Sinseon Seolnongtang — Restaurant in Seoul

Meal budget per person (without drinks) Category 1 (under 60000 KRW, 50 USD)

Seolleongtang is the traditional Korean stamina inducing health food which is made by boiling the bones and fresh meat of ox for a long time. The restaurant has been specialized in Seolleongtang since 1965.

Nevertheless, this food is insipid for me and to be honest, not my taste. Even the Gimchi, fundamental to the dish, is not tasty. But it could be quite a personal view and may be, it can beloved by others. It has Parking lot, in good location (right in front of Apgujung Subway Station) and staffs are kind,...

A little above average. Nothing to write home about.

The soup was flavorful, but not too greasy.

I would not order dumplings (mandoo). Flavorful, but frozen and factory made. I know because i bought a bag of 5(?) dz and read the label. I was expecting them to have made em in their own central kitchen, but it was a large resistant distributor. Full of words i would shun were i in there states in the ingredient list.

The bottom line. I would go there again. But not with high expectations and certainly not when I'm looking for...

It's a chain restaurant that specializes in beef cartilage / bone soup that is fairly common throughout Seoul. The 곰탕 I had was quite bad, with the meat having a really bad smell / taste of having been in the refrigerator / freezer too long.

There are better places to go to, but if you're going here, it's probably because you need something fast and...