Cafe
Junggu
Lotus Lab
로투스랩
Nobody hands you a bean menu at this counter on a slope just off busy Myeong-dong: describe the acidity and aroma you l…
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Cafe
Junggu
로투스랩
Nobody hands you a bean menu at this counter on a slope just off busy Myeong-dong: describe the acidity and aroma you l…

부르 vuur
Vuur means fire, and the room is designed around that idea, with a fully open kitchen where diners watch the chefs work…

착한낙지 목동점
Thick, springy octopus is stir-fried in a fiery sauce and mixed into white rice for nakji-bokkeum-deopbap, the dish mos…

청어람 망원점
Udon noodles come tucked under the small gopchang-jeongol, a beef intestine hot pot sized for two, so no extra noodles…

영화루
Cheongyang chili, a sharp Korean green pepper, drives both house noodles at this old Seochon Chinese-Korean restaurant:…
Halal
Seocho
할랄가이즈 강남점
Platters are rice topped with meat and sauce: chicken on the chicken platter, a lamb-and-beef blend on the gyro platter…

러스트 베이커리
Light pours through tall windows into a converted Mullae-dong factory, where vintage props fill both floors. The large…

녹원쌈밥 연희점
Kale, perilla leaves, green and red lettuce, angelica and napa cabbage sit in a self-service vegetable fridge, and refi…

육영토종한우 본점
Beef comes straight from an in-house butcher counter, cutting out middlemen and keeping domestic beef relatively afford…

장수갈매기
Galmaegisal, pork skirt from the diaphragm, is aged in a minced-garlic marinade and grilled over charcoal. The dining r…
Korean BBQ
Gangnam
연타발 압구정점
Over hardwood charcoal, thick pieces of teukyang (prime beef tripe) stay springy and crisp to the bite, while Korean be…

호남마을
A free doenjang stew loaded with river snails and blue crab arrives with each order of samgyeopsal, grilled pork belly.…

일번지정육식당 돌곶이점
Beef is picked from the butcher's counter and grilled by diners on a round tabletop grill near Dolgoji Station. Keun so…

팔팔해물탕(八八海鮮湯)
A whole lobster crowns the pot, with clams, octopus, abalone and vegetables simmering underneath, and pots come in medi…
Italian
Gangnam
H450
Squid and shrimp fill the seafood ttukbaegi pasta, served in a Korean earthenware pot, at this long-running Italian spo…

아리산채
For over 10 years, a neighborhood Chinese-Korean kitchen on Susaek-ro near DMC Station has turned out rice dishes that…

미분당 공덕
One bowl of chadol-yangji-himjul pho carries three cuts at once, thin-sliced chadol (brisket point), yangji (brisket) a…

멘야준
The special shoyu ramen is deep and heavy, while the special shiro-shoyu uses pale soy with pepper, herbs and a faint n…
Pub
Dongjak
리버풀펍 LIVERPOOL PUB
Red neon, Liverpool shirts and historic club scarves cover the walls, and every seat turns toward one big projector scr…

산채가
The cauldron rice is cooked to order and takes about 15 minutes to reach the table. Three fillings go into the pot: gon…

모스키친
Fried at low temperature, the pork cutlets come out with a pale golden, light crust. The sang-roseu katsu puts three pi…

무쇠김치삼겹 홍대점
Instead of a flat grill, a cast-iron pot lid holds thick pork belly, Korean-made kimchi and tofu, and staff cook everyt…

카와카츠 합정점
The Hapjeong branch also goes by Otoko, Japanese for man, and its tokurosu katsu is anything but delicate. About 240 gr…
Cocktail Bar
Gangnam
믹솔로지
Down a staircase to a basement off Dosan-daero, two Marshall speakers on either side of the room set the soundtrack. Th…