Korean
Bukchangdong Sundubu Oedae-jeom
북창동순두부 외대점 Bukchang-dong is a downtown Seoul neighborhood the soft-tofu-stew (sundubu) chain is named after; Oedae-jeom means the branch by Hankuk University of Foreign Studies.
Compiled from 5 blog posts read in fullSources →
A soft-tofu stew chain branch that opened on 27 August 2026 in the basement of the Imun I-Park Xi shopping arcade (Building A, next to the Nonghyup Hanaro Mart), 120 Imun-ro, Dongdaemun-gu. You order at a kiosk outside the door, collect your tray from the pass and return it yourself. Even a single stew comes with pot rice, a fried fish cutlet, laver and bean sprouts. Stews run 10,500–12,500 won and one-person trays with meat or fish 12,900–17,900 won, per a menu board copied the day before opening. We read 10 posts from 27 August to 14 October 2026; 5 of them describe eating there.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 동대문구 이문로 120, 이문아이파크자이 지하1층 AB117호 (이문동)120 Imun-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul
- Phone0507-1326-2844
- Typical spend₩10,500 – ₩24,900
- Floor areaFloor area 61 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 4 posts: 3 wrote 11:00–21:00.
| No day given | 11:00–21:00 | 3 of 4 posts |
|---|---|---|
| Break | 14:30–16:30 | 2 of 2 posts |
| Closed | Wednesday | 4 of 4 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
- Ordering is at a kiosk outside the door; four posts say so. With a crowd the order of things gets muddled: one post warns you can lose a table while choosing, so sit first, and an early-September visitor found you could only order once a table freed up.
- Side dishes are refilled from a self-service corner; four posts mention it, naming kimchi, seasoned bean sprouts and salted squid. One post checked the origin label and was pleased the free-refill kimchi was made from all-Korean ingredients.
- It is a small room with dedicated solo seats. Three posts describe the seating: eight or nine two-person tables plus several single seats, a bar counter, solo tables. Two say it is not spacious and one calls it medium. One notes the tables are tightly spaced, better for one or two than for four.
- One post describes waiting: told it would be 20–30 minutes on a weekday evening, they left, came back near 2 pm on a Saturday and waited five minutes. There was no ticket or app; staff simply remembered who came next (early September). Another post says it was too crowded to get in for over a month after opening.
What 5 bloggers said
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Spicy
We read all 5 in full. The most common claims are “Spicy” (2) and “Cramped” (2).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Things you can check on site
- Free refills 4 of 5 posts
- Self-order screen 4 of 5 posts
- Seats to sit and eat 4 of 5 posts
- Origin labelling posted 1 of 5 posts
- In a basement 1 of 5 posts
- High chairs 1 of 5 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 5 posts |
|---|
Only one post reports parking from experience: they drove on a weekend and found the arcade's car park roomy. Another post's 'parking available' line was copied info, so we did not count it. Nobody said how long parking is free.
Who came, and with whom
- Came by car 1 of 5 posts
- Family visit 1 of 5 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.
Getting inside
| In a basement | 1 of 5 posts |
|---|
It is on the arcade's first basement level; one post that ate there says it is easy to find once you go inside B1. A pre-opening promo post gives escalator directions (opposite the laundry on the mart level), but we did not count it.
We don't know about steps at the entrance, wheelchair or stroller access, or lift access to the basement — nobody wrote about it. One post only mentions a high chair.
We don't know whether there is a toilet inside or whether it is gender-separated; nobody mentioned it.
No one mentioned: Second floor · Lift to the floor · 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 themselves2 of 5 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way3 of 5 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 8 posts we gathered, 3 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 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 3 |
What we do not know
- Portions split one to one. The post that had the short-rib tray found it generous, with two large patties; the post that had the two-person chili pork tray felt it was about one person's worth.
- Opinions on price are split: one post found the low-teens-of-thousands prices reasonable, one thought over 10,000 won for tofu stew was a waste, and one felt that a self-service branch should not charge what full-service branches do.
- No post says how far it is on foot from Hankuk Univ. of Foreign Studies station — not that it's far, just that nobody wrote it down.
- Only two posts say who they went with: one drove, one went with her husband. None describe going with friends or children.
- Opening hours changed: the day-after-opening post gives 10 am–9 pm, while three posts from September on give 11 am–9 pm. Two give a 2:30–4:30 pm break, one a last order at 8:30 pm, and all four say closed Wednesdays. Most of these are copied info lines.
- Two phone numbers appear: three August–September posts give 0507-1326-2844, two October posts 0507-1419-2844. We can't tell which is current, or whether they take reservations.
- Three posts by the arcade's estate agent are promotional; we used them only for the copied menu prices and layout, not as visits.
Sources (5)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 외대 맛집 북창동순두부 외대점 고등어 1인 한상 후기 주차 편한 한.... 2026-10-14 · 서람쥐의 TRAVEL_ING
- 이문아이파크자이 상가 맛집 북창동순두부 외대점 | 솥밥 떡갈비 한.... 2026-10-13 · 째린이네♡
- [외대/이문] 솥밥에 생선까스까지! 순두부찌개 맛집 북창동순두부 .... 2026-10-06 · 아가리푸드파이터
- 북창동순두부 외대점 내돈내산 후기 웨이팅 2인 제육세트 솔직리뷰 2026-09-09 · 물개의 영수증
- 외대신상맛집 북창동순두부 외대점 8월 27일 오픈! 따끈한 북창동순.... 2026-08-28 · 기분 좋은 하루의 기록
We opened all 350 candidate posts and kept 5 as evidence.