Gukbap restaurant parking near Jungangno Station, Daegu: Hanwoojang

Let me introduce a gukbap (soup with rice) spot in Jongno, Daegu ✨️ It's been picked for the Blue Ribbon guide for a whopping 12 years straight, so I went in with high expectations — and sure enough, thumbs up 👍 Eating a hot bowl on a chilly day left me feeling full and restored. If you're looking for a gukbap place near Jungangno Station, let me share my visit to Hanwoojang.

Hanwoojang opening hours and parking at a glance

• ⏰️ Hours: Open 24 hours, year-round
• 📍 Notes: Takeout, reservations
• 🚗 Parking: No parking available

Q. Where do you park at Hanwoojang in Jongno, Daegu?

A. There's no dedicated lot, but there are several paid parking lots nearby. I used Taesan Private Parking Lot myself — it's close and the price is reasonable (₩2,000 per hour).

Inside Hanwoojang: the dining room and self-serve bar

The interior is neat and tidy, with wide table spacing and a roomy layout that makes for a comfortable meal.

I made sure not to photograph other diners' tables, but you can still feel how spacious it is, right? Thanks to that, it's a comfortable place to eat solo, too — quite a few people were dining alone.

Extra side dishes like diced radish kimchi, kimchi, anchovies, and peppers are all self-serve, and the kimchi and diced radish kimchi pair so well with the soup that you'll end up going back for seconds 🫠

Hanwoojang menu and what we ordered

Seolleongtang, ttaro-gukbap, oxtail soup, doganitang, ox head gomtang, yangtang. There were so many kinds of gukbap, but that day I was craving a hot, rich gomtang (bone broth soup) simmered from ox bones, so I ordered without a second thought haha.

• 🏷 Teuk-seolleongtang: ₩13,000
• 🏷 Yangtang: ₩15,000

Yangtang, 15,000 won: a bowl packed with beef tripe

This gomtang was ready right after we ordered. It came out so fast there was barely time to wait — perfect for a quick bite during lunch hour or whenever you're short on time ❣️

Here's the yangtang I chose.

It's packed with soyang, meaning ox stomach. I loved this part as a kid whenever we made gomtang at home, so seeing it piled in there already had me excited 😍

The pieces were long and pretty sizable — almost too big to fit in one bite. Cutting them with scissors made it much easier to eat haha.

Soft yet chewy — totally my kind of texture 🫶 A lot of people skip this cut because of how it looks, but it's genuinely delicious. If you like makchang or gopchang (grilled intestines), you'll probably devour this just like I did haha.

The broth is rich and deep with a clean finish 👍 It's barely seasoned, so you can add pepper, salt, or dadaegi (spicy sauce) to taste depending on your preference. I liked the plain, savory original flavor so much that I just ate it as is, and it was more than enough.

Among the side dishes, the kimchi and diced radish kimchi were especially amazing paired with the gomtang 👏👏 They satisfied both my friend, who prefers fresh unfermented kimchi, and me, who loves sour kimchi — so of course we went back for more ☺️

Teuk-seolleongtang, 13,000 won: double the meat and noodles

This is the teuk-seolleongtang (special ox bone soup) my friend had. It's the basic seolleongtang with extra meat and noodles added!

It's loaded with tender brisket haha.

And the noodles are, needless to say, double the amount 😉 You know how the noodles in seolleongtang just disappear when you slurp them up with the broth, right? Haha.

My friend, who kept saying dadaegi is essential for gukbap and mixed plenty in, said it was the best gukbap she's had in Daegu. Trustworthy as ever, this Blue Ribbon spot 😋 If you're near Jungangno Station looking for gukbap or a simple but filling meal, I'd recommend a bowl of gomtang at Hanwoojang ❗️