Gunja Station bar with private rooms for chicken stew: Saechamjip
In short
Saechamjip is a Korean bar with private rooms on the second floor of the food alley near Gunja Station in Gwangjin, Seoul. The order was Jirisan hanwoo daechang chicken stew (₩29,900) with udon noodles and a bowl of rice added at ₩500 each, plus an octopus and shrimp kimchi pancake (₩18,900), and the spicy broth and crisp pancake suited both a meal and a round of drinks. Saechamjip is a good pick for anyone who wants a quiet room to eat and drink in at the same time.
Good to know
- Location
- 16 Neungdong-ro 36-gil, 2nd floor, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul (2-minute walk from Gunja Station Exit 6)
- Jirisan hanwoo daechang chicken stew
- ₩29,900 (spice level selectable; ordered at the standard level)
- Add-ons
- Udon noodles ₩500, bowl of rice ₩500
- Octopus and shrimp kimchi pancake
- ₩18,900
- Drinks
- Terra beer ₩5,500 / Chamisul soju ₩5,000
- Complimentary snacks
- Nanacone corn snack and muksabal (chilled acorn jelly soup), refillable
- Extras
- Free hutgaesu (oriental raisin tree drink) and hangover relief drink
- Seating
- Fully equipped with private individual rooms
- Price reference
- ₩29,900 ≈ $22 · ₩500 ≈ $0.4 · ₩18,900 ≈ $14 (2026-09-16)
as written by the visitor on Sep 16, 2026
What kind of bar is Saechamjip near Gunja Station?
Saechamjip is a Korean bar on the 2nd floor of the Gunja Station food alley, and it's the first place in Gunja to come with fully private individual rooms. I'd heard there was a private, cozy Korean bar near Gunja Station, so I went to check it out — and it really was a comfortable, quiet spot.
What stood out especially... the food quality was so good it barely felt like a bar, and being able to enjoy a proper meal alongside drinks made it perfect for a casual drink with dinner :)
Saechamjip location and basic info
Saechamjip is located at 16 Neungdong-ro 36-gil, 2nd floor, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul. It's a 2-minute walk from Exit 6 of Gunja Station.
Inside Saechamjip: atmosphere and private room seating
The interior of Saechamjip has a strong Korean-bar vibe overall, but it feels cozier and calmer than your typical noisy bar. What I loved especially is that Gunja's Saechamjip has private individual rooms, which made comfortable conversation possible!
Saechamjip was great for dates, gatherings with friends, and quiet drinking sessions alike.
Saechamjip menu and what we ordered
Saechamjip's signature dishes include stone-plate bone grill, Jirisan Hanwoo Daechang (Korean beef large intestine) chicken stew, pollack roe mayo giant egg roll, and cream cheese chapssal juak (sweet rice cake). Everything looked so delicious that... choosing was genuinely hard, ugh.
After much deliberation... we picked the Jirisan Hanwoo Daechang chicken stew and octopus-shrimp kimchi pancake!
- Jirisan Hanwoo Daechang chicken stew ₩29,900 (+udon noodles ₩500) (+rice ₩500)
- Octopus-shrimp kimchi pancake ₩18,900
- Terra ₩5,500
- Chamisul ₩5,000
Free starters at Saechamjip: nanacone and muksabal, both refillable
Saechamjip's basic side dishes are nanacone and mukbap (acorn jelly salad)! The sweet nanacone was great for light nibbling before the main dishes arrived, and the tangy, clean-tasting mukbap paired perfectly as a drinking snack... (and yes, refills are available).
Instead of plain water, they served nutty hutgae tea (raisin tree water) — such a nice touch! And they even gave us a hangover remedy on top of it...
From the side dishes to the hutgae tea to the hangover remedy, every bit of service at Saechamjip won me over.
Jirisan hanwoo daechang chicken stew, ₩29,900
Saechamjip's Jirisan Hanwoo Daechang chicken stew is ₩29,900, with a spice level you can choose — we went mild :) Piled high with bean sprouts and mung bean sprouts, plus the udon noodles we added, the visual alone was overwhelming.
Even the mild version had a decently spicy broth, combined with boneless chicken thigh meat and Korean beef large intestine.
Just ordering the Jirisan Hanwoo Daechang gopdori-tang with a bowl of rice would be enough for a full meal — the portion was generous and the taste was excellent, and on top of that it worked perfectly as a drinking dish too, which personally won me over. Definitely order the udon noodles and rice add-ons! Because... they're only ₩500 haha.
The Jirisan Hanwoo Daechang chicken stew had a spicy broth with real depth. No gamey smell at all — just a spicy, savory, hearty broth that went great with rice, and it was also a top-notch drinking snack in between. As it kept simmering down, the broth's umami got even richer, and by the end the udon noodles soaked in all that concentrated broth were absolutely delicious...
Octopus and shrimp kimchi pancake, ₩18,900
Saechamjip's octopus-shrimp kimchi pancake is ₩18,900, fried up crispy and generously sized, with octopus and shrimp tucked inside. The crispy, golden-fried texture combined with the springy bite of octopus and shrimp made me think, this is a kimchi pancake specialist — and I devoured it...
If you love kimchi pancake... this octopus-shrimp kimchi pancake comes highly recommended :) The texture and the umami were both out of this world...
Crispy, nutty... salty with the kimchi's umami layered in, it went great with rice and was also a top drinking snack. Every dish we ordered that day was delicious.
Is Saechamjip worth it? Final verdict
A proper meal and a proper drink, done right — 100% would revisit! Gunja's Korean bar Saechamjip. If you're looking for a private, quiet Korean bar in Gunja, or somewhere to enjoy a meal and drinks together, I'd recommend visiting Saechamjip in Gunja :)
Where it is
16 Neungdong-ro 36-gil, 2nd floor, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, South Korea서울특별시 광진구 능동로36길 16 2층
