Gilpost · Jongno-gu, Ikseon-dong
Korean
Ikseon Yorok
익선요록 Ikseon is the neighborhood; yorok is an old word for a written record of recipes, a cookbook — one post gives this reading, citing an AI search summary.
Compiled from 23 blog posts read in fullSources →
A converted hanok in the Ikseon-dong lanes, a few minutes' walk from Jongno 3-ga station. You cross a short courtyard of stepping stones, sit at wooden tables on chairs, and eat rice bowls, hot pots and black charcoal noodles: grilled gopchang bowl ₩19,800 (medium), large beef-rib bowl ₩29,800, spicy pork bowl ₩14,800, bulgogi hot pot ₩36,000, with a small cold yeolmu noodle starter on the house. We read 30 posts from 29 Dec 2025 to 9 Oct 2026; 23 of them describe actually eating here.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 종로구 돈화문로11다길 41, 1층 (익선동)41 Donhwamun-ro 11da-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
- Phone070-4230-2220
- Typical spend₩9,800 – ₩36,000
- From the station6 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 103 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 10 posts: 6 wrote Daily 11:30–22:00.
| Daily | 11:30–22:00 | 6 of 10 posts |
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1 other values
| Open | Daily | 11:00–22:00 2 of 10 posts last seen 2026-07 |
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The values differ, but the periods they were written in do not overlap. This looks like a change over time rather than a disagreement, and the top row is the most recently reported. We did not confirm it with the restaurant.
What sets it apart
- Six posts noted many foreign diners — one put it at about half and half, another, on a public-holiday afternoon, said most of the room were tourists. Several mention menus and street boards in English, Japanese and Chinese.
- Five posts walked straight in — before 8 pm on a weekday, 8 pm on 7 September, 1:30 pm on a Saturday, just after opening, and around noon. None waited, though one who arrived just after 11:30 on a weekend said a line built up while they ate. Two posts said bookings aren't taken; one was turned down by phone for a weekend.
- Six posts found the portions generous. One disagreed: in December 2025 a large gopchang bowl looked so small the diner asked staff to confirm it was a large — same bowl as the medium, they concluded, just more meat.
- Two posts found the bowls and noodles salty; one who had the chicken hot pot said it was not salty at all.
2 more
- Four posts mention window seats along big panes facing the hanok lane; one describes a glass roof over the inner courtyard.
- Six posts walked from Jongno 3-ga station, putting it at three to five minutes; one used exit 4, another came up on the Line 5 side.
What 23 bloggers said
yorok gopchang-deopbap
Large portions
We read all 23 in full. The most common claims are “Large portions” (6) and “Clean” (6).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Things you can check on site
- Reachable by transit 6 of 23 posts
- Foreign customers in the room 6 of 23 posts
- Large windows 4 of 23 posts
- Review event 2 of 23 posts
- Free refills 2 of 23 posts
- Takes reservations saying it is not 2 of 23 posts
- Chair seating 2 of 23 posts
- Private room 1 of 23 posts
- Hand-wash sink in the dining area 1 of 23 posts
- Discount offered 1 of 23 posts
- Step at the entrance 1 of 23 posts
- Beer served 1 of 23 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Who came, and with whom
- Date 4 of 23 posts
- With a friend 2 of 23 posts
- Came with children 1 of 23 posts
- Family visit 1 of 23 posts
- Group visit 1 of 23 posts
- Solo visit 1 of 23 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
Six posts walked from Jongno 3-ga station, putting it at three to five minutes; one used exit 4, another came up on the Line 5 side.
Getting inside
| Step at the entrance | 1 of 23 posts |
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No one described the floor from experience; the address says ground floor, and one post mentions seating one step up from the courtyard. That isn't confirmation there's no upper or lower level — nobody said.
No post entered with a wheelchair or stroller. Several describe stepping stones over gravel in the entry courtyard, and one notes a step up from the courtyard to the seats. Step-free access is unknown.
Only one December 2025 post mentions the toilet — neither very dirty nor clean, no smell. Whether it's inside the restaurant or split by gender, nobody said.
No one mentioned: Second floor · In a basement · Lift to the floor · Ramp at the door · 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 themselves8 of 23 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way15 of 23 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 30 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.
| 2026-09-08 | 2 posts in one day |
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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 |
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| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 5 |
| 2026-08 | 4 |
| 2026-09 | 10 |
| 2026-10 | 2 |
What we do not know
- One post said the second of two dishes arrived only when the first was nearly finished — awkward if you plan to share. No other post commented on speed.
- Opening hours come only from copied blocks and disagree: of ten posts, seven say 11:30–22:00 daily, two say 11:00, one (December 2025) says noon. Two blocks say no afternoon break, while one post mentions a weekend break ending at 5 pm. In August 2026 one visitor waited from 11:25 and left when the door was still shut at 11:35.
- Prices are from July–October 2026 posts: rice bowls ₩14,800–29,800, hot pots ₩31,000–36,000, so most meals run ₩15,000–30,000 a head. Two posts called it expensive; the chicken hot pot is ₩31,000 in the two posts that ate it but ₩32,000 in a copied menu.
- Several posts copy the number 070-4230-2220. No one booked by phone; two posts say reservations aren't taken, and the 'group bookings available' line is from a copied block.
- Some posts are templated: a September 2026 Tistory post reuses a July post's sentences nearly verbatim, and there are two date-spot listicles, one self-declared compilation of others' reviews and one menu-only promo. None were counted.
- In August 2026 one diner was told the beef-intestine hot pot was replaced by a short-rib hot pot during a menu revamp; no later post reports eating the original.
Sources (23)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 종로3가역 분위기 좋은 한식 맛집 익선요록 곱창덮밥 불고기전골 후.... 2026-10-09 · 햅피트립 - ૮ • ﻌ -ა ♥
- 익선동 익선요록 2인 방문 내돈내산! 불고기전골 vs 트러플감자채전 .... 2026-10-06 · 센스로그 | 실패 없는 소비를 위한 '진짜 후기'
- 내가 일상 블로그를 이렇게나 밀렸다고? 2026-09-30 · 나만의 사진 일기장
- 익선요록[종로 익선동 맛집] 분위기로 먹다 -맛집투어- 2026-09-26 · 은가비의 은은한 일상
- [익선동] 한옥골목 한식 맛집 ‘익선요록’ 후기 2026-09-25 · 관광객 코스프레 하는 미용하는 도민
- [익선동/중구] 외국인 손님 인기 한옥맛집, 익선요록 2026-09-18 · 예또마치, 노트
- 익선동 맛집 익선요록, 크림 숯 국수·매콤 돼지구이 덮밥·감자채전.... 2026-09-13 · 일상이 글이 되다
- 익선동 걷다가 들어간 덮밥맛집 익선요록 2026-09-09 · 오늘은 뭐하지?
- 익선동 가볼만한곳 데이트 놀거리 익선요록 2026-09-08 · 겐조의 새벽 2시
- 익선동 맛집 익선요록｜엄마와 가기 좋은 한옥 한식집, 닭고기 전골.... 2026-09-07 · 잘먹지블로그
- 종로3가 익선동 익선요록, 외관 보고 망설이다 들어간 후기 2026-09-07 · 먹고 사는 김
- 익선동 퓨전한식 익선요록 직접 먹어보고 남기는 솔직후기 2026-09-03 · 여리의 신나는 놀이방
- [익선동 맛집] 소갈비전골부터 크림도토리국수까지 안주가 맛있는 .... 2026-08-26 · 맛있는 거 좋아하는 루씨블로그
- 익선동 맛집, 한옥에서 즐기는 퓨전 한식 덮밥 '익선 요록' 2026-08-25 · 푸른염소의 일상맛집
- [서울 종로] 익선동 한옥거리 데이트 퓨전한식 맛집 익선요록 2026-08-08 · 사생활 가득한 일상기록
- 종로 데이트, 익선동 한옥거리 놀거리 가볼만한곳 종로 반지만들기 .... 2026-08-02 · 하준Daddy의 여행 이야기
- 익선동 익선요록 곱창덮밥과 갈비살덮밥 든든하게 먹고 온 후기 2026-07-28 · HTML
- 서울 종로 익선동 맛집 추천 : 익선요록 한식맛집으로 데이트 코스.... 2026-07-28 · 맛집투어일지
- 종로 익선동 맛집 : 익선요록 다양한 한식맛집 데이트코스,청첩장모.... 2026-07-23 · Felicity*˚‧♡
- 익선동 데이트 맛집 추천! 익선요록 솔직후기 2026-07-20 · P처럼 살고있는 J의 우당당탕 일상 기록
- 익선동 맛집 익선요록｜갈비살 덮밥 솔직 후기 내돈내산 2026-07-20 · noratable
- 익선동 나들이 2026-06-24 · FROM STRANGER
- [종로] 익선요록 #갈비살덮밥 #곱창덮밥 2025-12-29 · ENFJ 찌니의 일상기록
Of 287 candidate posts we opened 109 and kept 23 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.