Cheongdam Gopchang
청담곱창
About
Long-running Cheongdam gopchang restaurant known for sizzling grilled entrails finished with kimchi cooked in rich rendered tallow.
Tucked five minutes from Cheongdam Station’s Exit 8, Cheongdam Gopchang balances two distinct lives under one roof. By day, it functions as a lively neighborhood cafeteria for Gangnam office workers, who squeeze around circular steel tables for bubbling vessels of kimchi-jjigae. Available with pork, saury, or mackerel, the stew arrives deep and comforting, loaded with thick blocks of tofu, bean sprouts, and domestic kimchi. Locals habitually drop in a ramen sari to thicken the broth and spoon it over silver bowls of rice crowned with fried eggs, accompanied by homestyle banchan like stir-fried anchovies and radish kimchi. Come evening, the mood pivots to an enduring *nopo*—a weathered, nostalgic watering hole anchored by platters of sizzling offal. The default order is the modeum-gopchang, a combination pan laden with chewy gopchang, rich daechang, and firm yang. The grill plate arrives distinctly partitioned: meats sizzle on one side, while potatoes, tofu, and assorted vegetables simmer in the rendering fat on the other, crisping until deeply golden. Before fatigue from the richness can set in, the staff executes the restaurant's signature theatrical touch: dumping fresh kimchi directly onto the oily hotplate and stir-frying it alongside the melting offal. The sharp, tart heat cuts right through the savory fat, serving as the plate's best foil and keeping drinks flowing. While diners can round out the meal with a cold bowl of bibimmyeon or lingering pots of gopchang-jeongol, the restaurant’s real appeal lies in its reliable duality. From unhurried solo lunches with steaming bowls of mackerel stew to rowdy round-table dinners pairing charred beef intestines with cold highballs and soju, Cheongdam Gopchang offers an unpretentious refuge in an otherwise sleek corner of Seoul.
Menu
- Assorted Beef Tripe & Entrails₩58,000
- Kimchi Stew₩11,000
- 모둠곱창 (2인분)₩49,000
- 꽁치김치찜₩8,000
- 곱창구이 (200g)₩24,000
- 대창구이 (200g)₩24,000
- 양구이 (200g)₩28,000
- 곱창전골 (대)₩54,000
- Braised Pork And Kimchi₩8,000
- Mackerel Braised With Kimchi₩8,000
Local tips
- Order the assorted gopchang (모듬곱창) to experience kimchi stir-fried directly in the rendered fat.
- Lunch service focuses on hearty kimchi stew with pork, saury, or mackerel — add ramen noodles.
- Lunch fills up fast before noon with neighborhood office workers.
- Conveniently located about a 5-minute walk from Cheongdam Station exit 8.
Details
- Cheongdam Station
Opening hours
- Sunday
- —
- Monday
- 11:00–22:00
- Tuesday
- 11:00–22:00
- Wednesday
- 11:00–22:00
- Thursday
- 11:00–22:00
- Friday
- 11:00–22:00
- Saturday
- 11:00–21:00