Myeongdong Kyoja
명동교자
A famous Myeongdong kalguksu restaurant founded in 1966 and a Michelin Bib Gourmand regular, known for its signature garlic kimchi which is refilled for free.
Myeongdong Kyoja is a family-owned historic restaurant founded in 1966 and featured in the Michelin Guide. The menu has only four items: kalguksu (knife-cut noodles) in a chicken broth, steamed pork mandu (dumplings), bibim-guksu (spicy noodles), and kongguksu (cold soy milk noodles) in the summer. The signature is the heavily garlic-flavored kimchi, which can be refilled for free. You pay first at the ordering machine on the first floor; table turnover is fast, but there are often queues during peak dining hours. Noodles and bibim-guksu are around 12,000 KRW, and steamed mandu is around 13,000 KRW. There are no vegetarian or halal options. The main branch is located on Myeongdong 10-gil, about a 3-minute walk from Exit 8 of Myeongdong Station on Subway Line 4.
Opening hours
Daily 10:30-21:00, Last order 20:30; Closed on Lunar New Year and Chuseok
Nearby sights
- Myeongdong Cathedral
- Myeongdong
- Namdaemun Market
- Namsangol Hanok Village
- Gwanghwamun Square & Cheonggyecheon
- Sungnyemun (Namdaemun)
- Insadong
- Deoksugung Palace & Stonewall Road