# Palgeo Station Vietnamese restaurant and movie date course: Raichen - By Saebom (https://superchart.com/en/@barstool-side-seat/) - Written Sep 14, 2026 - Local places › Restaurants › Buk-gu, Daegu - Sponsored: This is a store-visit sponsored post; the meal was provided by the restaurant. - English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@barstool-side-seat/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course/ - Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@barstool-side-seat/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course/index.md) ## In short Raichen Chilgok Branch is a Hanoi-style Vietnamese restaurant on the first floor of the Heat Town building on Dongcheon-ro 23-gil in Buk-gu, Daegu. Arriving just after the weekend lunch hour, we ordered three dishes at Raichen Chilgok Branch — Hanoi pho (rice noodle soup), charcoal-grilled bun cha and banh xeo (Vietnamese pancake) — and a Home Plus and a recliner-seat cinema sit right next door, so the meal flowed straight into a movie. It is the restaurant to recommend in Chilgok District 3 when you want Vietnamese food on a date. ## Good to know - **Address**: 1F, Units 108 and 109, 30-23 Dongcheon-ro 23-gil, Buk-gu, Daegu - **Hours**: Daily 11:00–21:15 (last order 20:30) - **Closed**: Every Monday - **Parking**: Free in the Heat Town building lot; on weekends and holidays you can also use the Statistics Korea lot across the street - **What we ordered**: Hanoi pho, charcoal-grilled bun cha, banh xeo - **Good to know**: Gluten-free and vegan options available, high chairs provided *as written by the visitor on Sep 14, 2026* Today's post is about a place I really love among Vietnamese restaurants — Raichen Chilgok Branch, haha. I've been swamped with work lately so posts have been sparse, and real life is so busy I haven't even been able to visit back everyone who's visited my blog... 😂 I said I'd visit back even if it's late, and I feel so sorry about that. Still, I'm here to share useful info actively 🥲 so please take whatever you need! ![Vietnamese food spread at Raichen Chilgok Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course-01-16jr0-900.webp) ## Raichen Chilgok Branch near Palgeo Station: a date course that ends at the cinema Raichen Chilgok Branch is a Vietnamese restaurant on the first floor of Heat Town near Palgeo Station in Daegu. There's a Home Plus right next door and a recliner-seat cinema too, so I highly recommend it as a date-course restaurant in Chilgok. My boyfriend and I ate here and then went to see a movie in the Odyssey recliner theater — the route was perfect, haha. So today, a restaurant that's delicious just from the photos!!! Let me properly introduce Raichen Chilgok Branch, a Palgeo Station spot I genuinely love!!!! ![Exterior of Raichen Chilgok Branch on the first floor of Heat Town](https://img.superchart.com/images/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course-02-97th8-900.webp) ![Entrance sign of Raichen Chilgok Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course-03-1nir4-900.webp) ## Raichen Chilgok Branch location, hours and parking - 📍1F 108, 109, 30-23 Dongcheon-ro 23-gil, Buk-gu, Daegu, South Korea - ⏰ Daily 11:00–21:15 (last order 20:30) - Closed every Monday - 🚗 Free parking at the Heat Town building lot / on weekends and holidays, use the Statistics Korea office parking lot across the street - 📌 Gluten-free and vegan menu options available / baby chairs provided I visited on a weekend, and since going into the parking lot felt like a hassle, I just parked across the street at the Statistics Korea office lot! It was a bit past lunchtime so the place was fairly quiet. ![Quiet storefront of Raichen Chilgok Branch a bit past weekend lunch hour](https://img.superchart.com/images/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course-04-zpqrp-900.webp) You can check the menu even from outside the restaurant. This is genuinely one of my favorite Vietnamese spots — a Dongcheon-dong, Daegu favorite — and I love that so many menu items are light enough for lunch. ![Raichen menu board displayed outside the restaurant](https://img.superchart.com/images/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course-05-1fg0b-900.webp) ![View near the entrance of Raichen Chilgok Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course-06-1sf9c-900.webp) ## Inside Raichen Chilgok Branch, and coming with kids The inside of Raichen Chilgok Branch has a warm Southeast Asian vibe overall 🍃, and the tables are spaced fairly wide apart so it's comfortable to eat here. They also have baby chairs, so I'd recommend it as a dinner spot near Palgeo Station for families with little ones too. ![Interior of Raichen Chilgok Branch with a Southeast Asian vibe](https://img.superchart.com/images/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course-07-1o50q-m-900.webp) ![Widely spaced tables and seating at Raichen Chilgok Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course-08-1r3ut-900.webp) ![Overview of the dining hall at Raichen Chilgok Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course-09-16xva-900.webp) The restaurant was kept really clean, which I loved even more. Each table has a tidy set of utensils, napkins, and wet wipes ready to go. ![Table setting with utensils and napkins](https://img.superchart.com/images/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course-10-1nl2k-900.webp) ![Menu of Raichen Chilgok Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course-11-1dayq-900.webp) ![Pho menu page at Raichen](https://img.superchart.com/images/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course-12-1aeur-900.webp) ![Bun cha and banh xeo menu page at Raichen](https://img.superchart.com/images/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course-13-ufmfv-900.webp) ![Side menu information at Raichen Chilgok Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course-14-qpjm1-900.webp) ![Drinks menu information at Raichen Chilgok Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course-15-mpu2p-900.webp) ![Sign for the receipt review event](https://img.superchart.com/images/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course-16-nmjbh-900.webp) ![Sign for the September discount event](https://img.superchart.com/images/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course-17-148ty-900.webp) Check out the menu and any ongoing events! There's a Naver receipt review event going on too, so be sure to take part and get a tasty freebie ~✨ There's also a discount event running in September at this Palgeo Station lunch favorite, Raichen! There's also a free condensed milk coffee coupon if you go on Naver, so if you're curious, go download it there 👍🏻 And at Raichen, a genuine pho favorite in Chilgok District 3, there are tips placed on the tables for how to enjoy the dishes best — definitely worth checking before you dig in! ![Table with pho, bun cha, and banh xeo all together](https://img.superchart.com/images/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course-18-bfn5z-900.webp) ## The three dishes we ordered at Raichen Ta-da ✨ our order arrived 😎 Raichen is already famous as an authentic Hanoi-style restaurant, made with a recipe the owner — who's from Hanoi — developed herself! What we ordered: - Hanoi-style pho - Charcoal-grilled bun cha - Banh xeo (Vietnamese savory pancake) Those three! I really like Raichen's pho because it's so clean-tasting, and I'm genuinely obsessed with banh xeo, while my younger sibling says the bun cha at Raichen is the best. My boyfriend, who came along, loved everything too, haha. ![A full serving of Raichen's charcoal-grilled bun cha](https://img.superchart.com/images/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course-19-rxfna-900.webp) ### Charcoal-grilled bun cha, full of smoky flavour Genuinely grilled over charcoal, this authentic Hanoi-style bun cha (grilled pork with rice noodles) is packed with smoky flavor! The smoky aroma hit the moment the dish arrived — it smelled amazing, and the visuals were so good I wanted to eat it right away. ![Bowl of bun cha sauce filled with meat](https://img.superchart.com/images/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course-20-1cz2s-900.webp) Bun cha is a dish where you dip noodles, vegetables, and nem (spring rolls) into a bowl loaded with smoky grilled meat and sauce, then scoop it all up together with the meat! There's really a generous amount of meat. ![Noodles and meat lifted together from the bun cha bowl](https://img.superchart.com/images/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course-21-1exmo-900.webp) Piling it up like this and eating it with the noodles — how could that not be delicious? The smoky flavor fills your whole mouth and the meat is so tender it's just amazing. The meatballs in Raichen's bun cha — this Chilgok, Daegu favorite — are also super soft, and the charcoal flavor makes them taste even better. I usually don't like meatball-style dishes, but I genuinely enjoyed this one 🤤💛 ![Charcoal-grilled meatball inside the bun cha](https://img.superchart.com/images/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course-22-xfo0a-900.webp) ### How the Hanoi pho broth tastes I love that the authentic Hanoi-style pho broth, simmered for 24 hours from beef bone and brisket, is clean but also rich and deep! ![Hanoi-style pho simmered from beef bone and brisket](https://img.superchart.com/images/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course-23-6xgew-1200.webp) The meat is so tender and pairs so well with the noodles. I like dipping it into Raichen's sauce along with the pickled onions — it's absolutely delicious! 👍🏻💛 ![Meat and noodles lifted from the pho bowl](https://img.superchart.com/images/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course-24-1008b-900.webp) ### Banh xeo: a generously sized Vietnamese pancake Next up — honestly, this is what I came to Raichen, this Chilgok, Daegu favorite, craving so badly — the Vietnamese pancake, banh xeo!! It's genuinely huge and packed with generous fillings inside, so it's really delicious... the best 👍🏻 You place lettuce, banh xeo, and pickles onto a dry rice paper wrap right there and roll it up — it's genuinely delicious. Honestly, Raichen's banh xeo is so hearty in size that I cut it in half before wrapping, and it's still huge even then 🤓👍🏻👍🏻 Wrapped up neatly and dipped into the nuoc mam sauce, the crunch of the vegetables and pickles, the sweet-tangy sauce, the savory flavor of the banh xeo itself, and the varied flavors of the seafood all come together in harmony ~ Genuinely delicious, so I highly recommend it!! 💛 ## Why we would go back to Raichen Chilgok Branch Raichen's pork trotter rice is also really, really delicious, so I recommend it too! All three dishes we ordered were amazing, and my boyfriend and I left completely satisfied, haha 🤪 Recommending Raichen Chilgok Branch as a great restaurant in Chilgok District 3, Daegu! Whenever you're craving Vietnamese food, go check it out ~🤩 ## Where it is - Raichen Chilgok Branch (라이첸 칠곡점) - 1F 108, 109, 30-23 Dongcheon-ro 23-gil, Buk-gu, Daegu, South Korea - 대구광역시 북구 동천로23길 30-23 1층 108호, 109호 - 35.9438855, 128.5569126 - Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B4%EC%B2%B8%20%EC%B9%A0%EA%B3%A1%EC%A0%90/@35.9438855,128.5569126,17z --- Superchart · https://superchart.com/en/@barstool-side-seat/laichen-chilgok-palgeo-vietnamese-date-course/ · https://superchart.com/llms.txt