Restaurants in Junggu, Seoul - 278 Picks

The Pyongyang naengmyeon broth tastes almost plain at first, then builds a heavy, meaty depth with each sip. Buckwheat…

Meat arrives already par-grilled after you order, and staff finish it on the table grill, turning and cutting each piec…

Lunch at the Myeongdong flagship centers on the pork galbi set, served with rice cooked in its own pot; once the rice i…

The Lee Jae-mo crust packs the rim half with sausage and half with cheese, and toppings you dislike can be left off. It…

Swimming crab is cured in soy sauce made with hamcho, a glasswort that grows along the coast, which sets this Myeong-do…

Four minutes on foot from Exit 3 of Myeongdong Station, this kitchen cooks Korean dishes with halal-certified ingredien…

The signature is wanggalbi jjamppong, a whole beef rib laid across the noodle soup, its meat slipping off easily into a…

Large flower crabs marinated in soy become ganjang gejang in this second-floor dining room near Olive Young in Myeong-d…

Since 1968 the kitchen has made a single dish, bugeo haejangguk, a dried-pollock hangover soup. The milky long-simmered…

Three items make up the whole menu: kalguksu (knife-cut noodles in broth), bibim guksu (noodles tossed in spicy sauce)…

Chandeliers, old furniture and a vintage counter keep the feel of a bakery that opened in 1946, right by Dongguk Univer…

The soybean broth in the kongguksu is thick and nutty, close to a cold cream soup, and the medium noodles are springy l…

Napa cabbage kimchi leads a generous spread of banchan, all refilled without limit, at the Jungang branch by the Myeong…

A hot bowl of rice-cake and dumpling soup lands on the table before the pork arrives. The ohyang jokbal, five-spice bra…

Beef and radish alone go into this clear, grease-free broth, and the beef flavor still comes through strongly. It arriv…

Staff grill everything from start to finish: bon samgyeop pork belly, nunkkot moksal neck, deungmoksal and pork skin, w…

Tender aged pollack (kodari) sashimi sits on chewy noodles in a sauce that stays mild rather than fiery. A kettle of wa…

Guests leave with a spritz of fabric freshener for their clothes, offered at the door of the Namdaemun-ro branch, in an…

Hanok-inspired decor fills a large room in central Myeongdong where staff grill sweet-salty marinated galbi over charco…

Hidden down a narrow passage between high-rises, the shop is hard to spot from the main road. Orders go in at the groun…

Big skewers of lamb grilled over fire anchor the table at this Uzbek restaurant on the Central Asian street near Dongda…

Clear, mild broth defines the samgyetang (whole young chicken soup with ginseng) at this compact dining room off Seosom…

An indoor garden and European-style decor set the scene for crab pasta, funghi risotto, aglio e olio and steak just off…

Sashimi at the seafood station keeps a texture rarely found at a buffet, and the snow crab (daege) is stocked generousl…