Korean BBQ in Jongno: Wangbijip Jongno & More - 18 Local Picks

Quiet and clean by Jongno barbecue standards, this second-floor room near Insadong suits a first Korean meal with visit…

Staff do the grilling here, cooking LA galbi (thin cross-cut beef short ribs) at the table and cutting the meat away fr…

Aged bone-in pork belly brings together springy rib-side meat and a nutty layer of fat, and staff grill it from start t…

Perilla oil replaces chili paste in the perilla oil and aged kimchi yukhoe bibimbap, letting raw beef, chopped sour kim…

Follow the smell of grilling pork from exit 6 of Jongno 3-ga Station and you reach a crowded street-side barbecue, lit…

Just off the start of Insadong-gil, the dining room keeps its lighting low and its tables well apart, with private room…

Pork belly cut 29cm long goes onto a hot stone slab in a two-floor spot in Pimatgol alley, about 5 minutes on foot from…

Sit down and the day's set meal simply arrives; there is no ordering dish by dish. The main rotates by weekday among go…

Hanwoo beef is seared over charcoal first, then finished one piece at a time on a small brazier set right at your seat,…

Three floors of tables near Jonggak and Insadong make room for large groups, and staff grill every order at the table.…

Hanwoo beef grills inside a hanok-style dining room that looks out on a tended garden near Gyeongbokgung Station. The g…

Beef is grilled in the kitchen and brought to the table already cooked, in a converted old house down an Insa-dong alle…

Private rooms on the mezzanine of Gwanghwamun's Twin Tree building host a hanwoo omakase, a chef's-choice course of Kor…

When the original Gwangjang Market branch fills up, staff wave flags to steer diners to this larger two-floor dining ro…

Pork aged in-house goes onto a charcoal grill, and staff handle the cooking at the table. Aged samgyeopsal anchors the…

Gochujang bulgogi, meat in a chili-paste marinade, is grilled over coal briquettes outside the shop and lands on the ta…

Marinated beef ribs go over charcoal in this quiet corner of Pyeongchang-dong, the residential neighborhood on the slop…

Thick-cut pork neck and pork belly go over charcoal in a Seochon alley just west of Gyeongbokgung Palace. The moksal (n…