Tongyeong brunch café with squid ink risotto: Brown Hands Tongyeong
In short
Brown Hands Tongyeong is an ocean-view brunch restaurant and café on the second floor of the Tongyeong Concert Hall building in Tongyeong, Gyeongnam. Two couples and their in-laws shared squid ink risotto at 19,000 won, burrata cheese tomato pasta at 20,000 won, Margherita pizza at 24,000 won and a pork cutlet at 16,000 won, and all four dishes were satisfying. Even the family living in Tongyeong had never heard of Brown Hands Tongyeong, which makes it a great sea-view Western restaurant for a group meal.
Good to know
- Location
- 2nd floor, 38 Keunbalgae 1-gil, Tongyeong-si, Gyeongnam (inside the Tongyeong Concert Hall building)
- Hours
- Mon–Sat 09:00–22:00 (last order 21:30), Sun 09:00–20:00 (last order 19:30)
- Parking
- Free at the Tongyeong Concert Hall parking lot
- Squid ink risotto
- 19,000 won
- Burrata cheese tomato pasta
- 20,000 won
- Margherita pizza
- 24,000 won
- Pork cutlet (donkkaseu)
- 16,000 won
- Discounts
- 1,000 won off drinks with your own tumbler, extra discount with running verification, 20% off for firefighters, police and military, 10% off for Tongyeong residents every Wednesday
- How to order
- Pay in advance at the front counter, café-style
- Price reference
- ₩1,000 ≈ $0.7 · ₩19,000 ≈ $14 · ₩20,000 ≈ $15 (2026-09-15)
as written by the visitor on Sep 15, 2026
My in-laws live in Tongyeong, so I go there often, but this time we decided to actually treat it like a trip! My husband and I went looking for a brunch café with a good view, and this is what we found!
Both my husband and my in-laws, who've lived in Tongyeong their whole lives, were like, "wait, there was a place like this in Tongyeong??" and were completely won over. ❤️
Where is Brown Hands Tongyeong? Hours and parking
Brown Hands Tongyeong (브라운핸즈 통영) is a brunch restaurant and café located inside the Tongyeong Concert Hall building. Parking at the Tongyeong Concert Hall lot is free.
Brown Hands Tongyeong
- Location: inside the Tongyeong Concert Hall building
- Hours: Mon–Sat 09:00–22:00 (last order 21:30) / Sun 09:00–20:00 (last order 19:30)
- Parking: free at Tongyeong Concert Hall
Walking up from the parking lot, you get a full view of the Tongyeong ocean the whole way, so I was already in a great mood before even stepping inside.
Inside, the ceilings are high and the walls are floor-to-ceiling glass, so you can take in the whole Tongyeong sea view from your seat.
Steak, pizza, pasta — totally recommend this as a Western-style restaurant in Tongyeong!
They also sell a nice variety of wine.
Inside Brown Hands Tongyeong: restaurant zone and café zone
Brown Hands Tongyeong has a very spacious interior, split into a restaurant side and a café side. Both zones felt wide open, so I left feeling really refreshed.
Even on a weekday morning it was busy. (My husband, who's from Tongyeong, kept saying, "how did I not know about this place... why didn't you bring me here sooner...")
You could tell every detail of the interior was thought through. Maybe because it's inside the concert hall, the design felt sophisticated, and there were quite a few foreign guests too.
No matter how many times you look, that Tongyeong view is amazing...
How to order at Brown Hands Tongyeong, plus tumbler and coupon discounts
You order and pay at the front counter, café-style! Since they run both brunch and café together, it seems the front counter handles all orders. There were four of us — my in-laws and my husband and I — and we ordered four dishes to share.
Our order
If you bring your own tumbler when ordering a drink, you get ₩1,000 off! There was also an extra discount for verifying a run, among other promotions. Haha.
They also had a Brown Hands stamp coupon — one stamp per main dish ordered — so it seemed like it would fill up fast.
Since we ordered four dishes, we got four stamps at once — here's how it looked.
Squid ink risotto, 19,000 won — the surprise favorite
Squid ink risotto is ₩19,000. Honestly I didn't expect much from a risotto, but it ended up being the dish everyone picked as the best. It was moist, with bits of squid throughout, cooked with squid ink.
Burrata cheese tomato pasta, 20,000 won
Burrata cheese tomato pasta is ₩20,000. The sauce was really delicious, and the burrata cheese on top was genuinely high-quality — it melted in my mouth. The pasta itself wasn't just one type of noodle either; it was a mix of two or three kinds, which made it even better!
Both dishes were so good! The risotto was less heavy than I expected and had a nice savory flavor, while the pasta was bright and savory too. If you like tomato pasta, this one is a guaranteed hit...!
Margherita wood-fired pizza, 24,000 won
Margherita pizza is ₩24,000. It's an authentic Italian wood-fired pizza, so the crust was chewy with that smoky wood-fired aroma — really good. I ate it right down to the crust.
The burrata cheese tomato pasta, squid ink risotto, and Margherita pizza were all delicious. Both my in-laws enjoyed everything too, which made me really happy >_< 🙂
It was great for sharing among several people, and the classic tomato-and-cheese combo kept things clean and tasty. It also paired really well with the other dishes.
Pork cutlet, 16,000 won, with generous sides
Surprisingly, the pork cutlet we ordered on a whim was also good. At ₩16,000 I thought, hmm, that's a bit pricey... but it came with salad, fruit, and both a cheese cutlet and a loin cutlet, so the portion was generous. Nice to be able to taste a bit of everything.
The cutlet was thick, crispy, and delicious — no complaints there!
Is Brown Hands Tongyeong worth it for brunch, pasta and the sea view?
Brunch, pasta, and an ocean-view café — Brown Hands Tongyeong nails all three, so I highly, highly recommend it!!!!! I stayed one night at the Tongyeong Stanford Hotel and had this delicious lunch here, haha.
There are discount promotions too!
- 20% off for firefighters, police, and military
- 10% off for Tongyeong residents every Wednesday
Where it is
38 Keunbalgae 1-gil, Tongyeong-si, Gyeongnam, South Korea, 2nd floor경상남도 통영시 큰발개1길 38 2층
