Restaurants in Mapo, Seoul - 259 Picks | Page 8

Before the rice bowl arrives, tofu and a few slices of sashimi with a soybean paste and sesame sauce are set down. The…

Tucked into the ground floor of the Ryse Hotel, this compact Blue Bottle uses the building's staircase to break the roo…

Makgeolli, Korea's milky rice wine, is brewed on site here and served unpasteurized, with lively carbonation and a clea…

Cheongmyeongju, chusungju and samhae-soju, all Korean traditional liquors, form the base of the cocktails at this bar a…

Bear-shaped Baby Teddy Cakes and neatly arranged scones fill the display at this Yeonnam branch, part of the same group…

Mokhwasom cream shrimp, named for cotton wool, leads a menu built around plates for the middle of the table: eohyang eg…

Dongpo pork arrives wrapped in a lotus leaf. Once it is opened, the meat goes into its sweet-salty sauce and is eaten w…

Rolled into a round cylinder before frying, the anshim katsu keeps its tenderloin moist and soft. The deungsim (loin) k…

Fresh flowers, floral objects and framed pieces cover the walls of this Sinchon cafe, which often becomes a birthday ca…

Up a flight of stairs in an old house off Dokmak-ro 15-gil, the seating rooms are filled with worn sofas, bookshelves a…

Udon noodles come tucked under the small gopchang-jeongol, a beef intestine hot pot sized for two, so no extra noodles…

Galmaegisal, pork skirt from the diaphragm, is aged in a minced-garlic marinade and grilled over charcoal. The dining r…

One bowl of chadol-yangji-himjul pho carries three cuts at once, thin-sliced chadol (brisket point), yangji (brisket) a…

The special shoyu ramen is deep and heavy, while the special shiro-shoyu uses pale soy with pepper, herbs and a faint n…

Instead of a flat grill, a cast-iron pot lid holds thick pork belly, Korean-made kimchi and tofu, and staff cook everyt…

The Hapjeong branch also goes by Otoko, Japanese for man, and its tokurosu katsu is anything but delicate. About 240 gr…

Ask for the five pungent vegetables (scallion, garlic, chives and their kin) to be left out, and the kitchen will make…

A squid patty in a black squid-ink bun with wasabi tartar sauce makes the Kraken Burger the oddest thing on the board a…

West-facing windows frame Yeouido, the Han River and Mapo Bridge, so sunsets land straight in view. As the sun goes dow…

A wall packed with teacups sets the tone in this small roastery, which has only a handful of seats and stays calm despi…

The fried coating carries a faint coconut aroma and stays crunchy long after it lands, enough that people who usually p…

Sandwiches dominate the case at this compact Donggyo-ro shop: rucola, BLTE with bacon, lettuce, tomato and egg, and a b…

On the ground floor, beans sit in small jars on a display that looks like an herbal medicine cabinet, each open for sni…

Shaped and colored like a real red apple, the apple bread (sagwappang) holds its form well enough to give as a single-p…