Restaurants in Yongsan, Seoul - 233 Picks

Thin fries piled with stir-fried kimchi, tender pork carnitas, sour cream and raw onion make up the Kimchi Carnitas Fri…

Late-afternoon visitors often miss the roll lasagna, the dish featured on Black and White Chef season 2, because only 8…

The ground floor of this large building on Itaewon-ro is all display cases of bread, cakes, tarts and sandwiches, and i…

The jeukseok tteokbokki, rice cakes simmered at the table, comes with jjolmyeon noodles, egg and fried dumplings alread…

Falafel of ground, fried chickpeas goes into pita with salad and a spoonful of hummus as sauce, the meat-free combinati…

Rooms packed with teddy bears and soft background music frame the pastry case in this small shop near Samgakji Station,…

Smoked meats arrive on platters with buttered morning rolls, coleslaw and pickles for building small sandwiches at the…

Foreign diners make up a large share of the crowd in this roomy Hannam branch on Daesagwan-ro, and an English menu adds…

Only four kinds of dumplings leave this snack-bar-style kitchen near Sookmyung Women's University, and it has appeared…

Straw-fire smoke flavors the udae galbi, long-bone beef short ribs that are seared in the kitchen and finished at the t…

Turkish sand coffee is made the old way: finely ground beans boiled with water in a cezve heated in hot sand, served un…

Inside the Amorepacific headquarters in Yongsan, on the left side of the ground floor, Osulloc's flagship lets guests s…

Nobody comes to take your order: pay first at the kiosk at the back, where the menu is in English and has no photos. Ta…

Garlic-loaded kimchi, sharp enough that the taste lingers after the meal, arrives with bowls of kalguksu in a dense chi…

Wedgwood plates and polished cutlery set the table for wood-fired pizza in Hannam-dong. The signature half-and-half pie…

The door opens only when you pull down a giant brush hanging on the wall, a speakeasy-style entrance to Kyochon's premi…

Warm maple syrup and butter are all the plain pancakes and waffles need. Both are soft and fluffy on their own. Monte C…

Everything from the chipotle chicken bowl to the mushroom burger is plant-based, and portions are large. The bowl is pi…

Staff do all the grilling: chilled Hokkaido lamb chops and loin, aged in-house, go onto a brazier set into the table al…

Up a flight of stairs on Itaewon-ro 14-gil, the room looks like an old pub, with dark timber furniture and South Africa…

Starch slurry poured around the shrimp gunmandu sets into a thin, lacy skirt, and breaking through that crisp edge rele…

Dongsuh Foods' Maxim brand fills an entire standalone building on Itaewon-ro with a cafe, from the basement to the thir…

Cheongyeop, the signature, is pork jowl laced with layers of fat; on the coals its edges crisp while the center stays s…

Some window seats look out toward N Seoul Tower, and the low lighting keeps the room quiet and calm. The wood-fired Mar…