Korean Fine Dining in South Korea - 13 Restaurant Picks

Sliding paper doors divide the large hall so each party eats in its own section. The gunggwol jeongsik, or Palace set,…

A full spread of side dishes lands with every set meal at this yakseon (medicinal-food) restaurant in Sogong-dong, run…

Since 1957 this hanok compound by Chungmuro Station has combined a garden, a Korean dining room, a royal tea service an…

From the 81st floor of Lotte World Tower, Seoul spreads out below while a seasonal Korean tasting menu arrives on Kwang…

Folding screens from the 1970s and old wooden furniture make the dining rooms feel more like a family home than a Gyeon…

There is only one set meal, so the table is laid as soon as you sit down. More than thirty side dishes arrive at once a…

The entrance is easy to miss, tucked on the first floor inside the Ewha Building parking garage next to the Sejong Hote…

Raw blue crab marinated in soy sauce, ganjang gejang, anchors the menu in Bukchon, with other Korean dishes built aroun…

Every table sits in a soundproofed private room, three minutes on foot from Seonjeongneung Station, and families book i…

Kale, perilla leaves, green and red lettuce, angelica and napa cabbage sit in a self-service vegetable fridge, and refi…

Diners walk through a gate, a courtyard and a garden to reach the table, because the restaurant occupies the ancestral…

Private rooms come in several sizes and host a steady run of engagement meetings, 100-day celebrations and elders' birt…

From the street you will barely see the sign: the restaurant sits in the basement of the Yeongpo Building on Beobwon-ro…