Anseong 24-hour bone soup spot: aged kimchi soup at Jinsim Gamjatang

Where is Jinsim Gamjatang Main Branch near Chung-Ang University in Anseong, and when can you go?

Jinsim Gamjatang Main Branch (진심감자탕 본점) is a gamjatang and bone soup restaurant in Naeri, near Chung-Ang University in Anseong (12 Daehak 10-gil, Daeduk-myeon), and it's open 24 hours. I went for some delicious bone soup!! Lots of Chung-Ang students come here too, haha. Since it's open around the clock, you can drop by any time.

There's a private parking lot right on the left side of the restaurant, so parking is easy.

Inside Jinsim Gamjatang Main Branch: space and seating

The inside is spacious with plenty of seats, so it's great for group gatherings! As you'd expect from a well-known Naeri favorite, the place was packed even at weekday lunchtime.

There's sofa-style seating too, so you can sit comfortably. I saw lots of students coming in groups to eat, haha.

Jinsim Gamjatang menu and bone soup prices

Besides gamjatang, the main dishes are ganjang ppyeo-jjim (soy-braised pork ribs) and kodari-jorim (braised half-dried pollock). For easy meals, you can get bone soup, galbitang (beef short rib soup) and more in earthenware pots, so it's good for dining solo too! They also have grilled dishes, and the beef rib finger meat needs to be reserved in advance.

You order on the tablet at your table. It has photos of the dishes, so ordering is easy! The large bone soup is ₩15,000, and the regular size starts from ₩11,000.

There are pork cutlets and dumplings as sides, which go nicely with the bone soup, and since there's something for kids to eat, it's perfect for a family meal too, haha.

We ordered the aged kimchi haejangguk (hangover-style soup), the bone soup, half-and-half dumplings and a Coke Zero!

There's free Wi-Fi, and the restroom is inside the restaurant, which was convenient.

Side dishes and self-service

After you order, the side dishes are kkakdugi (cubed radish kimchi) and pickled onions!

The cups are under the spoon and chopstick station next to the table.

How does Jinsim Gamjatang's aged kimchi haejangguk taste?

The aged kimchi haejangguk has 2 bones in it, a generous pile of aged kimchi on top, and a tangy, spicy broth. When the food arrived, the earthenware pots were way bigger than I expected, and the portion was seriously huge, haha. My husband ordered the regular bone soup and I got the aged kimchi haejangguk.

There's a ton of aged kimchi, and the broth is tangy and so delicious!!

Put rice in that spicy broth and it's a total hangover cure, haha.

The pork on the bone is tender with no gamy smell, and the tangy, spicy broth is really, truly amazing!!

How big is the regular bone soup at Jinsim Gamjatang?

The regular bone soup has 3 bones, so there's lots of meat and plenty of ugeoji (dried cabbage leaves) too. The regular bone soup is super tasty as well! The broth is really good too!!

The regular bone soup is very big, and the portion is large enough to leave you really full, and the meat is very tender and delicious!!

What's in the half-and-half dumplings

The half-and-half dumplings are a mix of kimchi dumplings and meat dumplings, 8 in total, so the portion is quite generous! You get to enjoy two flavors.

Parking registration and the free drink

If you parked at Jinsim Gamjatang, tell the staff when you pay after your meal and they'll register your parking! They also said that if you leave a Naver receipt review, they give you a free drink, haha.

Jinsim Gamjatang Main Branch's business card

Bone soup or aged kimchi haejangguk: which should you pick?

The regular bone soup has 3 bones, so I'd recommend it if you like big portions, and the aged kimchi haejangguk is great for eating tangy aged kimchi together with tender backbone meat, so just pick whichever suits your taste!! The menu is varied, so choosing is fun, and being open 24 hours means you can eat whenever you like. Perfect, haha.