Tomato Gimbap Olympic Park Branch
토마토김밥 올림픽공원점
About
Casual bunsik eatery located on the first floor of Olympic Swimming Pool, popular for quick bites, takeout picnics, and concert-goers.
Tucked into the ground floor of the Olympic Swimming Pool building, Tomato Gimbap offers an unfussy, nostalgic retreat within the sprawling grounds of Songpa's Olympic Park. Sharing space alongside a fried chicken counter, the eatery is marked outside by a red tomato logo and casual outdoor seating, while the interior functions as an airy, high-turnover cafeteria. It is a dependable pit stop for museum-goers, families finishing laps in the pool, and solo visitors catching an arena concert at the neighboring KSPO Dome. The dining experience runs on a completely self-directed system. Orders go through dedicated kiosks positioned toward the back of the dining hall, while a stainless-steel station supplies kimchi, yellow pickled radish, and bowls of hot, savory broth showered with chopped scallions. The menu delivers familiar Korean snack shop staples alongside hearty hot meals. Classic comfort comes through in options like thick pork cutlets (tong deungsim donkatsu), rich ttukbaegi bulgogi, and tuna gimbap. A standout among the rice dishes is the jeyuk deopbap (spicy stir-fried pork over rice), prepared lean rather than overly greasy and capped with a runny sunny-side-up fried egg that balances the spiced meat. For bolder palates, the kitchen serves a potent mara rabokki. Leaning heavily into numbing Sichuan spices, this fiery mashup of ramen noodles and tteokbokki eats almost like a saucy mara xiangguo, packed with wide Chinese glass noodles, chewy dumplings with rice-cake skins, and fried tofu pockets soaked in pepper-laced broth. Whether you grab a packed foil-wrapped roll for an afternoon picnic on the park lawns or settle inside by the television screen for a solo bowl of noodles, the shop captures the essence of classic neighborhood bunsik: fast, warm, and entirely unpretentious.
Menu
- Mala Rabokki₩8,500
- Rabokki₩6,500
- Pork Cutlet₩9,500
- Cheese Gimbap
- Tuna Rice Ball
- Seafood Soft Tofu Stew
- 송정부대찌개
- Tuna Gimbap
- Vegetable Gimbap
- 믹스김밥
- 불쌈김밥
- Cold Broth Noodles
Local tips
- Order via the kiosk located near the inner back door, separate from the adjacent fried chicken shop kiosk.
- Utensils, pickled radish, kimchi, and warm broth are entirely self-service.
- Lines can form quickly before concerts or events at nearby Olympic Park venues.
- Takeout is convenient for picnics on the Olympic Park lawn.
Details
- Olympic Park Station
Opening hours
- Sunday
- 11:00–20:00
- Monday
- 11:00–20:00
- Tuesday
- 11:00–20:00
- Wednesday
- 11:00–20:00
- Thursday
- 11:00–20:00
- Friday
- 11:00–20:00
- Saturday
- 11:00–20:00