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Eulji Golbaengi
을지골뱅이 Eulji is short for Euljiro, the old printing district the shop sits in, and golbaengi are whelks: the house's one main dish is a big bowl of spicy whelk salad with shredded scallion.
Compiled from 12 blog posts read in fullSources →
A whelk-salad house in the Euljiro 3-ga whelk alley (43-1 Suphyo-ro, Jung-gu). There is essentially one dish: a 31,000-won plate of whelks with shredded scallion, which comes with a rolled omelette and a pot of fishcake soup. Carrot sticks and peanut crackers arrive as free bar snacks, and you can toss noodles (4,000 won) in the leftover dressing. Posts up to February 2026 put the whelks at 30,000 won. We read 15 posts dated 16 January to 12 October 2026; 13 of them describe an actual visit.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 중구 수표로 43-1 (저동2가,(1층, 2층))43-1 Supyo-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul
- Typical spend₩2,000 – ₩31,000
- From the station4 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 92 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 10 posts: 7 wrote Daily 13:00–02:00, 3 wrote 13:00–02:00.
| No day given | 13:00–02:00 | 3 of 10 posts |
|---|---|---|
| Daily | 13:00–02:00 | 7 of 10 posts |
| Closed | None | 2 of 2 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
- Ten posts describe free bar snacks arriving first: raw carrot sticks and the little peanut balls you find in a bag of squid-peanut crackers.
- The omelette and fishcake soup are refilled. Five posts actually got more. One says they had refills three times; another got the omelette twice more and the soup once, at the same size as the first serving.
- Food comes out fast: three posts say so, and one timed the whelks at two or three minutes after ordering.
- Three posts say you can charge your phone at the table, and three mention a wall-mounted TV showing sports.
What 12 bloggers said
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Spicy
We read all 12 in full. The most common claims are “Spicy” (6) and “Friendly staff” (4).
What they liked
Things you can check on site
- Complimentary starter 10 of 12 posts
- Second floor 8 of 12 posts
- Beer served 7 of 12 posts
- Free refills 5 of 12 posts
- Signed celebrity photos 5 of 12 posts
- Toilet inside 5 of 12 posts
- Reachable by transit 4 of 12 posts
- Phone charging 3 of 12 posts
- In a basement saying it is not 3 of 12 posts
- TV 3 of 12 posts
- Takes reservations 2 of 12 posts
- Shared restroom 2 of 12 posts
- Cooked to order 2 of 12 posts
- Open kitchen 1 of 12 posts
- High ceiling 1 of 12 posts
- Review event 1 of 12 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Who came, and with whom
- With a friend 3 of 12 posts
- Date 2 of 12 posts
- Family visit 1 of 12 posts
- Group visit 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
4 posts say it is walkable from the station.
Getting inside
| Second floor | 8 of 12 posts |
|---|---|
| In a basement | yes 0 · no 3 (of 12 posts read) |
| Toilet inside | 5 of 12 posts |
| Separate restrooms | yes 0 · no 2 (of 12 posts read) |
There is an upstairs. Eight posts mention second-floor seating, mostly used by groups. One found it already full of a booked party; another saw a group of 20 up there. Three posts sat at or described the ground-floor tables. One post says the upstairs is reached by a separate staircase to the left of the shop.
We don't know whether there is a step at the entrance or whether a wheelchair or pushchair can get in; nobody wrote about it. One post says the upstairs is reached by stairs, and none mentions a lift.
The toilet is inside the shop, according to five posts. Two of them say it is unisex, and one says it is at the very back and was kept clean.
No one mentioned: 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 disclosing payment2 of 12 posts
- Someone else paid1 of 12 posts
- Posts saying they paid themselves1 of 12 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way8 of 12 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 14 posts we gathered, 2 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 |
|---|---|
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 5 |
| 2026-10 | 2 |
What we do not know
- Opinions on heat differ. Six posts call it spicy, one of them tongue-numbingly so; one post says it is pungent but not hot. Those who found it hot say the soup and omelette helped.
- Prices went up: whelks were 30,000 won and soju 5,000 won in February 2026, and from April 2026 they are 31,000 won and 5,500 won. No post calls it expensive; four say it is cheap or generous for the price.
- Nobody wrote about waiting. Posts describe the room as nearly full on a Thursday around 9 pm, or packed throughout, but no one says they queued or waited for a table. That does not mean there is no wait, only that nobody recorded one.
- Ten posts give the same hours, 1 pm to 2 am daily, and two add that there is no closing day. All of these were copied from the listing rather than checked in person, and nobody mentions a last order time.
- Seven posts give the phone number as 02-2264-2870; one has 02-2284-2870, which looks like a typo. On booking, we only know that two posts saw booked groups upstairs; there is no word on a minimum party size.
- Three posts went with friends, two with a partner or fiancé, one with a husband and one with a work group. Nobody went alone or with children.
- Of the 15 posts, two disclose sponsorship and one says the writer was invited. Three share the same info-box and TV-appearance template. One post made up only of generic praise with no specifics was not counted.
Sources (12)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- [서울 을지로3가역] 15년 넘은 동네 터줏대감 을지로 맛집, 을지골뱅.... 2026-10-12 · 맥시멀리스트의 취향일기
- 을지로술집 노포맛집 골뱅이 맛집 을지골뱅이 내돈내산 2026-10-02 · 행복한 나의 하루! · via Daum
- [서울 을지로] 을지로맛집 추천, 골뱅이골목 원조 '을지골뱅이' 회식 모임 후기 2026-09-30 · 쭈니‘s 행복 일상 · via Daum
- 을지로 술집 을지골뱅이 솔직후기 2026-09-30 · 대식가의 맛집로그 · via Daum
- 을지로골뱅이 힙지로 술먹기 좋은 을지골뱅이 계란말이 오뎅탕 서비스까지 2026-09-30 · 루비블로그 · via Daum
- 을지로3가 맛집 을지골뱅이 노포 술집 골뱅이와 무한리필 계란말이 2026-09-28 · 윤중의 맛멋
- [을지로맛집] "을지골뱅이" 방문후기 2026-09-10 · 일상의 행복을 공유해요~♡ · via Daum
- 을지로3가 골뱅이 맛집 추천! 계란말이 무한리필에 골뱅이소면까지 .... 2026-07-17 · like-impiglet
- [을지골뱅이] 을지로3가역 골뱅이골목 맛집 을지로맛집 | 을지로술.... 2026-06-28 · 그녀가 사는 세상
- [을지로3가역 맛집] 을지골뱅이 / 골뱅이를 주문하면 계란말이와 어.... 2026-04-05 · Le palais de la lune♪
- [을지골뱅이] 을지로 골뱅이 맛집, 을지로3가역 맛집/ 쫄깃한 골뱅이.... 2026-02-13 · 맛있는걸 좋아해
- 을지로3가역 술집 을지 골뱅이, 밥처럼 든든한 안주 2026-01-16 · FOOD 여행자
We opened all 373 candidate posts and kept 12 as evidence.