Korean
Jobang Nakji
조방낙지 Jobang is short for Joseon Bangjik, the old textile-mill district of Beomil-dong in Busan where this style of octopus stew began; nakji means small octopus.
Compiled from 24 blog posts read in fullSources →
An octopus house in an alley of Gwanghui-dong, near exit 8 of Dongdaemun History & Culture Park station. The dish is san-nakji baekban: live octopus cut over glass noodles, leek and sauce, simmered at your table until staff pile on chives and sesame oil, finished by frying your leftover rice in the broth. It costs 18,000 won a head in posts from February 2026 (17,000 won before), and several posts say it is the only dish at lunch. There is seating on two floors. We read 30 posts from December 2024 to October 2026; 24 record an actual meal.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 중구 마른내로 167-36 (광희동1가)167-36 Mareunnae-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul
- Typical spend₩17,000 – ₩27,000
- From the station8 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 74 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 8 posts: 4 wrote Saturday 12:30–18:00, 3 wrote Weekdays 11:00–21:00, 2 wrote Mon–Sat 11:00–21:00.
| Mon–Sat | 11:00–21:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Weekdays | 11:00–21:00 | 3 of 8 posts |
| No day given | 11:00–21:00 | |
| Saturday | 12:30–18:00 | 4 of 8 posts |
| Break | 14:00–17:30 | 2 of 7 posts |
| Break | Saturday 15:00–16:00 | 4 of 7 posts |
| Break | Weekdays 14:00–17:30 | 3 of 7 posts |
| Closed | Sunday | 9 of 9 posts |
Rows without a count: 2 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
- You don't touch the pot. Fifteen posts say staff simmered it, stirred it and added the chives and sesame oil, with lines like 'they told us not to touch it' and 'just wait until they say eat.' The fried rice is another matter: six posts fried it themselves, three say staff did.
- Expect a wait at weekday lunch. Six posts queued; the times they give are 15, 15–20 and 20 minutes (arriving around 12:00–12:10). There is no waiting area — one post says you simply line up in the alley — and another notes there is no sign-up kiosk.
- Four posts booked ahead, by phone, including one same-day booking; another saw parties turned away because it was full. The number, given the same way in many posts, is 02-2279-1804.
- It looks red but most posts say it isn't hot: 8 say not spicy, 3 are in between ('a kick, but not very hot'), 1 says spicy. Two asked for extra chili flakes. Three posts call the broth sweet, one of them in complaint.
1 more
- Three posts saw Japanese diners, and all three say the owner or staff speak Japanese well; one watched them cut back the sauce for a table that couldn't take heat.
What 24 bloggers said
san-nakji baekban
Not spicy
We read all 24 in full. The most common claims are “Not spicy” (8) and “Large portions” (7).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Where they disagree
| Expensive | yes 2 · no 2 |
|---|
Things you can check on site
- Staff cook it at your table 15 of 24 posts
- Second floor 8 of 24 posts
- Reachable by transit 8 of 24 posts
- In a basement saying it is not 5 of 24 posts
- Takes reservations 4 of 24 posts
- Beer served 4 of 24 posts
- A minimum number of portions on the first order 4 of 24 posts
- Foreign customers in the room 3 of 24 posts
- Complimentary tea or drink 3 of 24 posts
- Cooked to order 2 of 24 posts
- Origin labelling posted 1 of 24 posts
- Seats to sit and eat 1 of 24 posts
- Open kitchen 1 of 24 posts
- Shoes off at the door 1 of 24 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Who came, and with whom
- Group visit 9 of 24 posts
- With a friend 2 of 24 posts
- Date 1 of 24 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
8 posts say it is walkable from the station.
Getting inside
| Second floor | 8 of 24 posts |
|---|---|
| In a basement | yes 0 · no 5 (of 24 posts read) |
Eight posts mention a second floor. Three were sent upstairs because the ground floor was full (at 11:30, on a weekday evening, and with a booking at noon), and one says the upstairs is used for groups. Five posts place the dining room on the ground and first floors, so it is not a basement. One post notes you take your shoes off upstairs, though there are tables.
No post says whether there is a step at the door or whether a wheelchair or stroller gets in — we simply don't know. One post mentions stairs to the second floor; nobody mentions a lift.
No one describes where the toilet is or whether it is split by gender. One post's copied info block says there is an indoor toilet; another only says it was very clean.
No one mentioned: Lift to the floor · 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 themselves6 of 24 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way18 of 24 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 30 posts we gathered, 6 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 |
|---|---|
| 2024-12 | 3 |
| 2025-01 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 2 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 4 |
| 2026-07 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 3 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 1 |
What we do not know
- Opening hours have shrunk. Posts from Dec 2024–Feb 2025 give a 22:00 weekday close, June–July 2025 posts 21:30, and posts since Nov 2025 21:00 (break 14:00–17:30); Saturday went from 20:00 to 19:00 to 18:00. The current pattern appears to be weekdays 11:00–21:00, Saturday 12:30–18:00, closed Sunday. It also closes early when the octopus runs out: two posts were turned away late in the day, and one missed out at a weekend lunch.
- Prices have gone up: the baekban is 17,000 won in posts through Nov 2025 and 18,000 won from Feb 2026. The 2,000-won fried-rice add-in was charged in one post and waived in two. Two posts find it pricey, two find it cheap. A meal for two runs about 36,000 won plus the fried rice.
- Six of the 30 posts aren't counted: one is a slot in a neighbourhood list, two are stitched together from the listing and review keywords, two are diaries where the writer arrived too late to eat, and one is a diary with only a check-in.
Sources (24)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- [서울 동대문] 맛집 "조방낙지" 평일 점심 식사 후기 +웨이팅 정보 2026-10-11 · Oh! hoo의 발견
- [동대문역사문화공원역] 맛집 조방낙지, 볶음밥이 핵심이다 2026-09-18 · 그놈 일상
- [DDP] 조방낙지 _ 너무 맛있게 먹고 온 산낙지 백반 2026-09-04 · This & That · via Daum
- [동역사/광희동 조방낙지] 산낙지 연포탕 로컬맛집✨ 2026-08-26 · 염소는 음메음메
- 동대문역사문화공원역 맛집 '조방낙지' 직장인 점심 동역사맛집 낙지백반 2026-08-12 · 먹고 힘내자! · via Daum
- [동대문] DDP 맛있는 산낙지백반 '조방낙지' 내돈내산 후기 2026-08-03 · 나롱의 먹짱일기 · via Daum
- 동대문 맛집 [조방낙지] 동대문종합상가 가기 전에 딱인 맛집! #내돈내산 2026-07-22 · 인생은 얼렁뚱땅 · via Daum
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- 광희동 점심 직장인 맛집 동대문 조방낙지 오랜만에 방문한 후기 2026-06-11 · 매력만점 오블리의 오오오
- 광희동 점심 맛집 조방낙지 산낙지백반 후기｜동대문 직장인 점심 .... 2026-06-11 · 오브의 하루 | 아이와 여행·맛집 기록
- 동대문역사문화공원역 맛집 조방낙지 동역사 회식장소 2026-04-22 · ♥ 으내의 발카나라 ♥
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- [중구 재방문 맛집] 조방낙지_산낙지 전문집(예약 가능) 2026-02-03 · 라일락의 청춘기록♥
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- 기력보충엔 낙지! 가자! |조방낙지| 동대문맛집 동대문역사맛집 광.... 2025-09-16 · ♡내가 주인공♡
- [동대문 조방낙지] 동대문 맛집 DDP 근처 산낙지 맛집 산낙지전골 산.... 2025-07-10 · 김길동의 동에번쩍 서에번쩍
- [동역사 맛집] 노포 느낌 충만 서울 산낙지 맛집 '조방낙지' 2025-06-14 · 순몽의 하루 · via Daum
- 동대문(DDP) 낙지 맛집 나들이... 조방낙지 2025-06-13 · 이솝의 신나는하루
- [서울 중구] 조방낙지 :: 동역사 8번 출구 맛집 산낙지 백반 DDP 한식 .... 2025-01-22 · 애구쟁이의 찐로그㋡
- [서울/중구] 조방낙지 2024-12-31 · Muchas Gracias
- 달콤 은은한 산낙지 전골의 묘한맛, 조방낙지 광희동 [SP 96] 2024-12-08 · 日常美食
- 동대문 산낙지 전골 @ 조방낙지 2024-12-02 · 쭌의맛집 since 2003
Of 300 candidate posts we opened 79 and kept 24 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.