# Upstairs seats at Cheonghwawon, a Daehangno dim sum noodle house - By Yerin Chae (https://superchart.com/en/@bugahyeon-quiet-brew/) - Written Sep 16, 2026 - Local places › Restaurants › Jongno, Seoul - Sponsored: This post was written as part of a paid store visit sponsorship. - English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@bugahyeon-quiet-brew/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum/ - Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@bugahyeon-quiet-brew/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum/index.md) ## In short Cheonghwawon Daehangno Branch is a Chinese and dim sum restaurant spread over two floors on Daemyeong-gil in Jongno, Seoul, about 166m from Hyehwa Station Exit 4. After a play in Daehangno, two of us found the first floor full, took a table on the second floor and ordered beef knife-cut noodles (uyuk dosakmyeon), sujeongdal mandu and shumai. The beef noodles were mild rather than strongly spiced, making Cheonghwawon an easy stop for sharing noodles and dim sum after a show. ## Good to know - **Address**: 1F & 2F, 36 Daemyeong-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul (Cheonghwawon Daehangno Branch) - **Hours**: 11:00–22:20 (last order 21:50) - **Location**: About 166m from Hyehwa Station Exit 4 - **Seating**: First and second floor; the first floor was full on this visit, so we sat upstairs - **What we ordered**: Beef knife-cut noodles (uyuk dosakmyeon), sujeongdal mandu, shumai - **Side dishes**: Self-serve corner (peanuts, zhacai) plus a basic table setting - **Good to know**: The sign reads "Daehan Uyukmyeon," which can be confusing *as written by the visitor on Sep 16, 2026* After watching a play with a friend in Daehangno, I somehow get even hungrier. Looking for somewhere we could chat about the show over a relaxed meal, we ended up at Cheonghwawon Daehangno Branch. ![Visit photo of Cheonghwawon Daehangno Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum-01-fkkck-900.webp) Since it's close enough to grab a meal right after the show, this time we did a play-then-dinner combo. It's a place where you can order Chinese noodle dishes and dim sum together, so it worked well for sharing a bit of everything with a friend. ## Where is Cheonghwawon Daehangno Branch, and what are its hours? Cheonghwawon Daehangno Branch sits on the 1st and 2nd floors of a building on Daemyeong-gil, a Daehangno side street in Jongno-gu, Seoul. It's open 11:00–22:20 with last order at 21:50, and it's about 166m from Hyehwa Station Exit 4 — an easy walk from a Daehangno show. As you can see in the photo, the signage on the building is easy to spot, so it wasn't hard to find. Inside, there are tables set up nicely for chatting with a friend about the show over dinner. - 🏘️Address: 1F & 2F, 36 Daemyeong-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Cheonghwawon Daehangno Branch - ⏰Hours: 11:00–22:20 (last order 21:50) - 🚇About 166m from Hyehwa Station Exit 4 The green sign is easy to spot from a distance, but it actually reads 'Daehan Wooyukmyeon,' which can throw you off if you're looking for the name Cheonghwawon. ![Exterior of Cheonghwawon Daehangno Branch with its green sign](https://img.superchart.com/images/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum-02-1p9bx-900.webp) ![Entrance of Cheonghwawon Daehangno Branch on Daemyeong-gil](https://img.superchart.com/images/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum-03-qvfqq-900.webp) ![Vertical photo of the Cheonghwawon Daehangno Branch building sign](https://img.superchart.com/images/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum-04-1m3cv-900.webp) ## First floor full: what the second floor of Cheonghwawon is like The restaurant is split across the 1st and 2nd floors, and when we visited, the 1st floor was completely full, so we settled in upstairs. ![Table inside Cheonghwawon Daehangno Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum-05-17eco-900.webp) ![Second-floor seating at Cheonghwawon Daehangno Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum-06-u59ph-900.webp) ![Interior atmosphere of Cheonghwawon Daehangno Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum-07-mm7pp-900.webp) On the way upstairs, we spotted the dim sum steamer. ![Dim sum steamer seen on the way to the 2nd floor](https://img.superchart.com/images/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum-08-k7941-900.webp) This is the self-serve side dish corner, with peanuts and zhacai (Chinese pickled mustard tuber). You get a basic setting at first, and if you need more you can help yourself here. ![Self-serve side dish corner with peanuts and zhacai](https://img.superchart.com/images/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum-09-jglxd-900.webp) ## What we ordered at Cheonghwawon: beef knife-cut noodles, sujeongdal mandu, shumai On this visit we ordered three things at Cheonghwawon Daehangno Branch: woo-yuk-do-sak-myeon (beef knife-cut noodles), sujeongdal mandu, and shumai. ![Table set with beef knife-cut noodles and dim sum](https://img.superchart.com/images/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum-10-pfp4n-900.webp) Pairing one noodle dish with dim sum made for a pretty solid spread. Each dim sum item had a different shape too, which made the table fun to look at. ![Two differently shaped dim sum dishes](https://img.superchart.com/images/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum-11-m9dfe-900.webp) ![Close-up of Cheonghwawon dim sum](https://img.superchart.com/images/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum-12-4m5by-900.webp) ### Beef knife-cut noodles (uyuk dosakmyeon): mild, not strongly spiced First up, the beef knife-cut noodles. My friend is always a bit picky about the smell in Chinese food, but Cheonghwawon's version had a mild aroma that made it easy to enjoy without worry. Unlike regular noodles, the do-sak-myeon (hand-shaved noodles) had that distinctive chewy bite, which made the texture fun. Eating the broth and noodles together, you just keep going bowl after bowl. It was the perfect dish to eat while chatting about the play with a friend. ![Beef knife-cut noodles with broth](https://img.superchart.com/images/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum-13-13uwc-900.webp) ![Lifting up a strand of the knife-cut noodles](https://img.superchart.com/images/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum-14-1fyv8-900.webp) Seeing my friend enjoy it and say the aroma wasn't overwhelming made me happy too. ![A bowl of beef knife-cut noodles shared with a friend](https://img.superchart.com/images/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum-15-wwruq-900.webp) ### Sujeongdal mandu: a good chive and shrimp filling Next, the sujeongdal mandu. The translucent dumpling skin caught my eye first, and when I actually tried it, the skin was thin and had a nice chewy texture. ![Sujeongdal mandu with translucent dumpling skin](https://img.superchart.com/images/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum-16-2i85w-1200.webp) Inside were chives and shrimp, so you get both the chive aroma and the shrimp flavor together. Dim sum is always fun for trying a little bit of many things, and having one more dish like this made the meal feel much more varied. ![Plate of sujeongdal mandu with chives and shrimp](https://img.superchart.com/images/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum-17-1dusg-900.webp) ![Vertical photo of a sujeongdal mandu cross-section](https://img.superchart.com/images/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum-18-1thw8-900.webp) ### Shumai at Cheonghwawon: pretty to look at, easy to share Last was the shumai. With the yellow and white showing together, it caught my eye just for how pretty it looked. ![Shumai in yellow and white](https://img.superchart.com/images/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum-19-17y88-900.webp) ![Close-up of a plate of shumai dim sum](https://img.superchart.com/images/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum-20-cnsqd-900.webp) It was a very photogenic dish, but it wasn't just pretty — the meat had a decent chewy bite too. It was a different texture from the softer dim sum, so eating it alongside the sujeongdal mandu gave us two different kinds of appeal. ## Is Cheonghwawon a good dinner stop after a Daehangno play? This time I went with a friend, but I think Cheonghwawon Daehangno Branch would be a good pairing for anyone looking for a play-then-dinner date course in Daehangno. Rather than just watching a show and parting ways, there's a certain fun in continuing the conversation over dinner — like "wasn't that scene earlier hilarious?" ![Noodle dish and dim sum arranged together for the meal](https://img.superchart.com/images/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum-21-2jm1e-900.webp) Cheonghwawon in particular lets you order noodles and dim sum together, so it seems well-suited for days when you want to share a variety of dishes rather than stick to just one. ![Vertical photo of dim sum and noodles at Cheonghwawon Daehangno Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum-22-1g4dw-900.webp) ![Cheonghwawon spread that's good for sharing](https://img.superchart.com/images/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum-23-14gkl-900.webp) What stuck with me that day was the beef knife-cut noodles' mild aroma and chewy texture, the sujeongdal mandu's thin and chewy skin, and the shumai that was both pretty and satisfyingly chewy. ![Table at Cheonghwawon Daehangno Branch after finishing the meal](https://img.superchart.com/images/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum-24-xegon-m-900.webp) If you're wondering where to eat after watching a play in Daehangno, it's worth finding somewhere close to the theater that's easy to walk to and making a meal of it. ## Where it is - Cheonghwawon Daehangno Branch (청화원 대학로점) - 1F & 2F, 36 Daemyeong-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea - 서울특별시 종로구 대명길 36 1층, 2층 청화원 대학로점 - 37.5831141, 126.9995958 - Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%EC%B2%AD%ED%99%94%EC%9B%90%20%EB%8C%80%ED%95%99%EB%A1%9C%EC%A0%90/@37.5831141,126.9995958,17z --- Superchart · https://superchart.com/en/@bugahyeon-quiet-brew/daehangno-cheonghwawon-beef-noodle-dimsum/ · https://superchart.com/llms.txt