
Korean
Hanilok
한일옥 Ok is the old suffix for an eating house; the restaurant sits on the ground floor of Hanil Tower, and one post says it used to trade as Hanil-jang.
Compiled from 9 blog posts read in fullSources →
Hanilok is a bulgogi restaurant on the ground floor of Hanil Tower, 94 Supyo-ro, Jongno, by exit 15 of Jongno 3-ga station. Visitors ate the 1984 Korean-beef bulgogi (30,000 won per serving), the lunch-only crispy bulgogi set (16,000 won) and galbitang (13,000 won), and the dinner-only bulgogi taco platter for two (36,000 won). We read 30 posts dated June 2025 to October 2026. We set aside 18 of them: they were about Jeokpo and the rooftop annex on the 8th floor of the same building, the cocktail bar on the 7th, or a same-named restaurant in Gunsan. Of the 12 posts left about this restaurant, 9 describe an actual visit.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 종로구 수표로 94 (관수동, 지하1층~지상1층)94 Supyo-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul
- Phone02-2265-7707
- Typical spend₩12,000 – ₩36,000
- From the station5 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 273 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 7 posts: 3 wrote Saturday 11:00–21:30, 3 wrote Mon–Sat 11:00–22:00, 2 wrote Weekdays 11:00–22:00.
| Weekdays | 11:00–22:00 | 2 of 7 posts |
|---|---|---|
| Mon–Sat | 11:00–22:00 | |
| Saturday | 11:00–21:30 | |
| Break | 15:00–17:00 | 3 of 5 posts |
| Break | Weekdays 15:00–17:00 | 2 of 5 posts |
| Break | Saturday 15:00–16:30 | 2 of 5 posts |
| Closed | Sunday | 6 of 6 posts |
Rows without a count: 3 of 7 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
- It is easy to reach by subway. Five of the nine visit posts say it is close to the station: about five minutes on foot from exit 15 of Jongno 3-ga, and one post puts it a minute's walk from the Jongno 3-ga / Tapgol Park bus stop.
- The restaurant opened in 1984, but the interior has been redone. Four posts call it clean; one says it looked like a cafe and was spotless after the remodel.
- Three visit posts mention terrace seating by the entrance. One September 2025 post describes sitting out there on a rainy evening, calling it an outdoor drinking spot in Jongno that wasn't noisy.
- Three posts say portions are large. One visitor picked out more than ten pieces of shank from the cabbage soup; another got two large dumplings with the cold-noodle set.
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- Three visit posts describe the staff as friendly, though one of them (October 2025) was a sponsored post.
What 9 bloggers said
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Clean
We read all 9 in full. The most common claims are “Clean” (4) and “Friendly staff” (3).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Things you can check on site
- Reachable by transit 5 of 9 posts
- Outdoor terrace seating 3 of 9 posts
- In a basement saying it is not 2 of 9 posts
- Takes reservations 2 of 9 posts
- Foreign customers in the room 1 of 9 posts
- Discount offered 1 of 9 posts
- Private room 1 of 9 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Who came, and with whom
- Date 2 of 9 posts
- With a friend 2 of 9 posts
- Family visit 1 of 9 posts
- Group visit 1 of 9 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 easy to reach by subway. Five of the nine visit posts say it is close to the station: about five minutes on foot from exit 15 of Jongno 3-ga, and one post puts it a minute's walk from the Jongno 3-ga / Tapgol Park bus stop.
Getting inside
| In a basement | yes 0 · no 2 (of 9 posts read) |
|---|
Two posts say they ate on the ground floor. The 100-seat group room in the basement comes only from copied promotional text; no one wrote about going down there.
We don't know whether there is a step at the entrance or whether a wheelchair or stroller can get in. That isn't a no; nobody wrote about it.
We don't know where the restroom is or what it is like. The note about separate men's and women's restrooms appears only in copied listing data, not in any visitor's account.
No one mentioned: Second floor · 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 disclosing payment2 of 9 posts
- Posts saying they paid themselves2 of 9 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way5 of 9 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 12 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 |
|---|---|
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 3 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 3 |
What we do not know
- Opinions on the bulgogi's sweetness split: one post calls it sweet, one says it isn't overly sweet, and one wondered if it was a little sweet without deciding.
- No one wrote about waiting in line. Instead, posts mention booking: one couple reserved for a Friday dinner and found the evening already fully booked, and one group of four booked a Saturday lunch and found their name and table posted at the door.
- Who people went with is scattered: two went with a spouse or partner, two with friends, one with their mother. No pattern emerges.
- Every post lists opening hours from 11:00, closed Sundays. Saturdays differ: three posts say it closes at 21:30, two lump Monday-Saturday together at 22:00. Two posts give a Saturday break of 15:00-16:30, one the weekday 15:00-17:00. Most of these hours were copied from the listing.
- Prices held steady for most dishes, but cold noodles went up from 12,000 won on the June 2025 menu to 13,000 won in a June 2026 visit. Posts disagree on whether the 30,000-won 1984 bulgogi price is for two or per person. One post gave a full bill: 141,000 won for four people at a Saturday lunch.
- Four posts give the same phone number, 0507-1446-7709, but all copied it from the listing; no one wrote about booking by phone. One post says reservations go through Naver booking or by text message.
- Three posts from September-October 2025 (two of them visits) are commissioned pieces that share the same hashtags and wording; two disclose sponsorship. Taglines like 'one of Jongno's three great restaurants' and 'third generation' come from the restaurant's own marketing, and we didn't treat them as evidence.
Sources (9)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 종로3가 맛집 '한일옥' 점심특선, 우거지탕 불고기정식 가지탕수 후.... 2026-09-30 · 잭영희의데나무숩
- [종로3가역] 40년 노포 한식 맛집 '한일옥', 바싹불고기 정식부터 진.... 2026-09-26 · 자영의 취향 기록
- 종로3가 맛집 한일옥 낙불고기 코다리냉면 후기 2026-09-19 · 라봉맘
- 종로3가 점심맛집 한일옥 육회비빔밥과 냉면 깔끔해요 2026-06-19 · moonocco의 내일없는 오늘
- 종로3가 불고기 한일옥 2025-11-15 · MATAEWOOK
- 종로3대 맛집 가족 모임 익석동 맛집 한일옥 소불고기 타코 플래터 2025-10-18 · 평안
- 종로3대 맛집 소불고기 메뉴 추천 한일옥 2025-10-12 · 인생낭비
- [종로] 종로3가역 청첩장 모임 장소 추천 "한일옥 한식" 솔직후기 2025-10-03 · 메이플의 육아 맛집 로그
- 종로 맛집 한일옥에서 소불고기 타코 후기ㅣ청계천데이트 맛집 추.... 2025-09-15 · 일상의 조각모음
Of 306 candidate posts we opened 66 and kept 9 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.