# Hongdae-area Korean restaurant: cheese pork belly at Susu Yeonnam - By Yubin (https://superchart.com/en/@gyeongbuk-table-stops/) - Written Sep 20, 2026 - Local places › Restaurants › Mapo, Seoul - Sponsored: This post was written after receiving a meal as compensation for an in-store visit sponsorship. - English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@gyeongbuk-table-stops/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four/ - Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@gyeongbuk-table-stops/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four/index.md) ## In short Susu Yeonnam is a fusion Korean restaurant in a Yeonnam-dong alley in Seoul, a 7-8 minute walk from Hongik University Station Exit 3. Four friends shared beef brisket perilla cream sujebi, hand-torn dough soup (17,000 won), five-color hanwoo yukhoe bibimbap (17,000 won), chewy beef brisket kimchi pancake (18,000 won) and cheese-topped geotjeori with boiled pork belly (35,000 won), and the perilla cream sujebi was gone in five minutes. For a good-looking Korean dinner or date spot near Hongdae, Susu Yeonnam is the pick. ## Good to know - **Address**: 1st floor, 22 Donggyo-ro 38an-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul - **Hours**: Daily 11:30-21:30 (break 15:00-17:00, last order 20:30) - **Parking**: No parking lot; nearby paid public parking or Yeonnam-dong street parking recommended - **Getting there**: 527m from Hongik University Station Exit 3 (7-8 minute walk) - **Bus**: Get off at Yeonhui-dong Xi Apartment or Yeonnam-dong Community Center stop, then 5-6 minutes - **Reservations**: Available through Naver - **Five-color hanwoo yukhoe bibimbap**: 17,000 won - **Beef brisket perilla cream sujebi**: 17,000 won - **Chewy beef brisket kimchi pancake**: 18,000 won - **Cheese-topped geotjeori with boiled pork belly**: 35,000 won - **Good to know**: Terrace seats, open kitchen, QR ordering at each table, unisex restroom, review event (a soda or black sesame perilla oil ice cream) *as written by the visitor on Sep 20, 2026* I went to Yeonnam-dong in Seoul!! 💌 There's a place absolutely famous for Yeonnam-dong Korean food!! So I went to check it out!! Everyone with me lives in Seoul except me, and 📍 Susu Yeonnam!! turned out everyone already knew about it! It's gone properly viral, and I ate really, really well there — let's get into the post~!~!~! ![Main photo from a visit to Susu Yeonnam, a Yeonnam-dong Korean restaurant](https://img.superchart.com/images/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four-01-7mbw5-1200.webp) ## Where is Susu Yeonnam, and what are its hours and parking? Susu Yeonnam is on the 1st floor at 22 Donggyo-ro 38an-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul, 527m from Hongik University Station Exit 3. It's open daily 11:30-21:30, with a break time of 15:00-17:00 and last order at 20:30. - 🏡 Address: 22 Donggyo-ro 38an-gil, 1st floor, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea - 🕖 Hours: Daily 11:30-21:30 / Break time 15:00-17:00 / Last order 20:30 - 🅿️ No parking lot! Use nearby paid public parking or Yeonnam-dong street parking! - 🚇 527m from Hongik University Station Exit 3 - 🚍 5-6 min walk from Yeonhui-dong Xi Apartment or Yeonnam-dong Community Center bus stop Susu Yeonnam takes reservations via Naver 💬 ## Finding Susu Yeonnam in the busy Yeonnam-dong alleys ✔️ Here's Susu Yeonnam from outside! 📍 It's about a 7-8 minute walk from Hongik University Station Exit 3, and they told me the alley it's on is a really hot spot alley!! Looking for a Yeonnam-dong date restaurant? Susu Yeonnam! Go check it out~~!! ![Susu Yeonnam's exterior on a Yeonnam-dong alley](https://img.superchart.com/images/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four-02-viijd-900.webp) ![Susu Yeonnam entrance and signboard](https://img.superchart.com/images/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four-03-99rta-900.webp) From the entrance, it already had that 'this place is good' vibe! The kind of atmosphere you'd remember Susu Yeonnam by~~ ☝🏻 Oh, and also! Susu Yeonnam has terrace seating too~~~ I thought it'd be great to sit on the terrace on a nice cool day! ![Susu Yeonnam's terrace seating available for dining](https://img.superchart.com/images/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four-04-vci7o-900.webp) ## Susu Yeonnam's menu and interior ✔️ Here's Susu Yeonnam's main menu! It's got that full fusion Korean restaurant feel!! ![Susu Yeonnam's main menu board](https://img.superchart.com/images/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four-05-ctupj-900.webp) If you're looking for a Yeonnam-dong Korean restaurant, I recommend Susu Yeonnam~~ ![Overview of tables inside Susu Yeonnam](https://img.superchart.com/images/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four-06-p6xwa-900.webp) ![Susu Yeonnam's dining hall seating](https://img.superchart.com/images/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four-07-1id4k-900.webp) ![Susu Yeonnam's atmospheric interior](https://img.superchart.com/images/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four-08-fy4b6-900.webp) ✔️ Here's the interior of Susu Yeonnam! Quite a lot of tables, and maybe because the atmosphere is so nice, I saw a lot of couples on dates!! Looking for a Yeonnam-dong date restaurant? Susu Yeonnam! ![Susu Yeonnam's drink fridge and apron area](https://img.superchart.com/images/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four-09-1pcj3-900.webp) There are aprons by the drink fridge, so if you need one, feel free to grab one!! Susu Yeonnam has an open-kitchen style, so you can see the chef cooking directly!! Watching the chef work hard on the food made me even more excited for the taste! ![Susu Yeonnam's open kitchen with the chef cooking](https://img.superchart.com/images/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four-10-j1wyc-900.webp) ### Review event, table setting and QR ordering at Susu Yeonnam 🌟 Susu Yeonnam is running a review event, so make sure to join!!🌟 If you participate, they give you ☝🏻 either a soda or a black sesame perilla oil ice cream, so how could I not — though I couldn't do it because of my train time ㅠㅠ!! But everyone else, please do it and try it!!! haha ![Susu Yeonnam's review event signage](https://img.superchart.com/images/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four-11-1cfq3-900.webp) ✔️ They set each seat with plates, cups, and utensils! Having them set it up for you gives a real 'being taken care of' feeling?? I really loved this thoughtful touch! ![Susu Yeonnam table set with plates, cups, and utensils](https://img.superchart.com/images/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four-12-w5eil-900.webp) ✔️ At Susu Yeonnam you order via the QR code at each table! What surprised me was 💟 when I added something to the order, it also showed up on my friend sitting next to me's screen!!! Everyone can just look at their own phone and add food to the order~~!!!! I'd never seen this kind of new tech before ## What four of us ordered at Susu Yeonnam, and what it cost - Five-color hanwoo yukhoe bibimbap ₩17,000 - Beef brisket perilla cream sujebi ₩17,000 - Chewy beef brisket kimchi pancake ₩18,000 - Cheese-topped geotjeori with boiled pork belly ₩35,000 ![Barley tea at Susu Yeonnam](https://img.superchart.com/images/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four-13-1qu1q-900.webp) ✔️ Susu Yeonnam serves barley tea~~ I love barley tea so much~~~~ and Susu Yeonnam didn't let me down here either!! Very much a proper Yeonnam-dong Korean restaurant! ![Susu Yeonnam's basic side dish spread](https://img.superchart.com/images/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four-14-1958u-900.webp) First they brought out ✔️ Susu Yeonnam's side dishes! ![Susu Yeonnam's beef brisket perilla cream sujebi](https://img.superchart.com/images/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four-15-8dq6v-900.webp) ### Beef brisket perilla cream sujebi (hand-torn dough soup), 17,000 won ✔️ Susu Yeonnam's beef brisket perilla cream sujebi (hand-torn dough soup)! This one was seriously delicious! So good that we finished it off within 5 minutes of it arriving~~~ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ ![Perilla cream sujebi mixed with beef brisket and perilla leaves](https://img.superchart.com/images/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four-16-u84pv-900.webp) With the beef brisket perilla cream sujebi, you just mix the brisket and perilla leaves in well!! 🌟🌟The cream flavor is seriously, seriously, seriously good!!!🌟🌟 You absolutely have to order this!! After eating the sujebi I thought, Yeonnam-dong Korean food really is different, different! ![Close-up of the sujebi bowl](https://img.superchart.com/images/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four-17-zhv98-900.webp) We finished the sujebi first since it came out earlier, then the yukhoe bibimbap, kimchi pancake, and cheese pork belly all came out around the same time!! So I got a shot of them all together~~~ The visuals are seriously so good!! ![Full spread of yukhoe bibimbap, kimchi pancake, and pork belly](https://img.superchart.com/images/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four-18-2yxsj-900.webp) ### Five-color hanwoo yukhoe bibimbap, 17,000 won ✔️ Susu Yeonnam's five-color hanwoo yukhoe (Korean beef tartare) bibimbap! I really love yukhoe bibimbap~~~ never thought I'd have a natural encounter with it in Seoul, in Yeonnam-dong no less~~~~ Everyone! On your Yeonnam-dong date, how about Korean food instead of Western food? Personally, I highly!! recommend it! ![Susu Yeonnam's five-color hanwoo yukhoe bibimbap](https://img.superchart.com/images/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four-19-e0rcj-900.webp) Can you see how prettily the five-color namul (seasoned vegetables) are arranged?? It looked so neat and delicious that it almost felt a shame to mix it up!!🤍 ![Five-color namul neatly arranged on the yukhoe bibimbap](https://img.superchart.com/images/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four-20-1ilfg-900.webp) ### Chewy beef brisket kimchi pancake, 18,000 won ✔️ Susu Yeonnam's chewy beef brisket kimchi pancake (jeon). Everyone, this kimchi pancake is genuinely the real deal!! I do like kimchi pancakes in general~~ but this one is truly different ㅠㅠㅠ 🌟🌟Especially how well it goes with the beef brisket!🌟🌟 ‼️ The sourness of the kimchi doubles your appetite! Dip it in the sauce that comes with it for double the flavor!!! ![Susu Yeonnam's chewy beef brisket kimchi pancake](https://img.superchart.com/images/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four-21-68gyi-900.webp) ### Cheese-topped geotjeori with boiled pork belly, 35,000 won ✔️ Susu Yeonnam's cheese-topped geotjeori (fresh kimchi) with boiled pork belly (bossam)! I was most excited for this one! And as expected, it didn't disappoint? Let's start with the visual~~ ![Cheese-topped geotjeori and boiled pork belly, visual](https://img.superchart.com/images/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four-22-atzju-900.webp) ![Close-up of boiled pork belly topped with cheese and geotjeori](https://img.superchart.com/images/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four-23-z0n4q-900.webp) The final key point of the pork belly and geotjeori combo!!! Cheese 🌟🌟🌟this cheese is really the whole point ㅠㅠ🌟🌟🌟 The savory taste of the cheese, the tender pork belly, and the geotjeori cutting through the richness ㅠㅠ this three-way combo!!! Is truly, truly the best! Please, everyone, try it!! ## Restroom and final verdict on Susu Yeonnam ✔️ Here's Susu Yeonnam's restroom! It's unisex! ![Susu Yeonnam's unisex restroom](https://img.superchart.com/images/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four-24-1xl2e-900.webp) There were four of us on this visit!! But I wanted to come back with even more people so we could try every single item on the menu ㅠㅠ 💟 Looking for a date spot in Yeonnam-dong? Susu Yeonnam! 💟 Looking for a good-atmosphere restaurant in Yeonnam-dong? Susu Yeonnam! 💟 Looking for Korean food in Yeonnam-dong? Susu Yeonnam! ## Where it is - Susu Yeonnam (수수연남) - 22 Donggyo-ro 38an-gil, 1st floor, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea - 서울특별시 마포구 동교로38안길 22 1층 - 37.5622551, 126.9252244 - Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%EC%88%98%EC%88%98%EC%97%B0%EB%82%A8/@37.5622551,126.9252244,17z --- Superchart · https://superchart.com/en/@gyeongbuk-table-stops/susu-yeonnam-korean-dinner-four/ · https://superchart.com/llms.txt