Restaurants in Seoul - 1768+ Picks | Page 55

Seven or so seats at a single bar counter make up the whole room, and ordering turns into a conversation with the barte…

In the Yongdu-dong octopus alley, this shop's sauce starts sweet and lets the chili heat climb with every bite. Jjukkum…

The restaurant sits partway up a steep lane in Huam-dong, which makes the walk a small climb. There is no parking, and…

The Cream Satang doughnut has a sugar shell that cracks like candied fruit over a custard-filled center. This Yeonnam-d…

Each donut is big enough to fill you up on its own, with a lightly crisp shell, a moist crumb and pronounced sweetness.…

Staff grill the oversized pork ribs at your table, and the sweet marinade picks up a smoky edge from the charcoal. Ever…

Waffles are baked as soon as you order, crisp outside and soft within, and only lightly sweet, which leaves room for a…

No bones or offal go into the broth. Korean beef brisket, shank and head meat alone produce a clear, lightly fatty Naju…

With every seat in a private room and no open hall, meals of bluefin tuna near Seolleung Station run quietly. Tuna cube…

Very thin, firm noodles in the Hakata style pull up a pork-bone broth that runs less salty and oily than many bowls in…

Plain, fig, blueberry, matcha, spinach, red pepper and olive cheese bagels line the display, all baked in a wood-fired…

Beer is brewed on site at this Gongneung-dong brewhouse and poured straight from the taps. Vienna Lager runs deep and m…

Large handmade dumplings with thin wrappers, filled with minced meat, tofu, bean sprouts and chives, sit in clear beef…

Yang suyuk, lamb boiled until it pulls apart along the grain, comes out with no gamey smell and is eaten with a house s…

Samgyetang arrives in a glass bowl, which makes it easy to portion out, and a small plate of chicken gizzards comes fir…

Snow crab sits out two ways, chilled and freshly steamed, with abalone, sashimi and sushi filling out the seafood secti…

Oats and barley give the cream risotto a chewy bite, and the sauce stays light enough to finish the plate without fatig…

At the original Gimjin Moksam on Jahamun-ro 1-gil, a staff member stays with each table and grills everything. The thic…

Milgotgan's salt bread leans mild rather than salty, with a thin layer of butter inside doing most of the work. Pastram…

A renovated old house in a residential lane of Yongsan holds this roastery cafe, with high ceilings and a retro feel le…

Tucked into the residential streets behind Apgujeong Station, this coffee bar curves in brick red, black and olive unde…

Unpasteurized namazake comes by the glass at this small sake bar in an alley off Gangnam-daero 48-gil. Pours range from…

Both faces of the Dubai bagel are dipped thick in chocolate, with pistachio spread and kadaif pastry inside, so it tast…

Cumin galbi sauce, reminiscent of lamb-skewer seasoning, meets pickled jalapenos in the jalapeno cumin burger, spicy en…