# Sadang Station izakaya in Seoul: Hanoi hotpot and soju at Cheonjan - By Yerin Gil (https://superchart.com/en/@mangwon-night-stool/) - Written Sep 18, 2026 - Local places › Bars › Dongjak, Seoul - Sponsored: This post was written after a visit sponsored by the business. - English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@mangwon-night-stool/cheonjan-sadang-izakaya-hanoi-nabe/ - Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@mangwon-night-stool/cheonjan-sadang-izakaya-hanoi-nabe/index.md) ## In short Cheonjan is an izakaya on Dongjakdae-ro 7-gil, right by Sadang Station in Dongjak-gu, Seoul. The order was Hanoi jeongol (Hanoi hotpot) and tako wasabi with soju — the hotpot has a rice noodle broth base with Vietnamese chili, clear but sharply spicy, and a generous pile of bean sprouts, napa cabbage and meat. Cheonjan is an easy meeting point for friends coming from across Seoul and Gyeonggi, and worth a return visit. ## Good to know - **Location**: 66 Dongjakdae-ro 7-gil, 1st floor, Dongjak-gu, Seoul (near Sadang Station) - **Ordered**: Hanoi jeongol (hotpot), tako wasabi, soju - **Seating**: Sofa seats and regular tables; group tables in use as well - **Included**: Snack starter, water, small plates / onion and radish sprouts with the tako wasabi - **Set menus**: Cheonjan Hansang (salmon, yukhoe, sweet shrimp); Cheonjan Hansang B, which includes the Hanoi hotpot - **Drinks**: Wide range of sake *as written by the visitor on Sep 18, 2026* Today was a spontaneous meetup with my sister! There are so many izakayas around Sadang Station, but Cheonjan kept catching my eye as I passed by — good bar snacks, easy to talk, easy to get to. I finally made it in today haha. ![Exterior of Cheonjan, an izakaya near Sadang Station](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheonjan-sadang-izakaya-hanoi-nabe/cheonjan-sadang-izakaya-hanoi-nabe-01-tqwvb-900.webp) > Cheonjan ![Table and sofa seating inside Cheonjan](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheonjan-sadang-izakaya-hanoi-nabe/cheonjan-sadang-izakaya-hanoi-nabe-02-1m973-900.webp) ## What are the seats and atmosphere like at Cheonjan? Cheonjan has sofa-style seating on the right side and also regular table seating. There were group tables too, but since it was a weekday, it was fairly quiet haha. As soon as we sat down, they brought a snack starter, water, and small plates — the staff were so friendly it put me in a great mood right away. ![Table set with snack starter, water, and small plates](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheonjan-sadang-izakaya-hanoi-nabe/cheonjan-sadang-izakaya-hanoi-nabe-03-1jpcb-900.webp) I really liked the interior too. Personally I love this wood-tone style with yellow lighting. Great for conversation, and not too bright while drinking, which I like. By the way, Cheonjan also sells a wide variety of sake, so if you order sashimi-type dishes, I'd recommend pairing with sake. Personally, when I'm at an izakaya, sashimi makes me crave sake (honestly I drink way more sake than soju). ![Interior of Cheonjan with wood-tone decor and yellow lighting](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheonjan-sadang-izakaya-hanoi-nabe/cheonjan-sadang-izakaya-hanoi-nabe-04-1pqsq-900.webp) ## Cheonjan's menu: set course or à la carte? True to an izakaya, Cheonjan's seafood dishes looked really solid too. There's a Cheonjan hansang set with salmon, yukhoe (beef tartare), and sweet shrimp. We ordered the Hanoi jeongol on its own first, but there's also a Cheonjan hansang B set that includes the Hanoi jeongol. We'd already eaten dinner so we kept it simple, but if you come without eating first, I think getting the set is the way to go! ![Menu board listing the Cheonjan hansang set](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheonjan-sadang-izakaya-hanoi-nabe/cheonjan-sadang-izakaya-hanoi-nabe-05-1tu61-900.webp) We cracked open the soju before the food even arrived. How is anyone supposed to hold off on that? Came in today ready for at least three bottles. ![Soju bottle and glasses opened before the food arrived](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheonjan-sadang-izakaya-hanoi-nabe/cheonjan-sadang-izakaya-hanoi-nabe-06-3yvtt-900.webp) ## Hanoi hotpot at Cheonjan: why is it called Hanoi? Here's the Hanoi jeongol (hotpot) we ordered! Lots of meat, and underneath it was piled high with bean sprouts. I wondered why it's called 'Hanoi' hotpot — turns out the broth base is rice noodle soup! It looks clear so I worried it might be bland, but once you taste it, the pepper makes it nicely spicy — perfect with soju. My sister loved it too. ![Hanoi jeongol pot with meat and bean sprouts before boiling](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheonjan-sadang-izakaya-hanoi-nabe/cheonjan-sadang-izakaya-hanoi-nabe-07-1tks1-900.webp) Oh, it's not cheongyang chili but the actual Vietnamese chili we all know, the red pepper kind — which probably suited it even better haha. Not the sharp heat of cheongyang pepper. I felt like I could go through N more bottles of soju with this — my sister kept fishing out more to eat since she liked it so much. ![Clear Hanoi jeongol broth topped with Vietnamese chili](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheonjan-sadang-izakaya-hanoi-nabe/cheonjan-sadang-izakaya-hanoi-nabe-08-az2pu-1200.webp) ![Close-up of the boiling Hanoi jeongol](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheonjan-sadang-izakaya-hanoi-nabe/cheonjan-sadang-izakaya-hanoi-nabe-09-kst0y-900.webp) Once it boiled, the visual was top-tier! Loaded with napa cabbage, bean sprouts, and meat. There was more to pick through than I expected. I personally prefer soft-cooked cabbage, so I ate that last and focused on the bean sprouts and meat. I'm already a lover of clear shabu-shabu-style meat plus bean sprouts, but this was my first rice-noodle nabe, so it tasted even better. The visuals were amazing too, ugh. ![Hotpot ingredients full of napa cabbage, bean sprouts, and meat](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheonjan-sadang-izakaya-hanoi-nabe/cheonjan-sadang-izakaya-hanoi-nabe-10-k2mot-900.webp) Loading up meat and shabu together in one bite is the best. One bite, a shot of soju, one bite, a shot of soju... ![Shabu-style meat and bean sprouts lifted with a ladle](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheonjan-sadang-izakaya-hanoi-nabe/cheonjan-sadang-izakaya-hanoi-nabe-11-g8feh-900.webp) ![Hanoi jeongol meat and broth served on a small plate](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheonjan-sadang-izakaya-hanoi-nabe/cheonjan-sadang-izakaya-hanoi-nabe-12-iwc1r-900.webp) ## Tako wasabi, the side dish ordered with the soju Just eating broth made me want something to pick at, so I checked the menu for a simple side and found tako wasabi, an izakaya favorite!! Honestly it's a bit disappointing when a place doesn't have tako wasabi. It's an oddly addictive snack. Cheonjan serves it laid over onions like this. ![Cheonjan's tako wasabi served with onion and radish sprouts](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheonjan-sadang-izakaya-hanoi-nabe/cheonjan-sadang-izakaya-hanoi-nabe-13-14v6n-900.webp) It comes with radish sprouts too, so I picked at it little by little. Tako wasabi tends to be a bit salty by nature, which makes it a perfect drinking snack. Honestly, if we hadn't already eaten, we would've ordered more seafood, but we'd eaten right before coming here so I was already too full. ## Who is Cheonjan, an izakaya near Sadang Station, best for? Personally, I think Sadang Station has great transit access, making it a good spot for meeting up between Seoul and Gyeonggi. Cheonjan is right by the station and has a good variety of snacks, so it's a solid choice for anyone looking for an izakaya near Sadang Station. Especially the Hanoi nabe! The rice noodle broth was deep and genuinely delicious. I've had a lot of nabe hotpots, so I don't know why I never tried this one before now (probably because I love rice noodle broth but don't usually like rice noodles themselves haha). Anyway, I'd definitely come back. ## Where it is - Cheonjan (천잔) - 66 Dongjakdae-ro 7-gil, 1st floor, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, South Korea - 서울특별시 동작구 동작대로7길 66 1층 - 37.478041, 126.9789553 - Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%EC%B2%9C%EC%9E%94/@37.478041,126.9789553,17z --- Superchart · https://superchart.com/en/@mangwon-night-stool/cheonjan-sadang-izakaya-hanoi-nabe/ · https://superchart.com/llms.txt