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Simisimi

시미시미 A small cooking-and-drinking house one lane off the Ikseon-dong crowds, where five outdoor tables fill before the room does and the first order has to include a main.

Data as of 2026-09-30 · Published 2026-10-01 · Compiled by Gilpost

Simisimi is a cooking-and-drinking house down a narrow lane where the Ikseon-dong hanok streets give onto Seosunra-gil, a few minutes from exit 6 at Jongno 3-ga and one turning off the main run of outdoor tables. Wooden tables sit in a row outside a brick front; inside there is a bar and a handful of tables. Hotpots — sukiyaki, a mala pot — clams steamed in liquor, and pasta are the mains, and a chilli-cheese potato cake turns up in almost every account. They do not stock ordinary soju, keeping highballs, sours, sake, wine and distilled spirits instead, and the highballs can be made alcohol-free. You order by QR code at the table. The posts we read run from May to September 2026.

The basics

8 posts say it is walkable from the station.

When it opens

Of 18 posts: 12 wrote Weekdays 17:00–24:00, 11 wrote Weekends 17:00–01:00, 4 wrote Daily 17:00–24:00.

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.

These hours are counted from the posts we read. Shops change them without notice — check Naver Place before you go. Place — check hours

What people order

The most ordered dish is chilli cheese gamja-jeon (칠리치즈감자전) — 20 of 25 posts.

The prices here are what bloggers wrote down in their posts, and they may have changed since. Check Naver Place for the current menu and prices. This list is not a menu board — it counts what bloggers actually ordered and ate. Check on Naver Place

What to order

• 스키야키11 ate it
  sukiyaki₩27,000

  The house signature. Beef belly with cabbage, aubergine, crown daisy, tofu, mushrooms and konjac noodles in a soy broth, brought out on its own burner — and **the staff hand you a plate and tongs and tell you to lift the beef out first, then cook it a piece at a time once the broth boils.** Four writers record that instruction. A raw egg comes alongside for dipping.

  Four writers give a price and all say ₩27,000. **They disagree on the portion**: two call it generous, one says it is "not a huge dish — about right if you are ordering something else alongside." Three added udon; one notes that the staff top up the broth if it runs low. One found it a little salty for a drinking dish.

• 바지락술찜5 ate it
  bajirak sul-jjim₩22,000 · ₩24,000

  Clams simmered with spring onion and courgette in a sharp, clear broth. **Add the pasta and it becomes something close to vongole** — four writers did, and two say the noodles are not optional if you want it to fill you up.

  **The price went up**: two July 2026 posts say ₩22,000, two September posts say ₩24,000. Three writers say there are plenty of clams, one that they were well purged of grit, and one — who does not eat shellfish — that it did not taste fishy. One diner's companion did not care for the broth.

• 마라만두전골3 ate it
  mara mandu jeongol₩27,000

  A hot-pot built on a Korean reading of mala, with meat, tofu, pak choi and mushrooms. By September 2026 the menu calls it simply mala jeongol, with the dumplings dropped from the name.

  Three writers give ₩27,000. **One is blunt about the dumplings** — frozen, and the pot is better without them. One writer was warned by the owner at the point of ordering that it is hot; another found it not especially fierce.

• 항정된장구이2 ate it
  hangjeong doenjang-gui₩21,000 · ₩22,000 · ₩23,000

  Pork jowl grilled with a soybean-paste sauce. **Two writers were told to break the egg yolk, dip, and add a little wasabi** — and both say so in the same words.

  **Three different prices**: ₩21,000 in a post from 7 June 2026, ₩22,000 on a menu photographed a week later, ₩23,000 on one from September. It reads as a rising price, but we did not confirm it.

• 지옥파스타2 ate it
  jiok pasta₩19,000 · ₩20,000

  A tomato pasta — bolognese crossed with a chilli sauce. **It earns the name "hell"**: one writer simply says it is murderous, and another asked for it toned down and still could not get two of the party to eat it.

  Menu photographs give ₩19,000 in June 2026 and ₩20,000 in September. **One writer asked for it milder and the kitchen obliged** — up to a point.

• 트러플 머쉬룸 크림 파스타1 ate it
  truffle mushroom cream pasta₩20,000 · ₩21,000

  A cream pasta with several kinds of mushroom, finished with pecorino and grana padano. Only one writer ordered it — and **she had picked the cheapest thing on the list expecting nothing.** She was full when it arrived and kept eating: not cloying, seasoned exactly right.

  ₩20,000 on a June 2026 menu, ₩21,000 in September. One writer nearly ordered a second dish because of the smell drifting over from the next table.

• 시미존슨탕1 ate it
  Simi Johnson-tang₩25,000

  The house take on budae-jjigae: ham, beef, bacon and kimchi — **and the instant noodles come in as standard**, not as an add-on.

  All five posts give ₩25,000. The one writer who ate it found the broth clean rather than greasy.

Sides, and what comes with it

• 칠리치즈감자전20 ate it
  chilli cheese gamja-jeon₩17,000

  **Twenty of the writers who went ordered it.** Potato cut into fine threads and fried more than griddled, with mozzarella inside and a separate **house chilli sauce closer to a ragù** — tomato with minced meat in it. One writer says she is exactly the sort of person who goes to this bar for this one dish; another orders it on every visit.

  Seven writers give a price and all seven say ₩17,000, unchanged from May to September 2026. Many call it crisp and eight describe the cheese pulling into strings. **They disagree about the cheese on top**: four say mozzarella inside, one describes grated grana padano dusted over it like snow.

• 기본 안주(프레첼)9 ate it
  gibon anju (pretzel)

  Put down with the side plates, water and cutlery when you sit — **no charge.** Nine writers name it as pretzels.

  **One writer, in September 2026, was given heart-shaped old-fashioned biscuits instead.** Whether it changes or that was just one night, we do not know.

• 우동사리·파스타사리 추가7 ate it
  sari chuga₩2,000

  Noodles to drop into the hotpots and the clam broth — udon, pasta or instant-noodle. **They come already boiled, so they are ready as soon as they hit the pot**, as two writers note.

  Five writers give the price and all say ₩2,000. Udon tends to go into the sukiyaki, pasta into the clams. One writer was told by the staff to add it later rather than at the start.

• 옥수수튀김2 ate it
  oksusu twigim₩10,000

  Corn in a thin batter, the kernels bursting as you bite. One writer picked it apart a kernel at a time.

  Both writers who give a price say ₩10,000. One mentions a light dusting of seasoning.

• 토마토 츠케모노 & 생올리브1 ate it
  tomato tsukemono & olive₩8,000

  Pickled tomato with raw olives, the lightest thing on the list. **Nobody here ordered it** — the one writer who ate it was given it by the owner after a third bottle of wine.

  Four menu photographs all give ₩8,000. The writer who was given it found the tomato easy going and the olives good with the wine.

• 가라아게1 ate it
  karaage₩14,000

  Served with a lemon wedge and a dipping sauce. The one writer who ordered it was startled by the size, and says the batter is thin with a lot of meat under it.

  ₩14,000 on a September 2026 menu. Straight out of the fryer and crisp with it.

• 오이무침1 ate it
  oi-muchim₩8,000

  Cucumber in a sharp dressing — something to cut through the fried things, as one writer puts it.

  One writer gives ₩8,000, which puts it at the bottom of the list.

• 산더미고추두부1 ate it
  sandeomi gochu dubu₩13,000

  Tofu under a mountain of green chilli, as the name promises — cut to bite size, with seasoned meat and onion piled on.

  ₩13,000 on a September 2026 menu. The one writer who ate it found the onion too sour for her.

• 명란포테사라1 ate it
  myeongran potesara₩9,000

  Potato salad with salted pollock roe through it — a good foil for wine, says the one writer who had it.

  One writer gives the price: ₩9,000.

To drink

• 하이볼5 ate it
  haibol₩8,000

  Suntory, Jim Beam, omija and umeshu. The omija one is named most — by four writers. **Four also note that any of them can be made without alcohol** if you ask.

  ₩8,000 on a September 2026 menu, except the umeshu at ₩9,000. Two writers like the omija for its colour and lightness; one preferred the Suntory.

• 기린 생맥주4 ate it
  Kirin saeng-maekju₩9,000

  Poured in 410ml glasses, and the drink named most often here. One writer describes the head as like drinking cream.

  ₩9,000 on a September 2026 menu. **They do not carry ordinary soju** — two writers say so — but pour distilled soju and Korean spirits by the glass or the bottle.

• 유즈 레몬사와 · 피치사와 (1+1)3 ate it
  yuzu lemon sour · peach sour₩11,000

  **Two glasses for one price.** Two writers say the yuzu and lemon come through strongly enough to hide the spirit; one watched a companion who barely drinks knock one straight back.

  Both writers who give a price say ₩11,000 — for the pair. The peach version is listed at the same price.

• 와인1 ate it
  wine₩47,000 · ₩95,000

  White, red, sparkling, and alcohol-free wine too. One writer noticed how many nearby tables were drinking it; two say they will come back for the wine. **Two mention corkage is allowed**, one of them adding that it is charged.

  A September 2026 menu runs from ₩47,000 (pinot grigio, a rosso) to ₩95,000 (riesling) a bottle. Only one writer actually drank it — through a white, then a red, then a third bottle.

• 아사히 병맥주1 ate it
  Asahi byeong-maekju₩8,000

  In 330ml bottles. One writer picked it after weighing it against the draft.

  ₩8,000 on a September 2026 menu.

Parking

1 posts say you cannot park. None say you can.

Not one writer parked a car. One says there is no car park of the shop's own, and four point to the public one in front. But none of the four actually used it: one came up from Daegu by train and copied out the tariff from the listing (₩1,000 for the first ten minutes, ₩6,000 an hour after that, ₩30,000 a day), and another writes only that "apparently it is easy to get to by car." Arriving by train is well covered: two to seven minutes from exit 6 at Jongno 3-ga, with two writers putting a number on it — 243 and 250 metres.

Who came, and with whom

Getting there

Getting inside

No writer says what floor this place is on. The words stairs and lift do not appear anywhere in what we read. All the posts establish is that you walk in off the lane — past the outdoor tables that stand on the street in front of the door. One post gives a different street address from the one in our records, while its own check-in points to the registered one; we could not settle which is right. Two writers warn that the sign is easy to miss — "you may not see the name anywhere, but this is the place."

Nobody writes about getting in with a wheelchair or a pram. Not one of these posts contains the words wheelchair, pram, ramp, threshold or step. That is not a no — it is that we do not know. For what can be read: the seating is tables set on the lane outside and tables and a bar counter inside, and four writers describe the inside as tight.

The lavatory is inside the room, and it is unisex. Several writers note that it is indoors, three of them adding that it is not split by sex — two make the point that at a place where you drink outdoors, this is the thing that usually goes wrong, and here it does not. Four call it roomy and clean. Not one post says whether there is an accessible cubicle or a step at the door. Three mention a coat rail along one wall and a basket under each table for bags.

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. 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 themselves4 / 254 of 25 posts
• Posts saying nothing either way21 / 2521 of 25 posts

Posts that followed a TV spot

Of the 26 posts we gathered, 1 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

What we do not know

• Six of these posts carry the same sentence, almost word for word: that the terrace is kept warm in winter so you can sit out all year. Not one of the writers went in winter. Everything we read was written between May and September. Four of the six mark it as hearsay in their own words — "apparently," "they say" — and nobody describes an actual winter awning or heater. One writer did sit under the awning in the rain. We did not count this as observed: what a post says and what its writer saw are different things.
• The posts disagree about Sunday. Eight say it closes every Sunday; four give the hours as "daily, 5pm to midnight." The second group looks like the Naver summary copied across, but we could not settle it, so both are published. Closing time splits too: ten say midnight on weekdays and 1am on Friday and Saturday, one says midnight Monday through Saturday, and exactly one gives the opening as 6pm rather than 5pm. One writer also records a month of interior work starting 29 June 2026, after which the September posts mention a recent refit. Worth a check before you go.
• The number in the posts is not the number on the licence. All ten writers who give a phone number give the same 0507 one, between June and September 2026 — that is a forwarding number, which stops working if the shop drops the service. The direct line on record is a Jongno landline, and it does not appear anywhere in what we read. We could not establish which one is answered now. If you mean to book, it is worth having both.
• Not one post declares a sponsorship. Five say outright that they paid — one posts the receipt — and the rest say nothing either way. What we can say is that six of them went up in the six days from 13 to 18 September 2026, and that the posts from around then repeat the same account of a refit and the same sentence about the winter terrace. That is a count, not an accusation: the bodies differ, the orders differ, and all of them record eating, so all of them are counted as visits. One post was written without anyone going, and we took it out of the count — a roundup of four outdoor bars whose paragraph on this place says only that outdoor tables "are confirmed by visit information," and which ends with a widget of articles about pension planning and lottery numbers.

Sources (25)

Every number above was counted from the posts below.

1. [종로맛집/시미시미] 팽도리랑 느좋 이자카야 간 썰푼다 2026-09-28 · 팽슐랭님의 블로그
2. 종로 분위기 좋은 야장 술집 종로 이자카야 술집 시미시미 2026-09-28 · 여행에 미친 커플의 가성비 지구여행
3. 종로맛집 요즘 날씨 야장 감성 못 잃어 분위기까지 매력적인 시미시.... 2026-09-23 · 천방지축얼렁뚱땅 모모세상
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20. [서순라길/맛집] 안주가 맛있는 익선동 술집 '시미시미' 2026-06-17 · Meine Jahreszeiten
21. 익선동술집 추천 | 서순라길 데이트 야장 맛집 시미시미 후기 2026-06-13 · 이지구내지구
22. 종로 익선동 술집 야장추천 시미시미 내돈내산 후기 2026-06-07 · 단이의 취향노트
23. [서울_종로3가] 야장타임 ‘시미시미&소다만’ 2026-06-01 · 복덕방 ;복작스런 덕후의 방
24. 익선동 종로3가 데이트 코스 추천｜맛집부터 야장까지 하루 풀코스.... 2026-05-27 · 모모's Everything | 장기동 피아노쌤의 취향 기록
25. [익선동술집] 서순라길 종로3가역 술집 '시미시미' 후기 2026-05-26 · 나를 찾아, 세상으로 떠나는

Of 270 candidate posts we opened 81 and kept 25 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.

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