Daily 20-serving garlic gopchang and makchang near Omokgyo Station
In short
Omokgyo Gopchang Mokdong Main Branch is a gopchang (grilled beef tripe) restaurant tucked in an alley near Exit 1 of Omokgyo Station in Yangcheon, Seoul. A serving each of the traditional hand-made garlic gopchang and grilled makchang came with a tableside fire-searing show, complimentary scallion kimchi and sundubu-jjigae, and fried rice cooked in front of us; verdict: a satisfying, generous meal worth the trip for garlic gopchang fans.
Good to know
- Location
- 1F, 226-13 Mokdong-dong-ro, Yangcheon-gu, Seoul (3-min walk from Omokgyo Station Exit 1, 5-min from Exit 2)
- Hours
- Mon–Thu 16:00–22:40, Fri 15:00–22:40, Sat–Sun 12:10–22:40 (last order 22:00)
- Parking
- Alley is narrow; Mokdong Public Parking Lot or E-mart Mokdong parking recommended (within 7-min walk)
- Seating
- 64 seats for group dining (company dinners, engagement gatherings)
- Amenities
- Corkage-free, Naver reservations and takeout available
- Traditional hand-made garlic gopchang
- ₩28,900 per serving (limited to 20 servings a day)
- Grilled makchang
- ₩25,900 per serving
as written by the visitor on Sep 8, 2026
Location and hours of Omokgyo Gopchang Mokdong Main Branch
Omokgyo Gopchang Mokdong Main Branch Location 226-13 Mokdong-dong-ro, Yangcheon-gu, Seoul (3-min walk from Omokgyo Station Exit 1 / 5-min from Exit 2, in the alley across from the Anyangcheon stream walking path and SBS Broadcasting Center)
Business hours Weekdays (Mon–Thu) 16:00 - 22:40 (last order 22:00) Friday 15:00 - 22:40 (last order 22:00) Weekends (Sat, Sun) 12:10 - 22:40 (last order 22:00)
Parking & amenities The alley is narrow, so I'd recommend using the nearby Mokdong Public Parking Lot or the E-mart Mokdong branch parking lot (within a 7-minute walk) Corkage-free / 64 seats for groups (company dinners, engagement gatherings all work) / Naver reservations and takeout available
I'd been craving gopchang (grilled beef tripe) for a while, so I went looking for a good spot and heard there was a place near Omokgyo Station famous for garlic gopchang. It's been featured on several broadcasts and popular YouTube channels as a representative Omokgyo restaurant, carrying on a mother's recipe from a 30-year tradition of garlic gopchang — so I went in pretty excited!!
Outside and the spacious, clean interior of Omokgyo Gopchang
Walk about 3 minutes from Omokgyo Station Exit 1 and you'll see the red sign reading 'Omokgyo Gopchang'
The interior has a cozy pojangmacha (street tent bar) vibe and is bigger than I expected! With as many as 64 group seats available, it seems like a great spot for company dinners, family gatherings, or engagement parties. And since it's corkage-free, you could even bring your own wine or whiskey to drink alongside the gopchang!
They said they bring in fresh, domestically raised beef and Korean beef (hanwoo) slaughtered that same day and pre-sear it themselves, which gave me real confidence in the food quality
Scallion kimchi from a Hongseong mother's recipe and spicy sundubu-jjigae
As soon as we sat down, the side dishes were quickly set on the table, and you could feel the care put into each one! Fresh cheonyeop (beef stomach lining) with a crunchy texture — great dipped in sesame oil sauce — came out along with a special spicy sauce aged 72 hours with 15 ingredients, plus shiitake mushroom wasabi. Best of all was the scallion kimchi, made exactly to the Hongseong mother's recipe using first-grade chili powder grown by the owner's own parents; grilled together with the gopchang fat, the umami doubles and it's truly a special treat!!
On top of that, a savory ox-bone broth sundubu-jjigae (soft tofu stew) simmered with the house's special chili paste also comes as a free side — perfect as a palate cleanser before the gopchang or as a drinking snack
Limited hand-made garlic gopchang and chewy grilled makchang
We ordered the restaurant's signature menu items: one serving of traditional hand-made garlic gopchang (₩28,900) and one serving of grilled makchang (₩25,900)!
The grill came out piled high with gopchang, makchang, fresh yeomtong (beef heart), mushrooms, rice cakes, and bean sprouts!
A staff member gave us a fire show, lighting it right in front of us haha. The fire-searing seemed to completely remove any gamey smell and really brought out the savory flavor even more!!
Sold at only 20 servings a day, this 'one of Korea's top 3 traditional hand-made garlic gopchang' dishes is made with painstaking care, with whole cloves of Seosan six-clove garlic sourced directly from a Seosan farm tucked into every piece of tripe. The pungent yet savory garlic flavor blended with the gopchang for what was honestly the best gopchang of my life! The makchang we ordered alongside was also domestic, with no gamey smell at all — chewy in texture, and clean and savory the more you chewed!
With a bite of golden-grilled gopchang and makchang, cheersing happily with Chamisul soju and cider, all the fatigue from the week just melted away
Signature fried rice, cooked right in front of you
After finishing off the grilled meats, there's no skipping the essential K-dessert: the signature fried rice!! Omokgyo Gopchang's fried rice doesn't come out pre-cooked — instead, using 100% domestic chili powder, antibiotic-free eggs, and fresh ingredients, it's cooked in Korean beef fat right in front of the customer. It's fun to watch the ingredients get stir-fried right before your eyes, and pressed down crispy like a pan-fried rice cake, it even tastes a bit like nurungji (scorched rice) — absolutely delicious.
Between the flashy fire show, the carefully made side dishes, and top-grade hanwoo gopchang, I left Omokgyo Gopchang Mokdong Main Branch really satisfied! Strongly recommend it to anyone near Omokgyo or Mokdong looking for delicious gopchang with a shot of soju!
Where it is
226-13 Mokdong-dong-ro, Yangcheon-gu, Seoul, South Korea서울특별시 양천구 목동동로 226-13 1층 오목교곱창
