Bar in South Korea - 63 Restaurant Picks | Page 2

From the 11th floor of Pangyo Tower, the office towers around Pangyo Station light up below the terrace. The Mint Choco…

Buckwheat galettes come off the griddle with pastry-crisp edges, good for cutting into big pieces and rolling up. Ham a…

Down an alley 250m from Euljiro 3-ga Station, this small bar matches the neighborhood's retro look but keeps a calmer,…

The bar opened in Jongno in 1995, spent 19 years there, then moved to a lane near Hapjeong Station. Each cocktail on th…

Getting here means climbing a steep, narrow lane off Usadan-ro 14-gil, away from Itaewon's main streets. The list cente…

Draft taps rotate constantly at this cozy Yeonhui-dong pub, so the board looks different almost every visit. Styles and…

Brisket, smoked beef chest, is cooked until it pulls apart along the grain and stays juicy at the cut. The barbecue pla…

Soft, moist beef yukjeon, slices pan-fried in an egg coating, sets the tone at this cozy Korean drinking spot on Yongni…

About 30 seats and the stage share one small room inside Huam Market, close enough that piano, drums and bass reach the…

Down a flight of stairs in Gwancheol-dong, a long, dimly lit counter puts the spotlight on the bartender's station and…

Chef Shin Jeong-yong ran this izakaya in Gugi-dong for about 10 years, closed the old space, spent a stretch running a…

Carlsberg's first official beer lounge in Korea spreads across several ground-floor units on Euljiro 15-gil. Draft Carl…

Behind what looks like a white marble wall in the basement of the Four Seasons Hotel Seoul, a hidden door opens onto th…

A white cat lives in this small cafe-bar where the slope of Lee Jung-seop Street levels out. By day, cappuccinos and Am…

This izakaya on Beolmal-ro 147beon-gil in Topyeong-dong, Guri, has closed. Despite the similar name, it was a separate…

Oven-baked in the bar itself, the special quarter pizza splits one pie into four flavors. Fried plates run from 88 frie…

Under a slogan about the drinking table a mother would set, every anju plate comes with basic sides like kimchi and sav…

Up on the third floor of a building on Itaewon-ro, an indoor bar connects to rooftop seating with open views over Itaew…

Sofas, a soundtrack of hip-hop, soul, funk and R&B, and soju slushies set the mood at this Haebangchon bar on Sinheung-…

From the rooftop you look down on Book Street Station, a rebuilt old railway halt, and the Gyeongui Line Forest Park. I…

Antique props, old lamps and quiet jazz fill this small bar near Sangsu Station, and a rainy evening suits it best. The…

The bossam kimchi, made Gaeseong-style and aged on site, goes with boiled pork in the house Jongno bossam. Kimchi-jjim…

Down a flight of stairs off a narrow Hannam-dong lane, the split-level room is fitted out like a 1920s European luxury…

Four abandoned hanok (traditional Korean houses) were joined together in 2014 by photographer Louis Park to make this s…