Cafe
Seongdong
B-Day Seongsu
비데이 성수점
White walls and big screens make this Seongsu cafe a regular venue for K-pop birthday cafes and album events. Past even…
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Cafe
Seongdong
비데이 성수점
White walls and big screens make this Seongsu cafe a regular venue for K-pop birthday cafes and album events. Past even…
Coffee
Mapo
커네스 브루잉스팟 연남점
Pick a single-origin pour-over here: the Yeonnam branch of Kunes Brewing Spot, whose original shop is in Haengsin-dong,…

아소정
Beef short ribs braised with jujubes, ginkgo nuts, mushrooms and pine nuts until the meat slips off the bone anchor the…

락희옥 마포본점
Wine and whisky can be brought in with no corkage fee, and whisky is poured into dedicated glasses, so the Korean dishe…

기리야마본진
The noodles are pulled in-house and come out thinner than typical udon, yet just as chewy as the thick kind. Zaru udon…

제일곱창
Staff grill the modum gopchang (mixed offal platter) of small intestine, large intestine, heart and tripe right at the…
Italian
Mapo
오뗄드꾸뜨
Topped with honeycomb and seasonal fruit, the honeycomb seasonal fruit French toast leans on bread sweetness and fruit…
Cafe
Mapo
연남동 벚꽃집
A converted house on Donggyo-ro 29-gil serves the Beotkkotjip cream latte, royal milk tea and drinks made with house fr…
Cocktail Bar
Jongno
바 참
Inside a hanok in the Seochon alleys, this bar builds cocktails on Korean traditional liquors and regional ingredients,…

혼신꼬치
Skewers go over charcoal in an open kitchen facing the bar seats, so counter diners watch each one cook. Negima pairs c…

호선생전 HOSUNSENG
Clean interiors and an in-house restroom set this jeon and traditional-liquor bar apart from the crowded old stalls of…
Japanese
Dongjak
규동집
Sliced beef with scallions and pickled radish sits over rice in the gyudon served on the ground floor of this Noryangji…
Coffee
Seongdong
이리데센트
A few perilla leaves stand in the kkaennip smoothie, which hits first with lemon and lime brightness before the herbal…

바이젠하우스
Though it sits in a basement right outside Exit 11 of Sadang Station, the craft beer pub has high ceilings and plenty o…

일일향 2호점
Tangsuyuk comes straight from the fryer with a clear lemon sauce on the side, so the crust stays crisp while you dip. E…

자코비버거
The Naejang Pagoe Burger, roughly 'gut-buster', is sized for two; ask for an extra bun and it becomes two burgers. Guac…

강남 원주추어탕
Chueotang, loach soup, comes in a large pot rather than an earthenware bowl and keeps simmering on the table burner whi…

매덕스 피자
New York-style pizza is sold by the large slice, so a table can mix margherita, chorizo pepperoni and Hawaiian without…

피터팬 1978
Behind a European-style facade sits a familiar neighborhood bakery that has operated in Yeonhui-dong since 1978. The ra…

댓짱돈까스 본점
Moving across the street gave the original Datjjang Donkkaseu in Bangbae-dong room for about 80 seats in a clean, black…
Italian
Yongsan
오스테리아 오르조
Fresh tajarin, aged and cut in-house, stays springy long after it lands, and the white ragu over it is dense with savor…

더하우스1932 The house 1932
Completed in December 1932 as a wooden house, the building served as General Dean's residence under the US military gov…

권식족발
One platter of the half-and-half king jokbal (braised pig's trotters) holds plain trotters beside red, charcoal-grilled…

죠죠 용산점
The ground floor puts diners at a dachi counter facing a large griddle, watching okonomiyaki and noodles cook. Upstairs…