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43 restaurants in the Korea on a Plate guide for eating in Gangnam, ranked Monthly 30 first and then by Google rating. Each has hours, a price per person and what to order.
In this guide: Haehwaok, Yongyong Seonsaeng, Yukmian Gangnam branch, Jigang Hansikdang (Jigang Korean Restaurant) Apgujeong Main, 1992 Deopbap & Jjageuri Gangnam Main.
At a glance: Price per person ₩10,000–₩320,000 (middle ₩18,000). Average Google rating ★4.3. 9 of 43 are open late or 24 hours.
Updated 2026-10-05
Disclosure: the editor of this guide runs Haehwaok, Yongyong Seonsaeng. Haehwaok, Yongyong Seonsaeng is placed at #1, 2 as the editor's pick; the other restaurants are ordered by rating.
| Restaurant | Area | Order | Per person | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haehwaok | Gangnam | Beef shank & tendon hot pot | ₩20,000 | ★4.9 |
| Yongyong Seonsaeng | Gangnam | Volcano mala hot pot | ₩30,000 | ★4.7 |
| Yukmian Gangnam branch | Gangnam | Angchang galbi · grilled hanger-cut beef galbi | ₩27,000 | ★4.9 |
| Jigang Hansikdang (Jigang Korean Restaurant) Apgujeong Main | Gangnam | Nakgopsae · spicy stew of octopus, beef intestines and shrimp | ₩17,000 | ★4.7 |
| 1992 Deopbap & Jjageuri Gangnam Main | Gangnam | Jjageuri · thick pork stew eaten with rice | ₩13,500 | ★4.8 |
| Mingles | Gangnam | Tasting Menu · multi-course set menu | ₩320,000 | ★4.5 |
| Samwon Garden | Gangnam | Galbi · marinated grilled short ribs | ₩80,000 | ★4.1 |
| Nongmin Baekam Sundae | Gangnam | Sundae-gukbap · pork blood sausage and offal rice soup | ₩11,000 | ★4.5 |
| Muwol Siktak | Gangnam | Yetnal so-bulgogi ssambap · old-style beef bulgogi with lettuce wraps | ₩16,500 | ★4.5 |
| Bongmilga | Gangnam | Pyeongyang mul-guksu · buckwheat noodles in chilled beef broth | ₩15,500 | ★4.5 |
Sinnonhyeon
해화옥 신논현 직영점
₩20,000 per person
Open 24 hours
Haehwaok is a 24-hour Korean restaurant near Sinnonhyeon Station in Gangnam, Seoul. Visit for Hanwoo beef soup, beef shank and tendon hot pot, bulgogi and Korean beef barbecue, from breakfast to late-night dining.
Nonhyeon
용용선생 논현점
₩30,000 per person
Hours Sun–Fri 17:00–02:00; Sat 17:00–05:00
A Hong Kong-style pub in Nonhyeon for a table of bold, shareable dishes. Start with the signature volcano mala hot pot.
육미안 강남점
₩27,000 per person
Hours 12:00–22:00
Yukmian's Gangnam branch, near Sinnonhyeon Station, is listed on DiningCode as a beef barbecue restaurant. Cuts include angchang galbi and bon galbi (250 g, ₩27,000 each) and pork galbi (200 g, ₩16,000), with fried rice and a truffle galbi sotbap to finish; DiningCode reviewers most often describe it as clean, pretty and casual.
지강한식당 압구정본점
₩17,000 per person
Hours 11:00–22:00
Jigang Hansikdang's main Apgujeong restaurant is listed on DiningCode for nakgopsae and Korean dishes. Nakgopsae is ₩17,000, with variations such as chadol nakgopsae (₩20,000), plus cheese octopus stir-fry, an octopus bibimbap set and Korean beef yukhoe; DiningCode reviewers most often describe it as clean, generous and casual.
1992 덮밥&짜글이 강남본점
₩13,500 per person
Hours 10:30–23:00
This main branch is about 80 m from Gangnam Station and is listed on DiningCode for rice bowls and jjageuri. Every listed dish, from jjageuri stews to Jeolla-style rice bowls and Jeonju bibimbap, is priced at ₩13,500, and reviewers most often call it down-to-earth, casual, clean and good value.
밍글스
₩320,000 per person
Hours 12:00–22:00
A fine-dining restaurant in Cheongdam serving set tasting menus at lunch and dinner, with wine, Korean liquor (uri sul), signature and selected drink pairings offered at varying prices. DiningCode reviewers most often describe it as upscale, formal, clean and pretty.
삼원가든
₩80,000 per person
Hours Mon–Sat 11:30–21:30; Sun & holidays 11:00–21:00
Opened in 1976, Samwon Garden is a garden-style barbecue house that has hosted generations of Seoul families and business dinners over grilled short ribs. Private rooms and a landscaped courtyard make it feel like an occasion rather than a quick meal.
Main Branch
농민백암순대 본점
₩11,000 per person
Hours Mon–Fri 11:10–21:00; Sat 11:10–15:30
Baekam sundae is a style from Baekam in Yongin, where the sausage is packed with vegetables and glass noodles rather than filler and the broth is a clear pork bone stock. This is the original branch of the Nongmin group and it draws a steady office lunch crowd from the Daechi and Seolleung blocks. The soup arrives with sundae and assorted pork offal already in the bowl.
무월식탁
₩16,500 per person
Hours 11:00–22:00
Muwol Siktak, near Sinnonhyeon and Gangnam Station, is listed on DiningCode for Korean bansang, a tray of rice, soup and side dishes. The menu on file shows one main: old-style beef bulgogi served with lettuce wraps. Reviewers most often call it clean, casual, lively and pretty.
봉밀가
₩15,500 per person
Hours Mon–Sat 11:00–21:00
Opened in 2014 by an owner who mills and cuts his own buckwheat, so the strands are slightly thicker and rougher than at the older Pyongyang houses. The broth is simmered about five hours from Korean beef with medicinal roots, and the house also makes its own pear vinegar, mustard sauce and daily radish kimchi. It appears in the Michelin Guide Seoul selection.
정식당
₩230,000 per person
Hours 12:00–22:00
Jeongsikdang is a fine-dining restaurant in Cheongdam, listed on DiningCode for fine dining and gimbap. Only two prices are listed, a lunch course and a dinner course, and reviewers most often describe it as upscale, formal, quiet and clean.
꿉당
₩35,000 per person
Hours Mon–Fri 15:00–22:50; Sat–Sun 12:00–22:50
Ggupdang is a pork neck specialist directly in front of Sinsa Station. The meat is aged about fifteen days and cooked quickly on a custom aluminium plate over binchotan charcoal. A separate rice dish, developed with a Japanese chef, is meant to be eaten with the pork.
중앙해장
₩14,000 per person
A haejangguk house that has fed Gangnam's after-drinks crowd for about thirty years, running almost round the clock near Samseong Station. The signature bowl combines beef tripe and seonji, the mild blood curd, in a beef broth. There is also a clear brisket gomtang for anyone who would rather skip the offal.
Starfield COEX Mall
플랜튜드
₩18,000 per person
Hours Mon–Sun 11:00–21:00
A fully vegan restaurant on the basement level of Starfield COEX Mall, opened by the Korean food company Pulmuone. The menu is about a dozen dishes that lean Korean, including a bibimbap with crumbled tofu, a tomato-based sundubu stew and tofu katsu over rice. Tablets at the table show each dish with its nutritional information.
강남 원주추어탕
₩15,000 per person
Hours 10:00–22:00, Monday–Saturday
Running for roughly four decades near the Gangnam/Sinnonhyeon office district, this specialist serves chueotang, a hearty mudfish soup considered a classic restorative dish across Korea. It's a good change of pace from Gangnam's newer restaurants, a genuine old-school lunch spot rather than a trend-driven one.
김북순 큰남비집 본점
₩12,000 per person
Hours 10:30–21:30
Gim Buk-sun Keunnambijip's main restaurant, on the Garosu-gil side of Sinsa-dong, is listed on DiningCode for kimchi-jjigae and rolled omelette. Pork, tuna and Spam kimchi-jjigae and seafood soft tofu stew are ₩12,000 each, alongside rolled omelette (₩10,000) and grilled dried pollock; DiningCode reviewers most often call it down-to-earth, good value and casual.
면서울
₩14,000 per person
Hours Mon–Sat 11:00–22:00
The second restaurant from chef Kim Do-yun of Yun Seoul, opened because guests asked to buy the house-made noodles on their own. The noodles are milled from a blend of wholewheat with mung bean and soybean and use no chemical additives. It holds a Bib Gourmand in the Michelin Guide.
진미평양냉면
₩18,000 per person
Hours 11:00–21:30
One of Gangnam's most consistently recommended Pyongyang naengmyeon houses, regularly named alongside the city's best in Korean food media. The broth is subtle and savory rather than sweet, meant to be tasted plain before any condiments go in.
외고집설렁탕
₩15,000 per person
Hours Mon–Sat 11:00–21:00
A long-running seolleongtang house in Samseong that has appeared in the Michelin Guide Seoul and the Korean Blue Ribbon Survey. The broth is boiled from beef bones to a pale, clean finish rather than a heavy one, and the room is large and plainly furnished. One bowl of rice per person comes with each order.
홍명
₩12,000 per person
Hours Mon–Sun 11:30–21:30
An old-school Korean-Chinese restaurant off Nonhyeon-ro that has been running for over twenty years and became much busier after appearing on Korean food television. It covers the familiar repertoire of black bean noodles, spicy seafood noodle soup and fried sweet-and-sour pork. Hand-made fried dumplings are only available in the evening.
Express Bus Terminal
반포갈비 고속터미널점
Hours 12:00–23:00
A charcoal beef-rib house inside Banpo Shopping Town at Express Bus Terminal. Raw galbisal and top blade arrive on a steel tray to grill yourself; every staff member greets you at the door, and many customers are foreign.
고운님 포스코사거리점
₩12,000 per person
Hours 11:00–22:00
A restaurant near Seolleung serving Namdo-style (southwestern Korean) food, from a daily set meal and octopus stone-pot rice to yellow croaker spicy stew and three omakase courses. DiningCode reviewers most often describe it as clean, casual, generous and good value.
딸부자네불백 신사본점
₩11,000 per person
Hours 00:00–24:00
Ttalbujane Bulbaek's Sinsa main branch is open 24 hours and serves bulbaek, flame-grilled bulgogi set meals, in spicy pork and beef versions, along with stir-fried octopus, kimchi stew, beef rib meat and naengmyeon. DiningCode reviewers most often describe it as unpretentious, casual, good value and lively.
빨간의자집
₩69,000 per person
Hours 11:00–22:00
Ppalgan Uijajip near Gangnam Station is listed on DiningCode as a barbecue restaurant with a camping theme. The menu runs from a two-person set (₩69,000) and a barbecue and lobster platter (₩168,000) to charcoal-grilled whole cuttlefish (₩25,000) and kimchi fried rice; DiningCode reviewers most often describe it as lively, casual and down-to-earth.
In this guide: Haehwaok, Yongyong Seonsaeng, Yukmian Gangnam branch, Jigang Hansikdang (Jigang Korean Restaurant) Apgujeong Main, 1992 Deopbap & Jjageuri Gangnam Main.
Jeonju Haejangguk, about ₩10,000 per person.
Yukmian Gangnam branch: ★4.9 from 1,460 reviews.
Haehwaok, Yongyong Seonsaeng, 1992 Deopbap & Jjageuri Gangnam Main, Jungang Haejang, Ttalbujane Bulbaek (Many Daughters' House) Sinsa Main branch, Ribukjip.
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