Gangnam izakaya with yakisoba and Asahi black beer: Shunno Oden

These days the weather is that perfect not-too-hot, not-too-cold stretch that's great for outdoor drinking, so I stopped by an izakaya near Nonhyeon Station after work for a simple dinner and a beer.

Where is Shunno Oden Nonhyeon? An alley off Exit 3 of Nonhyeon Station

Shunno Oden Nonhyeon is in the alley you reach from Exit 3 of Nonhyeon Station, past Jasaeng Korean Medicine Hospital. It's right near the station, and even though I've been to Nonhyeon plenty of times, I never noticed it since it's just one alley in — turns out it's a totally hot outdoor drinking spot near Nonhyeon Station! With the weather this nice these days, the outdoor seating was popular. 😊

Seating and opening hours at Shunno Oden Nonhyeon

Shunno Oden Nonhyeon has everything from terrace tables to counter seats and tables inside, so it's a comfortable vibe for dates, group gatherings, or drinking solo. :) Hours are 16:00–02:00, with last order at 01:00.

Retro-style interior with Japanese posters, photos, and nostalgic Japanese music playing. Coincidentally a lot of the songs that were popular when I lived in Japan were playing that day, so it was a strangely nostalgic, trip-down-memory-lane kind of time haha 😆

What's on the menu at Shunno Oden Nonhyeon

As the name Shunno Oden suggests, this is a Japanese-style handmade oden specialist, with oden and freshly made fish cake tempura, okonomiyaki, yakisoba, grilled squid, teppanyaki like whole cabbage steak, plus a range of side dishes, sake, whisky, and Japanese beers.

Side dish and chopstick rests to start

The cabbage salad that comes as a basic side. What kind of sauce is that? It was tasty.

Every table has a different-shaped chopstick rest — ours were a flower shape and a chicken shape haha

Oh, later I noticed the table next to us had an adorably cute cat chopstick rest ㅠㅠ the rabbit one was cute too haha. Sometimes izakayas let you pick which sake cup you want from a selection — I thought it'd be fun if they let you choose your chopstick rest the same way haha.

Suntory highball and Premium Malt's, 9,000 won each

Suntory highball ₩9,000

Suntory Premium Malt's ₩9,000

Soft, foamy Suntory draft beer. The highball and beer glasses are on the smaller side, so they go quick haha

Whiskered yakisoba, 15,000 won: noodles with oden fish cake

Whiskered yakisoba ₩15,000

Yakisoba topped with a fried egg.

Oh, being an oden place, even the yakisoba has fish cake in it +_+ Surprisingly it went really well, and the fish cake was tasty too — I bet the oden moriawase (assorted oden platter) would be great here.

The flavor wasn't too salty, like at other places, and there was a generous amount of noodles, which I liked 😊

Handmade yaki-gyoza, 12,000 won

Handmade yaki-gyoza ₩12,000

They also had Napolitan spaghetti, which I love, and I almost ordered it, but since the yakisoba was already noodles, ordering two noodle dishes felt like too much, so I went with gyoza instead, which pairs well with beer haha

Chewy gyoza dumplings with crispy lacy wings 😋

Asahi black beer, 10,000 won: the drink of the night

Asahi black beer ₩10,000

Personally I'm not a fan of Suntory Malt's, but I don't think I've ever had Asahi black beer, so I got curious and ordered one — and this one suited my taste haha

Chicken nanban, 13,000 won

Chicken nanban ₩13,000

Served with cucumber, cherry tomatoes, and lettuce, so the chicken nanban felt a bit like a chicken salad.

Is Shunno Oden Nonhyeon worth a visit?

I went to Shunno Oden near Nonhyeon Station planning to have just a couple of snacks and one beer each, and ended up eating twice as much 🤣 Good atmosphere, friendly staff, and a great spot to enjoy the Japanese retro vibe with outdoor seating near Nonhyeon Station. September 16, 2026, around 8:30 pm

3-8 Gangnam-daero 124-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, ground floor (143-13 Nonhyeon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul), South Korea