# Gangnam anniversary dinner, lobster & Korean beef steak set: Mano di - By Jihee (https://superchart.com/en/@seoul-supper-scrapbook/) - Written Sep 6, 2026 - Local places › Restaurants › Gangnam, Seoul - Sponsored: This visit included a meal provided by the restaurant. - English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@seoul-supper-scrapbook/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set/ - Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@seoul-supper-scrapbook/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set/index.md) ## In short Mano di Chef Gangnam is an Italian restaurant on B1 of the Bithumb Finance Tower in Gangnam, Seoul. For an anniversary dinner, two of us ordered the lobster and Korean beef steak set plus an extra order of gim-tae pesto & octopus gnocchi, working through everything from avocado salad to red shrimp bisque linguine. Portions were generous enough to take leftovers home, and soda refills with any fresh-ade order were a nice touch. ## Good to know - **Hours (Mon–Fri)**: 11:00–21:30, break 15:50–17:00, last order 14:00 / 20:30 - **Hours (Sat–Sun)**: 11:00–21:00, break 15:00–17:00, last order 14:50 / 20:30 - **Parking**: Available, 2-hour discount offered - **Rooms & groups**: Rooms seat 8–20; group seating 40–55 - **Location**: 262m from Yeoksam Station Exit 4, 367m from Gangnam Station Exit 12, B1 Bithumb Finance Tower - **Ordered**: Lobster & Korean beef steak set (premium avocado shrimp salad, lobster & Korean beef striploin 150g, red shrimp bisque linguine, fresh-ade red grapefruit/lemon) + gim-tae pesto & octopus gnocchi add-on - **Takeout**: 20% discount for in-store pickup packing *as written by the visitor on Sep 6, 2026* Today I'm writing up my visit to Mano di Chef, a place I found while looking for somewhere nice for an anniversary meal! It's the kind of spot with such a great atmosphere that people pick it for dates, family dinners, and even blind-date meetups. Here's the review~! ## Mano di Chef Gangnam — location, hours, parking - Hours: Mon–Fri 11:00–21:30 (break 15:50–17:00, last order 14:00, 20:30) / Sat–Sun 11:00–21:00 (break 15:00–17:00, last order 14:50, 20:30) - Parking available (2-hour discount offered) - Rooms (8–20 people), group seating (40–55 people) - 262m from Yeoksam Station Exit 4, 367m from Gangnam Station Exit 12, B1 Bithumb Finance Tower ![Entrance to Mano di Chef Gangnam on B1 of Bithumb Finance Tower](https://img.superchart.com/images/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set-01-1fwpy-899.webp) Located roughly halfway between Gangnam Station and Yeoksam Station, Mano di Chef sits on the basement level of Bithumb Tower alongside a variety of other restaurants! Getting off the elevator and heading left brings you right to it — and I noticed it had two Blue Ribbon marks on the door. ## The dining room and seating layout Past a counter lined with various wines, there's quite a lot of table seating set up further in. Inside the arched hall there were about 12 four-person tables! There were also 3–4 rooms set up for 8 people. Looking back toward the entrance from inside, you can see the huge windows — bright, open table seating too! ![Interior table seating with large windows](https://img.superchart.com/images/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set-02-85kuv-900.webp) ![Wide arched hall with four-person tables](https://img.superchart.com/images/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set-03-1obc9-899.webp) ## The menu — what to order Once we got to our table, the menu was laid out nicely for us. ![Mano di Chef menu laid out on the table](https://img.superchart.com/images/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set-04-jkf38-909.webp) ![Menu page listing pasta and risotto dishes](https://img.superchart.com/images/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set-05-lmc2v-909.webp) ![Menu page listing steak and lobster set menus](https://img.superchart.com/images/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set-06-rn4nf-909.webp) The menu ranges from set combos to steak, lobster, salads, pasta, risotto, gnocchi, and pizza, so there's plenty of fun in picking what to order! ![Description of the set menu composition](https://img.superchart.com/images/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set-07-1h4ch-899.webp) Since it was an anniversary, we went with the lobster and Korean beef steak set! For the salad we picked the premium avocado salad (shrimp), kept the lobster & Korean beef steak as the base option, chose the signature red shrimp bisque linguine, and picked fresh-ade (red grapefruit, lemon) to drink. We also added the gim-tae (deep-sea seaweed) pesto & octopus gnocchi! Here's how it looked once we sat down! ![Table setting after being seated](https://img.superchart.com/images/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set-08-1lhnu-900.webp) ![Two-person table setting with cutlery](https://img.superchart.com/images/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set-09-lg96z-900.webp) ## Ade and the avocado salad The fresh-ade (red grapefruit, lemon) came out quickly after ordering! ![Two glasses of red grapefruit and lemon fresh-ade](https://img.superchart.com/images/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set-10-1cyue-899.webp) First up was the premium avocado salad (shrimp)! ![Plate of premium avocado shrimp salad](https://img.superchart.com/images/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set-11-1tedp-900.webp) Garlic bread brushed with honey came out right after. It looked so good! ㅇ//ㅇ I held back from diving into the garlic bread and did the responsible blood-sugar thing... salad first! ![Close-up of avocado, tomato, and cheese in the salad](https://img.superchart.com/images/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set-12-bikas-900.webp) ![Salad with oriental dressing and chickpeas](https://img.superchart.com/images/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set-13-1rdh7-900.webp) The avocado — good fats! — was delicious with the tomato and cheese, and the salad was plated so nicely ㅇ//ㅇ The dressing was oriental-style! There were chickpeas and olives too, good for refreshing your palate between bites. ## Gim-tae pesto & octopus gnocchi While we were still working on the salad, the mains started arriving one after another! The colors on the plates made everything look even more appetizing ㅇ//ㅇ Gim-tae pesto & octopus gnocchi. Totally recommend this one! The seaweed and pesto were mixed in just the right ratio — nutty and so delicious! The soup was fantastic too... and the potato gnocchi was chewy and just... so good!!! ![Octopus gnocchi in gim-tae pesto sauce](https://img.superchart.com/images/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set-14-1p99c-900.webp) ![Green gim-tae pesto soup with potato gnocchi](https://img.superchart.com/images/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set-15-ar9kc-900.webp) It's great just dipping the gnocchi in the sauce alone, and just as good scooped up together with everything else! ![Fork lifting a piece of gnocchi](https://img.superchart.com/images/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set-16-ar5ax-900.webp) ![Sauce-coated gnocchi and octopus pieces](https://img.superchart.com/images/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set-17-1r60s-900.webp) I kept scraping the plate clean. This was so good I couldn't move on to the next dish for a while and only reluctantly turned my attention to the pasta. ## Red shrimp bisque linguine Linguine pasta loaded with octopus and red shrimp. Generous portion — think of it as a salty pasta with a strong taste of the sea! ![Bisque linguine topped with octopus and red shrimp](https://img.superchart.com/images/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set-18-1gcwx-900.webp) Portioned nicely onto the plate and topped with octopus, it had a flavor that really woke up your appetite ㅇ//ㅇ ![Bisque linguine plated with octopus topping](https://img.superchart.com/images/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set-19-1rz4p-1200.webp) ## Lobster & Korean beef striploin 150g A whole lobster comes with the set, and the steak comes with salt, wasabi, and mustard on the side! We chose medium rare for the steak. It came out cooked evenly all the way through ㅇ//ㅇ ![Medium rare Korean beef striploin, 150g](https://img.superchart.com/images/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set-20-1mr5j-900.webp) ![Steak served with salt, wasabi, and mustard](https://img.superchart.com/images/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set-21-yzc7v-900.webp) Not tough at all, and so tasty! I'm the type who goes for the salt with steak. The lobster came pre-cut so it was easy to pick out the meat. The roe in the body was completely packed full too! It was really rich and delicious ㅇ//ㅇ;; the kind of roe you just want to mix into a bowl of rice. ![Pre-cut whole lobster with roe](https://img.superchart.com/images/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set-22-spr7s-900.webp) ![Split lobster meat and claws](https://img.superchart.com/images/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set-23-6dsod-900.webp) The claws were also already half-cracked, so you could just pull the meat out with a fork! Staff kept checking in around the room throughout the meal to make sure everything was going smoothly, and I really appreciated that kind of service! ![Refillable soda drink on the table](https://img.superchart.com/images/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set-24-1p7yn-712.webp) ## Don't forget the soda refills and the takeout discount Ordering a fresh-ade also gets you free refills on soda (zero-sugar cola, Sprite, etc.) — that was such a nice bonus! Definitely keep this in mind if you visit Mano di Chef! The two of us ate through all of this... and finished nearly everything. It really is a lot of food...! We had some garlic bread and steak left over, but don't worry about that part! Just let them know, and they'll pack it up for you like this ㅇ/ㅇ This was another great touch! And packing your leftovers for takeout at the restaurant gets you a 20% discount, so keep that in mind too~~ Don't forget to register for parking when you pay! ## Where it is - Mano di Chef Gangnam (마노디셰프 강남점) - 129 Teheran-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul (B1 Bithumb Finance Tower), South Korea - 서울특별시 강남구 테헤란로 129 빗썸금융타워 B1 - 37.4999326, 127.0323679 - Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%EB%A7%88%EB%85%B8%EB%94%94%EC%85%B0%ED%94%84%20%EA%B0%95%EB%82%A8%EC%A0%90/@37.4999326,127.0323679,17z --- Superchart · https://superchart.com/en/@seoul-supper-scrapbook/manodichef-gangnam-anniversary-lobster-set/ · https://superchart.com/llms.txt