Hongdae
13 places read in full, in Mapo-gu, Seoul.
Narrow it by what people wrote
- easy by subway 13
- for a group 11
- a queue reported 11
- roomy 10
- for two 9
- big portions 9
- quiet 8
- with children 7
- takeout 6
- booking mentioned 5
- fine on your own 3
- parking 1
Each number is how many of the 13 places here had it counted.
The pictures below were made by Gilpost with AI, from the posts we read. They are not photographs of the shops. We paid to make them — please do not reuse them without asking.
15 of 28ordered it Noodle houseSnack barJapanese
Roji Oden is a Japanese-style oden and yakitori bar on the ground floor at 86 World Cup buk-ro 2-gil, about a hundred m…
Reachable by transit 16 of 16 · Review event 10 of 12 · Floor seating 8 of 20
15 of 27ordered it Grill house
A beef-offal grill house five minutes up a lane from exit 2 at Hongik University Station. Five writers say it has been …
Staff cook it at your table 18 of 24 · Complimentary starter 18 of 18 · Had to wait 15 of 22
25 of 26ordered it Fried chickenSnack barKorean
Yeonnam Jokbal 1987 is a pig's-trotter house three to five minutes' walk from exit 3 at Hongik University Station, on t…
Crispy batter 19 of 24 · Spicy 19 of 24 · Large portions 15 of 15
20 of 24ordered it Korean
Bulia is a hot-pot house in the lane behind exit 1 at Hongik University Station. It has the whole building — seats on b…
Reachable by transit 17 of 17 · Takes reservations 10 of 14 · Roomy 9 of 15
19 of 23ordered it Western
Sogum Dashima is a small izakaya on the ground floor of a building in a back lane five minutes' walk from Hapjeong stat…
Had to wait 12 of 15 · Beer served 10 of 10 · Discount offered 7 of 13
9 of 21ordered it Korean
Miss Jokbal's Hongdae flagship sits a minute or two on foot from exit 9 at Hongik University Station, on the ground flo…
Complimentary starter 15 of 15 · Reachable by transit 12 of 12 · Large portions 12 of 12
13 of 19ordered it Raw fish
Sanghuine Badaiyagi is a half-basement pocha and raw-fish house three to five minutes on foot from exits 3 and 4 at Hap…
Friendly staff 8 of 8 · Group visit 7 of 11 · Returning customer 7 of 11
15 of 18ordered it A hot-dog counter of about ten square metres on the ground floor of the Calliope building, in the lane facing the main …
Large portions 15 of 15 · Seats to sit and eat 13 of 16 · Reachable by transit 11 of 11
17 of 18ordered it Chinese
Shinjoo Yangkkochi is a lamb-skewer house on the ground floor of a lane beside the Hongdae three-way junction, next doo…
Complimentary starter 10 of 10 · Crispy batter 8 of 16 · Clean 7 of 14
7 of 16ordered it Noodle houseWestern
Bistro Jura sits on a rising lane off Wausan-ro, about a seven-minute walk from exit 9 of Hongik University station. Th…
Self-order screen 10 of 10 · Complimentary tea or drink 10 of 12 · Open kitchen 9 of 14
5 of 11ordered it Godeungae is a Korean fish house on the ground floor at 182-3 Donggyo-ro, one block into the lanes from exit 1 at Hongi…
Reachable by transit 5 of 5 · Clean 5 of 6 · Group visit 4 of 6
8 of 8ordered it Busanjib is a charcoal eel-and-hagfish grill on the main road through Donggyo-dong, a few minutes' walk from exit 1 of …
Signed celebrity photos 5 of 6 · Staff cook it at your table 3 of 3 · Expensive 3 of 4
5 of 7ordered it A company-run BBQ Chicken outlet on Eoulmadang-ro, right outside exit 9 of Hongik University Station. Three things set …
Foreign customers in the room 5 of 6 · Crispy batter 4 of 4 · Second floor 4 of 4
Counts are raw. Someone who did not mention a thing is not someone who disagreed, so we do not turn these into percentages.