4.9Keunjip 큰집
A tiny, signboard-less pork belly spot near Namguro Station known for mukeunji samgyeopsal (pork belly grilled with well-aged kimchi) and jumeokgogi, run out of a handful of tables and open only four days a week.
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SEVENTEEN4.7Gopchang Paneun Gogijip 곱창파는고깃집 공덕본점
SEVENTEEN
Hanwoo gopchang and daechang at ₩25,900 per 200g, in a Mapo office building — the restaurant is on the fourth floor, not the street-level row of chains.
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4.7Mapo Jjukkumi 마포쭈꾸미
A no-frills Euljiro-3(sam)-ga spot built around a single hero dish: cheolpan jju-sam, baby octopus and pork belly stir-fried together on a hot griddle.
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4.6Mullae Golmokjip 문래골목집
A Mullae-dong duck specialist tucked down a narrow alley shared by two dining rooms, known for stir-fried duck with vegetables, a mixed duck hot-pot stew, and fried rice finished with flying-fish roe.
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4.6Masinneun Samgyeopsal 맛있는 삼겹살
A no-frills pork belly grill house tucked in an alley of Namdaemun Market, serving just two things well: plain saeng samgyeopsal and a gochujang-marinated version, both grilled tableside and finished off with a shared pan of fried rice.
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4.6Chowon 초원
Chowon is a Namyeong-dong hanwoo restaurant near Sukdae Ipgu Station, built around its beef tongue (useol) and hanwoo jumulleok (marinated beef stir-fry).
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4.6Yeongdong Jokbal (Yangjae Main Branch) 영동족발
Running since 1985 and now spread across four numbered branches on the same Yangjae-dong block, Yeongdong Jokbal is routinely named one of Seoul's three great jokbal houses, praised for braised pig's trotter without the medicinal-herb smell some competitors carry, served alongside jjangban makguksu and haemul pajeon.
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4.5Namyeongdon 남영돈
A charcoal-grilled pork restaurant in Namyeong-dong, Yongsan, widely known as one of Seoul's most sought-after grilled-pork spots, especially for gabrisal (pork outer skirt) and hangjeongsal (pork jowl).
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4.4Imundong Geujip 이문동그집
A longtime Hanwoo beef-grill spot near Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, known for thick-cut chadolbagi (beef brisket) and galbisal at prices that stay reasonable even as Hanwoo costs climb, plus a beef tripe hot pot (so-gopchang jeongol) regulars order alongside the grilled cuts.
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BTS Jungkook · SEVENTEEN Mingyu · ASTRO Cha Eun-woo4.4Yeongdonggyo Jip 영동교집 청담직영점
BTS Jungkook · SEVENTEEN Mingyu · ASTRO Cha Eun-woo
A Cheongdam grill working mostly with Jeju pork — naengsam, chilled and thin-sliced, at ₩21,000 for black pork and ₩18,000 for white, plus a nurungji kkeopdegi at ₩12,000.
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4.4Haengbokhan Sikdang 행복한식당
A long-running Seongsu-dong grilled-pork-belly spot serving a single-menu lineup of fresh samgyeopsal with a side doenjang jjigae, plus a separate lunchtime baekban service.
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4.4Cheonan Sikdang 천안식당
Cheonan Sikdang is a Yeouido home-style baekban restaurant inside Gyeongdo Building, favored by office workers for gochujang-bulgogi and yeolmu-bibimbap, served with a changing tray of banchan reviewers describe as tasting close to a home-cooked meal.
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4.4Gaboja Sikdang 가보자식당
A basement pork-belly grill tucked into the Jangmi Apartment shopping arcade near Jamsil, running since 2002 on official record.
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TWICE Momo·Sana4.3Bangi Donga 방이돈가
TWICE Momo·Sana
A Bangi-dong pork house where the three main cuts — samgyeopsal, almoksal and gabrisal — all sit at ₩19,000 for 170 to 180g, and every stew and noodle side is ₩6,000.
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4.3Oeyanggan 외양간
A beef specialty-cuts joint in Sadang-dong built around a samhap combo — grilled beef odd cuts, scallop, and aged kimchi eaten together, capped off with a beef-brisket soybean-paste stew and fried rice.
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4.3Saemat Sikdang 새맛식당
Saemat Sikdang is a back-alley grilled-pork-belly counter near Guui Station, built around samgyeopsal priced at roughly 10,000 won for 200g and soju at 4,000 won — pricing that has held steady over the years.
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BLACKPINK · BTS Jimin·Jungkook4.3Geumdwaeji Sikdang 금돼지식당
BLACKPINK · BTS Jimin·Jungkook
A Sindang-dong pork house near Yaksu Station working with thick bone-in cuts — bonsamgyeop at ₩19,000 for 150g, deungmoksal ₩24,000, nunkkot moksal ₩23,000 — and an ₩8,000 kimchi jjigae as the standard finish.
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4.3Igane Yangkkochi 이가네양꼬치 합정점
Lamb skewers in Hapjeong, sold by the 250g portion — loin skewers and lamb chops — with a grilled eggplant dish and a cold onmyeon to finish.
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4.3Ujeong 우정
Woojeong is a Cheongdam-dong hanwoo restaurant known for a Blue Ribbon Award-winning take on Seoul-style bulgogi, gopchang jeongol (beef-intestine hot pot), and a limited-quantity deunggol (beef spinal marrow) dish.
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4.3Namsan Makchang 남산막창
Namsan Makchang is a Bogwang-dong grill in Yongsan built around garomaksal and galmaegisal — the skirt and diaphragm cuts of pork prized for their chew — rather than the intestine its name suggests.
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4.3Chamjoeun Kong 참조은,콩
A tofu maker at the mouth of Gyeongdong Market whose smoked-duck barbecue became the reason people queue.
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4.3Janggun Ppolttagu Charcoal Grill 장군 뽈따구 숯불구이
A roughly 30-year-old neighborhood charcoal grill near Hoegi Station serving a short, focused menu built around grilled pork jowl (ppolttagu) and beef skirt/hanger steak (anchangsal), plus raw beef tartare (yuk-sashimi).
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4.3Yangnam Hanwoo Jeongyuk Sikdang 양남한우정육식당
Yangnam Hanwoo Jeongyuk Sikdang is a long-running Yangpyeong-dong hanwoo butcher-restaurant prized for kkotdeungsim (marbled sirloin) and chadolbagi at relatively accessible prices, with staff grilling the meat tableside.
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4.3Ijo Galbi 이조갈비
Ijo Galbi is a no-frills grill house near Sindang Station whose short menu, despite the name, centers on frozen pork belly rather than galbi — rounded out by a kkotgetang (blue crab stew) that reviewers often finish the meal with.
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4.2Myeongdong Seoseogalbi 명동서서갈비
A standing-style so-galbi (thin ox rib) joint near Euljiro-ipgu station in Myeongdong, grilled tableside over charcoal drums with no seats at the counter — diners eat standing up.
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4.2Nomajin Jeongyuk Sikdang 노마진 정육식당
A butcher-shop-style grill (jeongyuk-sikdang) near Samjeon Station selling raw cuts at near-wholesale prices — pork belly runs about 8,900 won per 200g, with a 1,000 won per-person table-charge and self-serve soju/beer.
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4.2Buil Galmaegi 부일갈매기
Buil Galmaegi is a Jamsil-area grilled meat institution open since 1983, known for specialty cuts sold by the portion — pork galmaegisal (skirt meat), beef tongue, jebichuri, and grilled ox tail among them.
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4.2Buheung Chuksan 부흥축산
A butcher-style restaurant in Sangbong where diners choose beef and pork cuts straight from the case, already a known neighborhood spot before it drew a wider audience.
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4.2Tubul Hanwoo Cheonguk (Main Branch) 투뿔 한우천국 본점
A grade-1++ hanwoo (Korean beef) grilled-meat spot in Songpa-gu's Bangi-dong food alley, known for pricing premium sirloin below what comparable cuts fetch elsewhere in the city.
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4.2Montan 몽탄
Montan is a Samgak-ji grill famous for udae galbi — a long-bone beef short rib finished over a straw fire — and one of the longest-queue grills in Seoul: walk-in only, no bookings taken, with lines that can run for hours.
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4.2Hanilsanghoe (Gogiroom) 한일상회
A market-alley grill inside Ttukdo Market in Seongsu, known locally as 'Gogiroom' and run under the registered name Hanilsanghoe.
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NCT Doyoung·Haechan4.1Yeongcheon Yeonghwa 영천영화 청담점
NCT Doyoung·Haechan
A Cheongdam hanwoo house built around raw beef: yukhoe at ₩45,000 and a yukhoe bibimbap at ₩21,000 that works as a solo lunch.
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4.1Monggol Saeng Sogeumgui 몽골 생소금구이
Monggol Saeng Sogeumgui grills unfrozen pork salted rather than marinated — ₩16,000 for 200g — and keeps beef on the same board: sirloin, brisket and ox intestine at ₩22,000.
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4.1Pungnyeonjip 풍년집
Pungnyeonjip is a Yeoksam-dong beef-rib specialist that has run on a single menu item for decades: charcoal-grilled, garlic-marinated sogalbisal (thin-sliced short rib) served with a hearty doenjang-jjigae, drawing office workers from the Gangnam-Yeoksam business district for lunch and dinner.
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4.1Buyeo Sikpum 부여식품
A grilled-intestine (makchang) spot in Jung-gu's Inhyeon-dong printing-shop alley, known for Daegu-style pork makchang grilled at the table over an open-air (yajang) setup, alongside a spicy pork-and-kimchi jjaglagi stew.
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4.1Byeollan-ori 별난오리
A no-frills Dongdaemun-area duck house built around a two-item menu — electric-grilled smoked duck and a duck hot pot — that it has served from the same second-floor spot off Jongno 46-gil since 2005.
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4.1Sin Gimchi Saeng Samgyeopsal 신김치생삼겹살
A basement-level Hapjeong samgyeopsal restaurant known for its aged-kimchi pairing alongside pork belly, collar, and jowl cuts.
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4.1Namho Sikdang 남호식당
A 30-year-old Yeoksam-dong pork belly institution tucked behind a parking lot near Yeoksam Station, drawing office workers for lunchtime home-style sets and fresh (unfrozen) samgyeopsal in the evening.
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4.0Chamsutgui Yukhyang 참숯구이육향
Chamsutgui Yukhyang is a charcoal grill in Guro Digital Complex using only domestic charcoal, serving pork belly and pork neck by the cut alongside a truffle-oil japaguri finisher.
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NCT Haechan4.0Chupungnyeong Kal Samgyeopsal 추풍령칼삼겹살 압구정점
NCT Haechan
A samgyeopsal house off Dosan-daero in Sinsa where the signature is kal-saeng-samgyeopsal at ₩19,000 — thick-cut fresh pork scored before it hits the grill.
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4.0Meokgeori Yanggopchang 먹거리양곱창
Meokgeori Yanggopchang is a long-running Sinsa grill house for beef offal — gopchang, yang and daechang seared at the table and eaten with grilled white kimchi.
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4.0Nongoeul 논고을
A charcoal-grill house in Sadang built on chamnamu-fired galbisal (beef rib meat) and fresh duck loin, popular enough to draw a roughly 100-meter line during evening rush hour near Sadang Station.
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4.0I Sikdang 이식당
I Sikdang is a small, counter-seat hanwoo restaurant in Pyeongchang-dong, a neighborhood better known for scenery than restaurants, built around yuksashimi, a galbi jeongsik set, and a diced raw-beef rice bowl.
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4.0Sinpungnu Gopchang-gui 신풍루 곱창구이
A single-item beef-tripe grill in Bongcheon-dong, Gwanak-gu, serving hanwoo sogopchang (soft beef tripe) grilled at the table, with a two-person portion running around 30,000 won total.
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4.0Yeongsu Bunsik 영수분식
A stall inside Seongsu's old Ttukdo Market known for gopchang (beef tripe) stir-fry and charcoal-grilled makchang, drawing weekend lines that regulars have tracked for years.
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4.0Gamcho Sikdang 감초식당
A charcoal pork-rib house that has been licensed on Yangnyeongseo-gil, inside Gyeongdong Market, since 1999.
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4.0Hosujip 호수집
A Jungnim-dong institution built around two things: a fiery dakdoritang (braised chicken stew) simmered in a shared pot, and chicken skewers grilled over charcoal briquettes that regulars order two per person.
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4.0Su Sutbul Jikhwa Kkochi BBQ 수숯불직화꼬치바베큐
A charcoal-grilled skewer bar in Gunja-dong known for chicken, pork belly, and heart skewers cooked to order over live coals, with a scratch-paper order system typical of the neighborhood's old-school spots.
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4.0Daeheung Yangdari Barbecue 대흥양다리바베큐
A lamb specialist on Konkuk University's yangkkochi (lamb skewer) strip, serving whole roasted lamb leg alongside standard skewers — a step beyond the neighborhood's usual hunting-pocha bar scene.
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4.0Jiwoojeong 지우정
Jiwoojeong is a no-frills Korean beef and pork grill near Gaori Station in Suyu-dong, holding a city 'fair-price' certification for keeping hanu (Korean beef) sirloin around 21,000 won per 180-200g order — well under typical Seoul beef-grill pricing.
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4.0Donbul 1971 돈불1971
A Jeju-pork charcoal grill house in Sinchon's Changcheon-dong, open since 2014, serving briquette-charred pork grilled tableside by staff.
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3.9Cheoni Ogyeopsal 천이오겹살
A longtime frozen-pork-belly specialist near Hapjeong Station in Seogyo-dong, open since 1995 and recognized as a certified 'good price' (chakan gagyeok) business for keeping menu prices low, with only a single price increase in roughly two decades since opening.
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3.9Wonjo Mapo Kkeopdegi-jip 원조마포껍데기집
A decades-old charcoal-grill house in Gongdeok-dong, Mapo, known for its pork skin (kkeopdegi) and salt-grilled pork cooked over yeontan briquettes in a worn, retro dining room that has also served as a filming location.
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3.9Hyeongje Yukhoe 형제육회
Hyeongje Yukhoe (Hyeongje Yukhoe Bonjeom) sits at the entrance to Gwangjang Market's yukhoe alley, known for yukhoe-bibimbap and nakji-tangtangi (chopped live octopus), drawing both local regulars and international visitors.
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3.9Dongarae 돈가래
A single-menu grill spot near Hanseongdae-ipgu station — salt-grilled pork neck (mokssal) is the only thing on the menu, cooked over charcoal, and it's what's kept the place running for decades.
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3.9Bukhansan Insujae 인수재
A mountain-valley grill house tucked into the Bukhansan foothills in Suyu-dong, reached by a roughly 15-20 minute hike from the nearest trailhead parking.
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3.9Namdo Bossam Pajeon 남도보쌈파전
A Jangan-dong specialist in namdo-style bossam (boiled pork wraps) and pajeon, served with a spread of three house-fermented kimchis — geotjeori, pa-kimchi, and bossam-kimchi.
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3.9Daeha Sikdang 대하식당
A Seochon neighborhood grilling spot serving a single-item menu of pork belly cooked on a cauldron-lid grill (sotddukkeong samgyeopsal), a format tied to the old-school nopo dining tradition of the area.
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3.8Nariui Jip 나리의 집
A long-running frozen pork belly (naengdong samgyeopsal) grill house in Hannam-dong with an old-school storefront, ordered in 150g portions alongside sides like cheonggukjang.
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3.8Iljeomsa 일점사
A Gyodae-area beef house built around one showpiece order: a hefty 700g plate of charcoal-grilled marinated so-galbisal, backed by buchaesal and charcoal-smoked samgyeopsal for those who want variety.
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3.8Beoneoseubonsa Geonneopyeon Galbisal 비너스본사건너편갈비살
A beef short-rib-meat (galbisal) grill house named for its literal location — directly across from Venus Fashion's headquarters in Banpo-dong.
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3.8Apgujeong Jinju (Hannam) 압구정진주 한남직영점
The Hannam-dong branch of a pork grill built around gabrisal — the thin strip between the neck and the loin, cut so it stays soft — alongside samgyeopsal, moksal and hangjeongsal, all Korean pork portioned at 150g or more.
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3.8Seodaemun Yangkkochi 서대문양꼬치
Seodaemun Yangkkochi grills lamb skewers on a rotating rack upstairs on a Yeonnam-dong corner, and the kitchen behind them is a full Chinese one — a lamb hot pot, mala xiangguo, guobaorou and stir-fried dishes that make it a dinner rather than a snack.
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3.7Mongdorine 몽돌이네
An outdoor-seating (yajang) pork belly grill tucked in a narrow Euljiro alley near the Nogari-golmok drinking district, with a distant view of Namsan Tower from its patio tables.
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3.7Incheonjip 인천집
Incheonjip is a roughly 50-year-old tavern up a narrow staircase in Dadong, near Euljiro-ipgu Station.
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3.7Yetgol Saenggogi 옛골생고기
A neighborhood grill house near Bongcheon Station that has run for over 30 years on its Jeolla-style banchan spread — ten-plus rotating side dishes surrounding grilled pork belly, pork jowl, and ssambap set meals.
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3.7Poseokjeong 포석정
A rooftop grill on the 10th floor of Seoul Express Bus Terminal, Poseokjeong has been serving Jirisan heritage-breed pork belly over open-air tables since 1986.
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3.7Dasarang Steak 다사랑스테이크
A longstanding griddle-steak shop on Namyeong-dong's old 'steak alley' near Sukdaeipgu Station, known for its modeum steak — a shared griddle platter of beef, sausage, ham, and vegetables in butter and garlic seasoning — alongside a budae-jjigae.
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3.7Uldolmok Jumeokgogi 울돌목 주먹고기
A long-running Guui-dong grilled pork joint near Guui Station best known for jumeokgogi, a hand-cut pork specialty, alongside cuts like galmaegisal and hangjeongsal.
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3.6Janggun Gulbossam 장군굴보쌈
A long-running spot in Jongno 3-ga's boiled-pork-wrap alley, known for its oyster bossam (gulbossam) alongside stir-fried squid and pork-spine soup.
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3.5Gobau Jumeok Sogeumgui 고바우주먹소금구이
A husband-and-wife-run salt-grilled pork house near Noryangjin Station, open since 1991 and long popular with the neighborhood's exam-prep student crowd.
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3.5Deunggalbi-ui Sinhwa 등갈비의신화
A grill spot near University of Seoul in Jeonnong-dong known for LA-style pork back ribs (LA-galbi) and deungalbi, alongside grilled beef short rib slices and a bean-paste rice side.
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3.4Bokdoni Buchu Samgyeopsal 복돈이 부추삼겹살
A Namhyeon-dong samgyeopsal restaurant near Sadang Station known for domestic fresh pork belly served with a house chive (buchu) relish that reviewers describe as divisive rather than universally loved.
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3.3Hwayukgye 화육계
Hwayukgye is an Euljiro 3-ga chicken-feet-and-trotter bar where reviewers highlight the mubbyeo-dakbal (boneless spicy chicken feet) and a flying-fish-roe rice ball, with a wait considered a near-permanent fixture of the place.
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3.3Sikyung Yangkkochi 시경양꼬치
Sikyung Yangkkochi grills lamb in the residential blocks near Samyang Sageori, from ₩15,000 for a portion of cumin skewers up to ₩29,000 for a whole rack of ribs, with mala soup, guobaorou and dumplings filling out a Chinese-Korean menu.
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3.3Gombaeryeong Iyagi 곰배령이야기
A Yongsan-gu tripe restaurant near Yongmun Market known for its per-person set of raw beef tartare (yukhoe), grilled beef tripe (gopchang-gui), and tripe hot pot (gopchang-jeongol) for around 35,000 won.
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3.3Wooil Sikdang 우일식당
A butcher-shop-attached raw beef grill in a residential Jangan-dong backstreet, open since 1993 — order fresh-cut cuts (chadolbagi, anchangsal, jebichuri) straight from the case at prices well below typical Seoul beef-house rates.
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3.2Daeyeong Sikdang 대영식당
A neighborhood beef butcher-restaurant in Jangan-dong running since 1998, Daeyeong Sikdang sells specialty cuts straight off the case, best known for its assorted grilled platter and beef yukhoe, with a spicy yukgaejang for the table.
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