Jongno · Gwangjang Market / Mung-bean pancakes
순희네빈대떡
One of the best-known pancake stalls inside Gwangjang Market, a covered market that has fed Seoul since 1905. Sit at the counter, watch the pancakes fry a few feet away, and eat on a stool the way market regulars do.
Korea on a Plate · Monthly 30 · October 2026
On a food route: Seoul in 3 days, one meal at a time · Jongno market walk
Bindaetteok · mung-bean pancake
Order the nokdu bindaetteok (plain mung-bean pancake) with a bowl of makgeolli, and add the meat bindaetteok or meat mandu if you're sharing.
What a visitor needs to know before going. Google Maps listing checked 2026-10-04; prices and stations from our own records.
Expect a queue at lunch and dinner; seating is stools around an open griddle, so it suits solo diners or pairs better than a big group.
For allergies or dietary restrictions, ask the restaurant about ingredients and preparation before ordering.
FROM OTHER DINERS
Stumbled upon this place while I was looking for another restaurant, and had to stop by because the food smelled too good! I initially ordered two of the shrimp and mung bean pancakes, but luckily, the worker only brought one because it was so big. The pancake had great flavor, w
Walked in, stood there for a solid minute while the waitresses completely ignored us—no greeting, no eye contact, nothing. When one finally bothered to acknowledge we existed, she gave us this look like we were inconveniencing her just by being there. Didn't even get to the menu
Was introduced to this stall by my korean friend. He said this is one of the older orginal mungbean pancake store. We ordered the vegetable amd meat pancake. Very tasty indeed. Goes well with rice wine
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NEAR YOU
Other guides close to this restaurant, by straight-line distance.
Order the nokdu bindaetteok (plain mung-bean pancake) with a bowl of makgeolli, and add the meat bindaetteok or meat mandu if you're sharing.
Expect about ₩15,000 per person. Nokdu bindaetteok ₩6,000; meat bindaetteok ₩12,000; makgeolli ₩4,000.
10:00–21:00. Open daily.
Sunhee's Bindaetteok is at 5 Jongno 32-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul (inside Gwangjang Market) in Seoul. In Korean the address is 서울특별시 종로구 종로32길 5 (광장시장 내). The nearest station is Jongno 5-ga Station, exit 8.
Sunhee's Bindaetteok suits First time in Korea, Near the sights, Solo dining.
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