Gwanghwamun Mijin (Main Restaurant)

Key Information

• 🏅 MICHELIN Guide Seoul 2026 Bib Gourmand
• 🍜 Signature menu: Naeng Memil · Memil Jeonbyeong · Bossam Set Meal
• 🏭 A long-standing buckwheat noodle house that makes noodles and sauce daily in its basement factory
• 🕐 Daily 10:30–21:00

🏅 Bib Gourmand Cold Buckwheat Noodles Since the 1950s: Gwanghwamun Mijin

We confidently recommend Gwanghwamun Mijin, a Gwanghwamun institution serving cold buckwheat noodles since the 1950s and named a Bib Gourmand in the MICHELIN Guide Seoul 2026.

If you are staying around Gwanghwamun or Jongno, we recommend Gwanghwamun Mijin on the 1st floor of Le Meilleur Jongno Town near Gwanghwamun Station for a cool, clean meal.

Noodles and dipping sauce are made fresh daily in the basement factory; an order of naeng memil comes with two trays of noodles, a kettle of chilled sauce and basic side dishes.

You season the sauce to taste with grated radish, wasabi, laver and green onions, and the buckwheat crepe rolls and bossam are popular additions.

Why Locals Love It

• 🏅 Proven quality — MICHELIN Guide Seoul 2026 Bib Gourmand
• 🏭 Made daily — house-made buckwheat noodles and sauce
• 🍜 Generous portions — cold noodles served on two trays
• 🥟 Great sides — buckwheat crepe rolls and bossam

Tips for Foreign Visitors

• 🚇 It is about a 3-minute walk from Exit 11 of Gwanghwamun Station
• 🍜 First time? Pair the naeng memil with memil jeonbyeong
• 🥢 Add grated radish, wasabi, laver and green onions to the sauce to your taste
• 🕐 Open daily from 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.
• 🏢 It is on the 1st floor of Le Meilleur Jongno Town