
Scope Seochon
스코프 서촌점
The butter scone looks noticeably bigger than those at most dessert cafes, with a crisp shell and a soft crumb, and clo…
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스코프 서촌점
The butter scone looks noticeably bigger than those at most dessert cafes, with a crisp shell and a soft crumb, and clo…
Cafe
Jongno
서울커피 익선본점
Behind a tiled roof and wooden gate, a courtyard opens onto a hanok that keeps its original pillars and roof framing, w…

칼스토랑 본점
Noodles are made fresh in-house, rested at low temperature, and boiled only after you order. Gogi kalguksu, the meat no…

우이락 망원본점
Oversized chili peppers stuffed tight with seasoned ground pork, then battered and fried, are Uirak's calling card, wit…

Camillo Lasagneria 카밀로라자네리아
Emiliana lasagna layers crisp-edged pasta over ragu and eats lighter than the heavy baked versions most people picture.…
Cafe
Mapo
커피랩
Portafilters crowd the ceiling and the lighting stays low, while staff bring menus to the table, take orders and carry…

수저가
Thin slices of beef keep surfacing from the bottom of the bowl long after the noodles are gone in the gogi jjamppong, t…

르프리크 성수
Nashville hot chicken burgers come in heat levels, and even level 1 has a real kick. The specials are chicken nanban an…

파네트
Olive cheese bread has a crackly crust and a crumb so moist it seems almost wet, yet still chewy, with an unusual cut f…

비나레스토랑
Indian staff run this curry house by Korea University's main gate, and the naan comes out thick and chewy, closer to a…
Bakery
Junggu
러시아 케이크
Behind the shop window, Russian-speaking staff assemble cakes throughout the day. Ingredients are labeled by origin, mo…
Cafe
Junggu
커피 리브레 명동성당점
Inside the grounds of Myeongdong Cathedral, the cafe makes an easy stop before or after Mass, though it has only a few…
Coffee
Yeongdeungpo
카페꼼마 여의도점
Once a bookstore, this two-floor space near Yeouido Station still holds shelves of new releases and children's books, a…

조개도
Gravel covers the indoor floor, so walking to your seat sounds like crossing a beach at a seaside clam shack. Grilled s…

BukChangDong Soondubu 북창동순두부 명동점
Three floors up on Myeongdong 7-gil, bubbling sundubu, a soft-tofu stew, arrives with freshly cooked stone-pot rice. Ba…
Cafe
Eunpyeong
YM Coffee Project
There is no espresso machine: every coffee is brewed by hand drip or siphon, and from the big bar counter you can watch…
Vegan
Yongsan
Camouflage
Soy chicken made from soy protein, wheat gluten and soy-milk fiber pulls apart in strands much like poultry, and it rep…
Cafe
Jongno
까페랑솜
Inside, the cafe looks like a Nordic attic or a storybook room, with small props placed in every corner. Several kinds…

레이브피자 RAVE PIZZA
Down a residential alley near Sookmyung Women's University, a small room filled with colorful props has an LP player sp…
Korean
Gangnam
막걸리너리
Three makgeolli are brewed in-house: ricotta cheese, blueberry and a house version made without aspartame or additives.…

강남 중식당
It sits in an ageing apartment-complex arcade in Dangsan, yet at lunch the large dining room fills and plastic stools a…

일품향
Most of the staff speak Chinese among themselves at this ethnic-Chinese restaurant near the Chinese Embassy in Myeongdo…

수연산방
Writer Lee Tae-jun wrote much of his fiction in this hanok, now a designated Seoul folk heritage house that his grandda…
Middle Eastern
Gangnam
허머스키친
Chicken shakshuka works like eggs in purgatory: tomato sauce and soft eggs, topped with spiced chicken and kept hot ove…