
Geumgye Jjimdak Myeongdong
금계찜닭 명동점
Floor-to-ceiling windows run up both levels of this Myeongdong shop near Euljiro 1-ga Station, and further inside the t…
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금계찜닭 명동점
Floor-to-ceiling windows run up both levels of this Myeongdong shop near Euljiro 1-ga Station, and further inside the t…

브레라 레스토랑
Fresh pasta made in-house is chewier and denser than standard dried pasta. It is a two-minute walk from Beotigogae Stat…

다운타우너 잠실점
Patties are kept to a manageable thickness, so the burgers are easy to bite through, and the shop sits on Songnidan-gil…

농민백암왕순대
A mound of chili paste sits on top of each bowl of sundaetguk, and stirring it all in at once floods the rich bone brot…

목란
Menbosha and dongpo pork both need advance preparation, so they are ordered when the table is booked rather than on arr…

서관면옥
The lunch special set, Seogwan Myeonsang, lays out salad, porridge, bulgogi, a dumpling and a slice of boiled beef alon…

신미경 홍대닭갈비
Instead of starting raw chicken at the table, the kitchen does most of the cooking and transfers the dakgalbi to a hot…

육몽 홍대본점
Booking ahead gets a table already set with side dishes, while evening walk-ins face long waits. The charcoal-scented p…
Korean
Seocho
청계산곤드레집
Rice steamed with gondeure, a mountain green, is mixed at the table with seasoned soy sauce or gangdoenjang, a thick so…

마포양지설렁탕
The broth sits between clear and milky, with thin slices of brisket and a few strands of somyeon noodles. Salt, scallio…

이도곰탕
The building was once a family house, entered either from the parking lot out front or through a wooden-stair gate off…
Coffee
Jongno
블루보틀 삼청 카페
Orders are taken on the first floor and drinks are handed out one level up, a split that briefly confuses first-time vi…

광화문국밥
The pork-bone soup here runs clear enough to see the bottom of the bowl, lightly seasoned and almost free of porky smel…

원조 조박집 본관
Each order of yangnyeom dwaeji galbi (marinated pork ribs) mixes rib meat and pork neck on one plate, giving the grill…

정식당
Bang-a herb oil, gamtae seaweed and kimchi broth turn up across chef Yim Jung-sik's tasting menu, Korean ingredients wo…
Cafe
Yongsan
오설록 1979 플래그십 스토어
Inside the Amorepacific headquarters in Yongsan, on the left side of the ground floor, Osulloc's flagship lets guests s…

보니스피자펍
Nobody comes to take your order: pay first at the kiosk at the back, where the menu is in English and has no photos. Ta…

뱃고동
Squid and octopus have been stir-fried under the same old-money decor and distinctive hand-lettered sign in Apgujeong s…

영천영화
No gochujang goes into the yukhoe bibimbap: the seasoning comes from the raw beef itself and spreads only when the bowl…

스윗솔트 카페
Gildong Park's woods press right up against the cafe. From the mountain-side terrace and the second-floor outdoor seats…

공릉닭한마리
The whole chicken lands in the pot uncut; staff cut it into pieces at the table, and it simmers for about 10 minutes be…

삼육가 본점
Dense crosshatch scoring on the kkotsamgyeop (pork belly) and kkotmoksal (pork neck) lets rendered fat run through the…

유즈라멘 본점
Yuzu lifts a chicken-and-seafood broth in the yuzu shio ramen, the house signature behind Seoul Station under a 'Korean…

성북동 메밀수제비 누룽지백숙
One whole nurungji baeksuk, a slow-boiled chicken with scorched rice, feeds about four, so pairs often take leftover ch…