Gilpost · Seongdong-gu, Seongsu-dong 2-ga
Muguok Seongsu-jeom
무구옥 성수점 A Pyongyang-style chicken house in Seongsu, Seoul — the Seongsu branch of a place from Anguk — where half a chicken, its broth and the rice arrive as three separate bowls.
Charcoal-grilled meat · Seongdong-gu, Seongsu-dong 2-ga
Data as of · Published ·
Muguok Seongsu is a chicken house five minutes on foot from exit 2 at Seongsu station, on the ground floor of a building on Achasan-ro 11-gil. The original branch is in Anguk; this one came later. The menu is four lines long — the North-Korean-style chicken baekban, a spicy chicken braise, a cheonggukjang chicken stew and a squid-and-chicken salad — and the baekban arrives as three separate vessels: half a chicken, a bowl of broth and a bowl of rice. A cauldron sits in the middle of the room and the stock is visibly simmering in it from where you eat. Open every day from 11:30 to 21:00, closed between 15:00 and 17:30. Several writers mention a 2027 Michelin selection and a Blue Ribbon listing; we have not verified either ourselves. The posts we read run from 18 August to 27 September 2026.
The basics
| Address | 서울특별시 성동구 아차산로11길 11 (성수동2가,101호(-103호)지상1층) 11 Achasan-ro 11-gil, Seongdong-gu, Seoul |
|---|---|
| Phone | 02-461-1829 |
| Typical spend | ₩17,000 – ₩18,000 |
| Floor area | 151 m² |
| Status | In business |
10 posts say it is walkable from the station.
When it opens
Of 15 posts: 14 wrote Daily 11:30–21:00.
| Open | Daily | 11:30–21:00 14 of 15 posts last seen 2026-09 |
|---|---|---|
| Break | 15:00–17:30 14 of 15 posts last seen 2026-09 | |
| Last order | 14:00 5 of 5 posts last seen 2026-09 | |
| Last order | 20:00 5 of 5 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
- How you queue depends on when you come. Walk-in registration opens at the machine outside at 10:30 for lunch and 16:30 for dinner; remote queueing through the CatchTable app only opens *after* the doors do — posts variously give noon for lunch and 16:30 or 17:30 for dinner. The gap catches people out. One party waited for noon to register remotely, found the list already closed by walk-ins and gave up until evening; another arrived at two in the afternoon, was told lunch service had ended, and came back thirty-five minutes before the evening list opened to take the first slot. Reported waits run from twenty minutes to an hour and a half — one Saturday party arrived at 10:45 and sat down at 12:40. Several writers suggest registering and then walking the Seongsu streets until your turn comes.
- Almost everyone eating here is a foreign visitor. Writers looking around the room put the share at seventy to ninety per cent, and one was asked by staff whether she was Korean. Japanese, Taiwanese and Chinese guests are named repeatedly; one post is by a Korean host taking a Japanese friend, another by one taking a Taiwanese friend, who spotted a well-known Taiwanese influencer in the queue. One writer notes the waiting list takes a QR code instead of a phone number, which is how visitors without a Korean number can register. Two Korean writers openly wonder how the place got famous at all — it seems to have travelled through foreign travel vlogs before Korean blogs.
- The cauldron is the first thing you see. The cooking area is open to the room, the stock visibly on the boil from the tables, and two writers say it is framed more prominently here than at the Anguk original. The house line — domestic chickens only, simmered in an Anseong cauldron listed as Gyeonggi intangible heritage — turns up in several posts; one writer says she asked the owner directly, the rest read as the restaurant's own copy. One calls the open kitchen a bit of theatre while allowing that the theatre works. Another noticed the bowls being warmed separately so the broth stays hot to the last spoonful.
- One party was told each person must order a main. A writer in August 2026 tried to add the squid-and-chicken side, was told the rule, and ended up with two baekban instead. Only that one post mentions it — others say nothing about it, and one party of three shared a single pot of the spicy braise with an extra bowl of broth, so we cannot tell how firmly it is applied.
- There is somewhere to wait outside. Several writers mention chairs and a supply of cold water — one was grateful for it on a hot day. Another distinguishes the two groups outside: people standing are queueing to register, people sitting have registered and are waiting for the doors. One party waited in the café next door instead.
What 23 bloggers said
We read all 23 in full. The most common claims are “Had to wait” (22) and “Would return” (10).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Things you can check on site
| Foreign customers in the room | 16 of 23 posts |
|---|---|
| Open kitchen | 14 of 23 posts |
| Reachable by transit | 10 of 23 posts |
| Waiting area | 5 of 23 posts |
| Takes reservations | 2 of 23 posts |
| Beer served | 3 of 23 posts |
| Free refills | 2 of 23 posts |
| Separate restrooms | 1 of 23 posts |
| One dish per person | 1 of 23 posts |
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
What people order
The most ordered dish is ibuksik samgye baekban (이북식 삼계백반) — 17 of 23 posts.
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
What to order
Sides, and what comes with it
To drink
Who came, and with whom
| With a friend | 6 of 23 posts |
|---|---|
| Date | 3 of 23 posts |
| Solo visit | 1 of 23 posts |
| Group visit | 1 of 23 posts |
| Family visit | 1 of 23 posts |
Getting there
Naver Map has a full English mode — Settings → Language → English. In Korea it gives better walking and transit directions than Google Maps.
Getting inside
| Toilet inside | yes 0 · no 1 |
|---|---|
| Separate restrooms | 1 of 23 posts |
Not one post says whether you can get in with a wheelchair or a pushchair. The words for threshold, ramp or step do not appear anywhere in the twenty-three posts. That is not a no — it means we do not know. Several writers describe a long queue on the pavement outside with parties called in one at a time, but none of them says whether there is anywhere in that queue to sit or stand aside.
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. 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 themselves2 of 23 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way21 of 23 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 24 posts we gathered, 1 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 | 3 |
| 2026-09 | 20 |
What we do not know
- No post describes the way in. The registry address puts the restaurant in unit 103 on the ground floor and writers copy that number, but nobody records whether there is a step at the door or what the entrance is like. Several give a walk of three to seven minutes from exit 2 at Seongsu station — the figures vary and none of them describes the route.
- Exactly one post mentions the toilets, and says they are outside the restaurant (separate for men and women). It does not say where in the building, or what the way there is like. The other twenty-two say nothing at all — which matters at a place you reach after an hour in a queue, and this single line is all we can offer.
- Writers disagree about whether you can book. One asked a member of staff and was told there are no reservations, only the on-site waiting list. Two others say they booked — one for half past five, one "in advance, so we walked straight in". Those two most likely mean the remote queueing app rather than a reservation, but the posts do not settle it, so we leave both as written. If you need a fixed time, ask the restaurant.
- No post declares a sponsorship or anything received free, and two state explicitly that they paid. But everything we read falls inside five weeks, 18 August to 27 September 2026 — this branch is new, so there is no earlier record to compare against and no way to see whether prices have moved or what changes with the seasons. That is also why we could not settle the one post that prices the baekban at ₩17,000 against the rest at ₩18,000.
- The opening hours are not in dispute, but they are not the same as the hours you can join the queue. Fifteen posts give 11:30 to 21:00 daily with a break from 15:00 to 17:30 (one says the doors open at 11:00), with last orders at 14:00 and 20:00. The waiting list, though, opens an hour earlier — 10:30 and 16:30 — and two writers found lunch registration already closed shortly after noon. Arriving when the doors open can already be too late.
Sources (23)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- [북성수 맛집] 깔끔한 삼계탕 맛집 '무구옥' (성수동 삼계탕, 성수동 보양식) 2026-09-27 · 조잘조잘 소소한 STELLA'S Life · via Daum
- 21. 9월의 행복 2026-09-25 · 일기장 · via Daum
- 성수 맛집 무구옥 40분 웨이팅해서 먹은 이북식 삼계백반 솔직후기 2026-09-24 · 쏭띠뽕띠 · via Daum
- 기다리고 기다리던 가을 2026-09-24 · frequent traveler · via Daum
- [성수] 한식 맛집 추천 | 무구옥 솔직후기, 외국인이 많이 찾는 성수 .... 2026-09-24 · 끄적끄적 ✍️
- 일본인 친구도 반한 이북식 삼계백반 무구옥 성수점 웨이팅 후기 2026-09-22 · 맛있는 것만 쏙쏙 뽑아내는 · via Daum
- 성수동맛집 무구옥 성수점, 서울숲맛집에서 만난 색다른 매운 닭찜 2026-09-21 · 리뷰하는 에이미의 집꾸미기 기록
- 사주에서 8-9월은 먹투어 한대. 구라ㅋ..했는데 진짜였을 경우. 한성뚱 리뷰를 믿으세요. 2026-09-21 · 다중자아 · via Daum
- 무구옥 성수점 - 이북식 삼계백반 웨이팅해서 먹는 이유 납득완료. 2026-09-20 · Cherish · via Daum
- [성수맛집] 무구옥 성수점 이북식 삼계백반, 건강과 맛 동시에 잡은 .... 2026-09-16 · 제주 또민의 '인생은 여행'
- 무구옥 성수 금요일 웨이팅 후기｜이북식 삼계백반이랑 매운 닭찜 .... 2026-09-16 · 레이지 보스
- 서울특별시 성동구 성수동 맛집 이북식 삼계 백반, 오징어 닭무침 .... 2026-09-14 · 맛있는 하루 Vlog ₊˚⊹୨୧
- 성수동 맛집 무구옥 성수점, 18,000원 이북식 삼계백반 직접 먹어보니 2026-09-09 · ★自由★
- [서울/성수] 2027 미쉐린 서울 선정! 이북식 삼계백반 맛있는 성수동.... 2026-09-08 · 그리너리 일상 기록장
- 성수동맛집 무구옥 성수점 여긴 찐이었던 후기 2026-09-08 · 푸푸의 하루
- [서울/성수] 이북식 백숙 반상이 너무 맛있는 성수동맛집 무구옥 성.... 2026-09-07 · Janeroad
- 성수동맛집, 무구옥 성수점 / 매콤달콤 닭찜 맛도리 2026-09-07 · ʟɪꜰᴇ ɪꜱ ᴀ ᴊᴏᴜʀɴᴇʏ
- 성수동맛집 웨이팅 필수의 담백한 한끼 무구옥 성수점 평일 저녁 웨.... 2026-09-07 · 반주가 일상인 직장인의 먹부림일지
- 성수동맛집 무구옥 성수점 한식이 당길 때 먹으면 참 좋은 성수역맛.... 2026-09-05 · 놀보와먹보☺️
- [성수] 무구옥 | 미슐랭 이북식 삼계 백반 후기 (주말 저녁 웨이팅) 2026-09-04 · 밍굴밍굴 ♪
- [서울 성수] 성수 삼계탕 맛집 주말 웨이팅 후기 <무구옥 성수점>_이.... 2026-08-30 · 일상기록
- (성수)또또간집! 담백한 보양식 이북식 삼계백반, 무구옥 2026-08-21 · 우찌의 블로그
- 성수ㅣ왜 이렇게 인기가 많은거야 또간집이 될것같은 몸보신 맛집 .... 2026-08-18 · 후기 남기는 이나코⋆｡☁︎ ⋆｡˚☽˚｡
Of 334 candidate posts we opened 44 and kept 23 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.