Restaurants in Gyeongju, Gyeongbuk - 72 Picks

The wrapper is thin enough to see through, and inside sits a red-bean filling made with Gyeongju beans that reaches alm…

Navigation apps show a single pin, but the large lot holds several separate buildings, each with its own focus such as…

Gyeongju Coffee, the signature, is an iced-only Einspanner-style drink, sweet enough that next to a pastry everything j…

Far from the sea, in inland Naenam-myeon, one dish has filled every table for 43 years: hoedeopbap, raw fish over rice…

Hanwoo mulhoe pours a cold broth over raw Korean beef, and the broth tastes savory rather than leaning only on sweet ch…

The coffee and desserts are ordinary; the reason to come is Bomun Lake filling the tall windows downstairs. The entranc…

The beef is sliced thin and laid over fierce charcoal, and it cooks in moments, which keeps tables turning over quickly…

Warm kongguk, soybean soup, is ordered by number, and each number changes the toppings. No. 1 has black sesame, black b…

Two ponies live in the back garden of this hanok-style cafe in Gyeongju, a short walk through the building from the cou…

Under the eaves of a hanok on Hwangnidan-gil, mukeunji deunggalbi-jjim, pork back ribs braised with aged kimchi, falls…

Charcoal-grilled pork belly ribs and Hanwoo beef tteokgalbi come out of the kitchen fully cooked and plated, with no gr…

Woodoo Galbi ribs and Woodoo Saenggogi, fresh-cut beef, share the menu with so-meori boyak gukbap and a spicy version,…

Jjamppong here has nothing to do with noodle soup: the name means octopus and pork mixed together, and it arrives as a…

Goma soba comes as a brothless noodle bowl heaped with perilla-leaf pesto and ground sesame. Sweetness arrives before t…

Fish roasted in a 500-degree oven arrives on a tabletop induction plate, and it stays hot while you scoop rice from the…

A narrow, bumpy lane climbs through rice paddies near Seogyeongju Station, and just when it starts to feel like a wrong…

The yuringi here comes without the usual lettuce: thick, crisp batter under a dense sauce that tastes close to soy-glaz…

The omurice is fried rice under a swirled egg with a gentle butter aroma, and the pork tenderloin katsu is tender for i…

A small sandwich board on the main road points down an alley to a bright room of plants and tall windows. The menu is A…

The mul-makguksu broth is lightly seasoned with a faint perilla-oil aroma, and it only really comes together once the k…

Google Maps lists it as Gyeongju Restaurant, but the restaurant's own name is Gangdongmien. Chives from Gyeongju's Gang…

Hanwoo is bought by cut and weight at the butcher shop and carried next door, where a per-person table charge covers gr…

The menu is short, just rib finger meat, anchang galbisal (outside skirt), salt-grilled cuts and yukhoe, and the Hanwoo…

Several kinds of leafy greens crowd the table with ssamjang studded with minced freshwater snails, spicy stir-fried por…