Sinnonhyeon Station pocha bar for pork jowl suyuk: Yeongdong Pocha
In short
Yeongdong Pocha is a retro open-air pocha (Korean pub) on the 2nd floor of the Yeongdong Market food alley in Gangnam, Seoul, between exit 3 of Sinnonhyeon Station and exit 3 of Nonhyeon Station. After a first round of wood-fired pizza, a married couple came to Yeongdong Pocha for a second round of Yeongdong suyuk (boiled pork slices) at 28,000 won, with oyster jeot (salted oysters) added for 3,000 won, a bowl of rice and a bottle of soju. The torch-charred pork jowl suyuk eaten with pickled green peppers and baek-kimchi (white kimchi) was the best bite of the night.
Good to know
- Location
- Between exit 3 of Sinnonhyeon Station and exit 3 of Nonhyeon Station, 2nd floor of the Yeongdong Market food alley
- Parking
- Paid parking lot beside the building's stairs
- How to order
- Order from the table tablet, pay at the counter on your way out
- Yeongdong suyuk (boiled pork)
- 28,000 won
- Soju, 1 bottle
- 6,000 won
- Oyster jeot add-on
- 3,000 won
- Bowl of rice
- 1,500 won
- Signature dishes
- Yeongdong samhap, vongole steamed in soju, blue crab stew, sweet shrimp sashimi, basil baeksuk
- Freebies
- A free side for tagging the owner's account in an Instagram story; a fried egg for writing a Naver receipt review
as written by the visitor on Sep 18, 2026
An outdoor bar near Sinnonhyeon Station Yeongdong Pocha Too good a food spot to save for round two
We'd had a great time eating wood-fired pizza in Jamwon-dong and were about to head home, but it felt like a waste to just hop on the subway, so we walked over to the Yeongdong Market food alley instead. Walking off dinner with my husband, we spotted Yeongdong Pocha, a place we'd been to once before. I remembered liking the retro vibe and the food, so of course we had to go in for round two.
Where is Yeongdong Pocha?
It's located in the Yeongdong Market food alley, between Sinnonhyeon Station exit 3 and Nonhyeon Station exit 3.
There's a staircase up to the 2nd floor just to the right of Seogam-saeng Salt-Grilled, and a paid parking lot right next to the stairs, so it's easy to visit by car too.
What is Yeongdong Pocha like inside?
Up the stairs, there's a tank of fresh seafood, and behind it, under a tent, is the outdoor terrace of this bar near Sinnonhyeon Station. Isn't spending time on an outdoor terrace amazing in this weather? Since we came for round two, it was hard to grab a spot — if you go for round one, you'll probably have better luck.
Walk into the retro interior and there's an open kitchen right up front. The pocha atmosphere is so good.
With the weather this nice, the spot right by the open window is popular too. A few months ago when my brother-in-law came to Seoul, we sat right there by the window and it was lovely.
Yeongdong Pocha also happens to be a spot with a great view of the Nonhyeon-dong food alley.
Disposable aprons hang on the wall.
The basic table setup includes ramyeontang (crunchy ramen snack), small plates, utensils, paper cups, and a burner. You order through the tablet at the table, and pay at the counter on your way out.
They said if you tag the owner's account in an Instagram story, you get a free item, and if you leave a Naver receipt review, you get a free fried egg.
Yeongdong Pocha menu and prices
There were so many menu items I couldn't photograph them all. The signature dishes are Yeongdong Samhap, vongole soju stew, blue crab stew, sweet shrimp sashimi, and basil baeksuk (herb chicken soup). Since it's sweet shrimp season, a lot of tables around us were ordering that too.
- Yeongdong suyuk ₩28,000
- Soju, 1 bottle ₩6,000
- Oyster jeot add-on ₩3,000
- Rice ₩1,500
We didn't realize the suyuk already came with oyster jeot, so we ordered it as an extra. And since oyster jeot needs to be eaten with plain rice, we ordered rice too. We were already full going in, so why did we even order rice, honestly!
What is the pork jowl suyuk at Yeongdong Pocha like?
Yeongdong Pocha's pork jowl suyuk is made by boiling pork jowl, slicing it, and then torching it for a charred aroma. It comes with bossam filling, baek-kimchi (white kimchi), ssamjang, gochu jangajji, and oyster jeot.
Maybe because it's known for its food, the place was packed that day too. It took a little while for the suyuk to come out, so my husband and I chatted while snacking on the ramyeontang.
The rice came out first in a big metal bowl, along with the oyster jeot.
While waiting for the suyuk, we ate plain rice with the spicy oyster jeot, and honestly, it was so good!
'What a great side dish,' we said, clinking glasses. We hadn't finished all our beer during round one, so we decided to keep it simple with just one bottle of soju.
The pork jowl was boiled perfectly — so tasty.
You can see the torch marks right there. Soft suyuk with that smoky char — impossibly good.
At first, we topped it with oyster jeot and baek-kimchi.
We also tried it over rice, but the best combination turned out to be gochu jangajji + baek-kimchi + suyuk together.
Is Yeongdong Pocha worth a second-round stop?
The retro vibe is nice, but the real draw of Yeongdong Pocha is definitely the food. The pork jowl suyuk we had that day was truly delicious, and with the oyster jeot alongside, the soju went down way too smoothly. The outdoor terrace was fully booked, but with the windows wide open, we still got to enjoy that outdoor-pocha atmosphere properly.
Where it is
51 Hakdong-ro 2-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea, 2nd floor서울특별시 강남구 학동로2길 51 2층
