Pub in South Korea - 21 Restaurant Picks

Climb one flight of stairs from Itaewon's main strip and several TVs are showing Premier League football, rugby and hoc…

The double beef cheeseburger has cheese melting between two beef patties, so the seared crust, the juices and the salty…

Each guest gets a tasting pour before ordering. The taps run to 11 ales made with Jeju ingredients such as tangerine an…

Dried pollack and filefish are grilled again after ordering until the edges crisp, then share a plate with nachos. Sizz…

Outdoor tables fill the courtyard of a hanok on Hyanggyo-gil, and in the evening crickets sing around them. The taps le…

Brewing happens in the same building as the bar, and the craft beer goes straight from the brewery to the taps. IPA, st…

Guinness on draught anchors the bar at this Itaewon pub, with Red Rock and other taps plus cocktails behind it. Darts a…

Red neon, Liverpool shirts and historic club scarves cover the walls, and every seat turns toward one big projector scr…

The ground-floor bar pours beer only, while pepperoni pizza and other food get ordered in the basement across the alley…

The taps pour The Ranch Brewing's own IPA, lager and wheat beer, and the sampler sets out a little of each: from the li…

Hanok beams and ornament were kept when this Ikseon-dong house became a pub, so the old alley mood carries inside. As t…

High ceilings, old photos of Mullae-dong and a real metal lathe fill this converted ironworks. Galmaegi Caramel Amber A…

Run by a British owner, the brewery pours everything from New England IPA and sour ale to the Choco Stick Imperial Stou…

Craft beer is poured under the tiled roof of a converted hanok in the alley behind the National Museum of Modern and Co…

Beer brewed in Daejeon pours from the taps at this Euljiro pub, and the kitchen bakes Detroit-style pizza in high-sided…

Dim lighting and year-round holiday decorations fill this fourth-floor craft beer pub near Isu Station. Staff will pour…

Exposed rafters and roof tiles frame this small hanok pub in Ikseon-dong, where Sokcho brewery Craft Root pours beers n…

A glass-roofed courtyard sits in the middle of this converted hanok in Ikseon-dong, letting in sun while keeping the wi…

Galmegi Brewing started in Gwangalli in 2014, and this second-floor pub in an alley off Haeundae Beach Road pours its b…

Though it sits in a basement right outside Exit 11 of Sadang Station, the craft beer pub has high ceilings and plenty o…

Behind a narrow, low doorway, dim lights and loud foreign hip-hop and pop make the room feel more like a bar than a Kor…