Corkage-free Korean BBQ with tableside grilling in Nowon: Moksam Hwaro
In short
Moksam Hwaro Nowon Main Branch is a charcoal pork neck (moksal) specialty restaurant a 3-minute walk from Exit 1 of Nowon Station in Seoul. The moksam hanpan (₩49,000) comes pre-seared and finished tableside by staff, paired with an unusual pork cutlet sauce and breadcrumb dip and rounded off with griddle fried rice. With corkage free for up to two bottles, it's an easy spot to bring your own drinks.
Good to know
- Moksam keunpan (690g)
- ₩67,000 (premium neck + pork belly + Iberico jowl)
- Moksam hanpan (540g)
- ₩49,000 (premium neck + pork belly)
- Premium neck (180g)
- ₩17,000
- Pork belly (180g)
- ₩17,000
- Iberico pork jowl (150g)
- ₩18,000
- Chewy pork skin
- ₩8,000
- Aged kimchi stew / seafood doenjang stew
- ₩6,000 each
- Doenjang sulbap (soybean paste rice)
- ₩8,000
- Griddle fried rice
- ₩5,000
- Water/spicy cold noodles
- ₩6,000
- Seafood ramyeon
- ₩5,000
- Extra steamed egg
- ₩4,000
- Rice
- ₩1,000
- Corkage
- Free for up to 2 bottles
- Service
- Pre-seared meat finished tableside by staff; free cheese steamed egg
- Seating
- 4-person tables with built-in grills
- Hours
- Mon–Thu 17:00–23:00 / Fri–Sat 16:00–23:00 / Sun 16:00–22:00
- Location
- 3-minute walk from Exit 1, Nowon Station (Line 5)
as written by the visitor on Sep 7, 2026
Among Korean BBQ places that grill pork, the ones that put pork neck (moksal) front and center almost always have great meat. Moksam Hwaro near Nowon Station is no exception — its moksal is nowhere near dry, and the flavor is genuinely excellent.
Moksam Hwaro pre-sears the meat first, then a staff member finishes the grilling right at your table, so you never have to worry about smelling like smoke and can just relax and eat meat someone else grilled for you. Corkage free for up to two bottles is another reason I keep coming back.
3 minutes from Nowon Station Exit 1: the entrance and interior
The entrance of Moksam Hwaro, a Korean BBQ restaurant near Nowon Station
Inside, the restaurant is set up with 4-person tables, each with its own grill
Menu and prices at Moksam Hwaro
The menu at Moksam Hwaro, a Korean BBQ restaurant near Nowon Station
- Moksam keunpan (690g) ₩67,000 — premium neck + pork belly + Iberico pork jowl
- Moksam hanpan (540g) ₩49,000 — premium neck + pork belly
- Premium neck (180g) ₩17,000
- Pork belly (180g) ₩17,000
- Iberico pork jowl (150g) ₩18,000
- Chewy pork skin ₩8,000
- Aged kimchi stew ₩6,000
- Seafood doenjang stew ₩6,000
- Doenjang sulbap ₩8,000
- Griddle fried rice ₩5,000
- Water/spicy cold noodles ₩6,000
- Seafood ramyeon ₩5,000
- Extra steamed egg ₩4,000
- Rice ₩1,000
What kind of sides come with the meal?
Moksam Hwaro's side dishes turned out to be quite varied.
- Wild garlic leaves (myeong-i namul)
- Fresh wasabi, Maldon salt
- Truffle oil pollock roe, pickled chili, ssamjang (dipping paste)
- Perilla leaves
- Seasoned chives
- Pork cutlet sauce and breadcrumbs
The pork cutlet sauce and breadcrumbs were a side I'd never seen before — apparently you dip the meat in the sauce and then coat it in breadcrumbs. Such a wild idea, haha.
Green onion and sauce
Corkage was free for up to two bottles at Moksam Hwaro.
The signature dish: moksam hanpan
The signature dish at Moksam Hwaro near Nowon Station: moksam hanpan. It comes with two pieces of pork neck and one piece of pork belly, and the neck had just enough fat that it was never dry — genuinely delicious.
Green onion, green chili
Cheese steamed egg came as a free service
A guide on how to eat the meat
Pre-searing and the staff grilling service
While the moksam hanpan was being pre-seared, the charcoal grill was brought to the table
The pre-seared pork neck. Moksam Hwaro's grilling service means you can just sit back and eat.
The pre-seared pork neck is placed on the grate and the real charcoal grilling begins
Green chili and green onion go on top of the meat too
The finished grilled pork neck
What to dip the pork neck in
For the first bite of grilled pork neck, the staff suggested dipping it in Maldon salt, so I did
The pork belly also came out pre-seared.
Well-cooked pork neck is set aside on a separate steel plate so it doesn't burn.
Truffle oil pollock roe
The combination of truffle oil pollock roe and grilled pork neck
Personally, fresh wasabi with grilled pork neck was the best combination for me.
The seasoned chives were incredibly tasty too
Sweet potato soju brought in under corkage free
Good food, good drink~ The purple sweet potato soju Murasaki Sekitoba had a nice, subtle sweet potato aroma.
Pork cutlet sauce and breadcrumbs — a surprising combination
The pork cutlet sauce and breadcrumbs I saw for the first time on this visit
It's not actually pork cutlet, but dipping the meat in the sauce genuinely gives it that pork-cutlet flavor... such a surprising taste, haha
Green onion sauce goes well with the grilled pork neck too.
Pork belly, crisped up on the outside only
Just as we were finishing off the pork neck, the pork belly started
Pre-seared pork belly is perfect when only the outside is grilled crisp.
The well-grilled pork belly
Pork belly also pairs wonderfully with fresh wasabi
Finishing up with griddle fried rice
Ordered the griddle fried rice (₩5,000)
Griddle fried rice with perfectly crisped rice grains — really delicious
Griddle fried rice that goes great as a drinking snack too. With the moksam hanpan (450g), griddle fried rice, and a bottle of sweet potato soju, we had a satisfying, full dinner~
Moksam Hwaro hours and location
- Monday–Thursday 17:00–23:00
- Friday & Saturday 16:00–23:00
- Sunday 16:00–22:00
- 3-minute walk from Exit 1, Nowon Station (Line 5)
Where it is
15-7 Nohae-ro 85-gil, Nowon-gu, Seoul, South Korea서울특별시 노원구 노해로85길 15-7 1층
