A bowl of warm red bean porridge that comes to mind when it gets cold. Here are 7 red bean restaurants in and around Seoul recommended by an editor who is serious about red beans. Heartwarming red bean jjukpa vs. chilly winter shaved ice, what’s your choice?
1. SeoulSecond Best House
Located just up Samcheongdong-gil, Seoul’s second best red bean porridge restaurant is registered as a Seoul Future Heritage Site. Like a local sparrow mill, it is a place where people stop by to have tea and take home red bean porridge. It’s fun to eat sweet sweet red bean porridge with sikhe with hot and cold water.
📍122-1, Samcheong-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul (Naver map)
2. Onggi Jangter Department Store (Onggi Tea House)
A red bean restaurant along the Bukhan River in Namyangju, South Korea, disguised as an unusual Onggi bowl shop. Heo Young-man visited Onggi Jangter Department Store in Baekbae. If you like red beans and have a car, it is recommended to go on a drive in Namyangju. Unfortunately, the shaved red bean bingsu is only available in the summer, but it’s filled with everything from red beans to nuts, coffee, and barley flour. When you finish eating the shaved ice, they serve hot ginger tea, and in winter, they serve red bean porridge and red bean kalguksu.
📍1619, Bukgang-ro, Hwado-eup, Namyangju-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea (Naver map)
3. Mochibang
Mochibang is a Japanese confectionery store located between Samsung Station and Seolleung Station. It serves anmitsu, yanggang, whole red bean cake, and ukishima, which are made with seasonal fruits. The red bean cake is characterized by its smooth texture and healthy flavor.
📍41, Samseong-ro 75-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul (Naver map)
4. Tongui Dongdan Red Bean
Tongui-dong Danpup, located at the corner of Seochon, is a haven for red bean lovers who must have bingsu all year round. They sell everything from red bean bingsu to mango bingsu and matcha bingsu, and of course, sweet red bean porridge and injeolmi.
📍20-1, Jahamun-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul (Naver map)
5. Moonhori Red Bean Porridge
Moonhori Red Bean Porridge is a well-known red bean porridge restaurant located along the Bukhan River in Seojong, Yangpyeong. For those who are so serious about red beans that they eat them for meals instead of dessert, there is Ongsim red bean porridge and red bean kalguksu. It is one of the restaurants that helped introduce Moonhori neighborhood with Lee Young-ae, and you can also find plant-based red bean jjajangmyeon, an exotic food that the owner is very proud of.
📍 641, Bukgangang-ro, Seojong-myeon, Yangpyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do (Naver map)
6. Dong Bingo
Dong Bingo is one of Seoul ‘s most famous shaved ice restaurants. You can enjoy the delicious shaved ice at the main store in Dongdaechon, but now you can also enjoy it at the No. 2 store and Seongsu store in the neighborhood. The menu has expanded to include strawberry bingsu, milk tea bingsu, miso powder bingsu, and yuzu bingsu, so you can bring friends who don’t like red beans.
📍Main Branch, 319 Ichon-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul (Naver map)
7. Red Bean Alo
Red Bean Alo is a restaurant specializing in red beans located on Reading Dang-ro, Hannam-dong. Bingsu, mochi, and red bean porridge are the basics, but you can also find a variety of other red bean foods such as pies, sandwiches, monaka, rolls, and cheesecake.
📍65-3, Readingdang-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul (Naver map)