Rose pasta, gorgonzola pizza and steak, all ₩9,900 near Nowon Station

My partner and I had somewhere to be in Nowon, and while figuring out lunch, we ended up here — a great value Western-style restaurant in Nowon where you can pick and choose from pasta, pizza and steak. This is 'Pasta Han Kki Nowon Main Branch' 🍕

Pasta Han Kki Nowon Main Branch's exterior and the wait

The orange-on-orange exterior is so cute I honestly thought it was a café at first haha~~

There's a menu board outside the store, so it's nice to check the menu and prices ahead of time

You can register for the wait using the Catch Table kiosk at the entrance. I'd already made a reservation so I didn't have to wait, but it seems to be a well-known spot near Nowon Station because there were quite a few people waiting 🫢 I'd recommend booking ahead before you visit

There's also a waiting area set up on the side!

Retro-vibe interior and the self bar

The cutely decorated interior is made up of eight tables for 2–4 people plus bar seating

Retro through and through 💈

The self bar has cutlery, water, pickles, jalapeños, hot sauce and red pepper flakes — just grab whatever you need 😙

Every menu item ₩9,900, plus a review event

Ordering is done via tablet at the table — and every menu item is ₩9,900?! Wild 💥

There were way too many menu items to photograph each one, so a video will have to do 🙏🏻

If you take part in the review event, you get one of garlic bread (4 pieces), focaccia (4 pieces), or a sausage for free ✨

⛧ What we ordered ⛧

We wanted to try a bit of everything, so we ordered a mix of pasta, pizza and steak

🥖 Bread before the meal

Bread comes out first, one per person — and it's not just plain bread, it's garlic bread. Owner, you get it 👍🏻

🍝 Plump shrimp rose pasta

The number one bestseller — plump shrimp rose pasta! Apparently it's made with Pasta Han Kki's secret rose sauce. You can just tell it's thick and rich, right??

A rich, creamy rose sauce and, true to its name, plump and springy shrimp made for a flavor-packed rose pasta

🥩 Skirt steak with grilled vegetables

Since it was ₩9,900 as a weekend-only special, I ordered it without hesitation haha. It comes with skirt steak, grilled vegetables and fries — there's no way this could be bad 😎

The steak was well-seasoned and cooked to the right doneness, nice and tender. The well-grilled vegetables made it even better 🥦 and finishing off with a fluffy fry or two as a little palate cleanser made for a truly satisfying plate,,,

🍕 Gorgonzola

My beloved gorgonzola pizza. Dipping gorgonzola in sweet honey is simply the truth 🍯

Being a thin-crust pizza, it wasn't heavy at all, which I liked. The inside of the dough was chewy while the edges were baked crisp, so it ended up tasting almost like dessert!

Verdict: three Western dishes for ₩20,000s

Eating all this and paying in the ₩20,000s,,, given today's prices, that's just unreasonable value!!! The prices are great and the menu variety is wide, so it seems like a great spot for a meal with friends, a date with your partner, or a family dinner with kids 👏🏻 If you're looking for a good Western-style restaurant in Nowon, go check out Pasta Han Kki Nowon Main Branch~!~!