Restaurants in Eunpyeong, Seoul - 26 Picks

From the curved window on the third floor of this five-story building, Bukhansan rises behind the tiled roofs of Eunpye…

Sitting below the Bukhansan trails, near the Starbucks The Bukhansan branch, this noodle house works as a stop before o…

From the second floor, tall ceilings and a wall of glass frame the ridges of Bukhansan, which shift from spring green t…

Dough cold-fermented for 48 hours gives the American-style pizza its chew, and a single pie can be split half-and-half…

Every portion of aged pork galbi comes with a free bowl of cold noodles, either in icy broth (mul-naengmyeon) or tossed…

Modeum mulhoe, the house cold raw-fish soup, fills a sweet-sour chilled broth with flatfish, abalone, octopus, sea cucu…

After the grilling, pot-cooked rice or stone-pot rice arrives freshly made, and the scorched layer at the bottom become…

The brewery behind the former Seochon Jumak pub now works from a basement unit on Tongil-ro in Eunpyeong-gu, and the sp…

Squid is stir-fried in a chili sauce over a bed of cabbage and garlic chives right on an iron pan, and it stays tender…

Windows on both sides frame the green slopes toward Bukhansan, and wooden rafters hang beneath an exposed concrete ceil…

There is no espresso machine: every coffee is brewed by hand drip or siphon, and from the big bar counter you can watch…

Warm buckwheat tea reaches the table as soon as guests sit down. The set for two pairs braised pork ribs (galbijjim) wi…

Inside a converted house in residential Gusan-dong, shoes come off at the door. The marinated beef galbi uses American…

For over 10 years, a neighborhood Chinese-Korean kitchen on Susaek-ro near DMC Station has turned out rice dishes that…

The marinated galbi is grilled over charcoal by staff from start to finish, and its seasoning leans savory rather than…

Beef short-rib meat (galbisal) comes two ways: seasoned with salt, or marinated right after you order, so both can shar…

Stained glass, a high ceiling and broad church-style pews set the tone, and classical music fills the room through a po…

Pork belly is first seared over burning straw, which leaves a light smoky aroma and no gamey smell. Cheongdo minari sam…

Dakbokkeumtang, braised chicken, splits into two broths: hong-doritang, red and spicy, and baek-doritang, clear. Sugure…

Thick, springy udon holds its bounce through every chew, in a broth with savory depth and a light finish. The yagalchi…

Inside an alley of Daejo Market beside Bulgwang Station, the sundaeguk, blood sausage soup, comes with meat piled to th…

Thin, chewy noodles rather than thick Japanese-style udon anchor every bowl at this Galhyeon-dong noodle shop on the ro…

Garlic chives, bean sprouts and seaweed flakes are piled so high on the buchu-guksu that the noodles disappear undernea…

Ibul galbi, unmarinated pork ribs grilled fresh, gets dipped in salted shrimp mixed with finely chopped cheongyang chil…