# Tongyeong brunch café with squid ink risotto: Brown Hands Tongyeong - By Yuan (https://superchart.com/en/@busan-coffee-hours/) - Written Sep 15, 2026 - Local places › Restaurants › Tongyeong, Gyeongnam - Sponsored: This visit was sponsored by the business. - English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@busan-coffee-hours/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch/ - Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@busan-coffee-hours/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch/index.md) ## 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. ❤️ ![Exterior view of Brown Hands Tongyeong inside the Tongyeong Concert Hall building](https://img.superchart.com/images/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch-01-zd8do-900.webp) ## 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 ![Entrance signage for Brown Hands Tongyeong](https://img.superchart.com/images/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch-02-1c9pd-900.webp) 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. ![Tongyeong ocean view seen while walking up from the parking lot to the restaurant](https://img.superchart.com/images/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch-03-1kp6j-1200.webp) 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. ![High-ceilinged interior of Brown Hands Tongyeong with floor-to-ceiling windows](https://img.superchart.com/images/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch-04-12qzb-900.webp) Steak, pizza, pasta — totally recommend this as a Western-style restaurant in Tongyeong! ![Menu board listing steak, pizza, and pasta at Brown Hands Tongyeong](https://img.superchart.com/images/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch-05-vhplw-900.webp) They also sell a nice variety of wine. ![Variety of wines on display at Brown Hands Tongyeong](https://img.superchart.com/images/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch-06-1uutj-900.webp) ![Spacious interior split into restaurant and café zones](https://img.superchart.com/images/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch-07-ejlqy-900.webp) ![Seating area in the café zone at Brown Hands Tongyeong](https://img.superchart.com/images/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch-08-9t00x-900.webp) ## 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...") ![Carefully chosen interior decor details at Brown Hands Tongyeong](https://img.superchart.com/images/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch-09-xdc5q-900.webp) ![Stylish corner of the interior at Brown Hands Tongyeong](https://img.superchart.com/images/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch-10-pwgym-900.webp) 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. ![Window seating with a view of the Tongyeong sea through the glass wall](https://img.superchart.com/images/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch-11-ti0s1-900.webp) ![View of the Tongyeong sea from inside Brown Hands Tongyeong](https://img.superchart.com/images/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch-12-yfzyo-900.webp) No matter how many times you look, that Tongyeong view is amazing... ![Ocean view of Tongyeong spread out beyond the window](https://img.superchart.com/images/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch-13-1oovv-900.webp) ## 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 ![네 명이 주문한 브라운핸즈 통영 주문 내역](https://img.superchart.com/images/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch-14-1aq41-900.webp) 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. ![Signage explaining promotions like the tumbler discount](https://img.superchart.com/images/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch-15-yc4lr-900.webp) They also had a Brown Hands stamp coupon — one stamp per main dish ordered — so it seemed like it would fill up fast. ![Brown Hands stamp coupon, one stamp per main dish](https://img.superchart.com/images/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch-16-1hhr8-900.webp) Since we ordered four dishes, we got four stamps at once — here's how it looked. ![Coupon with four stamps stamped in](https://img.superchart.com/images/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch-17-1ookx-900.webp) ## 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. ![A plate of squid ink risotto at Brown Hands Tongyeong](https://img.superchart.com/images/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch-18-xwb19-900.webp) ## 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! ![Tomato pasta topped with burrata cheese](https://img.superchart.com/images/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch-19-1tp7y-900.webp) 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. ![Wood-fired Margherita pizza](https://img.superchart.com/images/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch-20-6whmo-900.webp) ![Table spread with pasta, risotto, and pizza together](https://img.superchart.com/images/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch-21-99pdf-900.webp) 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 >_< 🙂 ![Slices of Margherita pizza, easy to share among several people](https://img.superchart.com/images/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch-22-1epb1-900.webp) 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 plate served with salad and fruit](https://img.superchart.com/images/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch-23-1aj9f-900.webp) ## 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. ![Cross-section of a thick, crispy-fried pork cutlet](https://img.superchart.com/images/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch-24-108w4-900.webp) 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 - Brown Hands Tongyeong (브라운핸즈 통영) - 38 Keunbalgae 1-gil, Tongyeong-si, Gyeongnam, South Korea, 2nd floor - 경상남도 통영시 큰발개1길 38 2층 - 34.8261782, 128.4399778 - Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%EB%B8%8C%EB%9D%BC%EC%9A%B4%ED%95%B8%EC%A6%88%20%ED%86%B5%EC%98%81/@34.8261782,128.4399778,17z --- Superchart · https://superchart.com/en/@busan-coffee-hours/brownhands-tongyeong-oceanview-family-brunch/ · https://superchart.com/llms.txt