Hongdae pasta spot by Book Street: solo basil shrimp oil set, Pasta Go
In short
Pasta Go Hongdae Branch is a budget pasta and pizza restaurant in an alley near Gyeongui Line Book Street, an 8-minute walk from Hongik Univ. Station in Mapo, Seoul. For a solo lunch, the writer ordered the one-person set with a mild basil shrimp oil pasta, 2 slices of gorgonzola pizza on the side and a Coke Zero; tucking the pasta into the dinner roll and dipping the salty pizza in honey both worked well. Pasta Go Hongdae Branch is less a mood-setting date spot than a cheap, easy choice for a quick solo pasta meal in Hongdae.
Good to know
- Getting there
- Hongik Univ. Station Exit 7 · 6-min walk (store listing, Oct 6, 2026)
- Location
- 8-minute walk from Exit 7 of Hongik Univ. Station, in an alley near Gyeongui Line Book Street
- Hours
- Daily 10:00–20:20 (last order 19:40)
- Parking
- Not available
- Amenities
- Wi-Fi and delivery available
- Discounts
- 20% off dine-in and takeout, 25% off set menus
- What I ordered
- Solo set: basil shrimp oil pasta (+₩1,800), gorgonzola pizza (+₩1,500), Coke Zero
- Options
- Oil or cream sauce, 3 spice levels, 1 free dinner roll
- Price reference
- ₩1,800 ≈ $1.3 · ₩1,500 ≈ $1.1 (2026-10-15)
as written by the visitor on Oct 14, 2026
❌ No parking ⭕️ Wi-Fi ⭕️ Delivery 🥡 20% off for dine-in and takeout
A budget-friendly pasta place I visited for a solo lunch in Hongdae, 🌟my review of the solo set at Pasta Go Hongdae Branch🌟
Where is Pasta Go Hongdae Branch, and what are the hours?
- Location: 8-minute walk from Exit 7 of Hongik Univ. Station
- Hours: daily 10:00–20:20 (last order 19:40)
- 🅿️ Parking: not available
Inside Pasta Go Hongdae: is it good for eating alone?
Pasta Go Hongdae Branch is a small restaurant on the 2nd floor of a little building tucked into an alley, which you'll spot as you follow the Gyeongui Line Book Street from Hongik Univ. Station. 🚇
🪑 The dining room isn't big and has a simple feel, so it was a good space for solo diners coming for pasta, or small groups who want a quiet meal.
I took a window seat and got that ✨Hongdae alley vibe outside! I guess this is why people come to Hongdae🥰
Pasta Go menu and discounts
Pasta Go sells a wide range of pasta, risotto and pizza 💸 at low prices, a Western-food spot with great value.
If you order takeout instead of delivery, or eat in the dining room, you get a whopping 20% off. When I visited, some customers even ate in and then took more food to go.
Set menus get a whopping 25% off 🫢 There's a solo set with pasta, a side like pizza, and a drink, and a set for two with pasta, steak and drinks. 💸 You get several dishes at a low price and plenty of food, so the value was top-notch.
How to build the Pasta Go solo set
📝 My order was the solo set: Bapongswi (basil shrimp pasta, "bapongswi" for short) in oil sauce, gorgonzola pizza, and Coke Zero.
I ordered the ☝🏻solo set and chose 🍝 basil shrimp oil pasta (+₩1,800) and 🍕 gorgonzola pizza (+₩1,500). When you go solo for pasta, you often wonder whether you can handle a side like pizza too because of the portion size 🤔 so I loved that the solo set is built for exactly that 👍🏻
Basil shrimp oil pasta (Bapongswi): how does it taste?
🍝 The basil shrimp pasta comes with a choice of oil or cream sauce. Honestly the basil cream pasta looked tastier, but I've gained so much weight lately 😭 so to ease my conscience a little (?) I went with the basil oil pasta.
Fragrant 🌿 basil oil sauce
Choosing the mild option out of 3 spice levels
🌶️ The basil shrimp pasta also has 3 spice levels, and I played it safe with the not-spicy-at-all option. It's sprinkled with red powder, but there was no heat whatsoever.
It was loaded with 🦐 cocktail shrimp and 🍄 plump mushrooms.
🦐 Shrimp pasta with 🌿 basil flavor, what more is there to say. Choosing the oil version kept it from being heavy, so I never got tired of it and finished it cleanly.
Stuffing basil pasta into the free dinner roll
The 🍞 morning bun (a soft dinner roll) with a strong butter aroma is a free option, and you get 1 if you choose it. I split the bun in half and stuffed the basil pasta inside, and the butter flavor with the basil oil pasta was surprisingly good.
Gorgonzola pizza side: how many slices, and is it good?
The solo set's side options were 🍟 fries and 🍕 pizza, and I picked the 🧀 gorgonzola pizza! (There were also sweet potato and pepperoni pizzas.) Since it's a side, I assumed I'd get 1 slice, but I got a whole 2 slices, so it was more food than I expected 🫢
The taste has a strong, salty 🧀 cheese flavor. You can't expect the quality of gorgonzola pizza from a proper pizzeria, but as a side to go with pasta, it was plenty good 👍🏻
I thought the cheese was salty, but dipped in 🍯 honey it balanced out perfectly?!
Verdict: Pasta Go Hongdae Branch for a solo pasta lunch
- A Hongdae pasta place with a varied, cheap menu
- A Western restaurant for pasta and pizza that works for solo diners
- A budget pasta spot with dine-in and takeout discounts
- A Western restaurant with pasta-plus-pizza set menus
- A good solo lunch spot near the Gyeongui Line Book Street
Pasta Go Hongdae Branch isn't so much an amazing-atmosphere date spot as a place I'd recommend when you want a simple solo pasta in Hongdae, or a budget-friendly Hongdae pasta restaurant 👍🏻
Where it is
12 Wausan-ro 33-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea (1st floor, PASTAGO)서울특별시 마포구 와우산로33길 12 1층 PASTAGO
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