Single-serving pollack stew and pancake in Gapyeong: Jingogip Seorak

Lunch — no wait, breakfast — spot in Gapyeong: Jingogip Donghae Dongtaetang & Kodari Jorim, Gapyeong Seorak branch.

We went to Gapyeong valley for summer vacation water play and Mom got an upset stomach, haha. My kid wanted dakgalbi but I figured something warm was better, so we went back to this place — I'd had a great breakfast here last fall — Jingogip Donghae Dongtaetang & Kodari Jorim, Gapyeong Seorak branch.

• Name: Jingogip Donghae Dongtaetang & Kodari Jorim, Gapyeong Seorak branch
• Address: 1605 Yumyeong-ro, Seorak-myeon, Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
• Getting there: 100m to the left after exiting Seorak IC
• Parking: Large lot in front of the restaurant
• Hours: Daily 09:00–21:00
• Amenities: Group seating, takeout, delivery, reservations, high chairs, Wi-Fi

Where is Jingogip Gapyeong Seorak branch, and is there parking?

📍 Location

It's 100m to the left right after you exit Seorak IC. It's a convenient stop if you're traveling to Gapyeong or heading to a nearby golf course or recreational forest. It's a clean, large standalone building, so it's easy to spot. There's even a lawn exercise yard for dogs behind the restaurant.

🅿️ Parking

There's a spacious lot in front big enough for buses, so parking is never a worry even for group visits like club outings.

There's a café called Pine Tree that operates right in front of the restaurant, so you get 10% off all drinks there after your meal.

Inside the restaurant and the self-serve banchan bar

The interior feels clean and modern. The high ceilings and tidy layout give it a calm, put-together feel.

The spacious partitioned seats also looked great for group tables.

The place is spacious and clean enough that it's apparently been used as a filming location.

The self-serve bar. They said they make all their kimchi and side dishes in-house.

Spicy stir-fried tiny anchovies that go straight into your rice bowl. The pickled perilla leaves were soft and fragrant since they're grown in-house.

Bean sprouts and chonggak kimchi (whole radish kimchi). The side dishes were good enough to rival a proper home-style restaurant — that's why we came back^^

You get 4 pieces of pollack pancake for a receipt review. And 10% off all drinks at Pine Tree after your meal.

Menu and prices: can you order a single serving?

✅ Menu

• Dongtaetang / clear pollack stew ₩12,000
• Dongtaetang + pollack milt ₩14,000
• Roe stew (altang) ₩14,000
• Kimchi hot pot loaded with meat ₩12,000
• [Lunch special] Kodari jorim set (2+ people) ₩16,000
• Kodari jorim (small) ₩42,000, (medium) ₩56,000, (large) ₩70,000
• Water/spicy naengmyeon ₩11,000
• Kodari naengmyeon ₩14,000
• Dongtae set (stew + braise), Dongtae all (stew + braise + pancake)
• Pollack pancake, bulgogi

As a pollack stew and kodari specialty restaurant, they had a good range of stews, braises and pancakes. What I liked is that every menu item can be ordered as a single serving, so solo diners and business travelers can walk in without hesitation. There were quite a few regulars eating alone — clearly locals.

We ordered two servings of dongtaetang and a half-plate of pollack pancake.

They set out the tidy side dishes first. The pretty lawn outside the window is the pet exercise yard.

Stir-fried zucchini, chonggak kimchi.

Pickled perilla leaves, stir-fried tiny anchovies. Made fresh that morning — good enough on their own to finish a bowl of rice.

Pollack pancake half-plate: 6 pieces fried to order

Our spicy dongtaetang and pollack pancake half-plate arrived. We sat by the window again — I liked the view of the green lawn.

The half-plate comes with six large pollack pancake pieces, served with a sweet-and-spicy soy sauce with onion and chili.

They fry it to order, so it came out sizzling hot.

Dip it in the soy sauce and take a bite! Oh, savory and delicious. The golden-fried pollack pancake has no small bones, so it was great for my kid to eat.

Spicy pollack stew for two, with milt and roe

Dongtaetang for two. It comes already boiled from the kitchen, so they said we could eat right away, but simmering it further in the metal pot over the burner made the broth even cleaner and tastier.

It was generously loaded with big, plump pollack, shredded green onion, radish, tofu, milt and roe.

My kid loves milt, so I gave some to her and the rest went to Mom and Dad. We dipped the well-cooked pollack flesh in soy sauce — it melted in your mouth.

The clean broth felt like a hangover cure even though we hadn't been drinking. It wasn't too spicy, so even someone who can't handle heat well could enjoy it.

My husband ladled more broth and mixed it with rice. The rice soaked up the broth beautifully, rich and savory.

On a Gapyeong trip, eating in the restaurant is great, but it's also worth grabbing a takeout dish to enjoy before heading into your accommodation.

Is Jingogip worth a stop in Gapyeong?

Jingogip Donghae Dongtaetang & Kodari Jorim, Gapyeong Seorak branch is a Gapyeong restaurant that combines reasonable prices, honest flavors and solid amenities. Being able to eat breakfast early, order a single serving as a solo diner, and use a large parking lot with a dog exercise lawn make it stand out among Gapyeong's Korean restaurants. If you want to warm up and fill your stomach on a Gapyeong trip, give this place a try^^

Frequently asked questions

Q. Can one person order a single serving of the stew?

A. Yes, you can! Solo diners can order a single serving and are served just as kindly as anyone else.

Q. Can you eat breakfast at Jingogip?

A. Yes. They serve from 9am, so it's a great place for a hearty Korean breakfast while traveling.