Restaurant in South Korea - 102 Restaurant Picks

Staff do all the grilling: chilled Hokkaido lamb chops and loin, aged in-house, go onto a brazier set into the table al…

The menu names bluefin tuna cuts one by one: head meat, fatty belly, lean red meat. This Dowon-dong sashimi bar near Hy…

The arugula jambon-beurre tucks arugula between the ham and butter, while the focaccia sandwich with arugula, tomato an…

The bread that starts the meal is not baguette but something sticky and chewy that recalls Jeju's omegi rice cake, an e…

Nobody at the table has to tend a grill, because the pork arrives already grilled in the kitchen. It is close to Exit 1…

A small bell on each table summons the staff, and dishes arrive on carefully chosen plates with detailed plating. Gnocc…

One chef cooks and serves everything here, so only guests with a reservation are seated, in a small room in the quiet v…

Behind a white ground-floor door in a Haebangchon alley, a staircase leads up to this second-floor listening bar with t…

The neon and Southeast Asian props suggest a loud bar, but once seated you can talk without raising your voice. Jokbal…

Myeongnan tteokbokki builds its sauce on a house-made broth with salty, savory pollock roe, so the rice cakes come out…

Skewers go over charcoal in an open kitchen facing the bar seats, so counter diners watch each one cook. Negima pairs c…

An indoor walkway runs from Exit 3 of Guui Station on Line 2 straight into the NC Eastpol building, and this fusion Kor…

A cozy loft above the ground-floor dining room near Seoul Forest Station invites long, slow meals. Truffle paccheri com…

Down a flight of stairs in a residential lane off Mangwon Station, the basement room shows an open kitchen and warm woo…

The curry changes every two weeks, and you never know whether keema, Thai green curry or cabbage-roll curry will be on…

Down an alley beside the Twosome Place near Itaewon Station exit 1, a building that looks like a film set houses this i…

Shellfish of different sizes and thicknesses share one grill and cook at different speeds, so the table shuffles them a…

For an Euljiro alley spot, tables are spaced widely, and the room adds a hand-washing sink, bag hooks, lockers and an i…

The owner grills every piece at the table and explains each cut as it comes off the fire. Ordering hanu al-deungsim (ri…

Every set comes with soy-marinated raw crab, packed with meat and sweet-salty, and it is also sold to go or shipped. Se…

The dolmuneo oil pasta arrives with a whole Jeju rock octopus laid over the noodles. The octopus is neither tough nor f…

Non-guests can use the downstairs cafe, which leads with a condensed-milk cream latte and the Good-spanner, an einspann…

There are no reservations: write your name on the list at the door and you get a phone call when your turn comes. In th…

Seokgalbi, marinated ribs grilled over charcoal and served on a hot stone plate, has been the draw at this Jinjeop spot…