Late lunch and salad takeout near COEX, Seoul: Prefers Samseong
In short
Prefers Diet Food Samseong is a salad and high-protein restaurant right beside COEX Mall, a minute from Samseong Station in Gangnam, Seoul. Because Prefers Samseong has no break time, I walked in at 3pm for a late solo lunch of beef wasabi rice bowl at 13,900 won and a fat-free latte at 3,500 won, then took a chicken plate salad at 7,900 won home for dinner. Kiosk ordering makes eating alone easy, and every dish lists its protein content, so Prefers Samseong works well if you are tracking your meals.
Good to know
- Address
- 1F, 33 Teheran-ro 87-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
- Hours
- Daily 09:00–21:00 (no break time)
- Parking
- Not available
- Restroom
- 3.3/5 (shared building restroom)
- Ordering
- Kiosk
- What I ate
- Beef wasabi rice bowl 13,900 won, fat-free latte 3,500 won, chicken plate salad 7,900 won (takeout)
- Opening event
- 1,000 won off all menu items (at the time of my visit)
- Price reference
- ₩1,000 ≈ $0.7 · ₩13,900 ≈ $10.5 · ₩3,500 ≈ $2.6 (2026-10-01)
as written by the visitor on Aug 6, 2026
Prefers Diet Food Samseong 33 Teheran-ro 87-gil, 1F, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea Daily 09:00–21:00 (no break time) Restroom 3.3/5 (shared building restroom) Parking not available
Prefers Samseong: a salad restaurant right next to COEX Mall
Prefers Diet Food Samseong is a salad restaurant right next to COEX Mall. I had errands at COEX and hadn't been to Samseong Station in a while, so when I got hungry I stopped in for a late lunch.
I'd been to a different branch before and remembered it being good, so I looked it up and found this new location right next to COEX.
How to find Prefers Samseong from Samseong Station
Right next to COEX, so it's easy to get to.
Just a heads up — parking is difficult.
Turned out they were running a ₩1,000 discount on all menu items to celebrate the opening — haha, nice!
Open at 3pm: no break time at Prefers Samseong
Prefers Samseong is open daily 09:00–21:00 with no break time, so even though my schedule had me arriving at 3pm, I could still sit down and eat. A day I was grateful there was no break time.
Even at that hour, delivery and takeout orders kept coming in, and there were people eating solo at Samseong Station too.
The space is spacious and clean, and on top of that—
you order at a kiosk, which made going alone comfortable.
Prefers Samseong menu and prices
- [Plate Salad] Chicken Plate Salad ₩7,900 (35g protein) / Pork Plate Salad ₩9,900 (36g protein) / Beef Plate Salad ₩12,900 (42g protein)
- [Cobb Plate] Chicken Cobb Plate ₩7,900 (35g protein) / Pork Cobb Plate ₩9,900 (36g protein) / Beef Cobb Plate ₩12,900 (42g protein)
- [Salad Pasta] Chicken Salad Pasta ₩9,900 (43g protein) / Pork Salad Pasta ₩10,900 (44g protein) / Beef Salad Pasta ₩13,900 (50g protein)
- [Salad Pasta] Chicken Rosé Salad Pasta ₩10,900 (44g protein) / Pork Rosé Salad Pasta ₩11,900 (45g protein) / Beef Rosé Salad Pasta ₩14,900 (51g protein)
- [Rice Bowl] Chicken Teriyaki Bowl ₩9,900 (44g protein) / Pork Myeongi-namul (fernleaf beard) Bowl ₩10,900 (45g protein) / Beef Wasabi Bowl ₩13,900 (51g protein)
There are all kinds of categories — pasta, bowls, plates, curry, double bowls, yogurt, drinks, sides. Every item lists its protein content, which makes it perfect for managing your diet.
I had the beef wasabi rice bowl (₩13,900) and a fat-free latte (₩3,500), then packed a chicken plate salad (₩7,900) to eat for dinner.
Beef wasabi rice bowl, 13,900 won
The beef wasabi rice bowl at Prefers Samseong is ₩13,900 and packs 51g of protein. It was a quiet time, so the bowl came out not long after ordering.
Beef sits on top of multigrain rice — the meat was cooked just right, and the portion was bigger than I expected. I tend to eat a lot so I worried it'd be too small, but it was great.
The beef was juicy with good texture, and with that protein content it's an easy meal to have while dieting.
Add the wasabi sauce and you get a sharp kick that wakes up your appetite, and the vegetables were good quality too — the whole thing felt healthy.
Piling the beef onto the rice really gives you that proper rice bowl feeling.
The fat-free latte was tasty too.
Seems like it'd be a good spot for office workers in the area too.
Chicken plate salad, 7,900 won (takeout)
I packed the ₩7,900 chicken plate salad to eat for dinner. This is how the takeout chicken plate comes packed.
Chicken breast comes with a good mix of vegetables like broccoli and beans, plus a scoop each of sweet pumpkin and potato salad.
I picked balsamic for the sauce.
Whoa — the chicken breast was way better than I expected, honestly surprised me. Thick but not dry at all, juicy — exactly my type.
35g of protein for ₩7,900 — excellent value as a diet lunchbox.
Is Prefers Samseong worth it for a solo late lunch?
Overall it's good value and feels healthy, so anyone watching their diet can visit without worry. Perfect for a Samseong Station lunch on a day you want to eat light and skip the flour.
If you're looking for a solo dining spot near Samseong Station, this is a salad place I'd recommend — if it were near me, I think I'd go often. Thanks for the meal.
Where it is
33 Teheran-ro 87-gil, 1F, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea서울특별시 강남구 테헤란로87길 33 1층
