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Amazing Nongkhai

어메이징농카이 Eomeijing Nongkai Nong Khai is a city and province in Isan, Thailand's northeast on the Mekong; the menu carries a separate 'Esan food' section.

Compiled from 25 blog posts read in fullSources →

Amazing Nongkhai is a Thai restaurant on the ground floor of 156-11 Donggyo-ro, Mapo-gu, near exit 1 of Hongik University Station. It is registered as 'Banana Leaf Amazing Thailand Nong Khai', but every writer calls it Amazing Nongkhai. The menu is long, running from pu phat pong curry, pad thai, tom yam kung and som tam to Isan dishes, so most posts describe groups sharing several plates. Golden rich pu phat pong curry is 27,500 won; pad thai and tom yam kung are 15,000 won. On weekdays from 11:00 to 13:00 there is a cheaper lunch menu: pad thai 9,000 won, tom yam noodles 8,500 won, kaphrao rice 7,500 won. Rice is a separate order (2,000 won), and four posts mention it arrives shaped as a heart. We read 30 posts from February 2025 to October 2026; 27 describe an actual meal there.

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Location & hours

  • Address서울특별시 마포구 동교로 156-11, 1층 (서교동)156-11 Donggyo-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul
  • Typical spend₩5,000 – ₩59,000
  • From the station3 posts say it is walkable from the station.
  • Floor areaFloor area 212 m² · Status In business

When it opens

Of 13 posts: 9 wrote Friday 11:30–21:00, 9 wrote Weekends 11:30–21:00, 7 wrote Monday 11:00–20:30.

When it opens
Weekends11:30–21:009 of 13 posts
No day given11:00–20:302 of 13 posts
Weekdays11:00–20:302 of 13 posts
Monday11:00–20:30
Tuesday11:00–20:30
Wednesday11:00–20:306 of 13 posts
Thursday11:00–20:30
Friday11:30–21:009 of 13 posts
Break15:20–17:0011 of 12 posts
Last orderWeekends 20:154 of 5 posts
Last orderThursday 19:453 of 5 posts
ClosedWednesday2 of 5 posts

Rows without a count: 7 of 13 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

  1. Ten posts say the portions are large. A group of three found the 39,000-won Duri set 'plenty even for three', one writer said the large tom yam noodles were absurdly big, and another could not finish even one bowl of rice. One post disagreed: four people ordered six dishes and finished everything because the portions 'weren't that big'.
  2. Eight posts call the food salty — 'very salty and punchy', the kaphrao 'far too strongly seasoned', the crispy-pork basil 'a bit salty, so order rice'. Ordering extra rice comes up again and again. The one post that mentions a high chair adds that the food is too salty for a 32-month-old.
  3. Nine posts mention heat, but spice level is selectable. One writer found the hot kaphrao too hot and switched to mild next time; another ordered the crispy-pork basil 'less spicy' and found it so mild she poured sauce on it. The crab curry was described as not spicy at all.
  4. You order on a tablet at the table — six posts from June 2026 onward say so. It used to be a paper menu: a regular of five or six visits wrote that a kiosk had appeared while she was away, and missed the old menu with over 200 items. The couple and family sets appear to date from the same period. We only know the switch happened sometime between February 2025 and June 2026.
4 more
  1. Waiting varies. One post describes a queue: arriving at 11:22 on a Saturday, there was already a line, though they got in as soon as the doors opened at 11:30. Four posts walked straight in, including a weekday at 11:45 and a Saturday lunch. Four more warn that weekends and the weekday 12–1 office-lunch rush can mean a wait; one couple sat down at 12:30 on a Saturday and found it full when they left.
  2. Six posts describe the room as large — one says the hall is very big with comfortable spacing, another that there is a second seating area to the left. One post disagrees: reasonably big, but the tables are close together.
  3. Seven posts call the prices low or fair — the lunch menu is 'really cheap', 9,000-won pad thai is good value for the size, two lunches came to under 20,000 won. One writer, paying 9,000 won for beef noodles and 15,000 for pad thai, asked readers to overlook the prices given the neighbourhood.
  4. Two posts saw celebrity photos and autographs by the counter, including GOT7's Yugyeom and BamBam. Claims that BamBam endorses the place, that it appeared on TV food shows, or that it holds Thai Select certification are the restaurant's own signage, and we do not count them.

What 25 bloggers said

10/25Most ordered
Phat Thai
10/25Most-said good thing
Large portions
0/25Posts disclosing payment

We read all 25 in full. The most common claims are “Large portions” (10) and “Spicy” (9).

What they liked

Large portions10 of 25 posts
Spicy9 of 25 posts
Not expensive7 of 25 posts
Roomy6 of 25 posts
No wait4 of 25 posts
Returning customer4 of 25 posts
Crispy batter3 of 25 posts
Clean3 of 25 posts
Food comes quickly2 of 25 posts
Juicy1 of 25 posts
Sweet1 of 25 posts

What they struggled with

Salty / strongly seasoned8 of 25 posts

Things you can check on site

  • Self-order screen 6 of 25 posts
  • Parking capacity 4 of 25 posts
  • Reachable by transit 3 of 25 posts
  • Takeout 2 of 25 posts
  • Toilet inside 2 of 25 posts
  • Signed celebrity photos 2 of 25 posts
  • In a basement saying it is not 2 of 25 posts
  • High chairs 1 of 25 posts
  • Origin labelling posted 1 of 25 posts
  • Foreign customers in the room 1 of 25 posts

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

The most ordered dish is Phat Thai (팟타이 · 팟타이 꿍) — 10 of 25 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

What to order

  • 팟타이 · 팟타이 꿍10 ate it
    Phat Thai₩9,000 · ₩15,000

    Shrimp pad thai. Some writers found it just like Thailand; one said it tasted oddly Korean and spicy, like warm jjolmyeon.

    15,000 won; 9,000 won as a weekday lunch item (11:00–13:00), as of June 2026.

  • 골든 리치 뿌팟퐁커리9 ate it
    Golden Rich Pu Phat Pong Curry₩27,500

    Fried soft-shell crab in a soft egg curry sauce — the most-ordered dish here. Writers called it not spicy at all and rich, and several said it is salty enough that you need rice with it.

    27,500 won in four posts from June to September 2026. Rice is ordered separately.

  • 똠얌 쌀국수7 ate it
    Tom Yam Noodle Soup₩8,500 · ₩11,000 · ₩15,000

    Rice noodles in tom yam broth; you choose pork, shrimp or squid-and-shrimp and the noodle width. Some found it fully sour and aromatic, one found the tom yam flavour weaker than expected; the large size was huge.

    8,500 won as a weekday lunch with pork (2026); 11,000 won with shrimp in February 2025; one post listed 15,000 won.

  • 똠얌꿍6 ate it
    Tom Yam Kung₩15,000

    Tom yam soup with shrimp and mushrooms; you pick size and spice level. One writer called it the right size for two; another found it like kimchi stew and did not care for it.

    15,000 won in two posts from July–August 2026.

  • 소고기 쌀국수(꿰이띠야오)4 ate it
    Kuay Tiew Beef Noodle Soup₩9,000

    Thai beef noodle soup with meatballs; noodle width is your choice. Two writers called the broth very deep; one found it so-so.

    9,000 won in two posts (July and October 2026).

11 more dishes
  • 팟카파오 무쌉(다진 돼지고기 바질 덮밥)4 ate it
    Phat Kaphrao Mu Sap₩7,500

    Minced pork stir-fried with holy basil over rice with a crispy fried egg. Spice level is selectable; one writer found the hot version too hot, another found it far too salty.

    7,500 won as a weekday lunch (June and September 2026).

  • 까파오 무껍(튀긴 오겹살 바질볶음)2 ate it
    Kaphrao Mu Krop₩16,000

    Crisp-fried pork belly stir-fried with holy basil, strongly aromatic. One writer ordered it less spicy and found it too mild.

    16,000 won in one post from August 2026.

  • 세트 메뉴(두리세트·커플·패밀리)1 ate it
    Set Menu₩39,000 · ₩59,000

    Sets for two to four that appeared in 2026. One group of three said the Duri set (beef noodles, som tam, shrimp pad thai, spring rolls) was plenty; a longtime regular found the combinations too beginner-oriented.

    Couple/Duri set 39,000 won, family set 59,000 won (August–September 2026).

  • 파냉 커리1 ate it
    Phanaeng Curry₩15,000

    Sweet-spicy peanut and coconut curry, ordered with chicken.

    15,000 won in one post from October 2026.

  • 카오만가이1 ate it
    Khao Man Gai

    Poached chicken over heart-shaped rice with chicken broth; a writer who lived in Thailand for seven years said it tasted the same as there.

    No post recorded a price.

Sides, and what comes with it

  • 공기밥 · 큰 밥10 ate it
    Gongibap₩2,000 · ₩6,000

    Rice is a separate order with the curries, and four posts note it comes shaped as a heart. One writer ordered one bowl, got two, and found both on the receipt.

    2,000 won a bowl (June 2026); the large rice, which one writer said looked like a whole cooker's worth, was 6,000 won.

  • 쏨땀8 ate it
    Som Tam

    Green papaya salad in many versions, including som tam pu pla ra with fermented crab sauce. Most used it as a sour-spicy palate cleanser; writers split on whether it is milder than in Thailand or strongly fishy.

    No post recorded a price.

  • 고수 추가3 ate it
    Gosu Chuga₩2,000

    Coriander is a paid add-on; one writer found it best with tom yam kung.

    2,000 won in one post from October 2026.

  • 텃만꿍2 ate it
    Thot Man Kung

    Minced shrimp cakes, crisp outside and springy inside.

    No post recorded a price.

  • 캡무(돼지껍데기 튀김)1 ate it
    Khaep Mu₩5,000

    Pork-rind crackling, crunchy like a snack; the writer found it saltier as he went and more of a beer snack.

    5,000 won in one post from February 2025.

To drink

  • 타이 밀크티(차 타이)4 ate it
    Cha Thai

    Thai milk tea, very sweet; one writer used it to cool down after spicy som tam.

    No post recorded a price.

Parking

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

Posts saying you can park5 of 25 posts

Five posts say you can park in front, and of the four that give a number, three say three cars and one 'maybe two or three'. Three of them therefore suggest walking or taking transit. Other mentions of '3 parking spaces' are copied from the Naver listing.

Who came, and with whom

  • With a friend 10 of 25 posts
  • Group visit 4 of 25 posts
  • Date 4 of 25 posts
  • Family visit 1 of 25 posts
  • Solo visit 1 of 25 posts

Where it is

Map showing where Amazing Nongkhai 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

3 posts say it is walkable from the station.

Getting inside

In a basementyes 0 · no 2 (of 25 posts read)
Toilet inside2 of 25 posts

No one wrote about a step at the entrance, a ramp or a lift — that means we don't know, not that there are none. On strollers, one post only says entry 'looks impossible, but check'. Two posts note the restaurant is on the ground floor, and the stroller post mentions one high chair.

Two posts say the toilet is inside the restaurant; one adds that it was clean. Separate men's and women's toilets appear only in one post's copied listing, not in anyone's own account.

No one mentioned: Second floor · Lift to the floor · Ramp at the door · Step at the entrance · Step-free access · 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 themselves7 of 25 posts
  • Posts saying nothing either way18 of 25 posts

Posts that followed a TV spot

Of the 28 posts we gathered, 3 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

0209110607080910
Month by month
MonthPosts
2025-022
2025-092
2025-111
2026-062
2026-075
2026-086
2026-095
2026-102

What we do not know

  • Three posts say it's walkable from exit 1 of Hongik University Station, but estimates range from about five to ten minutes. One writer says it is tucked into an alley and you'll want a map; another says it sits on the main road and is easy to find.
  • Thirteen posts list opening hours. The most common version is Mon–Thu 11:00–20:30, Fri–Sun 11:30–21:00, break 15:20–17:00, last orders 19:45 / 20:15. One post gives daily 11:30–20:50 with a 15:00–17:00 break; another has Mon–Thu opening at 11:30. Closing days disagree more: Wednesday in two posts (August 2026), open every day in one copied listing, Monday and Tuesday in one February 2025 post, and two days after major holidays in another. One writer claimed it opens only Friday to Sunday, which no one else says. Check before you go.
  • Only a few posts give prices for any one dish. Tom yam noodles appear at 8,500 won (weekday lunch, pork), 11,000 won (shrimp, February 2025) and 15,000 won (one September 2026 post); because the protein and lunch status differ, we don't read this as a price rise. Coriander is 2,000 won extra, and one post mentions a takeaway charge of about 1,000 won. One writer ordered a single rice, was brought two, and found both charged on the receipt.
  • Six posts give the phone number as 0507-1498-0567. No one wrote about whether you can book — that is unknown, not a no. The note about group seating for 5 to 14 is copied from the listing.

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Every number above was counted from the posts below.

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  19. 홍대 태국음식 맛집 어메이징 농카이 점심 팟타이 팟카파오 주차 웨.... 2026-06-18 · 맛도리의 미식로그
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  24. [어메이징농카이|카페리프]뿌팟퐁커리,똠양꿍,쏨땀 너무 맛있었던 홍대 태국음식과 디저트 2025-02-14 · Yullibi_Log · via Daum
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Of 207 candidate posts we opened 91 and kept 25 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.