Restaurants in Mapo, Seoul - 259 Picks | Page 6

Floors six and seven of a building near Sangsu Station look straight out over the Han River and the Yeouido skyline. Th…

Tucked into the alley beside the Garden Hotel, between Mapo and Gongdeok stations, this branch spreads open seating and…

Fobi Basic takes over an entire three-story building near Hapjeong Station, and each floor has its own interior look. T…

Oak logs burn in a red oven built by a Neapolitan artisan, and the dough, made with Italian flour, comes out puffed and…

Square cuts instead of eight triangular slices make even the 18-inch party pie easy to share from the middle outward. S…

Baked without wheat flour, the gluten-free bread still comes out moist and soft, and in the bacon jalapeno cheese sandw…

Tucked deep in an alley inside a converted house, the place takes some finding, and the yard opens for outdoor meals on…

Fried rice comes out with every grain loose and separate, the dish the Gongdeok kitchen is best known for, and a spicy…

Grilled meat and Pyongyang-style cold noodles share the table at this Mapo barbecue house on Samgae-ro. A round of pork…

Dozens of makgeolli, cheongju and yakju bottles line the menu, each with notes on body, flavor and aroma, so even newco…

Opened in Mangwon-dong in 2017, Boulangerie Copain gives more of its small floor to the baking room than to the counter…

Down a flight of stairs in a residential lane off Mangwon Station, the basement room shows an open kitchen and warm woo…

At street level, wood and glass pull in light from the road. The basement drops to black walls and low lighting, with a…

Founded in Sinchon in 1953 by a Chinese-Korean (Hwagyo) family now in its third generation, the restaurant moved to thi…

On weekend nights the dance floor fills up with people dancing to pop and Latin tracks. For beer and conversation, earl…

Only shio ramen is served, with no miso or shoyu, built on a chicken broth that tastes clean and moderately salty. Vari…

Thick tenderloin in a thin, crisp coat gives the hire-katsu an even, almost ham-like softness. Eat it while hot, before…

A heap of minari, a peppery Korean water parsley, goes onto the grill with thick slabs of pork belly; out of season, ch…

Baek jjamppong, seafood noodles in a clear broth, has fresh shellfish and a clean, deep soup, while thin bread wrapped…

The flavors rotate daily: oriental melon, fig, black sesame or strawberry tomato might be in the case on any given day.…

Guests never grill their own ribs at this Gongdeok branch: songchu galbi, gamagol galbi and udae galbi, all marinated b…

The mandu jeongol is closer to dumpling shabu-shabu than a typical hot pot: vegetables and pre-boiled handmade dumpling…

Down a flight of stairs near the Gyeongui Line Forest Park in Yeonnam-dong, the team behind Itaewon's Braai Republic ba…

Deungsim katsu has a band of fat beside the lean meat that tastes nutty, and ansim katsu, cooked to medium, is softer.…