Konkuk University: five kitchens open past midnight
Five restaurants near Konkuk University station, and four of the five stay open well past a normal dinner hour — a rhythm that tracks with the student commercial district around Konkuk-dae and Hwayang-dong rather than an office-lunch or tourist schedule. Anju Nara runs latest of the group: a skate (hongeo) specialist open daily from 3pm to 4:30am since 2011, built around a hongeo samhap platter of fermented skate, boiled pork, and aged kimchi, plus a skate-broth ramyeon for later in the night. Kim Three Meals credited it.
Ishindon Haemul-samhap and Bongja Maratang both run to midnight. Ishindon, open since 1996 and closed Tuesdays, serves a shared haemul-samhap platter — grilled pork belly, seafood, and aged kimchi — from a minimum two-person portion in a small five-table dining room; phone or KakaoMap booking is available to skip the wait, and Kim Three Meals featured it. Bongja Maratang, in the same Jayang-dong "China Street" cluster, keeps a malatang and shredded-pork menu open daily to midnight by its posted hours; Ddoganjip's Poong Ja covered it, though without the show's official pick mark. Daeheung Yangdari Barbecue, on the neighborhood's yangkkochi strip, also runs daily to midnight — a whole roasted lamb leg alongside the standard skewers, flagged by Ddoganjip as a spot known mainly to students.
Hoya Sushi & Tuna is the exception: it closes at 10pm, is shut on Sundays, and is the only one of the five that isn't a straightforward walk-in — a waitlist runs through an in-store tablet or CatchTable, with orders placed the same way once seated. Open since 2009 and covered by Kim Three Meals, it draws steady waits at peak times despite the earlier close.
86▶ source videoHoya Sushi & Tuna (Main Branch) 호야초밥참치 본점
A sushi and tuna (chamchi-hoe) specialist near Konkuk University (Konkuk-dae), running generous set menus of sushi, sashimi, and rice bowls alongside an optional omakase course.
₩15–40k1 trusted mention📈 RisingExpect lines
124▶ source videoAnju Nara 안주나라
Anju Nara is a long-running skate (hongeo) specialist tucked in an alley near Konkuk University, built around a hongeo samhap platter of fermented skate served with boiled pork and aged kimchi, alongside a skate-broth ramyeon and a skate liver soup.
₩15–40k1 trusted mentionShort waits at peak
192▶ source videoDaeheung 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.
₩15–40k1 trusted mentionShort waits at peak- 193▶ source video
Bongja Maratang 봉자마라탕
A Jayang-dong malatang restaurant in the neighborhood's 'China Street' cluster, run by ethnic Chinese owners and known for offal-based dishes alongside classics like gyeongjang yukseul and eohyang yukseul (shredded pork stir-fries).
₩15–40k1 trusted mentionShort waits at peak 
307▶ source videoIshindon Haemul-samhap 이신돈해물삼합
A long-running neighborhood restaurant in Hwayang-dong near Konkuk University, known for haemul-samhap, a shared platter combining grilled pork belly, seafood, and aged kimchi, served from a minimum 2-person portion.
₩15–40k1 trusted mentionShort waits at peak
Questions
Which of these five is open latest?
Anju Nara, a skate (hongeo) specialist open daily from 3pm to 4:30am — the only one of the five still serving well past midnight.
Do any of these need a reservation?
Only Hoya Sushi & Tuna, which runs a waitlist through an in-store tablet or CatchTable rather than a plain walk-in. Ishindon Haemul-samhap takes phone or KakaoMap bookings to skip its wait but seats walk-ins too. The other three are straightforward walk-ins.
Is there a minimum group size anywhere?
Ishindon Haemul-samhap's signature platter is served from a minimum two-person portion; solo diners there should order single dishes like the octopus ramyeon or kimchi fried rice instead.
Is this a cheap student-area lineup?
Not by this site's price bands — all five listings here sit in the ₩₩ band, not the cheapest tier. What does track with the university district is the hours: four of the five stay open well into the evening or overnight.
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