Daegu Jongno makchang restaurant with ganjjamppong ramen: Bongja

Bongja Makchang Daegu Jongno Branch is a makchang (grilled pork intestine) restaurant located at 49-1 Jongno, 1F, Jung-gu, Daegu, just up the road from Exit 1 of Jungangno Station. It's open Mon–Thu 17:00–02:00 and Fri–Sun 16:00–02:00, last order 00:30, and there's no parking.

How long is the Friday night wait at Bongja Makchang Daegu Jongno Branch?

We visited on a Friday evening — Bongja Makchang Daegu Jongno Branch is right up the road from Exit 1 of Jungangno Station! Even though we went late in the evening, there was a wait, so let me tell you about it~!

Inside Bongja Makchang Daegu Jongno Branch

Inside the shop there's a table-waiting kiosk, so you can put your name down and check your number via KakaoTalk. Our table was cleared right after we registered, so we only waited about 5 minutes.

Bongja Makchang is great for family dinners, dates, or hangouts with friends. It's known as one of the famous makchang spots in Daegu, so even late in the evening it was packed with customers.

Bongja Makchang menu and prices

Most people order the set here — you pick 2 from raw makchang, seasoned makchang, raw pork belly, raw pork neck, frozen pork belly, and beef brisket, served as one platter. The platter costs ₩43,000! There were also side dishes like chicken feet, braised pork belly, tteokbokki (spicy rice cakes), kimchi noodles, and pork skin, plus meal options like pork stew, beef brisket doenjang stew, doenjang stew, and self-serve fried rice — perfect whether you're here for drinks or a full meal 🐷

For drinks there was soju, beer, cheongha, and highball, all priced at ₩5,000!

Bongja Makchang review event: what you get

Bongja Makchang was also running a receipt/Naver review event! Participate and you can choose between pork skin, self-serve fried rice, or a drink — make sure you claim it if you visit 👍🏻

Side dishes and free steamed egg at Bongja Makchang

Even though it's a makchang restaurant, Bongja Makchang serves quite a lot of banchan (side dishes). (Usually you just get makjang dipping sauce, garlic, and chili.) Here you get kimchi, bean sprouts, and jaeraegi (young radish kimchi) too — a generous spread!

First, since I was thirsty, cheers~~~🥹

The egg custard that comes as default was super soft and delicious! And the crazy part is that it's unlimited refill with no extra charge!! Perfect to munch on while waiting for the makchang.

Raw makchang and pork belly Bongja platter, 43,000 won

• One plate + one plate: ₩43,000

For our Bongja Platter we ordered raw makchang and raw pork belly, and it was so easy to eat because the staff placed everything straight on the stone griddle and grilled it all for us. The gosari (bracken fern) that came with the platter was also included, and the combination of pork belly and gosari was really delicious!

Do I even need to say it — the makchang was so savory and delicious. It's good on its own, but dipping it in the makjang sauce loaded with chili is the real move!

For the pork belly, I dipped it in galchi sokjeot (fermented hairtail intestine sauce) and also ate it together with the gosari — it was nice to mix and match. It was so good we polished it all off in no time haha 🐷🔥

Free unlimited ramen and patbingsu at Bongja Makchang

There's an unlimited ramen corner tucked in a corner of the restaurant,,,!!! You can eat 7 kinds of ramen for free, and honestly the makchang-and-ramen combo is irresistible ㅠ

After finishing all the meat, we had one ganjjamppong (dry jjamppong noodles) for dessert. Why is it so good when I haven't had it in a while.

real-final-dessert.jpg Bongja Makchang's service is so generous you'd wonder if there's anything left to give — but they even hand out free patbingsu! Loaded with cornflakes, it's an unbeatable combo.

real-real-final-dessert.jpg When we paid and were heading out, we even got a green grape candy on the way — so full and so satisfied.

Who Bongja Makchang Daegu Jongno Branch is best for

Bongja Makchang is well known as a top makchang spot in Daegu. It's not just makchang — you can enjoy a variety of meats on one platter, which made it a great choice. Highly recommend it for a Daegu date, family dinner, or work dinner 👍🏻