Jung Da-jung (Kim Ha-neul) comes to the restaurant for a drink in episode 8 of 18 Again (18 어게인) (JTBC, 2020) and breaks into tears when she thinks about all the sacrifices that Hong Dae-young (Yoon Sang-hyun) has done for their family.

Yoon Ji-soo (Lee Bo-young) and Joo Young-woo (Lee Tae-sung) come here for a late night meal in episode 3 of When My Love Blooms/The Most Beautiful Moment in Life (화양연화 – 삶이 꽃이 되는 순간) (tvN, 2020).

Lee Hyun-ji (Go Min-si) and Yoon Sun-woo (Kim Jae-young) eat dinner together at this restaurant in episode 16 (full episode 8) of Secret Boutique (시크릿 부티크) (SBS, 2019) and he confesses that he secretly likes Jenny Jang (Kim Sun-A) and that she stood him up just before.

Gil O-Sol (Kim You-Jung) and Jang Sun-gyeol (Yoon Gyun-sang) come here after his two-year stay in the States and she let’s him know that it is over for her since a long time in final episode 16 of Clean With Passion For Now (일단 뜨겁게 청소하라) (JTBC, 2018-19).

This is the restaurant owned by Cha Joo-hyuk’s (Ji Sung) friend, Oh Sang-sik (Oh Eui-sik) in Familiar Wife (아는 와이프) (tvN, 2018). In episode 1, Joo-hyuk comes here to eat after a fight with his wife and tells his friends that he wants a divorce. In episode 2, after another fight, Joo-hyuk comes here again but finds it closed.

Siwoo’s Restaurant [시우식당], or Siwoo Sikdang, is located in Seoul’s neighborhood Pirun-dong [필운동] —overseen by the administrative neighborhood of Sajik [Sajik-dong/사직동]— in the Jongno District [Jongno-gu/종로구]. Cafe Nuha191 [카페누하191] is situated just a little walk up the same road.

Address
18 Pirun-daero, Pirun-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea
서울특별시 종로구 필운대로 18
(필운동 171)
Geolocation: 37.577713, 126.969517

Getting here
Gyeongbokgung Station [경복궁역], Seoul Subway Line 3, Exit 2.
(6 min. walk)

— submitted by Toni
— Photos taken by © Thom Musni, August 2018

— When My Love Blooms added by Mich KDL
— 18 Again added by Marion KDL