Jinokhwa Halmae Dakhanmari

Key Information

• 🏅 Selected by the Blue Ribbon Survey
• 🍲 Signature menu: Dakhanmari · Kalguksu noodle add-on · Rice porridge
• 🧄 Clear chicken broth served with garlic and dipping sauce · Takeout available
• 🕐 Daily 10:30–01:00 (next day)

🏅 A Blue Ribbon–Selected Classic on Dongdaemun Chicken Alley: Jinokhwa Halmae Dakhanmari

Jinokhwa Halmae Dakhanmari is a landmark of the Dongdaemun dakhanmari alley, selected by the Blue Ribbon Survey. We confidently recommend it to anyone who wants to try a true Korean chicken hot pot.

If you are staying around Dongdaemun or Jongno 5-ga, we recommend this restaurant on Jongno 40ga-gil, which stays open until late at night.

A whole chicken is simmered with potato and green onion in a large pot of clear broth, then dipped in a sauce with minced garlic as you eat.

After the chicken, you can add kalguksu noodles to the remaining broth or finish with rice porridge, and with a main and an annex building across three floors, tables turn over relatively quickly.

Why Locals Love It

• 🏅 Proven quality — selected by the Blue Ribbon Survey
• 🍲 Broth — clear chicken broth that deepens as it simmers
• 🍜 Finish — kalguksu noodles and rice porridge
• 🌙 Hours — open every day until 1 a.m.

Tips for Foreign Visitors

• 🚇 About a 5-minute walk (approx. 330 m) from Exit 10 of Dongdaemun Station
• 🍜 After finishing the chicken, add kalguksu noodles to the broth
• 🍄 Rice cake, potato, mushroom and green onion add-ons are 2,000 won each
• 🕐 Open daily from 10:30 until 01:00 the next day