- Name: 이가네양꼬치 방이직영점 (Iga Ne Lamb Skewers, Bangi branch)
- Address: Unit 102, 1F, 9 Ogeum-ro 13-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul (서울 송파구 오금로13길 9, 1층 102호; lot address 방이동 62-8) · Google Maps
- Visited: autumn 2025, our family of four, after an afternoon at Lotte World Mall
- What we ordered: lamb ribs, lamb skewers, tangsuyuk, Terra beer
- What it adds up to: about 65,000 won for one 250 g serving of ribs, one of king skewers and the tangsuyuk, beer not included (working below)
- Bangi branch hours: doors open at 13:00, the kitchen takes its last order at midnight and the shop closes at 00:30 (from its DiningCode page)
- How I score this dinner: 4.8 out of 5, the ribs and skewers carrying it and the tangsuyuk pulling it down
- Info checked: October 21, 2026
By the end of an autumn afternoon at Lotte World Mall in 2025, our two kids had walked more floors than they wanted to and started asking what was for dinner, so the four of us left Jamsil and walked over to Bangi-dong for lamb at Iga Ne’s Bangi branch. People were already waiting for tables when we arrived, and the line was still there when we left. In between we ate the best lamb ribs and lamb skewers I have had. The tangsuyuk was the only thing on our table I would leave off next time.
The Bangi branch before you go
Iga Ne has many branches, so this part is only about the one we sat in. The Bangi branch (방이직영점) is a ground-floor shop, unit 102 at 9 Ogeum-ro 13-gil, on one of the smaller streets of Bangi-dong. If a map app asks for the old lot address, it is 62-8 Bangi-dong. From Lotte World Mall it was a short walk for us, short enough that the kids did not complain on the way. One visitor review on DiningCode gives about 15 minutes on foot from Jamsil Station.
Driving is harder. The same DiningCode review says the restaurant has no parking of its own and sends drivers to a paid car park nearby. We came on foot, so I can’t tell you how quickly that car park fills up in the evening.
The wait is the thing to plan for. Every table was full for the whole of our meal, and new people kept joining the line behind the ones who had been waiting before us. With children who are already tired from a mall, I would go a little earlier than your usual dinner time, or have something small for them to nibble while you stand. DiningCode lists the hours as 13:00 to 00:30 with last orders at midnight, so the kitchen is open from early afternoon if an early meal suits your day.
At the table, the middle is taken up by a charcoal grill, and all the meat is cooked there in front of you. The menu is a paper sheet on the table. It says the restaurant uses only whole cuts of meat, and the three lamb dishes come in 250 g servings. The prices on our sheet were the same as the ones on the DiningCode listing, which I have copied into the table further down. I did not see a separate children’s section on that list, so our kids simply ate the lamb with us.
Bangi-dong, not Jamsil
For a long time I called this place “Iga Ne Jamsil” because that is where our day started. The branch name is Bangi (방이직영점), and it sits in Bangi-dong, the neighborhood right next to Jamsil in Songpa-gu. If you typed “Iga Ne Jamsil” into a search box and landed here, this is almost certainly the shop you meant.
Lamb skewers in Korea
Yang-kkochi (양꼬치) means lamb skewers. According to Namuwiki (Korean), lamb skewer restaurants spread in Korea from the 2000s, first in neighborhoods with large Korean-Chinese communities, and cumin and chili powders are used to go with the lamb. Iga Ne is a chain: a search on DiningCode lists more than 50 Iga Ne branches.
What we ordered
Once we were seated, the order took about as long as it took me to point. Lamb ribs (양갈비) were the reason we came, so they went down first, then lamb skewers, a tangsuyuk because the kids wanted something they knew, and Terra beer for the adults. While the charcoal was settling, each of us got our own small plate: a little salad, a dish of soy sauce with chopped green chili in it, and a mound of red spice powder for dipping.
That plate is in the photo above, with a cooked skewer resting next to it. The two dips do different jobs. The red powder clings to the hot meat and gives it the spiced, slightly smoky edge that lamb skewer shops are known for. The soy sauce with green chili is wetter and sharper and cuts through the fat of the ribs. Our kids went light on the powder at first and dipped mostly in the soy sauce; by the second round of skewers they were rolling the meat in the red powder like I was. The salad was small and we finished it early, mostly as a break between bites of lamb.
How it was
The lamb ribs arrived as long, bone-in pieces, and they went straight across the grill over the charcoal, which is the moment in the first photo. They need a little patience. We let them brown, turned them, and then cut them off the bone into pieces small enough for the kids. The meat was juicy right up to the bone, and the fat around the edge crisped where it touched the heat. Of all the lamb ribs I have eaten, these were the best.
The skewers came next. Each one was threaded with thick chunks of lamb, bigger than the small cubes I am used to at other skewer places, and you can see the size in the photo of them lying on the grill. Thick pieces mean they stay soft inside even after the outside has colored. I have eaten lamb skewers in a lot of places, and these were the best of them too.
The kids’ reaction is the part I remember most. Their first bite was cautious, since lamb was still new to them, and then their eyes went wide and they started watching the grill to claim the next skewer before it was done. The two grown-ups ended up doing most of the turning while the two of them waited with their forks ready. Between the ribs and the skewers, nobody at the table talked much for a while.
The Terra beer in that photo sat beside a plate of skewers that were waiting their turn on the grill. A cold, light beer was the right thing next to spiced, fatty lamb, and after a long afternoon of walking around the mall it was very welcome. The kids had their own drinks and were too busy with the meat to ask about ours.
About that paper menu: besides the line about whole cuts, it has a short note on how to cook the lamb, and the end of it reads “~medium-well” (미디움 웰던). The start of the sentence is cut off in the photo I took, so I can only tell you the end. In practice we took that as a hint not to leave the meat on the charcoal too long, and the lamb was at its best when we pulled it a little earlier than felt natural.
The one miss: tangsuyuk
We added a tangsuyuk (탕수육, sweet and sour pork) so the kids would have something familiar in case the lamb did not land. As it turned out, the lamb landed and the tangsuyuk was the weakest dish of the night. It sat half-eaten at the end of the table while everyone reached past it for another skewer. At 21,000 won it costs almost as much as a serving of lamb ribs, so next time I would put that money into more lamb.
What our order adds up to
I did not keep a note of how many servings we went through, so here is the bill worked out from the listed prices for one 250 g serving of each lamb dish we had, plus the tangsuyuk. We are not sure which of the two skewer types was on our grill, so both sums are below:
- With king skewers: 26,000 won (lamb ribs) + 18,000 won (king skewers) + 21,000 won (tangsuyuk) = 65,000 won
- With loin skewers: 26,000 won (lamb ribs) + 23,000 won (loin skewers) + 21,000 won (tangsuyuk) = 70,000 won
The Terra beer is not in either sum, because the price list I have does not show drinks. A family of four with two hungry kids will likely want more than one serving of lamb, so add 26,000 won for each extra plate of ribs, or 18,000 or 23,000 won for each extra plate of skewers.
Menu and prices
From the DiningCode listing for the Bangi branch. The three lamb dishes are sold in 250 g servings.
| Dish | Korean | Price (won) |
|---|---|---|
| Lamb ribs, 250 g | 양갈비 | 26,000 |
| Lamb loin skewers, 250 g | 양등심꼬치 | 23,000 |
| King lamb skewers, 250 g | 양왕꼬치 | 18,000 |
| Eggplant dish | 가지요리 | 20,000 |
| Tomato and egg stir-fry | 토마토계란볶음 | 18,000 |
| Mapo tofu | 마파두부 | 16,000 |
| Sweet and sour pork | 탕수육 | 21,000 |
| Tomato and egg soup | 토마토계란탕 | 15,000 |
| Fried rice | 볶음밥 | 7,000 |
| Warm noodle soup | 온면 | 7,000 |
Reading the table: the lamb ribs at 26,000 won are the priciest of the three lamb dishes, the loin skewers sit in the middle at 23,000 won, and the king skewers are the cheapest way to get 250 g of lamb at 18,000 won. Fried rice and warm noodle soup are 7,000 won each and are the cheapest way to fill up a child who has had enough meat. If we went back with the same appetite, I would order ribs and king skewers, skip the tangsuyuk, and finish with a fried rice for the kids.
The non-lamb dishes on the Bangi paper menu
Apart from the lamb, the menu is a short list of Chinese-style dishes. In case the Korean names are new to you:
- King skewers (양왕꼬치): larger pieces of lamb on each skewer than the regular skewers
- Lamb loin skewers (양등심꼬치): skewers made from the loin
- Eggplant dish (가지요리): a Chinese-style eggplant dish
- Tomato and egg stir-fry (토마토계란볶음): tomatoes and scrambled eggs cooked together
- Mapo tofu (마파두부): tofu in a spicy sauce with minced meat
- Tangsuyuk (탕수육): fried pork with a sweet and sour sauce
- Tomato and egg soup, fried rice and warm noodle soup: the meal dishes to finish with
Words that help at a lamb skewer restaurant
Everything on the paper menu at the Bangi branch is in Korean. These words cover the sheet and the dishes that land on your table.
| Korean | Say it | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 양꼬치 | yang-kkochi | lamb skewers |
| 양갈비 | yang-galbi | lamb ribs |
| 등심 | deungsim | loin |
| 왕꼬치 | wang-kkochi | “king” skewers, bigger pieces |
| 쯔란 | jjeuran | cumin, a spice often paired with lamb skewers in Korea |
| 250g | ibaek-osip geuraem | the size of one serving here |
| 탕수육 | tangsuyuk | sweet and sour pork |
| 볶음밥 | bokkeumbap | fried rice |
With kids
Our two had never been keen on lamb before this dinner, and they left asking when we could come back, so I would not worry too much about picky eaters. A few things from our evening may help another family. The grill sits in the middle of the table and the charcoal under it stays hot all through the meal, so seat younger children toward the ends and keep small hands away from the edge, as you would at any Korean barbecue. Skewers are easier for kids than the ribs; once the meat is cooked, slide it off the stick onto their plate so nobody is waving a hot metal skewer around. Start them on the soy sauce dip and let them try the red powder when they are ready. And because of the wait, feed them a little something before you join the line.
Other Iga Ne branches around Seoul
If you are staying far from Songpa, DiningCode lists these among the other branches. Bangi is the only one our family has eaten at, so I can’t compare them.
| Branch | Korean | Address |
|---|---|---|
| Jonggak Station | 종각역직영점 | 36 Samil-daero 17-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul |
| Mugyo-dong | 무교동점 | 17 Eulji-ro 3-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul |
| Hapjeong | 합정점 | B118-1, 14 World Cup-ro 1-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul |
| Munjeong | 문정직영점 | C-dong 114 to 116, 7 Beobwon-ro 11-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul |
| Pangyo | 판교 | KCC Welltz Tower B, 155 Bundangnaegok-ro, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do |
Getting there
Our route was the easy one: an afternoon at Lotte World Mall in Jamsil, then a walk east into Bangi-dong to 9 Ogeum-ro 13-gil (lot address 62-8 Bangi-dong). Coming by subway, Jamsil Station is the stop a DiningCode reviewer used, about 15 minutes away on foot. Coming by car, remember there is no restaurant car park, so look for the paid one nearby before you arrive. The doors open at 13:00 and the last order is taken at midnight, with closing at 00:30.
Our other meals near Bangi-dong and Lotte World Mall
- Jjimagi Bangi, steamed clams, also in Bangi-dong
- Outback Steakhouse, our steak dinner inside Lotte Department Store, back on the Jamsil side
- Hermoso Beauty Cafe in Lotte World Mall
We will be back in that line for the ribs and the thick skewers, and this time the tangsuyuk money goes to another plate of lamb.