# Itaewon workday lunch, two rounds of self-fried rice: Nuri Maeul

- By Sia (https://superchart.com/en/@seoul-side-street-2/)
- Written Sep 21, 2026
- Local places › Restaurants › Yongsan, Seoul
- Sponsored: This post was written after a meal provided by the restaurant for review purposes.
- English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@seoul-side-street-2/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch/
- Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@seoul-side-street-2/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch/index.md)

## In short

Nuri Maeul Gamjatang Itaewon Branch is a 24-hour pork bone stew restaurant on the 2nd floor of a building one minute on foot from Itaewon Station Exit 4 in Yongsan, Seoul. Lunch on a work trip was the small aged kimchi bone stew (묵은지감자탕) at 36,000 won, filled out with two bowls of rice, udon noodles and two rounds of self-fried rice until the big pot was full. The bone meat had no gamey smell, the aged kimchi was generous, and the fried-rice finish made Nuri Maeul a solidly filling midday meal.

## Good to know

- **Location**: 176 Itaewon-ro, 2nd floor, Yongsan-gu, Seoul (1-minute walk from Itaewon Station Exit 4)
- **Hours**: Open 24 hours
- **Ordered**: Aged kimchi bone stew (묵은지감자탕), small, 36,000 won
- **Add-ons**: Rice bowl 1,000 won x2, udon noodles 3,000 won, self-fried rice 3,000 won x2, one raw egg for the fried rice 1,000 won
- **Drinks**: Ambasa Zero 3,000 won x2
- **House rules**: One order per person required; 2-hour limit on weekends and when the restaurant is full
- **Ordering**: Table kiosk ordering with card payment, robot serving
- **Side dishes**: Self-serve bar (fresh kimchi, radish kimchi, pickled onion, cheongyang chili, ssamjang)
- **Receipt review event**: Choice of one: ramen noodles, potato sujebi, 4 dumplings, or 1 canned drink

*as written by the visitor on Sep 21, 2026*

My coworker Sseulgong and I were on a business trip and it happened to line up exactly with lunchtime 💖 Right by Itaewon Station Exit 4, I'd heard a tasty new gamjatang (pork bone stew) place had opened, so we went. Turned out the meat was clean-tasting with no funky smell, the noodle add-ins were up to us, and we even got to finish it off with fried rice — a solid, filling Itaewon lunch spot!

![Featured photo of the aged kimchi bone stew at Nuri Maeul Gamjatang Itaewon Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch-01-gj9ys-1200.webp)

![Aged kimchi bone stew pot boiling](https://img.superchart.com/images/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch-02-kjf9e-900.webp)

![Table setting with bone stew bones and aged kimchi](https://img.superchart.com/images/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch-03-3g729-900.webp)

> Nuri Maeul Gamjatang Itaewon

## One minute from Itaewon Station Exit 4, open 24 hours

Nuri Maeul Gamjatang is an Itaewon pork bone stew restaurant just a one-minute walk from Itaewon Station Exit 4. Right by the station, it's convenient for anyone heading to Itaewon Station, and since it's open 24 hours, it's also a great spot for late-night cravings or an early-morning hangover cure.

![Exterior of the building housing Nuri Maeul Gamjatang in front of Itaewon Station Exit 4](https://img.superchart.com/images/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch-04-m5nvx-900.webp)

![Stairs leading up to the 2nd-floor restaurant](https://img.superchart.com/images/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch-05-lilp9-900.webp)

![Nuri Maeul Gamjatang Itaewon Branch signboard](https://img.superchart.com/images/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch-06-1upui-900.webp)

The restaurant is on the 2nd floor, so once you spot the sign, just head up the stairs of that building.

## Inside Nuri Maeul: a wide 2nd floor with full-length windows

Since it's a recently opened restaurant, the interior was clean and tidy, with an overall spacious, comfortable feel.

The seats near the 2nd-floor windows felt even more open, with sunlight streaming in.

![Sunlit 2nd-floor window seating](https://img.superchart.com/images/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch-07-171lg-900.webp)

We arrived a bit past the lunch rush, and the tables further in showed traces of a storm having just passed through, haha — plates from meals that had literally just wrapped up. Seems like a popular Itaewon lunch spot for nearby office workers!

![A serving robot moving through the restaurant](https://img.superchart.com/images/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch-08-q3kdd-900.webp)

There was also this fancy new robot rolling around the restaurant, haha.

Near the entrance, there was a helpfully posted sign showing country of origin for ingredients, along with directions to the restroom.

![Origin labeling sign and restroom directions near the entrance](https://img.superchart.com/images/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch-09-19vwg-824.webp)

### Side dishes come from the self-serve bar

On one side of the restaurant there's a self-serve bar with plates, utensils, and side dishes you can help yourself to as much as you like.

![Self-serve side dish bar with fresh kimchi and radish kimchi](https://img.superchart.com/images/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch-10-1c27i-966.webp)

Fresh kimchi, radish kimchi, pickled onion, cheongyang chili, and ssamjang were all ready to go.

After the first order, it's self-serve from then on — once you've ordered your main dish, you just scoop out as much as you want onto your plate, haha.

## Menu and ordering: kiosk order and card payment at the table

This Itaewon gamjatang restaurant has hearty options like bone stew, steamed bones, grilled bones, and hangover soup, plus full meals like galbitang (short rib soup), soybean noodles, cold noodles, and dumplings.

![Menu board listing bone stew and steamed bones](https://img.superchart.com/images/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch-11-51lco-878.webp)

You can browse the whole menu comfortably on the kiosk at each table, and it's convenient since you can order and pay by card right there.

![Ordering kiosk placed at each table](https://img.superchart.com/images/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch-12-18jt1-870.webp)

[ Must-read house rules ]

- One order per person required
- 2-hour time limit on weekends or when the restaurant is full

![Receipt review event signage](https://img.superchart.com/images/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch-13-s1xfh-900.webp)

[ Naver receipt review event ] Choice of one free item: ramen noodles, potato sujebi, 4 dumplings, or 1 canned drink

### What we ordered for lunch that day

- Medium aged kimchi bone stew ₩36,000
- Rice bowl ₩1,000 x2
- Udon noodles ₩3,000
- Self-fried rice ₩3,000 x2
- Raw egg for fried rice ₩1,000
- Ambassa Zero ₩3,000 x2

![Serving robot bringing out the ordered food](https://img.superchart.com/images/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch-14-1pnlu-900.webp)

Even our order got delivered by the robot server, hehe.

![Bone stew and rice bowls set on the table](https://img.superchart.com/images/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch-15-1vfas-966.webp)

## Small aged kimchi bone stew: a big pot from the start

Not long after ordering, our gamjatang arrived.

![Medium aged kimchi bone stew served in a large pot](https://img.superchart.com/images/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch-16-jzhuo-966.webp)

It came out generously piled in a huge pot — even for 2 servings, the pot was seriously as wide as 4 hands spread out side by side!!

I love gamjatang with perilla leaves in it, and this one passed the test 💗

Once it's boiled for a bit, you pull out the aged kimchi and cut it into chunks. There was so much aged kimchi in there — a whole heavy head's worth — that cutting it took quite a while, haha.

Once it's all cut up, it looks like this, haha.

Tender bone meat soaked through with seasoning — time to dig in for real.

![Close-up of seasoned bone stew meat](https://img.superchart.com/images/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch-17-15hp9-900.webp)

A clean, mild piece of meat is delicious even just dipped in soy sauce,

![A piece of bone stew meat dipped in soy sauce](https://img.superchart.com/images/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch-18-u2esa-900.webp)

and piling aged kimchi and fresh kimchi on top of white rice however you like and popping it in your mouth is unbelievably good, ugh. Personally, whenever I eat gamjatang I always order a bowl of rice, because rice with the stew's broth is an unbeatable combo. Even the medium size had about 5 bones in it, so I was already full at this point, ugh. But no, we're not done yet.

![A bite of aged kimchi piled on white rice](https://img.superchart.com/images/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch-19-1kxpk-900.webp)

![Inside the pot after finishing the bones](https://img.superchart.com/images/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch-20-da9f4-900.webp)

## Udon noodles and two rounds of self-fried rice

We also had udon noodles and fried rice on top of all that!!

First, once there was about one bone left, we scooped that out and threw in the udon noodles, haha.

Ahh, udon noodles soaked in gamjatang broth were seriously chewy and delicious. I only wished my stomach had more room.

![Udon noodles added into the bone stew broth](https://img.superchart.com/images/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch-21-1imv6-958.webp)

Fried rice can't be skipped either!! So we ladled out some broth and got to making it, haha.

![Making self-fried rice after ladling out the broth](https://img.superchart.com/images/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch-22-y0dwd-966.webp)

![Fried rice being cooked in the pot](https://img.superchart.com/images/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch-23-nw2ml-900.webp)

![A pot filled to the brim with two servings of self-fried rice](https://img.superchart.com/images/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch/itaewon-nurimaeul-gamjatang-lunch-24-u79wa-900.webp)

Ta-da. We accidentally (?) ordered two servings of fried rice, and it filled that huge pot right up to overflowing, haha. By this point I felt like my stomach was seriously going to burst, but the nutty flavor of fried rice was so addictive that I remember just pushing through and eating until I physically couldn't anymore.

## Is Nuri Maeul worth it for lunch in Itaewon?

Open 24 hours and right by Itaewon Station Exit 4, so it's easy to get to, and we got to enjoy a satisfying meal packed with aged kimchi bone stew, udon noodles, and fried rice. If you want a filling meal of delicious gamjatang, I'd recommend Nuri Maeul as one of the best gamjatang restaurants in Itaewon!

## Where it is

- Nuri Maeul Gamjatang Itaewon Branch (누리마을감자탕 이태원점)
- 176 Itaewon-ro, 2nd floor, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea
- 서울특별시 용산구 이태원로 176 2층
- 37.534267, 126.9934356
- Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%EB%88%84%EB%A6%AC%EB%A7%88%EC%9D%84%EA%B0%90%EC%9E%90%ED%83%95%20%EC%9D%B4%ED%83%9C%EC%9B%90%EC%A0%90/@37.534267,126.9934356,17z

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