Restaurants in Seongdong, Seoul - 69 Picks | Page 3

Dongjuk, a plump clam also called a water-gun clam, scents the bowl the moment it lands. Napa cabbage and zucchini swee…

Dough is stretched by hand in the open kitchen and turned inside the wood-fired oven, giving a thin, soft center and a…

Staff grill the thick-cut special pork belly and neck at your table and cut it into pieces, leaving diners free to just…

Oats and barley give the cream risotto a chewy bite, and the sauce stays light enough to finish the plate without fatig…

Thick pieces of pre-seared pork go into the boiling kimchi stew, and staff finish it at the table with scallions and to…

Thick, long fresh noodles feel heavy on the chopsticks and spring back hard with every bite. Bukkake udon lets you mix…

Tucked into a residential lane between Geumho-dong and Oksu-dong, this French bistro serves sandwiches and lighter plat…

Deulkkae beoseot-tang, mushrooms in a nutty perilla-seed broth, tastes like something usually made at home, and the bow…

Fresh noodles are boiled to order, and cold bukkake udon shows off their springy bounce most plainly. Chicken curry udo…

Rice-cake tteokbokki has been served across from Hanyang University here since 2009, made with long garaetteok cylinder…

Inside the north gate of Majang Livestock Market, a butcher in business since 1987 has added wet-aging and water-aging…

Aged pork is grilled over charcoal, and the kimchi stir-fried on the iron plate picks up an almost buttery note. Dwaeji…

In the dumpling hot pot (mandu jeongol), the beef shank and hand-made dumplings arrive already cooked; once the pot boi…

With roughly half of this small shop given over to the roasting room and little space left inside, most customers leave…

Hanwoo beef sits in a display case, and diners pick the cut and weight, pay a separate table charge, then grill it them…

The flat-iron steak (buchaesal) is pressed thin on the surface so the outside crackles, and it arrives with basil butte…

Wood-clad rooms and a large outdoor yard make the cafe feel like a campsite on the quiet edge of Seongsu. Misugaru, a r…

Astragalus root and chicken simmer together in one big pot, and the dakgomtang bowl gets shredded breast, leg meat and…

Basil mascarpone pizza comes out of the wood-fired oven with a rim that stays chewy and soft instead of drying out. Fre…

Down a flight of stairs to basement level 1 on Nangye-ro, a small room decorated with Japanese ornaments, warm lights a…

Jeyuk bokkeum, spicy stir-fried pork, comes in a sizzling earthenware pot instead of on a plate, so it stays hot to the…