
Idonjip
이돈집
Thick pieces of pre-seared pork go into the boiling kimchi stew, and staff finish it at the table with scallions and to…
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이돈집
Thick pieces of pre-seared pork go into the boiling kimchi stew, and staff finish it at the table with scallions and to…
Cafe
Gangdong
온온커피
A large window behind the counter frames a wall of greenery, and jazz and R&B play at low volume in this small Seongnae…
Cafe
Dongjak
ST535로스터리카페
Specialty pour-over made from beans roasted on site is the draw at this neighborhood cafe in the ground-floor shopping…

마토미 타코
Chopped beef intestine in the tripas taco crisps at the edges like fried chicken skin and stays chewy inside, with a he…
Bar
Yongsan
사운드 독
About 30 seats and the stage share one small room inside Huam Market, close enough that piano, drums and bass reach the…
Pub
Mapo
브루하임
Brewing happens in the same building as the bar, and the craft beer goes straight from the brewery to the taps. IPA, st…
Restaurant
Mapo
우메이징
The owner grills every piece at the table and explains each cut as it comes off the fire. Ordering hanu al-deungsim (ri…
Cafe
Jongno
백화밀
Honey from hives in the backyard goes onto the croffles and into the honey coffee. The cafe sits at the top of a Buam-d…

카페 사루
Saru moved from Gyeongnidan-gil into an old house in a Yaksu-dong alley, keeping the home's layout and filling it with…

금바위감자탕
After more than 30 years in Garak-dong, this gamjatang (pork-bone and potato stew) house moved to Munjeong-dong and now…
Korean BBQ
Mapo
대도식당 마포대로점
A renovation left the dining room and restrooms noticeably clean and bright. Waits are shorter than they once were, res…

난랑
Thin slices of beef brisket and a heap of vegetables crowd the spicy broth of the chadol jjamppong, the house noodle so…
Cafe
Mapo
비파티세리 공덕점
A thin brush of syrup on the classic kouign-amann leaves the pastry shattering rather than sticky, with butter running…

적당
Red timber arches and a small dry garden of stone, sand and bamboo fill a building lobby by Exit 1-1 of Euljiro 1-ga St…

미아리우동집 하월곡점
The udon uses thick, dense noodles closer to jajangmyeon strands than to Japanese udon, and they keep their bite in the…
Coffee
Mapo
오츠커피 연남 Oatscoffee Yeonnam
Oat milk sits at the core of the menu rather than serving as an add-on. The oat-milk latte layers nutty oat and gentle…
Chinese
Gangnam
논현양꼬치
Each table has an automatic rotating roaster that turns the skewers so the lamb browns evenly on every side. Lamb rib s…

당산옛날곱창
One assorted platter puts gopchang, daechang, makchang and beef heart on the same grill, each with its own fat and chew…

에이비카페
The cafe fills an entire building near Gangnam Station: order on the ground floor, then climb through floors that each…
Cafe
Jongno
커피스트
Across the lane from Seonggok Art Museum, this pour-over cafe has been brewing in the same spot for more than twenty ye…
Turkish
Yongsan
앙카라피크닉
Turkish staff take orders in fluent Korean at the kebab shop right outside Itaewon Station Exit 3. The mixed rice plate…

라자트
Uzbek diners fill a good share of the tables on Usadan-ro, and ordering goes more smoothly in English than in Korean. L…

메차쿠차 광장점
Every table has a small mortar for grinding sesame seeds into the katsu sauce. Deungsim-gaseu, the rosu katsu, is fried…

얼큰수제비해물칼국수
Meals begin with barley rice mixed with yeolmu, young radish kimchi, and sesame oil before the noodles come. The spicy…