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Tangsuyuk (sweet & sour pork) sweet-and-sour fried porkAn AI drawing of Tangsuyuk (sweet & sour pork) as a dish. Not a photograph of this shop, and not drawn from this shop's menu. © Gilpost · no unauthorised reproduction

Gilpost · Jung-gu, 남창동

Chinese

Yewon

예원 Yewon is a two-syllable name; the post gives no hanja, so we cannot say which meaning the house intends.

Compiled from 1 blog posts read in fullSources →

A Chinese restaurant on Toegye-ro 2-gil near Hoehyeon Station, serving noodles like jjajangmyeon and jjamppong, rice dishes, and plates like tangsuyuk. We read just one post, dated 1 October 2026, and it describes the place as a lunch spot where office workers eat alone. The plain jjajangmyeon it ordered was 8,000 won, which the writer called ordinary for Seoul. Everything below rests on that one person's visit.

Data as of · Published ·

Location & hours

  • Address서울특별시 중구 퇴계로2길 1 (남창동,(지상2층))1 Toegye-ro 2-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul
  • Typical spend₩8,000 only 1 of 4 dishes carries a price
  • Floor areaFloor area 97 m² · Status In business

What sets it apart

  1. Eating alone is fine, according to the one post. Staff greeted the writer with "just one?" and seated them straight away; there are several tables for one or two, and the writer saw quite a few solo diners at four-seat tables. They also said it's busy enough that you end up eating fast.
  2. There is a private room at the back. The one post saw a whole team having lunch in it that day.

What 1 bloggers said

1/1Most ordered
jjajangmyeon
1/1Most-said good thing
Friendly staff
0/1Posts disclosing payment

We read all 1 in full. The most common claims are “Friendly staff” (1) and “Clean” (1).

What they liked

Friendly staff1 of 1 posts
Clean1 of 1 posts
Returning customer1 of 1 posts

Things you can check on site

  • Private room 1 of 1 posts
  • Seats to sit and eat 1 of 1 posts

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

The most ordered dish is jjajangmyeon (짜장면) — 1 of 1 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

Who came, and with whom

  • Solo visit 1 of 1 posts

Where it is

Map showing where Yewon 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

We don't know the floor from experience. The address says second floor, but no post describes climbing stairs or taking a lift.

No post says whether there's a step at the entrance or whether a wheelchair or stroller can get in. That means we don't know, not that there isn't one.

Nobody mentioned where the toilet is or whether it's split by gender.

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 nothing either way1 of 1 posts

When the posts appeared

10
Month by month
MonthPosts
2026-101

What we do not know

  • One post copied a line saying it's 30 m from Hoehyeon Station exit 4, but nobody described the walk, so we don't count it.
  • We don't know about waiting for a table. The one post says lunch is busy but doesn't mention a queue; the food came without a long wait.
  • The only post is a solo visit, so we can't say what it's like with friends, family or a group, beyond one sighting of a team lunching in the private room.
  • Opening hours come from one post's copied listing: 10:30 to 22:00, a break from 15:30 to 16:30 on weekdays only, last order 21:30. No closing day was given, and no second post confirms it.
  • The only price given is 8,000 won for jjajangmyeon; we don't know the rest of the menu's prices or what a typical meal costs.
  • No post gives a phone number, and nobody says whether they take reservations.

Sources (1)

Every number above was counted from the posts below.

  1. 회현역 명동 직장인 점심 혼밥 중국집 예원 2026-10-01 · 일상을 관통하는 - · via Daum

Of 390 candidate posts we opened 10 and kept 1 as evidence. We have not seen them all yet; another pass would add more.