Gyeongju walnut pastry shop with online Smart Store orders: Buja Hodu

When you travel to Gyeongju you end up on Hwangnidan-gil so many times, right ~< I found a dessert spot there that's perfect both for souvenirs and for gifts haha. Buja Hodu makes walnut pastries (hodu-gwaja) packed with walnuts using 100% rice dough. They're also selling Chuseok gift sets for the upcoming holiday, so don't miss it 🌕

What kind of shop is Buja Hodu on Hwangnidan-gil in Gyeongju?

Located on Hwangnidan-gil in Gyeongju, Buja Hodu makes walnut pastries entirely from rice dough. Both locals and tourists buy them a lot as souvenirs and gifts 🤎

• 📍38 Poseok-ro 1095beon-gil, B-dong 105-ho, Gyeongju-si, Gyeongbuk, South Korea
• ⏰ Daily 09:30–20:00
• 🅿️ No parking lot

Since it's a walnut pastry shop, they also sell a walnut ice cream affogato — walnut ice cream topped with a walnut pastry plus coffee.

Most walnut pastry shops are takeout only, but this Hwangnidan-gil spot in Gyeongju has a terrace out front, so you can enjoy the dessert with a coffee after buying. Totally perfect for this cool weather ~ ☕️

The four walnut pastry flavors at Buja Hodu

This dessert spot sells four walnut pastry flavors in total. From red bean paste — the classic flavor that comes to mind first — to pea cream cheese, matcha, and almond praline. It's a basic yet unique lineup, so you can enjoy a lot of variety. And the red bean is low-sugar... 🤎

Chuseok gift sets: in store and on Smart Store

They also had gift sets ready for the upcoming 2026 Chuseok holiday. The holiday sets come wrapped in bojagi cloth, which adds a touch of elegance, and the price is fairly affordable, making them easy to gift without pressure. They're sold both in store and on Smart Store, so even if you can't visit in person, you can easily buy online ~🙌🏻

If you write a receipt review, they give you either 2 walnut pastries or 1 americano, so run and write that review 💨

Instant pack or gift box: which one to choose at Buja Hodu?

Buja Hodu offers both instant packaging and boxed packaging. Want to eat them right away simply? = instant packaging. For gifting = boxed packaging.

The instant packaging is a bit cheaper, so if it's just for a souvenir and not for gifting, instant packaging is the better deal! I'd recommend spending the boxed-packaging surcharge on more walnut pastries instead.

When you order the Chuseok gift set, the bojagi wrapping has this soft gradient look that makes it prettier and more upscale, don't you think? 💜

How the three 100% rice-dough walnut pastries tasted

I bought low-sugar red bean, pea cream cheese, and almond praline. The almond praline is sold only 50 a day, and I happened to visit early so I got lucky enough to buy it. This was pure luck ~ 🍀

You can see from the cross-section that it's packed full of walnuts and paste. There's really so much walnut inside — on a completely different level from the walnut pastries you'd get at a highway rest stop. And maybe because it's 100% rice dough, it tastes cleaner and nuttier. Especially the low-sugar red bean — it has a much healthier flavor than the walnut pastries I usually eat, and even my parents were satisfied with it.

Final verdict on Buja Hodu in Gyeongju

With its variety of flavors and the depth of flavor from 100% rice dough, Buja Hodu is a dessert spot on Hwangnidan-gil in Gyeongju that nails it. Great for gifts and equally perfect for souvenirs. Especially with the upcoming Chuseok holiday, you can get both an affordable price and an upscale feel at once. Even older relatives love this flavor, so you can gift it without worrying whether they'll like it ✨