Mapo · Dohwa-dong / Old-style snack counter
마포원조떡볶이
A counter stall in the Mapo tteokbokki lane, a short row of snack shops near Mapo Station that have traded for decades. The menu is the standard set of rice cakes, blood sausage, seaweed rice rolls and fritters, sold by the plate at prices that have barely moved. Most people eat standing or take it away.
Listed in the Korea on a Plate guide
Tteokbokki · rice cakes in chilli sauce
A plate of tteokbokki with a plate of fritters dipped in the rice cake sauce. Add gimbap if you want a fuller meal.
What a visitor needs to know before going. Google Maps listing checked 2026-10-04; prices and stations from our own records.
Cash only and no car park, so come by subway with small notes. Before noon avoids the after-school crowd.
For allergies or dietary restrictions, ask the restaurant about ingredients and preparation before ordering.
FROM OTHER DINERS
A little hole in the wall spot that has plenty of charm! This restaurant has very little tables and a small selection of dishes. I tried the tteokbokki with some twigim, which was super filling for a very cheap price. The tteokbokki was especially chewy and quite spicy, but still
I think this is not a place where tourists would visit. I did a search for good tteokbokki and found this place. It could be quite challenging to visit this place if you don't understand Korean because menu is not in English and the ajummas don't speak English. I managed to visit
Top 5 떡볶이 in Seoul, they were in TV show as best 떡뽁이 in Seoul. Aware of long wait but worth the wait. Very cheap but still good food.
Reviews from Google. Shown in part; read the full reviews on Google.
NEAR YOU
Other guides close to this restaurant, by straight-line distance.
A plate of tteokbokki with a plate of fritters dipped in the rice cake sauce. Add gimbap if you want a fuller meal.
Expect about ₩3,500 per person. Tteokbokki ₩3,500; sundae ₩3,500; gimbap ₩3,500; three fish cakes ₩1,000; two eggs ₩2,000.
Daily 08:30–21:00. Closed on Seollal and Chuseok.
Mapo Wonjo Tteokbokki is at 3 Dohwa 2-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul in Seoul. In Korean the address is 서울특별시 마포구 도화2길 3. The nearest station is Mapo Station (Line 5), exit 3, about 260 m.
Mapo Wonjo Tteokbokki suits Solo dining, Bring the heat, Early breakfast.
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