Restaurants in Samcheok, Gangwon - 9 Picks

A live abalone goes straight into the boiling broth, and watching it cook is part of the meal. The jeonbok haemul ttukb…

The grilled fish set brings yeolgi (red rockfish), Spanish mackerel, mackerel and flounder together, and the red yeolgi…

The grilled-fish sotbap set, built around rice cooked in its own pot, puts mackerel, Atka mackerel, rockfish and flatfi…

Sets at this snow crab house are fixed by party size, the couple set for two and the Big Boss set for four, so there is…

In Samcheok, gomchi soup is not a clear broth but a sharp one simmered with sour kimchi, and the version here tastes cl…

A whole wild octopus, caught that day, goes into the pot uncut with blue crab, shrimp, mulmangchi (a local sea fish) an…

Jang kalguksu and jang ongsimi kalguksu are served for two or more, so a solo diner ends up with the ongsimi kalguksu i…

Sea-facing windows and a terrace look out over the East Sea from this cafe in the oceanside annex of Sol Beach Samcheok…

Each floor serves a different purpose. The third has the clearest sea view; the second is partly screened by pine trees…