Jongno healthy restaurant for beef salad: Wystab Diet Gwanghwamun

I visited Wystab Diet Gwanghwamun, a healthy diet-food spot near Gwanghwamun Station that is great for eating alone!

📍 Location | 249 m from Exit 1 of Jonggak Station [B1 of Le Meilleur Jongno Town] It’s located between Jonggak Station and Gwanghwamun Station! 🍳 Hours | 10:00–20:40 (closed Saturday and Sunday)

What kind of meal is a Protein Box?

They say it’s Korea’s first Protein Box specialty shop! Every Protein Box menu has more than 30 g of protein, and some even contain an incredible 67 g!!! It’s a filling meal that lets you load up on protein.

Getting enough protein is important when you’re managing your diet, but it’s surprisingly hard to make sure you get it at every meal..ㅠ But with these Protein Boxes, whichever menu you choose has at least 30 g, so it felt super convenient.

A Gwanghwamun seating atmosphere made for solo meals

The shop didn’t feel huge, but the seats were arranged really well, and there were lots of solo seats, so it was perfect for stopping in to eat by yourself!!

Since it’s healthy food, I think it would also be nice to come with family, for a get-together, or on a date. Even though I visited at an in-between time on a weekday, there were quite a few people eating alone.

The posters on the wall were so cute and thoughtful too, haha!!! As I looked around while eating, I saw they even had protein cookies!!? Finishing with a perfectly protein-filled dessert would be just right 😁

The place itself was clean with a cute, cozy feel!! The owner was so kind and welcoming that I wanted to become a regular ㅠ😭♥️

Check calories and nutrition information while choosing

They also had calorie charts and nutrition information posted like this, which made choosing a menu easy!! Protein Boxes come in a range of categories—Light, tofu noodles, pasta, oats, cauliflower, and mala—so there are plenty of choices and it’s great for managing your diet without getting bored‼️‼️

For people dieting, I’d recommend the Light option, while for those working out and wanting to seriously!! get their protein in, I recommend the Protein Bowl. It’s ₩9,900 and contains an amazing 58 g of protein.

What’s in the Beef Light Protein Box, and how does it taste?

The menu I ordered was the Beef Light Protein Box. (You can think of a Light Protein Box as a salad!) It costs ₩12,900 and comes with 150 g of sous-vide beef steak, chickpeas, lettuce, green beans, broccoli, bell pepper, olives, and onion flakes!

Just looking at the generous steak portion and the colorful, fresh ingredients, I could tell that although it was a salad, it made for a really filling!!! and satisfying meal.

The vegetables were so crisp and fresh too. I can’t eat vegetables that taste bad or bitter, but there was nothing like that—just lots of lettuce!! plus extra ingredients, so it felt like a delicious salad made at home ♥️

Some poke bowls are so high in calories that I’ve eaten one intending to diet, then been shocked when I saw the calories more than once. But all the Protein Box menus here had really good calories and nutrition information!! This salad full of flat iron steak was also in the 200-calorie range, yet it filled me up completely and was genuinely delicious, which I loved.

Eating the meat and salad together like this, it would be delicious even if you weren’t dieting… It was the tastiest salad I’ve had lately. (Even though I had meat with every bite, there was still meat left right to the end,,,)

+ The sauce they gave me seemed like a wasabi mayo sauce, and it went so well with the salad—it was delicious too!!

There were outlets behind the seats too, so it was perfect for watching YouTube while eating or charging your phone!!! If you’re looking for a healthy, filling meal, I recommend Wystab Diet Gwanghwamun as a truly great Gwanghwamun spot for office workers~!!