Restaurants in Seongdong, Seoul - 69 Picks

The pork backbones are large, and the meat slides off at a touch of the chopsticks; dip it in the mustard sauce with ch…

Bare concrete walls survive from the building's past as a small factory, framing cushioned nooks and regular tables, an…

Its own parking lot, rare in Seongsu-dong, makes this large restaurant right in front of Seongsu Station an easy pick f…

Under the high ceiling of a former grain warehouse, a huge wooden sculpture greets visitors at the entrance. A real woo…

Aged fish is laid thick and generous over a small mound of rice, and each bite leads with chewy texture and savory dept…

Nearly 60 years in, the original branch has been renovated in black tones, and diners now grill their own beef instead…

Salmon, tuna and white fish are cut thick and piled until the rice disappears underneath. Kamidong, the house's heaped…

A small bell on each table summons the staff, and dishes arrive on carefully chosen plates with detailed plating. Gnocc…

Shrimp in the wasabi shrimp burger is left in plump pieces rather than ground smooth, so the thick patty snaps with a s…

House-cured ham, sausages and charcuterie with wine or German beer are what Xesc Menzl, a European-style meat deli in S…

The whole building is given over to brewing and drinking, and the high ceilings and open, stacked floors make it feel l…

Round tables crowd a corner of Haengdang Market in Wangsimni, each set over a charcoal brazier for pork neck. The house…

Butter melts into the steak while kimchi on the same iron plate cuts the richness with its sourness. Wasabi, pink salt,…

Hitsumabushi, grilled freshwater eel over rice, uses a whole eel and is eaten in three rounds: eel and rice on their ow…

Corn runs through the signature Chodang corn French toast twice over: soft toast topped with corn ice cream. The Basque…

Light roasting of beans done in-house lets each origin show its own aroma in the brewing coffee, poured by hand drip. G…

Staff grill the meat at the table, and the fermented gabrisal (a fatty strip from the pork shoulder) and fermented moks…

A Japanese owner and an all-Japanese staff run this sanuki udon shop by Hanyang University, with dense, tightly chewy n…

The crust is what sets this Seongsu shop apart: baked harder and crisper than most salt rolls, it shatters in thin flak…

Thick pork belly sizzles on a tilted cast-iron pot lid, its fat running off toward the rim, and staff do the grilling.…

The Yukhoe and Salmon Jewel Box arrives in a box-shaped dish divided into soy-marinated salmon, raw seasoned beef, flyi…

Shenyang-style corn noodles give every bowl a smooth surface and a springy bite. Bibim-myeon, served without broth, com…

A small flower garden and an outdoor terrace sit right outside the door, and on a breezy spring day the terrace tables…

Majang-dong is Seoul's wholesale meat district, yet Born & Bred looks and feels like a fine-dining restaurant, with a d…