Apart from our own three picks, which are marked as picks, every restaurant here comes from Naver Local search results for the neighbourhood, sorted by review count, on 18 September 2026. Nobody at this site has eaten at all of them, so there are no ratings and no descriptions of how the food tastes. Names and addresses are as Naver lists them.
How the area is laid out
Banwoldang station sits under the junction of Dalgubeol-daero, the city's main east–west road, and Jungang-daero, which runs north to Daegu station. The department store is on the north-west corner.
- Behind the department store, to the north-west, is Namseong-ro: the old herbal medicine market, Yangnyeongsi, and the start of the modern history walking route.
- Due north is Jongno, a street of older restaurants and newer bars.
- North-east is Dongseong-ro, the pedestrianised shopping district, which runs on into Samdeok-dong.
- Underneath is a shopping arcade that was built along with Line 2 and connects the station exits.
South of the main road is mostly residential and offices, and is not where you would look for lunch.
North-west: Namseong-ro and the herbal medicine alley
The quietest of the four directions and the closest to the department store. The street still has working herbal medicine shops, and the smell of them is noticeable on a warm day. Two of the places below are on this one street.
- Restaurant Gasik, Banwoldang branch — 남성로 29-1, a standalone building about a minute on foot behind The Hyundai Daegu. It is not inside the department store. Opened 15 June 2026. 11:30–21:30, closed Mondays. gasik.kr (run by this site's owner) Its published menu: an oak-smoked top-blade steak with red pepper at ₩37,900 and a teriyaki pork-neck steak at ₩29,900 as the two signatures, five pastas from ₩16,000 to ₩21,000 including a spicy cream prawn pasta at ₩19,000, pizzas, risotto and gratin. It allows corkage; terms are by enquiry.
- Cheongwoo Haejang (한식당 청우해장) — Korean beef-broth restaurant at 남성로 11, in the Yangnyeongsi herbal-medicine alley beside the Museum of Oriental Medicine; five minutes on foot from Banwoldang station by its own directions. Daily 11:00–22:00, break 15:00–17:00, last order 21:00. cheongwoohaejang.com Its published menu: beef short-rib soup ₩16,000, clear beef hangover soup ₩12,000, a spicy one sold as Daegu ttaro-gukbap, garlic braised short ribs ₩22,000, raw-beef bibimbap ₩14,000, and Pyongyang cold noodles at ₩13,000 in summer only. It says lunch queues are common, takes groups of up to forty by phone, has no car park of its own, and points drivers to the public car park a minute away.
- 대구근대골목단팥빵 본점 — red-bean bun bakery, 남성로 7-1, a few doors along. map
The soups on Cheongwoo Haejang's menu are explained in galbitang versus seolleongtang and haejangguk versus yukgaejang. The walking route that passes through this street is in the modern history alley guide.
North: Jongno
- 황금쭈꾸미집 종로본점 — spicy stir-fried baby octopus. 중앙대로81길 54. map
- 오쇼 — izakaya over two floors. 종로 30. map
- 국일따로국밥 — the house most often named for Daegu's ttaro-gukbap. 국채보상로 571, a little further north. map
North-east: Dongseong-ro
The busiest direction, with the youngest crowd and the longest opening hours.
- 멘지 대구동성로점 — Japanese ramen; Naver's listing links to a waiting-list app, which usually means a queue. 동성로1길 12. map
- 해쉬 (Hash) — pasta. 동성로 8-7. map
- 후라토식당 대구동성로점 — Japanese. 중앙대로 406-19. map
- 오레가노 동성로본점 — Western. 동성로2길 27-1. map
- 중앙떡볶이 — tteokbokki and Daegu's flat dumplings. 동성로2길 81. map
Keep walking east and Dongseong-ro becomes Samdeok-dong, which is covered on the Daegu restaurant list. That is where Gasik's main branch and the bar Inedit-dam are.
- Restaurant Gasik (레스토랑 가식), Samdeok main branch — Western dining: steak, pasta, pizza. 달구벌대로445길 44-22, Samdeok-dong, Jung-gu. Daily 11:30–21:30, last order 21:00, no afternoon break. gasik.kr (run by this site's owner)
- Inedit-dam (삼덕동 이네딧담) — a bar, as Naver lists it, at 국채보상로150길 83 in Samdeok-dong, roughly 250 metres in a straight line from Gasik's main branch going by Naver's map coordinates. @inedit_dam on Instagram
Underground
The arcade under the junction is useful in two situations: heavy rain, and the peak of summer, when Daegu's heat makes a ten-minute walk at street level unattractive. It is mainly clothing and phone accessories, with snack counters and cafés rather than restaurants. Treat it as a way of getting between exits in comfort rather than a place to plan a meal.
Picking by situation
- With parents or older relatives → a soup house on Namseong-ro. Not spicy options, chairs rather than floor seating in most, quiet.
- A date, or a birthday → Western dining on Namseong-ro or in Samdeok-dong, where booking is possible.
- Alone and in a hurry → gukbap or ramen. Both are set up for single diners.
- A group in the evening → Jongno or Dongseong-ro, where places stay open late.
- Between sights → Namseong-ro again, since the history walk runs through it.
- Monday → check first. Several independent places in the area close on Mondays, Gasik's Banwoldang branch among them.
Menus, prices and opening hours are quoted from each restaurant's own website as read on 19 September 2026. They change, so check before you go.
From Banwoldang station and The Hyundai Daegu, north-west is Namseong-ro, the herbal medicine street, quiet and good for a sit-down meal; north is Jongno, older restaurants and izakayas; north-east is Dongseong-ro, busy and late; and underground is an arcade that is more useful as shelter than as a place to eat. On Namseong-ro itself are Gasik, for Western food, directly behind the department store, and Cheongwoo Haejang, for Korean beef soups, a little further along.
Sources
- Naver Local search — business names, categories and addresses, read on 18–19 September 2026
- Restaurant Gasik — gasik.kr, branch addresses, hours and menu as published by the restaurant
- Cheongwoo Haejang — cheongwoohaejang.com, address, hours and menu as published by the restaurant
- Daegu Metropolitan City, tourism office — Daegu themed tourism courses (English)