Italian in South Korea - 105 Restaurant Picks | Page 4

Squid and shrimp fill the seafood ttukbaegi pasta, served in a Korean earthenware pot, at this long-running Italian spo…

Pizzas here come out of a wood-fired oven, and the pasta is made fresh in-house, which has kept Volare a Seorae Village…

Garlic chives with flying fish roe, or cuttlefish ink, go on top of the wood-fired pizzas that set this Bangbae-dong sp…

It sits right beside Lake Wangsong, and the window tables look straight onto the water. The building looks worn from ou…

The wood-fired Margherita pizza shows off a bright, clean tomato sauce. Fresh pasta is made in-house: black truffle tag…

Near Pusan National University, del Lago cut back its steak sets in a renovation and brought in a salad bar. The bar ho…

Getting a table without a Naver reservation is hard. The buffalo margherita carries a thick tomato sauce, nothing like…

Rather than thin, the pizza dough here stays moist and springy, with a clear contrast between the baked rim and the sof…

After about 14 years on the 23rd floor of the S-Oil Building in Gongdeok, this European brasserie closed for good on Oc…

Basil mascarpone pizza comes out of the wood-fired oven with a rim that stays chewy and soft instead of drying out. Fre…

The exit gate only opens when you scan the QR code on a ticket. Diners get that exit ticket when paying at the restaura…

An indoor garden and European-style decor set the scene for crab pasta, funghi risotto, aglio e olio and steak just off…

The restaurant backs onto Eunpa Lake Park, and spring and autumn bring meals on the terrace, though an old tree in fron…

With crock jars, a pond and a name like Yesongwon, the hillside garden in Dongcheon-dong looks like the setting for a K…

Since 1994, this kitchen behind Sejong Center has made spaghetti with fresh in-house noodles, and every sauce carries p…

The Samsung Building's first basement in Euljiro holds a dining room that has kept its dim lighting, old-fashioned deco…

The Margherita looks oversized when it lands, but each slice folds to just the right thickness, and with roughly one ba…

Candlelight does most of the work in this red-brick building on Namsan's Sopa-ro, where the restaurant has been running…

Big windows pour daylight into this Italian dining room inside the Four Seasons Hotel Seoul, 150m from Gwanghwamun Stat…

Floor-to-ceiling windows on the third floor put Gwangalli Beach and Gwangan Bridge right in front of the tables. Pasta…

Wine groups often bring their own bottles, with corkage waived for up to five. La Stella Margherita pizza has a star-sh…

The paella stays fairly hot even when you ask for it milder. Ricotta salad pizza, with soft ricotta and greens on the c…

Rich rose sauce, made from cream and tomato, gets a salty kick from pollock roe in the myeongran rose panne, served in…

Neapolitan-style pizzas come out of a wood-fired oven with thin centers, puffed rims and a springy crust. Pasta uses ei…