Korean BBQ · Hongdae
Uri Dakgalbi
우리닭갈비
Korea time, from recent reviews. Hours may differ on holidays.
A small, old-school dakgalbi shop near Hongik University Station that has served one dish for about 15 years: spicy chicken stir-fried with cabbage and rice cakes on a big iron pan at your table, finished with fried rice. It is good value for Hongdae, and locals and foreign visitors fill it alike.
서울특별시 마포구 어울마당로 136-5
How it works here
🥢 How Korean restaurants usually workWaiting
The room is small, so at lunch and dinner peaks you may wait 10 to 30 minutes at the door. Off-peak you can usually walk in.· 4 reviews
What to order
- Dakgalbi (spicy stir-fried chicken)닭갈비
The only main dish, ordered per person: boneless chicken thigh, cabbage and rice cakes in a red pepper sauce.
- Add-ons치즈·사리 추가
Mozzarella cheese, udon, ramyeon, jjolmyeon noodles or extra rice cakes, cooked in the same pan.
- Fried rice볶음밥
Rice fried in the leftover sauce at the end.
How much to order
- 👤 2Dakgalbi for two with cheese and udon noodles, then fried rice to finish.
- 👤 4Dakgalbi for four with two noodle add-ons, then fried rice for the table.
How to eat it
- 1The pan cooks at your table. Staff get it started and may hand you the spatula to keep stirring.· 2 reviews
- 2Eat the chicken with the seasoned chives and cold dongchimi (radish water kimchi) that come on the side.· 3 reviews
Insider tips
- Do not skip the fried rice at the end. Reviewers call it the best part; leave a little chicken in the pan to eat with it.· 3 reviews
- The sauce is only mildly spicy, about the level of a regular spicy instant ramyeon.· 2 reviews
Why it's famous
The same family-run shop has cooked only dakgalbi in this spot for about 15 years.· 3 reviews
- Tourist favoritePopular with foreign visitors as well as Hongdae locals.· 4 reviews
Good to know
- Open daily 11:30 to 24:00.· 4 reviews
- Down a few steps at the start of Hongdae's "Walking Street", about 3 minutes from Hongik University Station exit 8. No parking.· 4 reviews
Where this comes from (28 reviews)
Summarized in our own words from Korean diners' blog reviews; each fact is backed by at least two reviews. Last checked 2026-10-27.
- 2026-10-23 blog.naver.com/dizny5290/224451608508
- 2026-10-22 blog.naver.com/retro18/224450616344
- 2026-10-20 blog.naver.com/kyj101906/224448170758
- 2026-10-08 blog.naver.com/yummumu/224434930201
- 2026-09-23 blog.naver.com/eatrth9456/224421286223
- 2026-09-23 blog.naver.com/real_ho/224421370723
- 2026-09-23 blog.naver.com/rosemary0904/224421109545
- 2026-09-22 blog.naver.com/yynn1020/224420123606
- 2026-09-20 blog.naver.com/semasetra/224413735401
- 2026-08-28 blog.naver.com/hye_ni_15/224392998437
- 2026-08-13 blog.naver.com/oozgnuoy/224377277146
- 2026-06-12 blog.naver.com/wlgh2798/224313587058
- 2026-06-02 blog.naver.com/yeon_syyy/224304256434
- 2026-05-19 blog.naver.com/pov_two/224290370134
- 2026-05-10 blog.naver.com/heykkn/224280320538
- 2026-05-09 blog.naver.com/vou25/224279766311
- 2026-03-12 blog.naver.com/valuable_3/224214431257
- 2026-02-20 blog.naver.com/arang_lsw/224189266105
- 2026-02-08 blog.naver.com/chayeol7063/224175586963
- 2026-01-29 blog.naver.com/dyd7450/224163876564
- 2026-01-28 blog.naver.com/joydh_/224163270501
- 2025-12-16 blog.naver.com/mawaw0322/224111730340
- 2025-12-14 blog.naver.com/84alsl/224109620598
- 2025-12-10 blog.naver.com/mdal2_700/224104962579
- 2025-12-08 blog.naver.com/signalyeon/224102196570
- 2025-12-04 blog.naver.com/peony0621/224098448577
- 2025-11-21 blog.naver.com/dltmf764/224083340973
- 2025-11-20 blog.naver.com/mi__mim/224081891010