Gwanghwamun Gukbap/광화문국밥

Before it opens, many were Q outside thee restaurant. If you happen to be nearby and there is seat available then can go and try, otherwise not so worth to wait. The clear soup is quite good, tasty. Other food in the menu just average. Ordered the spare ribs, expensive but portion quite big, 59000k. Taste more on sweeter .

Summary 4/5: Good food, not so good service. Come early and prepare to queue. Free banchan and drinking water. Food 4/5: This restaurant is famous for their Dwaeji Gukbap (Pork and rice soup), the pork slices are thin and tender, really nice to eat. The banchan were appetizing. It is not surprising that this restaurant is receiving the Michelin Bib Gourmand Award year after year. The restaurant: Located in a open air parking, the restaurant is very popular among the locals. It opens for dinner at 5:30pm but the queue already started when we arrived at 4:55pm. By 5:20pm, there were at least 10 groups of customers waiting in line. The service 2/5: Although the staff were well prepared and ready for crowd at opening, but the staff who served us could not understand English. So they sent another staff member to take our order. But we waited for about 20 minutes and still were not served with any food, while other customers came after us already enjoying their food, we had to remind them a few times about our order. It would be great if they can include English words in the menu and teach the service staff some basic English for order taking.

Here the specialty was cold noodle soup and warm rice with pork soup. They were ok, not the best soups I’ve had in my life. The cold soup was a bit blunt in my opinion. What we really loved was the sweet pork in the clay pot. That was fantastic and fits quite well with rice.

Casual Korean dining at its finest form. This place is run by famous Italian chef CI Park, yes he’s Italian chef but running this Korean restaurant. The menu is relatively simple and casual. Most of them are daily dining menu for many people. The difference is they are close to the finest form of each of them. They might look too casual but I’m always stunned when I have a piece or spoonful of the soup. They are very sophisticated and deep. The place is always crowded but the staffs are friendly and autonomous. Price tag is relatively high but acceptable. Portions are small but I’m happy since I could try one more dish every single time. Might be tricky to find it - almost hidden from the main street. Highly recommended.

We are an aliens definitely; and perhaps we don't understand Korean Food, the noodle is average, honestly. For South Asian pork eater, the pork here has a pig smell, for some reason, it drown in a water. Noodle is ok, broth is clear but tasteless - think that's the Stupid Michelin Standard. The ambience is Korean, and honestly - I never understand the "Public Hard Sneeze of Korean". For any eatery, that's rude, is it Korean thing? Seated next to this uncaring diner is a disgusting experience. The restaurateur is decent, polite and keen to serve definitely - an elevation of Bib Gourmand. Worth your attention? Maybe. Being honest, the corner lot at Cross Junction has a better taste. I'm from Singapore.

Cold noodles needs to wait for above 10 mins. The pork soup is fast. Plain taste over all. This is the second Michelin guide restaurant we went to, it makes me really doubt the standard of the guide.

This is probably the best Korean blood sausage that I’ve ever had. Soft, tasty and doesn’t leave any offal taste. I also tried braise beef tripe seasoned in hot sauce, clear pork soup and fish roe. All dishes are of decent quality or more. The food is served hot and very prompt. The crew worked efficiently to turn around very fast. I observed most diners are locals.

Came here without reservation. Got a table quite fast during the early dinner time. Service is really good and friendly. They explain you everything if you don’t know how to eat. Food is good quality and tasty. Side dishes are nice.