Susan S.
Yelp
My husband and I have been on Pyongyang naengmyun tour in Ktown lately, and since Seogwan opened, we've been hankering to try it out.
There was a wait during Saturday lunch, but it moves pretty fast. Make sure you put your name down inside the restaurant.
As for the food... we had bulgogi stew + 2 naengmyun combo and an order of beef tartare (yukhwae). It was pretty good, but nothing outstanding. Also for the price (90$), the bulgogi stew had barely any meat in it. Since the 2 cold noodles were 20 each, the 90 dollar combo comes out to bulgogi stew being equivalent to 50 dollars, and that was kinda ridiculous for what we got. For the cold noodles, we chose one bibimbap (spicy) and one Pyongyang. Of the two, I actually liked the bibimnaengmyun better. Their Pyongyang naengmyun was good, but I just didn't get the rich, meat flavor in the broth. It wasn't my favorite of all the restaurants that we've tried Pyongyang naengmyun recently.
Service was chaotic, but it was pretty packed, so I'll give them a pass. We had to ask for things and the food came out really erratically. One of the odd things about the restaurant is that the banchan comes out in a set platter of six small bowls. When we asked for a couple of the items to be refilled, instead of just filling the couple that were low, they took the whole platter and brought out a new one. I just thought it was such a waste, since we hadn't finished other items on it. That might just be a kink they need to work out since they just opened.
I would go back once it dies down a bit. I think the restaurant has a lot of potential, so looking forward to it.