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Koryo Samgyetang
From ₩20,000
- Nearest station
- City Hall Station (Line 1)
- Opening hours
- Mon–Fri 10:30–21:00 · Sat–Sun 10:30–20:30
- Next opening
- Next opening: Tomorrow · 17:00Express
- Languages spoken at the place
- English · Chinese · Japanese
Koryo Samgyetang
Korea's very first restaurant dedicated to samgyetang (ginseng chicken soup).
Samgyetang is a traditional summer tonic dish once enjoyed by the old noble families of Seoul. To get through the sweltering summer, aristocratic households embraced the idea of "fighting heat with heat," slowly simmering young spring chickens with glutinous rice, fresh ginseng, chestnuts and jujubes before serving them at the table.
Our founder, a native of Seocheon in Chungnam, came up to Seoul after finishing his military service just after the Korean War. Working at the poultry market in Namdaemun Market, he first formed his bond with samgyetang.
Back then the shops would slaughter young chickens for samgyetang on the spot and sell them along with the other ingredients. Watching hundreds sell each day around the hottest days of summer, he judged that there was a real chance in cooking and selling samgyetang himself, and opened a small samgyetang restaurant at the entrance of Myeong-dong for the first time.
That was in 1960.
Koryo Samgyetang uses firm, chewy seven-week-old chickens, combining ginseng, glutinous rice, jujubes and various medicinal ingredients. Rooted in a summer tonic dish created by the old nobles of Seoul and handed down over centuries, we carry on the family tradition with pride as the birthplace where all the know-how of the modern samgyetang restaurant was developed and established.
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- Restaurant · Seosomun-dong, Seoul
- English · Chinese · Japanese
- ₩20,000–38,000
Can I book Koryo Samgyetang in English?
Yes. You book Koryo Samgyetang on millio in English, Japanese or Chinese, and millio passes your notes to the place in Korean. Staff speak English, Chinese and Japanese.
How much does Koryo Samgyetang cost?
Koryo Samgyetang doesn’t ask for a deposit.
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When is Koryo Samgyetang open?
Mon–Fri 10:30–21:00 · Sat–Sun 10:30–20:30.
How do I find Koryo Samgyetang?
1 Seosomun-ro 11-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul. Nearest station: City Hall Station (Line 1).
Can I book Koryo Samgyetang for today or tomorrow?
Yes, when a time is open: choose Express (today or tomorrow). The next Express time is tomorrow (Mon, Oct 26) at 17:00 (as of Oct 25, 15:38 Korea time). You approve a card hold when you send the request, and it is charged when the place confirms. A confirmed Express booking can’t be cancelled or refunded.
How does booking Koryo Samgyetang work?
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Do I need a Korean phone number or a Korean app?
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Can I cancel? What is refunded?
You can cancel from the link in your confirmation email. Cancel by 5:00 PM Korea time on the day before your appointment and we refund any deposit you paid to the place in full. The millio booking fee is not refunded. After that deadline there is no refund. If the place cannot confirm a time, you pay nothing. If a place cancels a booking you have already paid for, we refund your deposit in cash. The booking fee is not refunded if the place had confirmed the booking.