Tosokchon Samgyetang

Read about the "craze" and claims about this place. So I tried it on my first day straight after arriving. I reached at 12 noon and there was no queue. I ordered a black chicken with wild ginseng and chicken with cultivated ginseng and a seafood pancake. "This is purely my own opinion. " The soup came quickly and both soup served together only to see the chicken soup sizzling but the black chicken soup lacks that "Wow" factor. Meat: Both chicken is tender and taste great with the black pepper and salt. The stuffing is on the mushy side more like porridge which I would prefer a more firm texture. Soup: A bit bland from my view with minimum ginseng taste. The only real ginseng I taste is when I had the ginseng stem. Although they gave us a small bottle of chopped ginseng to add to the soup, it doesn't enhance the taste. Kimchi : taste milder as compared to other place. ( i wrote this after 3 days) Seafood pancake: filling and squid were plentiful but the whole dish in on the saltier side. If you eat it with the soup then it tastes better. The ginseng wine tastes good especially on a winter cold day. After we left, there was a long queue.

Delicious Korean ginseng chicken! This pls e is very touristy, but I did see a few locals. They have a menu that teaches you how to use the condiments and explains the dishes. This is helpful. The place is decorated with traditional furniture and architecture, resembling a museum. The food quality is good, though the service has much to be improved. They are quite rude. Neutral in my recommendation.

Nice place with good, yet simple food. There are instructions on the menu on how to eat the dish which was very convenient. Also comes with a complementary ginseng liquor shot (alongside the usual kimchi) which I thought was cool. I would highly recommend this place on a cold day 👍

You must try the chicken with ginseng soup here, it's very delicious. The flavour is very rich and you also get a ginseng in the soup. The chicken is very tender, the portion is good. The roas chicken also great, it's juicy and tender, the taste so yummy and it's not too plain, you still could taste the flavour inside the meat...

had a really good meal here - the chicken was super tender and I loved that the meal came with ginseng liquor and banchan and water. the soup was super flavourful and the whole meal just felt ultra homely. the restaurant was set up in a traditional Korean house too which was a really nice vibe. I loved the taste of the samyetang but I heard from others that compared to other places the broth might be more thick and slightly more herbal? another one of my fav meals in Seoul especially in the cold weather!

Was recommended this place by an airbnb host and the taste didn't disappoint. We know it's going to be good when the menu only serves mainly samgyetang. Very tasty broth and chicken is so tender, came with ginseng liquor. The best thing is the menu teaches the correct way to eat it! We also ordered haemul pajoen (seafood pancake) which was ok.

Our first meal in Seoul is the local samgyetang, a herbal chicken soup, which is meant to be very heart and said to be the best in Korea. Each of us ordered the most recommended the black chicken ginseng samgyetang. The chicken is very tender and taste just right for our palette. Highly recommend the black chicken option.

Been visiting Korea twice now, but this is the only place I would tell any future travellers (you, who are reading this review) to reconsider on stepping foot into. Honestly, the place is fine. The first time I came here was around 2018 and the Ginseng chicken was nice. The second time I was here in 2025 a few weeks back, which is why I'm writing a review now, Ginseng chicken is still fine, but since now it became an even popular tourist spot catering for an even larger volume of visitors, the broth tasted slightly blander. Yeah it was about 20% more expensive than 7 years back but it is what it is. The gigantic red flag is the service. There was this server lady who was extremely impatient and arrogant which I've never came across the first time around. If your group were, to say, one person had their breakfast and was full, you DON'T BREAK their taboo of requiring each one of you to order one Ginseng chicken or else. 5 people ordering 4 pots of Ginseng chicken + 2 pajeons? Doesn't count. The server would give you the nastiest of attitude if you ever think of doing this. You would think that a disclaimer would be highlighted in bold in the menu regarding to this, but nope. Honestly, you'd be better entering a random restaurant in Myeongdong and eat their ramyeon + gimbap. Cheaper with friendly servers plus you will still enjoy authentic Korean food. Yeah there will be no third time for me over here. To the restaurant owner: Guys your food is alright but please keep your servers in check. They might be repelling honest visitors more than you ever know.