Cold soba with fresh wasabi at Goshigoshi, a Gwangmyeong soba spot

I was looking for somewhere to eat near Gwangmyeong Station and ended up visiting Goshigoshi Avenuefrance Gwangmyeong, so let me tell you about it today. Goshigoshi is a Japanese restaurant built around soba, tonkatsu and rice bowls, and the menu isn't limited to just one thing, so it's great whether you want a light meal or something more filling.

On top of that, it's inside Avenuefrance, so you can look around before or after eating, and it's close to Gwangmyeong Station too, which makes it a good pick for anyone looking for a place to eat near the station. This time I slowly documented everything from the store atmosphere to the dishes I ordered. If you're looking for somewhere clean and comfortable to eat, take a look.

Where Goshigoshi Gwangmyeong is, opening hours and parking

Goshigoshi Avenuefrance Gwangmyeong is located at 16 Yangji-ro, Gwangmyeong-si, Gyeonggi-do, inside Avenuefrance Gwangmyeong. It's within walking distance of Exit 4 of Gwangmyeong Station, so it's easy to reach by public transport, and once you find the building, the store itself isn't hard to locate.

Go up to the 2nd floor of Avenuefrance and the first thing you see is the eye-catching green GOSH GOSH sign.

Photos of the food are displayed in front of the store, so you can check out what kind of menu they serve before going in. Overall the exterior is clean, with the green logo as an accent point, making it easy to spot from a distance. There's a slight Japanese-restaurant atmosphere from the entrance, but it feels more modern and clean than overly traditional.

📍 Hours — Open daily 11:00–22:00. According to the official Avenuefrance store listing, Goshigoshi operates every day from Monday to Sunday with no separate break time listed.

📍 Parking — If you're visiting by car, you can use the Avenuefrance Gwangmyeong parking lot. Since it's a mixed-use commercial facility with parking, it's convenient to combine your meal with shopping or other errands nearby.

Inside Goshigoshi: seating and tablet ordering

Walking into Goshigoshi Gwangmyeong, you're greeted by a warm space built around wood tones. The tables have decent spacing, and besides the regular tables there are also sofa-style seats along the wall, making it comfortable to eat.

The wood-tone interior combined with soft lighting made for a comfortable, clean overall atmosphere.

Posters using photos of Goshigoshi's menu items are hung around the walls, so it was fun to just look around the store.

Every table also has a tablet ordering system, so you can browse through the menu one item at a time and pick what you want.

If you book ahead, it seems you can also use reserved seating like this. Rather than a flashy restaurant, it's a space that blends warm wood tones with a clean Japanese-restaurant feel, comfortable whether you're eating alone, with family, or with friends — and combined with the Avenuefrance location, it's a place worth stopping by if you're looking for somewhere easy to eat near Gwangmyeong Station.

That's enough looking around the store — let me show you Goshigoshi's menu board and what I actually ordered :)

What's on the Goshigoshi menu and how much does it cost?

Goshigoshi's menu is centered on soba, with rice bowls, tonkatsu and side dishes rounding things out.

Beyond the standard soba, there are also unique options like basil soba, Toowoomba soba, mazesoba and mala tantan soba, so there's plenty to pick from depending on your taste.

Rice bowl menu at Goshigoshi

• Best balance of carbs, protein and fat
• Tteokgi chorong — ₩11,900
• Daepae-jang bowl — ₩12,900
• Mackerel bowl — ₩12,900
• Yukhoe (raw beef) bowl — ₩13,900

Soba menu at Goshigoshi

• Michelin-style fusion soba
• Basil soba — ₩12,900
• Mije soba — ₩10,900
• Karami mazesoba — ₩11,900
• Toowoomba soba — ₩12,900
• Yukhoe perilla oil soba — ₩13,900
• Cold soba — ₩9,900
• Mala tantan soba — ₩12,900

The kiosk also showed Nagoya-style karami mazesoba at ₩11,900, Nagoya hot soba at ₩11,900, and mackerel hot soba at ₩11,900.

The mackerel hot soba in particular is described as a dish combining a rich bonito flakes broth, Goshigoshi's special tsuyu (dipping sauce), and mackerel. I really want to try it haha.

Tonkatsu menu at Goshigoshi

• Seoul's 3rd-generation demi-glace tonkatsu
• Fukuoka demi tonkatsu — ₩14,900
• Basil demi tonkatsu — ₩14,900
• Cream demi tonkatsu — ₩13,900
• Also popular: cream demi-glace cutlet — ₩12,900
• Basil demi-glace cutlet — ₩13,900

Kids menu at Goshigoshi

There's also a kids menu ready for anyone visiting with children.

• Cream tonkatsu — ₩8,900
• Tomato soba — ₩8,900
• Tomato hamburg — ₩8,900
• Cream mushroom chicken — ₩8,900
• Cream hamburg — ₩8,900
• Chicken nanban — ₩8,900

Having a separate kids menu is a nice touch for families.

Drinks and beer at Goshigoshi

• Ade — lemon ₩3,900 / green grape ₩3,900 / grapefruit ₩3,900
• Drinks — soft drinks ₩2,000 / kids drinks ₩2,000
• Alcohol — Cass ₩4,000 / Cass Light ₩4,000 / Terra ₩4,000 / Terra Light ₩4,000

Looking over the menu, prices mostly sit between around ₩10,000 and the mid-₩14,000s, and even for soba alone, the choices ranged widely, from basic cold soba to fusion styles like basil, Toowoomba and mala tantan soba. Out of all these options, I went with the mackerel hot soba — a whole mackerel sitting on top of the soba made quite an impression visually. Now let me show you what I actually ordered, one by one.

Ordering Toowoomba soba and cold soba: 30,600 won total

What I ordered that day at Goshigoshi Gwangmyeong was Toowoomba soba (₩12,900) and cold soba (₩9,900), plus a green grape ade (₩3,000) and a grapefruit ade (₩3,000), for a total of ₩30,600.

I was curious about the savory, creamy Toowoomba soba, and also wanted the clean, refreshing cold soba, so I ordered both to try two very different styles. Let's start with the Toowoomba soba, which was visually pretty striking.

Toowoomba soba, 12,900 won

The Toowoomba soba looked appetizing from the moment it arrived. The thick, rich cream sauce topped with shrimp, bacon and mushrooms gave it a totally different feel from typical soba.

Lifting up noodles coated in sauce, you could see the soft, thick sauce clinging densely between the strands — it made my mouth water just looking at it.

The first bite had a creamy savoriness with a hint of spice that cut through the richness. The salty bacon and the plump shrimp added good texture too.

When you think of soba, you usually picture something light and clean, but Toowoomba soba is a completely different, rich and creamy fusion style — a great choice if you want something different. The sauce coats the noodles well, so anyone who likes cream pasta would probably enjoy this dish too.

Cold soba, 9,900 won, with fresh wasabi

Second up was the cold soba. This one completely switches the mood to something clean and light. The generous toppings of seaweed, chives and bonito flakes catch your eye first, and wasabi was served alongside so I could adjust it to taste.

Mixing the chewy soba noodles with the seaweed, chives and bonito flakes gave a light but savory, umami-rich flavor. Stirring in a little wasabi added a sharp aroma that made it taste even cleaner.

Adding fresh wasabi on top really brought the aroma to life. Taking a bite with a bit of wasabi on the noodles, the buckwheat's clean flavor combined with the wasabi's sharp kick was refreshing and really got my appetite going. Together with the seaweed and bonito flakes adding savory, salty notes, the toppings worked better together than I expected. The sharp aroma lingered subtly, bringing out the clean flavor of the cold soba even more.

After the rich, thick Toowoomba soba, moving on to the cold soba was great since the flavors went in completely different directions — good for alternating between bites. Personally I love this kind of combo: one rich and savory, one light and refreshing. I'd recommend the Toowoomba soba to anyone who likes rich, creamy flavors, and the cold soba to anyone who prefers something clean and cool. The two dishes are so different in character that it was fun to pick and choose depending on my mood.

The side dishes served with the soba

I also took a quick photo of the basic side dishes that came with the meal. Crunchy diced radish kimchi and pickled peppers came alongside, which paired well with the clean soba. The pickled peppers in particular kept drawing my hand back — tangy and salty, they helped cut through the richness in between bites.

Green grape and grapefruit ade

For drinks I ordered the green grape ade and grapefruit ade.

The green-colored grape ade was sweet and refreshing, easy to drink, while the grapefruit ade had that citrus-y, slightly bitter grapefruit taste. Taking a sip of ade while eating the rich Toowoomba soba cleaned up the palate nicely, making it a good pairing with the food. If you like refreshing drinks, the soba-and-ade combo is worth trying. Recommended!

Is Goshigoshi Gwangmyeong worth a visit? My honest verdict

Goshigoshi Gwangmyeong offers soba, tonkatsu and rice bowls all in one place, so there was a good range of options to choose from. Personally, the Toowoomba soba left the biggest impression this visit — the soft, thick cream sauce combined with shrimp and bacon, eaten together with the soba noodles, had a completely different charm from regular soba.

The cold soba, on the other hand, was clean and refreshing, which made it a good pairing with a richer dish like the Toowoomba soba to share between. What I liked most was not being limited to just one kind of dish — you can choose from soba, tonkatsu, or rice bowls depending on your mood.

The store itself is clean and the seating isn't cramped, making it a comfortable place whether you're eating alone, with friends, or with family. If you're near Gwangmyeong Station and craving a soba dish with a twist, or want a clean meal alongside some tonkatsu, it's worth stopping by.

Before leaving after the meal, I also checked on parking registration. Goshigoshi customers can use the building's parking lot, with the first 3 hours free. If you drove, you can register your parking after your meal, which is a nice, easy touch.

Another good meal enjoyed today. This was my story about Goshigoshi Gwangmyeong, an Iljik-dong restaurant in Gwangmyeong where you can enjoy soba, tonkatsu and rice bowls all in one place :)♡