 5 |
| 2026-10 | 5 |
What we do not know
- Waits vary. Three posts waited: five minutes after 8 p.m. in January 2026, 10-15 minutes at a July weekend lunch, and one group turned away earlier after being told two hours. Four walked straight in, at about 4 p.m. on a weekday, 1 p.m. on a Saturday, 1 p.m. on a weekday and 7 p.m. There is a sign-up sheet at the second-floor entrance, and one post mentions seats for waiting.
- Prices rose between January and July 2026: in January three cheese khinkali were 9,000 won, mushroom khachapuri 11,000 and chicken chakhokhbili 14,000; from July posts give 4,000 won per khinkali, 13,000 for khachapuri and 18,000 for chicken chakhokhbili. One group of four spent about 160,000 won with wine, roughly 40,000 each. One post found the shashlik expensive, two found prices easy, and one said it is not great value.
- Portions split three to three: some say three dishes is plenty for two, others ended up ordering extra bread.
- Whether cilantro can be left out is disputed: three posts were told it can't, one was asked at ordering. Several advise checking before you order if you dislike it.
- Hours: seven posts agree on 11:00-22:00 on weekdays and 12:00-23:00 at weekends; one gives a 22:00 weekend close. Most copy the listing. One post gives last orders at 21:00 weekdays and 22:00 weekends, and four say there is no afternoon break.
- We could not read one October 2026 city-wall walking post in full, so it is not counted as a visit; a templated 'quick summary / final score' post with no first-hand detail is also left out.
Sources (23)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 동대문 가서 이색요리가 먹고 싶다면? 조지아 요리 레스토랑 환치 HVANCH 2026-10-11 · 긍정봄지니 재테크부터 노후준비까지,성장의 인사이트 · via Daum
- 동대문 종합시장 뜨개실 쇼핑하고 환치, 러시아 케이크 다녀온 날 2026-10-08 · 뜨개하는 카피바라의 일상 · via Daum
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- 와인까지 4만원 미만 이색 청첩장모임 동대문 환치 후기 메뉴 2026-10-02 · 델리의 인생 여정기 · via Daum
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- 중앙아시아거리 조지아 식당 환치 우즈베키스탄 맛집 아틀라스 2026-08-04 · 여행하는 124 · via Daum
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- [동대문맛집] 모임장소 조지아 맛집 '환치' 추천 2026-07-27 · 沅님의 블로그 · via Daum
- 동대문 환치(Hvanch), 유럽 조지아음식점 / 힌칼리 2026-07-22 · 다정한 사피엔스 · via Daum
- 동대문 이색맛집 조지아음식점 환치 Hvanch 2026-07-19 · 로로네 일상이야기๑'ٮ'๑ · via Daum
- [DDP맛집] 조지아 레스토랑 “환치” 2026-07-07 · 미끼의 이런얘기 저런얘기 · via Daum
- 을지로 환치(hwanch): 서울에서 즐기는 정통 조지아 요리 맛집 심층 리뷰 2026-01-22 · 30대의 경제공부 · via Daum
- [DDP맛집] 쿠에른 바자 근처 내돈내산 조지아 식당 환치❤️ 2026-01-09 · dear. february · via Daum
Of 154 candidate posts we opened 88 and kept 23 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.