Seocho poke restaurant for solo meals and wraps: Olla Poke

Olla Poke Seocho Gyodae Branch location and information

📍 Location: B1, 54 Banpo-daero 28-gil, Seocho-gu, Seoul, South Korea, Olla Poke Seocho Gyodae Branch (서울특별시 서초구 반포대로28길 54 지하 1층) 🚇 Transit: Walkable from Gyodae Station and Seocho Station 🚗 Parking: Seocho Hyundai Parking / ₩5,000 per 30 minutes / maximum ₩40,000 🕐 Hours: 10:30–21:00 ⏰ Break time: 14:00–16:30 / closed weekends

Good seating for solo dining near Gyodae Station

There were outlets throughout the restaurant, so it felt like a nice setting for a simple meal alone while using a laptop or phone. There was a good variety of seating, from counter tables for a solo salad meal near Gyodae Station to two-person tables and tables that can be pushed together for a group. One side also had slightly separated seating, which seemed especially comfortable for anyone who feels self-conscious eating alone in a wide-open dining room.

From poke and salad wraps to evening pizza and drinks

Alongside the standard poke bowls, there were poke options and salad-wrap-and-soup sets, making it easy to choose according to your appetite or how much you wanted to eat. Recommended sauces were listed next to the poke menu too, which was handy. The salad-wrap choices had expanded beyond the original chicken breast and smoked duck to include avocado and salmon, so there was even more variety!

In the evening, you can also check pizza options on the kiosk, including steak pizza, Hawaiian shrimp pizza, and original double-cheese pizza, so it was easy to pick something that suited your taste. There was a wide range of alcohol as well, from Cass, Terra, and Corona beers to highballs and soju, so this Seocho Station salad lunch spot seems like it would have a completely different atmosphere at night!

Office-worker event and outside-food policy

They were also running a business-card event for office workers. Just drop your business card into the entry box and you're in, so if you work near Gyodae Station, it could be fun to enter casually while stopping by for a meal. First prize is a ₩30,000 Olla Poke meal voucher, second is ₩20,000, and third is ₩10,000; ten participation-prize winners receive a free cheese bake or hotteok ice cream with a pizza order.

Also, if you order just one alcoholic drink, you can eat outside delivery food there too. I thought that was uniquely nice for those situations where you don't want salad but your friend or partner absolutely needs to eat salad for their diet—you don't have to force yourselves to match menus and can each eat what you want. It would work well when people going out to eat together have different tastes, too. Even visiting with someone who hates salad? OK!

With an ISENS partnership, you can choose one benefit: extra chicken-breast topping, 3 extra garlic shrimp, or a drink. Since you can get an extra topping or drink, eligible visitors may want to check the benefit before their meal.

Self-service bar and takeaway coffee

The self-service bar had the basic yuja soy sauce and sesame soy sauce, along with little things you might need while eating, such as hair ties, mouthwash, and straws. In particular, the hair ties were separately provided rather than just disposable rubber bands, which felt thoughtful.

There was also a coffee machine on one side, nice for a light drink while waiting for your food or alongside your meal. The coffee came in two choices—Americano and a lighter Americano—so you could choose to suit your taste.

Ice was available too, so you could add ice to a cup, fill it with coffee, put the lid on, and take it away right away. It was nice to be able to take coffee with me after eating, and having coffee sorted in the same place saved both time and effort at this convenient Seocho Station salad lunch spot. It had been scorching hot, then the weather suddenly turned cold, and I mindlessly added ice—so cold... Who knew it would get this chilly so suddenly ㅠㅜㅠㅜ

Custom poke and takeaway-wrap combination

How do you like to eat Olla Poke? If I have chicken breast at home, I tend to take home a ₩7,500 custom poke bowl and add my own chicken breast for an easy, good-value meal. On days when I can't be bothered, my favorite combination is tuna sashimi or salmon sashimi poke with wasabi sauce and soy sauce.

The tuna or salmon sashimi always comes with a really generous amount of topping, so I am always satisfied. Olla Poke's house-made sauces are tasty too and go well with the poke, so I recommend it for a solo salad meal near Gyodae Station.

Today, I had to sort out a meal quickly between appointments, so I took away a wrap as well. It had jalapeños inside, giving it a spicy but clean flavor, and it was delicious. Next time, I think adding jalapeños to a poke bowl would be tasty too :)

With such a varied menu, from poke and salad wraps to pizza, Olla Poke Seocho Gyodae Branch was good not only for a solo salad meal near Gyodae Station but also for drinking alone, while groups could comfortably choose whatever each person wanted. If you are looking for somewhere near Gyodae or Seocho Station to get a light yet filling meal, I recommend stopping by at least once :)