Best Tonkatsu in Myeongdong — 25-Layer Millefeuille Katsu, Free Refills

Neighborhood Eats · Myeongdong

A 25-layer millefeuille katsu in the heart of Myeongdong — with free refills.

By a hotel facilities engineer Verified June 2026 Myeongdong

Great for solo diners Free rice, soup & salad refills Cards accepted Korean menu only — translated below

Millefeuille katsu set — golden 25-layer pork cutlet with rice, miso soup and dipping sauces at Millefeuille, Myeongdong Seoul — **The millefeuille katsu** — top loin sliced into about **25 paper-thin layers** and fried into one crisp cutlet (that’s the “thousand-layer” French-cake idea behind the name). Fried in clean oil, so it’s light and not greasy. Served as a set with rice, miso soup, cabbage and dipping sauces.

I work on a hotel facilities team in this neighborhood, and we don’t do tourist traps. Tucked just off Myeongdong’s main drag, this little shop stacks top-grade loin into 25 thin layers and fries it like the French layered cake it’s named after. It even made it onto TV — and the rice, soup and salad refill free.

At a Glance

Millefeuille 밀푀유 (돈까스) 명동점

Address	10-1 Myeongdong 10-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul (서울 중구 명동10길 10-1) Open in Naver Map Use Naver — Google Maps walking directions don’t work in Korea.
Subway	Myeongdong Stn (Line 4) — about a 5-minute walk · Euljiro 1-ga (Line 2) also close
Nearby hotels	UH Suite Myeongdong is closest · you’re in the middle of Myeongdong, so most Myeongdong hotels are a short walk
Budget	₩11,000–13,000 per set · portions are generous
Solo dining	Perfect — every order is a single set
Refills	Free — rice, soup and salad are refillable
Payment	Cards accepted · no tipping
Verified	June 2026 — I eat here on workdays

What to Order

The menu is bigger than it looks — seven 25-layer katsu flavors, plus retro cutlets, curry, hamburg steak and noodles. Here are the highlights (the ones we tried have prices).

Street menu board with photos and prices at Millefeuille katsu, Myeongdong Seoul — The photo menu board out front. The mains are below.

Millefeuille · Myeongdong

The Cutlets

25-layer handmade katsu · Korean board, translated

Eating solo?

A katsu set is the easiest solo lunch in Myeongdong. Order any cutlet (₩11,000–13,000) and refill the rice, soup and salad for free.

Love spicy?

Get the spicy gyeongyangsik (₩12,000). It’s buldak-level hot but moreish — keep the refillable rice and salad coming to balance it.

The Spicy One

Buldak-Level, but Addictive

Spicy gyeongyangsik katsu under red sauce with two scoops of rice and cabbage at Millefeuille, Myeongdong Seoul — The **spicy gyeongyangsik katsu** — drenched in a fiery red sauce. It’s about buldak-ramen hot, but it’s the good kind of spicy: with rice and free-refill salad, you just keep eating.

The Room

Inside: a Cozy Myeongdong Hideaway

Window seats overlooking Myeongdong street with wood tables and concrete walls at Millefeuille katsu Seoul — Window seats look right out over the Myeongdong crowds — wood tables, concrete walls, warm lighting.

Counter and open kitchen with the Millefeuille sign inside the katsu shop, Myeongdong Seoul — Order at the counter under the Millefeuille sign; the kitchen fries each cutlet to order.

Directions

Finding It

Black Millefeuille sign reading 25-layer handmade tonkatsu, featured on TV, Myeongdong Seoul — Look for the black **Millefeuille** sign — “25-layer handmade katsu,” and a tvN TV-show badge.

Wood-panelled staircase leading to Millefeuille katsu shop, Myeongdong Seoul — The shop is up the wood-panelled stairs — follow the Naver pin and head up.

Busy Myeongdong shopping street near Millefeuille katsu, Seoul — It’s just off Myeongdong’s main shopping street — busy, central, easy to fold into a day of walking.

First-timer Guide

How to Order

Order at the counter — pick a cutlet (cheese, spicy, or the classic).
Rice, soup and salad refill free — just ask for more.
Use the table sauces — there’s a tonkatsu sauce and a lighter one; a little goes a long way.
Pay at the counter on your way out. Cards are fine. No tipping — ever, anywhere in Korea.

Good to know This is a tiny, TV-famous Myeongdong spot — it can get busy at peak lunch. Come a little before or after noon for a calmer table.

Recommended & personally verified

I keep hotels in this neighborhood running for a living, and this is where I actually eat. Staying at UH Suite Myeongdong or anywhere in Myeongdong? It’s a short walk for a crisp, layered lunch.