Korean
Pyeonghaeok
평해옥 Pyeonghae is an old place name in Uljin, North Gyeongsang Province, and ok means house; the posts repeat the restaurant's word that its crab comes from Uljin.
Compiled from 27 blog posts read in fullSources →
Pyeonghaeok is a small hanok restaurant down the Nagwon-dong monkfish-stew alley off Jongno 3-ga Station exit 5, at the edge of Ikseon-dong. There is one menu, the Pyeonghaeok bansang, ordered per head for two or more: soy and spicy marinated crab, a minari pancake with dried shrimp, raw-squid salad, grilled mackerel and a clear crab-and-tofu stew, with six side dishes and yakgwa with tea to finish. It is 33,000 won per person now and was 29,000 won before September 2026. We read 30 posts dated May 27 to October 15, 2026; 27 of them describe an actual meal.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 종로구 삼일대로26길 17, 1층 (낙원동)17 Samil-daero 26-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
- Phone010-4896-8002
- Typical spend₩29,000 – ₩33,000 only 1 of 5 dishes carries a price
- From the station6 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 54 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 22 posts: 7 wrote 11:00–21:20, 6 wrote Daily 11:00–21:30.
| No day given | 11:00–21:20 | 7 of 22 posts |
|---|---|---|
| Daily | 11:00–21:30 | 6 of 22 posts |
| Break | 15:00–17:00 | 19 of 20 posts |
| Last order | 20:30 | 9 of 11 posts |
| Closed | 명절 당일 | 7 of 11 posts |
| Closed | Monday | 3 of 11 posts |
4 other values
| Open | 11:00–21:30 3 of 22 posts last seen 2026-10 | |
|---|---|---|
| Open | Daily | 11:00–21:00 2 of 22 posts last seen 2026-09 |
| Open | Daily | 11:00–21:20 2 of 22 posts last seen 2026-09 |
| Last order | 20:00 2 of 11 posts last seen 2026-09 |
The values differ, but the periods they were written in do not overlap. This looks like a change over time rather than a disagreement, and the top row is the most recently reported. We did not confirm it with the restaurant.
What sets it apart
- The price went up in September 2026. Four posts up to September 10 give 29,000 won (one just says 'in the 20,000s'); posts from September 16 on give 33,000 won. A September 25 post noted the rise and said it now made them weigh it against other set-meal places. Eleven posts called it good value for what arrives, all written after the rise. No post called it expensive.
- It is a place for talking over the meal: 15 posts said it was quiet. Several describe the room split in two, and two sat on a side with only two tables. That said, the same 'small and quiet' wording recurs almost verbatim across the templated posts noted below.
- People book ahead: 8 posts reserved through Naver, and 5 said they were seated straight away — for example at 6:30 on a weekday evening and 12:30 on a Monday. One Saturday-lunch visitor found it unexpectedly empty enough to walk in. No post describes queuing.
- Foreign diners are common: 6 posts saw them in the room — two Japanese guests, a table from Australia, groups bringing foreign friends. One writer took a foreign friend and taught them how to eat raw crab. The line that foreigners love the place is hearsay and we did not count it.
2 more
- You walk from the subway: 6 posts describe the route from Jongno 3-ga exit 5 into the Nagwon-dong monkfish-stew alley, taking three, about five and about seven minutes. The 'two minutes on foot' in nearly every post is copied from the listing.
- Tables are timed: 2 posts mention an 80-minute limit, and one found it plenty for a leisurely crab meal with a friend.
What 27 bloggers said
Pyeonghaeok bansang
Not salty
We read all 27 in full. The most common claims are “Not salty” (23) and “Quiet” (15).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Things you can check on site
- Takes reservations 8 of 27 posts
- Large windows 6 of 27 posts
- Foreign customers in the room 6 of 27 posts
- Reachable by transit 6 of 27 posts
- Review event 4 of 27 posts
- A minimum number of portions on the first order 3 of 27 posts
- Air conditioned 2 of 27 posts
- Private room 1 of 27 posts
- Time limit on the table 2 of 27 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Parking
1 posts say you cannot park. None say you can.
| Posts saying you cannot | 1 of 27 posts |
|---|
Almost every post says there is no parking, mostly by copying the listing and its two nearby lots. One post came by car and parked at the Piccadilly Plus garage because the alley leaves nowhere closer.
Who came, and with whom
- With a friend 7 of 27 posts
- Date 7 of 27 posts
- Family visit 5 of 27 posts
- Came by car 1 of 27 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
You walk from the subway: 6 posts describe the route from Jongno 3-ga exit 5 into the Nagwon-dong monkfish-stew alley, taking three, about five and about seven minutes. The 'two minutes on foot' in nearly every post is copied from the listing.
Getting inside
| In a basement | yes 0 · no 1 (of 27 posts read) |
|---|
Only one post mentions the floor: it is on the ground floor and easy to find. No other post says.
Nobody wrote whether the entrance has a step, or whether a wheelchair or stroller can get in. That means we do not know, not that there is a barrier.
No one described the toilet from experience; 'separate men's and women's toilets' appears only in copied listing text.
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 disclosing payment2 of 27 posts
- Someone else paid1 of 27 posts
- Posts saying they paid themselves1 of 27 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way23 of 27 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 30 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 |
|---|---|
| 2026-07 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 13 |
| 2026-10 | 11 |
What we do not know
- Many posts follow one template. 14 of the 30 repeat the same lines in the same order — seats up to 30, Pyeonghae is a place name in Uljin, between Jongno 3-ga and Anguk stations — and 2 of those disclose sponsorship. One more is an influencer-program visit, one says the writer paid, and the rest say nothing about money. The claim that the crab comes from Uljin is the restaurant's own and we did not use it as evidence.
- Opening hours are copied inconsistently: closing at 21:30 in 10 posts, 21:20 in 9, 21:00 in 2 and 20:00 in 1. The break is 15:00–17:00 almost everywhere, with one post saying 18:00. Seven posts say it closes only on holiday days, but three posts from October 11–15 list Mondays off — and one writer ate there on Monday, September 14. Check before going on a Monday.
- The price is 33,000 won per person for the set, two or more. One post says any extra dish costs 25,000 won. Nobody gave drink prices, and corkage appears only in copied listing text.
- Posts disagree on private rooms: one sat in a large room that takes groups, one says there are no separate rooms but the space is divided, and one calls it divided 'like rooms'.
- Twelve posts give the phone number 010-4896-8002; two give 02-6012-5988 and two give 0507-1321-5992. Most who booked did so through Naver reservations.
- One post alone complained about the rice, calling it dry and like day-old rice; no other post faulted it.
Sources (27)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 종로맛집 평해옥 익선동 간장게장 평해옥반상 한정식 대접한 후기 2026-10-15 · 희소식 ✧.*･｡ﾟ
- [평해옥] 간장게장 한정식 종로맛집 / 익선동 데이트 맛집 추천 2026-10-15 · what's more
- 종로맛집 평해옥, 1인 33,000원 간장게장 반상! 한턱내기 좋은 가성비 .... 2026-10-15 · 지니로그
- [종로3가] 평해옥 간장게장부터 꽃게탕까지 푸짐한 한정식 한상차림.... 2026-10-13 · Enjoy Our Life
- 종로맛집 평해옥 반상 간장게장 양념게장 게장정식 정갈한 한식 상.... 2026-10-11 · 염소의 먹방일기
- 2026年９月일상: 9월은 좋은 달 2026-10-09 · pantouflard · via Daum
- 종로3가맛집 한식 분위기 좋은 평해옥에서 간장게장 2026-10-07 · 잘 놀고 잘 먹는 잔잔 log · via Daum
- 부모님 모시고 방문한 종로3가맛집 평해옥, 한식 전문 오붓한 모임.... 2026-10-07 · 달님이네 별별이야기:)
- 종로3가맛집 평해옥 간장게장 익선동 한식 추천 2026-10-02 · 지니의 하루
- 종로3가맛집 평해옥 간장게장 먹고 싶은 날 푸짐한 한식 한상 2026-10-02 · 소소하연의 취향지도
- 종로3가맛집 간장게장 <평해옥> 밥도둑 간장게장으로 즐긴 평해옥 .... 2026-10-01 · The World of Rosasong
- [서울 종로구] 데이트·가족식사 하기 좋은 익선동 한옥 식당 평해옥.... 2026-09-25 · 호락도 락이다
- 종로맛집 평해옥, 간장게장부터 꽃게탕까지 푸짐한 한식 반상 2026-09-23 · 삶을 누리다
- 종로맛집 평해옥 간장게장 한정식 세트, 외국인 친구도 만족한 곳 2026-09-23 · Tout ce que j'aime
- 종로맛집 평해옥, 종로3가 한상차림 한정식으로 소중한 지인에게 한.... 2026-09-22 · soonysoon's LIFE
- 종로맛집 데이트 코스로 방문하기 좋은 평해옥 종로점 2026-09-22 · 달달하루
- 종로맛집 평해옥 반상 게장에서 꽃게탕까지 푸짐하고 정갈한 한식 2026-09-19 · 멋진아이의 세상이야기
- 종로3가맛집 간장게장도 나오는 한정식반상 전문 평해옥 2026-09-17 · LOVE&RESPECT
- 익선동 한식 종로3가맛집 평해옥, 간장게장 맛집 추천 2026-09-17 · 차곡차곡 · via Daum
- 종로3가맛집 간장게장이 맛있는 한식당 평해옥 2026-09-17 · 민스는 오늘도 여행중✈️
- 종로3가맛집 평해옥｜부모님과 가기좋은 익선동 한식, 간장게장 반.... 2026-09-16 · 예몽이의 먹행 레시피
- 익선동맛집 평해옥 간장게장 종로3가맛집 2026-09-16 · 실버라이닝 기록보관소
- 게장이 생각날 때, 종로3가역 익선동 맛집 <평해옥> 한정식 _ 간장게.... 2026-09-10 · 길 위에서
- 서울 익선동 한식 맛집 평해옥｜부모님 모시고 가기 좋은 간장게장 .... 2026-09-06 · 데잇트립 (Date Trip)
- 종로3가역 맛집 평해옥 정갈한 한정식 익선동 데이트 2026-08-21 · ♡ 네꾸의 일상 ♡
- [서울 종로∙낙원동 인사동맛집] 평해옥(반상-간장게장, 양념게장, .... 2026-07-26 · 뚜브리띵
- 게장 먹으러 익선동 맛집, 종로 3가역 맛집 ‘평해옥’ 다녀왔어요 2026-07-16 · 깨의 체크포인트
Of 331 candidate posts we opened 57 and kept 27 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.