Unlike before, it has become difficult to find a “driver’s restaurant” these days. The driver’s restaurant was famous for providing large parking lots and generous portions at low prices for taxi drivers’ meals, but recently, it has been disappearing because it is difficult to maintain the parking lot due to low meal prices. In particular, it is even more difficult to find in Seoul, where land prices are high. As there is a saying that the driver’s restaurant that still survived in Seoul is a good place for business! I collected a list of Seoul driver’s restaurants recognized by taxi drivers.
Seoul Restaurants / Driver’s / seoul korean restaurant
The pork cutlet restaurant “가나돈까스의집” recognized by Jongwon Baek. seoul korean restaurant
Located in Nonhyeon-dong, “Kana Tonkatsu House” offers a generous amount of tonkatsu for just 10,000 won. The combination of crispy fried clothes and excellent sauce is a light-style pork cutlet loved by men and women of all ages. Chili peppers are served as a basic side dish, so you can eat them together without being greasy. As taxi drivers visit this place a lot, you can feel the composition of side dishes considering the older age group.
✔ Location
608, Eonju-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
✔ Business hours
Closed on Sundays from 09:00 to 21:00 every day
✔ Menu
Pork cutlet is 10,000 won. Yukgaejang is 10,000 won.
Seoul Restaurants / “송림식당” a famous pork bulgogi place where you fry rice.
Songlim Restaurant, which boasts the largest of Seoul’s driver’s restaurants, has a separate parking tower, allowing about 50 cars to be parked at once. That’s how many taxi drivers visit. The main menu is famous for pork bulgogi, which can be fried rice, and in addition, you can taste kimchi stew and soybean paste stew. Pork bulgogi has the charm of sweet and salty sweet and salty, and you can have the best bite when served with vegetables.
✔ Location
79, Jayang Beonyeong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul
✔ Business hours
10:00 to 22:00 every day
✔ Menu
Pork bulgogi set meal 10,000 won
“낙성기사식당” an inexpensive Sharosu-gil restaurant.
Nakseong Knight’s Restaurant, where you can taste a hearty meal priced at 7,000 won in the high price era. If you grill sweet pork bulgogi on silver foil, you can taste high-quality food with high cost-effectiveness. It’s a cheap price, but if you order pork bulgogi without missing side dishes, you can even serve soybean paste stew. It’s a taste you can taste anywhere, but there are few likes and dislikes. The tteokbokki served as a side dish is also a delicacy, so let’s try it when you visit.
✔ Location
550 Bongcheon-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul
✔ Business hours
Closed on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of every month from 07:00 to 21:30 every day
✔ Menu
Pork bulgogi 7,000 won, seafood soft tofu 7,000 won
“서평기사식당” a good restaurant for chicken soup in winter.
“Seopyeong Driver’s Restaurant” located in Ilwon-dong. It is famous for its hot chicken gomtang. I heard it’s so popular that there’s a waiting room when you visit during lunch time. The main menu is chicken gomtang, and it is characterized by the tearing of chicken in the white soup. It’s a place where you can enjoy it more with seasoned red-pepper sauce and cheongyang red pepper, which are always provided. Chicken kalguksu or chicken chicken soup is also famous, so let’s visit if you are curious.
✔ Location
646, Gaepo-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Gaya Building
✔ Business hours
Closed on Sundays from 09:30 to 22:00 every day.
✔ Menu
Chicken gomtang 8,000 won, chicken kalguksu 9,000 won.
A collaboration between pork and crab? “신촌기사식당”
Located in Banghwa-dong, Sinchon Knights Restaurant has gained popularity for its unique combination. The main menu, Fireworks Baekban, is a food that you eat by boiling pork bulgogi and marinated crab together, and you can feel the unexpected taste and charm. Many say that the taste of sweet pork bulgogi and spicy marinated crab go unexpectedly well together. Lastly, you can cut pork bulgogi into small pieces and make bibimbap with bibim vegetables, so you can taste one course dish.
✔ Location
408 Seon Building, Banghwa-daero, Gangseo-gu, Seoul
✔ Business hours
Daily from 07:00 to 21:00
✔ Menu
Fireworks Rice Bowl (for 2–3 people) KRW 29,000