Gilpost · Seocho-gu, Seocho-dong
Yujinok Gangnam-jeom
유진옥 강남점 A weekday-lunch-only chicken noodle shop in a Gangnam basement arcade, known for its perilla-oil bowl and its chicken tangsuyuk
Japanese · Seocho-gu, Seocho-dong
Data as of · Published ·
Yujinok Gangnam is a chicken-noodle shop in the basement arcade of an office building on Gangnam-daero, about five hundred metres from exit 5 at Gangnam station. Two writers unpack the name as three characters: rooster, treasure, house. It serves weekday lunch only and closes at weekends — open at eleven, shut around half past three, and earlier when the day's chicken runs out. The menu is one dish in four versions — clear broth, perilla oil, spicy broth, spicy dry — plus a sweet-and-sour fried chicken called tangpadak and fried dumplings. It moved here from the City Hall district in the spring of 2026. The posts we read cover three months, 15 May to 14 August 2026.
The basics
| Address | 서울특별시 서초구 강남대로 321, 지하1층 105호 (서초동, 디오빌프라임 ) 321 Gangnam-daero, Seocho-gu, Seoul |
|---|---|
| Phone | 0507-1419-6540 |
| Typical spend | ₩500 – ₩18,500 |
| Floor area | 65 m² |
| Status | In business |
20 posts say it is walkable from the station.
When it opens
Of 23 posts: 11 wrote Weekdays 11:00–15:30, 5 wrote 11:00–15:30, 3 wrote Mon–Sat 11:00–15:30.
| Open | Weekdays | 11:00–15:30 11 of 23 posts last seen 2026-08 |
|---|---|---|
| Open | 11:00–15:30 5 of 23 posts last seen 2026-08 | |
| Open | Weekdays | 11:00–15:00 2 of 23 posts last seen 2026-07 |
| Open | Mon–Sat | 11:00–15:30 3 of 23 posts last seen 2026-06 |
| Break | 없음 2 of 2 posts last seen 2026-08 | |
| Last order | 15:00 16 of 16 posts last seen 2026-08 | |
| Closed | 일요일 18 of 19 posts last seen 2026-08 | |
| Closed | 토요일 16 of 19 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
- Finding the door is the first task. The shop sits deep in a basement arcade, invisible from the street, and the posts do not even agree on what the building is called — four different names, all the same address. Nor is there one way down: one writer distinguishes the front stair, which lands you facing the shop, from the one on the main road, which leaves you to walk the corridor to the far side; another took the lift and turned left. One calls it distinctly hard to find, another says it is right there at the bottom of the steps — which stair you take decides which of them you become. Once down, look for a blue sign and a round one reading chicken-noodle specialist. Almost everyone walks from exit 5 at Gangnam station, though the walk is put at anything from three to ten minutes; two come instead from Yangjae.
- Nobody says the food was slow. The shop sells four and a half weekday hours to office workers and nothing else, and speed is what every writer reaches for: dishes landing almost before they had settled, fried chicken arriving as fast as the noodles, a turnover one calls a gift to anyone with an hour. A queue here is not a long wait — people put their name on the list at the door and are inside in five or ten minutes, and not one writer reports waiting longer than that. Ordering is by tablet or kiosk at the table, paid up front.
- Heat is what these writers talk about most, and nearly all of them measure it against the same supermarket instant ramyeon. The mildest bowl is the plain one — but a mound of chopped green chilli comes on top, so it is not a mild dish; one writer expected nothing and found it sharp, and two advise setting the chilli aside and adding it to taste. The spicy broth sits at about that ramyeon, with a post either side of the line. The hottest is the dry stir-fried bowl: one writer places it above the ramyeon and below the notorious fire noodles, and it is the dish somebody could not finish. Several posts repeat, in almost identical words, that the heat comes from three chilli powders and an aged sauce rather than capsaicin extract — that reads as a line heard at the shop, and we have not verified it.
- Nobody calls it expensive, and everybody who talks about price says the same thing in the same shape: cheap for Gangnam. A bowl runs ten to twelve thousand won, and two people eating a bowl each with one side spend about thirty thousand. Three writers point to the five-hundred-won refill of noodles or rice as the clinching detail. Nothing on the menu moved price across the three months we read — though three months is a short window in which to say so.
- There are only two side dishes — pickled radish and young-radish kimchi — and the kimchi gets an unreasonable amount of attention. One writer declares that a noodle shop lives or dies by its kimchi; another insists it tastes made rather than bought; a third went back for thirds; a fourth watched a neighbouring table carry off what looked like a bucket. It sits on a self-service bar with pepper and small plates. Not one post wishes for more. One writer was brought a refill unasked; another put on a disposable apron from the counter before tackling the broth.
- The side dish keeps stealing the show. Tangpadak is sweet-and-sour fried chicken breast, and nearly every one of the thirty writers ordered it; eight end their post telling you to order it, or saying they would come back for it alone. In a shop built on one noodle dish, the longest paragraph is often about the side. Three observations recur: a glutinous-rice batter that is crisp and chewy at once, a fresh-lemon sauce with shredded spring onion that cuts the fry, and — the one that surprises them — breast meat that is not dry. One writer wonders aloud whether it has been cooked sous-vide. The name is spelled three different ways across the posts; the ones that photograph the shop's own sign use the first.
- The posts split evenly on whether the room is big. Two call it roomy enough for a group; two say it is not large at all. Yet their descriptions of the furniture agree — mostly tables for two and four, some larger ones, and tables pushed together for six or eight. What differs is not the room but the hour: the ones who call it spacious went off-peak, the ones who call it tight went at noon. On eating alone there is no disagreement at all — several note the two-tops make it comfortable, and several report counting other solo diners around them.
- The broth gets described in almost identical words again and again: domestic chicken simmered each morning, clams and dried pollock in the stock, vegetables charred in an iron wok. The phrasing barely varies, which suggests a sign on the wall or a line from the owner. All we have confirmed is that many people wrote the same thing. On taste, though, they arrive independently at the same place — several went expecting a chicken soup and found something else, and writers who have never met reach for the same comparison: a white jjamppong, a smoky jjamppong, something between chicken stew and jjamppong. Two report actually finding clam shells in the bowl. One notes the origin of ingredients posted in the shop.
- You can see the office district in how the shop takes money. Each table has a tablet or a kiosk, so you order and pay up front without calling anyone over. But the meal-voucher app, the two public-payment schemes and cash all have to be settled at the counter instead — three writers say so. Two put the voucher app in their title or opening line, which suggests it counts for something around here; one explains the method, which is to pick the dish on the tablet and then wave a member of staff down. Three mention a receipt-review promotion with a scratch card that always wins something.
What 30 bloggers said
We read all 30 in full. The most common claims are “Juicy” (16) and “Clean” (15).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Where they disagree
| Spicy | yes 19 · no 4 |
|---|---|
| Had to wait | yes 8 · no 6 |
| Roomy | yes 4 · no 4 |
Things you can check on site
| In a basement | 27 of 30 posts |
|---|---|
| Reachable by transit | 20 of 30 posts |
| Free refills | 14 of 30 posts |
| Self-order screen | 13 of 30 posts |
| Prepped daily | 7 of 30 posts |
| Relocated | 6 of 30 posts |
| Beer served | 5 of 30 posts |
| Review event | 3 of 30 posts |
| Local currency accepted | 2 of 30 posts |
| Air conditioned | 2 of 30 posts |
| Origin labelling posted | 1 of 30 posts |
| Takeout | 1 of 30 posts |
| Wi-Fi | 1 of 30 posts |
| Lift to the floor | 1 of 30 posts |
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
What people order
The most ordered dish is tangpadak (탕파닭) — 26 of 30 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
Parking
1 posts say you can park. None say you cannot.
| Posts saying you can park | 1 of 30 posts |
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More than ten posts state that the first hour is free, and only one reads like somebody who actually parked. In the rest it is a line in the header block, next to the opening hours and the phone number. Counted naively, parking looks like one of this shop's selling points; there is no evidence those writers arrived by car. What they write is at least consistent: the building's own garage, sixty minutes free, three thousand won an hour after that, capped at thirty thousand, and you must ask a member of staff on the way out for the validation. One post breaks with the others and says parking is at a nearby lot instead. The one writer who did drive says that even in the thick of Gangnam there was a garage and the shop sorted the ticket out. How many spaces there are, and whether they are taken at lunchtime, nobody says — worth knowing, on a weekday noon on Gangnam-daero.
Who came, and with whom
| Solo visit | 3 of 30 posts |
|---|---|
| Came by car | 1 of 30 posts |
| Family visit | 1 of 30 posts |
| Came with children | 1 of 30 posts |
| With a friend | 1 of 30 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 | 27 of 30 posts |
|---|---|
| Lift to the floor | 1 of 30 posts |
Nobody writes about getting in with a wheelchair or a pushchair. Across thirty posts the words for wheelchair, pushchair, ramp, threshold and step do not appear once. One thing is certain: the shop is a floor below ground, and almost every route described is a staircase — the front arcade stair, the stair off the main road, and so on. A single writer came down by lift, so the building evidently has one. But where it is, and what lies between it and the shop door, is covered entirely by that writer's 'turn left', and whether the arcade corridor or the doorway has a step nobody says at all. We do not know that it can be reached, and we do not know that it cannot. One writer brought a small child; there is no mention of a pushchair, a high chair or a changing table anywhere.
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 saying nothing either way30 of 30 posts
When the posts appeared
Month by month
| Month | Posts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05 | 6 |
| 2026-06 | 10 |
| 2026-07 | 6 |
| 2026-08 | 8 |
What we do not know
- We are reading three months and no more. The earliest post is 15 May 2026, the latest 14 August; the shop had only just moved here, and nothing written at its old address is in this set. That is less than one turn of the year. We have summer talk only, and we know nothing about what changes in winter — one post does claim the clear broth sells best in the cold, but that post was written in June. Evening service is also unsettled: an August writer was told the shop plans to add dinner, and a July one reports it is lunch-only for now for want of staff. Lunch-only is right today, but this place is still finding its shape.
- Eight of the thirty carry the same three promotional phrases, always in the same order, varying only in spacing. In one post those three are the entire hashtag list; in another they are in the title; in a third they have been unpicked and woven into sentences. The third phrase does not name anything on the menu — it reads like a keyword handed out with a commission. Not one of the thirty declares sponsorship, and none declares paying their own way either. We have kept all eight. Every one says what was ordered, what it cost and how it ate, and those prices, heat levels and waiting times agree with the other twenty-two. One writer brought a child; one admits leaving food she found too hot. What we sort on is the record of eating, not the hashtags. But read the uniform praise with this in mind — across thirty posts the complaints amount to one bowl too spicy to finish, one warning that perilla noodles plus fried chicken turns heavy, and a few people who had trouble finding the door.
- Not one writer describes the toilets from having seen them. Two posts mention separate men's and women's rooms, but in both cases the line sits inside a block copied wholesale from the map listing, beside the wi-fi and the group bookings. Writing it down and having seen it are not the same thing, so we have not counted it. Whether the toilets are inside the shop or shared with the arcade, how many there are, which way you go, what state they are in — nobody says. Given a small room inside a basement arcade, shared facilities would not be surprising, but that is our guess and nothing more.
- The opening hours do not line up. Most posts agree: weekdays eleven to half past three, last orders at three, closed Saturday and Sunday. Two things break. The closing time — three posts put it at three o'clock, which looks like last orders mistaken for closing, though we could not confirm it. And the closing day: one post says Monday to Saturday and, in the same breath, closed Mondays; another says Monday to Saturday and closed Sundays; a third says Monday to Saturday, eleven to half past two, and closed at weekends. All three contradict themselves. Every other post says Saturday and Sunday. The sharper risk is running out. Six writers note that the shop closes early once the day's ingredients are gone. One arrived for the eleven o'clock opening; one advises getting there before half past; one turned up near last orders and walked straight in. Four say it also closes on public holidays, none of them saying which. If the journey matters, ring first.
Sources (30)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
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Of 207 candidate posts we opened 50 and kept 30 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.