# Madeul Station PC bang, tartar hot dog & cheese balls: Core PC Bang - By Day Pass Holder (https://superchart.com/en/@weekday-city-ticket/) - Written Apr 20, 2026 - Local places › Things to do › Nowon, Seoul - Sponsored: This visit was sponsored by the business. - English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@weekday-city-ticket/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates/ - Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@weekday-city-ticket/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates/index.md) · [日本語](https://superchart.com/ja/@weekday-city-ticket/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates/index.md) ## In short Core PC Bang is a 24-hour PC bang (Korean internet gaming café) in a basement near Madeul Station and Lotto Intersection in Nowon, Seoul. The blogger checked out the ₩1,000 rate for 1 hour 20 minutes, the RTX 5060 PCs with 240Hz dual monitors, the group rooms and the couple seats, then gamed in a couple seat over a tartar hot dog set, cheese balls and Pikachu katsu. With cheap rates, roomy seating and restaurant-quality food, Core PC Bang is now the blogger's regular spot. ## Good to know - **Location**: B1, 558 Nowon-ro, Nowon-gu, Seoul; 427 m from Madeul Station Exit 5, about 1 minute from Lotto Intersection - **Hours**: Open 24 hours, every day of the year - **Rates**: ₩1,000 for 1 hr 20 min / ₩2,000 for 2 hr 40 min / ₩3,000 for 4 hr / ₩5,000 for 7 hr / ₩10,000 for 15 hr - **PC specs**: GeForce RTX 5060, 32GB RAM, LG and BenQ 240Hz dual monitors, mechanical keyboard, gaming mouse - **Seating**: Regular seats, solo seats, couple seats and at least 2 group rooms (Room 1 seats 8); appears to have over 100 seats - **Facilities**: Indoor restroom, smoking room, water purifier, Wi-Fi, printer - **House rules**: ID required after 10 pm; no outside food - **What was ordered**: Tartar hot dog set ₩8,000, mini sweet potato cheese balls (15 pieces, seasoned) ₩4,500, Pikachu katsu ₩2,500 - **Event**: 2 hours of free time for a receipt review (at the time of the visit) - **Price reference**: ₩1,000 ≈ $0.7 · ₩2,000 ≈ $1.5 · ₩3,000 ≈ $2.2 (2026-11-14) *as written by the visitor on Apr 20, 2026 · not checked with the business* 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. ![Exterior of the building housing Core PC Bang at 558 Nowon-ro](https://img.superchart.com/images/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates-01-1xpuo-900.webp) 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! ![Stairway entrance down to Core PC Bang in the basement](https://img.superchart.com/images/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates-02-123x5-900.webp) 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! ![Inside Core PC Bang](https://img.superchart.com/images/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates-03-1j9lw-900.webp) ![Facilities and seats inside Core PC Bang](https://img.superchart.com/images/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates-04-kecrr-m-900.webp) ![Wide view of the Core PC Bang interior](https://img.superchart.com/images/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates-05-1grac-900.webp) ### 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!! ![Smoking room, restroom and other facilities inside Core PC Bang](https://img.superchart.com/images/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates-06-1r4lh-900.webp) 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. ![View of Core PC Bang seating that looks like over 100 seats](https://img.superchart.com/images/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates-07-w20bk-900.webp) ![Spacious row of regular seats at Core PC Bang](https://img.superchart.com/images/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates-08-3tocj-900.webp) You can feel how spacious it is just by looking, right? And with dual monitors, it looked really convenient to use..! ![Dual-monitor seats and ROOM 1 at Core PC Bang](https://img.superchart.com/images/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates-09-ca94x-900.webp) 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. ![Inside the couple seats and equipment at Core PC Bang](https://img.superchart.com/images/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates-10-1uzvl-m-900.webp) ## 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. ![Meal menu at Core PC Bang](https://img.superchart.com/images/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates-11-dz2qx-900.webp) ![Side menu at Core PC Bang](https://img.superchart.com/images/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates-12-1j8n2-900.webp) 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. ![Café drink menu at Core PC Bang](https://img.superchart.com/images/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates-13-174t2-900.webp) The café drinks are really varied too, from coffee to smoothies, and ![Waffle and toast dessert menu at Core PC Bang](https://img.superchart.com/images/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates-14-1ylkq-900.webp) 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!! ![Menu ordering screen at Core PC Bang](https://img.superchart.com/images/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates-15-zvywf-900.webp) ### 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!! ![Receipt review event notice at Core PC Bang](https://img.superchart.com/images/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates-16-3v59n-m-900.webp) There's also a receipt review event going on, so you can get 2 extra hours~!! ![Putting on a headset in the couple seats to get ready to game](https://img.superchart.com/images/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates-17-l7qrw-900.webp) ### 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. ![Tartar hot dog set, sweet potato cheese balls and Pikachu katsu](https://img.superchart.com/images/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates-18-bj7ol-1200.webp) ## 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... ![The ordered food laid out in front of the PC](https://img.superchart.com/images/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates-19-xo6yb-900.webp) They gave us Coke Zero too. ![Close-up of the tartar hot dog](https://img.superchart.com/images/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates-20-1yoce-900.webp) ![15 mini sweet potato cheese balls](https://img.superchart.com/images/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates-21-1yzft-900.webp) The sausage in the tartar hot dog is grilled to perfection. And 15 cheese balls for ₩4,500 is a real bargain. ![Cajun fries included in the set](https://img.superchart.com/images/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates-22-u0lqc-900.webp) ![Pikachu katsu drizzled with tteok-kkochi sauce](https://img.superchart.com/images/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates-23-1tfnp-900.webp) 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!! ![No outside food notice at Core PC Bang](https://img.superchart.com/images/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates-24-1oy4b-900.webp) 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! ## Where it is - Core PC Bang (코어 피시방) - 558 Nowon-ro, Nowon-gu, Seoul, South Korea (B1) - 서울특별시 노원구 노원로 558 지하1층(B1) - 37.6615499, 127.0571322 - Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%EC%BD%94%EC%96%B4%20%ED%94%BC%EC%8B%9C%EB%B0%A9/@37.6615499,127.0571322,17z --- Superchart · https://superchart.com/en/@weekday-city-ticket/madeul-core-pc-cafe-cheap-rates/ · https://superchart.com/llms.txt