# Yongsan tteokbokki restaurant weekday lunch no wait: Hyeonseonine - By Hyeono (https://superchart.com/en/@early-evening-orders/) - Written Sep 9, 2026 - Updated Sep 14, 2026 - Local places › Restaurants › Yongsan, Seoul - Sponsored: This visit was sponsored by the business. - English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@early-evening-orders/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-lunch/ - Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@early-evening-orders/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-lunch/index.md) · [日本語](https://superchart.com/ja/@early-evening-orders/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-lunch/index.md) · [简体中文](https://superchart.com/zh-cn/@early-evening-orders/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-lunch/index.md) · [繁體中文](https://superchart.com/zh-tw/@early-evening-orders/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-lunch/index.md) · [Tiếng Việt](https://superchart.com/vi/@early-evening-orders/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-lunch/index.md) · [ไทย](https://superchart.com/th/@early-evening-orders/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-lunch/index.md) · [Bahasa Indonesia](https://superchart.com/id/@early-evening-orders/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-lunch/index.md) · [Bahasa Melayu](https://superchart.com/ms/@early-evening-orders/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-lunch/index.md) · [Español](https://superchart.com/es/@early-evening-orders/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-lunch/index.md) ## In short Hyeonseonine Yongsan Main Branch is a tteokbokki (stir-fried rice cake) restaurant in Yongsan, Seoul, a 5-minute walk from Sinyongsan Station. Visiting on a weekday afternoon meant walking straight in with no wait, ordering jeuk-seok tteokbokki (simmer-at-the-table tteokbokki) and finishing off with fried rice. If you're after tteokbokki you cook bubbling at your own table, Hyeonseonine Yongsan Main Branch is the answer. ## Good to know - **Location**: 2-13 Hangang-daero 39-gil, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea (10 min from Yongsan Station, 5 min from Sinyongsan Station) - **Hours**: Mon–Sun 11:00–24:00 - **Break time**: 14:30–16:00 - **Last order**: 22:40 - **Ordering**: Kiosk at the entrance - **Reservations/waiting**: Catch Table (kiosk stand placed at the door) - **Ordered**: Jeuk-seok tteokbokki (simmer-at-the-table tteokbokki), fried rice - **Self-bar**: Plates, pickled radish, aprons / water from the purifier near the kitchen *as written by the visitor on Sep 9, 2026* Hyeonseonine Yongsan Main Branch (현선이네 용산본점) A tteokbokki spot located 10 minutes from Yongsan Station, 5 minutes from Sinyongsan Station! [Hours] Mon–Sun 11:00–24:00 / Break time 14:30–16:00 / [Last order 22:40] ## On a chilly day, jeuk-seok tteokbokki is the truth Today I'm sharing a review of Hyeonseonine, the tteokbokki place I always used to visit whenever I met up with a friend who lives in Yongsan ✨ I'm already obsessed with tteokbokki in general, but I go even more crazy for jeuk-seok tteokbokki — the kind you simmer bubbling at your own table. On chilly days like these, isn't that bubbling pot of tteokbokki just the truth 🤤 Drooling already. The moment I met up with my friend, without a second thought, my feet just carried me straight there. ![View on the way to Hyeonseonine Yongsan Main Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-lunch/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-lunch-01-18iai-1200.webp) ## A chimney out front, and the smell of tteokbokki the moment you step in You can spot Hyeonseonine from far away — oh, there it is! — because you can see its chimney even from a distance! It's a building with such a cozy, nostalgic vibe 🏠✨ From the moment you step through the entrance, the smell of tteokbokki hits your nose and gets the saliva going, phew phew ![Exterior of Hyeonseonine Yongsan Main Branch with its chimney visible](https://img.superchart.com/images/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-lunch/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-lunch-02-176vx-966.webp) ![Entrance of Hyeonseonine Yongsan Main Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-lunch/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-lunch-03-180te-966.webp) ## No wait on a weekday afternoon, Catch Table on weekends Inside, the place is clean and spacious. There are plenty of seats, but since customers were already seated I couldn't get a photo — the tables are generously spaced and the turnover was quick. It seems like a great place to bring friends or acquaintances! A lot of couples come here on dates too — (actually... that day there were couples seated on both sides of us.....) When I visited on a weekend it was crowded, so I reserved through Catch Table and waited, but this time, since it was a weekday afternoon, I got in easily. (Once you walk in, the Catch Table stand is right there by the door) ![Interior and tables of Hyeonseonine Yongsan Main Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-lunch/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-lunch-04-j1cy2-966.webp) Even when it's busy, the turnover is fast, and Catch Table's reservation function means the wait isn't too rough! ![Seating area at Hyeonseonine Yongsan Main Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-lunch/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-lunch-05-1jr5j-966.webp) ![Kiosk at the entrance of Hyeonseonine Yongsan Main Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-lunch/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-lunch-06-1u6p6-966.webp) ## Kiosk ordering: jeuk-seok tteokbokki and fried rice As soon as you walk in there's a kiosk right in front of you — order there and then take your seat! There's tteokbokki, gimbap (seaweed rice roll), fried snacks and other single items, plus set menus, and a separate jeuk-seok tteokbokki menu. We ordered the jeuk-seok tteokbokki and fried rice! ![Kiosk menu screen at Hyeonseonine](https://img.superchart.com/images/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-lunch/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-lunch-07-5o95t-966.webp) ![Order screen for jeuk-seok tteokbokki and fried rice](https://img.superchart.com/images/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-lunch/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-lunch-08-g4evw-966.webp) ### Where's the self-bar and the water? While waiting for the tteokbokki I took a good look around the place — the self-bar has plates, pickled radish, aprons and more. Water comes from a purifier over by the kitchen, and you have to fill it up there yourself. (I remember getting confused about this the first time I came, so — noted, noted.) ![Self-bar with plates, pickled radish and aprons](https://img.superchart.com/images/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-lunch/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-lunch-09-1drfy-966.webp) ![Water purifier and self-serve water corner near the kitchen](https://img.superchart.com/images/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-lunch/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-lunch-10-1a1gf-966.webp) ## A pot packed full of jeuk-seok tteokbokki Finally, today's star arrived... da-dun-! 🔥 The jeuk-seok tteokbokki and fried rice I ordered showed up! Red sauce, vegetables, rice cakes, fish cakes, egg, cabbage, and even glass noodles — all piled generously into a pot filled to the brim. It wasn't even boiling yet and I already wanted to dig in, vroom vroom... ![Pot full of Hyeonseonine's jeuk-seok tteokbokki](https://img.superchart.com/images/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-lunch/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-lunch-11-so2lo-966.webp) ![Close-up of bubbling jeuk-seok tteokbokki](https://img.superchart.com/images/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-lunch/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-lunch-12-1sa8a-966.webp) That bubbling sound of jeuk-seok tteokbokki simmering — I'm losing it..ㅠ The spicy-sweet sauce soaked so well into the rice cakes that I honestly just scarfed it down. Hyeonseonine's jeuk-seok tteokbokki is love... 💗 The fish cakes were amazing too.... and the yaki-mandu (pan-fried dumplings) soaked up that broth so well, chomp chomp... ![Yaki-mandu and fish cakes soaked in broth](https://img.superchart.com/images/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-lunch/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-lunch-13-7amcz-966.webp) ## Finishing with fried rice, cleared to the last bite To finish: fried rice!! The jeuk-seok tteokbokki portion was so generous I worried we'd never have room for the fried rice too, but that worry turned out pointless — we stir-fried and finished it off, no problem, hahaha. How could I possibly hold back... after jeuk-seok tteokbokki, you just can't skip the fried rice 🤫 !!!!!! ![Fried rice cooked in the tteokbokki sauce](https://img.superchart.com/images/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-lunch/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-lunch-14-552x6-966.webp) ## If you're looking for jeuk-seok tteokbokki in Yongsan Looks like Hyeonseonine also has a review event running! Check it out and try upsizing to a slushie or a bigger tteokbokki. If you're looking for good tteokbokki in Yongsan, or for that hot, bubbling jeuk-seok tteokbokki, I'd really recommend giving 'Hyeonseonine Yongsan' a try. You won't regret it 👍 ## Where it is - Hyeonseonine Yongsan Main Branch (현선이네 용산본점) - 2-13 Hangang-daero 39-gil, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea - 서울특별시 용산구 한강대로39길 2-13 - 37.5311551, 126.9692251 - Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%ED%98%84%EC%84%A0%EC%9D%B4%EB%84%A4%20%EC%9A%A9%EC%82%B0%EB%B3%B8%EC%A0%90/@37.5311551,126.9692251,17z --- Superchart · https://superchart.com/en/@early-evening-orders/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-lunch/ · https://superchart.com/llms.txt