Gilpost · Seocho-gu, Seocho-dong

Jongno Gimbap Gyodaeyeok-jeom

종로김밥 교대역점 A long-running bunsik shop upstairs by Gyodae station, where courthouse staff eat gimbap and ramyun alone.

Bunsik (snack food) · Seocho-gu, Seocho-dong

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

A neighbourhood bunsik shop three minutes' walk from exit 4 at Gyodae, on the second floor of a building on Seocho-daero. The menu board runs to nearly a hundred items — gimbap and ramyun, rice bowls, stews, cutlets, omurice, cold noodles in summer. It opens at half past eight in the morning, which is why the courthouse and the surrounding offices come here on the way in and again at lunch. Nobody who wrote about it calls it a destination; they call it a place to eat without thinking about it. Jongno Gimbap is a name shared by many shops, so we counted only posts whose check-in matched this address and unit. The posts we read run from November 2024 to April 2026.

The basics

4 posts say it is walkable from the station.

When it opens

Of 4 posts: 4 wrote Weekdays 08:30–20:30, 4 wrote Weekends 08:30–15:00.

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 people order

The most ordered dish is Shin ramyun (신라면) — 2 of 9 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

• 신라면2 ate it
  Shin ramyun₩4,500

  A pot of instant Shin ramyun — paired with a roll of gimbap, the combination that turns up most often in these posts

  One writer says the noodles come firm; another notes the egg cracked into it. One post paid ₩5,500 for the ramyun with a bowl of rice, which puts the rice at about ₩1,000

• 치즈김밥2 ate it
  chijeu gimbap₩4,500

  The house gimbap with cheese rolled in — the gimbap most often ordered in the posts we read

  One writer counts burdock, egg, cucumber, pickled radish, carrot, ham and cheese, and says the rice is not overdone. Another says it is what they always order. Both posts give ₩4,500

• 종로김밥 (기본김밥)2 ate it
  Jongno gimbap₩4,000

  The house gimbap, named after the shop. One writer lists what is inside: carrot, burdock, pickled radish, cucumber, egg, ham and fish cake

  One writer says the cucumber keeps it light; another picked the burdock out and liked how much carrot there was. Only one post gives a price: ₩4,000

• 비빔밥1 ate it
  bibimbap₩8,500

  A plain bibimbap; the menu board also lists hot-stone and sprout versions separately

  Only one writer records eating it — a line saying they had it on a Thursday while waiting for a clinic appointment, with nothing about the taste. Another wanted it but was in a hurry and took gimbap instead. The ₩8,500 comes from the copied menu board

• 김치김밥1 ate it
  kimchi gimbap₩4,500

  Gimbap rolled with kimchi inside

  The one writer who ordered it liked it, and joked that since kimchi also comes as a side dish, eating them together makes any gimbap a kimchi gimbap. ₩4,500

• 떡라면1 ate it
  tteok ramyun₩5,000

  Ramyun with rice cakes added

  The one writer who ordered it says there were plenty of rice cakes, the seasoning was right and the noodles were properly cooked — and that with a gimbap it still came to under ₩10,000. ₩5,000

• 치즈라면1 ate it
  chijeu ramyun₩5,000

  Ramyun with cheese melted over it

  The writer who ordered it still preferred the version with egg. ₩5,000

• 돈까스덮밥1 ate it
  donkkaseu deopbap₩8,500

  Sliced pork cutlet simmered with egg, onion and cabbage, served over rice

  One writer counts five or six thick pieces and says the sauce works, but warns that **an eggy smell creeps in as it cools, so eat it hot**. That post gives no price; the ₩8,500 comes from the copied menu board

• 돈가스오므라이스1 ate it
  donkkaseu omeuraiseu₩10,000

  Omurice with a pork cutlet hidden under the omelette

  A lawyer working nearby calls it **the one thing they always order**: a good amount of crisp cutlet under a soft omelette, filling, and fair at ₩10,000 given how prices have gone. ₩10,000

• 매콤낙지덮밥1 ate it
  maekom nakji deopbap₩9,000

  Stir-fried octopus in a spicy sauce, served over rice

  The one writer who ordered it liked the sauce and thought the octopus was fair for the price — and singled out the braised potato side dish. ₩9,000

• 소불고기김밥1 ate it
  so-bulgogi gimbap₩5,500

  Gimbap rolled with seasoned beef bulgogi

  One writer ordered a single roll on their own and was glad nobody made them feel rushed. That post gives no price; the ₩5,500 comes from the post that copied out the menu board

• 해물볶음우동1 ate it
  haemul bokkeum udon₩8,000

  Udon noodles stir-fried with squid, mussels and cabbage — one writer notes it comes with more broth than you would expect

  The writer who ordered it calls it their favourite here — plenty of seafood, fresh, and mild rather than hot. ₩8,000

• 부대찌개1 ate it
  budae jjigae₩9,000

  Budae jjigae, served bubbling in an earthenware pot

  One writer describes ham, rice cake, instant noodles and vegetables, and says the earthenware keeps it hot — and that it arrived very quickly. ₩9,000

Parking

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

Nobody parked here. Parking comes up in a single post, and even there as a guess: assume you cannot. The same writer adds that it hardly matters, since almost everyone arrives on foot from a nearby office. No post says anything about parking in the streets around.

Who came, and with whom

Getting there

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Getting inside

Not one post says whether you can get in with a wheelchair or a pram. No thresholds, no ramps, and nobody says whether the building has a lift, although the shop is upstairs — not one writer even mentions the stairs. The only clue is the single post describing a door at the back of the building that opens at street level, and it says nothing about a step there. This is not a statement that you cannot get in; it is a statement that nobody looked.

No one mentioned: 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 they paid themselves3 / 93 of 9 posts
• Posts saying nothing either way6 / 96 of 9 posts

When the posts appeared

What we do not know

• Not one post mentions the toilet. That does not mean there is none — it means nobody wrote down where it is, whether it is inside the shop or out in the building corridor, or whether it is shared. For a place upstairs that is open from half past eight in the morning until half past eight at night there presumably is one, but we do not know.
• The afternoon break does not match. Four posts give one: three say four to five, one says three to four. The odd one out is also the oldest, from November 2024, so the break may simply have moved — but we have not confirmed it. If you are coming mid-afternoon, ring first. On opening and closing all four agree: half past eight until half past eight on weekdays, half past eight until three at the weekend.
• No post here declares sponsorship. We read the bodies and the hashtag blocks at the end; there is no disclosure line and no sponsorship tag. Three writers state they paid their own way and the rest say nothing. Nor did we find a batch of near-identical posts filed on one day. What we did find is that two thirds of the candidate posts were about other businesses — a pizza chain, a fish restaurant, a pilates studio and a ballet school share this building, and a street address alone cannot tell them apart.

Sources (9)

Every number above was counted from the posts below.

1. 교대역분식맛집 가성비 좋은 종로김밥 교대역점 내돈내산 후기 2026-04-13 · 심심풀이 왕땅콩 · via Daum
2. 교대역 분식집 혼밥하기 편한 종로김밥 교대역점 돈까스덮밥 후기 2026-04-01 · 사부작 작업실
3. 교대역 맛집_종로김밥, 프랑세즈 과자점 2026-03-25 · 깐깐징어의 참새방앗간 · via Daum
4. [맛집] 종로김밥 교대역점 (내돈내산) 2026-02-20 · 냥 · via Daum
5. 종로김밥 교대역점 교대맛집 교대혼밥 부대찌개 메뉴100여가지 2025-12-19 · 핫핑크미미 리뷰♪ · via Daum
6. 6월 교대역 혼밥 맛집 후기 2025-07-27 · 달구의 행복하자 · via Daum
7. [교대역, 서울중앙지방법원 맛집] 종로김밥(재방문사진 추가) 2025-07-13 · '나'를 찾기 위한 여행의 기록 · via Daum
8. 최상산부인과 근처 혼밥집 식당 (종로김밥, 마리짱, 서초보쌈) 2025-07-12 · 봄싹부부의 블로그 · via Daum
9. 교대역 간단히 먹기좋은 분식집 추천 "종로김밥 교대역점" 2024-11-16 · 윤둥순의 나들이 ♡

We opened all 217 candidate posts and kept 9 as evidence.

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