Chinese
Hong Bok
홍복 Hongbok Hongbok (洪福) means great fortune — the sign carries the Chinese characters and 'SINCE 1958'.
Compiled from 17 blog posts read in fullSources →
A Chinese-Korean restaurant run by an ethnic-Chinese family, filling all five floors of a building at the mouth of Namdaemun Market, across from Shinsegae's flagship store. Meals include yuni jajangmyeon at 9,500 won, seafood gan-jajang at 13,000 and seafood jjamppong at 14,000; dishes run from sweet-and-sour pork (small, 27,000) and yurimgi (small, 32,000) to the house cold platter (small, 60,000). The hand-made fried dumplings (12,000) were ordered in 10 posts, more than anything else. Most posts come after the place appeared on Sung Si-kyung's YouTube show at the end of July 2026. We read 30 posts from 29 May to 6 October 2026: 19 by people who ate there, 8 that only describe or list it, and 3 we set aside as being about other places.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 중구 남대문시장길 73-3 (회현동1가,(지상1,2,3,4층))73-3 Namdaemunsijang-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul
- Phone02-755-7633
- Typical spend₩9,500 – ₩90,000
- From the station1 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 533 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 12 posts: 9 wrote 11:00–21:00, 3 wrote Mon–Sat 11:00–21:00.
| No day given | 11:00–21:00 | 9 of 12 posts |
|---|---|---|
| Mon–Sat | 11:00–21:00 | 3 of 12 posts |
| Break | 15:00–17:00 | 7 of 8 posts |
| Last order | 20:00 | 3 of 7 posts |
| Closed | Sunday | 11 of 11 posts |
1 other values
| Last order | 20:30 2 of 7 posts last seen 2026-09 |
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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
- There are many private rooms: 9 posts saw or ate in one. Posts describe rooms for four to eight on the second floor, a fifth floor made up only of rooms, one labelled VIP. A group that booked a room for dinner was told a room booking requires ordering at least two main dishes.
- Waits are split: 3 posts queued and 3 walked straight in. The waits given are 5 and 10 minutes; the 10-minute one was around 6 p.m. on a Saturday, in a long line along the left of the building that moved fast because of the many floors. A long-time regular wrote that this was the first time they ever had to wait. Friday evening, a weekend evening and the 11 a.m. opening had no wait; at opening there was a cool waiting spot on the ground floor, and the whole party must be present to be seated.
- Eight posts call the frying crisp, mostly about the dumplings, sweet-and-sour pork and chili shrimp. Two posts disagree about the yurimgi, finding it moist rather than crisp, or lacking crunch. Two posts found the dumplings sold out, at 1 p.m. on a weekday and 6 p.m. on a Saturday.
- Six posts say the seasoning is not heavy, about the jajang and the sweet-and-sour sauce. Four say the food is not greasy; one found the dumplings a little oily.
1 more
- Three posts say food comes out very fast, almost as soon as it is ordered.
What 17 bloggers said
sujje gunmandu
Not salty
We read all 17 in full. The most common claims are “Not salty” (6) and “Not sweet” (5).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Where they disagree
| Crispy batter | yes 8 · no 2 |
|---|---|
| Had to wait | yes 3 · no 3 |
Things you can check on site
- Private room 9 of 17 posts
- Second floor 6 of 17 posts
- In a basement saying it is not 5 of 17 posts
- Lift to the floor 2 of 17 posts
- Beer served 2 of 17 posts
- Origin labelling posted 1 of 17 posts
- Waiting area 1 of 17 posts
- Signed celebrity photos 1 of 17 posts
- Takes reservations 1 of 17 posts
- Air conditioned 1 of 17 posts
- Reachable by transit 1 of 17 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 4 of 17 posts
- With a friend 3 of 17 posts
- Solo visit 1 of 17 posts
- Came with children 1 of 17 posts
- Family visit 1 of 17 posts
- Date 1 of 17 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
1 posts say it is walkable from the station.
Getting inside
| Second floor | 6 of 17 posts |
|---|---|
| In a basement | yes 0 · no 5 (of 17 posts read) |
| Lift to the floor | 2 of 17 posts |
You enter on the ground floor and are often sent upstairs. Five posts mention coming in on the ground floor, 6 were seated on or saw the second floor, and 2 took the lift.
Nobody mentions a step, a ramp, or getting in with a wheelchair or pushchair — we don't know, which is not the same as there being none. Two posts mention the lift; one family took it to the fifth floor with children.
No one describes the toilets from experience; the note that they are separate by sex is copied from map listings, so we don't rely on it.
No one mentioned: 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 17 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way11 of 17 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 25 posts we gathered, 8 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 |
|---|---|
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 10 |
| 2026-10 | 4 |
What we do not know
- Four posts call it expensive. A family of four paid about 97,000 won for dumplings, yurimgi, a large jajang, cold noodles, soju and soda; another balked at the entrance board where the featured dishes ran to about 60,000 won a head. Prices are from September 2026 posts; seafood jjamppong is given as 14,000 won in two posts and 12,500 in one copied listing.
- Every post that gives hours says 11:00–21:00, closed Sundays, though most copy map listings. Last order is given variously as 20:00, 20:15, 20:20 and 20:30, and the break is 15:00–17:00 in seven posts but 16:00–17:00 in one May post; we can't tell whether it changed or was mistyped.
- One post describes walking from Hoehyeon station; the '168 m from exit 7' line is copied from listings.
- One post found the sweet-and-sour pork smelled of stale oil and meat, and that strong air-conditioning and plastic dishes cooled the food quickly. Other posts praised the pork, so this is one dissenting post.
- One post booked a room. Several posts give the phone number 02-755-7633, but none says they reserved by phone; one called ahead to bring champagne but only says to ask the restaurant about corkage.
Sources (17)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 홍복 중식당. 성시경 먹을텐데. 남대문시장 신세계백화점 맛집 특냉채. 유림기 2026-10-06 · 진성다이어리 · via Daum
- 남대문시장 맛집 홍복 내돈내산 웨이팅 후기 2026-10-05 · road shine log · via Daum
- 남대문 맛집 홍복 | 3대째 이어온 화교 중식당, 유니짜장과 수제군만.... 2026-10-02 · 여행하는 가바나
- 남대문 맛집 회현역 홍복 중식당 성시경 먹을텐데 신동엽편 2026-10-02 · 일상 후기 기록
- 성시경 먹을텐데 홍복 회현동 중식당 군만두 양장피 솔직후기 2026-09-30 · 달똑맘의 엣지있는 life~♡
- [서울 중구 중식당] 성시경의 먹을텐데 남대문시장 중식 맛집 '홍복'.... 2026-09-28 · 위니의 꿀단지
- (회현동) 홍복, 신세계백화점 본점 앞 탕수육 짬뽕 맛있는 중국집 2026-09-19 · Q의 취향 기록 · via Daum
- 33. 회현역 맛집 홍복｜성시경 먹을텐데 나온 노포 중식당 내돈내산 .... 2026-09-18 · 탈출하는개미
- 회현 남대문시장 맛집 :: 홍복1958 "또방문한 성시경 먹을텐데 화상.... 2026-09-15 · N A B L A N C
- 남대문맛집 홍복 성시경 먹을텐데 신동엽 방문한 화교 중식당 삼선간짜장 후기 2026-09-14 · 다먹어라이언 · via Daum
- [먹을텐데 중국집_명동 홍복] 오래된 맛집? 솔직 후기 웨이팅 정보 2026-09-11 · 하루들의 합
- 홍복 / 성시경의 먹을텐데에 나온 남대문시장 70년 전통 노포 화상 .... 2026-09-11 · 스시홀릭의 맛있는 여행
- 성시경의 먹을텐데 보고 찾아간 중식 맛집 '홍복' 2026-09-08 · stop-0님의블로그
- 남대문시장 웰니스 쇼핑 추천 2026-09-05 · 용기를 찾아떠나는 호랑이와 짱이
- 회현동 홍복 2026-08-21 · 잡동사니
- [꿀꿀] 회현동 중식 일짱! 회현역 홍복 중국집 2026-08-19 · 우당탱탱
- 명동 남대문시장 중국집 홍복 오래된 노포 중식당 후기 2026-05-29 · 천상여자 민배씨의 소소한 일상 · via Daum
Of 349 candidate posts we opened 66 and kept 17 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.