Restaurants in Junggu, Seoul - 278 Picks | Page 5

Floor-to-ceiling windows on the ground floor of Grand Central near Seoul Station frame the night view, and the dim ligh…

Cheese goes on top of each scallop and clam before it hits the grill, and the tables look straight out over the Wolmido…

Grilled shellfish facing the sea is the reason to come: this place sits right by Masian Beach on Yeongjong Island, clos…

The self-serve bar here goes beyond soup and side dishes: there is dakbokkeumtang (spicy braised chicken) and makgeolli…

The Korean tasting course on the 23rd floor of The Shilla Seoul is built from familiar dishes, but seasoned noticeably…

At the far end of Bosu-dong Book Street, a yellow gate opens onto a steep staircase leading up to a cafe in a renovated…

The owner grills dinner meats at your table, working a torch from above along with the direct flame: lamb is the tender…

Brass bowls of Naju gomtang arrive with the rice already inside, warmed by repeatedly pouring hot broth over it (a tech…

The shrimp tempura in the tempura udon is not meant to stay crisp: its thick batter soaks up the anchovy broth. Noodles…

Follow the Deoksugung stone-wall road up Jeongdong-gil and this long-running cafe and brunch spot appears. The espresso…

House-made soba noodles sit in a clear, chilled broth with a strong lemon scent in the signature lemon soba, and they h…

Fermentation tanks on the ground floor make makgeolli on site, the bar upstairs pours fresh brews and cocktails, and th…

Rice is warmed in the broth by the old toryeom method and served already in the bowl, so the toryeom sundae-guk is read…

Pork dry-aged for seven to twenty-one days is cut thick and grilled over charcoal by staff, who handle every piece. Age…

What surrounds the nigiri stands out as much as the sushi itself, with dishes built on snow crab legs and abalone liver…

Down a narrow Myeong-dong alley, an older couple runs a small rice-and-stew shop whose banssang baekban changes daily:…

In a second-floor room about 250 meters from Dongdaemun History and Culture Park Station, the owner grills the beef ove…

On the ground floor, workers roll dough, spoon in filling and pleat each wang mandu by hand before stacking them in tal…

This second-floor snack shop has been in Myeongdong since the 1980s, and nearly everything on the menu leans sweet. The…

Up on the fourth floor of a building 250m from Euljiro 3-ga Station, this izakaya-style bar mixes old-Euljiro grit with…

The Korean chicken arrives par-cooked and gets a second pass over a charcoal brazier at the table, which drives smoke i…

The gan-jjajang tosses thin noodles in a black bean paste with a light sheen of oil, and it clings in a fairly dry, thi…

Tongmandu, bite-size dumplings, come to the table in the steamer itself, paired in summer with naengmomil, cold buckwhe…

Beer fans single out the IPAs and double dry-hopped brews as this brewery's strength, while its international awards we…