Blind date restaurant in Suwon's Haenggung-dong: vongole course pick, Hado

I finally went back to Haenggung-dong, a neighborhood I used to visit all the time~ I stopped by Hado, which is perfect for dates and blind dates, and had their course meal!

You can order à la carte or go for the course here, and it's a place that nails both looks and taste. The vongole pasta especially is unforgettable haha. Let's start the review of Hado, the perfect Haenggung-dong date spot!

Hado location, parking, and hours

• Parking: use Gyodong Public Parking Lot right next to the restaurant (first hour free, then ₩300 per 10 minutes after)
• Hours: Mon 16:00-21:30 / Tue-Sun 11:00-21:30
• Break time: 14:20-16:00, last order 20:00
• Payment: local currency vouchers, Naver Pay, easy pay
• Corkage available (fee applies)

The menu

If you're driving, just park at Gyodong Public Parking Lot right next to Hado! It's SO close it almost feels like the restaurant's own lot haha. (The ❤️ mark shows where Hado is.)

Gyodong Public Parking Lot is free for the first hour, and paid after that, but since it's a public lot it's not expensive!

This is a photo of the storefront I took again on my way out because it looked so pretty — the streets of Haenggung-dong get even prettier at night! The evening atmosphere with the lights on was so lovely 😍

Black interior, open kitchen, and the restaurant vibe

Now let's step inside Hado~

It's compact but has quite a few tables, and the cozy atmosphere really suits course dining and Western food~

It's decorated all in black overall, which made the mood even better~

There's bar seating too — is this basically front-row seats to the kitchen? Haha. Hado has an open kitchen, so even from your table you can watch the cooking happening from a distance haha.

Once seated, they set out the tableware for us~ The attention to detail in the table setting?! The little touch on how the spoon was hung was so pretty 📸

Hado has two types of course meals (Hado Summer Course / Hado Basic Course), and we ordered the basic course~ The Hado Summer Course has a bit more menu items and is slightly pricier~

And in one corner, a turntable! There's also a charger provided so you can charge your phone while eating~

There was even a CD player?? Looked like disposable earphones were prepared too~ The owner's sense of style, wow 🫢

There's a coat hanger for hanging up your clothes, and blankets are provided too, just so you know!

If you search 'Hado' on Naver and download the coupon, you can get a free ade drink~ And if you write a Naver receipt review, they'll prepare a takeaway cup of rooibos apple lemon tea for you on your way out after the meal!

Hado basic course (₩45,000 per person): what's included

Pea tart & sweet shrimp apple tart

I was really hungry that day, and we started the meal with a gorgeous-looking appetizer~~ 😍❤️

🫛 Pea tart — this had an almost salad-like fresh feel to it haha

🦐 Sweet shrimp apple tart — this had a lovely springy, chewy texture from the sweet shrimp, and it paired surprisingly well with the crisp texture of the apple~ Perfect dishes for whetting the appetite~

Minari yuja bisque pasta

You can choose from several pastas, and the most basic one is the 'minari (water dropwort) yuja bisque pasta.' So that's the one I ordered!

It's a pasta with a subtle hint of shrimp guts flavor coming through — you'd think 'cream pasta' means heavy and thick, but this had a light, fresh(?) feel instead~

Vongole pasta

Everyone, this pasta is insane! They say vongole pasta only really shows its true colors when made by a place that's genuinely good at it —

and this vongole here is seriously amazing. I want to come back and order it à la carte next time!🥹

Of everything we ate that day, both my husband and I picked the vongole as our number one!! If you visit here, I highly recommend the vongole ⭐️

Sous vide chicken breast steak

I didn't know chicken breast could turn into such a beautiful dish..??

It was plated beautifully like a work of art haha. What's underneath is carrot purée — it tasted more like potato and not too much like carrot, and it was delicious haha.

Being sous vide, the chicken breast was so tender~ The tender chicken breast met some ingredient on top I don't know the name of that gave a crisp(?) texture, making the whole thing even more fun to eat~

The carrot purée was so tasty I scraped the plate clean haha.

Earl Grey ice cream

And this one was also seriously delicious!!

There's crumble laid underneath the ice cream~ Eating this together with the ice cream is a texture jackpot 🫢 like eating a Dwaejibar ice cream bar! I thought it was chocolate at first, but it felt more like cookie!

It has a strong, rich Earl Grey flavor that I don't think anyone could dislike. The portion was just right too, perfect for dessert👍 I usually don't finish dessert ice cream, but this one was so good~

How was it as a Haenggung-dong date/blind date spot?

When we were about to leave after eating, they even had mouthwash ready for us — what a nice touch😍

• ✔️ Haenggung-dong date spot
• ✔️ Haenggung-dong blind date spot

Hado was exactly that~ (Make sure you order the vongole~❤️)