Restaurants in Jongno, Seoul - 251 Picks | Page 3

A creaking wooden staircase leads up to this 1950s-era dabang, an old Korean tearoom of wood paneling, fabric sofas and…

A narrow alley runs all the way back before the entrance appears, and the inner room is floor seating where shoes come…

Nothing here contains meat, fish or dairy, side dishes included, and the food is Korean, served in a hanok on the walk…

Brisket, shank and fatty upjinsal share the bowl of Uyukmyeon Jin, each with its own balance of lean and fat. The beef…

Neon signs, mahjong decor and Hong Kong film posters fill this second-floor room, part of a building themed as an airpo…

Before the pot boils, diners mix their own dipping sauce from vegetables, soy sauce and minced chili seasoning, adding…

Starch from the broad wheat noodles thickens the milky beef-bone broth of the sagol kalguksu until it is almost like ri…

Leaf-wrapped rice parcels sit in a row over thick gangdoenjang, a chunky soybean paste stew with pork and tofu, and you…

Along Seosulla-gil, beside the stone wall of Jongmyo Shrine, this branch occupies a hanok with low eaves and an inner c…

Ordering starts in a line at the kiosk: pay first, keep the receipt and number, then wait to be called, which on weeken…

Bread, sauces and hash browns are all made in-house at this Australian-style brunch spot near Ikseon-dong, which opens…

The dumplings are plump North Korean-style ones built around tofu rather than bursting with juice, and mandu-guk serves…

Through a glass wall left of the entrance, bagel makers can be seen at work in this ground-floor shop next to Kyobo Boo…

Salt bread made with plenty of butter, crisp underneath and chewy on top, fills most of the shelves at the Anguk-dong b…

Raw blue crab marinated in soy sauce, ganjang gejang, anchors the menu in Bukchon, with other Korean dishes built aroun…

At the mouth of Gwangjang Market's bindaetteok alley, you watch the dough being twisted and dropped into the oil while…

Milk ice, shaved in house, is dense and heavy and melts slowly on the tongue. The traditional red bean bingsu is topped…

Since 1989 this snack shop across from Sungkyunkwan University has sold ssaltteokbokki, rice cakes in a sweet chili sau…

Since the 1980s the kitchen in Pyeongchang-dong has centered on beef ribs, and private rooms look out toward Bukhansan.…

Every bossam or jokbal order brings a free pot of gamjatang, pork-bone soup with two bones in it. Gul-bossam pairs tend…

Sweet red bean porridge (danpatjuk) dusted with cinnamon hides large glutinous rice dumplings, chestnuts, kidney beans…

Inside a hanok in an Ikseon-dong alley, soft lighting sets the room for pasta and wood-fired pizza. The Gio Crema pasta…

Although it fronts a busy road near Gyeongbokgung Station, several layers of glass doors keep this renovated hanok almo…

A glass-roofed courtyard sits in the middle of this converted hanok in Ikseon-dong, letting in sun while keeping the wi…