# Sunday night Korean BBQ in Hongdae with no wait: Chopilsal Pork Grill

- By Hyeon (https://superchart.com/en/@queue-side-seat/)
- Written Sep 5, 2026
- Updated Sep 15, 2026
- Local places › Restaurants › Mapo, Seoul
- Sponsored: This is a sponsored post written after visiting the restaurant with support from the business.
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## In short

Chopilsal Pork Grill Hongdae Branch is a pork barbecue restaurant in Mapo, Seoul, three minutes from Hongik Univ. Station Exit 1, and the Hongdae outpost of a chain headquartered in Busan. Arriving at 7:10pm on a Sunday meant no wait at all, and the meal ran through two servings of salted ogyeopsal (five-layer pork belly) at 12,000 won each and one serving of jinjja dwitgogi (pork neck) at 10,500 won, closing with zucchini doenjang jjigae (soybean paste stew) at 7,000 won. The chewy pork skin and a stew broth as rich as tonkotsu ramen are worth a return trip to Chopilsal Pork Grill for the pork skin dish alone.

## Good to know

- **Hours**: Mon–Thu 12:00–24:00 / Fri–Sun 12:00–2:00am (last order 1 hour before closing)
- **Reservations & groups**: Reservations and group bookings available
- **Location**: 3-minute walk from Hongik Univ. Station Exit 1
- **Meat menu**: Pilsal pork skin 9,500 won / Salted ogyeopsal 12,000 won / Jinjja dwitgogi (pork neck) 10,500 won / Choryang pork ribs 12,000 won
- **Meals & sides**: Country pork kimchi jjigae 9,000 won / Zucchini doenjang jjigae 7,000 won / Chopilsal mixed cold noodles 8,000 won / Double cheese steamed egg 4,500 won / Radish salad rice bowl 2,000 won / Extra pollock roe 2,500 won
- **Order minimum**: First order must be 3 servings or more
- **Seating**: 10 tables
- **Waiting**: Sign up on the CatchTable tablet in front of the restaurant
- **Price reference**: ₩9,500 ≈ $7 · ₩12,000 ≈ $8.9 · ₩10,500 ≈ $7.8 (2026-09-15)

*as written by the visitor on Sep 5, 2026*

- Mon–Thu 12:00–24:00
- Fri–Sun 12:00–2:00am (last order 1 hour before closing)
- Reservations and group bookings available

![First photo from the visit to Chopilsal Pork Grill Hongdae Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew-01-3pzcx-900.webp)

Hi, it's Minkyung haha. Last weekend my boyfriend and I finally went to a Hongdae pork BBQ spot I'd been meaning to try for ages — Chopilsal Pork Grill! Their original location is in Busan, and I'd had it saved for so long, so when they opened a Hongdae branch I was so happy to finally go!

## How to find Chopilsal Pork Grill Hongdae Branch, and is there a wait?

Chopilsal Pork Grill Hongdae Branch is a 3-minute walk from Hongik Univ. Station Exit 1. If there's a wait, you register on the CatchTable kiosk in front of the store!

![Exterior of Chopilsal Pork Grill Hongdae Branch near Hongik Univ. Station Exit 1](https://img.superchart.com/images/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew-02-1ts01-m-900.webp)

I haven't watched Street Restaurant Fighter, but I think the owner of Chopilsal Pork Grill appeared on it haha!

Luckily there was no wait for us, so we got seated right away (visited Sunday at 7:10pm).

## Inside Chopilsal Pork Grill: 10 tables and a multilingual menu

![Interior of Chopilsal Pork Grill Hongdae Branch with nearly all tables full](https://img.superchart.com/images/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew-03-1deh6-900.webp)

This is the inside of Chopilsal Pork Grill Hongdae Branch. There were 10 tables, and all but two were full! Definitely feels like a real Hongik Univ. Station favorite 💙

![Multilingual menu in Japanese, English, and Chinese](https://img.superchart.com/images/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew-04-rwiwt-900.webp)

Fitting for Hongdae's international crowd, they had menus in Japanese, English, and Chinese too haha.

## Chopilsal Pork Grill Hongdae menu and prices

![Meat menu board listing pork skin and salted ogyeopsal](https://img.superchart.com/images/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew-05-zsarl-900.webp)

The meat menu has pork skin (₩9,500), salted ogyeopsal (₩12,000), jinjja dwitgogi/pork neck (₩10,500), and Choryang pork ribs (₩12,000).

![Meal menu board listing kimchi jjigae and zucchini doenjang jjigae](https://img.superchart.com/images/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew-06-19du4-900.webp)

For the meal/side menu, there's chon pork kimchi jjigae (₩9,000), zucchini doenjang jjigae (₩7,000), mixed cold noodles (₩8,000), double cheese steamed egg (₩4,500), radish salad rice bowl (₩2,000), and extra pollock roe (₩2,500)! *Looks like if you leave a receipt review, they give you either a pork skin tasting or a Chopilsal hair tie!

![Store sign with receipt review instructions](https://img.superchart.com/images/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew-07-1pl37-900.webp)

![Additional page of the Chopilsal Pork Grill Hongdae Branch menu](https://img.superchart.com/images/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew-08-16zua-900.webp)

And here's the drinks menu!! They sell quite a wide variety of alcohol haha.

![Drinks menu listing a variety of alcohol options](https://img.superchart.com/images/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew-09-xqulz-900.webp)

But we went with just soda haha. We'd been walking around a lot that day, so to keep to one drink each we ordered two cans of Pepsi Zero (₩2,500).

![Two cans of Pepsi Zero on the table](https://img.superchart.com/images/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew-10-1r9b7-900.webp)

## Banchan and the dipping sauces served with the pork

For banchan (side dishes), we got pickled gochujang radish, gungchae, wild mountain greens, white kimchi, radish salad, garlic and chili peppers, and perilla leaf pickle!

![Spread of banchan including wild mountain greens and white kimchi](https://img.superchart.com/images/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew-11-1qi3r-900.webp)

For dipping sauces for the meat, they bring fermented anchovy sauce, garlic pollock roe, and ssamjang! Oh, and they give each person their own plate with all four sauces on it.

![Dipping sauces: fermented anchovy sauce, garlic pollock roe, and ssamjang](https://img.superchart.com/images/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew-12-13p0o-900.webp)

![Plate of four sauces provided for each person](https://img.superchart.com/images/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew-13-c5y3x-900.webp)

## Grilling two servings of salted ogyeopsal and one of jinjja dwitgogi

Since the first order has to be 3 servings or more, we ordered two servings of salted ogyeopsal (₩12,000) and one serving of jinjja dwitgogi (₩10,500)! Can't believe we're a place famous for pork skin and didn't even order the pork skin,,🥲

![Plate of raw salted ogyeopsal and jinjja dwitgogi as ordered](https://img.superchart.com/images/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew-14-e2wb4-900.webp)

At Chopilsal Pork Grill, the staff don't grill the meat for you, so you have to do it yourself! And as always, my boyfriend grilled it up deliciously today too!

![Salted ogyeopsal grilling golden on the grill](https://img.superchart.com/images/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew-15-1j27s-1200.webp)

Ooh, grilled up nice and golden! TMI, but I actually prefer ogyeopsal (five-layer pork belly) over regular samgyeopsal. It's rich and juicy, and the skin makes it chewy and delicious haha.

![Close-up of a fully grilled piece of ogyeopsal](https://img.superchart.com/images/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew-16-110jb-900.webp)

![Grilled ogyeopsal with pork skin attached](https://img.superchart.com/images/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew-17-h67gb-900.webp)

Also great with the wild mountain greens + garlic pollock roe combo, yum

![Ogyeopsal topped with wild mountain greens and garlic pollock roe](https://img.superchart.com/images/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew-18-1wxy2-900.webp)

And we also tried it with the radish salad combo haha

![A piece of ogyeopsal eaten with radish salad on top](https://img.superchart.com/images/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew-19-10wrg-900.webp)

I like the fermented anchovy sauce, but my boyfriend usually isn't a fan? Surprisingly though, he said he wanted to try dipping it in, so he did haha,, though he dipped in way too much so it got salty,,

Next up we grilled the dwitgogi (pork neck)~ First bite had to be with just salt! Then we tried it with ssamjang, and it was a little chewier than the ogyeopsal with a stronger meaty flavor!

![Grilled jinjja dwitgogi served with salt and ssamjang](https://img.superchart.com/images/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew-20-t7ich-900.webp)

The grilled mushrooms were tasty too, nom nom

![Mushrooms grilled together on the grill](https://img.superchart.com/images/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew-21-736hz-900.webp)

![Meat and mushrooms together on the grill](https://img.superchart.com/images/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew-22-1nmj4-900.webp)

## Finishing with zucchini doenjang jjigae, 7,000 won

My boyfriend usually likes to finish a BBQ meal with a rice dish! We went back and forth between kimchi jjigae and doenjang jjigae and ended up ordering the zucchini doenjang jjigae (₩7,000). It had such a strong pork broth flavor that it reminded me of tonkotsu ramen! (Almost like tonkotsu ramen with Korean doenjang stirred in?😆) And I assumed the zucchini would be sliced into half-moons, but it was julienned instead, which gave it an even better texture haha.

Oh, and the jjigae came with a bowl of rice included! ₩7,000 for stew plus rice, pretty good deal right?

![Zucchini doenjang jjigae served with a bowl of rice](https://img.superchart.com/images/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew-23-1w0e0-900.webp)

I had a bit too, and there was more meat and mushrooms in it than I expected — really tasty.

![Country-of-origin label posted in the restaurant](https://img.superchart.com/images/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew/hongdae-chopilsal-pork-belly-doenjang-stew-24-fhzd5-900.webp)

Also check the country-of-origin labels while you're there!

## Is Chopilsal Pork Grill Hongdae Branch worth it?

- Chopilsal Pork Grill Hongdae Branch, a Hongdae pork BBQ favorite, sells ogyeopsal, dwitgogi, and pork skin!
- They only sell high-quality pork, so the meat is full of flavor and really delicious haha.
- The staff are friendly too!
- 100% would come back. Next time I'm going for the pork skin!

If you're looking for Korean BBQ in Hongdae, or a spot for a group dinner near Hongdae, give Chopilsal Pork Grill Hongdae Branch a try!

## Where it is

- Chopilsal Pork Grill Hongdae Branch (초필살돼지구이 홍대점)
- 172 Donggyo-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea (1st, 2nd floor)
- 서울특별시 마포구 동교로 172 1, 2층
- 37.5559973, 126.920995
- Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%EC%B4%88%ED%95%84%EC%82%B4%EB%8F%BC%EC%A7%80%EA%B5%AC%EC%9D%B4%20%ED%99%8D%EB%8C%80%EC%A0%90/@37.5559973,126.920995,17z

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