Korean restaurant by Seoul Botanic Park: octopus wraps at Songjjujip

I went near Magok COEX and Seoul Botanic Park and finally had jjukkumi (webfoot octopus) again after a while!! There's a great Korean jjukkumi restaurant near Magoknaru — my nth visit to Songjjujip, a Magoknaru favorite!! Here's my review after eating spicy, rice-stealing stir-fried octopus!

Where is Songjjujip Magok? Parking and opening hours

Songjjujip Magok is at 158 Magokseo-ro, Central Tower 2, 2nd floor, Gangseo-gu, Seoul, and offers 2 hours of free parking. Hours are daily 11:00–23:00, with last order at 22:00.

• 📍 158 Magokseo-ro, Central Tower 2, 2nd floor, Gangseo-gu, Seoul
• 🚗 2 hours free parking
• ⏰ Hours: Daily 11:00–23:00 (last order 22:00)
• ✅ Group bookings available (private hire for 55+ people), takeout and delivery available

Songjjujip, the go-to spot near Magoknaru for a long time now! I hadn't been in a while, but it's still just the same! So nice to see haha. And apparently if you order octopus for takeout, you get double the octopus! I should try takeout too lol. They also have a jjukkumi lunch special bibimbap, so I think a lot of people would come here for lunch near Magok COEX too.

The dining room is spacious and clean.

Songjjujip Magok menu: lunch specials, meal kits and kids' dishes

Here's the menu. They also have lunch specials like jjukkumi bibimbap and samgyeopsal (pork belly) bibimbap, so it seems like a good Magok lunch spot too. Plus they sell an uncooked jjukkumi meal kit — a Songjjujip octopus meal kit, imagine that.

If you're coming with family, they also have kids' menu items like fried shrimp or pork cutlet. There's also naengmyeon (cold noodles) and Busan-style fish cake soup. Some people were having a daytime drink — jjukkumi is already a great drinking snack, but they've got other bar-food options too haha. They've also added a Hanwoo (Korean beef) aged sirloin course — I actually saw real aging beef in a fridge.

What comes in the jjukkumi sarimongttang?

Today's order — jjukkumi sarimongttang, snow-cheese fried rice

This is the jjukkumi sarimongttang set. It comes with side dishes that go really well with the octopus wraps.

Octopus with pork belly on both sides! Such a beautiful sight lol. And so much minari (water celery), love it lol. There's also cabbage, cheese rice cakes, and rice cake add-ins. It's been ages since I had jjukkumi-samgyeopsal — it's a great soju pairing and a real Korean soul-food dish, also excellent as a side with rice!

They stir-fry it right at the table for you!! The octopus was plump and huge. Loaded with minari and cabbage too, so good!!!

How spicy is the base heat level?

The base spice level for Songjjujip's jjukkumi is about as hot as Shin Ramyun, so it's not stomach-hurting spicy. They cook it for you and let you know when it's ready lol. Spicy jjukkumi is just so good — the heat was just right and paired perfectly with rice. If you're looking for a Korean restaurant near Magoknaru, Songjjujip is it!! It had been a while since I had stir-fried octopus, and it was so good.

There was really so much octopus — we ordered for two and were completely full. Jjukkumi-samgyeopsal stir-fry!! Felt so good to properly eat Korean food at Magoknaru again lol.

The octopus was really big, springy, and tender. At bad jjukkumi places, the octopus often comes in small, chopped-up pieces, barely any of it, and it's chewy — but Songjjujip's octopus was so tender and delicious. Truly a certified jjukkumi restaurant!! They say jjukkumi is in season from September to November, in fall, so maybe that's why it tasted even better lol.

How to build the perilla-leaf octopus wrap at Songjjujip Magok

Songjjujip's recommended wrap combo is perilla leaf + seaweed + chives + bean sprouts + octopus + roe + sauce. Do it this way and it's truly the best combo ever. Add pork belly or another side ingredient on top and it's even better! The octopus-roe wrap is delicious too!!!ㅎㅎㅎ This wrap combo — you just can't stop eating it lolol.

Wrapping the pork belly in too made it even more delicious. There's a reason Songjjujip has stayed a Magoknaru favorite for so long. I saw friends having daytime drinks with jjukkumi, people having weekend afternoon meals, and families dining out with kids. Since there's pork cutlet, steamed egg, and fried shrimp on the menu, it seems like a fine choice for eating out with young children too. Songjjujip near Magoknaru Station is a great spot both for a meal out and for a drink.

Finishing with snow-cheese fried rice

The sauce was so tasty that even plain rice cooked in it would be great, but even though we were already so full lolol we ordered fried rice anyway because it was so good. They stir-fry it right there with vegetables and seaweed. It's snow-cheese fried rice, and the snow cheese visual was insane.

They pile the cheese on generously! The snow cheese was really delicious too, so I thought I'd have to try the cheese jjukkumi next time.

Look at that cheese pull!! Finished off with Korea's national dessert — fried rice. Songjjujip's octopus fried rice was really great too. If you're near Magoknaru or Magok COEX, come try Songjjujip for great Korean food and jjukkumi.