Menya Hanabi Jamsil — Restaurant in Seoul

I have to start saying that I love the specialty of the house here and that is why I rated the food with 5 stars. However, I cannot say the same about the service or atmosphere.

I went a few days ago with a friend to have dinner here. We arrived at 4:30 pm and waited for 30 mins to be able to get the first come first served basis menu.

During the waiting time, a staff from the restaurant came out and start telling everyone how we should eat fast so the people waiting outside wouldn't have to wait for too long in the cool weather, and if there was any couple fighting, that they should better come back next time.

At first I thought he was joking with all those sour comments, but then looking at the face of the rest of people listening, it was clearly not.

It was quite unpleasant having to hear remarks like that while being waiting.

I waited outside for 30 mins...I wanna take my time enjoying my food, not to be asked to eat...

Great Taiwanese maze soba. It's basically ramen (although they have that too, see pic) without the broth.

One bowl fills me up big time. Just like I feel full the rest of the day after eating American barbecue, I sometimes skip dinner if I've had the maze soba for lunch.

I can't remember the best dish: It's the one that is limited to about 30 bowls a day. It has a pork topping that has a ton of flavor that apparently takes hours and hours to prepare. Add the pork belly on top of that, and you are gonna be really satisfied.

It's not worth waiting more than 20 minutes in my opinion. Whenever I go, I go there about 20 minutes before it opens to make sure I'm at the head of the line. Otherwise, expect at least a 50 minute wait.

Very reasonable pricing for what you get and how you feel after, around 10,000...

Mazesoba was great! I usually don't prefer soba over rice but this time....yum! I'm going to remember this taste for a long time. If you like food with less sauce and less salt pick Negi sio nagoya mazesoba(although it's 'salt' soba it's still less salty than the original mazesoba) but still...when it comes to taste itself, the mazesoba was more impressive. Long waiting time(took abt 30 minutes for me), near the lotte world tower(15 min walk)/ can take a bus(3315, 3313..)(5min, 5min walk) from Jamsil...