Novena's hospital district just got the most beautiful bowl of soup in the neighbourhood. Onggii, the home of Singapore's first Korean gomtang, has opened its third outlet at Novena Square 2, and we went down last Friday to eat our way through it.
> Quick view: Onggii's third outlet is now open at Square 2, 10 Sinaran Drive, #03-33 (daily 11am to 10pm). First outlet designed with Korean hanok master Hwang Heejun; furniture imported from Korea. Grand opening: sign up as a member for 20% off every visit until 31 Oct 2026 (min. 1 gomtang or stew per visit).
The first Onggii built with a Korean master designer
This is Onggii's third outlet, but the first created in collaboration with a famous name from Korea's design world: hanok specialist Hwang Heejun, whose portfolio includes the luxury Gyeongwonjae by Walkerhill hanok hotel in Incheon. Working with Global Design Studio x H Design, and with textured finishes by Nippon Paint Singapore, he has turned a mall unit into something that genuinely feels like stepping into a Korean hanok.
The commitment runs deeper than the screens: the furniture, and even the chopsticks, are imported directly from Korea, and the restaurant's namesake onggi (옹기) earthenware pots, the traditional fermentation vessels, sit on backlit display shelves like museum pieces.
The food: 12-hour broths in earthenware pots
Onggii's kitchen is built on patience: the signature broths are slow-simmered for more than 12 hours. The classic is the milky beef gomtang, and the menu runs through chicken, pork, soybean and seafood broths, all served bubbling in onggi pots with house-fermented kimchi on the side.
What we tried on Friday: the milky gomtang (clean, deep, the kind of broth you drink to the last spoon), a fiery beef stew piled with leek, and a basket of crisp jeon served on a banana leaf that disappeared embarrassingly fast. Sides came in miniature onggi jars, kimchi included, and the yuja drink is the right call against the stew's heat.
The grand opening lobang
- Sign up as an Onggii member and get 20% off your next visit, and every visit after, until 31 October 2026
- Minimum purchase of 1 gomtang or stew per visit; each 20% voucher is valid for 2 weeks from issue
- Members also earn points on every visit and unlock exclusive vouchers
Details
- Address: Square 2, 10 Sinaran Drive, #03-33, Singapore 307506
- Hours: daily, 11am to 10pm
- Instagram: @onggii_official
- Sitting in the heart of the Novena healthcare district, it is built as a comfort stop for hospital staff, patients and families, and honestly, a 12-hour broth is exactly what that neighbourhood needed
