Gilpost · Seongdong-gu, Seongsu-dong 2-ga
Japanese
cocoroban
코코로반 Kokoroban Kokoroban is written 心飯 on the sign — kokoro means heart and ban means rice or a meal, which one post renders as 'rice made with heart'.
Compiled from 26 blog posts read in fullSources →
Kokoroban is a Japanese home-style restaurant down an alley off Seongsui-ro 7ga-gil, a short walk from Exit 3 of Seongsu Station. The core of the menu is charcoal-grilled hamburg steak sets (15,000–23,000 won), alongside fresh-pork katsu, garlic curry, udon and soba sets. Each set comes with rice, three small side dishes and a mini udon or mini soba, and a self-service bar lets you top up rice and sides. The ground floor has the open kitchen and a counter along the wall; upstairs are tables for two and four. We read 30 posts dated 19 July to 4 October 2026, and 27 of them record an actual meal. Many say they went after seeing the place on the TV show Tasty Guys in August 2026.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 성동구 성수이로7가길 22-5, 1층,2층 (성수동2가)22-5 Seongsui-ro 7ga-gil, Seongdong-gu, Seoul
- Phone02-466-9958
- Typical spend₩3,000 – ₩23,000
- From the station6 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 95 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 20 posts: 11 wrote Daily 11:00–21:20, 5 wrote 11:00–21:20.
| Daily | 11:00–21:20 | 11 of 20 posts |
|---|---|---|
| No day given | 11:00–21:20 | 5 of 20 posts |
| Break | 15:00–17:00 | 20 of 20 posts |
| Last order | 20:30 | 14 of 14 posts |
1 other values
| Open | Daily | 11:00–21:00 3 of 20 posts last seen 2026-09 |
|---|
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
- Fourteen posts mention watching the hamburg steaks grilled over charcoal behind glass right by the entrance — one describes flare-ups as part of the show. One diner seated upstairs notes they never got to see the grilling.
- Eleven posts say rice and side dishes can be refilled at a self-service bar. Posts list a rice cooker, cabbage salad, radish kimchi and pickled celery, plus aprons, cups and scissors. One diner ran short of rice because the steak was so big and went back for more.
- Waits vary. Four posts waited, four walked straight in, and one, at a full lunch, says they would have had to wait had they come a little later. The only times given are about five minutes on a Saturday, and a quoted 10–15 minutes that turned into a quick seat. Those who walked in went just after 1 pm on a weekday, 30 minutes early for Sunday lunch, at dinner, or outside peak hours. Five posts mention a sign-up sheet and chairs to wait on at the entrance.
- Ten posts ordered on a tablet or kiosk at the table; two of them note that you pay up front.
3 more
- Eleven posts call the hamburg steak thick and thirteen mention its juiciness. Fourteen describe crisp frying — the fried prawns, the combo katsu and the cheese katsu. Seven say the portions are large.
- Six posts walked from Exit 3 of Seongsu Station and put it at four to six minutes. The oft-quoted figure of 303 metres mostly comes from copied map listings.
- Company is evenly spread: six posts went with a partner or spouse, six with family (two of them with children), four with friends, and one alone.
What 26 bloggers said
Mini udong / mini soba
Crispy batter
We read all 26 in full. The most common claims are “Crispy batter” (14) and “Juicy” (13).
What they liked
Where they disagree
| Had to wait | yes 4 · no 4 |
|---|
Things you can check on site
- Second floor 20 of 26 posts
- Open kitchen 14 of 26 posts
- Free refills 11 of 26 posts
- Self-order screen 10 of 26 posts
- Reachable by transit 6 of 26 posts
- Toilet inside 5 of 26 posts
- Beer served 5 of 26 posts
- Waiting area 5 of 26 posts
- Wi-Fi 2 of 26 posts
- Review event 2 of 26 posts
- Air conditioned 1 of 26 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Who came, and with whom
- Family visit 6 of 26 posts
- Date 6 of 26 posts
- With a friend 4 of 26 posts
- Group visit 2 of 26 posts
- Came with children 2 of 26 posts
- Solo visit 1 of 26 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
6 posts say it is walkable from the station.
Getting inside
| Second floor | 20 of 26 posts |
|---|---|
| In a basement | yes 0 · no 1 (of 26 posts read) |
| Toilet inside | 5 of 26 posts |
| Separate restrooms | yes 0 · no 1 (of 26 posts read) |
Twenty posts describe the upstairs seating. Again and again the layout is the same: a counter along the wall on the ground floor, suited to eating alone, and tables for two and four upstairs. One diner was sent straight upstairs because the ground floor was full; another had staff move them from a small table to a four-seater when they ordered three dishes.
Nobody mentions a basement. Posts consistently describe a ground floor and an upper floor, and one diner sat at the ground-floor counter.
No post says whether there is a step at the door or whether a wheelchair or pushchair can get in — that is a gap in what was written, not a confirmed answer. The upstairs seating and the toilet are reached by stairs, and the one lift a post mentions is a dumbwaiter for sending food upstairs.
Five posts say the toilet is upstairs, reached by the stairs. One notes that it is unisex, and that it was clean.
No one mentioned: Lift to the floor · Ramp at the door · Step at the entrance · Step-free access · Accessible toilet. 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 payment4 of 26 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way22 of 26 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 29 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
Month by month
| Month | Posts |
|---|---|
| 2026-07 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 19 |
| 2026-10 | 3 |
What we do not know
- Posts say the signature seafood hamburg set (23,000 won) is made in limited numbers each day, and three posts — 2, 12 and 15 September — found it sold out. Several advise arriving early if that is the dish you want.
- All opening hours come from copied info blocks. Of the twenty visit posts that give them, sixteen say daily 11:00–21:20, three say closing at 21:00 and one at 21:30. All twenty agree on a 15:00–17:00 break, and fourteen give last orders at 20:30. No visit post mentions a closing day.
- Prices agree across posts: hamburg steak sets 15,000–23,000 won, katsu sets 14,000–17,000, curry, udon and soba sets 12,000–16,000, sides 7,000–8,000, Kirin draught 8,000, and a mini curry add-on 2,000. The two posts listing the combo katsu at 17,500 had switched to tenderloin (500 won extra). A meal is one set at 12,000–23,000 won. One post hesitated because the seafood set costs more than the rest; another found the prices reasonable.
- Most posts give the phone number 02-466-9958; one gives 0507-1455-2026. Reservations are unclear: one info block says none are taken, another says there is no Naver booking but you can call, and a third says to call for bookings and enquiries. No post went with a reservation.
- Two posts went with children; in one, the kids preferred the side udon to the hamburg steak. Nobody says whether high chairs are available.
- Four posts disclose sponsorship (19 July; 11, 15 and 18 September). Four posts end with the same 24 hashtags in the same order, one of them sponsored, and the 19 July sponsored post still contains unedited template notes such as 'check how many minutes' walk'. We still counted these posts, because they record what was ordered and what it cost.
Sources (26)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 성수 맛집 코코로반｜함박스테이크부터 명란크림우동까지, 5명이 먹어본 솔직후기! 2026-10-04 · 냠 묵자 · via Daum
- 성수 코코로반 시그니쳐 씨푸드함박 정식 2026-10-02 · 가끔은 꿈을 꾼다. · via Daum
- 성수동 일본 가정식 맛집 코코로반 2026-10-02 · 이웃집 아줌마 · via Daum
- 성수동맛집 코코로반 성수본점 맛있는녀석들에 나온 숯불함박스테.... 2026-09-30 · 예니 블로그
- 여자의 생일은 한달 2026-09-28 · mylog_04님의 블로그 · via Daum
- 성수동 맛집 코코로반/맛있는녀석들에나온 성수본점 2026-09-27 · 작지만 소소한 행복
- 127 2026-09-26 · 유나네
- 성수 일본가정식 코코로반 성수본점 혼밥 후기 2026-09-25 · . ⟡송하의 리얼톡⧉채널 ⋆⁺₊
- 성수 맛있는녀석들 방연, 숯불 함박 스테이크 집 | 코코로반 성수 본.... 2026-09-23 · 여행을 떠나는 로지
- 성수 맛있는녀석들 일본 가정식 데이트 맛집 코코로반 숯불함박 정.... 2026-09-22 · munbanggu.zip
- 성수동 맛집 일본가정식 숯불함박스테이크 맛있는녀석들 성수맛집 .... 2026-09-18 · 궁극의후기
- 맛있는녀석들 성수 돈까스 숯불함박 스테이크 맛집 코코로반 성수.... 2026-09-18 · 나의 일상 기록
- 성수동 맛집 혼밥 <코코로반 성수본점(cocoroban)> 맛있는녀석들 2026-09-18 · 블로그
- 맛있는녀석들에 나온 성수동 맛집 코코로반 성수본점 (cocoroban) 숯불.... 2026-09-18 · 노는게 제일 좋아
- 맛있는녀석들 성수맛집 코코로반 성수본점 숯불함박스테이크 cocorob.... 2026-09-16 · 장수거북
- 성수 돈까스 맛집 맛있는녀석들 숯불함박스테이크는 코코로반성수.... 2026-09-16 · 여울이를 따라 맛과 여행을 찾아 떠나보자
- 성수동 맛집 맛있는녀석들 578회 코코로반(cocoroban) 성수본점 시그니.... 2026-09-16 · 재주 부리는 곰순이
- [성수동 맛집] 맛있는녀석들 성수맛집 코로로반, 일본 가정식 숯불.... 2026-09-15 · 담백한 매일
- [성수/성동] 맛있는녀석들 성수맛집 코코로반 성수본점 (cocoroban) 숯.... 2026-09-12 · 위장과 통장 사이
- 성수동놀거리 코코로반 성수본점 (cocoroban) 성수동 맛집 2026-09-11 · 러블디와 함께하는 일상
- 성수동 맛집 맛있는녀석들 방송나온 줄서는 숯불함박스테이크 코코.... 2026-09-02 · 맛따라 패션따라
- 맛있는녀석들 함박스테이크 코코로반 씨푸드함박 히레카츠 숯불소.... 2026-09-02 · Serendipity
- 성수 코코로반 함박스테이크 맛집, 아이들과 점심 먹은 후기 2026-08-14 · 지구 한 바퀴, 나의 여행 기록
- 성수동 맛집 코코로반 흑백요리사맛집 숯불함박스테이크 리얼후기 2026-08-12 · 서울 맛집 기록 | 꿀자몽
- 성수 돈까스 코코로반 성수본점 cocoroban 흑백요리사 맛집 2026-07-29 · 티온의 방구석탈출기
- [성수] '코코로반' 성수역 가까운 일본가정식 숯불함박 전문점, 흑백.... 2026-07-19 · 푸로그 | 맛집 & 데이트코스
Of 405 candidate posts we opened 99 and kept 26 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.