Madeul Station PC bang, tartar hot dog & cheese balls: Core PC Bang

Today I visited Core PC Bang (코어 피시방), a PC bang (Korean gaming café) near Madeul Station that's famous for great value.

Where is Core PC Bang near Madeul Station?

Core PC Bang is at 558 Nowon-ro, Nowon-gu, Seoul, in the B1 basement, 427m from Madeul Station Exit 5. It's open 24 hours, year-round.

It's about a minute from the Lotto intersection, so it's easy to reach. And since it's in the building's basement, the space is huge!

Just go down these stairs!!

How much does Core PC Bang near Madeul Station cost?

Rates start at ₩1,000 for 1 hour 20 minutes. Honestly, it seems to be the cheapest among the PC bangs nearby.

• ₩1,000 - 1 hr 20 min
• ₩2,000 - 2 hr 40 min
• ₩3,000 - 4 hr
• ₩5,000 - 7 hr
• ₩10,000 - 15 hr

These days lots of places give you just 1 hour for ₩1,000, so this is a total bargain...

Core PC Bang PC specs and facilities

I heard the specs got way better with the recent renovation: GeForce RTX 5060, 32GB RAM, dual monitors everywhere, LG 240Hz and BenQ 240Hz monitors, mechanical keyboards, and gaming mice too!!

Like other PC bangs, you need to bring ID after 10 pm, and there's Wi-Fi and a printer too!

Seat types at Core PC Bang: group rooms, couple seats and solo seats

There are two or more rooms for playing in a group, and couple seats too!! It's not just regular seats, and I like that there's a variety of rooms. If you're playing League or Overwatch as a group, it'd be great to come with friends!

There's a separate smoking room inside, a huge range of drinks, and best of all, a restroom inside!!

There are solo seats too, so if you want to game alone, those work. We went with the couple seats!!

There's also a water purifier so you can drink water easily. And above all, there are so many seats!! It looks like over 100 at a glance. I've often gone to a PC bang and had to go home because there were no seats, but Core PC Bang is big, so that's less likely to happen here.

You can feel how spacious it is just by looking, right? And with dual monitors, it looked really convenient to use..!

I also peeked inside ROOM 1, and it has 8 seats!!

This is inside the couple seats!! I was impressed that wet wipes are set out by default. There was also a wireless charger, mechanical keyboard, mouse and headset.

What's on the food menu at Core PC Bang?

The menu covers meals like rice bowls, fried rice, burgers, hot dogs and ramen, plus sides, café drinks and desserts. We signed up as members, topped up our time, and picked our menu first since we were having lunch.

The menu is seriously huge. Meals have everything from rice bowls to fried rice, burgers, hot dogs and ramen, and for sides there's tteokbokki (spicy rice cakes), cola pop (chicken bites with a cola), dumplings, fried snacks... nothing's missing. The place is big, and the menu is countless too.

The café drinks are really varied too, from coffee to smoothies, and

best of all, this is the first PC bang I've seen selling desserts like waffles, toast and egg tarts!! After lunch at a PC bang, sometimes you crave dessert, and here everything from meals to desserts is covered!!

What we ordered at Core PC Bang and the prices

• Tartar hot dog (set) ₩8,000 — tartar hot dog, Coke Zero dispenser, Cajun fries
• Mini sweet potato cheese balls, 15 pcs (seasoned) ₩4,500
• Pikachu katsu (pork cutlet) ₩2,500

This is what we ordered!!

There's also a receipt review event going on, so you can get 2 extra hours~!!

Headset condition in the Core PC Bang couple seats

I put on the headset and got ready to game. Maybe because they're close to brand new, the headsets at Core PC Bang worked with no problems. So many headsets have dead or crackling mics, so it was nice that these felt new.

How the tartar hot dog, cheese balls and Pikachu katsu tasted

Tartar hot dog set + sweet potato cheese balls + Pikachu katsu!! Looking at it like this, it seems like quite a lot..!! But I heard stress while gaming burns lots of calories, so I'll eat it all, no matter what...

They gave us Coke Zero too.

The sausage in the tartar hot dog is grilled to perfection. And 15 cheese balls for ₩4,500 is a real bargain.

These are the fries and the Pikachu katsu. You know that sauce they put on tteok-kkochi (rice cake skewers)? It's drizzled over the Pikachu, and I loved it so much..

Eating a legendary hot dog while gaming, I ended up focusing on the food more than the game. So I paused the game and did a 30-minute mukbang (eating show) before heading out!! The food was so good and such a bargain.

Why Core PC Bang became my regular PC bang in Nowon

The rates at Core PC Bang are super cheap, so I'll probably top up a lot and come often. The PCs had zero lag and the gear was great, so I'm making it my regular PC bang!!

Outside food is of course not allowed!! With everything available inside, there's no reason to bring any. It was the perfect PC bang for me. I want to keep it to myself, and I worry that writing this will leave me with no seat, but I want lots of people to feel this happy, so I highly recommend it!