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Jidaebang Traditional Teahouse

Jidaebang Traditional Teahouse

전통찻집지대방

Tea House

About

A long-running traditional teahouse on the main Insadong street, strong on herbal brews and grilled rice cake.

Jidaebang is a Buddhist word for the room where monks gather to talk, and the teahouse leans into that: low tables, wood, and a menu of herbal teas meant to be drunk slowly. Ssanghwatang at 10,000 won is the heaviest and most interesting thing on it — a dark decoction of medicinal roots that tastes closer to a tonic than to tea, and is drunk in winter for exactly that reason. The grilled injeolmi at 9,000 won is the thing to order alongside: rice cake crisped on the outside, soft inside, dusted with roasted soybean powder. It sits directly on Insadong-gil, so it is the easiest of the traditional houses to find.

Menu

  • 쌍화탕₩10,000
  • Jujube Tea대추차₩9,000
  • 인절미구이₩9,000
  • Ginger Tea생강차₩8,500
  • Omija Tea오미자차₩8,500
  • 우전(녹차)₩11,000
  • Sweet Rice Punch식혜₩8,000
  • Sujeonggwa (Cinnamon Punch)수정과₩8,500
  • Mixed Grain Drink미숫가루₩8,500
  • 솔바람차₩8,500
  • 돌배차₩8,500
  • 송화유자차₩9,000
  • 전통 팥빙수₩12,000
  • 생강나무꽃차₩8,500
  • Persimmon Leaf Tea감잎차₩8,500
  • 봄쑥차₩8,500

Local tips

  • Ssanghwatang (10,000 won) is the full-strength herbal tonic; daechucha (9,000) is the gentler jujube option.
  • Order the grilled injeolmi rice cake (9,000) — crisp outside, soft inside, in roasted soybean powder.
  • Right on the main Insadong-gil, so it's the easiest traditional teahouse to walk into.
  • Open until about 22:30 — later than most teahouses here, good after dinner.

Details

Nearest station
Anguk Station (Line 3), Exit 6
Phone
02-738-5379

Opening hours

Sunday
11:00–22:00
Monday
10:30–22:30
Tuesday
10:30–22:30
Wednesday
10:30–22:30
Thursday
10:30–22:30
Friday
10:30–22:30
Saturday
10:30–22:30

Until about 22:30, later than most traditional teahouses on this street.

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