# Old-style vs signature pork cutlet near Seoul Botanic Park: Tteudon - By Encore Plate (https://superchart.com/en/@second-serving-pages/) - Written Oct 18, 2026 - Local places › Restaurants › Gangseo, Seoul - Sponsored: This visit was sponsored by the business. - English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@second-serving-pages/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening/ - Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@second-serving-pages/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening/index.md) ## In short Tteudon Magok Branch is a pork cutlet restaurant on the 2nd floor of a building near Magok Station in Gangseo, Seoul, with a kids' room, baby chairs and an unlimited self-bar. On a late-evening visit, the writer ordered the old-style pork cutlet and the signature Tteudon cutlet, then used the self-bar soup, tteokbokki (spicy rice cakes) and white bread to build a pork cutlet burger. The verdict: the sweet-sauced Tteudon cutlet was a notch tastier than the crispy old-style cutlet. ## Good to know - **Location**: Room 216, 194 Gonghang-daero, Gangseo-gu, Seoul; 2nd floor of a building near Magok Station - **Getting there**: Close to Magok Station (Line 5), near One Grove Mall - **Hours**: 10:30 – 21:00 - **Ordered**: Tteudon cutlet, old-style pork cutlet - **Self-bar**: Unlimited soup, white bread, tteokbokki (with fish cake), cucumber, pickled radish, kkakdugi (cubed radish kimchi) and ice cream in 4 flavors - **With kids**: Kids' room with toys, several baby chairs *as written by the visitor on Oct 18, 2026* This is Tteudon Magok Branch in Magok-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul, open 10:30 – 21:00. Today I visited Tteudon Magok Branch, a Seoul Botanic Park-area restaurant that's said to serve really good pork cutlet. Locals love it, and so do the many people visiting Seoul Botanic Park, all for the sake of one dish: pork cutlet. It's said to be so good that it's ranked among the best restaurants near the park, so I went to see for myself. ![Tteudon Magok Branch, a pork cutlet restaurant near Seoul Botanic Park](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening-01-1jqp9-900.webp) ## Where is Tteudon Magok Branch? Tteudon Magok Branch is on the 2nd floor of a building near Magok Station. It's very close to Magok Station on Line 5 and also to One Grove Mall, so I imagine many people stop by when visiting either. ![Entrance of Tteudon Magok Branch on the 2nd floor near Magok Station](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening-02-1g616-900.webp) ## Is Tteudon Magok Branch good for kids? It's also known as a good place to go with kids. The inside was very spacious, and the seats were spaced far apart, so it looked safe and comfortable for eating with a child. ![Inside Tteudon Magok Branch with widely spaced seats](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening-03-jfw2d-900.webp) The dining room was clean, and it felt tidy throughout, so I already trusted the hygiene. ![Neatly kept dining hall at Tteudon Magok Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening-04-f5p2q-900.webp) Even though I came very late in the evening, the place was full of people eating. As I said, Tteudon Magok Branch has a reputation as a good place to eat with kids, and maybe that's why it even has a kids' room. There were plenty of toys inside and lots of things children would like. ![Kids' room with toys at Tteudon Magok Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening-05-pc902-900.webp) ## What's at the Tteudon Magok Branch self-bar? Another feature of Tteudon Magok Branch is the really wide variety of side dishes provided. ![Side dish corner of the self-bar at Tteudon Magok Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening-06-1hrz9-900.webp) From soup to white bread to tteokbokki (spicy rice cakes), you can help yourself to as much as you like at the self-bar, which was great. ![Soup, white bread and tteokbokki at the self-bar](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening-07-wo52s-900.webp) The tteokbokki in particular is rumored to be very good, and it really looked springy and tasty, like what you'd get at a Korean snack bar. ![Tteokbokki served at the self-bar](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening-08-6zxja-900.webp) It isn't just rice cakes, either. It had fish cake in it too, so it looked generous, and it looked so delicious just to look at! ![Self-bar tteokbokki with fish cake](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening-09-1iicg-900.webp) For regular side dishes there were several options, starting with cucumber, then yellow pickled radish (danmuji), and kkakdugi (cubed radish kimchi). ![Basic side dishes: cucumber, pickled radish and kkakdugi](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening-10-1ht14-900.webp) You can also grab the tableware yourself, which was convenient in many ways. ![Self-serve tableware](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening-11-z8v33-900.webp) There was even ice cream to help yourself to after the meal, and not just one flavor but four, so there's a wide choice. ![Self-serve ice cream corner with four flavors](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening-12-nl7r1-900.webp) The cups can be used to eat in the restaurant or to take outside, a thoughtful touch from the owner. Of course, there are also several baby chairs, so people with young children can eat comfortably. ![Baby chairs ready at Tteudon Magok Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening-13-108br-899.webp) ## What did I order at Tteudon Magok Branch? After some deliberation, I ordered the most basic menu item, the Tteudon cutlet, plus the old-style cutlet, which is even more of a classic. ![Ordered Tteudon cutlet and old-style cutlet on the table](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening-14-1fxnu-900.webp) I brought soup and tteokbokki from the self-bar. ![Soup and tteokbokki brought from the self-bar](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening-15-y1sp8-900.webp) Since it's unlimited at the self-bar, I ate it without expecting much, but it was honestly much better than I thought. The soup especially was rich and really thick, and delicious. ![Rich, thick self-bar soup](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening-16-143f9-900.webp) The tteokbokki was good too. You could really feel how chewy the rice cakes were, and the tender rice cakes were wonderful in the mouth. ![A bite of chewy tteokbokki rice cake](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening-17-1up5u-900.webp) ### Old-style cutlet vs Tteudon cutlet: which was better? This time I tried the old-style cutlet, where you can really taste the cutlet itself. The crunch came through, and the meat inside was so tender it nearly melted in my mouth. I could see why Tteudon Magok Branch is known as a Magok pork cutlet hotspot. ![Crispy old-style cutlet with tender meat inside](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening-18-evay1-1200.webp) But one step tastier than the old-style cutlet was this Tteudon cutlet. ![Signature Tteudon cutlet](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening-19-22r7u-900.webp) Maybe because it's the main signature menu, the sauce was really sweet and delicious, and I understood why people love this cutlet so much. I've eaten pork cutlet at all sorts of places, but personally I haven't found one as good as Tteudon Magok Branch. ![A piece of Tteudon cutlet topped with sweet sauce](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening-20-1p6sr-900.webp) ### Making a cutlet burger with self-bar bread On top of that, I made a burger with the self-bar white bread. ![Making a cutlet burger with white bread](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening-21-1vjx7-900.webp) ![Placing cutlet and vegetables on the bread](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening-22-1cd8k-900.webp) I stuffed the bread generously with cutlet, assorted vegetables and corn to make a burger. ![Bread burger with cutlet, vegetables and corn](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening-23-1wr08-900.webp) One bite and it was already packed full, and it tasted great. I was so happy to be able to eat such a variety of flavors at a pork cutlet restaurant. ![A bite of the finished cutlet bread burger](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening-24-17pj1-900.webp) ## Final verdict on Tteudon Magok Branch Finally, I brought back ice cream too, and with that sweet finish it was a perfect meal. It's called a top restaurant near Seoul Botanic Park, and there really is a reason. The cutlet is great, but I was satisfied in so many ways, and I think I'll be coming back often. ## Where it is - Tteudon Magok Branch (뜨돈 마곡점) - Room 216, 194 Gonghang-daero, Gangseo-gu, Seoul, South Korea - 서울특별시 강서구 공항대로 194 216호 뜨돈 - 37.5588871, 126.82891 - Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%EB%9C%A8%EB%8F%88%20%EB%A7%88%EA%B3%A1%EC%A0%90/@37.5588871,126.82891,17z --- Superchart · https://superchart.com/en/@second-serving-pages/magok-tteudon-classic-pork-cutlet-evening/ · https://superchart.com/llms.txt