Restaurants in Cheongju, Chungbuk - 19 Picks

At this barley rice restaurant, the cheonggukjang set can arrive with grilled mackerel, gorgonzola pizza or tteokgalbi…

Charcoal-grilled eel and seokgalbi, pork neck grilled on a stone plate, come together on one platter called jjanggal. C…

Wanggalbitang, a big bowl of beef short rib soup, lands on the table almost as soon as you order. Its broth is clear an…

Seafood kalguksu comes in a clear broth or a spicy red one, with noodles made in a separate noodle room. The haemul paj…

Every bowl of naengmyeon arrives with four meat-filled dumplings at no extra charge, and the regular and large portions…

Food stations for Japanese, Korean, Chinese and Western dishes fill the whole second floor, from sashimi and sushi to a…

A wall of split firewood stacked by the entrance feeds the iron cauldrons where the soup simmers. So meori gomtang, bee…

Weekdays start from the base san-jeongsik. Deul-jeongsik adds abalone stuffed with shiitake, hae-jeongsik adds borigulb…

The two basics share one white tonkotsu broth: shiro serves it as is, and aka stirs in a red chili seasoning. The tsuke…

The long window counter and the terrace all face Daecheong Lake and Oksabong Peak, and in season a fountain shoots up f…

Staff tend the lamb ribs over the table grill, and the meat has only a mild lamb aroma. Grilled slices get wrapped in a…

A blue grand piano and a book-cafe corner sit inside this roughly 300-pyeong space, and outside, a terrace with Fermob…

Since the menu is essentially salt-grilled pork, meat arrives almost as soon as you sit down. It is sliced thick to ord…

The soft-boiled ajitamago on the Special Mi Ramen, a set white around a still-soft yolk, is good enough that people tal…

The seafood pilaf with baby octopus (jjukkumi) is generous even as a single order, with a gentle heat that people who a…

Below Bumosan, beside Jubong Reservoir, a ramp leads down underground until floor-to-ceiling glass puts the pond and th…

Mackerel, hairtail and flounder go into a very hot oven and come out with dry, crackling skin over flesh that is still…

Doritang, a spicy braised chicken stew, has long been the business of this spot in Bongmyeong-dong, Cheongju, and besid…

Cheongju has three restaurants called Goesan Sikdang, and unless you enter Sugok-dong, Seowon-gu in your navigation, yo…