Western
Eulji Dongaseu
을지돈가스 Eulji is taken from Euljiro, the downtown street and district the name points to, and donkkaseu is the Korean word for a breaded pork cutlet.
Compiled from 9 blog posts read in fullSources →
An old-style Western-diner cutlet house on Myeongdong 9-gil, between Myeongdong and Euljiro 1-ga stations. The signature cutlet is 14,000 won, the spicy and curry versions 15,000 won, and sets with tteokbokki or cold noodles 18,000–19,000 won. Soup and a roll come first, rice and side dishes are self-serve, and you take a slush on the way out. We read 15 posts from 30 August to 22 October 2026: 9 are real visits, 2 only describe the place, and 4 turned out to be about other businesses.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 중구 명동9길 10 (명동1가, 1층)10 Myeongdong 9-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul
- Phone02-318-2206
- Typical spend₩3,000 – ₩19,000
- Floor areaFloor area 96 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 6 posts: 4 wrote Daily 11:00–22:00, 2 wrote 11:00–22:00.
| Daily | 11:00–22:00 | 4 of 6 posts |
|---|---|---|
| No day given | 11:00–22:00 | 2 of 6 posts |
| Last order | 20:40 | 5 of 5 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
- All nine visits called the crust crisp, including one that had the sauce poured on and said it stayed crunchy anyway. Thickness is disputed: three posts found the meat thin, one thick, one 'not too thin'.
- Expect to wait at lunch. Five posts say they waited: one arrived at 11:34 on a weekday, was seventh in line and sat down about 14 minutes later; another came at 11:00 to an empty room but said the line forms after noon. You join the list at a machine by the door or on CatchTable. One post walked straight in at 18:30 on a weekday, just before the room filled. One noted that you wait outside.
- Six posts mention free mango or grape slush, plus job's-tears tea, hot chocolate and coffee, set out by the entrance to take with you as you leave.
- Three posts ordered from a table tablet or kiosk, and several note you choose at ordering whether the sauce comes poured on or on the side. One timed the cutlet at four minutes from order.
1 more
- Four posts call the portions large. Rice isn't served on the plate; you take as much as you like from the self-serve bar, which three posts singled out.
What 9 bloggers said
Supeu-wa moningppang
Crispy batter
We read all 9 in full. The most common claims are “Crispy batter” (9) and “Had to wait” (5).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Things you can check on site
- Complimentary tea or drink 6 of 9 posts
- Self-order screen 3 of 9 posts
- Free refills 3 of 9 posts
- Toilet inside 2 of 9 posts
- Separate restrooms 1 of 9 posts
- Review event 1 of 9 posts
- Wi-Fi 1 of 9 posts
- Beer served 1 of 9 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Who came, and with whom
- Group visit 2 of 9 posts
- Date 2 of 9 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
| Toilet inside | 2 of 9 posts |
|---|---|
| Separate restrooms | 1 of 9 posts |
No one described the floor or any stairs from experience; the only clue is '1st floor' in the address.
No post says whether there is a step at the entrance or whether a wheelchair or stroller gets in. That is a gap in the record, not a no.
Two posts say from experience that the toilet is inside, and one that it is split by sex; the other mentions are copied listing info, which we didn't count.
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 themselves3 of 9 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way6 of 9 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 11 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 |
|---|---|
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 6 |
What we do not know
- A post from 3 September 2026 compared it with a visit a year earlier (October 2025) and noted that water, broth, rice and sides had since moved to a self-serve bar. Only this one post mentions the change.
- The distances from Euljiro 1-ga exit 5 (280–288 m) and Myeongdong exit 6 (220 m) are copied listing details; nobody described the walk.
- Several posts say it would suit kids, but none actually went with children or family. Of the visits, two went as a couple and two with co-workers at lunch.
- Four posts call something spicy, but not the same dish: tteokbokki twice, the spicy cutlet once, the curry once. Another post that had the spicy cutlet found it milder than billed.
- Six posts give the same opening hours, daily 11:00–22:00 with last order at 20:40, but all are copied from the listing. One post's 11:00–20:30 with a break and Sunday closing came with a different address (Namdaemun-ro 88), so we don't treat it as this shop's hours.
- Prices mostly agree, except the cutlet-and-cold-noodle set: 18,000 won in three posts, 19,000 won in one from 28 September 2026. Three posts called it good value.
- Three posts list the phone number 0507-1470-9972; another number, 02-777-1335, appears alongside a different address. Bookings are said to go through CatchTable or Naver, and one post copied a note that reservations open only after 1 p.m.
- One blog posted two write-ups on the same day from the same template (price list, Q&A, 'also searched' links), one about this shop and one about another; the one about this shop records no visit, so we didn't count it.
Sources (9)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 명동 을지돈까스 경양식 매운돈까스, 카레돈까스 생각날 때 2026-10-21 · 잘 먹는 래비비의 맛있는 기록
- [명동] 을지돈가스 내돈내산 솔직후기 2026-10-17 · 보물창고
- [을지로입구역 맛집] 추억의 옛날식 돈까스 '을지돈가스', 남대문시.... 2026-10-15 · CHOE LIFE 초이라이프
- [명동 맛집] 을지돈가스 명동본점 을지왕돈가스, 떡볶이, 냉모밀 후.... 2026-10-15 · 수빈의 공간
- 명동맛집 레트로 분위기 좋은 식당 경양식왕돈까스 을지돈가스 명.... 2026-10-14 · I HOPE YOU ARE ALWAYS HAPPY
- ️ 명동 고급 경양식레스토랑 을지돈가스 명동본점 | 을지왕돈가스.... 2026-10-14 · 나, 좋아해
- 명동 돈가스 맛집 을지돈가스｜돈가스로 만든 미니버거, 인생 메뉴였어요! 2026-09-28 · 맛집 리뷰와 다양한 정보들 · via Daum
- 명동 직장인 점심 돈까스 맛집 “을지돈가스” 을지왕돈가스 후기 | 오점뭐? 점메추! 2026-09-03 · 싱글벙글 · via Daum
- 명동 점심 돈가스 맛집 을지돈가스 명돈본점 추천 메뉴 2026-08-30 · 목표는 놀이터인싸 · via Daum
Of 336 candidate posts we opened 120 and kept 9 as evidence. We have not seen them all yet; another pass would add more.