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Seolmaene

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Locals' pickLocal classicFine on your own ⓘ

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A basement Korean restaurant that Apgujeong residents have relied on for more than thirty years. At lunch it's a bowl of kalguksu or manduguk; in the evening tables share bossam, dumpling hot pot, tangpyeongchae (mung bean jelly salad) and spicy stir-fried octopus.

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Waiting

Short wait
Just join the lineReservation

Weekends and dinner can bring a wait. Bookings are taken, including private rooms.· 3 reviews

What to order

📖 What is Kalguksu?📖 What is Mandu?📖 What is Jokbal and bossam?
  • Kalguksu (knife-cut noodle soup)칼국수
  • Manduguk (dumpling soup) or mandu jeongol (dumpling hot pot)만둣국 / 만두전골
  • Bossam (boiled pork with kimchi)보쌈
  • Tangpyeongchae (mung bean jelly salad)탕평채
  • Nakji-bokkeum (spicy stir-fried octopus)낙지볶음
  • Maeun galbi-jjim (spicy braised short ribs)매운갈비찜

How much to order

  • 👤 1A bowl of kalguksu or manduguk.
  • 👤 2Bossam and a kalguksu or manduguk each.
  • 👤 3-4Dumpling hot pot, bossam and tangpyeongchae or stir-fried octopus.

Why it's famous

  • Local classicOpen for more than thirty years and known as a neighborhood institution.· 4 reviews

Good to know

  • Open every day 11:30 to 21:30, with a break from 15:00 to 17:00.· 2 reviews
  • Down the outside stairs to the basement of the Miseung Building, behind the Andaz hotel near Apgujeong Station exit 3 (Line 3). Building parking.· 4 reviews
Where this comes from (13 reviews)

Summarized in our own words from Korean diners' blog reviews; each fact is backed by at least two reviews. Last checked 2026-10-30.