Sinyongsan restaurant for group dinners upstairs: Baekok Yongsan

A Sinyongsan Station favorite for pork gomtang, yak-gomtang, and spicy pig tail — great as a meeting spot: Baekok Yongsan.

Why Baekok Yongsan after a walk around Nodeul Island?

After going to the waterside stage at Nodeul Island, I got hungry and found this Sinyongsan Station lunch spot, Baekok Yongsan. Being near Sinyongsan Station made it easy to get to as a Sinyongsan lunch place too.

It's a two-story building with a full glass front that's bright even from outside, so it had that 'this must be good' feel just from looking at it. We hurried in, and since it was dinnertime, we went up to the second floor. Someone was taking orders up there too, so we ordered without any hassle, got our food, and ate well. Above all, the staff were so kind that we could eat comfortably the whole time without any awkwardness.

Baekok Yongsan hours and how to get there from Sinyongsan Station

• ⏰️ Hours: 11:00 AM–10:00 PM
• 🚶‍♀️ Directions: about 9 minutes on foot from Sinyongsan Station, about 12 minutes from Yongsan Station

Baekok Yongsan is a pork gomtang specialty restaurant near Sinyongsan Station. With a first and second floor, it's good for solo dining, and the second floor has large tables and group seating, which seemed good for eating with friends or as a meeting spot.

First floor or second floor: which seats suit your group?

Baekok Yongsan is a two-story building with a full glass front, so you can see inside the restaurant even from outside.

It looked clean and had that good-restaurant vibe, and especially at night, with the surrounding lights added in, it stood out even from a distance.

It's split into two floors — the first floor was mostly solo or two-person tables, while the second floor had large tables and group seating. So it looked comfortable for small gatherings or eating with several people. It was also a decent spot for setting up a lunch meeting or meal near Sinyongsan Station.

The Baekok Yongsan menu and what we ordered

The menu could be easily ordered via the T-order kiosk. Looking at the menu, there's pork gomtang, yeol-gomtang, and yak-gomtang.

For side dishes, there were things like cabbage mandu, spicy pig tail, and cold boiled pork. We ordered Baekok Yongsan's signature pork gomtang and yak-gomtang, plus the spicy pig tail, whose unfamiliar look and taste we were curious about.

Pork gomtang: milky broth in a brass bowl

The food came out quickly. Since a self-serve side dish bar was running, it was nice to grab as much banchan as we needed.

The pork gomtang arrived, and the bowl was big enough that the portion looked generous. Here at Baekok Yongsan, it comes not in an earthenware pot but in a brass bowl.

The broth was milky white, and the meat inside was sliced thin like sliced cold cuts, which was unusual. It was cut into big pieces, but wasn't tough — clean and easy to eat.

The broth was rich yet clean-tasting — made with female pig foreleg, so it had no gamey smell and was clean to eat. Given it's pork, I expected it to be greasy and heavy, but it was surprisingly light and fat-free, so it was easy to eat without feeling weighed down. It would be great as a filling lunch dish. Sinyongsan Station lunch spot, approved!

Yak-gomtang: herbal tonic soup with neungi mushroom and milk vetch

Next up is yak-gomtang. When it came out, it had that slightly medicinal, tonic-gomtang feel, haha.

Taking a bite, apparently it has neungi mushroom and milk vetch in it — there was a faint herbal-medicine scent, but it was still clean and fat-free. It felt a bit like eating a tonic dish.

Mixing rice into it went well with the soft meat — it really felt like eating a tonic meal, haha.

I think older folks especially would like this, so with the energy-draining change of seasons these days, I should bring my mom here for lunch.

Spicy pig tail at level 1: how hot is it?

My daughter had really been looking forward to this dish, and when the spicy pig tail came out, a spicy aroma drifted up that made my mouth water just looking at it.

As the name suggests, it's a dish made from pig tail — I think the fun name made us look forward to it even more. I wondered if 'tail' meant it'd be curled up, but it was cut into easy-to-eat pieces, so unless you were told, you'd never guess it was tail from the look of it. The spice level can be adjusted up to level 3, but we ordered level 1, about as spicy as Yeol Ramen.

The red sauce glistened with a nice sheen, looking pretty tasty, haha. My daughter picked up a piece of tail worrying it might be too spicy, saying 'what if it's too much?' haha—

But after one bite she gave a thumbs up saying it was delicious, haha. There's bone inside so it's not a super meaty dish, but she said gnawing on it was fun, with a big smile on her face.

After finishing the meal, at the exit there were red ginseng candies, mouthwash, and disposable floss laid out — such a nice touch.

Is Baekok Yongsan a good group dinner spot near Sinyongsan Station?

Baekok Yongsan, which I visited as a Sinyongsan Station lunch spot, is a pork gomtang specialty restaurant. The milky broth was clean, and the meat, sliced like cold cuts, was soft and easy to eat.

The menu seemed good for both adults and kids, so it looked fine for a family meal out too. The clean flavor especially stood out — from yak-gomtang, good for older folks, to spicy pig tail, which would pair well as a drinking snack! With such a varied menu, it seemed like a solid choice for both lunch and dinner near Sinyongsan Station.

There's something here for everyone regardless of age, and with the large tables and group seating on the second floor, it's a decent place to set up a lunch meeting or meal near Sinyongsan Station. If you're around Yongsan Station or Sinyongsan Station, stop by for a satisfying meal.