# Gangnam Station dakgalbi cooked by staff, no gochujang: Dakgalbijeon

- By Yeobaek (https://superchart.com/en/@plates-and-glasses/)
- Written Sep 2, 2026
- Local places › Restaurants › Seocho, Seoul
- Sponsored: This post was written after receiving a complimentary visit to the restaurant.
- English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@plates-and-glasses/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night/
- Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@plates-and-glasses/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night/index.md)

## In short

Dakgalbijeon Gangnam Branch is a dakgalbi (spicy stir-fried chicken) restaurant on the 2nd floor of Gangnam Diobill, between Gangnam Station and Sinnonhyeon in Seocho, Seoul. The cheese dakgalbi uses only chicken thigh and is cooked at the table by a staff member and served fully done, followed by a cheese rice cake topping and cheese fried rice. The sauce contains no gochujang, so the heat stayed mild enough for the writer's foreign husband, and the floor-to-ceiling window seats suit both group dinners and dates.

## Good to know

- **Location**: 2nd floor, Gangnam Diobill, 54 Seocho-daero 73-gil, Seocho-gu, Seoul
- **Hours**: Daily 11:00–22:00
- **Parking**: Paid parking available, 1 hour free (accessible parking space on site)
- **Seating**: Floor-to-ceiling window seats, groups welcome
- **Self-bar**: Self-serve pickled radish and radish
- **What we ordered**: Cheese dakgalbi, cheese rice cake topping, cheese fried rice
- **Signature set**: Gamssadak (dakgalbi wrapped in potato pancake)

*as written by the visitor on Sep 2, 2026*

When it's lunch or dinner time near Gangnam Station, there are so many options that it can actually be hard to decide where to go. This time I visited Dakgalbijeon, a Gangnam Station dakgalbi restaurant that works just as well for a filling meal as it does for a get-together with friends or a date.

## Where is Dakgalbijeon Gangnam Branch, and what are its hours?

Dakgalbijeon Gangnam Branch is on the 2nd floor of Gangnam Diobill, 54 Seocho-daero 73-gil, Seocho-gu, Seoul, open daily from 11:00 to 22:00. Paid parking is available, along with a disabled parking spot and group seating.

Dakgalbijeon is close to Gangnam Station, so it's convenient as a meeting spot too. If you're an office worker on a lunch break, distance matters a lot, and this is a good pick for anyone looking for a place to eat around Gangnam Station.

![Interior of Dakgalbijeon Gangnam Branch on the 2nd floor of Gangnam Diobill](https://img.superchart.com/images/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night-01-1vyj3-1200.webp)

If you're driving, they offer 1 hour of free parking, which is handy for anyone coming by car. Looking at the menu, it's mostly centered on dakgalbi and potato pancake, and gamssadak is the restaurant's famous set — haha. It's dakgalbi wrapped in potato pancake, and when you add something delicious to something else delicious, how could it not be good! 👍 Total genius idea 🐥

![Menu board centered on dakgalbi and potato pancake at Dakgalbijeon](https://img.superchart.com/images/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night-02-1cfcb-900.webp)

![Menu listing showing the gamssadak set](https://img.superchart.com/images/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night-03-oh6f3-900.webp)

- Dakgalbijeon is great for office workers looking for a Gangnam Station lunch spot during the day, and it also works well as a dinner gathering place where people eat and drink together
- The restaurant is spacious and clean, so it's comfortable for family meals or friend gatherings, and the window seats keep the atmosphere from feeling cramped

## Inside Dakgalbijeon: window seats and atmosphere

The interior of Dakgalbijeon Gangnam Branch is spacious and pleasant, so the tables didn't feel cramped, and there's space for larger groups too, which would work well for a company dinner or a gathering of friends.

![Interior of Dakgalbijeon Gangnam Branch with widely spaced tables](https://img.superchart.com/images/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night-04-1vfit-900.webp)

There's a self-bar set up too, where you can help yourself to pickled radish and radish if you need them.

![Self-bar with pickled radish and radish](https://img.superchart.com/images/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night-05-13ymb-900.webp)

![Side dish containers prepared at the self-bar](https://img.superchart.com/images/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night-06-1w5fw-900.webp)

I especially liked the open, floor-to-ceiling window seats, which let you eat without feeling boxed in even in the middle of Gangnam.

![Open, floor-to-ceiling window seating](https://img.superchart.com/images/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night-07-u3uy2-900.webp)

The tables are spaced well and there are plenty of them, so the atmosphere works well as a lunch spot for office workers and as a dinner spot for friend gatherings or dates.

![Spatula and table set up for the meal](https://img.superchart.com/images/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night-08-1ymzs-900.webp)

That spatula is mine!!! Hahahaha 😂

## How spicy is the chicken thigh cheese dakgalbi?

One of the biggest features of Dakgalbijeon is that they only use chicken thigh. Many people prefer the softer thigh meat to the drier breast meat when eating dakgalbi, and here the thigh meat keeps that moist, tender texture front and center.

![Pan of dakgalbi made with chicken thigh meat](https://img.superchart.com/images/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night-09-13cy3-900.webp)

Another thing that sets it apart from typical dakgalbi is the special sauce — it's aged without gochujang, using their own secret recipe, which apparently gives a clean, deep flavor rather than a heavy one.

With dakgalbi, if the sauce is too heavy or intense it can get tiring after a while, but with this kind of special sauce, you can enjoy the chicken's flavor together with the sauce's flavor 👍

![Dakgalbi ingredients aged in the special sauce](https://img.superchart.com/images/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night-10-hmbku-900.webp)

It's also a plus that people who find very spicy dakgalbi overwhelming can eat this more comfortably — haha. It's mild enough that even my foreign husband enjoyed it just fine.

![Spicy-sweet dakgalbi in the pan](https://img.superchart.com/images/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night-11-1x87m-900.webp)

![Table set with uncooked dakgalbi and side dishes](https://img.superchart.com/images/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night-12-ojkcf-900.webp)

## Staff cook the dakgalbi at your table

The cheese dakgalbi comes with pure mozzarella cheese piled generously on top, so it looked appetizing just from the visuals — and I especially liked that staff cook it for you 👍

![Cheese dakgalbi piled with mozzarella cheese](https://img.superchart.com/images/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night-13-rrj1i-900.webp)

With dakgalbi you usually have to watch the heat and cook time, and it can easily overcook while you're chatting with friends, but since the staff cook it for you, you can wait comfortably and eat it at its best. They brought it out already cooked, so the whole meal felt really easy 👍👍

![Cheese dakgalbi finished cooking by the staff](https://img.superchart.com/images/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night-14-1vwff-900.webp)

![Pan of dakgalbi with melted cheese spread through it](https://img.superchart.com/images/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night-15-1916o-900.webp)

![Close-up of the finished cheese dakgalbi](https://img.superchart.com/images/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night-16-1dxlf-900.webp)

You can also add a side, and we ordered the cheese rice cake side. There's also udon noodles, ramen noodles, and other options, so you can pick according to your taste.

![Added cheese rice cake side](https://img.superchart.com/images/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night-17-1j6m5-900.webp)

Picking up the well-cooked chicken thigh together with the melted mozzarella cheese added a nutty, soft flavor! The chicken keeps its moist texture and the sauce is cleanly spicy-sweet, which paired well with the cheese too.

![Chicken thigh meat with stretchy melted mozzarella cheese](https://img.superchart.com/images/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night-18-yy6at-900.webp)

It went especially well with the tangy-sweet pickled radish, and since the cheese softens the spicy edge of the dakgalbi, the balance of spice and savory flavor was pretty good. Last up — fried rice!

![Cheese dakgalbi wrapped in pickled radish](https://img.superchart.com/images/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night-19-nm97x-900.webp)

![Plate of dakgalbi portioned out to eat](https://img.superchart.com/images/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night-20-fpd1r-900.webp)

## Finishing with cheese fried rice at Dakgalbijeon

After dakgalbi, you can't skip the fried rice. We finished with cheese fried rice 🤍 Cooking the rice in the pan with the leftover sauce let the rice naturally soak up that deep dakgalbi flavor.

- Leave a little dakgalbi before ordering the fried rice

![Cheese fried rice cooking in the leftover sauce](https://img.superchart.com/images/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night-21-1or0p-900.webp)

Adding cheese on top made the nutty, soft flavor even stronger. Since the fried rice uses the leftover sauce after eating some of the dakgalbi, it finished the meal with a totally different feel from what came before!

![Finished cheese fried rice in the pan](https://img.superchart.com/images/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night-22-18ev9-900.webp)

Personally, I feel like a dakgalbi meal isn't complete without the fried rice at the end, and going from cheese dakgalbi straight into cheese fried rice made for a really filling finish.

![Spoonful of fried rice with stretchy cheese](https://img.superchart.com/images/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night-23-pu25k-900.webp)

![Cheese fried rice eaten as the final course](https://img.superchart.com/images/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night/gangnam-dakgalbijeon-cheese-dakgalbi-night-24-11umi-900.webp)

The sauce itself is already tasty, so frying rice in it makes it even better, and the melted cheese stretched out in long strings, which was fun to eat too.

## Is Dakgalbijeon Gangnam Branch worth a visit?

Here's a summary of Dakgalbijeon Gangnam Branch, the Gangnam Station dakgalbi restaurant I visited this time.

- Soft chicken thigh meat, clean special sauce, and the comfortable service of staff cooking it for you
- Cheese dakgalbi piles moist chicken thigh with plenty of mozzarella for a nutty, soft bite, and the cheese fried rice made the meal really filling
- A spacious spot good for office workers on lunch break near Gangnam Station, and equally good for dinner gatherings, company dinners, family meals, or dates
- Since the staff already finish cooking everything deliciously, you can just focus on eating

If you're searching for a Gangnam Station restaurant, a Gangnam Station place to eat, or a Gangnam Station lunch spot and want something filling, I'd recommend giving Dakgalbijeon a try.

## Where it is

- Dakgalbijeon Gangnam Branch (닭갈비전 강남점)
- 54 Seocho-daero 73-gil, Seocho-gu, Seoul, 2nd floor of Gangnam Diobill, South Korea
- 서울특별시 서초구 서초대로73길 54 강남디오빌 2층 닭갈비전
- 37.5020765, 127.023964
- Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%EB%8B%AD%EA%B0%88%EB%B9%84%EC%A0%84%20%EA%B0%95%EB%82%A8%EC%A0%90/@37.5020765,127.023964,17z

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