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Uri Dakgalbi

우리닭갈비

Tourist favoriteFine on your own ⓘ

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 work

Waiting

Short wait
Just join the line

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

  1. 1The pan cooks at your table. Staff get it started and may hand you the spatula to keep stirring.· 2 reviews
  2. 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.