Restaurants in Seoul - 1768+ Picks | Page 24

Fat is skimmed from the beef neck-bone broth until, like Pyongyang naengmyeon stock, almost none shows on the surface,…

Galmaegisal (pork skirt) and Daegu-style makchang (grilled intestine) leave the kitchen already cooked, and the briquet…

A wristband handed over at the door logs every pour from the self-serve taps by the milliliter, so you can try several…

In a second-floor room about 250 meters from Dongdaemun History and Culture Park Station, the owner grills the beef ove…

From the hanok windows in Bukchon you look out at the mountains while drinking omija tea made with house-made five-flav…

Under a heap of garlic chives sits the house specialty near Yeongdeungpo Station: sokkori-jjim, oxtail in a soy-based s…

The first spoonful is mild, almost bland, because the broth is clear and light, and it deepens as the pot simmers down.…

The menu says saeng deungsim, fresh sirloin, but the beef is wet-aged, and it goes onto a cast-iron plate just long eno…

Near Nambu Bus Terminal, the smell of charcoal reaches you at the door, where pork is grilled right by the entrance. Th…

On the ground floor, workers roll dough, spoon in filling and pleat each wang mandu by hand before stacking them in tal…

This second-floor snack shop has been in Myeongdong since the 1980s, and nearly everything on the menu leans sweet. The…

Mushrooms on the grill carry ink stamps so you can tell apart the cuts in the modeum special: hwangjae-sal, ppolsal (ch…

Compared with its busy neighbors on Jongno's dakhanmari alley (whole chicken simmered in a pot), this shop has more spa…

Saloon-style decor and loud American energy set the tone at this Itaewon bar, named to the Asia's 50 Best Bars list. Th…

Tucked one alley off Insadong's main street, a hanok has been fitted with white walls and spare furniture, with the cou…

Flower crab from Korean waters is cleaned in-house and steeped in soy sauce, and the roe-filled females put orange roe…

Inside a renovated hanok more than a century old, the seats wrap around a courtyard left open to the sky. Rafters and w…

Up on the fourth floor of a building 250m from Euljiro 3-ga Station, this izakaya-style bar mixes old-Euljiro grit with…

Stairs from street level on Majo-ro, about 320 meters from Exit 6 of Wangsimni Station, lead down to a basement filled…

The Korean chicken arrives par-cooked and gets a second pass over a charcoal brazier at the table, which drives smoke i…

Soybean-paste broth bubbles away at the table, savory but never sharp with salt. An hourglass timer on each table marks…

Menbosha, shrimp toast with a thick shrimp filling between slices of bread, has been on the menu since opening, though…

Since 1998 this Daehangno pizzeria has carried the name of Antica Pizzeria Di Matteo, which began making Neapolitan piz…

Tomato goes into the kebabs at one of Itaewon's oldest Turkish shops, and the bread is your call: tortilla or baguette.…