# Nowon jokbal restaurant, free soup and noodles for two: Gwihan Jokbal

- By Jaein (https://superchart.com/en/@gangwon-cup-stories/)
- Written Sep 18, 2026
- Local places › Restaurants › Nowon, Seoul
- Sponsored: This post was written after a sponsored visit to the restaurant.
- English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@gangwon-cup-stories/noone-station-jokbal-gwihan-medium/
- Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@gangwon-cup-stories/noone-station-jokbal-gwihan-medium/index.md)

## In short

Gwihan Jokbal Nowon Branch is a jokbal (braised pig's trotters) franchise restaurant on Nohae-ro 83-gil near Nowon Station in Seoul, open daily from 11am to 2am. A couple ordered the medium jokbal and received a free hwangtae kongnamul-guk (dried pollack and bean sprout soup) plus a basin of bibim makguksu (spicy buckwheat noodles), and rated Gwihan Jokbal the No. 1 jokbal spot in Nowon for its skin-to-fat-to-meat ratio and balanced seasoning. With its open front entrance, Gwihan Jokbal Nowon Branch feels like an outdoor street bar and suits jokbal with a shot of soju.

## Good to know

- **Hours**: Daily 11:00 AM – 2:00 AM (no closing days, no break time)
- **Parking**: Not available
- **Ordered**: Medium jokbal (for 2)
- **Free with the meal**: Hwangtae kongnamul-guk (dried pollack and bean sprout soup), bibim makguksu
- **Seating**: Large hall with wide spacing between tables, open front entrance
- **Price reference**: ₩10,000 ≈ $7.2 (2026-09-19)

*as written by the visitor on Sep 18, 2026*

![Main photo of the jokbal table setting at Gwihan Jokbal Nowon Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/noone-station-jokbal-gwihan-medium/noone-station-jokbal-gwihan-medium-01-jjory-1200.webp)

My husband and I basically live and breathe hunting for good jokbal (pig's trotter) restaurants haha, and this time we're posting about a spot in our own neighborhood near Nowon Station! We had a genuinely delicious meal at Gwihan Jokbal Nowon Branch, so let me write it up in detail.

![Exterior of Gwihan Jokbal Nowon Branch near Nowon Station](https://img.superchart.com/images/noone-station-jokbal-gwihan-medium/noone-station-jokbal-gwihan-medium-02-1cu02-m-900.webp)

## What kind of place is Gwihan Jokbal Nowon Branch, the jokbal spot near Nowon Station?

Gwihan Jokbal Nowon Branch is a jokbal franchise restaurant on Nohae-ro 83-gil near Nowon Station. It's surprisingly hard to find a good jokbal restaurant in our neighborhood, Nowon — there are only a handful near the station compared to all the grilled meat places.

On top of that, the charcoal-grilled jokbal place we used to visit near Nowon Station had closed down, which was such a shame — right when we were missing it, we found a satisfying jokbal restaurant near Nowon Station! Gwihan Jokbal is a franchise, and my husband said he often went to other branches for work dinners. Being a chain, it clears the baseline in most respects, and apparently all his coworkers love it as a go-to dinner spot too.

### Gwihan Jokbal Nowon Branch hours and parking

- Daily, 11am to 2am the next day
- No closed days, no break time
- No parking available

![Entrance and sign of Gwihan Jokbal Nowon Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/noone-station-jokbal-gwihan-medium/noone-station-jokbal-gwihan-medium-03-1fjs2-900.webp)

![Spacious hall seating at Gwihan Jokbal Nowon Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/noone-station-jokbal-gwihan-medium/noone-station-jokbal-gwihan-medium-04-1q6s4-900.webp)

![Open interior of Gwihan Jokbal Nowon Branch with its open-front entrance](https://img.superchart.com/images/noone-station-jokbal-gwihan-medium/noone-station-jokbal-gwihan-medium-05-7tqb7-900.webp)

## Why Gwihan Jokbal works for group dinners in Nowon

Gwihan Jokbal Nowon Branch has a fairly spacious hall with wide gaps between tables, so it's great for group dinners in Nowon too. Honestly, is there anything better than a jokbal restaurant for a group dinner with lots of people? Grilled meat places are no good for that — everyone's too busy grilling to actually talk.

And here, the entrance is completely open, giving it that wide-open feel — it genuinely feels like one of those outdoor pojangmacha (street tent bar) spots near Nowon Station! You can enjoy a cool breeze while eating jokbal with a shot of soju, outdoor-tent-style.

![Side dishes of mu saengchae and chive salad at Gwihan Jokbal Nowon Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/noone-station-jokbal-gwihan-medium/noone-station-jokbal-gwihan-medium-06-pv15c-900.webp)

![A complimentary bowl of hwangtae kongnamul-guk](https://img.superchart.com/images/noone-station-jokbal-gwihan-medium/noone-station-jokbal-gwihan-medium-07-1fmq4-900.webp)

## The side dish spread and the free dried pollack and bean sprout soup

True to being a solid jokbal restaurant near Nowon Station, Gwihan Jokbal Nowon Branch serves a neat, well-composed table setting. First off, the mu saengchae (spicy radish salad) was rich and really tasty, giving off that trendy ogeurak-ji (aged radish kimchi) vibe. And Gwihan Jokbal gives you a full bowl of cool hwangtae kongnamul-guk (dried pollack and bean sprout soup) on the house. It's the kind of coolness that rises up from your very core!!! It felt like it washed away even a month-old hangover haha.

![Individual jokbal sauces and the table spread](https://img.superchart.com/images/noone-station-jokbal-gwihan-medium/noone-station-jokbal-gwihan-medium-08-78ian-900.webp)

Unlike other jokbal places, Gwihan Jokbal's neat, clean table setting is a real plus. In particular, the sauces are given out individually per person, which felt more hygienic and convenient to eat.

![A plate of medium jokbal at Gwihan Jokbal Nowon Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/noone-station-jokbal-gwihan-medium/noone-station-jokbal-gwihan-medium-09-rlhnp-900.webp)

![A generous pile of jokbal meat](https://img.superchart.com/images/noone-station-jokbal-gwihan-medium/noone-station-jokbal-gwihan-medium-10-t2ne3-900.webp)

![Close-up of the medium jokbal plate](https://img.superchart.com/images/noone-station-jokbal-gwihan-medium/noone-station-jokbal-gwihan-medium-11-rojeg-900.webp)

![Jokbal served with side vegetables](https://img.superchart.com/images/noone-station-jokbal-gwihan-medium/noone-station-jokbal-gwihan-medium-12-7qnrg-900.webp)

![A hearty portion of medium jokbal, plenty for two](https://img.superchart.com/images/noone-station-jokbal-gwihan-medium/noone-station-jokbal-gwihan-medium-13-1a8jp-900.webp)

## Medium jokbal: is it enough for two people?

Since there were two of us, we ordered the medium-size jokbal, and the portion was much bigger than the medium size at typical jokbal restaurants. The bones and meat were piled up like a mountain, overflowing!

But above all, the taste was seriously... I consider myself something of a jokbal connoisseur... and by my standard, this is the No. 1 jokbal restaurant in Nowon Station!!!! I'm not a fan of the kind of texture that's so tender it turns mushy, but here, even though it's served warm, the jokbal had just the right amount of chewiness alongside a soft, tender texture — and I loved that. The seasoning was spot on with great umami, and of course there was zero gamey smell. Personally I'm not into jokbal with too much of that medicinal-herb taste, but here every flavor was in perfect balance. I hadn't settled on a go-to jokbal spot near Nowon Station until now — Gwihan Jokbal really is 'precious' (gwihan means 'precious' in Korean) haha...

![A piece of jokbal showing the skin, fat and meat ratio](https://img.superchart.com/images/noone-station-jokbal-gwihan-medium/noone-station-jokbal-gwihan-medium-14-1yfpi-900.webp)

![A piece of jokbal meat held with chopsticks](https://img.superchart.com/images/noone-station-jokbal-gwihan-medium/noone-station-jokbal-gwihan-medium-15-11u1z-900.webp)

The ratio of skin to fat to meat was a work of art! It's well-seasoned enough to eat plain, and it's also delicious with the mu saengchae or the chive salad.

> The ratio of skin, fat, and meat — everything was just right... haha

![Jokbal wrapped in a perilla leaf](https://img.superchart.com/images/noone-station-jokbal-gwihan-medium/noone-station-jokbal-gwihan-medium-16-eqgh3-900.webp)

First bite: plain jokbal, no wrap, just to taste it straight. Then you wrap it in perilla leaves and dig in. It'd been a while since I had jokbal wrapped in perilla leaves — pure honey-sweet bliss ♡

![A basin-sized bowl of complimentary bibim makguksu](https://img.superchart.com/images/noone-station-jokbal-gwihan-medium/noone-station-jokbal-gwihan-medium-17-shchh-900.webp)

## How good is the free bibim makguksu?

We were digging into the jokbal when, ta-da, out came the free makguksu (spicy buckwheat noodles)!!!!! But this is not the kind of free makguksu you get with delivery jokbal. It's genuinely served in what looks like a basin — a huge, overflowing bowl of bibim makguksu — and the quality is no joke. This wasn't 'complimentary side dish' level, it was the kind of makguksu you'd normally pay ₩10,000 for separately.

And the seasoning on the makguksu is seriously incredible. The free makguksu you get at typical jokbal places usually uses store-bought sauce, giving it that sharp, sweet-and-sour, MSG-heavy, one-note flavor. But here, the seasoning had a refined, savory depth. It wasn't overwhelmingly sweet or sour — just a gentle sweetness with a hint of tang. That said, it wasn't bland either. It really had that upscale sweet-and-sour balance, almost like the sweetness came from fruit haha.

![A hearty table of jokbal and makguksu together](https://img.superchart.com/images/noone-station-jokbal-gwihan-medium/noone-station-jokbal-gwihan-medium-18-p8jlk-900.webp)

Have you ever seen such a generous jokbal spread? The table setting was so neat that even the photos turned out pretty.

![Jokbal paired with a shot of soju](https://img.superchart.com/images/noone-station-jokbal-gwihan-medium/noone-station-jokbal-gwihan-medium-19-1293t-900.webp)

## Why Gwihan Jokbal is now our regular jokbal spot in Nowon

What goes with jokbal? Soju, obviously! Haha. I wasn't feeling too great that day, but the jokbal was so delicious that even the soju tasted sweet. It was such a satisfying day, finally finding a great jokbal restaurant near Nowon Station! If you're looking for a good jokbal restaurant in Nowon too, definitely give Gwihan Jokbal a try.

## Where it is

- Gwihan Jokbal Nowon Branch (귀한족발 노원점)
- 18-6 Nohae-ro 83-gil, 1st Floor, Nowon-gu, Seoul, South Korea
- 서울특별시 노원구 노해로83길 18-6 1층
- 37.6559254, 127.0645994
- Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%EA%B7%80%ED%95%9C%EC%A1%B1%EB%B0%9C%20%EB%85%B8%EC%9B%90%EC%A0%90/@37.6559254,127.0645994,17z

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