Kimchi and meat mandu hot pot for two in Jongno 3-ga: Jongga Mandu
In short
Jongga Mandu is a 7-year-old handmade dumpling (mandu) restaurant on Supyo-ro near Jongno 3-ga Station in Jongno, Seoul. The spicy mandu hot pot for two came with 8 dumplings — 4 kimchi mandu and 4 meat mandu — plus a kalguksu (knife-cut noodle) portion simmered in a broth that was sharp and hot but still clean. Royal-court style mandu can taste plain, but the dumplings at Jongga Mandu were deep in flavor and clearly had a character of their own.
Good to know
- Hours
- Mon–Sat 11:00–21:30 (break 15:30–17:00, last order 14:30 and 20:30), Sunday 11:00–16:00
- Parking
- Nearby public parking lots; Cheonggyecheon public lot during its free hours
- Recommended menu
- Half-and-half broth mandu hot pot, spicy mandu hot pot
- Hot pot order rules
- Minimum 2 people; choose clear or spicy broth, or add 1,000 won for half-and-half
- Spicy mandu hot pot for 2
- 8 dumplings (4 kimchi mandu, 4 meat mandu) with a kalguksu noodle portion included
- Side dishes
- Kimchi and pickled radish (refills at the self-serve bar)
- Other notes
- Mandu and hot pot available for takeout; bring your own alcohol and settle the bill on the way out; private and group bookings available
- Price reference
- ₩1,000 ≈ $0.7 (2026-09-15)
as written by the visitor on Sep 14, 2026
What kind of place is Jongga Mandu, a dumpling restaurant in Jongno 3-ga?
Jongga Mandu is a dumpling specialty restaurant on the 1st floor of 88 Supyo-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, near Jongno 3-ga Station. I visited Jongga Mandu, a Jongno 3-ga dumpling spot that has been hand-making mandu (dumplings) for over 7 years.
It's open from 11am to 9:30pm Monday through Saturday, and only until 4pm on Sundays. It's a Korean restaurant centered on mandu, with mandu hot pot, fried mandu, and bibim kalguksu (mixed noodles) all on the menu.
Inside Jongga Mandu and the handmade mandu folded at the entrance
Jongga Mandu is a great stop near Jongno 3-ga Station if you're out and about or on a date around Jongno, Ikseon-dong, or Cheonggyecheon, and the space itself feels clean and bright. They also said group bookings and private rentals are possible.
Interestingly, you can watch mandu being hand-pleated right in the entrance area — seeing the real handmade process before you even sit down makes this Jongno 3-ga dumpling spot feel even more promising.
Jongga Mandu's menu and what comes to the table
The mandu hot pot menu, orderable for 2 or more people, comes in clear broth or spicy broth, with a half-and-half option for an extra ₩1,000. If you want a simple solo meal, bibim kalguksu with added fried mandu, or the soybean kalguksu, are also good picks.
They also have boiled mandu, fried mandu, fried shrimp, and jorangi tteok mandu-guk (twisted rice cake and dumpling soup), plus extra noodle sides you can add to the hot pot.
Both mandu and hot pot are available for takeout, and drinks are self-served from the table, with everything settled together at checkout when you leave.
Kimchi and pickled radish come as basic side dishes, and you can refill from the self-serve bar if you need more.
The table came set with salt for the soybean noodles, plus soy sauce and pepper for the mandu. Today's order was the spicy mandu hot pot for 2. It's orderable starting from 2 people, and at 2 people you get 8 dumplings along with kalguksu noodles.
How does the spicy hot pot broth at Jongga Mandu taste?
The spicy mandu hot pot for 2 arrived. The portion of dumplings was generous and it came with kalguksu too, making this a really great value menu.
The hot pot arrives uncooked — they told us to add the dumplings once it starts boiling and cook them in.
Beef, napa cabbage, bean sprouts, bok choy, and mushrooms make up the base, and the red pepper flakes giving it that sharp kick are the signature of this hot pot!
The dumplings came out to 4 kimchi mandu and 4 meat mandu, 8 total, plus a generous portion of kalguksu noodles!!!
Once the broth started boiling, in went the dumplings!!! They felt like they were just made — plump, with dough that felt moist. I'd never had such fresh mandu before, and they already looked delicious. Drooling.
The dumplings simmering away nicely. Not sure how long to cook them, so we decided to fish out the vegetables and meat first.
The broth is spicy yet clean-tasting. Like a shabu-shabu, by the time you've eaten the beef and vegetables, the dumplings are cooked through.
Meat mandu: royal-court style, but not bland
Plump, hearty meat mandu. I was worried it might be bland since they said it's royal-court style mandu, but it actually has quite a bold flavor. The meaty aroma is great and the vegetables stay crunchy — such a delicious dumpling spot. On top of that, the flavor is unique enough that it's distinctly Jongga Mandu's own.
Kimchi mandu: neither too salty nor too spicy
The kimchi mandu isn't too salty and isn't very spicy either, while still keeping Jongga Mandu's own identity. I'm not usually a fan of kimchi mandu, but I really enjoyed Jongga Mandu's version.
The spicy mandu hot pot keeps getting richer as it cooks. Normally I'd just pop one dumpling open to eat, but here the dumplings were too good to break open.
Finishing the hot pot with kalguksu noodles
To finish, I properly polished off the kalguksu too. The noodles go really well with the broth and taste great. No flour smell either, and since they come pre-boiled once, the noodles ate clean.
Finished it off with a zero-sugar cola!! That was my delicious meal at Jongga Mandu, a Jongno 3-ga favorite, with their spicy mandu hot pot!!!
Where it is
88 Supyo-ro, 1st floor, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea서울특별시 종로구 수표로 88 1층 종가만두
