Gilpost · Seongdong-gu, Seongsu-dong 2-ga
ChineseWestern
Jungang Gamsokgi
중앙감속기 Jungang Gamsokgi means 'Central Speed Reducer' — the name of the reduction-gear factory that used to run in the building, which the restaurant kept as its own.
Compiled from 25 blog posts read in fullSources →
Jungang Gamsokgi is a Chinese-Italian restaurant on a side street off Seongsuil-ro 6-gil in Seongsu-dong, known as one of chef Choi Hyun-seok's places — think guobaorou dressed in balsamic, or mapo tofu made with Bolognese. The most-ordered dishes are balsamic guobaorou (24,000 won), basil shrimp spring rolls (15,900 won) and brisket mala-cream jjamppong (19,500 won). You order from a tablet at the table, and most people book ahead. Two posts paid 57,400 won for the two-person set A; one group of four paid 109,500 won and a group of three 82,900 won. We read 30 posts dated 1 August to 5 October 2026; 25 of them describe an actual meal.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 성동구 성수일로6길 7-1, 1층 (성수동2가)7-1 Seongsuil-ro 6-gil, Seongdong-gu, Seoul
- Phone02-466-9628
- Typical spend₩9,500 – ₩86,000
- From the station1 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 162 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 16 posts: 10 wrote Daily 12:00–21:00, 5 wrote 12:00–21:00.
| No day given | 12:00–21:00 | 5 of 16 posts |
|---|---|---|
| Daily | 12:00–21:00 | 10 of 16 posts |
| Break | 15:00–17:30 | 15 of 15 posts |
| Last order | 14:30 | 9 of 10 posts |
1 other values
| Last order | 20:30 9 of 10 posts last seen 2026-09 |
|---|
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
- This is a book-ahead place: 16 posts reserved through CatchTable or Naver. Several posts note a 30,000-won-per-person deposit, refunded when you show up and forfeited if you cancel within four days. Two posts said the door stays shut until the booked time, when staff open it and seat you.
- Walk-ins do happen. Of six posts that mentioned waiting, five didn't wait at all — including a weekday walk-in just before noon and a Sunday-evening table straight away. One arrived at 11:50 to find one or two groups ahead. Two weekday-lunch posts said it was nearly full by the time they left, and one post said they don't take walk-ins.
- Thirteen posts called the frying crisp — mostly the spring rolls, with their thin wrappers, and the guobaorou, crisp outside and chewy within.
- Six posts said you order from a tablet at your seat. One noted that staff took their order before opening but said food would start at noon.
1 more
- Five posts mention the open kitchen. One sat at the bar and watched the cooking up close; another said the cooking smell got into their clothes and suggested a seat farther from the kitchen. Several posts also mention a giant robot figure and a chandelier.
What 25 bloggers said
balsamik kkwobaro
Crispy batter
We read all 25 in full. The most common claims are “Crispy batter” (13) and “No wait” (5).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Things you can check on site
- Takes reservations 16 of 25 posts
- Self-order screen 6 of 25 posts
- Seats to sit and eat 6 of 25 posts
- Open kitchen 5 of 25 posts
- Beer served 2 of 25 posts
- Origin labelling posted 1 of 25 posts
- High ceiling 1 of 25 posts
- Takeout 1 of 25 posts
- Reachable by transit 1 of 25 posts
- Toilet inside 1 of 25 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Parking
4 posts say you cannot park. None say you can.
| Posts saying you cannot | 4 of 25 posts |
|---|
There's no restaurant parking. Four posts said so in their own words after driving or wishing they could. One paid about 1,000 won per 10 minutes — some 8,000 won in all — at the CU building next door; another used a parking app to find a lot. The 'no parking' lines elsewhere are copied info blocks.
Who came, and with whom
- With a friend 5 of 25 posts
- Date 3 of 25 posts
- Group visit 3 of 25 posts
- Came by car 2 of 25 posts
- Family visit 1 of 25 posts
- Came with children 1 of 25 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
1 posts say it is walkable from the station.
Getting inside
| Toilet inside | 1 of 25 posts |
|---|
No one described which floor it's on from experience; the address says ground floor, but no post mentions steps up or down.
We don't know whether there's a step at the entrance or whether a wheelchair or stroller can get in — not because there's a problem, but because no one wrote about it. Only one post came with a child, an older primary-school boy.
Only one post mentioned the restroom: inside the restaurant, clean, though with few stalls. Separate men's and women's restrooms appear only in copied info blocks.
No one mentioned: Second floor · In a basement · 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 themselves6 of 25 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way19 of 25 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 30 posts we gathered, 5 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
Month by month
| Month | Posts |
|---|---|
| 2026-08 | 5 |
| 2026-09 | 17 |
| 2026-10 | 3 |
What we do not know
- Opinions on size differ: four posts called the room spacious (one also noted the high ceiling), while one said it isn't big but is tidy. Posts describe a long central table, two- to four-seat tables along the walls, and bar seats facing the kitchen.
- Two posts found dishes salty: the ragù pasta, and the vongole ulmyeon, which was also gritty with sand. Complaints that the jjamppong is salty appear only in reviews quoted secondhand by one post, so we didn't count them.
- Only one post spoke from experience about getting there, saying it's close to Seongsu station. The 5–6 minutes from Seongsu exit 4 and 4 minutes from Ttukseom exit 5 come from copied info blocks.
- Company is mixed: five posts went with friends, three as a couple, three in larger groups such as a work dinner or a party of six, and one with family. Three posts said the portions were generous.
- All 17 posts that list hours agree: noon to 9 pm, closed 3–5:30 pm, last orders 2:30 pm and 8:30 pm. Most of these are copied info blocks; only one post actually ran into the 2:30 pm cutoff. The only closing days mentioned — the Lunar New Year and Chuseok holidays and the day before each — were copied from CatchTable by one post.
- Views on value are split: three posts called the prices reasonable, one said they're a bit high, and one grumbled about 15,900 won for four spring rolls while still calling the menu fair overall. Set A went from 56,000 won on a June 2025 kiosk photo (copied secondhand) to 57,400 won in September–October 2026 posts.
- Several posts give the phone number as 0507-1316-9628. One post said that after booking, a confirmation call came from 02-466-9628 — an unfamiliar number they nearly ignored.
- Some posts didn't count. Five are Seongsu round-ups or posts about another restaurant, so we didn't treat them as visits. One post, apart from a line about eating set B a year earlier, compiles Naver reviews and CatchTable info, so we didn't rely on claims in it like a table time limit or gritty clams.
Sources (25)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 서울 여행 ㅡ 최현석 셰프가 운영하는 성수의 <중앙감속기>. 성수 이.... 2026-10-05 · kimcandy99님의 블로그
- [성수맛집] 최현석 쉐프가 운영하는 중앙감속기 평일 회식 후기 2026-10-05 · 윰무네 소소한 일상
- [중앙감속기] 요리에서 과연 최쉐프의 향기가 나는 집 2026-10-02 · 모든 순간의 예지 · via Daum
- 성수 맛집 중앙감속기 | 흑백요리사2 오른팔 셰프 | 내돈내산 후기 2026-09-29 · seul.
- [성수] 최현석 셰프의 퓨전중식 중앙감속기 2026-09-29 · 아주보통의하루
- [서울 성수 맛집] 최현석 셰프의 중앙감속기 내돈내산 솔직 후기! 캐치테이블 예약하고 감 2026-09-28 · 뚱스타 님의 블로그 · via Daum
- 🥢 성수동 중앙감속기 B세트 후기, 최현석 셰프의 발사믹 꿔바로우와 마파 양갈비 2026-09-27 · 메모리허브 · via Daum
- [서울 성수 맛집] 직접 먹어보고 추천하는 음식점&술집TOP 5 2026-09-27 · 맛송로그
- 서울 성수 '중앙감속기' 최현석 셰프의 퓨전 중식당 2026-09-24 · eye on u, e yeon u
- 최현석 셰프 레스토랑 후기 : 중앙감속기 2026-09-24 · 우당탕탕 하루 일기
- ☀︎ 매우 사적인 초여름 일상 2026-09-23 · 터벅터벅 덩은이의 일상
- 성수동 중앙감속기 (Feat. 스르륵햄) 2026-09-22 · 사실 저의정체는..(더보기)
- [서울] [성수] 최현석 셰프의 이색 퓨전 중식당 '중앙감속기' 솔직 방.... 2026-09-21 · 동슐랭
- [성수 맛집]성수 중앙감속기, 예약 없이 들어갈 수 있을까? 평일 런.... 2026-09-21 · 주말이 짧은 엄마
- 성수동 흑백요리사 맛집 최현석 셰프의 중앙감속기 내돈내산 2026-09-19 · 토르로키
- [맛집] 서울 흑백요리사 맛집 성수 최현석 식당 중앙감속기 평일 점.... 2026-09-18 · 부지런히 즐기고 기록하기 :)
- 성수 중앙감속기｜최현석 셰프 중식당, 기대하고 다녀온 솔직 후기 2026-09-17 · 지은이의 작은기쁨 수집소
- 흑백요리사 최현석 셰프의 중앙감속기 메뉴 추천, 마파두부양갈비 .... 2026-09-17 · ️♥!!
- [성수 맛집] 중앙감속기 흑백요리사 최현석 셰프 차이니스 이탈리안 맛집 2026-09-08 · 맛있는 음식을 사랑하는 자몽 · via Daum
- 최현석 쉐프 중앙감속기 네이버 예약 방문 후기 2026-09-01 · 놀러와요 앵두의 숲 · via Daum
- [내돈내산] 최현석 셰프 성수 중앙감속기 후기 2026-08-24 · NOTE. · via Daum
- [성수역] 스타 셰프 최현석 셰프의 중식 '중앙감속기' 2026-08-22 · 어서오소 · via Daum
- 서울 성수 맛집ㅣ최현석 중앙감속기ㅣ흑백요리사 맛집 주차정보 식사 솔직 후기 2026-08-19 · 라이파파의 맛&핏 · via Daum
- 성수 맛집 중앙감속기 | 최현석 셰프 맛집 캐치테이블 예약부터 주차 꿀팁까지 2026-08-16 · 미미여행기(味味) · via Daum
- 최현석 셰프 성수 중앙감속기 평일 런치 후기, 메뉴 5개 솔직후기 2026-08-01 · 육아담다_. · via Daum
Of 336 candidate posts we opened 113 and kept 25 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.