Seolleung blind date restaurant with table-grilled steak set: Kkuudeok

I was craving pasta near Seolleung Station and went looking, and ended up at "Kkuudeok Seolleung Main Branch," famous as a date spot and blind-date restaurant near Seolleung Station.

Kkuudeok Seolleung Main Branch location and hours

• Kkuudeok Seolleung Main Branch
• 1F Sui Building, 16 Seolleung-ro 82-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea
• Daily 11:00–21:00
• Break time 15:00–16:30
• Last order 14:30, 20:30
• Waiting area, easy pay (Naver Pay), takeout, reservations, Zero Pay

It's about a 5-minute walk from Seolleung Station Exit 2. Being so close to the station made it pretty convenient as a meeting spot.

For a blind date, a location that's easy for both people to reach matters a lot, and since it's near Seolleung Station, it'd work well as a blind-date spot too.

Interior and seating

There are about 8 tables for 4, and the overall gray-toned, modern, clean, and upscale vibe makes it a good pick for a blind date or a wedding-invitation gathering.

When I visited in the evening, there were couples on dates in the restaurant too, and the atmosphere was good for chatting over steak and pasta — it suits everything from a first blind-date meeting to catching up with friends at a wedding-invitation gathering.

How does the waiting work

If you need to wait, you can use the CatchTable set up in front of the restaurant, and there's also a waiting-chair area tucked inside the store, so I could sit comfortably while I waited.

What's in the Kkuudeok set

You order easily using the tablet at the table.

They had a Kkuudeok set that lets you eat a generous variety of menu items at a good value, so I went with the set.

It comes with 1 steak + 2 pastas + 2 drinks, and you can swap the steak or pasta for another menu item for an extra charge, so you can tailor it to your taste.

• Premium chuckflap steak
• Spicy crab cream pasta
• Shrimp rosé risotto
• Rye bread x2 with butter cream cheese

On the table there was parmesan cheese, pepper, and spicy seasoning powder ready to go, plus cucumber pickles served alongside.

Chuckflap steak, grilled yourself at the table

The steak comes pre-seared to about rare, and you grill it further at the table to your preferred doneness.

The plating came out clean, and along with the thick chuckflap steak, there was a generous, good-value spread of garnishes — oyster mushrooms, corn, jalapeño, and wasabi.

You melt butter in the pan, put the steak on, and grill it to whatever degree you like.

The flame isn't too strong, so you can take your time cooking it slowly.

While grilling the steak, I could also eat pasta and chat with the person I came with, which was nice. That's exactly why I thought it'd actually work well as a blind-date spot.

This isn't a place where you just eat quickly and leave — grilling the steak yourself naturally keeps the conversation going, so if you're looking for a date restaurant or blind-date spot near Seolleung Station, this is it.

The meat was so thick~~ Dipped in the soy sauce that came with it, topped with wasabi and whole grain mustard, it was tender and delicious.

Spicy crab cream pasta

There's a raw egg yolk sitting on top of the cream pasta with crab meat, so I popped the yolk and mixed it well with the sauce and noodles.

Since it's a cream pasta with crab, I was a little worried it might have a fishy taste, but no need to worry about that at all~~

The flavor of the crab meat and the thick cream sauce went really well together — it's delicious!! This is a real pasta restaurant!! I don't usually go out of my way to eat cream pasta, but this was so good I scraped up every bit of sauce.

The noodles were cooked just right, and the slight spiciness cut down on the usual heaviness of cream, so I kept wanting more.

Rye bread + butter cream cheese

The rye bread I ordered as a side comes out perfectly crisp.

It's great dipped in the cream pasta sauce, and completely amazing spread with butter cream cheese!! If you order the cream pasta, try the rye bread with it too.

Shrimp rosé risotto

The rice grains were cooked just the right amount — not too mushy, still with a bit of bite.

The rosé sauce blended in so well that I thought it'd make a great pasta sauce too, not just for risotto.

I thought ordering cream pasta and risotto together might end up too heavy, but it was better balanced than expected. There were plump shrimp in it too, adding a good bite — good, good!

You get to enjoy steak and pasta while soaking in the atmosphere, so if you're looking for a wedding-invitation gathering spot or blind-date restaurant near Seolleung Station, give Kkuudeok Seolleung Main Branch a visit.