Wangsimni Grilled Gopchang
왕십리구이곱창
About
Lively retro gopchang joint near Miasageori Station serving grilled beef gopchang, spicy pork entrails, and webfoot octopus.
A five-minute walk from Mia-sagori Station brings you to Wangsimni Gui Gopchang, a neighborhood fixture steeped in authentic, weathered *nopo* charm. Operating from noon until five in the morning, the dining room regularly packs out with couples on casual dates and coworkers unwinding over clinking glasses of soju. Attentive staff pace the floor, eagerly turning grill plates and guiding diners toward the first bites. While the neon signs down the alleys of Gangbuk advertise endless offal spots, this venue earns its fierce repeat following through fiery seasoning and textural range. Guests leaning toward pork often head straight for the classic *yaechae gopchang* (vegetable tripe stir-fry) or *sundae gopchang*, which arrives heaped with springy blood sausage, plump intestines, and a textural mix of both wide flat noodles and standard cellophane noodles. For added bite, the seasoned grilled pork *makchang* delivers thick, chewy cuts tossed in a punchier, spicier sauce than the stir-fried tripe. Diners seeking rich, beefy flavors opt for the assorted *so-gopchang* platter: generous mounds of beef small intestines filled with creamy, melted *gop*, lean heart strips (*yeomtong*) sizzled quickly for an earthy start, and potato slices crisped in rendering beef fat alongside oyster and enoki mushrooms. Beyond offal, the simmering *jjukkumi samgyeopsal*—a spicy combo of tender baby octopus and pork belly—serves as another local favorite. Meals revolve around a heavy-hitting side spread. Fresh perilla leaves provide the ideal wrapper for spicy innards, while bites of cold beansprouts fished straight from complimentary *kongnamul-guk* offer relief when the sharp chive salad (*buchu-muchim*) brings genuine heat. Fluffy steamed egg pots soothe the palate between rounds, but no table closes out the evening without ordering fried rice, cooked down on the griddle until grains of rice soak up every trace of leftover meat fats and concentrated chile oils.
Menu
- Grilled Pork Abomasum (Makchang)₩15,000
- Stir-fried Gopchang with Vegetables
- Webfoot Octopus and Pork Belly₩17,000
- Fried Rice₩3,000
- Vegetable Gopchang Stir-fry₩14,000
- Pork Intestine Hot Pot₩14,000
- Sauced Grilled Makchang₩15,000
- Salt-grilled Makchang₩15,000
- 순대야채곱창₩15,000
- 소곱창구이/전골₩20,000
- Spicy Stir-fried Webfoot Octopus₩15,000
Local tips
- Balance out the spicy entrails by wrapping them in perilla leaves with bean sprouts.
- Order the fried rice at the end to soak up the savory drippings from the grill.
- Parking is available nearby at the Songjung-dong public parking lot.
Details
- Miasageori Station
Opening hours
- Sunday
- 12:00–05:00
- Monday
- 12:00–05:00
- Tuesday
- 12:00–05:00
- Wednesday
- 12:00–05:00
- Thursday
- 12:00–05:00
- Friday
- 12:00–05:00
- Saturday
- 12:00–05:00