# Yatap food alley chicken restaurant: herbal nurungji chicken and beer

- By Jiho Yeon (https://superchart.com/en/@dongtan-spoon-diary/)
- Written Sep 19, 2026
- Local places › Restaurants › Seongnam, Gyeonggi
- Sponsored: This post was written as a sponsored visit to the restaurant.
- English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@dongtan-spoon-diary/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken/
- Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@dongtan-spoon-diary/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken/index.md)

## In short

Jangjakkun Yatap Direct Branch is an oak-fired whole chicken restaurant in the food alley by Yatap Station in Seongnam, Gyeonggi, opened in July 2026. The best-selling herbal nurungji (scorched rice) whole chicken came with Hanmac draft beer and rice balls, and although the chicken is never deep-fried, it was crisp outside, moist inside and deeply smoky. Between the roasting oak fire you can watch and the camping-like mood, Jangjakkun is worth the trip near Yatap Station.

## Good to know

- **Hours**: Daily 16:30–24:00 (last order 23:00)
- **Opening time**: Weekdays 16:30, weekends and holidays 16:00
- **Parking**: None
- **Location**: B1 and 1F, 5 Jangmi-ro 92beon-gil, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do
- **Dishes tried**: Herbal nurungji whole chicken, draft beer (Hanmac), rice balls
- **Layout**: Dining hall up a half-flight of stairs past the lobby, group seating available
- **Self-serve bar**: Side dishes, utensils, bowls, plates and sauces

*as written by the visitor on Sep 19, 2026*

Today I visited a chicken restaurant near Yatap that I'm excited to review — Jangjakkun Yatap Direct Branch, a firewood barbecue chicken spot in the Yatap Station food alley. Let's get into it!

Sizzling on a hot iron plate, oak-fired herbal chicken! This is Jangjakkun Yatap Direct Branch, a chicken restaurant in the Yatap food alley haha.

![Oak-fired herbal chicken served on an iron plate](https://img.superchart.com/images/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken-01-1apwh-966.webp)

## What is Jangjakkun Yatap Direct Branch? A new chicken spot in the Yatap food alley

Jangjakkun Yatap Direct Branch is an oak-fired whole chicken restaurant in the Yatap Station food alley. It used to be a different restaurant, but reopened fresh in July 2026 — one of the newest spots in the Yatap alley haha.

![Exterior of Jangjakkun Yatap Direct Branch in the Yatap food alley](https://img.superchart.com/images/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken-02-lbysf-1200.webp)

They open at 16:30 on weekdays and 16:00 on weekends and holidays. Since it takes 90 minutes to carefully prepare the chicken over firewood, if you time your visit around when the chicken comes out, you'll get to enjoy it at its best haha.

![Entrance signage at Jangjakkun Yatap Direct Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken-03-ulqz2-966.webp)

They roast it for 90 minutes using oak's radiant heat, stuffed with glutinous rice, ginseng, jujube, garlic, ginkgo nuts, black rice, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds and more, so you get a flavor like nurungji (scorched rice) on an iron plate haha.

![Signage explaining chicken roasted with oak's radiant heat](https://img.superchart.com/images/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken-04-15ajc-966.webp)

![Introduction of the herbal-ingredient nurungji whole chicken](https://img.superchart.com/images/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken-05-epd2i-966.webp)

## Watching the oak fire: a camping mood at Jangjakkun

Off to one side of the restaurant, chicken slowly barbecues over firewood at Jangjakkun Yatap Direct Branch — the colors change floor by floor haha. Watching it turn round and round, and just staring at the fire, made it a bit of a landmark spot in its own way haha.

![Firewood barbecue roaster to one side of the restaurant](https://img.superchart.com/images/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken-06-pmo8i-966.webp)

There was firewood stacked up too, which gave it a real camping feel. Camping, at Yatap Station, of all places haha.

![Firewood stacked up inside the restaurant](https://img.superchart.com/images/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken-07-10l5q-966.webp)

## Layout, seating and the self-serve bar at Jangjakkun Yatap

The layout of Jangjakkun Yatap Direct Branch is a little unique — past the lobby there are stairs, and up a half-flight you reach the hall. The lobby is spacious enough that it seemed like 2-3 more tables could fit, which felt like a bit of a missed opportunity haha.

![Lobby and stairs leading up to the half-flight level](https://img.superchart.com/images/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken-08-1em1m-966.webp)

![Spacious lobby area at Jangjakkun Yatap Direct Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken-09-1o4fx-966.webp)

Still, once you go up the half-flight of stairs, there are plenty of tables and enough space to accommodate group customers. It was crowded so I couldn't get proper photos, but the space is actually bigger than it looks in pictures — worth keeping in mind.

![Table seating in the half-flight-up hall](https://img.superchart.com/images/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken-10-csdj8-966.webp)

![Interior of the hall that can seat group customers](https://img.superchart.com/images/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken-11-132vu-966.webp)

There's also a self-serve bar where you can grab extra side dishes if you run out, and above the side dishes there are utensils, bowls, plates, and even sauces, so it was nice being able to just help yourself.

![Self-serve bar with side dishes, utensils and sauces](https://img.superchart.com/images/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken-12-dxont-966.webp)

## Jangjakkun menu and how the table is set

Here's the menu at Jangjakkun Yatap Direct Branch, the Yatap chicken restaurant — starting with the best-selling herbal nurungji whole chicken, they have all kinds of barbecue-style whole chicken. The half-and-half nurungji chicken, which fits today's trend of wanting variety, was also a best-seller. I'm planning to try the half-and-half version next time haha.

![Menu board listing herbal nurungji chicken and half-and-half nurungji chicken](https://img.superchart.com/images/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken-13-o4gc1-966.webp)

This is how the table setting comes out — surprisingly, they gave us gatkimchi (mustard leaf kimchi) haha. Since it's nurungji chicken, kimchi comes as a side dish at Jangjakkun Yatap Direct Branch.

![Table setting with gatkimchi](https://img.superchart.com/images/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken-14-ijpq2-966.webp)

## How does the herbal nurungji whole chicken taste? Crisp outside, juicy inside, smoky

The herbal nurungji whole chicken arrived, and the outside looked really crispy. Thinking about how this chicken endured 90 grueling minutes over the oak fire just to meet me, I got a little emotional haha. You worked hard, now I'll enjoy you properly and appreciate every bite. That's the kind of moment I shared with this chicken — with my tongue, of course haha.

![Whole herbal nurungji chicken served on an iron plate](https://img.superchart.com/images/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken-15-58dv2-966.webp)

I was surprised at how softly the meat pulled apart, and surprised again by how moist it was. Crispy outside, moist inside — and it wasn't even deep-fried in oil. How is this even possible...

![Softly pulled-apart chicken meat](https://img.superchart.com/images/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken-16-vyyq8-966.webp)

![Crispy outside, moist inside firewood-roasted chicken](https://img.superchart.com/images/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken-17-1a7f1-966.webp)

Because it's smoked over wood, it tasted really clean yet you could really taste the aroma of the wood — it felt like eating with your nose as much as your mouth haha. The skin was nicely salty, and there were three sauces — seasoned sauce, salt, and spicy sauce — so you could dip according to your taste.

![Three sauces: seasoned, salt, and spicy](https://img.superchart.com/images/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken-18-k70f4-m-966.webp)

![A piece of smoked chicken dipped in sauce](https://img.superchart.com/images/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken-19-1d1ub-966.webp)

## Draft beer at Jangjakkun: Hanmac, with large sizes too

Of course, being a chicken restaurant, they have draft beer — the draft at Jangjakkun Yatap Direct Branch is Hanmac. Rich foam and fizzy bubbles made for a really tasty beer haha. I'd say it matches the atmosphere of Jangjakkun well. The size and price were also reasonable, so I could order without worrying. The size bigger than this one is really huge. If you want a big-size beer, I'd recommend trying it haha — there's something fun about the sheer size haha.

![A glass of Hanmac draft beer with rich foam](https://img.superchart.com/images/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken-20-v7560-966.webp)

![Rice balls enjoyed alongside the draft beer](https://img.superchart.com/images/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken/jangjakkkun-yatap-herbal-nurungji-chicken-21-18kv9-966.webp)

## Why you should order the rice balls at Jangjakkun

And you absolutely must order and try the tuna roe rice balls. This is seriously the real deal hahahahaha. I wasn't expecting much, but they were so good I ended up wolfing them down haha. The friend I went with also loved them and kept eating more.

If you're looking for a Yatap food alley chicken restaurant, a chicken restaurant near Yatap Station, you should try the healthy herbal nurungji whole chicken roasted over firewood for 90 minutes. Go enjoy the smoky aroma from the firewood roasting, along with the chewy, moist herbal nurungji chicken, cold beer, and the addictively good flying fish roe rice balls.

## Where it is

- Jangjakkun Yatap Direct Branch (장작꾼 야탑직영점)
- 5 Jangmi-ro 92beon-gil, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, B1 & 1F
- 경기도 성남시 분당구 장미로92번길 5 지하1층, 1층
- 37.4131294, 127.1312848
- Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%EC%9E%A5%EC%9E%91%EA%BE%BC%20%EC%95%BC%ED%83%91%EC%A7%81%EC%98%81%EC%A0%90/@37.4131294,127.1312848,17z

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