What to Eat in Gwacheon? 20 Restaurants Picked by Menu
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What to Eat in Gwacheon? 20 Restaurants Picked by Menu

From kalguksu and gukbap to grilled meat, Japanese, and Western food: where to eat in Gwacheon

When choosing where to eat in Gwacheon, it helps to consider both the type of food and which direction you're heading. You can grab a meal in the shopping arcades around Government Complex Gwacheon Station, or widen your search toward Seonbawi, Munwon-dong, or Gwacheon Knowledge Information Town to find other menus.

We've gathered 20 restaurants for a proper meal, covering kalguksu (knife-cut noodles) and sujebi (hand-torn dough soup), gomtang (beef bone soup) and miyeokguk (seaweed soup), meat and octopus dishes, and even Japanese and Western food. You can compare single-bowl meals with dishes meant for sharing, and also tell apart the places that require orders for two or more or course reservations.

Not every place is part of a single walking route. Compare your starting point with each restaurant's location on the map to narrow down your options. Menus and hours may change, and for course meals or dishes meant for sharing, it's a good idea to check reservation and minimum order requirements first.
Bongdeok Kalguksu

Bongdeok Kalguksu

Bongdeok Kalguksu is a kalguksu specialty restaurant on Gungmal-ro. Its published menu includes shabu mushroom kalguksu, so we included it as an option for days when you want a hot pot dish together with noodles. The hours listed on the map are 11:00–21:00, with last order at 20:00. If you're heading out late in the evening, plan your arrival time around the last order rather than the closing time.

This menu item is marked as requiring an order for two or more. Since the ordering style differs from a simple single bowl of noodles for one, consider how many people are coming with you when choosing.
주소 경기 과천시 궁말로 6 1층 장소 종류 음식점 메뉴·서비스 샤브버섯칼국수 전화번호 02-502-7952
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Eouldeoul

Eouldeoul

Eouldeoul is a barbecue restaurant on Jebiul-gil, offering menu items such as Hanwoo sirloin, tenderloin, rib finger meat, and brisket. It's an option focused on grilling and sharing meat rather than a simple meal. Its schedule shows Tuesday to Sunday 11:30–21:30, closed on Mondays. Before choosing it as a Monday gathering spot, check whether the closing day has changed and compare it with options for other dates.

The listed weight differs by cut, so it's best not to assume the same portion just from the menu name. Choosing cuts based on your group's tastes and how much you'll eat makes ordering easier.
주소 경기 과천시 제비울길 43 장소 종류 음식점 메뉴·서비스 한우등심·안심·갈비살 전화번호 02-503-6817
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El Olivo

El Olivo

El Olivo is a Western restaurant on Dwitgol 2-ro. Its published menu features dishes reminiscent of Spanish cuisine, such as gambas al ajillo and plato de tapas, making it worth comparing when you're looking for a dinner other than Korean food. The listed hours are 11:30–22:00, with a break from 15:00 to 17:30. If your plans fall between a late lunch and an early dinner, it's better to schedule around this break time.

A meal of sharing several plates and a meal where each person orders their own can be put together differently. Check the portions of the tapas and main dishes and decide how many plates to share with your companions.
주소 경기 과천시 뒷골2로 16-1 장소 종류 음식점 메뉴·서비스 감바스·타파스 전화번호 02-502-1156
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Cheonggyesan Dotori

Cheonggyesan Dotori

Cheonggyesan Dotori is a Korean restaurant on Maebong-ro centered on dishes made with acorns. The menu includes acorn noodles served on a tray, acorn pancakes, sujebi in beef bone and perilla broth, and muksabal (acorn jelly in cold broth). Its published schedule lists 11:00–21:00, closed on Tuesdays. Even if you're combining an outing toward Cheonggyesan Mountain with a meal, consider both when you'll finish your hike and the restaurant's closing day.

You can order differently depending on whether you'll have noodles or sujebi as a meal, or share pancakes and acorn jelly dishes among several people. Although the restaurant's name includes Cheonggyesan, its address is on Maebong-ro in Gwacheon, so navigate by its location on the map.
주소 경기 과천시 매봉로 15 장소 종류 음식점 메뉴·서비스 도토리 쟁반국수·전·수제비 전화번호 02-502-3696
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Tongnamujip

Tongnamujip

Tongnamujip is a restaurant on the 1st floor of Jungang Sangga at 38 Saesulmak-gil. You can choose from soup meals such as seolleongtang (ox bone soup), kkori gomtang (oxtail soup), wang galbitang (large short rib soup), and seonji haejangguk (blood sausage hangover soup), so we included it as a place to eat in Jungang-dong. Tongnamujip's hours on the map are 10:00–22:00, with last order at 21:30. If you're planning a late meal, leave time not only to be seated but also to finish ordering.

Since the same building houses various kinds of businesses, look for the shop name on the 1st floor of Jungang Sangga. The ingredients and character of the broth differ by menu item, making it a good place for comparison when someone who wants a familiar bowl and someone looking for galbitang dine together.
주소 경기 과천시 새술막길 38 중앙상가 1층 105호 장소 종류 음식점 메뉴·서비스 설렁탕·꼬리곰탕·왕갈비탕 전화번호 02-503-9555
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Deopujim

Deopujim

Deopujim is located at 72 Maebong-ro. Its published menu includes nakji bokkeum (stir-fried octopus), a whole sweet pumpkin and smoked duck set, yeonpotang (octopus soup), and nakji pajeon (octopus green onion pancake), so you can look at octopus and duck dishes prepared in different ways in one place. Deopujim's listing shows 11:00–21:00, a break from 15:00 to 17:00, and last order at 20:00. This is useful information for deciding first whether to visit at lunch or dinner.

Nakji bokkeum and yeonpotang differ in seasoning and whether they come with broth, so it's better to match your companions' tastes first. For menu items that come as sets or in medium and large sizes, ask about the composition to suit the number of people visiting.
주소 경기 과천시 매봉로 72 장소 종류 음식점 메뉴·서비스 낙지볶음·연포탕·통단호박훈제오리 전화번호 02-504-8500
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Daega

Daega

Daega is on the 2nd floor of Silla Sangga at 37 Byeoryangsangga 1-ro. Besides grilled dishes such as pork belly with pollock roe, gochujang pork belly, and pork jowl, its published menu also includes a jeyuk (spicy stir-fried pork) set meal and stews. On weekdays it is open 11:00–21:30, with a break from 14:30 to 16:30. On Saturdays the hours are listed as 11:30–21:00 and on Sundays 16:30–21:00, so for weekend lunch plans you need to check the day of the week.

Your menu options depend on whether you want to grill and share meat yourselves or have a full set meal. Since it's a shop inside an arcade, checking both the building number on the street and the 2nd-floor shop makes it easier to find.
주소 경기 과천시 별양상가1로 37 신라상가 205~206호 장소 종류 음식점 메뉴·서비스 삼겹살·항정살·제육한상 전화번호 02-503-8373
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Okdoenjang Gwacheon

Okdoenjang Gwacheon

Okdoenjang Gwacheon is a hot pot and Korean restaurant in Units 139–141, Building B of Smart K at 20 Gwacheon-daero 7-gil. Its published menu includes spicy beef and tofu hot pot, beef pork belly with tofu and kimchi, clam soup, and stir-fried seafood. The current schedule shows Monday to Saturday 11:00–22:00, closed on Sundays, with a break from 14:30 to 16:30.

You can order differently depending on whether you'll have doenjang hot pot as a meal or share tofu kimchi and stir-fried dishes. Check the main ingredients of the hot pot and portions per person, and within the business complex, head to the shop in Building B so you don't confuse it with other restaurants in Building A. If you're planning a late lunch, time your arrival so you don't run into the changed break time.
주소 경기 과천시 과천대로7길 20 과천스마트케이업무시설 B동 139~141호 장소 종류 음식점 메뉴·서비스 두부전골·바지락탕·해산물볶음 전화번호 0507-1437-3204
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Jokumeon Gwacheon

Jokumeon Gwacheon

Jokumeon Gwacheon is a Korean table d'hote restaurant at 531 Jungang-ro. Its published menu features set meals served with an array of side dishes, such as a dried yellow croaker set meal, a soy sauce marinated crab set meal, and a marinated crab and grilled fish spread. The schedule lists 11:30–21:30, a break from 15:00 to 17:00, and last order at 20:30. To fully enjoy the set and course menus, arrive with plenty of time rather than just before last order.

Some menu items come with conditions such as two or more people or weekdays only. Rather than assuming that even the seasonal menus are always available, check which set meals can be ordered on the day you visit before choosing.
주소 경기 과천시 중앙로 531 1층 장소 종류 음식점 메뉴·서비스 보리굴비정식·간장게장정식 전화번호 02-502-0999
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Daegongwon Podobat

Daegongwon Podobat

Daegongwon Podobat is located at 26 Daegongwon-daero and lists ori jumulleok (marinated duck) and ori roseu (grilled duck) on its menu. When you're considering a duck meal before or after plans near Seoul Grand Park, you can compare its location as well. The listed hours are Tuesday to Sunday 12:00–21:00, closed on Mondays. There is also a break from 15:00 to 17:00 and last order at 19:30, so if you plan to have dinner after visiting the park, it's best to sort out the timing first.

Although its name includes Daegongwon (Grand Park), this isn't being introduced as a restaurant inside the zoo. Choose between the seasoned jumulleok and the roseu to suit your tastes, and when leaving from the park, check the route from the actual entrance to the restaurant.
주소 경기 과천시 대공원대로 26 장소 종류 음식점 메뉴·서비스 오리주물럭·오리로스 전화번호 02-502-5289
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Sumisujak

Sumisujak

Sumisujak is in Unit 307 on the 3rd floor of Jungang Building at 38 Saesulmak-gil. Its published menu includes the omakase courses Andamiro and Sanarae along with several other course options, so we included it as an option for days when you're looking for a course meal rather than a simple rice bowl. Sumisujak is listed as opening at 11:30 on weekdays and 12:00 on weekends. There is a preparation break from 15:00 to 17:00 and lunch last order is at 14:30, so keep this in mind when booking a time for your course.

It's best to first compare each course's headcount requirements, composition, and available reservation times. Since it's on a different floor from other restaurants in the same building, let your group know the shop's location on the 3rd floor as well.
주소 경기 과천시 새술막길 38 중앙빌딩 3층 307호 장소 종류 음식점 메뉴·서비스 오마카세·일식 코스 전화번호 02-502-0737
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Hangari Sujebi

Hangari Sujebi

Hangari Sujebi is located on basement level 1 of Byeoksan Sangga at 7 Byeoryangsangga-ro. Its published menu is hangari sujebi and kimchi pancake, making it a place to check out when you want a sujebi meal without a complicated menu choice. According to the map, it's open 11:00–20:00 on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, Mondays, and Tuesdays, and 11:00–14:00 on Fridays. If you plan to visit on a Friday evening, distinguish it from lunch service and contact the restaurant first.

You need to go into the basement arcade rather than the other shops on the building's 1st floor. If there are several of you, simply decide whether to add a pancake to each person's sujebi, and your meal is easily sorted out.
주소 경기 과천시 별양상가로 7 벽산상가 지하1층 8호 장소 종류 음식점 메뉴·서비스 항아리수제비·김치전 전화번호 02-504-4894
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Milsup Gwacheon

Milsup Gwacheon

Milsup Gwacheon is a kalguksu branch at 50 Yangjimaeul 1-ro. It offers noodle dishes with different broths and ingredients, such as beef bone kalguksu, yukgaejang kalguksu, perilla seed kalguksu, and steamed dumplings. The published hours for this Milsup branch are 09:00–20:30. You can compare its location as a morning meal option too, but check when ordering whether specific noodles or seasonal menu items are all available from early hours.

The deciding factor is that you can split your choices by taste among a refreshing broth, a spicy broth, and a perilla flavor. For menu items affected by the season, such as yeolmu naengguksu (cold young radish kimchi noodles) or kongguksu (cold soybean noodles), check whether they're being served that day.
주소 경기 과천시 양지마을1로 50 1층 장소 종류 음식점 메뉴·서비스 사골·육개장·들깨칼국수 전화번호 02-3679-4376
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Italian Restaurant Deoho

Italian Restaurant Deoho

Italian Restaurant Deoho is on the 1st floor of the Biz building of Kotiti at 48 Gwacheon-daero 7na-gil. It's a Western restaurant you can compare when looking for a type of meal different from Korean food around Gwacheon Knowledge Information Town. Deoho's map listing shows 11:00–22:00, with last order at 21:00. For a late evening gathering, it's good to separately consider the time left before closing and the time during which food orders are accepted.

If you're setting up a meal, ask the restaurant about its current menu and available reservation times. Even within the same Kotiti complex, you need to find Unit 1 on the 1st floor of the Biz building, so it's good to share the building name and shop location with your group.
주소 경기 과천시 과천대로7나길 48 코티티 비즈동 1층 1호 장소 종류 음식점 메뉴·서비스 이탈리안 레스토랑 전화번호 02-504-1255
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Namtaeryeong Bongpyeong Memil Makguksu Seonbawi

Namtaeryeong Bongpyeong Memil Makguksu Seonbawi

Namtaeryeong Bongpyeong Memil Makguksu Seonbawi is a branch at 423 Jungang-ro. Its published menu includes buckwheat mul makguksu (in cold broth), buckwheat bibim makguksu (spicy mixed), buckwheat dumplings, and a Bongpyeong makguksu set meal. The listed hours are 10:30–20:00, with a preparation break from 15:00 to 16:30. Lunch last order is shown as 14:30 and dinner as 19:30, so you should plan by meal period.

We chose it based on the Seonbawi branch address, not other businesses of the same name in other areas. Decide based on your headcount whether to have a bowl of noodles with a side, or the set meal marked as requiring two or more people.
주소 경기 과천시 중앙로 423 1층 장소 종류 음식점 메뉴·서비스 물·비빔 메밀막국수·메밀만두 전화번호 02-3418-3939
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Haenon Miyeok Gwacheon (Directly Operated)

Haenon Miyeok Gwacheon (Directly Operated)

Haenon Miyeok Gwacheon (Directly Operated) is at 67 Araetbaeraengi-ro. It offers set meals with different ingredients, such as oyster miyeokguk, abalone and oyster miyeokguk, and sea urchin roe miyeokguk. If you're going for a miyeokguk set meal, note the 11:00–21:00 hours and the break from 15:00 to 17:00. Last order is listed as 19:45, so it may not work for plans that have you arriving after 8 p.m.

You can choose which set meal to order based on the type of seafood. Since the included ingredients differ by menu item, such as options with added abalone, check the names, and if anyone in your group needs to avoid oysters or shellfish, ask about the ingredients first.
주소 경기 과천시 아랫배랭이로 67 1층 장소 종류 음식점 메뉴·서비스 굴·전복·성게알 미역국 정찬 전화번호 070-4800-6033
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Gamasot Hoegwan

Gamasot Hoegwan

Gamasot Hoegwan is a gomtang restaurant located at 161 Gwacheon-daero. Its published menu includes single-bowl meals such as sagol gomtang (beef bone soup), doganitang (ox knee soup), kkori gomtang (oxtail soup), and mandu gomtang (dumpling soup), as well as suyuk (boiled sliced beef). Gamasot Hoegwan's published hours are shown as 10:00–21:00. If you're passing through Gwacheon in the morning, compare these hours with your route, and when several people meet up, coordinate how much soup and suyuk to order.

Your meal will differ depending on whether everyone orders their own soup or you share suyuk on the side. Its address is in a different direction from the other options clustered in the downtown arcades, so decide on your route while considering where you're heading next.
주소 경기 과천시 과천대로 161 1층 장소 종류 음식점 메뉴·서비스 사골곰탕·도가니탕·수육 전화번호 02-503-3377
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Kakoi Donburi Gwacheon

Kakoi Donburi Gwacheon

Kakoi Donburi Gwacheon is on basement level 1 of Gwacheon Officetel at 18 Byeoryangsangga 1-ro. The menu includes mixed katsudon, chicken karaage don, katsu and karaage don, and spicy kimchi nabe. This donburi branch's schedule lists Monday to Saturday 10:30–20:30, closed on Sundays. When planning a weekend meal, don't assume Saturday and Sunday have the same conditions; check the date first.

It's good to choose by distinguishing between rice bowls topped with fried food and nabe with broth. Since it's a basement shop rather than on the building's office floors, look at the arcade directory at the entrance.
주소 경기 과천시 별양상가1로 18 과천오피스텔 지하1층 장소 종류 음식점 메뉴·서비스 가츠동·가라아게동·김치나베 전화번호 02-3418-0530
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Palpal Nakji Main Branch

Palpal Nakji Main Branch

Palpal Nakji Main Branch is located at 32 Gwanaksan-gil. Its published menu includes nakji bokkeum (stir-fried octopus), stir-fried octopus with deodeok root, galnaktang (short rib and octopus soup), and octopus seafood pancake, making it a place to save when you're looking for a meal centered on octopus dishes. Palpal Nakji is listed as open 11:00–21:00, with a preparation break from 15:30 to 16:30 on weekdays. Last order is at 20:25, so keep this in mind if your visit to the Gwanaksan-gil area runs late.

Some stir-fried dishes are marked as requiring an order for two or more. If you want to share nakji bokkeum, sort out the headcount first, and decide which style of meal your group wants between stir-fried dishes and soup.
주소 경기 과천시 관악산길 32 장소 종류 음식점 메뉴·서비스 낙지볶음·낙지더덕볶음·갈낙탕 전화번호 02-507-5988
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Namdoyeon

Namdoyeon

Namdoyeon is a Korean restaurant on the 2nd floor of 25 Byeoryangsangga 1-ro. It offers menu items such as the Namdo cockle set meal, stone pot cockle set meal, seasoned cockles, and braised or stewed seafood. Namdoyeon's schedule lists 11:30–22:00, with a break from 16:00 to 17:00 on weekdays. If you're having a late lunch or want to start a dinner gathering early, keep this one hour in mind.

You can tell apart individual meals centered on cockles from seafood dishes meant for several people to share. The braised and stewed seafood dishes come in several sizes, so choose according to the size of your group, and distinguish its floor from other shops in the same building.
주소 경기 과천시 별양상가1로 25 2층 장소 종류 음식점 메뉴·서비스 꼬막정식·해물찜·해물탕 전화번호 02-504-3627
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If you want to finish your meal with a single bowl, start by comparing kalguksu, sujebi, gomtang, and miyeokguk; on days when you'll be spending a long time with your group, start with grilled dishes, hot pots, and course meals. Once you've decided on the type of meal, pick a spot that fits today's route, whether it's the arcades around the Government Complex station, the Knowledge Information Town, or the Seonbawi and Munwon-dong area.

Each restaurant has different closing days, break times, and last order times, so even restaurants in the same city of Gwacheon don't share the same hours. For menus for two or more or course meals, check headcount and reservation requirements, and for places inside shopping arcades, share the floor and unit number with your group as well. Business information is based on public listings as of October 29, 2026; for any later changes, the restaurant's own notices take priority.
At a glance 20 items
Bongdeok Kalguksu
경기 과천시 궁말로 6 1층음식점샤브버섯칼국수
Eouldeoul
경기 과천시 제비울길 43음식점한우등심·안심·갈비살
El Olivo
경기 과천시 뒷골2로 16-1음식점감바스·타파스
Cheonggyesan Dotori
경기 과천시 매봉로 15음식점도토리 쟁반국수·전·수제비
Tongnamujip
음식점설렁탕·꼬리곰탕·왕갈비탕02-503-9555
Deopujim
경기 과천시 매봉로 72음식점02-504-8500
Daega
음식점삼겹살·항정살·제육한상02-503-8373
Okdoenjang Gwacheon
음식점두부전골·바지락탕·해산물볶음0507-1437-3204
Jokumeon Gwacheon
음식점보리굴비정식·간장게장정식02-502-0999
Daegongwon Podobat
경기 과천시 대공원대로 26음식점오리주물럭·오리로스
Sumisujak
음식점오마카세·일식 코스02-502-0737
Hangari Sujebi
음식점항아리수제비·김치전02-504-4894
Milsup Gwacheon
음식점사골·육개장·들깨칼국수02-3679-4376
Italian Restaurant Deoho
음식점이탈리안 레스토랑02-504-1255
Namtaeryeong Bongpyeong Memil Makguksu Seonbawi
음식점물·비빔 메밀막국수·메밀만두02-3418-3939
Haenon Miyeok Gwacheon (Directly Operated)
음식점굴·전복·성게알 미역국 정찬070-4800-6033
Gamasot Hoegwan
음식점사골곰탕·도가니탕·수육02-503-3377
Kakoi Donburi Gwacheon
음식점가츠동·가라아게동·김치나베02-3418-0530
Palpal Nakji Main Branch
경기 과천시 관악산길 32음식점낙지볶음·낙지더덕볶음·갈낙탕
Namdoyeon
음식점꼬막정식·해물찜·해물탕02-504-3627
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On iPhone, tap the Share button at the bottom of Safari, then choose “Add to Home Screen” to use it like an app.