Restaurants in Jongno, Seoul - 251 Picks | Page 8

Pasta, pizza and steak come out of a hanok-style building on Yulgok-ro in Jongno. The pasta list covers pollack roe cre…

Hanok-style woodwork frames the dining room, near Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seochon. The Burger de Joseon burger pairs a…

A grocery shares the space with the dining room, stocking traditional sauces, vegan foods, meal kits, traditional liquo…

Inside the red-brick, three-story building, a half flight of stairs leads up to the counter, and seating continues thro…

Cheongyang chili, a sharp Korean green pepper, drives both house noodles at this old Seochon Chinese-Korean restaurant:…

Shaped like roof tiles, the Sinan salt rice financiers use rice flour for a dense, chewy crumb. The Icheon rice chestnu…

Wooden shelves in this Insadong teahouse hold Jidaebang Ilgi, a run of yearly guestbooks, and old handwritten notes sti…

There is no cocktail menu at this small bar in a hanok alley of Seochon, near Gyeongbokgung Palace. Guests describe a f…

With room for a 30-person program and still space left to prepare, this cafe works more as a rentable community venue t…

Made on site from 100% buckwheat, the noodles snap off in short lengths and lead with buckwheat aroma. Deulgireum makgu…

Across from the Seoul Museum in Buam-dong, a wood-furnished room with a staircase and sofas, styled like a book cafe, t…

Customers pick a packet of ramen from the shelves, pay at a kiosk, then build the bowl in a special container and boil…

The timber frame of a traditional hanok stays exposed, wrapped in a contemporary interior, in an Ikseon-dong alley a sh…

Seasonal Korean courses are served on the fourth floor of a building on the road up toward the former Blue House in Seo…

Honey replaces sugar and eggs replace emulsifiers in the small-batch gelato, made on a Seochon lane that climbs toward…

Temple food without meat or the five pungent vegetables is served as a course inside a hanok at the far end of an Insa-…

This ground-floor counter shares the Heungkuk Life building with the Cinecube art-house cinema, making it an easy stop…

Perilla leaves replace basil in the pesto of the house pasta, giving it a grassy, minty edge that some diners have orde…

Photographs and writing by the poet Park Nohae fill the permanent exhibition upstairs, while the ground floor works as…

Instead of a menu, a bartender asks what flavors you are in the mood for and builds a classic whisky cocktail or a hous…

From the second-floor terrace and window seats on Insadong-gil, you look down on the pedestrian street and the tiled ha…

At the original Gimjin Moksam on Jahamun-ro 1-gil, a staff member stays with each table and grills everything. The thic…

Neapolitan-style pizzas come out of a wood-fired oven with thin centers, puffed rims and a springy crust. Pasta uses ei…

Beef and eggplant rice arrives steaming in a wide bowl, with onion, bean sprouts, spinach and garlic chips folded into…