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Wonjo Sunhuine Bindaetteok

원조순희네빈대떡 Wonjo means 'the original', Sunhui-ne means 'Sunhui's place', and bindaetteok is a pan-fried mung-bean pancake.

Compiled from 14 blog posts read in fullSources →

Wonjo Sunhuine Bindaetteok is the mung-bean pancake shop inside Gwangjang Market's food alley (Jongno 32-gil 5). Pancakes are fried on a griddle out front and stacked high; you either sit inside or buy from a separate takeaway line. Posts from September 2026 on give 6,000 won for a mung-bean pancake, 4,000 won for a meat patty and 16,000 won for the modeum plate of two pancakes and one patty; there is also yukhoe, octopus tangtangi, mini gimbap and makgeolli. We read 30 posts dated March 15 to October 17, 2026; 14 describe eating here. We set aside 9 about the same-named Dongdaemun dakhanmari branch, the Namdaemun branch or Bakgane next door.

Data as of · Published ·

Location & hours

  • Address서울특별시 종로구 종로32길 5 (종로5가)5 Jong-ro 32-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
  • Typical spend₩4,000 – ₩29,000
  • From the station5 posts say it is walkable from the station.
  • Floor areaFloor area 53 m² · Status In business

When it opens

Of 5 posts: 3 wrote Daily 10:00–21:00.

When it opens
Daily10:00–21:003 of 5 posts
Last order20:304 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

  1. Expect a line. Six posts waited, and those that timed it give 10, 20, 30 and 30 minutes; the 30-minute waits were a Friday at 7 pm and the October 9 holiday, the 20-minute one a weekend lunch. Three posts note separate lines for eating in and for takeaway. One says there is no app or sign-up sheet, you just stand in line. Two posts walked straight in, one of them just after the lunch rush.
  2. Ten visit posts call the pancakes crisp; three say they are fried in so much oil it is almost deep-frying. Three found them not greasy; one said the oil can get tiresome and the pickled onions served alongside balance it.
  3. Seven posts mention takeaway. One describes pancakes wrapped in foil on a disposable plate with the onion-soy dip bagged separately; a March 2026 post says raw batter to fry at home sells for 15,000 won.
  4. Six posts sat and ate inside, describing tables along both sides of the entrance and a fast turnover. One post also mentions three or four tables outside.
2 more
  1. Five posts describe walking from the subway: one to three minutes from Jongno 5-ga Station (Line 1) exit 8, or via exit 7, or from Euljiro 4-ga Station exit 4.
  2. Two posts came with friends, two with family and one alone; the solo diner had one pancake, one meat patty and a bottle of beer.

What 14 bloggers said

13/14Most ordered
nokdu bindaetteok
10/14Most-said good thing
Crispy batter
0/14Posts disclosing payment

We read all 14 in full. The most common claims are “Crispy batter” (10) and “Not expensive” (5).

What they liked

Crispy batter10 of 14 posts
Clean4 of 14 posts
Not expensive5 of 14 posts
Not greasy3 of 14 posts
Large portions2 of 14 posts
Spicy1 of 14 posts
Returning customer1 of 14 posts
Roomy1 of 14 posts

What they struggled with

Unremarkable1 of 14 posts
Would not return1 of 14 posts

Where they disagree

Had to waityes 6 · no 2

Things you can check on site

  • Takeout 7 of 14 posts
  • Seats to sit and eat 6 of 14 posts
  • Reachable by transit 5 of 14 posts
  • Foreign customers in the room 3 of 14 posts
  • Beer served 2 of 14 posts
  • Outdoor terrace seating 1 of 14 posts
  • Signed celebrity photos 1 of 14 posts

These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.

The most ordered dish is nokdu bindaetteok (녹두빈대떡) — 13 of 14 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

12 more dishes

Who came, and with whom

  • With a friend 2 of 14 posts
  • Family visit 2 of 14 posts
  • Solo visit 1 of 14 posts

Where it is

Map showing where Wonjo Sunhuine Bindaetteok 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

Five posts describe walking from the subway: one to three minutes from Jongno 5-ga Station (Line 1) exit 8, or via exit 7, or from Euljiro 4-ga Station exit 4.

Getting inside

No post says what floor the seating is on or whether there is an upstairs. That means nobody wrote it down, not that there is none.

No post says whether there is a step at the entrance or whether a wheelchair or stroller can get in. We do not know.

No post says whether there is a toilet inside or whether it is separated by gender. We do not know.

No one mentioned: Second floor · 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 themselves6 of 14 posts
  • Posts saying nothing either way8 of 14 posts

Posts that followed a TV spot

Of the 21 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.

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

0306070910
Month by month
MonthPosts
2026-031
2026-061
2026-071
2026-092
2026-109

What we do not know

  • Four October 2026 posts say the shop was remodeled and is roomier and cleaner than before; none says when. Four posts call it clean; one August visit disagreed, describing heat and flies.
  • Prices went up: the mung-bean pancake was 5,000 won in a March 2026 post and 6,000 won from September 2026. Five posts called it good value; no visit post called it expensive.
  • Five posts copied opening hours from listings: four say 10 am to 9 pm, one from June 2026 says 9 am to 9 pm; four give last order at 8:30 pm. No post mentions a closing day.
  • The phone number 02-2264-5057 appears only once, copied from a listing. No post mentions reservations; one says it is first come, first served in line.
  • One post saw walls full of TV-appearance autographs. The claim that Tim Burton and other foreign celebrities visit is hearsay, and we did not count it.
  • The Sunhuine Bindaetteok name is also used by a dakhanmari restaurant in Dongdaemun (Jongno 40ga-gil 20) and a Namdaemun Market shop. Four posts about the Dongdaemun branch, one of them marked sponsored, repeat the same lines such as '200 seats over two floors'. We left all of them out of this page.

Sources (14)

Every number above was counted from the posts below.

  1. 광장시장 맛집 원조순희네빈대떡 | 녹두빈대떡 고기완자 육회 후기 2026-10-16 · 홍니하동 자매 블로그
  2. 광장시장 빈대떡은 원조순희네빈대떡 내돈내산 방문 후기 2026-10-16 · 먹고 놀고 운동하고
  3. 오랜만에 광장시장 순희네빈대떡에서 혼밥혼술 2026-10-16 · 불가능한 꿈을 꾸는 리얼리스트
  4. 광장시장 부촌육회와 순희네 빈대떡 그나마 바가지 피하고 싶다면 .... 2026-10-15 · 패션왕의 패션놀이터
  5. 《광장시장 맛집》 원조 순희네 빈대떡~! 바삭하고 도톰한 빈대떡과.... 2026-10-14 · 테크노퀸 - 서평, 여행, 맛집을 담은 먹블로그!
  6. [서울/종로구] 광장시장 순희네 빈대떡 위치 & 순희네 빈대떡 포장 & .... 2026-10-14 · 꿀토끼의 노리터:D
  7. 광장시장 맛집] 원조순희네빈대떡,줄 서서 먹고 포장까지 한 후기 2026-10-14 · 심플한 삶
  8. 서울 내돈내산맛집투어, 연휴라서 종로나들이 2026-10-13 · 그리고 나한테 주어진 길 · via Daum
  9. 서울 종로 광장시장 맛집 [원조 순희네빈대떡] 빈대떡과 육회 고기.... 2026-10-12 · 환상향
  10. 서울 광장시장 맛집 추천 핫플 먹거리 리스트 3곳 후기(빈대떡, 갈릭.... 2026-09-27 · 경룽이의 해삐한 세상살이
  11. 광장시장 맛집 | 원조순희네빈대떡 육회모둠 빈대떡, 완자포함 후.... 2026-09-15 · 이것저것 모아모아
  12. 서울 광장시장 필수 코스 BEST5 추천 (부촌육회, 원조순희네 빈대떡, .... 2026-07-31 · Worth it
  13. 서울 광장시장 찐맛집 추천 원조순희네빈대떡 웨이팅 내돈내산 솔.... 2026-06-02 · 플레이스 투 플레이트 I PLACE TO PLATE
  14. 광장시장 맛집 내돈내산 순희네빈대떡 시간 서울 종로 가볼만한곳 2026-03-15 · 감로그의 여행로그‍ · via Daum

Of 305 candidate posts we opened 96 and kept 14 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.