Cocktail Bar in South Korea - 22 Restaurant Picks

Named after the word antidote, the bar builds its house cocktails around a prescription concept and puts the key ingred…

Inside a remodeled hanok in Anguk-dong, the menu book sets out signature cocktails beside pen drawings that blend Joseo…

A communal table built from large pieces of joined wood holds old jumbo bottles of Andong soju, and bottles from other…

You enter through a refrigerator door at the very back of the building, and upstairs seats order through a phone booth.…

Zest stands for both grated citrus peel and zero waste, and leftover ingredients return as house-made crackers on the g…

From the street it looks like an old herbal tonic shop selling deer antler extract; inside, cocktails are built on Kore…

Up a flight of stairs off an Euljiro alley, the second-floor room mixes hanok details into a dark, jazz-filled bar. The…

Korean traditional spirits form the base of several cocktails on Mareunnae-ro in Euljiro, where single-malt whisky is a…

There is no cocktail menu at this small bar in a hanok alley of Seochon, near Gyeongbokgung Palace. Guests describe a f…

Bartenders' own stories run through the seasonal menu near Hyochang Park Station, with each drink credited to the perso…

Seven or so seats at a single bar counter make up the whole room, and ordering turns into a conversation with the barte…

Inside a hanok in the Seochon alleys, this bar builds cocktails on Korean traditional liquors and regional ingredients,…

Down a staircase to a basement off Dosan-daero, two Marshall speakers on either side of the room set the soundtrack. Th…

Downstairs feels like a small neighborhood pub with standing room and a few seats, while upstairs, big windows let a br…

Off-menu drinks get made to order: name a base spirit, how sweet, how sour and how strong, and the bartender builds a g…

Saloon-style decor and loud American energy set the tone at this Itaewon bar, named to the Asia's 50 Best Bars list. Th…

Signature cocktails such as the Foggy Fongo and Bordeaux Martini are the reason to come, along with single malt whisky…

Sookhee started in Euljiro and has since moved to Pil-dong, gaining more floor space and a higher ceiling. The door sit…

This bar asks guests to keep their voices down and go easy on perfume. Nothing shows from the street; the way in is a s…

Sindang Station is within walking distance, but finding the door takes a moment: you push a cat statue to the right of…

Instead of a menu, a bartender asks what flavors you are in the mood for and builds a classic whisky cocktail or a hous…

Lotte World Tower rises straight across from the second-floor window seats and terrace, and when the full-length window…