Seogang 8-kyoung Building [서강8경빌딩]
Seogang 8-kyoung [서강8경]
Floor 8; 1998 ~
Jung Ji-ho (Ko Gyung-pyo) arranges a evening dinner for Choi Sang-eun (Park Min-young) and Madame Yoo/Yoo Mi-ho (Jin Kyung) at this restaurant in episode 14 of Love in Contract (월수금화목토) (tvN, 2022), which gives Madame Yoo the opportunity to apologize and both of them have a heart-to-heart talk. This is crowned by a special celebration event with a cake and candles to blow out that Ji-ho had booked in advance for them.
Yang Jin-mo (Eum Moon-suk) confesses his feelings to Sa Na-hee (Song Sang-eun) at this restaurant, that he has rented out, in episode 9 of Good Job (Gutjap/굿잡) (ENA, 2022).
Lee Yong-gook (Ji Hyun-woo) and Jo Sa-ra (Park Ha-na) have a romantic dinner at this restaurant in episode 28 of Young Lady and Gentleman/A Gentleman and a Young Lady (신사와 아가씨) (KBS2, 2021-22). In episodes 37-38, a nervous Yong-gook meets up with Anna Kim/Kim Ji-young (Lee Il-hwa) at this restaurant to let her know that he is serious about Park Dan-dan (Lee Se-hee) and they are dating. When Dan-dan joins them, Anna cannot hide that she is shocked about this revelation and excuses herself as quickly as possible. In episode 47, Anna meets up with Dan-dan at this restaurant again.
Oh Joo-in (Im Jin-ah/Nana from After School) invites Han Bi-soo (Lee Min-ki) for dinner at this restaurant, in an attempt to change his mind about breaking-up in episode 13 of Oh My Ladylord/Oh! Master (오! 주인님) (MBC, 2021). Unfortunately he shows up with his first crush and ex-girlfriend, Oh Hee-jung, which makes for an awkward dinner.
The building’s exterior as well as the balcony of this restaurant is seen in episode 19 of Vincenzo (빈센조) (tvN/Netflix, 2021) during the final encounter between Vincenzo Cassano/Park Joo-hyung (Song Joong-ki) and prosector Jung In-kuk (Ko Sang-ho).
Park Jung-seok (Han Jun-woo) proposes to Lee Ha-ram (Sim Eun-woo) here in a flashback in the #29 omnibus story of Love Scene Number (러브씬넘버) (MBC, 2021) — as seen in episode 4.
Actor Park Do-Ha (Kim Gun-Woo) and his manager Lee Tae-Su (Lee Chang-Hoon) meet up at this restaurant with the PD and screen writer (Kim Ro-sa) of the drama he will be staring in next in episode 8 of Record of Youth/The Moment/Youth Record (청춘기록) (tvN, 2020).
Han Seo-yeon (Jo Woo-ri) invites Park Do-gyeom (Seo Ji-hoon) to this restaurant in episode 9 of Men Are Men / To All The Guys That Loved Me / That Guy Is The Guy (그놈이 그놈이다) (KBS2, 2020) on the premise of doing an interview with him, but he catches on that she’s not actually prepared for it. In her nervousness, she ends up confessing that she likes him, but Do-gyeom gently rejects her.
Namgoong Joon-soo (Park Ki-woong) has lunch at this restaurant with his father Namgoong Pyo (Ko In-beom) and Koo Ja-sook (Kim Sun-young) in episode 5 (full episode 3) of Kkondae Intern/Old School Intern (꼰대인턴) (MBC, 2020).
Chairman Jang Dae-hee (Yoo Jae-myung) invites Jo Yi-seo (Kim Da-mi) for dinner at this restaurant in episode 9 of Itaewon Class (이태원 클라쓰) (JTBC, 2020) and asks her to join Jangga Co.
Park Yoo-sik (Kang Ki-young) comes to this restaurant in episode 11 of Why Secretary Kim/What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim (김비서가 왜 그럴까) (tvN, 2018) alone on his ex-wife’s birthday and remembers the good times they had here as a couple. When his ex-wife, Seo-jin (Seo Hyo-rim) also comes to the restaurant but in company with a man, he gets angry at her until she sets him straight telling him that the man in question is her cousin.
Jung Hae-ra’s (Shin Se-kyung) former best friend Kim Young-mi (Shin So-yul) ask her to come over to have dinner at this restaurant in episode 19 of Black Knight: The Man Who Guards Me (흑기사) (KBS2, 2017-18). A little later Sharon (Seo Ji-hye) joins them and both Young-mi and her affront each other while Hae-ra can’t understand what is going down in front of her.
Oh Se-young (Kim Jung-nan) and Ye Joon-soo (An Woo-yeon) have dinner at this restaurant in episode 7 of Bubblegum/Bubble Gum (풍선껌) (tvN, 2015) and they drink and flirt as much.
Sunwoo In-young (Jo Yeo-jeong) and Bae Sung-hyun (Choi Jin-hyuk) come here on a dinner date in epode 8 of I Need Romance (Romaenseuga Pilyohae/로맨스가 필요해) (tvN, 2011).
This restaurant was also featured in My Love from Another Star/My Love From The Star/You Who Came From the Stars (별에서 온 그대) (SBS, 2013-14); King of Ambition/King of the Beast/Yawang/Queen of the Night (야왕) (SBS, 2013); Incarnation of Money (돈의 화신) (SBS, 2013).
Movie Filmed Here
— Love Guide for Dumpees/A Dramatic Night (극적인 하룻밤) (2015)
LeDolci1946 [르돌치1946]
Floor 7
Yoon Jae-kook (Jang Ki-yong) and Ha Yeong-eun (Song Hye-kyo) come here for dinner in episode 8 of Now, We Are Breaking Up (지금, 헤어지는 중입니다) (SBS, 2021-22).
This restaurant was seen in episode 3 of The Sound of Your Heart/Sound of Heart (마음의 소리) (KBS2/Netflix, 2016-17).
Rooftop
Shin Joong-han (Cha Seung-won) meets Yoon Hyo-jong (Na Eun-saem) at the rooftop of this building to question her about her situation with Hong Guk-hwa (Hwang Se-on) in episode 6 of One Ordinary Day/One Day (어느날) (Coupang Play, 2021).
Able [에이블 에듀테크]
Floor 10
This appears as ‘Eden Bookhouse’, Ha Woo-shin’s (Ji Sung) published that he visits in episode 1 of Adamas (Adamaseu/아다마스) (tvN, 2022) to sign a ghostwriter deal.
Seogang 8-kyoung [서강8경] (or Seogang 8-gyeong / Seogang8Kyoung), opened in 1998, is a restaurant that is located along Tojeong-ro [토정로] in the Seogang 8-kyoung Building [서강8경빌딩] in Seoul’s neighborhood Seogang [Seogang-dong/서강동] (formerly Sangsu [Sangsu-dong/상수동]), in the Mapo District [Mapo-gu/마포구].
The restaurant, which sits just vis-à-vis the restaurant Gortz, faces Seogang Bridge [서강대교] – most likely where it got its name from.
Address
128 Tojeong-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea
서울특별시 마포구 토정로 128 8층
(상수동 356-6)
Geolocation: 37.544923, 126.925348
Getting here
Sangsu Station [상수역/上水驛], Seoul Subway Line 6, Exit 3
(8 min. walk)
— submitted by Marion KDL, updated by Mich KDL; last updated 04/11/2022
— Oh My Ladylord scene description by sarahms