Gilpost · Dongjak-gu, Sadang-dong

entry55

Name: entry55
Address: 서울특별시 동작구 동작대로1길 18, 천보빌딩 지하1층 (사당동), 동작구, 서울특별시, 07025, KR
Telephone: 0507-1392-0285

엔트리55 사당점 Entry55 Sadang-jeom The 55 is how long a set lasts: fifty-five minutes, five more than the usual, which is where the name comes from. It is a basement jazz room by Sadang station where you buy a ticket, order whatever you like or nothing at all, and carry in food from outside. Sadang was the first of the two rooms; Seongsu came later.

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Data as of 2026-09-27 · Published 2026-09-29 · Compiled by Gilpost

Entry55's Sadang room is a live jazz bar in a basement off the lane by exit 8 at Sadang station. The 55 in the name is the length of a set — one writer relays that a set here runs fifty-five minutes, five longer than the usual, and that is where the name comes from. Sadang was the first room; Seongsu came later. It works less like a bar than like a small ticketed venue: pay the admission and you order whatever you like, or nothing, and you may carry in food from outside so long as it is not a drink. The line-up changes nightly, so people check Instagram or the booking page to pick their night. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays. The posts we read run from January 2025 to September 2026.

The basics

Address	서울특별시 동작구 동작대로1길 18, 천보빌딩 지하1층 (사당동) 18 Dongjak-daero 1-gil, Dongjak-gu, Seoul
Phone	0507-1392-0285
Typical spend	₩7,700 – ₩18,000
Floor area	216 m²
Status	In business

14 posts say it is walkable from the station.

When it opens

Of 13 posts: 12 wrote Weekdays 18:30–24:00, 11 wrote Saturday 15:00–24:00, 7 wrote Sunday 17:00–22:30.

Open	Weekdays	18:30–24:00 12 of 13 posts last seen 2026-09
Open	Saturday	15:00–24:00 11 of 13 posts last seen 2026-09
Open	Sunday	17:00–24:00 3 of 13 posts last seen 2026-09
Open	Sunday	17:00–22:30 7 of 13 posts last seen 2026-08
Open	Sunday	17:30–23:00 2 of 13 posts last seen 2025-02
Closed		월요일 13 of 13 posts last seen 2026-08
Closed		화요일 12 of 13 posts last seen 2026-08

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

You bring your own food in. Delivered, collected, packed at home — all fine; only drinks are barred, water included, so even a bottle of water has to be bought inside (₩1,000, and one writer warns it is a small bottle). What people actually carried in: pizza from a small place up the road that several of them independently chose — one calls picking it up on the way the done thing — plus fried gizzards from a nearby chicken shop, raw-beef sushi and raw-beef soup, tacos, fried chicken, cake, convenience-store snacks, a fast-food chicken box. One writer notes that staff bring plates if you ask, and the bins by the door take what is left. Ordering nothing at all is allowed: four writers make a point of it — pay the admission and the rest is up to you, with no minimum on drinks or snacks.
A set runs fifty-five minutes, and what you get depends on the day. The posts sort it three ways: 'The entry to Jazz' on Wednesday through Friday and Sunday, programmed by the venue's music director for a general audience; a piano trio concert on Saturday afternoons — piano, double bass, drums; and 'Special GIG' on Saturday evenings, which brings back only the acts that went down best. Weekdays and Saturday evenings split into an early and a late set. The band changes nightly, and the twenty-seven posts name almost twenty-seven different ones. Two writers note that the weekly line-up on Instagram is tagged by mood, lyrical or driving, so you can choose. The sets are built so that knowing jazz is not the price of entry. Repeatedly: the band introduces each piece, points out what to listen for in each instrument, and plays off the room. Several recognise songs — Isn't She Lovely, Englishman In New York, L-O-V-E, Dive, Best Part. Three got an encore. Some nights are instrumental with no singer, though: one writer who turned up without checking admits to sitting there hoping for a vocalist and a song they knew. If you want something in particular, read the line-up first.
You buy the ticket first, through Naver's booking page. Booking does not reserve a seat: at the door they check the reservation and hand over a paper ticket, which you must not lose — the toilets are outside the room, so every time you step out you show it to get back in. Walk-ins work too: two writers paid at the door with no booking, and two booked half an hour before the set and still found room. Four posts give the same number, 0507-1392-0285. Two describe the back of the ticket, which carries the entry rules, the menu QR code, the performance notes and how the lounge bar works; three say the music director explains it all to you on the way in.
Seating is first come, first served, so arriving early is how you get a good one. One writer turned up exactly at their booked time to find everything near the stage taken; another queued an hour early, was first through the door, and sat in the front row. The queue forms outside: someone who went at Christmas waited in the cold and reports that staff came out with hand warmers; someone else who arrived an hour early in December waited in a convenience store until the line formed. Sightlines vary — the area by the bar barely sees the stage, the edges sit close to the speakers, and one writer advises the middle; another found row two perfectly good. It is not always full: a Saturday-afternoon piano trio and a late Sunday set were both described as roomy.
It is one floor down. A red neon sign in the lane, then stairs to a door; one writer notes a blackout curtain behind it. The board at the entrance carries the night's band and its players, so you know who is on before you go down. Inside it is red light and neon, with a high ceiling in one account — writers reach for 'a hidden New York club' and for the bar in La La Land, and one simply says that outside is ordinary Sadang and inside is somewhere else. A long square table sits in the middle, tables for two to four around it, and a bar at the back. One writer notes the room divides in two: the part that watches the stage, and the bar side where people talk.
You order from a QR code on the table and pay there and then. Several count it a virtue: no waving anyone down, and no interrupting the music — one writer, who liked that the staff left them alone, calls it the introvert's format. Alcohol triggers an age check. But payment goes through immediately, so a misfire stands: one writer, lost in the set, double-tapped and found themselves four beers in. Their advice is to look once more before confirming.
The room gets dressed for the season. In these posts alone: Halloween, Christmas trees and year-end lights, a 'whispering flower' season with greenery worked through the room and explained to you as you come in, and a summer flower season. Seasons often bring a draw — a number by order of entry, or a follow on Instagram, with a pair of tickets as the prize; nobody in these posts won. Some nights there are candles on the tables, which one writer blew out by accident on sitting down, then blew out again after swapping for the next table's, and then watched the one a staff member relit go out in the draught from the air conditioning.
The toilets are outside the room — out of the door and along the basement corridor, with the men's up on the ground floor and the women's in the basement, according to two posts. Take your ticket, or you will not get back in. Two writers describe the state of them, and both are talking about the women's: well stocked with paper and hand wash, kept clean, perfectly fine. The same writer adds that their companion did not think much of the men's. Three note the full-length mirror outside the women's, which the room has clearly accepted as a photo spot.

What 27 bloggers said

We read all 27 in full. The most common claims are “Roomy” (10) and “Friendly staff” (6).

What they liked

Roomy10 of 27 posts

Friendly staff6 of 27 posts

Returning customer6 of 27 posts

Would return4 of 27 posts

Quiet2 of 27 posts

Clean2 of 27 posts

Where they disagree

Had to wait	yes 6 · no 4

Things you can check on site

Live music or shows	27 of 27 posts
Outside food allowed	24 of 27 posts
Takes reservations	23 of 27 posts
Self-order screen	16 of 27 posts
Reachable by transit	14 of 27 posts
In a basement	13 of 27 posts
Beer served	9 of 27 posts
Seasonal decorations	7 of 27 posts
Toilet outside	6 of 27 posts
Wine served	5 of 27 posts
Time limit on the table	4 of 27 posts
Separate restrooms	3 of 27 posts
Discount offered	3 of 27 posts
Dogs allowed	2 of 27 posts — saying it is not
Air conditioned	1 of 27 posts
Bag storage	1 of 27 posts
High ceiling	1 of 27 posts

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

The most ordered dish is beer (맥주 (드래프트·병)) — 8 of 27 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

맥주 (드래프트·병)8 ate it
beer₩8,800
Draught and bottled — Hoegaarden, Stella Artois, Kozel Dark and Kloud all appear by name
One February 2025 post puts a Hoegaarden at ₩8,800. Two writers note that after the set some drinks go two-for-one. The QR ordering makes it easy to slip: one, absorbed in the music, tapped twice and ended up with four glasses
피자 (페퍼로니·고르곤졸라·마르게리타)5 ate it
pizza₩7,700
Thin-crust pizza — one writer says a single slice here runs to about two elsewhere. Pepperoni, gorgonzola and margherita all turn up in the orders
Two writers like that the thin base keeps it crisp and easy to pick at. One who ordered pepperoni and gorgonzola together preferred the gorgonzola; another pairs the pepperoni with the burrata salad and calls the combination unbeatable. One found a slice light enough that they finished it and ordered a second kind. The price is ₩7,700 in a November 2025 post and again in a July 2026 one
핑크솔트 메이플 감자칩5 ate it
pink salt maple potato chips₩3,500
The house's own 'popular' pick — maple-glazed, sweet and salty at once
The single most-named item here. Three writers use the same Korean shorthand for the sweet-salt swing and say they could not stop; one ordered it twice in a sitting. Another kept it for the end, once everything else had gone, to drink with. ₩3,500 in November 2025 and still ₩3,500 in July 2026
나초 (치즈 나초)4 ate it
nachos₩12,000
Nachos under cheese; one writer took them with a side of chips
One writer weighed a convenience-store run against ordering, found the price no worse than an ordinary bar's, and ordered — the kind of comparison you only make somewhere that lets you bring your own. Another added an order partway through the set
하우스 와인 (글라스)3 ate it
house wine₩9,900
House wine by the glass, red or white, with bottles sold separately
One writer describes it as sweet enough for people who do not usually drink wine; another, who had a 2022 chardonnay, was glad it was not too sweet — so the accounts differ a little. Three posts repeat the booking page's claim of a hundred-odd drinks, which we did not count as anything seen
생수3 ate it
bottled water₩1,000
Water cannot be brought in either, so you buy it here — a thousand won
One writer warns the bottle is a small one. Two came without drinking and took only water and an alcohol-free cocktail; a regular on the jazz circuit says water is usually all they order — there being no minimum spend, that is enough
시즌 칵테일3 ate it
season cocktail₩15,500
A cocktail that changes with the season; the posts name a Sorceress's Kiss and a Night & Day
One calls it sweet and good, another deep and strong. Both a July and a September 2026 post give ₩15,500. There is an alcohol-free line too — pink grapefruit at ₩11,000, apple-cinnamon tea at ₩9,900 — though the writer who had the grapefruit says it tasted much like grapefruit ade
버번 위스키 아포가토2 ate it
bourbon whisky affogato₩11,700
Ice cream with bourbon poured over it
Both writers liked it, one calling the affogato a safe bet that never disappoints. ₩11,700 in November 2025 and the same in September 2026
entry55 시그니처 위스키2 ate it
entry55 signature whisky
A whisky the bar puts its own name to, sold by the glass
One writer, who also got through an old fashioned, a Kozel Dark and a highball that night, picks it out as the best of them — sherry cask, sweet. Neither post gives a price
샤퀴테리 플래터 (Small)1 ate it
charcuterie platter₩18,000
Olives, cherry tomatoes, muscat grapes, several cheeses, nuts, biscuits, salami, jamón and jambon on one board
One writer ordered it and singles out the smoked cheese and the jamón, taken with a ₩9,900 glass of house wine. The other two mentions are copied from the booking page, so we did not count them as eaten
부라타 샐러드1 ate it
burrata salad₩14,000
Salad built around a ball of burrata
One order, with a strong recommendation to have it alongside the pepperoni pizza. The same table also had a mojito and the bourbon affogato

Parking

9 posts say you cannot park. None say you can.

Posts saying you cannot	9 of 27 posts

There is no car park of its own — this is not a place to drive to. Nine posts say so, and point instead to the two municipal car parks nearby, with an hour of it covered for you. One writer checked in at both of them; another gives the rate: ₩300 per five minutes, ₩3,600 an hour. An hour does not cover it, as one put it plainly after the fact — by the time the set ends you are past it. Entry to final note runs about two hours, and the difference is yours to pay. Two posts also note that dogs are not allowed.

Who came, and with whom

Date	8 of 27 posts
With a friend	6 of 27 posts
Solo visit	1 of 27 posts

Getting there

Naver Map has a full English mode — Settings → Language → English. In Korea it gives better walking and transit directions than Google Maps.

Getting inside

In a basement	13 of 27 posts
Toilet inside	yes 0 · no 6
Separate restrooms	3 of 27 posts

Not one writer says whether you can get in. Across all twenty-seven posts the words wheelchair, pushchair, step, threshold and ramp never appear. Many say it is a basement reached by stairs, but nobody says whether there is a lift, or any way down other than the steps. The toilets are split across two floors as well — men's upstairs, women's downstairs — so there is height to manage there too. That is not a no; it is us not knowing. If it matters, the number is 0507-1392-0285.

No one mentioned: Second floor · 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 disclosing payment2 of 27 posts
Posts saying they paid themselves10 of 27 posts
Posts saying nothing either way15 of 27 posts

When the posts appeared

0102040507111201070809

Month by month

Month	Posts
2025-01	1
2025-02	2
2025-04	2
2025-05	1
2025-07	2
2025-11	1
2025-12	2
2026-01	2
2026-07	4
2026-08	5
2026-09	5

What we do not know

Admission has gone up over these two years. Six posts between February 2025 and January 2026 give the same three figures: ₩15,000 for the weekday and Sunday programme, ₩12,000 for the Saturday piano trio, ₩20,000 for the Saturday-evening Special GIG. Four posts from July to September 2026 give ₩17,000, ₩15,000 and ₩22,000 — every one of them up by two or three thousand. Seasonal nights sit outside that: a December 2025 writer reports a range from ₩15,000 up to ₩35,000, with Christmas itself at the top of it. Check the price for your own date on the booking page — almost every post says it moves with the day and the programme. One notes a one per cent coupon for turning on alerts there, and two note that some drinks go two-for-one once the set ends.
The hours barely disagree — except on Sundays. Twelve posts give the same Wednesday-to-Friday 18:30–24:00 and Saturday 15:00–24:00, and ten give the same Monday and Tuesday closure (two add that public holidays are worked normally). Only the Sunday closing time splits: six posts between July 2025 and August 2026 say 17:00–22:30, while three from July, August and September 2026 say 17:00–24:00. The dates overlap, so this does not read as a change either. Two earlier posts, from January and February 2025, give something different again: 17:30–23:00. Two figures do not fit at all: a December 2025 post says eleven in the morning to nine at night, which matches nothing and cannot describe a room that plays at night; and another that month lists only Monday as the closing day, leaving Tuesday out. If you are going late on a Sunday, check that night's set times on the booking page. Opening time and set time are not the same thing. One writer sets out the 2025 schedule in full: the weekday early set opens at 18:30, plays 19:30 to 20:25 and clears by 20:50; the late set opens at 21:00 and plays 21:40 to 22:35; the Saturday piano trio opens at 15:00, plays 15:50 to 16:45 and clears by 17:20. The early set has a leaving time and the late one does not — two writers note you can sit on after the last performance. There is a half-hour to an hour between going in and the music starting, and that gap is where the ordering and the eating are meant to happen.
This place also answers to another name: The GIG Lounge. The sign and the booking are Entry55, but the food and drink menu, and the ordering, sit under The GIG Lounge. One writer states it outright — the sign says Entry55 but you have to search the other name — and others note the ordering screen coming up that way. The addresses differ too: Entry55 is listed at B-102 and The GIG Lounge at B-101. They are the same room. You are not looking at two places.

Sources (27)

Every number above was counted from the posts below.

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Of 384 candidate posts we opened 58 and kept 27 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.