Korean
Namsan Sanchaejip
남산산채집 Sanchae means wild mountain greens and jip means house, so the name reads 'the Namsan mountain-greens house'; several posts say it opened about 30 years ago as Namsangol Sanchae Boribap, a wild-greens barley-rice place.
Compiled from 19 blog posts read in fullSources →
Namsan Sanchaejip is a Korean restaurant on the ground floor of 95 Sopa-ro, next to the Namsan cable car station, serving wild-greens bibimbap alongside the old-style Namsan pork cutlet. Several posts note that Chotbul 1978 restaurant is on the third floor of the same building, with a cafe on the second. The most-cited prices are 12,800 won for the cutlet, 15,500 won for the cutlet-and-bibimbap set and 14,000 won for the chive pancake; five posts say you order from a tablet or kiosk at the table. We read 30 posts from September 2025 to October 2026; 21 record an actual meal. Six were about Chotbul 1978 upstairs and were set aside, and three only introduced or listed the place.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 중구 소파로 95, 촛불 레스토랑 1층 (예장동)95 Sopa-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul
- Phone02-754-1978
- Typical spend₩4,000 – ₩20,000
- Floor areaFloor area 181 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 13 posts: 6 wrote Daily 10:30–20:50, 3 wrote 10:50–21:00.
| No day given | 10:50–21:00 | 3 of 13 posts |
|---|---|---|
| Daily | 10:30–20:50 | 6 of 13 posts |
| Last order | 20:00 | 10 of 10 posts |
| Closed | 설날·추석 당일과 전일 | 3 of 3 posts |
1 other values
| Open | Daily | 10:50–21:00 2 of 13 posts last seen 2026-10 |
|---|
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
- Eight posts mention the outdoor terrace; three sat outside on a fine day. One post says pets are not allowed indoors but can sit with you at designated terrace seats.
- Eight posts call the portions large, and two left cutlet on the plate. One post alone said the rice was a bit skimpy.
- Seven posts went with family, three as a couple, one with friends and one with a 30-person booking. Five brought children, and three of those mention high chairs.
What 19 bloggers said
Namsan donkkaseu
Large portions
We read all 19 in full. The most common claims are “Large portions” (8) and “Roomy” (7).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Where they disagree
| Had to wait | yes 2 · no 3 |
|---|---|
| Heavy / greasy | yes 3 · no 2 |
Things you can check on site
- Outdoor terrace seating 8 of 19 posts
- Self-order screen 5 of 19 posts
- Free refills 3 of 19 posts
- High chairs 3 of 19 posts
- Waiting area 2 of 19 posts
- Discount offered 2 of 19 posts
- Review event 2 of 19 posts
- In a basement 1 of 19 posts
- Takes reservations 2 of 19 posts
- Dogs allowed 1 of 19 posts
- Second floor 1 of 19 posts
- High ceiling 1 of 19 posts
- Valet parking 1 of 19 posts
- Air conditioned 1 of 19 posts
- Foreign customers in the room 1 of 19 posts
- Parking capacity 1 of 19 posts
- Origin labelling posted 1 of 19 posts
- Cooked to order 1 of 19 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Parking
11 posts say you can park. None say you cannot.
| Posts saying you can park | 11 of 19 posts |
|---|
Eleven posts say they could park and ten say they came by car, but fees and size differ: some describe paid valet at the door for 3,000 won and a free lot about 200 m away, others a free lot right beside the restaurant. One post called the lot very large; another said cars are double- and triple-parked on a steep slope. Two posts parked at the Namsan Library lot and walked over.
Who came, and with whom
- Came by car 10 of 19 posts
- Family visit 7 of 19 posts
- Came with children 5 of 19 posts
- Date 3 of 19 posts
- With a friend 1 of 19 posts
- Group visit 1 of 19 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.
Getting inside
| Second floor | 1 of 19 posts |
|---|---|
| In a basement | yes 1 · no 1 (of 19 posts read) |
Two posts describe floors: one says most guests sit on the ground floor while groups go to a basement level, which also has outdoor tables; another nearly went up to the third floor by mistake. A third post called it a big restaurant spanning two floors.
No post mentions an entrance step, wheelchair or stroller access, or a lift. That means unknown, not absent. One post notes the restaurant sits on a steep Namsan slope.
Only one post mentions the toilet, saying the layout was confusing to find it. Separate men's and women's toilets appear only in a post copied from the place listing. Beyond that we don't know.
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 they paid themselves7 of 19 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way12 of 19 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 22 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 |
|---|---|
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 3 |
| 2026-07 | 3 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 10 |
What we do not know
- Waiting varies. Two posts waited: one on a weekend was quoted over an hour but got in within 20 to 30 minutes, another had one party ahead. Three walked straight in, two of them after 7 pm, and three more were inconclusive. Two posts note an indoor waiting area with CatchTable alerts.
- Posts repeat that it is about 10 minutes or 500 m on foot from Myeongdong Station exit 3, but none describes actually arriving by subway or bus, so we don't know what the walk is like.
- Opening hours disagree: in copied info blocks, seven posts give 10:30 to 20:50, five give 10:50 to 21:00 and one 11:00 to 21:30. Ten agree on a 20:00 last order, and three say it closes on and the day before Lunar New Year and Chuseok. One evening visitor saw orders close around 8 pm.
- Prices are mostly consistent, but one June 2026 post lists the cutlet at 12,500 won and wild-greens bibimbap at 20,000 won, against 12,800 and 10,000 elsewhere; we can't tell if that's a change or a typo. A single dish runs 10,000 to 16,500 won, and one post said that was fair for today's prices.
- Seven posts give the phone number 0507-1434-1978. The line that reservations are phone-only comes from three posts sharing one template; one post actually ate at a 30-person booking and another saw a 48-person group being expected.
- Seven posts call the dining room spacious. A June 2026 post, returning after several years, said it had been neatly remodelled and used to feel cramped. A claim that the restaurant moved from an old hanok next door was hearsay in one post, so we didn't rely on it.
- Several posts look like commissioned copy: three repeat the same lines about 100-seat bookings, a 30-seat terrace, a three-star hygiene rating and a 20% coffee discount, and two share an identical info block and slogan. We treated those lines as copied and did not count them.
Sources (19)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 진짜원조 남산돈까스 남산산채집 남산케이블카 맛집 2026-10-18 · 한걸음 더 높이 뛰자 · via Daum
- 진짜 원조는 남산돈까스맛집 남산산채집으로 향하세요 2026-10-17 · 먹거리,여행,일상
- 남산 산채집 내돈내산 | 남산돈까스와 330 부추전, 웨이팅 안 한 게 .... 2026-10-17 · 임신 9개월차 예비 엄빠의 기록
- 원조 남산돈까스를 찾으신다면 남산산채집으로 향해보세요 2026-10-16 · 우당탕탕 유누네 일상
- 명동 맛집 남산산채집 남산돈까스와 비빔밥 김치치즈전 후기 2026-10-16 · Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!!
- 남산돈까스 / 남산산채집 내돈내산 솔직후기 2026-10-16 · 스피릿의웹툰블로그입니다.히릿♬
- 명동맛집 남산산채집, 원조 남산돈까스와 부추전·돈까스비빔밥·투.... 2026-10-15 · 뚜기의 데일리로그♪
- 아이랑 남산 맛집 '남산산채집' 내돈내산! 101번지 대기 패스하고 먹은 돈까스&불고기비빔밥 2026-10-15 · 빵다다의 먹방로그 · via Daum
- 남산 산책부터 식사, 카페까지 이어지는 코스라 아기와 함께하는 주말 나들이 2026-10-13 · 세상을 아름답게 만드는 육아정보 · via Daum
- 남산 둘레길 맛집 남산단풍 산책 후 남산산채집 주말데이트 추천 2026-10-05 · 여행인플루언서 빅토리아투어입니다 · via Daum
- 서울 중구 남산산채집 남산돈까스 맛집 산채비빔밥 부추전 2026-09-14 · 일상 블로그 · via Daum
- 남산으로 가족 나들이 간 날 - ̗̀ ෆ(｡•⩊•ಣ 2026-09-13 · 마리모님의 블로그
- [남산산채집]수요미식회에 나온 남산케이블카 승강장, 남산산책로 입구 근처에 있는 남산돈까스 맛집... 2026-07-27 · 일상의 모든 리뷰 · via Daum
- 남산 산채집 후기, 처음 먹어본 남산돈까스 2026-07-19 · 금같은 시간,새로운 것들 속에서
- 투바투도 인정한 남산맛집 :: 남산산채집 후기 2026-07-02 · 대플레디의 플리로그(Fleelog)
- [남산 맛집 추천] 주차장 완비된 대형 매장 '산채집', 어른은 비빔밥, 아이들은 돈까스 온가족 식사후기 2026-06-27 · 어쩌다 마주친 완벽한 하루 · via Daum
- 남산케이블카 위치한 비빔밥, 돈까스 맛집 ｜남산산채집 2026-06-08 · 로뎃의 JJIN한 나날 ❣ · via Daum
- 남산타워 케이블카 맛집 '목멱산방 남산타워점' & '남산산채집' | 블.... 2026-06-07 · 방방곡곡 누비는 방이모
- 남산 데이트 코스 남산산채집 명동 한식 맛집 내돈내산 2025-09-21 · Taste Archive · via Daum
Of 383 candidate posts we opened 43 and kept 19 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.