# 24-hour gamjatang in Nowon, Seoul: Somunnan Gamjatang - By Juna (https://superchart.com/en/@after-menu-seoul/) - Written Sep 12, 2026 - Updated Sep 13, 2026 - Local places › Restaurants › Nowon, Seoul - Sponsored: This post was written with support for a restaurant visit. - English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@after-menu-seoul/nowon-gamjatang-deep-broth/ - Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@after-menu-seoul/nowon-gamjatang-deep-broth/index.md) ## In short Somunnan Gamjatang is a 24-hour Korean restaurant in Nowon, Seoul, serving gamjatang and ppyeo-haejangguk. My boyfriend and I tried the small gamjatang, with thick, tender meat and a deep broth scented with perilla seed powder and ugeoji. Verdict: a generous gamjatang spot that is easy to visit anytime. ## Good to know - **Hours**: Open 24 hours (from 9:30 a.m. on Mondays) - **Parking**: Parking lot beside the Hyundai Motors next to the restaurant; 2 hours free with a restaurant visit - **Restroom**: Building restroom, shared by men and women - **Seating**: About 70 seats - **Menu**: Gamjatang, seafood gamjatang, samgyetang, and ppyeo-haejangguk - **Add-ons**: Glass noodles, ramen, handmade dough flakes, and more; gamjatang includes handmade dough flakes *as written by the visitor on Sep 12, 2026* I’d like to introduce a place in Nowon that is famous for gamjatang and ppyeo-haejangguk (pork-bone hangover soup). ![Signature view of Somunnan Gamjatang, a Nowon gamjatang restaurant](https://img.superchart.com/images/nowon-gamjatang-deep-broth/nowon-gamjatang-deep-broth-01-mgjvl-1200.webp) Somunnan Gamjatang is open 24 hours, has lunch dishes, and offers a wide range of food from gamjatang (spicy pork-bone stew) to samgyetang (ginseng chicken soup). ![Somunnan Gamjatang operating information](https://img.superchart.com/images/nowon-gamjatang-deep-broth/nowon-gamjatang-deep-broth-02-7rlf9-550.webp) ## Somunnan Gamjatang visitor information - Hours: Open 24 hours (from 9:30 a.m. on Mondays) - Parking: Parking lot beside the Hyundai Motors next to the restaurant. Two hours are free with a restaurant visit. - Restroom: Building restroom (shared by men and women) ![Exterior of Somunnan Gamjatang](https://img.superchart.com/images/nowon-gamjatang-deep-broth/nowon-gamjatang-deep-broth-03-dfmta-550.webp) ![Notice of Somunnan Gamjatang's 30-year tradition](https://img.superchart.com/images/nowon-gamjatang-deep-broth/nowon-gamjatang-deep-broth-04-1nxju-550.webp) I heard it opened in 1994 and has an amazing 30-year tradition! You can enjoy the same flavor as the Junggye main branch at this second branch, the Sanggye branch, too. We visited around 7 p.m. on a weekday, and even then about seven groups were already eating—just what you’d expect from a 30-year-old favorite! ![Somunnan Gamjatang dining room on a weekday evening](https://img.superchart.com/images/nowon-gamjatang-deep-broth/nowon-gamjatang-deep-broth-05-14cv2-550.webp) ![Interior seating at Somunnan Gamjatang](https://img.superchart.com/images/nowon-gamjatang-deep-broth/nowon-gamjatang-deep-broth-06-1xykd-550.webp) ## A 70-seat dining room and gamjatang menu The dining room has nicely spaced tables and a comfortable atmosphere for a meal. With around 70 seats, it looked perfect for family meals or group gatherings such as club meetups. There were lots of solo diners, too! It seems like a great place to come for haejangguk at lunch. ![Gamjatang and haejangguk meal menu](https://img.superchart.com/images/nowon-gamjatang-deep-broth/nowon-gamjatang-deep-broth-07-cqjl2-550.webp) There are many meal options, from their signature gamjatang to seafood gamjatang, samgyetang, and ppyeo-haejangguk. They also have plenty of add-ons, including glass noodles, ramen, and handmade dough flakes! Gamjatang comes with handmade dough flakes as standard, so keep that in mind. My boyfriend and I ordered the small gamjatang to share. ![Small gamjatang order](https://img.superchart.com/images/nowon-gamjatang-deep-broth/nowon-gamjatang-deep-broth-08-f9gt5-550.webp) ![Alcoholic drink menu to enjoy with gamjatang](https://img.superchart.com/images/nowon-gamjatang-deep-broth/nowon-gamjatang-deep-broth-09-isoyf-550.webp) It would be a shame to leave out alcohol with that rich, spicy gamjatang broth..! They have all the standard options: soft drinks, soju, beer, and makgeolli (Korean rice wine). You know... how easily a somaek, a soju-and-beer mix, or makgeolli goes down with gamjatang... haha. ![Gamjatang side dishes: fresh geotjeori and kkakdugi](https://img.superchart.com/images/nowon-gamjatang-deep-broth/nowon-gamjatang-deep-broth-10-8b8b8-550.webp) ## Small gamjatang with handmade dough flakes Here is the basic banchan (side-dish) spread. They serve freshly made, pleasantly spicy geotjeori kimchi and kkakdugi radish kimchi—key details at a good gamjatang place!! The geotjeori was so clean and tasty. You have something to do before the gamjatang arrives! Prepare the handmade dough flakes, of course ヲヲヲ. Warming them with the heat from my hands and pulling them apart worked really well! It was fun, haha. The main gamjatang arrived! The pot was piled high with huge bones, savory ugeoji (dried cabbage greens), enoki mushrooms, perilla leaves, potatoes, and perilla seed powder!! I wanted to ladle broth over the top, but there were so many ingredients that the ladle would not even go in. Seriously, the best... Also, the gas burner here is really, really strong..! When I turned it to high, the flame came right up to the edge of the pot, hahaha. Be sure to control the heat well!!! ![Generous gamjatang boiling over high heat](https://img.superchart.com/images/nowon-gamjatang-deep-broth/nowon-gamjatang-deep-broth-11-sjlcu-530.webp) After letting it boil vigorously for about 10 minutes, we tried it! Each bone had such a thick amount of meat on it, and the deeply simmered broth had soaked beautifully into all the ingredients. You could really taste the perilla seed powder and ugeoji in the broth. ![Tender gamjatang meat separating easily from the bone](https://img.superchart.com/images/nowon-gamjatang-deep-broth/nowon-gamjatang-deep-broth-12-14mxm-550.webp) I pulled off a little of the meat. Maybe because it had been carefully simmered for such a long time, it slipped so softly away from the bone with just a touch of my chopsticks! The moist, tender texture of the meat was the best... ♥️ As we were getting close to finishing, we added the handmade dough flakes we had prepared! The broth had reduced, so we added more stock as well. We enjoyed it so much that I did not even manage to take photos ㅠㅠ. For reference, the small serving had six bones. We are both good eaters, but we were so full that we took a 30-minute walk afterward... We absolutely could not manage fried rice. Next time, I think I need to come back specifically for the fried rice.. haha. A Nowon gamjatang favorite with wonderfully tender meat and a deep broth, just as you would expect from a place with 30 years of tradition! Since it is open 24 hours, it is an easy place to visit anytime, so I definitely recommend stopping by. ## Where it is - Somunnan Gamjatang (소문난감자탕해장국) - 694 Deongneung-ro, Nowon-gu, Seoul, South Korea (서울특별시 노원구 덕릉로 694 1층 소문난감자탕) - 서울특별시 노원구 덕릉로 694 1층소문난감자탕 - 37.659592, 127.075563 - Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%EC%86%8C%EB%AC%B8%EB%82%9C%EA%B0%90%EC%9E%90%ED%83%95%ED%95%B4%EC%9E%A5%EA%B5%AD/@37.659592,127.075563,17z --- Superchart · https://superchart.com/en/@after-menu-seoul/nowon-gamjatang-deep-broth/ · https://superchart.com/llms.txt