Jung-gu · City Hall / Gwanghwamun / Casual Korean restaurant
이스트빌리지 서울
East Village Seoul, near City Hall Station, is listed on DiningCode for its barley rice set meal. The wider menu includes old-style pork cutlet, whole fried chicken, tofu with spicy pork and kimchi, an LA galbi set, spicy braised chicken and seafood pancake. Reviewers most often describe it as clean, casual, generous and unpretentious.
Listed in the Korea on a Plate guide
Boribap Jeongsik · barley rice set meal
Order the Boribap Jeongsik (₩15,000), and add the Haemul Pajeon (₩24,000) to share.
What a visitor needs to know before going. Google Maps listing checked 2026-10-04; prices and stations from our own records.
Open 11:00–21:30 with no listed break. Larger dishes such as the Sigol Dakbokkeumtang (₩37,000) suit groups, and DiningCode lists free parking.
For allergies or dietary restrictions, ask the restaurant about ingredients and preparation before ordering.
FROM OTHER DINERS
The signature dish, the old-fashioned cutlet that stimulates memories, has a good balance of crispy batter and soft meat, and the barley rice set can be enjoyed healthily with a variety of side dishes.
I highly recommend this place for enjoying Korean food. In fact, many tables had at least one foreigner among the half-decent diners. I especially recommend the pork cutlet, spicy stir-fried chicken, and tofu-jeyuk kimchi. The side dishes, pickled radish kimchi and soybean paste
it is nice 2 me. i live korean food. u should try them
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NEAR YOU
Other guides close to this restaurant, by straight-line distance.
Order the Boribap Jeongsik (₩15,000), and add the Haemul Pajeon (₩24,000) to share.
Expect about ₩15,000 per person. Boribap Jeongsik (barley rice set) ₩15,000; Yennal Donkkaseu (old-style pork cutlet) ₩16,000; Dutum LA Sogalbi Jeongsik (LA galbi set) ₩27,000; Haemul Pajeon (seafood pancake) ₩24,000 (DiningCode menu, Oct 2026).
11:00–21:30. Open daily.
East Village Seoul is at 136 Sejong-daero, Jung-gu, Seoul in Seoul. In Korean the address is 서울특별시 중구 세종대로 136 서울파이낸스센터 지하 1층. The nearest station is City Hall Station — about 330 m.
East Village Seoul suits First time in Korea, Solo dining, Groups & sharing, Not spicy, Near the sights.
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