Korean
GRUK
그륵 명동 Geureuk Myeongdong Geureuk is a colloquial, dialect form of geureut, 'bowl' or 'dish' — one writer punned that the octopus bibimbap alone made 'one bowlful'.
Compiled from 28 blog posts read in fullSources →
A Korean set-meal and braise restaurant on the second floor of an office building at 55 Namdaemun-ro, Myeongdong, across from the Bank of Korea Money Museum. Set meals such as perilla-oil buckwheat noodles, grilled mackerel or kimchi stew are 16,000 won, the beef short-rib set 22,000–23,000 won; 15 of the 29 visits ordered the two-person 'Daily Hansang' (46,000 won: two set meals plus a zucchini-potato pancake). You order on a tablet at the table and refill side dishes from a self-serve bar. We read 30 posts dated July 29 to October 3, 2026; 29 describe an actual visit. Most were published in August–September 2026 with the same promotional phrasing, so read them with that in mind.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 중구 남대문로 55, 프리즈마111 2층 (남대문로2가)55 Namdaemun-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul
- Phone0507-1353-2052
- Typical spend₩3,000 – ₩99,000
- From the station4 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 510 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 21 posts: 18 wrote Weekdays 11:00–21:30, 18 wrote Weekends 11:00–20:30, 3 wrote 11:00–21:30.
| Weekdays | 11:00–21:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Weekends | 11:00–20:30 | |
| No day given | 11:00–21:30 | 3 of 21 posts |
| Break | Weekdays 15:00–17:00 | 15 of 18 posts |
| Break | 15:00–17:00 | 3 of 18 posts |
| Last order | Weekdays 21:00 | 13 of 16 posts |
| Last order | Weekends 20:00 | 13 of 16 posts |
| Last order | 21:00 | 3 of 16 posts |
Rows without a count: 18 of 21 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
- The window seats come up more than anything else: 18 posts describe floor-to-ceiling windows facing the old Bank of Korea building or Shinsegae's giant screen, and one booked ahead specifically for a screen-facing seat. One post moved inward because the window looked glaring.
- Side dishes are refillable: 10 posts topped up from the self-serve bar or got more seaweed soup. The soup comes from staff rather than the bar — one post notes a 'seaweed soup refill' button on the tablet's call menu.
- Six posts ordered from a tablet at the table; several also mention a large menu board outside the entrance.
- No one called the food salty; 7 posts said the seasoning is restrained, one noting it suited both a light-eating writer and a saltier-palated partner. One post found a slight sweetness running through everything.
3 more
- Heat is split: 5 posts found the spicy pork ribs or octopus bibimbap mild (one says milder than Shin Ramyun), 3 found the spicy pork stir-fry, octopus bibimbap or flame-seared octopus genuinely hot.
- Twelve posts describe the zucchini-potato or kimchi pancake as crisp; one found the kimchi pancake soft.
- Most who mention price find it reasonable: 4 call it cheap for Myeongdong, one that it's hardly pricier than the old-school places nearby. One found it expensive for what it was, and one said set meals are cheap but the intestine tteokbokki is steep.
What 28 bloggers said
Geureuk Daily Hansang
Roomy
We read all 28 in full. The most common claims are “Roomy” (20) and “Crispy batter” (12).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Where they disagree
| Spicy | yes 3 · no 5 |
|---|
Things you can check on site
- Large windows 18 of 28 posts
- Free refills 10 of 28 posts
- Takes reservations 7 of 28 posts
- Self-order screen 6 of 28 posts
- Reachable by transit 4 of 28 posts
- Beer served 4 of 28 posts
- Lift to the floor 4 of 28 posts
- In a basement saying it is not 4 of 28 posts
- Wine served 2 of 28 posts
- Air conditioned 1 of 28 posts
- Foreign customers in the room 1 of 28 posts
- High chairs 1 of 28 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Who came, and with whom
- Family visit 7 of 28 posts
- Date 5 of 28 posts
- With a friend 4 of 28 posts
- Came with children 2 of 28 posts
- Group visit 1 of 28 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
| In a basement | yes 0 · no 4 (of 28 posts read) |
|---|---|
| Lift to the floor | 4 of 28 posts |
The restaurant is on the building's second floor; 4 posts took the elevator up, and one warns that some elevators skip the second floor.
We don't know about steps or wheelchair and stroller access — no one described it; one post merely copied the listing's 'wheelchair accessible' line.
We don't know whether the restroom is inside the restaurant or shared with the building. One post praised it as very clean, crediting the office building, but didn't say where; separate men's and women's restrooms appear only in copied listing info.
No one mentioned: Second 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 payment1 of 28 posts
- Someone else paid1 of 28 posts
- Posts saying they paid themselves1 of 28 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way25 of 28 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 29 posts we gathered, 1 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 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 7 |
| 2026-09 | 19 |
| 2026-10 | 1 |
What we do not know
- More than twenty posts repeat, in nearly the same words, that lunch has a queue and booking is essential — yet none actually waited. Four say they walked straight in (weekday 1 pm, Saturday 7 pm, a quiet lunch, a weekday evening); seven booked. We don't know how long a lunch wait really is.
- Most of these posts are commissioned: the line about being clean and cool amid Myeongdong's old eateries and the same hashtags recur in order, two posts disclose sponsorship and one a hosted visit. We didn't count that stock phrasing, and dropped one post that never says what was eaten.
- Opening hours are all copied, but 23 posts agree: weekdays 11:00–21:30 with a 15:00–17:00 break and last order at 21:00; weekends 11:00–20:30, no break, last order 20:00. No one mentions a closing day — that means unknown, not none.
- Prices vary slightly: the beef short-rib set is 22,000 won in three posts and 23,000 in two, the daily set 46,000 in three and 47,000 in one. Posts from the same day disagree, so we can't tell a price rise from a typo.
- Most posts give the phone number as 0507-1353-2052; one lists 0507-1356-8899. Reservations were made through Naver Booking or CatchTable.
Sources (28)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- [중구/명동] 한식 음식점 '그륵'｜부모님과 식사하기 좋은 깔끔한 한.... 2026-10-03 · 고하니 모하니 ♥
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- 명동맛집 그륵 들기름막국수 & 수육 & 막걸리 기깔난데 뷰도 예쁨! 2026-09-16 · 로망 가득 예비 신부 · via Daum
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- 깔끔하고 고급스러운 한식 다이닝, 그륵 명동 GRUK KOREAN DINING 방문 후.... 2026-09-15 · 진짜만 남깁니다. 프리필터
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- [명동 한식 맛집] 명동맛집 추천 그륵 | 뷰, 분위기, 주차 정보 2026-09-14 · LOUIS NOUIS
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- 명동맛집 한식 그륵 명동｜ 가족모임 회식장소로 좋은 한식다이닝 .... 2026-09-12 · 여행하는 혜니의 경제공부
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- 아이와 함께 가기 좋은 명동맛집 KOREAN DINING 그륵 명동 소공동 화폐.... 2026-08-30 · love_elrolie
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- [서울/명동] 명동맛집 정말 멋스러운 분위기의 한식 다이닝 ‘그륵 .... 2026-08-29 · 나에게 쓰는 편지
- [서울 명동 맛집] 그륵 명동본점｜우대소갈비찜·묵은지김치찜에 안동소주까지 2026-08-28 · 데바바 맛집&여행 Daily Vibes & Bites · via Daum
- 명동맛집 그륵 명동한식 데일리 세트메뉴 지상층뷰 2026-08-28 · 미란다조 취향 기록 ♬ · via Daum
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- 명동맛집 한식 다이닝 그륵 | 엄마랑 데이트하기 좋은 신세계뷰 소공동맛집 2026-07-29 · 시선 | SEESUN · via Daum
Of 229 candidate posts we opened 56 and kept 28 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.