# Late-night Jeju City pojangmacha with whelk hot pot: Golbaengi Pocha - By Harin (https://superchart.com/en/@low-lamp-seoul/) - Written Sep 19, 2026 - Local places › Bars › Jeju, Jeju - Sponsored: This visit was sponsored by the business. - English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@low-lamp-seoul/jeju-golbaengi-pocha-golbaengi-tang/ - Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@low-lamp-seoul/jeju-golbaengi-pocha-golbaengi-tang/index.md) ## In short Golbaengi Pocha is a pojangmacha-style (street tent) bar on Namgwangbuk 1-gil in Ido 2-dong, Jeju City, near Jeju City Hall and the courthouse. The medium whelk hot pot costs 30,000 won and came with pasha at 7,000 won, a Spanish grape spirit called gomagraze, tofu kimchi as the free starter and seasoned tteok-twigim (fried rice cake) on the house. With plenty of whelk and a sharp, spicy broth, Golbaengi Pocha works best as a second or third stop of the night with soju. ## Good to know - **Address**: 38 Namgwangbuk 1-gil, Jeju-si, Jeju-do (1068 Ido 2-dong) - **Hours**: Tue–Sun 17:10–00:30 / Mon 18:30–00:30 - **Whelk hot pot (medium)**: 30,000 won - **Pasha**: 7,000 won - **Free starter**: Tofu kimchi - **On the house**: Seasoned tteok-twigim (fried rice cake) - **Price reference**: ₩30,000 ≈ $21.5 · ₩7,000 ≈ $5 · ₩8,000 ≈ $5.8 (2026-09-20) *as written by the visitor on Sep 19, 2026* > A hearty whelk hot pot with real pojangmacha vibes — the bar near Jeju City Hall I go back to now and then. ## Where is Golbaengi Pocha, and what are the opening hours? Golbaengi Pocha is a tent-bar-style eatery at 38 Namgwangbuk 1-gil, Jeju-si (1068 Ido-i-dong), Jeju. Hours are Tue–Sun 17:10–00:30, Mon 18:30–00:30. A place I used to go drinking near the Jeju office of education. Good for round two or three with golbaengi-muchim (spicy whelk salad) or whelk hot pot and a drink. This visit was with Jini, a certified whelk-hot-pot lover. Yellow, red, and totally pojangmacha in feel. ![Golbaengi Pocha exterior with yellow and red signage](https://img.superchart.com/images/jeju-golbaengi-pocha-golbaengi-tang/jeju-golbaengi-pocha-golbaengi-tang-01-sg00x-900.webp) ![Entrance to Golbaengi Pocha with a street-tent-bar feel](https://img.superchart.com/images/jeju-golbaengi-pocha-golbaengi-tang/jeju-golbaengi-pocha-golbaengi-tang-02-vwoo9-900.webp) ![Full view of the Golbaengi Pocha storefront](https://img.superchart.com/images/jeju-golbaengi-pocha-golbaengi-tang/jeju-golbaengi-pocha-golbaengi-tang-03-1j0lx-900.webp) ## Inside Golbaengi Pocha: tent-bar mood and the free tofu kimchi Golbaengi Pocha is decked out like a street tent bar. The yellow and red tables grab your eye right away. And funnily enough, today every single customer was a guy. Guys really do seem to love snacks like whelk — something to pick at one by one without filling up. ![Interior with yellow and red tables](https://img.superchart.com/images/jeju-golbaengi-pocha-golbaengi-tang/jeju-golbaengi-pocha-golbaengi-tang-04-13iu3-900.webp) True to pojangmacha form, the basic side dish was tofu kimchi. ![Plate of tofu kimchi served as the basic side dish](https://img.superchart.com/images/jeju-golbaengi-pocha-golbaengi-tang/jeju-golbaengi-pocha-golbaengi-tang-05-11iai-m-900.webp) ### The toad keyring that came with a bottle of Jinro soju Hurry up and bring us that whelk hot pot, please. ![Bottle of Jinro soju on the table](https://img.superchart.com/images/jeju-golbaengi-pocha-golbaengi-tang/jeju-golbaengi-pocha-golbaengi-tang-06-1ir3l-900.webp) ![Toad keyring received with the Jinro order](https://img.superchart.com/images/jeju-golbaengi-pocha-golbaengi-tang/jeju-golbaengi-pocha-golbaengi-tang-07-16rgk-900.webp) We'd already knocked out four bottles of soju with black pork at round one — 30 minutes of rest at home and here we go again, right, since it's whelk hot pot. Boss, one more bottle of soju please. We ordered Jinro and got a cute toad-luck-charm keyring with it. Too cute, so I clipped it straight onto my bag. Hehe, guess I'm telling the whole neighborhood I'm a drinker. ## Whelk hot pot, medium size at 30,000 won: how much whelk do you get? This time we ordered the medium whelk hot pot, priced at ₩30,000, and the portion was pretty generous. Plenty of enoki mushrooms, radish, and shrimp too. ![Medium whelk hot pot packed with whelk](https://img.superchart.com/images/jeju-golbaengi-pocha-golbaengi-tang/jeju-golbaengi-pocha-golbaengi-tang-08-nzcks-1200.webp) The number of whelks especially was seriously generous — Jini, our whelk-hot-pot connoisseur, took one look and said this many whelks at this price doesn't make sense. ![Pot of whelk hot pot with enoki mushrooms, radish, and shrimp](https://img.superchart.com/images/jeju-golbaengi-pocha-golbaengi-tang/jeju-golbaengi-pocha-golbaengi-tang-09-hkrz2-m-900.webp) ![Whelk hot pot broth boiling on the burner](https://img.superchart.com/images/jeju-golbaengi-pocha-golbaengi-tang/jeju-golbaengi-pocha-golbaengi-tang-10-11lwm-m-900.webp) ![Close-up of whelk in the hot pot](https://img.superchart.com/images/jeju-golbaengi-pocha-golbaengi-tang/jeju-golbaengi-pocha-golbaengi-tang-11-74zle-m-900.webp) Anyway, time to eat. I'll poke your eyes out with how good this looks. A refreshing broth loaded with pepper too. Now that it's boiled, let me give it a taste. Oh right, Jini wanted something refreshing so we also ordered pasha. Pasha was ₩7,000. Most places charge ₩8,000 for pasha these days, so that's a nice price. First, the broth — slurp. Ahh, so good, so refreshing. Spicy-savory yet clean, it was an absolute perfect match for soju. I'm gradually picking up Jini's taste in food. I've fallen for the charms of whelk hot pot. ### Gomagraze, the Spanish grape spirit, by the glass ![Glass of Spanish grape spirit gomagraze](https://img.superchart.com/images/jeju-golbaengi-pocha-golbaengi-tang/jeju-golbaengi-pocha-golbaengi-tang-12-1ew9v-m-900.webp) There was an unusual liquor on the menu that Jini wanted to try, so we ordered gomagraze — supposedly a Spanish grape spirit. Ugh, here we go again, eating weird stuff like tourists. It wasn't bad, actually. But honestly I have zero intention of buying any of these liquors again — I know myself, I'll circle back to soju eventually anyway. Jini diligently shelled the whelks and fed them to me, haha. Soft and chewy and delicious, so good. ![Plate piled with shelled whelk shells](https://img.superchart.com/images/jeju-golbaengi-pocha-golbaengi-tang/jeju-golbaengi-pocha-golbaengi-tang-13-17vww-900.webp) The evidence of Jini's diligent shelling. ## Ending on carbs: the free seasoned tteok-twigim ![Seasoned tteok-twigim served as a free item](https://img.superchart.com/images/jeju-golbaengi-pocha-golbaengi-tang/jeju-golbaengi-pocha-golbaengi-tang-14-oww23-900.webp) We'd finished the whelk hot pot and were about to get up when the owner brought out a free tteok-twigim (fried rice cake) drenched in seasoning as a service. Getting something free and just sitting there felt wrong, so — boss, one more bottle of soju please, hehe ^_^ ![Tteok-twigim skewered like tteok-kkochi](https://img.superchart.com/images/jeju-golbaengi-pocha-golbaengi-tang/jeju-golbaengi-pocha-golbaengi-tang-15-1htq3-900.webp) ![Plate of tteok-twigim eaten to finish the meal](https://img.superchart.com/images/jeju-golbaengi-pocha-golbaengi-tang/jeju-golbaengi-pocha-golbaengi-tang-16-g1tfo-900.webp) Jini skewered them like tteok-kkochi (rice cake skewers) to make them easier to eat. We were low on carbs anyway, so it arrived exactly when we needed it. (Though apparently still not enough — we went to the red place after and inhaled some rice balls.) ## Is Golbaengi Pocha worth it for round two in Jeju City? Golbaengi Pocha is a great spot for a drink in that laid-back pojangmacha atmosphere. The whelk hot pot comes loaded with whelk, and the broth is cold-and-spicy-refreshing, an excellent match for soju. With the free tteok-twigim on top, the carb quota was also fully covered. Calling it 'near Jeju City Hall' isn't quite right for a local Jeju resident — it's really more accurate to say it's near the courthouse and the old tax office intersection (Gosandong hill), haha. ## Where it is - Golbaengi Pocha (골뱅이포차) - 38 Namgwangbuk 1-gil, Jeju-si, Jeju-do, South Korea - 제주특별자치도 제주시 남광북1길 38 1층 - 33.4962998, 126.5373181 - Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%EA%B3%A8%EB%B1%85%EC%9D%B4%ED%8F%AC%EC%B0%A8/@33.4962998,126.5373181,17z --- Superchart · https://superchart.com/en/@low-lamp-seoul/jeju-golbaengi-pocha-golbaengi-tang/ · https://superchart.com/llms.txt