# Gangnam eel restaurant sharing family lunch boxes at Manmok - By Dohee (https://superchart.com/en/@paper-sleeve-hours/) - Written Sep 17, 2026 - Local places › Restaurants › Gangnam, Seoul - Sponsored: This visit was sponsored by the business. - English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@paper-sleeve-hours/mangmok-gangnam-eel-rice-bowl-revisit/ - Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@paper-sleeve-hours/mangmok-gangnam-eel-rice-bowl-revisit/index.md) ## In short Manmok is an eel rice bowl restaurant tucked down an alley off Seolleung-ro 82-gil in Gangnam, Seoul. On a second visit the writer shared a full-portion and a half-portion eel lunch box with family, cut the richness with sancho pepper, and worked through matsutake mushroom soup, shrimp chawanmushi and black tea ice cream for dessert. Because Manmok's eel is not slathered in sauce and the rice stays fluffy, the writer has stopped looking for other eel rice bowl places. ## Good to know - **Lunch menu**: One dish only, eel rice bowl, choice of half, full, or one-and-a-half portion - **Served with the meal**: Chawanmushi (steamed egg, with shrimp), matsutake mushroom soup, perilla-sauce salad, wasabi and pickled ginger, sancho pepper powder - **Dessert**: Handmade ice cream, black tea or matcha version - **Parking**: Room for about 2 cars in front of the restaurant - **Seating**: Long horizontal table for groups, regular tables, open kitchen - **Address**: 9 Seolleung-ro 82-gil, 1st floor, Gangnam-gu, Seoul *as written by the visitor on Sep 17, 2026* I went back to Manmok, famous as one of Gangnam's best eel rice bowl restaurants, for a second time. Why? Because you can get seriously good eel rice bowl here. There are plenty of places known for this dish and I've been to quite a few, but nothing beats this one. Let's explore what makes it so good. ![Manmok, an eel rice bowl specialty restaurant on Seolleung-ro 82-gil in Gangnam](https://img.superchart.com/images/mangmok-gangnam-eel-rice-bowl-revisit/mangmok-gangnam-eel-rice-bowl-revisit-01-1x7f8-966.webp) > Manmok ## Where is Manmok, and is there parking? Also known as a lunch spot near Seolleung Station, Manmok sits a little further into the alley than the cluster of restaurants near the station. It's not too hard to find, though. Parking at this Seolleung Station favorite is limited to space for about two cars right in front of the shop. It seems like there's usually room even on weekends — I've gone twice, both on weekends, and managed to park right out front both times. ![Parking space in front of Manmok](https://img.superchart.com/images/mangmok-gangnam-eel-rice-bowl-revisit/mangmok-gangnam-eel-rice-bowl-revisit-02-1dmja-966.webp) After parking, let's head inside. ![Entrance to Manmok with an eel illustration](https://img.superchart.com/images/mangmok-gangnam-eel-rice-bowl-revisit/mangmok-gangnam-eel-rice-bowl-revisit-03-1rjf1-1200.webp) The eel illustration catches your eye right away. How good is the eel rice bowl here, you ask? ![Manmok's single-item lunch menu of eel rice bowl](https://img.superchart.com/images/mangmok-gangnam-eel-rice-bowl-revisit/mangmok-gangnam-eel-rice-bowl-revisit-04-rq3xr-966.webp) ## Manmok's lunch menu: eel rice bowl in half, full or one-and-a-half portions Naturally. If you come for lunch, there's exactly one menu item. The truly good places rarely have a long menu. Your only choice is half, full, or one-and-a-half portions. ## Manmok's seating and the long group table propped on a stone Inside there's a long table running crosswise, great for groups sitting together. ![Long crosswise table for group seating](https://img.superchart.com/images/mangmok-gangnam-eel-rice-bowl-revisit/mangmok-gangnam-eel-rice-bowl-revisit-05-1aibr-966.webp) For a typical visit, a regular table like this is more than fine. I can see the spot I sat at last time, too. ![Regular table seating inside Manmok](https://img.superchart.com/images/mangmok-gangnam-eel-rice-bowl-revisit/mangmok-gangnam-eel-rice-bowl-revisit-06-1bl84-966.webp) It's an open kitchen, so you can watch the grilling in action. ![Manmok's open kitchen with eel being grilled](https://img.superchart.com/images/mangmok-gangnam-eel-rice-bowl-revisit/mangmok-gangnam-eel-rice-bowl-revisit-07-1v81m-966.webp) One end of that long table I mentioned doesn't have a normal table leg — a big rock, or stone, supports it instead. Kind of a quirky detail. ![One end of the long table supported by a stone instead of a leg](https://img.superchart.com/images/mangmok-gangnam-eel-rice-bowl-revisit/mangmok-gangnam-eel-rice-bowl-revisit-08-r1a4d-966.webp) ## Full or half-portion eel lunch box: which should you order? This is the full portion. There's a family member who especially loves the lunch boxes at this Gangnam eel rice bowl favorite. We opened each lid one by one to check things out. Super soft chawanmushi, a soup with matsutake mushroom in it that's genuinely refreshing, and then the star of the show — the eel rice bowl. ![Opened lids revealing the full portion eel rice bowl lunch box spread](https://img.superchart.com/images/mangmok-gangnam-eel-rice-bowl-revisit/mangmok-gangnam-eel-rice-bowl-revisit-09-1ujnh-966.webp) Eating a lot of eel can get greasy, right? That's when the sancho pepper powder here comes in — sprinkle it on and the richness disappears. This is the half portion. You can clearly see the eel is half the amount. Weighing up the price and everything, we figured three people could just order two one-and-a-half portions and split them, but that seemed a bit stingy. So the rule became: if everyone loves eel, go full portion; if the amount feels like a lot, go half. ![Half portion eel rice bowl with half the amount of eel](https://img.superchart.com/images/mangmok-gangnam-eel-rice-bowl-revisit/mangmok-gangnam-eel-rice-bowl-revisit-10-1e4ue-966.webp) A salad with perilla sauce comes alongside. ![Side salad topped with perilla sauce](https://img.superchart.com/images/mangmok-gangnam-eel-rice-bowl-revisit/mangmok-gangnam-eel-rice-bowl-revisit-11-1sgfv-966.webp) There's wasabi and pickled ginger to go with everything, too. The chawanmushi was really soft and good, just like last time. I crushed it up a bit and drank it down like soup — even better that way. ![Side dish plate with wasabi and pickled ginger](https://img.superchart.com/images/mangmok-gangnam-eel-rice-bowl-revisit/mangmok-gangnam-eel-rice-bowl-revisit-12-uw7pv-966.webp) ## Manmok's eel: grilled light on sauce ## Fluffy rice and sancho pepper with Manmok's eel Wow, doesn't that look great? What I like most about the eel here is that it's not slathered in sauce. Apparently they only apply sauce while grilling, which I think is why it tastes so clean and light — I really love that. There's matsutake mushroom in there too, and the aroma is amazing. ![Close-up of Manmok's eel rice bowl with lightly applied sauce](https://img.superchart.com/images/mangmok-gangnam-eel-rice-bowl-revisit/mangmok-gangnam-eel-rice-bowl-revisit-13-3jfge-966.webp) I dug into the half portion too. Maybe because they specialize in eel rice bowl, the rice was wonderfully fluffy. ![Half portion eel rice bowl set on fluffy rice](https://img.superchart.com/images/mangmok-gangnam-eel-rice-bowl-revisit/mangmok-gangnam-eel-rice-bowl-revisit-14-1wcbw-966.webp) Oh, and the chawanmushi has shrimp in it too. ![Soft chawanmushi with shrimp inside](https://img.superchart.com/images/mangmok-gangnam-eel-rice-bowl-revisit/mangmok-gangnam-eel-rice-bowl-revisit-15-d6tpj-966.webp) I sprinkled on a generous amount of sancho pepper powder, and like magic, that greasy feeling just vanished. ![Eel rice bowl sprinkled with sancho pepper powder](https://img.superchart.com/images/mangmok-gangnam-eel-rice-bowl-revisit/mangmok-gangnam-eel-rice-bowl-revisit-16-gy3n8-966.webp) ## Dessert at Manmok: handmade black tea or matcha ice cream Once you finish eating, they give you handmade ice cream too. Such a nice touch. There's a black tea version and a matcha version — since I knew from last time that my family prefers black tea, we all went with that. It's genuinely smooth and delicious. You know dejawa, that iced milk tea drink? It tastes like a frozen version of that, but a bit more refined and smoother. ![Handmade black tea ice cream served after the meal](https://img.superchart.com/images/mangmok-gangnam-eel-rice-bowl-revisit/mangmok-gangnam-eel-rice-bowl-revisit-17-16sb9-966.webp) ## Is Manmok worth a second visit? Manmok, a Gangnam eel rice bowl favorite, wrapped things up perfectly with dessert. I'd absolutely go back again — well, this already was a repeat visit. Since discovering this place, I haven't been able to bother looking for other eel rice bowl restaurants. Some places just pile on sauce, and sometimes the rice turns gluey. If you're really looking for a great restaurant, I'd say explore this one. Go explore! ## Where it is - Manmok (만목) - 9 Seolleung-ro 82-gil, 1st floor, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea - 서울특별시 강남구 선릉로82길 9 1층 - 37.5026585, 127.0509011 - Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%EB%A7%8C%EB%AA%A9/@37.5026585,127.0509011,17z --- Superchart · https://superchart.com/en/@paper-sleeve-hours/mangmok-gangnam-eel-rice-bowl-revisit/ · https://superchart.com/llms.txt