Gilpost · Seongdong-gu, Seongsu-dong 2-ga
Chinese
Sinsinwon
신신원 The posts do not explain the name; -won is the usual 'house/garden' ending of Korean-Chinese restaurant names.
Compiled from 5 blog posts read in fullSources →
A neighbourhood Korean-Chinese restaurant on the second floor of the Iljo Building at 290 Gwangnaru-ro, Seongsu-dong 2-ga, across from the Seongdong tax office. It serves noodle and rice plates such as platter jjajang, oyster jjamppong and dry jjajang alongside dishes like pepper stir-fry and sweet-and-sour pork, with half-and-half combos and day-of-the-week specials. The only prices written down are 9,000 won for platter jjajang (Jan 2025) and 40,000 won for a large pepper stir-fry (Mar 2025). We read 7 posts from January 2025 to April 2026; one was about a different restaurant of the same name in Gwanghwamun, and 5 describe actual visits.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 성동구 광나루로 290, 일조산업, 일조빌딩 202호 (성수동2가)290 Gwangnaru-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul
- Phone02-499-8940
- Typical spend₩9,000 – ₩40,000
- Floor areaFloor area 90 m² · Status In business
What sets it apart
- Two posts mention discounted dishes that change by day of the week; one of them also calls the prices kind.
- One post says the platter jjajang is cooked the moment you order, and you can hear the wok working in the kitchen.
- Both posts that judged the food called it ordinary, standard Chinese-restaurant fare; one said it isn't worth travelling for but is fine if you work nearby.
What 5 bloggers said
gunmandu
Roomy
We read all 5 in full. The most common claims are “Roomy” (2) and “Unremarkable” (2).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Things you can check on site
- Second floor 2 of 5 posts
- Discount offered 2 of 5 posts
- In a basement saying it is not 2 of 5 posts
- Cooked to order 1 of 5 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Who came, and with whom
- Group visit 2 of 5 posts
Where it is
Getting inside
| Second floor | 2 of 5 posts |
|---|---|
| In a basement | yes 0 · no 2 (of 5 posts read) |
It is upstairs. Two posts mention climbing to the second floor of the Iljo Building, and both found it roomier than expected, with tables running well into the back.
We don't know whether the second floor is reached by stairs or a lift, or whether there is a step at the door; no post says.
Nobody mentions the toilet, so we don't know where it is or whether it is split by gender.
No one mentioned: Lift to the floor · Ramp at the door · Step at the entrance · Step-free access · 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 saying nothing either way5 of 5 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 6 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 |
|---|---|
| 2025-01 | 1 |
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
What we do not know
- No post explains how to get there by subway or bus; they only say it faces the Seongdong tax office.
- No one wrote about waiting. One post says it filled up at lunchtime; another went around 1:40 pm and ate at leisure. That isn't proof there's no lunch queue, only that nobody reported one.
- Only two posts say who they went with, and both were groups (a work dinner, a party of four); we can't say how it suits solo diners.
- Opening hours appear in just one post — 10:00 to 22:00, closed Sundays — as a bare label line that may have been copied from a listing; no other post confirms it.
- Only two prices were written down and no post gives a per-person total: 9,000 won for platter jjajang (Jan 2025) and 40,000 won for large pepper stir-fry (Mar 2025).
- The phone number, 02-499-8940, appears only in one post that reproduces a public 'model restaurant' list; no post says whether reservations are taken.
Sources (5)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 성동세무서 근처 중국집 맛집 신신원 점심식사 2026-04-07 · 매력만점 오블리의 오오오 · via Daum
- 먹는것만 올리는 사람. 나야 나 (8~9월) 2025-11-08 · 일상블로그 · via Daum
- 성수 직장인이 알려주는 점심메뉴 & 회식장소 추천 2025-04-17 · 지콩의 이모저모 · via Daum
- 굴짬뽕, 간짜장, 탕수육, 고추잡채~ 2025-03-13 · 내가 보려고 만든 블로그~~ㅋㅋ · via Daum
- 성수 성동세무서 점심 중식당 신신원 쟁반짜장 2025-01-08 · 그날의ㄱ 향수 서른마흔다섯 방울... · via Daum
We opened all 84 candidate posts and kept 5 as evidence.