Gilpost · Gwangjin-gu, Jayang-dong
Sujak Katsu Jayang
수작카츠 자양점 Handmade pork cutlets, kimchi hotpots and cold soba, ordered from a kiosk
Japanese · Gwangjin-gu, Jayang-dong
Data as of · Published ·
Sujak Katsu's Jayang branch is a handmade-tonkatsu shop on the ground floor of a shopping arcade on Neungdong-ro, on the corner facing a primary school, midway between Konkuk University Station and Jayang Station — five to ten minutes on foot from either, by several accounts. You order entirely from a kiosk by the door, keying in the number printed on the table you have chosen, and the food is carried out to it. The menu runs to plain cutlets, cutlets served in a bubbling pot of kimchi broth, rice bowls and buckwheat noodles, almost all of it around the ten-thousand-won mark. No alcohol is sold — not even beer. Every day from eleven to nine, closed between three and five, last orders at half past eight, as several posts agree. It is one branch of a chain with outlets across the country. The posts we read run from September 2024 to September 2026.
The basics
| Address | 서울특별시 광진구 능동로 50, 1층 107호 (자양동, 이튼타워리버2차) 50 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul |
|---|---|
| Phone | 02-6952-5957 |
| Typical spend | ₩2,000 – ₩15,000 |
| Floor area | 48 m² |
| Status | In business |
6 posts say it is walkable from the station.
When it opens
Of 7 posts: 5 wrote Daily 11:00–21:00.
| Open | Daily | 11:00–21:00 5 of 7 posts last seen 2026-09 |
|---|---|---|
| Break | 15:00–17:00 5 of 5 posts last seen 2025-10 | |
| Last order | 20:30 4 of 4 posts last seen 2025-10 |
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 kiosk is the thing most writers describe, and they all describe the same sequence: pick a table first, key its number into the machine by the door, pay up front, sit down, and the food finds you by the number. Nobody comes to take an order. More than one first-timer writes it up as a novelty, and one notes there is no menu card at the table — she photographed the kiosk screen instead. What there is, another says, is a large price board standing outside, and she watched most people decide there before coming in. One post says cash is not accepted; only that one checked.
- There is no alcohol. A June 2025 writer read the menu and noted, with regret, that there were soft drinks but nothing stronger — not even beer. In May 2026 another went in wanting cold draught beer with hot fried food, found none, and remarked that in that case the shop might start with the 'modern kitchen and beer' sign hanging on its own wall. If you go assuming a cutlet house will have a drink, you will repeat their afternoon.
- It is a small room, and the posts do not quite agree how small. Most lean one way: small but with a good many seats; so tight that one of the doors seems never to be used; not large, but kept tidy. Only one writer, in December 2024, calls it roomy with plenty of tables. Two try to count — one says about seven seats, the other that twos and fours are mixed. Two mention seating suited to eating alone, and one writer did exactly that. One warns that the corner position makes it easy to walk past.
- Not one post calls it expensive. The words used are good value, kind prices, cheap for what it is. But prices have moved inside the two years we read — the kimchi pot from ₩9,000 in October 2025 to ₩10,000 in September 2026, the soba set from ₩11,500 in June 2025 to ₩13,500 in September 2026, and the egg salad side from ₩2,000 to ₩3,500. Each of those is one post against one post, so we cannot confirm the rise. Only a single writer, in October 2025, copied out the whole board; everyone else wrote down what they paid. The dearest thing recorded is a ₩15,000 tenderloin cutlet in September 2026 — a dish that is not on the October 2025 board at all.
- People who live nearby come back. Look at what the returning writers actually say: she goes fairly often, it is near home; six months after a summer job she found it as good as she remembered; one woman, about to move out of the district, went back to the shop she ate at when she first moved in; another mentions a dish she had on her last visit. Three more are weekly diaries that give it a single line — and all three list it as one of that week's meals rather than as somewhere to recommend, which is its own kind of evidence. Even the first-timers write that they intend to return.
- There are no high chairs. A writer with a baby said so in September 2024 — if your child needs one, eat somewhere else — and in October 2025 another looked around and concluded the same. Ten months apart, independently, the same finding. A child's fork is provided, though one mother found it on the large side. Three posts are visits with a child, and two of them say the child ate well. Nobody mentions a changing table or a play area.
- Only one post records where the pork comes from: a September 2026 writer, reading off the wall beside the painted flying pigs, notes a named domestic brand. Nothing else in the seventeen mentions origin or grade. The meat itself draws more agreement — three describe a thin crumb around a thick piece of pork, and one says there was no off-smell at all, enough that she ate it without sauce. Another noticed the menu describing the place as a handmade-cutlet specialist.
What 15 bloggers said
We read all 15 in full. The most common claims are “Returning customer” (5) and “Not expensive” (5).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Things you can check on site
| Self-order screen | 10 of 15 posts |
|---|---|
| Reachable by transit | 6 of 15 posts |
| Seats to sit and eat | 4 of 15 posts |
| High chairs | 2 of 15 posts — saying it is not |
| Takeout | 2 of 15 posts |
| Beer served | 2 of 15 posts — saying it is not |
| Independent, not a chain | 2 of 15 posts — saying it is not |
| Certified Korean pork | 1 of 15 posts |
| Free refills | 1 of 15 posts |
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
What people order
The most ordered dish is sujak katsu (수작카츠) — 5 of 15 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
Parking
1 posts say you cannot park. None say you can.
| Posts saying you cannot | 1 of 15 posts |
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We know nothing reliable about parking — not one writer says they parked. Two posts say parking is available, but in both it is the two-word line 'parking available' sitting in a header block beside the hours and the phone number, so we have not counted it. One post promises ninety minutes free in the underground car park, and in the same sentence the writer says she did not bring a car. Against that, one says flatly there is no parking and advises the subway, and another says there is none of the shop's own but paid car parks nearby. The building is a shopping arcade, so a car park is plausible — but nobody has established whether the shop validates it, or at all. If you mean to drive, ring first.
Who came, and with whom
| Family visit | 3 of 15 posts |
|---|---|
| Came with children | 2 of 15 posts |
| Solo visit | 1 of 15 posts |
| Date | 1 of 15 posts |
Getting there
Naver Map has a full English mode — Settings → Language → English. In Korea it gives better walking and transit directions than Google Maps.
Getting inside
| Second floor | yes 0 · no 1 |
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Nobody has checked whether a wheelchair or a pushchair can get in. One post says wheelchair accessible, in the same copied tick-list as the lavatory line. Not one writer mentions a step at the door, a ramp, or how wide the doorway is. What is certain is that it is at street level — one writer says so in her own words, and the address gives unit 107 on the first floor. So there are no stairs to climb; whether there is a lip at the threshold, we cannot say. Read it alongside the several posts that call the room tight.
No one mentioned: In a basement · 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 themselves5 of 15 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way10 of 15 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 16 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
Month by month
| Month | Posts |
|---|---|
| 2024-09 | 1 |
| 2024-12 | 1 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 2 |
| 2025-10 | 2 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
What we do not know
- We know nothing about the lavatory. Not one writer describes having used it. One post does say there is one in the building, but it sits in a tick-list that runs 'parking available, lavatory in the building, wheelchair accessible, no high chairs' in a single breath, which is a copy rather than a look. Whether it is inside the shop or out in the arcade corridor, whether it is separated by sex, whether you need a code — nobody writes. This is not a claim that there is none. It is a count of nothing.
- Not one post declares a sponsorship. Five of the seventeen put 'paid for it myself' in the title or the tags; the other twelve say nothing about money. Saying nothing is not the same as having paid — we can only count what is written. For what it is worth, there is no cluster of near-identical posts filed on one day and no block of hashtags repeated word for word, and all seventeen order differently and eat differently. One February 2025 post is built to a template, with a one-line verdict and a location-and-hours panel, which sets it apart; but its account of the chilli cutlet — about as hot as the famous instant noodles, and it is the whole chillies rather than the sauce that burn — reads like someone who ate it, so we counted it.
- We have almost nothing on queues. Exactly one writer, in December 2024, reports waiting: she was turned back on her first attempt and ate on the second, and advises avoiding the lunch peak because the room fills. Everyone else went when it was quiet — at opening, around two, early evening — and two of them note that it began to fill while they sat. So only one post has actually seen this shop at lunchtime, and our figures should not be read as a measure of how busy it gets. Nobody mentions booking.
Sources (15)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 건대 자양 카츠와 사이드메뉴도 맛있는 돈카츠: 내돈내산 수작카츠 자양점 2026-09-06 · 토끼와 돼지가 공존하는 세상 · via Daum
- 내돈내산 솔직리뷰! 자양동 돈까스 맛집 수작카츠 자양점 메뉴 추천 2026-09-04 · 둘이서 떠나는 맛있는 지도
- 건대 수작카츠자양_건대 맛집 자양 맛집 돈가스 일식 소바 우동 돈부리 나베 주차 2026-08-26 · 뮤즐리님의 블로그 · via Daum
- 자양동 동네맛집 수작카츠 김치나베랑 모밀 후기 2026-08-26 · 일상의 흔적 · via Daum
- 260406W_행복도 내가 만들고 불행도 내가 만드는 것입니다. 2026-05-16 · 반짝이는 순간 · via Daum
- 15주차 :: 12.8 - 12.14 2025-12-11 · 빈둥라이프 · via Daum
- 건대입구 수제 수작카츠 자양점에서 바삭한 돈까스 2025-10-30 · 우형제맘, 코코냥❤ · via Daum
- 건대 [수작카츠] 돈까스와 김치나베가 맛있는 곳 2025-10-05 · 백귤이의 온돌방 · via Daum
- 건대역 돈까스 맛집 수작카츠 광진구 자양동 돈카츠 자양역 2025-09-25 · 그 남자의 소소한 일상 · via Daum
- 건대입구역,자양역 맛집 <수작카츠 자양> 2025-09-09 · HARMIN · via Daum
- 뚝섬유원지 건대 자양동 맛집) 수작카츠 자양점 - 아이와 맛집 2025-06-11 · 꿀벌지니
- 자양동 혼밥하기 좋은 돈카츠 맛집 "수작카츠" 내돈내산 리뷰 2025-03-11 · 춤추는악어새 · via Daum
- 자양동 가성비 점심 추천 수작카츠 자양점 2025-02-08 · 오늘의 맛집
- [건대 맛집] '수작카츠 자양점' 느끼하지 않은 가츠동 맛집 *내돈내산* 2024-12-05 · 얼렁뚱땅 일기 · via Daum
- 먹다 :: 자양(뚝섬유원지) 수작카츠 2024-09-29 · 탄산패밀리의 일상기록 · via Daum
We opened all 218 candidate posts and kept 15 as evidence.