Gilpost · Seongdong-gu, Seongsu-dong 1-ga
Gamyo
감요 “Gamyo” is short for 감성요리, gamseong yori — “cooking with feeling”. The registered name is the long one; the sign, the Instagram and every blogger use the short one
Korean · Seongdong-gu, Seongsu-dong 1-ga
Updated · Published
Gamyo is a cooking-and-drinking house on the second floor of a building in the lane outside exit 7 at Ttukseom. The registered name is the longer 감성요리; the sign and the customers use the short one. One person cooks and serves, and the menu runs from Korean through Chinese, Japanese, Italian and Vietnamese. Three in the afternoon until midnight, one in the morning on Fridays and Saturdays. The meat dishes must be ordered ahead by phone. The posts we read run from November 2024 to September 2026.
The basics
| Address | 서울특별시 성동구 왕십리로4길 28-8, 2층 (성수동1가) 28-8 Wangsimni-ro 4-gil, Seongdong-gu, Seoul |
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| Phone | 0507-1390-2222 |
| Typical spend | ₩15,000 – ₩52,000 |
| Floor area | 49 m² |
| Status | In business |
18 posts say it is walkable from the station.
When it opens
| Open | Daily | 15:00–24:00 15 of 16 posts last seen 2026-09 |
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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
- Twelve posts say the chef spent thirty years in hotels. The phrasing barely varies, and since many also describe him going table to table to explain the food, it is probably a line heard at the table and carried outward. Not one names the hotel or the post held. We have not verified it — we count only that twelve people wrote it. Three mention a restaurant-guide certificate hanging in the room.
- Nineteen posts are about the owner, and they overlap on specifics: grinding pepper or pouring truffle oil at the table (eight), explaining how to eat a dish (seven), portioning it onto plates (three), a sweet afterwards (one). One calls it being properly looked after; another says it felt like a grandmother's house. One writer reports being asked whether she had a boyfriend, and given a card and the promise of a free pasta if she brought him. Nobody records finding the attention unwelcome.
- Nobody calls it expensive. All five posts that discuss price say the opposite, usually by pointing at the ₩15,000 vongole. But one puts a head at forty to fifty thousand won with drink, and another spent ₩52,000 on a hotpot and ₩58,000 on two bottles of soju. What they mean is cheap for the quantity, not cheap. Across twenty-two posts only one dish has moved — the mushroom pasta, by a thousand won. The prawn gambas is ₩24,000 in November 2024 and ₩24,000 in February 2026.
- Nine posts say the portions are large. One asks for a ladle to come with the pasta; one says three people served themselves three times from a single bowl and there was still pasta left. Two note that the prawn dish arrives with more pasta in it than a normal main course. Nobody says there was too little.
- It is small. Nine say so, and the five that count the seats disagree in the details — four tables of four; one of six, two of four and one of two; one of eight and three of four; and one that simply says about sixteen people. However you count, it is around twenty. Six write about the window seats, which look out towards the station. Eight call it quiet, and five put the word in their title.
- Five posts say dogs are allowed. All five, though, look to be copying the same line from the shop's listing, and not one describes actually bringing a dog. It is also on the second floor with no lift. Ring and ask if you mean to.
- One writer came alone. She had meant to drink but thought better of a whole bottle, and ordered the prawn pasta with a can of Coke, which arrived in a wine glass. Her complaint is that eating alone means ordering only one dish. The owner, she adds, asked why she had not brought a friend or her mother. The other twenty-one came in twos or more.
What 21 bloggers said
We read all 21 in full. The most common claims are “Friendly staff” (19) and “Roomy” (0).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Where they disagree
| One drink per person required | yes 2 · no 3 |
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Things you can check on site
| Second floor | 21 of 21 posts |
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| Reachable by transit | 18 of 21 posts |
| Takes reservations | 16 of 21 posts |
| Chef credentials | 12 of 21 posts |
| Cooked to order | 8 of 21 posts |
| Large windows | 6 of 21 posts |
| Dogs allowed | 5 of 21 posts |
| Seasonal decorations | 3 of 21 posts |
| Open kitchen | 1 of 21 posts |
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
What people order
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
7 posts say you cannot park. None say you can.
| Posts saying you cannot | 7 of 21 posts |
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There is no car park. Seven posts say so. One leaves directions to a particular car park three minutes away, booked through a taxi app, and says the others nearby were either too dear or too far. The rest simply point at the municipal ones. One adds that since you will probably be drinking, the car is better left at home.
Who came, and with whom
| Date | 4 of 21 posts |
|---|---|
| Family visit | 4 of 21 posts |
| Group visit | 3 of 21 posts |
| Solo visit | 1 of 21 posts |
Getting there

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Getting inside
| Second floor | 21 of 21 posts |
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| Step-free access | yes 0 · no 1 |
Second floor, no lift. Only one post says the lift outright — there is none, you climb the stairs to the door — but twenty-one say second floor. No post says whether a wheelchair or a pushchair gets in, and none counts the steps. That there are stairs is not in doubt.
No one mentioned: In a basement · Lift to the floor · Ramp at the door · Step at the entrance · 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 disclosing payment1 of 21 posts
- Posts saying they paid themselves3 of 21 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way17 of 21 posts
When the posts appeared
Month by month
| Month | Posts |
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| 2024-11 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 2 |
| 2025-10 | 2 |
| 2025-11 | 2 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 3 |
| 2026-07 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 4 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
What we do not know
- The meat dishes need ordering in advance. Eight posts say so: the braised pork belly is limited each day, and the wine-braised ribs take four hours. Two writers went for them, did not know, and ate pasta instead; three resolve to come back for them. One explains the call: time, number of people, dish. The table is worth booking too — sixteen posts advise it, and three note that one person running the place sets a limit on how many can be seated.
- The posts disagree on whether you must order a drink. A June 2025 post states flatly that you must; an October 2025 post says the first drink has to be wine or a spirit. Three posts from 2026 say otherwise — one that a meal alone is fine, one that you could come without drinking at all, and one writer who came by herself and had a can of Coke with her pasta. By date it looks as though the rule relaxed, but we could not confirm it. If you are not drinking, ask when you ring to book. For what it is worth, the drink named most often in these posts is not wine but soju.
- The posts disagree about closing days. Two say there are none; one — the sponsored post, from June 2025 — says Sundays; one implies Tuesdays. The rest do not say. On opening hours fifteen of sixteen agree on three in the afternoon to midnight; the sixteenth says ten at night, and is the oldest post we read. Eight note that Friday and Saturday run to one in the morning. One writer remembers lunch service four years ago, since discontinued.
- One post declares a sponsorship and four declare that they paid. The other seventeen say nothing. One of those is a family dinner the writer was invited to — and it records that the aunt who invited her is a regular, and that the portions and a dessert were extra that night. The dessert, the same post notes, is not on the menu. We count it as a visit, but the table she was given was not the table the other twenty-one were given. Another post opens by saying a good opportunity brought the writer back, without calling it a sponsorship.
- The posts do not agree about waiting. One says there was none; one could not photograph the room because it was full; one went back, found no table and returned another day. One advises coming early on a weekend evening, though they did not queue themselves. It reads less like a place with a queue than a place with about twenty seats that fill — which is why sixteen posts tell you to book.
- Not one of the twenty-two mentions a toilet — inside the room or out in the building.
Sources (21)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 뚝섬역 맛집 감요 성수 본점 호텔 출신 셰프님의 자부심 있는 술집 2026-09-21 · 주덕이의 맛집탐방
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- 성수동 술집 추천, 분위기 좋은 뚝섬역 조용한 술집 감요 성수 본점 .... 2026-08-27 ·
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- [뚝섬] 감요 성수 본점 | 감성 가득한 성수동 술집 2026-07-03 · SOOBLOG
- [감요 성수 @gaam_yo] 뚝섬역 주점 | 성수•뚝섬 조용한 술집 추천 2026-06-25 · What is your cup of tea?
- [성수/뚝섬] 뚝섬역 맛집 감요 성수 방문후기 / 호텔 쉐프님의 퓨전.... 2026-06-06 · 모찌의 ZIP
- 감요 성수 본점 : 뚝섬역 양식 파스타 기념일 모임 와인 맛집 솔직후.... 2026-06-03 · 많이 많이 돌아댕기자
- 뚝섬역 술집 추천 ‘감요 성수 본점’ 호텔 30년 경력 퓨전 요리 주.... 2026-05-11 · 기록하는 습관을 들이자
- 뚝섬역 술집 감요 조용한 분위기의 성수 데이트 맛집 2026-02-15 · 엘렌의 브이로그 같은 블로그
- 성수역 조용한 술집 감요 뚝섬 데이트 안주 다 맛있어 2025-12-14 · 별헤는 밥
- 뚝섬역 술집 데이트 양식 맛집 추천 “감요” 분위기부터 맛까지 꽉.... 2025-11-30 · 나만 알고 싶은 이야기
- 성수맛집 감요 성수본점 찐맛집 내돈내산 나만알고싶은 맛집 2025-11-05 · 은밍이의 하루
- [감요] 안주맛집 술집_성수/뚝섬/서울숲_내돈내산 또간집 메뉴추천 2025-10-15 · odoriko
- 서울 성수 맛집 | 아롱사태 도가니 수육에 화요 두병 순삭 [감요] 솔.... 2025-10-13 · 맛있는 순간의 도파민
- [뚝섬] 성수 분위기 맛집, 요리주점 감요 (메뉴 추천) 2025-06-04 · s൱ny's daily
- 뚝섬역 데이트, 성수 분위기 맛집이자 조용한 술집 ‘감요’ 2025-06-01 · 일기장
- 뚝섬역술집 <감요> 호텔 출신 쉐프님의 가성비갑 고급요리 2024-11-15 · 연재의 블로그
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