Steel workshops turned bars, a park built in a water plant. Workshops by day, bars by night, Seonyudo for the sunset.
Eat
Yeongdeungpo Market sundae alley
영등포전통시장 순대골목
Best 11:00-14:00Best 18:00-20:00
Old market restaurants serving sundae (Korean blood sausage) soup and steamed plates to market workers since the 70s.
Bestie tip · Order sundaeguk (sundae soup) and season it yourself with the salted shrimp on the table.
🚇 Yeongdeungpo Market station (Line 5) exit 3.
- Hours
- Roughly 09:00-22:00
- Price
- ₩9,000-15,000
- Great for
- 🚶 Solo · 🍻 Friends
- Rain
- ☔ Fine in the rain
Times Square & Shinsegae food halls, Yeongdeungpo
타임스퀘어
Best 11:00-13:00Best 17:30-19:30
Two big malls side by side with basement food halls: Korean set meals, tteokbokki, bakeries and dessert counters under one roof. Good rainy-day fallback.
Bestie tip · Buy a tray of mixed banchan and kimbap from the deli counters and eat on the rooftop garden if it's dry.
🚇 Yeongdeungpo station (Line 1), connected through the station building.
- Hours
- 10:30-22:00
- Price
- ₩10,000-18,000
- Great for
- 🚶 Solo · 💑 Couple · 👨👩👧 Family · 🍻 Friends
- Rain
- ☔ Fine in the rain
Buil Sutbul Galbi (charcoal pork galbi)
부일숯불갈비
Best 16:00-18:00Avoid 18:30-20:00 full
An old Yeongdeungpo galbi house grilling marinated pork ribs over charcoal, a favourite with local workers after their shifts.
Bestie tip · Order pork galbi for two and finish with a doenjang jjigae and rice.
🚇 Nearest station: Yeongdeungpo Market (Line 5), short walk.
- Hours
- Roughly 12:00-22:00
- Price
- ₩15,000-18,000 per portion
- Great for
- 💑 Couple · 👨👩👧 Family · 🍻 Friends
- Rain
- ☔ Fine in the rain
Daegwanwon (old Korean Chinese, Dangsan)
대관원
Best 11:00-12:00Best 14:00-17:00Avoid 12:00-13:00 office lunch rush
A long standing Korean Chinese restaurant for jajangmyeon, jjamppong and sweet and sour pork, the way neighbourhood families have eaten for years.
Bestie tip · Share a small tangsuyuk and order one jajangmyeon and one jjamppong to compare.
🚇 Nearest station: Yeongdeungpo gu Office (Line 2, 5), short walk.
- Hours
- Roughly 11:00-21:00
- Price
- ₩8,000-30,000
- Great for
- 💑 Couple · 👨👩👧 Family · 🍻 Friends
- Rain
- ☔ Fine in the rain
Otaru Udon (udon, Mullae)
오타루우동집
Best 11:00-12:00Best 14:00-17:00Avoid 12:00-13:00 lunch rush
A small udon shop near Mullae station with chewy noodles in a clear dashi broth, a warm lunch before the workshop alleys.
Bestie tip · Order the basic udon with a side of tempura and add the chili flakes at the table.
🚇 Nearest station: Mullae (Line 2), short walk.
- Hours
- Roughly 11:00-21:00
- Price
- ₩9,000-13,000
- Great for
- 🚶 Solo
- Rain
- ☔ Fine in the rain
Yankees Burger & Pizza (Mullae)
양키스버거앤피자
Best 11:30-13:00Best 15:00-17:30Avoid weekend 12:30-14:00 queue
An American style burger joint in the middle of the steel workshops, with thick patties, fries and pizza by the pie.
Bestie tip · Order a classic cheeseburger with fries and grab a window seat facing the workshop street.
🚇 Nearest station: Mullae exit 7, about 8 minutes.
- Hours
- Roughly 11:30-22:00
- Price
- ₩11,000-18,000
- Great for
- 🚶 Solo · 💑 Couple · 👨👩👧 Family · 🍻 Friends
- Rain
- ☔ Fine in the rain
Somunnan Sikdang (workshop district home cooking)
소문난식당
Best 11:00-11:45Best 13:30-15:00Avoid 12:00-13:00 worker lunchAvoid Sun closed
A no frills Korean restaurant among the Mullae workshops where metalworkers eat stews and home style side dishes at lunch.
Bestie tip · Point at what the next table is having; the menu is short and the food comes fast.
🚇 Nearest station: Mullae exit 7, about 7 minutes.
- Hours
- Roughly 10:00-20:00
- Closed
- Sun
- Price
- ₩9,000-12,000
- Great for
- 🚶 Solo
- Rain
- ☔ Fine in the rain
Geumeum Jokbal (braised pork trotters)
그믐족발 본점
Best 17:00-18:30Avoid Fri and Sat 19:00-21:00 full
A popular Mullae jokbal house serving soy braised pork trotters sliced thick, classic Korean drinking food after the art village walk.
Bestie tip · Get a medium jokbal for two or three people and wrap slices in lettuce with a dab of salted shrimp.
🚇 Nearest station: Mullae exit 7, about 7 minutes.
- Hours
- Roughly 16:00-24:00
- Price
- ₩35,000-45,000 per platter
- Great for
- 💑 Couple · 🍻 Friends
- Rain
- ☔ Fine in the rain
Hippo Mullae (Vietnamese)
힙포 문래본점
Best 11:30-12:30Best 17:00-18:30
A Vietnamese spot on Seonyu ro with pho, bun cha and rice dishes, a fresh change from the heavy meat menus around the workshops.
Bestie tip · Order bun cha for grilled pork, herbs and noodles in one set.
🚇 Nearest station: Mullae (Line 2), about 8 minutes.
- Hours
- Roughly 11:00-21:30
- Price
- ₩11,000-16,000
- Great for
- 🚶 Solo · 💑 Couple · 🍻 Friends
- Rain
- ☔ Fine in the rain
Haeoreum Bongpyeong Makguksu (buckwheat noodles, Dangsan)
해오름 봉평메밀막국수
Best 11:00-12:00Best 14:00-17:00Avoid 12:00-13:00 lunch rush
A Dangsan noodle shop for buckwheat makguksu, chewy and nutty, plus pan fried buckwheat pancakes.
Bestie tip · Order bibim makguksu if you like spicy, or mul makguksu in cold broth on a hot day.
🚇 Nearest station: Dangsan (Line 2, 9), short walk.
- Hours
- Roughly 11:00-21:00
- Price
- ₩9,000-13,000
- Great for
- 🚶 Solo · 👨👩👧 Family
- Rain
- ☔ Fine in the rain
Ssos Samgyeopsal (soy dipped frozen pork belly)
쏘스삼겹살전문점
Best 16:00-18:00Avoid Fri and Sat 19:00-21:00 full
A decades old pork house near Yeongdeungpo Market and Dangsan where thick slices of frozen pork belly are dipped in a soy based sauce and grilled over charcoal; the owners show first timers how it is done.
Bestie tip · Dip each slice in the sauce bowl before it hits the grill and keep turning so the sauce does not burn.
🚇 Nearest station: Yeongdeungpo Market (Line 5) or Dangsan, short walk.
- Hours
- Roughly 15:00-23:00
- Price
- ₩14,000-18,000
- Great for
- 💑 Couple · 🍻 Friends
- Rain
- ☔ Fine in the rain
Chamsae Bangatgan (Dangsan pork tofu stew pub)
참새방앗간
Best 15:00-18:00Avoid Sun closedAvoid weeknights 19:00-21:00 queue
A crowded old Dangsan drinking house famous for its pork and tofu stew and plates of seasoned cockles; tables spill outside on warm nights.
Bestie tip · Order dwaeji dubu tang with a cockle set and arrive before 19:00 to skip the wait.
🚇 Dangsan station exit 4, about 2 minutes.
- Hours
- Roughly 15:00-02:00
- Closed
- Sun
- Price
- ₩15,000-30,000 per dish
- Great for
- 🍻 Friends
- Rain
- ☔ Fine in the rain
Roramen (Mullae gyokai tonkotsu)
로라멘
Best 11:30-12:00Best 17:00-18:00Avoid 15:00-17:00 breakAvoid weekend 12:00-13:30 queue
A ramen shop in the Mullae workshop lanes serving a rich gyokai tonkotsu (pork and seafood broth) ramen and mazesoba, with a small bowl of rice included; weekend lines are normal.
Bestie tip · Order the gyokai tonkotsu ramen; if you prefer brothless noodles, the mazesoba is the other favourite.
🚇 Mullae station exit 7, about 5 minutes.
- Hours
- Roughly 11:30-21:00
- Price
- ₩12,000-14,000
- Great for
- 🚶 Solo
- Rain
- ☔ Fine in the rain
Neurujip (Chuncheon style dakgalbi)
느루집
Best 11:30-12:30Best 17:00-18:00Avoid weekday 14:30-17:00 breakAvoid weekend 18:00-19:30 queue
A Mullae dakgalbi house cooking Chuncheon style bone in chicken galbi on a hot plate, with a melted cheese option and fried rice to finish, a minute from Mullae station.
Bestie tip · Order the bone in dakgalbi, add rice cakes or udon, and leave room for fried rice in the pan.
🚇 Mullae station exit 5, about 1 minute.
- Hours
- Roughly 11:20-22:00
- Price
- ₩15,000-18,000
- Great for
- 💑 Couple · 👨👩👧 Family · 🍻 Friends
- Rain
- ☔ Fine in the rain
Mullae Yangga (fresh lamb skewers)
문래양가
Best 16:00-18:00Avoid Fri and Sat 19:00-21:00 full
A lamb skewer house in the Mullae creative village grilling fresh, never frozen lamb skewers at the table; corkage is free, so locals bring their own bottle.
Bestie tip · Order the fresh lamb skewers for two and dip them in the cumin and chili powder at the table.
🚇 Mullae station exit 1, about 10 minutes on foot.
- Hours
- Roughly 16:00-23:00 (Sat to 24:00)
- Price
- ₩16,000-20,000
- Great for
- 💑 Couple · 🍻 Friends
- Rain
- ☔ Fine in the rain
Petit Mullae (neighbourhood Italian)
쁘띠문래
Best 11:30-12:30Best 17:00-18:30Avoid Sun closedAvoid 15:00-17:00 break
A neighbourhood Italian restaurant between Mullae and Yangpyeong stations run by a British chef, known for a beef and gruyère lasagne and sea urchin pasta.
Bestie tip · Book for dinner, order the lasagne to share, and add one pasta per person.
🚇 Nearest station: Mullae (Line 2) or Yangpyeong (Line 5), about 8 minutes on foot.
- Hours
- Roughly 11:30-22:00 (Mon lunch only)
- Closed
- Sun
- Price
- ₩20,000-35,000
- Great for
- 💑 Couple
- Rain
- ☔ Fine in the rain
Cafés
Rust Bakery (Mullae)
러스트베이커리
Best 12:00-15:00Avoid weekend 14:00-16:00 busy
An industrial style bakery café in the Mullae workshop area with bread, pastries and plenty of room to rest your legs.
Bestie tip · Grab a pastry and coffee as a break between the art village alleys and the walk to Seonyudo.
🚇 Nearest station: Mullae exit 7, about 7 minutes.
- Hours
- Roughly 11:00-21:00
- Price
- ₩4,000-8,000
- Great for
- 🚶 Solo · 💑 Couple · 👨👩👧 Family · 🍻 Friends
- Rain
- ☔ Fine in the rain
Black Seed Coffee Roasters Seonyudo
블랙시드커피로스터스 선유도
Best 10:00-12:00Best 15:00-17:00
A roastery café a few minutes from Seonyudo station, a good coffee stop before or after crossing to Seonyudo Park.
Bestie tip · Take your coffee to go and walk to Seonyudo Park via the Yanghwa Hangang Park path.
🚇 Nearest station: Seonyudo (Line 9), short walk.
- Hours
- Roughly 10:00-21:00
- Price
- ₩5,000-7,000
- Great for
- 🚶 Solo · 💑 Couple
- Rain
- ☔ Fine in the rain
Coffee Piruni Seonyudo (roastery)
커피볶는피루니
Best 10:00-12:00
A small roastery café near Seonyudo station, an easy coffee before walking over Seonyu Bridge into the park.
Bestie tip · Get a hand drip to go and carry it across the footbridge into Seonyudo Park.
🚇 Nearest station: Seonyudo, exit 2, about 5 minutes.
- Hours
- Roughly 10:00-21:00
- Price
- ₩5,000-8,000
- Great for
- 🚶 Solo
- Rain
- ☔ Fine in the rain
Chef Jo (Mullae bakery)
쉐프조
Best 08:00-11:00
A long running neighbourhood bakery on Mullaero, the kind of place locals buy breakfast bread and cream filled buns.
Bestie tip · Buy morning bread here before walking to the Mullae art village workshops.
🚇 Nearest station: Mullae, exit 3, about 8 minutes.
- Hours
- Roughly 08:00-21:00
- Price
- ₩3,000-7,000
- Great for
- 🚶 Solo · 👨👩👧 Family
- Rain
- ☔ Fine in the rain
Sinseong Dabang (retro Mullae café)
신성다방
Best 14:00-17:00
A café styled like an old Korean dabang coffee parlour, tucked between the steel workshops near Mullae station.
Bestie tip · Order a dabang style coffee or a sweet latte and take your time.
🚇 Nearest station: Mullae, exit 7, about 5 minutes.
- Hours
- Roughly 12:00-22:00
- Price
- ₩5,000-8,000
- Great for
- 🚶 Solo · 💑 Couple
- Rain
- ☔ Fine in the rain
Cement Mullae (industrial café)
씨멘트 문래점
Best 13:00-16:00
A raw concrete café in the Mullae art village that fits the area's metal workshop look, with roomy seats.
Bestie tip · Sit upstairs if you can and order a latte with a baked sweet.
🚇 Nearest station: Mullae, exit 7, about 5 minutes.
- Hours
- Roughly 11:00-22:00
- Price
- ₩5,000-9,000
- Great for
- 🚶 Solo · 💑 Couple
- Rain
- ☔ Fine in the rain
Cafe 1953 with Audrey (Mullae)
카페1953위드오드리
Best 13:00-16:00
A café in an old Mullae building between the workshops, known for its own roasted coffee and quiet rooms.
Bestie tip · Ask for their house roast and settle in; it is a good laptop stop.
🚇 Nearest station: Mullae, exit 7, about 5 minutes.
- Hours
- Roughly 11:00-21:00
- Price
- ₩5,000-8,000
- Great for
- 🚶 Solo
- Rain
- ☔ Fine in the rain
Vinyl Inside (Mullae record café)
바이닐인사이드
Best 15:00-19:00
A dessert café in the Mullae art village where records play on the turntable, a calm counterpoint to the metal shops outside.
Bestie tip · Order a drink and a cake and ask what record is on.
🚇 Nearest station: Mullae, exit 7, about 10 minutes.
- Hours
- Roughly 12:00-22:00
- Price
- ₩6,000-10,000
- Great for
- 🚶 Solo · 💑 Couple
- Rain
- ☔ Fine in the rain
Lowder Mullae (dessert café)
로우더 문래
Best 14:00-17:00
A dessert café on Dorimro at the edge of the art village, an easy sweet stop before the bars open.
Bestie tip · Pick one plated dessert to share and a coffee each.
🚇 Nearest station: Mullae, exit 7, about 8 minutes.
- Hours
- Roughly 12:00-21:00
- Price
- ₩6,000-12,000
- Great for
- 💑 Couple
- Rain
- ☔ Fine in the rain
Café Jinjeongseong Hangang (riverside milk tea café)
카페진정성 한강편커피하우스
Best 16:00-18:30Avoid weekend 14:00-17:00 busy
The Han River outpost of the Gimpo café brand known for its milk tea, close to Seonyudo for a river view break.
Bestie tip · Order the milk tea; their tea house sibling sits next door if you want leaf tea instead.
🚇 Nearest station: Seonyudo or Dangsan (Line 9), short walk toward the river.
- Hours
- Roughly 10:00-22:00
- Price
- ₩6,000-10,000
- Great for
- 💑 Couple
- Rain
- ☔ Fine in the rain
After dark
Old Mullae (craft beer pub)
올드문래
Best 18:00-20:00Avoid weekend after 20:00 full
A pub on the art village strip pouring craft beer in a converted workshop space, a natural first stop after the alley walk.
Bestie tip · Come before 19:00 on weekends to get a table, and ask what is on tap that week.
🚇 Nearest station: Mullae exit 7, about 8 minutes.
- Hours
- Roughly 17:00-01:00
- Price
- ₩8,000-12,000 per glass
- Great for
- 💑 Couple · 🍻 Friends
- Rain
- ☔ Fine in the rain
Podosul Mullae (wine bar)
포도술 문래본점
Best 19:00-22:00Avoid weekend 20:00-22:00 full
A relaxed wine bar on Dorim ro with wine by the glass and small plates, a quieter second round after the art village.
Bestie tip · Describe what you like to the staff rather than reading the labels, and let them pick a glass.
🚇 Nearest station: Mullae exit 7, about 9 minutes.
- Hours
- Roughly 18:00-01:00
- Price
- ₩10,000-15,000 per glass
- Great for
- 💑 Couple
- Rain
- ☔ Fine in the rain
Roji Oden (oden bar)
로지오뎅
Best 19:00-22:00Avoid weekend after 20:00 queue
A Japanese style oden bar with fish cake skewers simmering in broth and warm sake, cozy on cold Mullae nights.
Bestie tip · Pick skewers straight from the pot and pair them with a warm sake.
🚇 Nearest station: Mullae exit 7, about 8 minutes.
- Hours
- Roughly 18:00-01:00
- Price
- ₩3,000-5,000 per skewer
- Great for
- 🚶 Solo · 💑 Couple · 🍻 Friends
- Rain
- ☔ Fine in the rain
Wassada Pojangmacha (indoor tent bar)
와싸다포장마차
Best 21:00-24:00
An indoor pojangmacha with plastic stools and cheap Korean bar food, the loud late round locals end the night with.
Bestie tip · Order one spicy stir fried dish and an eomuk tang (fish cake soup) to share with soju.
🚇 Nearest station: Mullae exit 7, about 6 minutes.
- Hours
- Roughly 17:00-03:00
- Price
- ₩15,000-25,000 per dish
- Great for
- 🍻 Friends
- Rain
- ☔ Fine in the rain
Mullae Pocha (Dorimro pocha)
물래포차
Best 19:00-22:00
A long running indoor pocha on Dorimro serving hot stews and stir fries with soju, the plain local option next to the art village bars.
Bestie tip · Order one hot stew to share and soju; add a pancake if you are three or more.
🚇 Nearest station: Mullae, exit 7, about 12 minutes.
- Hours
- Roughly 17:00-03:00
- Price
- ₩15,000-25,000 a dish
- Great for
- 🍻 Friends
- Rain
- ☔ Fine in the rain
Mujeonghyeong (Mullae cocktail bar)
무정형
Best 21:00-24:00
A cocktail bar inside the Mullae art village lanes, where the metal shop alleys go quiet and the bars take over at night.
Bestie tip · Ask for a cocktail built on your usual spirit and sit at the bar.
🚇 Nearest station: Mullae, exit 7, about 8 minutes.
- Hours
- Roughly 19:00-02:00
- Price
- ₩15,000-20,000 a drink
- Great for
- 💑 Couple
- Rain
- ☔ Fine in the rain
Yakiton Tontoro Mullae (pork skewer izakaya)
야키톤 톤토로 문래본점
Best 18:00-20:00Avoid Fri and Sat 19:00-21:00 queue
The original Mullae shop of a Japanese style pub grilling pork skewers, set in the art village alleys.
Bestie tip · Order the skewer set with a highball and add a bowl of rice if you are hungry.
🚇 Nearest station: Mullae, exit 7, about 8 minutes.
- Hours
- Roughly 17:00-01:00
- Price
- ₩15,000-25,000
- Great for
- 💑 Couple · 🍻 Friends
- Rain
- ☔ Fine in the rain
Sarangchae Ice Makgeolli Dangsan
사랑채얼음막걸리 당산점
Best 18:00-21:00
A long running makgeolli pub near Dangsan serving rice wine slushy cold with Korean pancakes, an easy stop between Mullae and Seonyudo.
Bestie tip · Order the ice makgeolli with a kimchi pancake.
🚇 Nearest station: Yeongdeungpo gu Office, short walk.
- Hours
- Roughly 16:00-02:00
- Price
- ₩5,000-20,000
- Great for
- 🍻 Friends
- Rain
- ☔ Fine in the rain
Tongdak Jeongmil (Mullae chicken and beer)
통닭정밀
Best 19:00-22:00
A chicken and beer pub in the Mullae art village whose name plays on the precision metal shops around it.
Bestie tip · Order a whole fried chicken and a pitcher, then wander the lit alleys after.
🚇 Nearest station: Mullae, exit 7, about 8 minutes.
- Hours
- Roughly 16:00-01:00
- Price
- ₩18,000-24,000 a chicken
- Great for
- 🍻 Friends
- Rain
- ☔ Fine in the rain
Pantwineun Darakbang (attic LP pub)
판튀는다락방
Best 21:00-01:00
A music pub near Mullae station whose name means the attic where records spin, with requests played from vinyl over beer.
Bestie tip · Write a song request and order bottled beer with a dry snack.
🚇 Nearest station: Mullae, exit 3, about 3 minutes.
- Hours
- Roughly 19:00-03:00
- Price
- ₩6,000-15,000 a drink
- Great for
- 🍻 Friends
- Rain
- ☔ Fine in the rain
Beer Post Bar (Mullae craft beer)
비어포스트바
Best 19:00-22:00
A craft beer bar in the Mullae art village lanes with a rotating tap list of Korean and imported beers.
Bestie tip · Ask for a taster of two taps before you commit to a pint.
🚇 Nearest station: Mullae, exit 7, about 8 minutes.
- Hours
- Roughly 18:00-01:00
- Price
- ₩8,000-12,000 a glass
- Great for
- 💑 Couple · 🍻 Friends
- Rain
- ☔ Fine in the rain
Mullae Jazz In (jazz live venue)
문래재즈인
Best 20:00-22:30
A small jazz stage in the Mullae arts village where local players perform in a former workshop street.
Bestie tip · Check the posted line up before going; shows start in the evening.
🚇 Mullae station (Line 2), about 10 minutes on foot.
- Hours
- Roughly 19:00-24:00
- Price
- ₩10,000-25,000
- Great for
- 💑 Couple
- Rain
- ☔ Fine in the rain
Mista Gyoza Mullae (gyoza and highball pub)
미스타교자 문래점
Best 18:00-20:00Avoid Fri 19:00-21:00 full
A Japanese gyoza pub in the Mullae metal workshop alleys, pan fried dumplings with cold drinks.
Bestie tip · Order a plate of pan fried gyoza with a highball.
🚇 Mullae station (Line 2), short walk.
- Hours
- Roughly 17:00-24:00
- Price
- ₩8,000-20,000
- Great for
- 💑 Couple · 🍻 Friends
- Rain
- ☔ Fine in the rain
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