Native name | 새마을식당 |
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Romanized name | Saemaeul Sikdang |
Industry | Chain restaurant |
Founded | 2005 |
Founder | Paik Jong-won |
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Website | newmaul (South Korean homepage) |
Saemaeul Restaurant[1] (Korean: 새마을식당), name also rendered as Saemaeul Sikdang,[2][3] is a South Korean multinational Korean barbecue chain restaurant. The restaurant first opened in South Korea in 2005,[4] and has locations in South Korea, Japan,[5] China,[6] the United States,[7] Hong Kong,[2] the Philippines,[8] Thailand,[3] Vietnam, and Australia.[6] In South Korea, the chain reportedly had 101 locations in 2023, with all of them operating as franchise restaurants.[9]
The restaurant's representative dishes are its yeontan bulgogi and its 7-minute kimchi-jjigae.[10][4] The restaurant is one of several restaurant chains run by South Korean entrepreneur and celebrity chef Paik Jong-won, under his company Theborn Korea.[2][6]