Korean soup restaurant behind HYBE in Yongsan, Seoul: Baekok Yongsan

Where is Baekok Yongsan, and when is it open?

Baekok Yongsan (백옥 용산) is on the 1st and 2nd floor of 11-76 Hangang-daero 10-gil, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, open daily from 11:00 to 22:00. It's in the alley behind the HYBE building near Sinyongsan Station.

I've been starting a new workout routine in Yongsan lately, so I've been in the area a lot. This time I met up with my friend Sunmu-ssi for a meal before heading off to yoga together. Looking for something delicious to eat beforehand, I heard Baekok Yongsan recommended as a go-to spot near Sinyongsan Station, so we checked it out. It's tucked in the alley behind the HYBE building haha. Not hard to find at all!! There's a whole street of cafés, and right in the middle of them blooms this precious little restaurant, Baekok Yongsan~~

What kind of restaurant is Baekok Yongsan?

Baekok Yongsan, a Sinyongsan Station favorite for clear, deep pork gomtang (pork bone soup), is run by a chef with a fine-dining background who serves up a clean, rich broth alongside a generous 100g of meat. It's the kind of delicious menu that works for a solid office lunch or the perfect group dinner. A place where you can enjoy a full, satisfying meal built around a carefully simmered clear broth.

Seating on both floors at Baekok Yongsan, solo diners welcome

Inside there's seating on both the 1st and 2nd floors. The 2nd floor space is a bit more relaxed! The atmosphere doesn't feel pressuring for solo diners at all, so it seemed like a comfortable spot for nearby office workers or anyone eating alone in Yongsan.

Ordering pork gomtang for two and cabbage mandu 5pcs

The side dishes were set out first~~ We ordered pork gomtang for two and cabbage mandu 5pcs. You order by scanning the QR code on the table and placing the order right from your phone.

And here's how the meal was set out~ The food came out fairly quickly too. The weather's been chilly lately, so I'd been craving a hot soup dish like this, and Baekok Yongsan hit the spot that day. Doesn't it look so good??!!

We each finished our own bowl of pork gomtang and ate the cabbage mandu too, then left stuffed haha. So whether we actually walked around Yongsan and made it to yoga afterward is... not a secret★. The portions were genuinely generous. And since we ate meat, it was quite filling too.

How the pork gomtang broth tastes, and the toryeom-style rice

Baekok Yongsan's pork gomtang is made with a rich broth and plenty of domestic female pork foreleg meat. It's already seasoned enough on its own, so for people like me who prefer things on the milder side, you don't really need to add extra seasoning. They do give you extra salt and pepper too, so you can adjust to taste. I just ate it as seasoned and paired it with the kkakdugi (diced radish kimchi) and pickled onions that came as side dishes — it was perfect.

The rice was already sitting inside the soup like this. I'm usually the type who prefers rice served separately, but since Baekok Yongsan's gukbap (soup with rice) comes set up this way by default, I tried it as is. The rice was moist and went well with the broth, so having it come as one bowl actually turned out to be nice.

Cabbage mandu with almost no wrapper: a perfect match for gomtang

Now let me introduce the side dish you absolutely have to try if you visit Baekok Yongsan: the cabbage mandu (dumplings). It's a healthy dumpling packed full of meat and kimchi filling. Instead of a dumpling wrapper, they wrap the filling in cabbage leaves. That way, you get so much more of that crisp cabbage texture. The mandu isn't spicy at all!! It went perfectly with the pork gomtang.

There's also a set menu option, so pairing pork gomtang + cabbage mandu 2pcs + a drink together would be a good choice too. Since there were two of us, we each ordered the single gomtang dish and added the 5-piece cabbage mandu separately as a side. You can also choose between mild broth or spicy broth.

It was even nicer getting to have a solid bowl of gukbap near Yongsan after a while. The weather's only going to get colder from here, so how about warming up with a bowl of gukbap at Baekok Yongsan?

Photo card shots and figure shots too~~~ Not HYBE but SM haha, sneaking it in like a spy lol. Jeno-ya, Jaehyun-ah~~~

Floss, mouthwash and candy by the door on the way out

On the way out, they had dental floss, mouthwash, and candy set up for anyone to freely take. Little touches like this were really touching.

The exit door had a ton of "pull" signs plastered on it lol. Make sure to pull the door toward you when you leave!! This was my review of visiting Baekok Yongsan, a Sinyongsan Station favorite, with a friend — we ate so well. Recommended as a Yongsan restaurant!