Noodle houseKorean
Hyehwa Kalguksu
혜화칼국수 Hyehwa is the neighbourhood around Hyehwa Station and the rotary the shop sits behind; kalguksu means knife-cut noodle soup, though the menu itself calls the dish guksi.
Compiled from 12 blog posts read in fullSources →
A guksi house in the lane behind Hyehwa rotary, between the police box and the petrol station. The order is thin noodles in beef-bone broth (12,000 won) with fried cod or boiled beef (small 20,000 won) on the side; in summer there is kongguksu (14,000 won). We read 22 posts from 19 August to 6 October 2026; 13 of them record an actual meal. Of those 13, twelve ordered the guksi and eight the fried fish. One found the food "fairly ordinary".
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 종로구 창경궁로35길 13 (혜화동)13 Changgyeonggung-ro 35-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
- Phone02-0743-8212
- Typical spend₩12,000 – ₩38,000
- From the station1 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 43 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 5 posts: 3 wrote 11:00–21:00, 2 wrote Daily 11:00–21:00.
| No day given | 11:00–21:00 | 3 of 5 posts |
|---|---|---|
| Daily | 11:00–21:00 | 2 of 5 posts |
| Break | 15:00–16:00 | 5 of 5 posts |
| Last order | 20:30 | 3 of 3 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
- The fried fish is thick cod in batter; five posts say the coating was crisp. Two warn there can be bones, so don't take it in one bite.
- Waits vary. One post walked in at 12:02 but found "a really long line" on the way out; another found a weekday lunch "pretty quiet". Two more arrived right at the 11:00 opening, got straight in, and both advise doing the same — one says every table filled within 10–15 minutes.
- Both posts written by parents with babies say staff brought a high chair unasked. One adds that they microwaved the baby food and, when it came out too hot, lent a hand fan to cool it.
- Three posts call the inside clean, and all three think it has been renovated; one returning after several years says it looks tidier than before. Nobody says when the work was done.
1 more
- The sides are kimchi — aged, stir-fried, chive. Two posts mention refills: one says staff topped it up constantly, the other points to a self-serve bar in the middle of the room.
What 12 bloggers said
guksi
Crispy batter
We read all 12 in full. The most common claims are “Crispy batter” (5) and “Clean” (3).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Things you can check on site
- Toilet outside 2 of 12 posts
- High chairs 2 of 12 posts
- Free refills 2 of 12 posts
- Beer served 1 of 12 posts
- Reachable by transit 1 of 12 posts
- Parking capacity 1 of 12 posts
- Origin labelling posted 1 of 12 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Parking
1 posts say you can park. None say you cannot.
| Posts saying you can park | 1 of 12 posts |
|---|
One post actually parked: four or five spaces by the officetel opposite, easy enough at a weekday lunch. Other posts' "parking out front" or "parking is tight" lines are copied listings or generic advice, so we don't count them.
Who came, and with whom
- Family visit 3 of 12 posts
- Came with children 2 of 12 posts
- Date 2 of 12 posts
- Came by car 2 of 12 posts
- With a friend 1 of 12 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
| Toilet inside | yes 0 · no 2 (of 12 posts read) |
|---|
We know little about floors. One post thinks there is also a basement dining room; another heard there is a room downstairs. No one actually sat there.
No one describes the entrance — whether there is a step, or whether a wheelchair or stroller gets in. That is not a no; nobody wrote it down. One parent carried the baby in, and the "wheelchair accessible" line is copied from the Naver listing.
The toilet is outside the dining room. Two posts say so, and both found it clean; one counted two stalls and hand soap. Separate men's and women's toilets appear only in a line copied from the Naver listing, so we don't count it.
No one mentioned: Second floor · In a basement · Lift to the floor · Ramp at the door · Step at the entrance · Step-free access · 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 themselves3 of 12 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way9 of 12 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 19 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 |
|---|---|
| 2026-08 | 4 |
| 2026-09 | 4 |
| 2026-10 | 4 |
What we do not know
- Only one post gives its own directions: 437 m from Hyehwa Station exit 1, down the lane between the rotary police box and the petrol station. No one mentions a bus.
- Of the posts that say who they came with: family three, a partner two, a younger friend one. None came alone.
- Opening hours: five posts agree on 11:00–21:00 with a 15:00–16:00 break, and three give last orders at 20:30. Most copied a listing; one read the Monday-to-Sunday sign on the door. No post mentions a closing day.
- Two posts give prices and they match (August and October 2026): guksi 12,000 won, kongguksu 14,000, extra noodles 6,000, boiled beef, fried fish or crisp bulgogi 20,000 small / 38,000 large, octopus 25,000, mung-bean pancake 15,000. Two bowls plus a small fish comes to 44,000 won. One post calls the prices kind, another wondered if the small beef was small for the money, so we don't call it either way.
- Three posts give the phone number as 0507-1428-8214, one as 02-743-8212. Bookings for five or more appear only in copied listing text; no one booked.
- We set aside two posts that only link to this place from a review of somewhere else. Seven more never visited: four list-style roundups, two histories of the area's guksi houses, and one bare check-in. The story of opening in 1979 on a recipe passed down from Guksijip, and the Reply 1988 filming connection, are hearsay, and we don't rely on them.
Sources (12)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 10월 첫째주근황) 반갑다 서울. 내게 방 한칸만 내주었고 단 한번도 .... 2026-10-06 · 킴땅블로그
- 1584 2026-10-05 · ˈ‧₊°。✧♡ · via Daum
- 2026년 9월ㅣ무엇이든 되어있겠지, 되는 게 중요할까? 그냥 하자 2026-10-05 · 날다람유 기록장
- 3살아기 10개월아기 창덕궁 낙선재 혜화맛집 대학로맛집 응팔식당 .... 2026-10-04 · 뚱뛰의 세상살이
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- 여덟 2026-09-16 · 승또의 소비생활 ⋆｡˚✩ · via Daum
- 종로 | 대학로 가볼만한곳 혜화동 폴바셋 노포 맛집 혜화칼국수 내돈내산 주말 오픈런 웨이팅 찐후기 2026-09-11 · 먹고 놀고 즐기기 · via Daum
- 대학로 노포맛집 "혜화 칼국수" 국시 생선튀김 수육 2026-09-09 · 지구별여행자 · via Daum
- [서울 종로구]혜화칼국수 생선튀김 국시 빈대떡 먹고 온 솔직후기｜혜화 맛집 추천 2026-08-29 · 즐거운 우리집 · via Daum
- [아기랑 식당] 혜화칼국수 주차가능, 아기의자有 (베이비본죽 실온이유식 후기) 2026-08-25 · Just Being Me, 마이 뚜데이 · via Daum
- [대학로맛집] 10년 만에 연극 보러 온 인천 후배가 인정한 진심 노포, 비 오는 날엔 무조건 '혜화칼국수... 2026-08-24 · 긍정 아이콘! 열정 부자! 月人- 물이 깊은곳으로 가라 · via Daum
- 대학로 혜화칼국수 후기, 국시·콩국수·수육 메뉴 가격 2026-08-20 · 내 나이 마흔 · via Daum
Of 326 candidate posts we opened 120 and kept 12 as evidence. We have not seen them all yet; another pass would add more.