Gilpost · Mapo-gu, Seogyo-dong
Noodle houseJapanese
Obiya
오비야
Compiled from 18 blog posts read in fullSources →
Obiya is a soba and sukiyaki house on the second floor of a building in a Seogyo-dong side street (27-20 Hongik-ro 2-gil), near Hongik University Station. The dish people order most is tomato soba (12,000 won): 18 of the 21 visit posts ate it. Pairs tend to order the two-person Kansai-style sukiyaki set, cooked at the table by staff, or the weekday tomato soba set, with gimbap rolled around buckwheat noodles instead of rice. We read 30 posts from November 2025 to October 2026; 21 record an actual visit. We did not count five posts copying a TV segment, two multi-restaurant lists and one post with no meal in it, and we set aside one post about a different restaurant.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 마포구 홍익로2길 27-20, 1층 (서교동)27-20 Hongik-ro 2-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul
- Phone02-6408-5252
- Typical spend₩3,000 – ₩65,000
- From the station2 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 56 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 10 posts: 3 wrote Weekends 11:30–21:00, 3 wrote Weekdays 11:00–21:00, 2 wrote Daily 11:00–21:00.
| Weekends | 11:30–21:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Weekdays | 11:00–21:00 | |
| Daily | 11:00–21:00 | 2 of 10 posts |
| Break | 14:30–17:00 | 2 of 7 posts |
| Last order | 20:00 | 3 of 6 posts |
Rows without a count: 3 of 10 posts.
3 other values
| Open | Daily | 11:30–21:00 2 of 10 posts last seen 2026-05 |
|---|---|---|
| Break | 15:00–17:00 2 of 7 posts last seen 2026-05 | |
| Last order | 20:30 2 of 6 posts last seen 2026-05 |
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
- Waiting splits evenly: five posts waited, five walked straight in. The waits were on two weekend lunches, a weekday around 7 pm, and one lunch described as a fairly long wait; another post found a queue forming as they left. The walk-ins came early in the morning, just after opening, after 1 pm on a Sunday, at a weekend lunch, and with a reservation. Two posts mention waiting chairs, one counting two chairs by the CatchTable kiosk at the door, and three say you can book ahead.
- You don't cook the sukiyaki yourself: four of the five posts that ate it say staff cook it at the table. Four posts say portions are large, one noting a single two-person set is plenty, while one found the soba included in a set came in a much smaller bowl. One post said the food took quite a while to arrive.
- It is a small room: six posts said it isn't spacious, one counting about 24 seats. Two mention window seats or good daylight, two call it quiet, and one notes an open kitchen.
- The frying gets repeated praise: five posts called the assorted tempura, fried shrimp or chicken karaage crisp, and two of them noted juicy insides.
2 more
- Three posts say you order by scanning a QR code on the table.
- Three posts found prices reasonable; one said it is not a bargain menu. All five visit posts that priced the tomato soba wrote 12,000 won. One post got 6,000 won off by paying with Toss face payment.
What 18 bloggers said
tomato soba
Crispy batter
We read all 18 in full. The most common claims are “Cramped” (6) and “Crispy batter” (5).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Where they disagree
| Had to wait | yes 5 · no 5 |
|---|
Things you can check on site
- Second floor 7 of 18 posts
- Staff cook it at your table 4 of 18 posts
- Takes reservations 3 of 18 posts
- Self-order screen 3 of 18 posts
- Large windows 2 of 18 posts
- Reachable by transit 2 of 18 posts
- Complimentary starter 2 of 18 posts
- Waiting area 2 of 18 posts
- Discount offered 1 of 18 posts
- Beer served 1 of 18 posts
- Open kitchen 1 of 18 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Who came, and with whom
- With a friend 4 of 18 posts
- Date 3 of 18 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
2 posts say it is walkable from the station.
Getting inside
| Second floor | 7 of 18 posts |
|---|
The restaurant is upstairs. Seven posts placed it on the second floor, and three of them mention climbing a staircase to get there. The registered address says first floor, but every post written from a visit says second.
We don't know whether a wheelchair or stroller can get in, or whether there is a lift. Three posts climbed stairs to the second floor; none mentioned an elevator or the entrance step. That means nobody wrote about it, not that there isn't one.
Only one post mentions the toilet, saying it is by the entrance; we can't tell whether it is inside the restaurant or shared, or whether it is split by gender.
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 themselves5 of 18 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way13 of 18 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 26 posts we gathered, 8 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.
| 2026-03-19 | 4 posts in one day |
|---|
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 |
|---|---|
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 3 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 4 |
| 2026-10 | 4 |
What we do not know
- Opening hours are copied differently from post to post. Three give weekdays 11:00 to 21:00 and weekends 11:30 to 21:00, two say 11:00 daily, three say 11:30; the afternoon break is listed as starting at 14:30, 15:00 or 15:30. Most give last orders at 20:00. No post mentions a closing day. All of this is copied information, so check before you go.
- Set prices differ in single posts. The weekday tomato soba set is mostly 30,000 won, but one May 2026 post wrote 32,000; the sukiyaki set is 58,000 won in the broadcast write-ups and 65,000 in that same May post. One post isn't enough to say prices went up.
- Two phone numbers appear: 0507-1449-5255 in eight posts and the direct line 02-6408-5262 in four. The restaurant's own notice gives the 02 number for reservations since seats are few. Posts also mention booking through Naver.
- One post relays that the restaurant has been here a little over ten years and used to be in Garosu-gil. That is hearsay, so we didn't count it.
- After SBS's Live Today featured the restaurant on March 19, 2026, five posts appeared repeating the same store details and menu in the same order. None record a meal, so we didn't count them.
Sources (18)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- [내돈내산] 홍대 오비야 블루리본 소바 맛집, 토마토소바 오리소바 .... 2026-10-20 · 다온로그 : Daon’s Log
- [홍대 맛집] 오비야 내돈내산 2026-10-11 · 꼬냥이 블로그
- 2026 노리터일기 어느 8월의 늦은 여름향기 기록(~8월30일) 2026-10-07 · 실바니안 키덜트 유튜버 인형노리터 · via Daum
- 우 우와와 우와 우와와 타쿠타쿠 챠-오 2026-10-02 · J's Bap · via Daum
- 홍대 맛집 오비야 토마토소바 스끼야끼 맛있는 이색 맛집 내돈내산 2026-09-27 · 미유의 일상 · via Daum
- [홍대 맛집] 오비야 2026-09-23 · 책과 글 그리고 IT
- 260821-260830 잠들기 전까진 알 수 없는 사랑을 가꾸길 2026-09-21 · 나의 항해 · via Daum
- 홍대 맛집 오비야 ㅣ 색다른 토마토 소바 맛집 2026-09-15 · 멋쟁이 송마토
- 홍대 가볼만한곳 | 홍대 데이트코스 추천 | 홍대 당일치기 코스 | 홍대 놀거리 2026-08-29 · ˚•₊˚⊹♡ · via Daum
- 여름하면 토마토맛 🍅🌊 2026-08-14 · radiant_ · via Daum
- [오비야] 홍대 연남 소바 일식 스키야키 맛집 방문 후기 (토마토 소.... 2026-07-10 · welcome to jp world
- [홍대 맛집] 오비야 :: 홍대 토마토 소바와 텐동 메밀김밥까지 2026-06-30 · 소식좌의 식욕을 돋운 찐 맛집
- 서교동 '오비야' - 자가제면 면빨 끝내주는 메밀소바 2026-06-14 · Get Funky! Funky Life
- 홍대 합정 맛집 추천｜오비야 토마토소바 & 신김치생삼겹살 솔직후.... 2026-05-19 · 잔잔한 하루 수집
- 홍대 소바맛집 추천, 점심으로 딱 좋았던 "오비야" 토마토소바 후기 2026-05-18 · 이윰's Daily · via Daum
- 홍대혼밥 점심 토마토소바 추천 튀김맛집 오비야 2026-05-14 · 매생이의 리빙 레시피
- 홍대 가성비 맛집 술집 일식 오비야 토마토소바 치킨가라아게 명란.... 2026-03-15 · 오늘도 뭐먹슈
- [홍대/서교동] 오비야 추운 겨울, 따끈한 스키야키와 반전의 토마토.... 2026-01-12 · 그럴만두의 리얼로그 : 일상의 모든 기록
Of 359 candidate posts we opened 53 and kept 18 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.