Korean
Gamnamujip Gisa Sikdang
감나무집 기사식당 Gamnamujip means 'the persimmon-tree house', and a gisa sikdang is a drivers' diner, a fast, filling canteen built around taxi drivers who need somewhere to park.
Compiled from 11 blog posts read in fullSources →
A round-the-clock drivers' diner at Yeonnam-ro 25 in Yeonnam-dong. Order pork bulgogi, mackerel and kimchi braise or braised chicken and the table fills with rice, soup, lettuce for wraps, a fried egg, a small bowl of noodles and braised tofu; visitors put a set at 13,000 won. Three posts note you pay up front when ordering. We read 15 posts published between 1 and 9 October 2026; 11 record an actual meal (one describes August visits), and the other 4 are multi-restaurant lists. The diner moved next door into a new building long before any of these posts, so everything we read describes the current premises.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 마포구 연남로 25, 지1층 (연남동)25 Yeonnam-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul
- Phone02-325-8727
- Typical spend₩10,000 – ₩13,000
- Floor areaFloor area 122 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 7 posts: 7 wrote Daily 00:00–24:00.
| Daily | 00:00–24:00 | 7 of 7 posts |
|---|---|---|
| Closed | None | 6 of 6 posts |
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
- Six visit posts say the portions are large, pointing to everything that comes with a single main: noodles, a fried egg, braised tofu and lettuce. Two note you can top up the lettuce and side dishes yourself. One visitor who ordered the large size thought it looked small at first, then found the big pieces of meat filling and advises sticking with the regular.
- Opinion on price splits four to two: four posts call it good value, two say it is on the pricey side for a drivers' diner. The figure itself is consistent, with four visit posts giving 13,000 won for the pork bulgogi. Two longtime customers remember it costing 8,000 won, or under 10,000.
- Three posts describe seeing many foreign customers. One regular says foreigners now outnumber the taxi drivers and notes the menu is written in several languages; another was surprised by how many tourists were there on a weekend morning.
- Three posts mention dedicated waiting seats out front. Nobody reports actually queuing: one post says there is always a wait at peak mealtimes and recommends arriving before 11:30 for lunch, while another walked straight in on a weekday evening to a full room.
What 11 bloggers said
dwaeji bulgogi
Large portions
We read all 11 in full. The most common claims are “Large portions” (6) and “Returning customer” (5).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Where they disagree
| Expensive | yes 2 · no 4 |
|---|
Things you can check on site
- Waiting area 3 of 11 posts
- Signed celebrity photos 3 of 11 posts
- Foreign customers in the room 3 of 11 posts
- Parking capacity 2 of 11 posts
- Relocated 2 of 11 posts
- Free refills 2 of 11 posts
- TV 1 of 11 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Parking
5 posts say you can park. None say you cannot.
| Posts saying you can park | 5 of 11 posts |
|---|
Rare for Yeonnam-dong, there is a car park attached. Five visit posts say you can park, and two describe the lot in front as spacious; one visitor arriving around 10 p.m. found it nearly empty. Another warns that at mealtimes it fills with taxi drivers and suggests the nearby Yeonnam public car park instead.
Who came, and with whom
- Came by car 2 of 11 posts
- Group visit 2 of 11 posts
- Date 2 of 11 posts
- With a friend 1 of 11 posts
- Came with children 1 of 11 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
The registered address says basement level 1, but no visitor wrote about which floor the dining room is on or whether there are stairs, and posts give the street number as both 25 and 23. That means nobody mentioned it, not that there is nothing to mention.
No post says whether there is a step at the entrance or whether a wheelchair or stroller can get in.
No post mentions where the toilets are or whether they are separated by gender.
No one mentioned: Second floor · In a basement · 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 themselves2 of 11 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way9 of 11 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 15 posts we gathered, 4 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.
| 2026-10-04 | 2 posts in one day |
|---|
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 |
|---|---|
| 2026-10 | 11 |
What we do not know
- Two posts say the diner used to operate from the old building just to its right and moved into a new one next door; the old building is still standing. When this happened we don't know beyond 'a long time ago'.
- The '510 m from Hongik University Station exit 3' and '8 minutes on foot' lines are copied info blocks; no one wrote about actually arriving by subway or bus.
- All seven visit posts that give opening hours say 24 hours, and six add open every day. Most of this is copied into info blocks, though three visitors did go at odd hours: before 10 a.m. on a weekend, around 10 p.m., and late at night.
- The phone number 02-325-8727 appears only in info blocks; no post says whether you can reserve or describes calling ahead.
Sources (11)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 연남 감나무집 기사식당! 무한도전 택시 기사 편 나와 유명해진 곳! .... 2026-10-08 · 정을 더하다
- 연남동 맛집 감나무집 기사식당, 푸짐한 돼지불고기 집밥 한 끼[10월.... 2026-10-08 · 월간 엘라
- 마포구 직장러의 9월 점심 모음.zip 2026-10-08 · 모든 것과 마주하기
- 가을이 오면〰️9월 2026-10-07 · 체리블록 · via Daum
- 홍대 한식 맛집 24시간 운영 감나무집 기사식당 무한도전 돼지불백 .... 2026-10-07 · by.GEE
- 【내돈내산】 무한도전 기사식당 홍대 감나무집 기사식당 다녀온 .... 2026-10-07 · 오하요 기록.zip
- 연남동 감나무집 기사식당 맛집 돼지불백부터 푸짐한 백반까지 2026-10-06 · 달콤마요의 여행올(All) 키즈(Kids)
- [서울] 감나무집 기사식당 : 연남동 무한도전 돼지불백 맛집 • 24시 .... 2026-10-05 · 반짝 반짝 ☼
- 연남동 맛집 감나무집기사식당｜연남동 한식 혼밥맛집, 메뉴추천 [.... 2026-10-02 · 기린의 서재
- 42.8월은 화정이와 함께 2026-10-02 · 오늘도 이렇게 잘
- 26년 9월 후반 2026-10-01 · B소셜클럽 · via Daum
Of 324 candidate posts we opened 120 and kept 11 as evidence. We have not seen them all yet; another pass would add more.