Gilpost · Seongdong-gu, Seongsu-dong 2-ga
Japanese
KORETSU LIVE
코레츠 라이브 Korecheu Raibeu One post writes Koretsu as 皓烈 (the characters mean 'bright' and 'fierce'); 'Live' points to the counter where the chefs cook in front of you. Until July 2026 the place was called Negi Live.
Compiled from 23 blog posts read in fullSources →
Koretsu Live is a snow-crab and king-crab tasting counter on the fifth floor of the Musinsa building at 97 Seongsu-iro, Seongsu-dong. Chefs grill and pick the crab in front of you, then carry it through grilling, a yanagawa-style egg broth, frying and pot rice. Lunch is listed at 150,000 won per person; dinner at 290,000 won (snow crab) or 380,000 won (king crab). The place changed its name from Negi Live on 1 July 2026 without moving or changing chef, so we read older Negi Live visits as the same restaurant. We read 30 posts dated 30 June to 6 October 2026; 23 of them describe an actual visit.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 성동구 성수이로 97, 5층 (성수동2가)97 Seongsui-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul
- Phone02-466-2490
- Typical spend₩150,000 – ₩380,000
- From the station2 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 80 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 9 posts: 4 wrote Mon–Sat 12:00–14:00.
| Mon–Sat | 12:00–14:00 | 4 of 9 posts |
|---|---|---|
| Break | 14:00–19:00 | 7 of 7 posts |
| Closed | Sunday | 9 of 9 posts |
3 other values
| Open | Mon–Sat | 19:00–22:00 2 of 9 posts last seen 2026-10 |
|---|---|---|
| Open | Mon–Sat | 12:00–22:00 4 of 9 posts last seen 2026-09 |
| Open | Mon–Sat | 19:00–02:00 2 of 9 posts last seen 2026-08 |
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
- Cooking in front of you is the point. Sixteen posts watched the chefs break down, grill and pick the crab at the counter, and nine describe the seating as a bar facing the kitchen. Seat counts differ: two posts say eight, one each says nine, ten and 'about eleven or twelve'. Four posts say seats are not assigned — first to arrive picks — and some arrived ten or fifteen minutes early to get the middle.
- Getting a booking is the hard part. Nineteen posts talk about reserving, nearly all through CatchTable, and several got in only through cancellation alerts — two days or three days before. Three posts say that after the meal staff hand over a business card and tell you to book by phone next time. Seven posts list the number, 02-466-2490.
- Dinner requires drinks. Five posts say ordering alcohol is mandatory, and one dinner post says a bottle is required. Lunch is disputed: two posts say drinks are optional at lunch and one ate lunch without any, but one September 2026 post says drinks were required at lunch too. One post says corkage is possible but not whether it is free.
- Ten posts mention the floor-to-ceiling windows looking over Seongsu's streets — good daylight at lunch, and one dinner post watched the sunset. Three say warm tea is poured as you sit down.
2 more
- Nine posts say they left full. Many note that more pot rice is given on request, and several got a second scoop of ice cream. Only one post found the grilled-crab portion small compared with eating crab at home.
- Eight posts call the staff kind, citing explanations at every plate, crab picked clean for you, coats and bags taken at the door, and a candle in the dessert when told it was a birthday. Three visitors note that chef Jang Ho-jun himself was not there that day.
What 23 bloggers said
daege yanagawapung syabeu
Large portions
We read all 23 in full. The most common claims are “Large portions” (9) and “Friendly staff” (8).
What they liked
Where they disagree
| Expensive | yes 5 · no 3 |
|---|
Things you can check on site
- Takes reservations 19 of 23 posts
- Open kitchen 16 of 23 posts
- Large windows 10 of 23 posts
- Counter seating only 9 of 23 posts
- In a basement saying it is not 6 of 23 posts
- One drink per person required 5 of 23 posts
- Lift to the floor 6 of 23 posts
- Complimentary tea or drink 3 of 23 posts
- Reachable by transit 2 of 23 posts
- Bag storage 1 of 23 posts
- Takeout 1 of 23 posts
- One bottle per table required 1 of 23 posts
- Beer served 1 of 23 posts
- Wine served 1 of 23 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Who came, and with whom
- Date 10 of 23 posts
- Group visit 4 of 23 posts
- With a friend 2 of 23 posts
- Came by car 1 of 23 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
| In a basement | yes 0 · no 6 (of 23 posts read) |
|---|---|
| Lift to the floor | 6 of 23 posts |
| Toilet inside | yes 0 · no 1 (of 23 posts read) |
Six posts took the lift to the fifth floor. It is a Musinsa retail building; the lift is by the car park and the store's side door, and some got lost. On five, skip the café right by the lift and go left; four posts note the door opens with a button that blends into the wall.
No one wrote about a step at the entrance or getting in with a wheelchair or stroller — that means unknown, not absent. Many posts describe bar seating, but none says how high the chairs are.
Only one post mentions the toilet: a queue by the lift turned out to be for the restroom, which suggests a shared one outside the restaurant. No one says whether it is separated by gender or how big it is.
No one mentioned: Second 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 themselves4 of 23 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way19 of 23 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 29 posts we gathered, 6 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 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 11 |
| 2026-09 | 10 |
| 2026-10 | 1 |
What we do not know
- Opinions on price split: five posts call it expensive, three say it was worth it, one does not decide. The dinner snow-crab course went up — an October 2025 diner paid 270,000 won per person; 2026 posts list 290,000 won. Lunch has stayed at 150,000 won from a winter 2025 visit through September 2026. All are per-person course prices; drinks are extra.
- The name changed: Negi Live became Koretsu Live on 1 July 2026, and July–August visitors still saw 'NEGI LIVE' signage around. Visits from April and October 2025 and that winter were written under the old name. The address did not change.
- Two posts place it close to Exit 3 of Seongsu Station; the walking times ('2 minutes', '76 m') come from copied info blocks. No one came by bus, though one notes the bus stop named in the CatchTable listing is right in front of the building.
- No one queued at the door; it is reservation-only, so the waiting happens on the booking list — one post failed in May and got in the next time when a slot freed three days ahead. Nobody complained of slow service; two posts say courses are paced to how fast you eat.
- Three posts list it as no-kids, all from copied info; one specifies fifth grade and up. No post describes going with a child.
- All opening hours are copied. Six posts give the same: Monday–Saturday 12:00–22:00 with a break 14:00–19:00, closed Sunday. Two say dinner runs to 2 a.m., and one lists the same hours 'daily' with no closing day; nine of the ten posts with hours say closed Sunday.
- Some posts follow a common template: two Hyundai Card Gourmet Week listings, two summaries of the same YouTube video, and two copying TV rankings or recipes. None are visits, so we did not count them.
Sources (23)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
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Of 208 candidate posts we opened 86 and kept 23 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.