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Hwangto Gamjatang

Hwangto Gamjatang

황토가마솥설렁탕

Stew

About

Authentic old-school seolleongtang restaurant in Namseong Market, renowned for clean broths and hearty bowls combining beef brisket and real ox knee.

Tucked into an alleyway of Dongjak’s Namseong Market near Isu and Chongsin University stations, Hwangto Gamasot Seolleongtang announces itself before you even cross the threshold. True to its name, iron cauldrons simmer outside, perfuming the street with rich beef broth. Inside, the space carries the worn patina of a long-standing market nopo, where elderly neighborhood regulars lean over steaming earthenware bowls with bottles of soju. In a charming clash of eras, tablet kiosks sit on the low tables beside heavy crocks of fresh baechu kimchi and thick-cut seokbakji radish. The menu revolves around honest, unadorned broth. Unlike versions weighed down by heavy grease, the bone broth here arrives unseasoned and clean, tasting remarkably like an old-fashioned home-brewed gomtang. Diners season their bowls at the table with salt, black pepper, and handfuls of chopped green onions. The undeniable signature is doseoltang—a hybrid bowl uniting classic seolleongtang beef and somyeon noodles with genuine dogani (ox knee cartilage). Where many soup spots substitute cheap tendon (seuji), this kitchen uses whole, gelatinous cartilage that delivers a dense, sticky chew. Diners pluck the tender boiled meat and rich cartilage from the piping soup to dip in pungent wasabi soy sauce between spoonfuls of broth. For groups seeking more substantial fare, the boiled dogani suyuk plates arrive ringed with sliced useol (beef tongue) surrounding a mound of deeply tender cartilage, lightly dusted with black sesame seeds. The kitchen operates without an afternoon break, making it as dependable for a solitary, revitalizing bowl between work shifts as it is for evening drinkers nursing soju over a bubbling tukbaegi. It offers no culinary theatrics, relying instead on pure butcher craft and cauldrons that rarely go cold.

Menu

  • Ox Knee and Beef Bone Soup도설탕₩17,000
  • Ox Bone Soup설렁탕₩12,000
  • 한우우족탕₩18,000
  • Ox Knee Soup도가니탕₩20,000
  • 한방꼬리탕₩30,000
  • 도가니수육(중)₩35,000
  • Assorted Boiled Beef Platter모듬수육₩60,000

Local tips

  • Try the doseoltang, a popular combo of ox knee and seolleongtang.
  • Table kiosk ordering is available despite the rustic atmosphere.
  • There is no afternoon break time, convenient for late lunches.

Details

Nearest station
Isu Station
Phone
02-532-1613

Opening hours

Sunday
11:00–21:00
Monday
11:00–21:00
Tuesday
11:00–21:00
Wednesday
11:00–21:00
Thursday
11:00–21:00
Friday
11:00–21:00
Saturday
11:00–21:00

No afternoon break time reported.

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