Buffet in South Korea - 30 Restaurant Picks

In a converted old warehouse, diners load their own plates from a line of side dishes and soups. Olle trail walkers and…

Sashimi at the seafood station keeps a texture rarely found at a buffet, and the snow crab (daege) is stocked generousl…

Rather than chasing a long buffet line, Aria inside the Josun Hotel keeps the spread shorter and puts the effort into e…

King crab, lobster and snow crab kept warm in steam trays anchor the seafood station on the ground floor of Lotte Hotel…

Yukjeon, thin beef slices pan-fried in egg batter to order, and snow crab kept warm in a steamer lead the hot side of t…

Not every station justifies the price, but the butter-grilled lobster and the desserts live up to it. Lobster comes off…

This third-floor buffet at The Shilla Jeju sets a different spread for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Dinner adds snow cr…

On the second floor of the Metro Building off Gangnam-daero, a large hall runs an all-you-can-grill pork setup: samgyeo…

Window seats on the second floor of The Plaza hotel look straight down on Seoul Plaza, and City Hall Station connects t…

Steamed red snow crab comes out in fresh batches every 30 minutes, and a short queue forms each time. Lobster is served…

Each station in this basement buffet under the 63 Building has its own cook, so dishes are made as you ask for them. Se…

Galbitang (beef short rib soup), jokbal (braised pig's trotters) and jeyuk (spicy pork) sit in a row, and the fried chi…

Diners at this Four Seasons Hotel Seoul buffet, 150m from Gwanghwamun Station, eat on a glass floor laid over Joseon-er…

Notices plastered on the building's main door say it is not the buffet entrance, and the way in is through a separate d…

Rather than a sprawling hotel spread, the buffet at Glad Hotel Yeouido keeps only the core stations: meat, seafood, sas…

The perilla-oil buckwheat noodles are made in small batches, so they reach the self-service bar springy rather than sof…

All-you-can-eat pork belly often turns out spongy, but here it is fresh, never-frozen domestic pork. Each table gets a…

Jumbo lobster at this Lotte World Mall seafood buffet is steamed and cleaned only after it is ordered. Joining the lobs…

Food stations for Japanese, Korean, Chinese and Western dishes fill the whole second floor, from sashimi and sushi to a…

The Chinese dishes and desserts are mildly seasoned and easy for anyone, while the sushi and Japanese items look set ou…

The kitchen fries chicken in batches every 15 to 20 minutes, and each batch disappears so fast that people wait by the…

Besides the main hall, this buffet has small private rooms, a large banquet room and a children's play area, and it als…

Sushi, gunkan, rolls, sashimi, grilled meats, made-to-order noodles and desserts add up to roughly 130 items across a 3…

Apart from the fixed spread of rice, soup, kimchi, namul and steamed egg, a separate main section rotates boiled pork,…