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Tucked into the alley beside the Garden Hotel, between Mapo and Gongdeok stations, this branch spreads open seating and…

Fobi Basic takes over an entire three-story building near Hapjeong Station, and each floor has its own interior look. T…

A Japanese owner runs the kitchen and a Korean owner runs the floor at this long-standing basement spot in Ichon-dong,…

From the 81st floor of Lotte World Tower, inside Signiel, Seoul spreads out below the windows, and a sunset booking tur…

In the gochu tangsuyuk, the crunch comes from crisp fried nurungji (scorched rice) rather than batter, sharing the plat…

Christmas garlands and a tree stay up all year among the fireplace, chandeliers and antique furniture. Oven-baked rose…

No second orders are taken. Decide up front how much tteokbokki to get along with ramen, chewy jjolmyeon noodles, fish…

The aged kimchi is not sweetened to mask its sourness, so the godeungeo kimchi jjim, mackerel braised under whole kimch…

Oak logs burn in a red oven built by a Neapolitan artisan, and the dough, made with Italian flour, comes out puffed and…

Square cuts instead of eight triangular slices make even the 18-inch party pie easy to share from the middle outward. S…

Hanwoo beef grills inside a hanok-style dining room that looks out on a tended garden near Gyeongbokgung Station. The g…

Baked without wheat flour, the gluten-free bread still comes out moist and soft, and in the bacon jalapeno cheese sandw…

The bibim-guksu sauce leans sweet, with just enough chili to wake up the appetite, and both noodle dishes come heavily…

An Englishman runs this small cafe and wine bar on the fourth floor of a building with no sign, reached by a narrow sta…

The all-you-can-eat deal at this grill near Sadang Station bundles frozen pork belly, hangjeongsal (pork jowl), thin-sl…

The pork ferments in onggi jars made of red clay, then gets seared in a ground-floor grilling room before it reaches yo…

Besides the cup you order, the owner tends to bring small tastes of other drip coffees, turning a visit into a comparis…

The name says gomguksi, but the clear Andong-style noodle soup is mild to the point of bland, and the pot people actual…

Even the smallest haemul-jjim (spicy braised seafood with bean sprouts) feeds about three adults. The bean sprouts rele…

Detroit-style pizza comes out of a square pan with caramelized, crunchy edges and a crisp base. Jackson 5 is the signat…

About 60m down from Hoegi Station exit 2, plates arrive with a pork cutlet roughly the size of a face, in the old Korea…

Beef broth rather than herbs leads the bowl of basic pho, rich and a little oily, topped with several cuts of beef. Por…

Freshwater eel is cleaned on site and grilled for you by staff over charcoal on a domed grill, with an exhaust undernea…

Inside the cypress steamer, glass-noodle sundae and blood sundae sit side by side, so the two sausage styles are easy t…