Restaurants in Seoul - 1768+ Picks | Page 58

Daylight pours through the tall front windows at lunch, and after dark the lights drop low enough to turn the high-ceil…

The pan-fried dumplings release a rush of juice on the first bite, and the xiaolongbao are just as full. Buddha Jumps O…

Dim lighting and jazz set the mood, and in the evening the room turns into a bar where burgers come with drinks. Signat…

Signatures and drawings left since the 1990s cover the entrance of this second Cafe Coin, a Myeongdong name dating to 1…

Tucked inside a shopping arcade between Chungmuro Station and Dongguk University's back gate, this small noodle shop re…

Cooked at the table, the instant tteokbokki runs slightly hotter than Shin Ramyun, and cooked perilla leaves leave a st…

Salt-grilled chicken (sogeum sutbul gyegogi) goes over charcoal with no sauce, just seasoning and smoke, while the yang…

Stone-ground soy milk lands at a creamy middle thickness, neither pasty nor thin, and stays cool even without ice, pour…

Each cup or cone holds two flavors, and two small tasting spoons of other flavors come on top. Rice gelato with chewy r…

Log pillars rising nearly to the ceiling, large plants, gravel, a small aquarium and a running water channel split the…

Hire-katsu (tenderloin) and rosu-katsu (loin) anchor the menu on a Hongdae side street, with several sauce-led variatio…

Four abandoned hanok (traditional Korean houses) were joined together in 2014 by photographer Louis Park to make this s…

Savory Korean pancakes (jeon) fill most of the menu at this pub-style bar in Heukseok-dong, from seafood scallion and s…

The Greek yogurt is strained thick in-house every day and kept mild in acidity, leaving the fruit on top to do most of…

After moving from Yeonhui-dong to Hongjecheon-ro in Hongeun-dong, the shop still grills Jeju nokdon pork belly and thic…

Bossam is eaten in a converted hanok on Gyedong-gil in Bukchon, with a courtyard visible through tall windows. The pork…

Cappuccino arrives in a soba cup rather than a mug, its firm, silky foam sitting as a separate layer over the espresso.…

Inside this hanok off Insadong-gil, guests take off their shoes and sit on a heated ondol floor beside a small garden,…

Down an alley near Hansung University Station, a converted hanok with a small courtyard holds a bar lined with bags of…

The marinated pork galbi has an old-school charcoal-grill flavor and comes in big portions: 4 servings left two diners…

Run by a book publisher, this Yeonnam cafe hands out menus bound like books and lines a wall with a large bookshelf und…

The tenderloin is soft enough to fall apart, while the loin is cut thick, keeps a proper chew and has no porky smell. S…

Beef slices and vegetables arranged on a brass platter, then warmed in poured broth, make up eobokjaengban, the Pyongya…

Teuk-rosu katsu uses loin with its fat layer and a fatty cap cut called gabeuri still attached, so each slice chews dif…