Where to eat in Chinatown & Sinpo
Incheon's old port, where Korean jajangmyeon is said to have been born. Around Chinatown, Sinpo Market and Dong-Incheon you can eat yuni-jajang and dumplings from a clay oven, sticky-sweet dakgangjeong, jjolmyeon at its widely claimed birthplace and croaker in the old fish alley, plus seolleongtang served since 1946 and Pyongyang naengmyeon from the 1940s.
12 places our guide covers in Chinatown & Sinpo, with what to order, how long the wait is and how to eat each dish.
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Cheongsil Hongsil (Sinpo main branch) 청실홍실 신포본점
Noodles · Chinatown & Sinpo, Incheon · Since 1979
Incheon's favorite buckwheat noodle house, near Sinpo Market since 1979. Order pan-memil, chilled noodles served on a tray with a cold dipping broth, and a steamer of thin-skinned dumplings.
Try: Pan-memil
Short wait - 🐟
Gyeongnam Hoetjip 경남횟집
Home-style meals · Chinatown & Sinpo, Incheon · Since 1961
A third-generation seafood house on Sinpo's croaker alley, serving minō (brown croaker) since 1961: raw slices, pan-fried fillets and a spicy stew. Best with a group.
Try: Raw croaker slices
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Ihwa Chapssal Sundae 이화찹쌀순대
Soups & stews · Chinatown & Sinpo, Incheon · Since 1968
One of Incheon's 'big three' sundae-gukbap houses, near Dowon Station. A clean, clear pork soup with sticky-rice sundae, served since 1968.
Try: Sundae-gukbap
Locals' pickShort wait - 🍲
Samgangok 삼강옥
Soups & stews · Chinatown & Sinpo, Incheon · Since 1946
A seolleongtang (milky ox-bone soup) house near Dong-Incheon Station, open since 1946 and named a Hundred-Year Store. Locals also come for knee-cartilage soup (doganitang).
Try: Seolleongtang
Locals' pick 
Sinpo Woori Mandu (original shop) 신포우리만두 본점
Street snacks · Chinatown & Sinpo, Incheon · Since 1971
The first Sinpo Woori Mandu, a dumpling-and-noodle shop in Sinpo Market that's widely called the original home of jjolmyeon, chewy noodles in a sweet, spicy sauce. Now a national chain.
Try: Jjolmyeon
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Wonjo Sinpo Dakgangjeong 원조신포닭강정
Fried chicken · Chinatown & Sinpo, Incheon · Since 1985
The famous dakgangjeong shop in Sinpo International Market, making sweet, sticky, crunchy fried chicken since 1985. Most people take a box to go.
Try: Dakgangjeong
30-60 min wait - 🍜
Yonghwa Banjeom 용화반점
Korean-Chinese · Chinatown & Sinpo, Incheon · Since 1972
A Chinese-Korean restaurant run by an ethnic Chinese family near Dong-Incheon since 1972. Locals line up for its fried rice and crispy sweet-and-sour pork with the sauce poured over.
Try: Fried rice
Locals' pick - 🥮
Bongnaechun 복래춘
Desserts · Chinatown & Sinpo, Incheon
An old Chinese bakery just off Chinatown's main street, selling traditional mooncakes (wolbyeong) and gonggalppang, the big hollow sugar bread. A good place to buy something to take home.
Try: Wolbyeong (mooncake)
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Gyeongin Myeonok 경인면옥
Noodles · Chinatown & Sinpo, Incheon
A Pyongyang naengmyeon house near Sinpo Market, running since the 1940s and counted among Incheon's three best. Mild, clear cold buckwheat noodles, with steamed dumplings and Korean beef on the side.
Try: Pyongyang naengmyeon
Locals' pickShort wait - 🥟
Simnihyang 십리향
Korean-Chinese · Chinatown & Sinpo, Incheon
A Chinatown stall baking stuffed buns in a clay oven (hwadeok mandu). Buy one hot and eat it as you walk. There's usually a line, but it moves fast.
Try: Meat bun
Short wait - 🍜
Sinseung Banjeom 신승반점
Korean-Chinese · Chinatown & Sinpo, Incheon
Chinatown's busiest jajangmyeon house, known for yuni-jajang and crispy sweet-and-sour pork. Take a waiting number first, then look around the neighborhood while you wait.
Try: Yuni-jajangmyeon
30-60 min wait - 🐟
Songwon Sikdang 송원식당
Home-style meals · Chinatown & Sinpo, Incheon
A seafood restaurant at Yeonan Pier, famous for spicy raw banjeng-i salad (a small Yellow Sea fish) and soy-marinated crab. Running for more than 50 years.
Try: Banjeng-i hoe-muchim