Group dinners in Myeongdong, Seoul: 12 places (October 2026)
12 restaurants in the Korea on a Plate guide for group dinners in Myeongdong, ranked Monthly 30 first and then by Google rating. Each has hours, a price per person and what to order.
In this guide: Hangaram, Cheolcheol Bokjip, Namdaemun Daega, East Village Seoul, Manjok Ohyang Jokbal.
At a glance: Price per person ₩12,000–₩38,000 (middle ₩20,000). Average Google rating ★4.1. 0 of 12 are open late or 24 hours.
Updated 2026-10-05
Tips before you go
Myeongdong is the main shopping street, next to Myeongdong station (Line 4) and Euljiro.
For six or more, book by phone or Naver booking and ask for a private room (called a "room").
Hangaram serves hanjeongsik-style set meals near City Hall, including a herbal-style (yakseon) soy-marinated crab set, an abalone and braised beef shank set, a bulgogi set and a spicy freshwater-crab hot pot. DiningCode reviewers most often describe it as upscale, clean and generous with portions.
START WITHGanjang-gejang · raw crab marinated in soy sauce, served as a set meal
A blowfish restaurant on a side street between Euljiro 1-ga and Myeongdong where the whole menu is bok: clear bok-jiri and spicy bok-maeuntang at ₩28,000, and salt-grilled blowfish, blowfish bulgogi and grilled milt at ₩43,000. DiningCode reviewers mostly describe it as lively, old-school and unpretentious.
Groups & sharingFirst time in KoreaNear the sights
₩22,000 per person
Hours 11:00–21:00
A large, bright dining hall in the heart of Namdaemun Market with seating for over a hundred, this spot is built for the market's steady flow of shoppers and tour groups rather than a quiet meal. It's a dependable, filling stop near Seoul Station and the market's kitchenware and fabric alleys.
START WITHWanggalbitang · large-cut beef short rib soup
East Village Seoul, near City Hall Station, is listed on DiningCode for its barley rice set meal. The wider menu includes old-style pork cutlet, whole fried chicken, tofu with spicy pork and kimchi, an LA galbi set, spicy braised chicken and seafood pancake. Reviewers most often describe it as clean, casual, generous and unpretentious.
Widely cited as the original shop of Namdaemun Market's galchi-jorim alley, with decades of history at the same spot. It's a fast meal of cutlassfish bubbling in a spicy-savory sauce over rice, eaten shoulder to shoulder with market regulars.
Chamsutgol in Mugyo-dong is listed on DiningCode for dolsot bibimbap and jeyuk dolsot bibimbap. Stone-pot bibimbap runs ₩15,000–17,000 and Korean beef yukhoe bibimbap is ₩10,500, while charcoal-grilled cuts such as kkot-deungsim (₩67,000) and an evening grill set (₩175,000) are also offered; DiningCode reviewers most often describe it as clean, upscale and formal.
START WITHDolsot bibimbap · rice and vegetables in a hot stone pot
Jingogae, near Chungmuro Station, is listed on DiningCode for galbi-jjim and eobok-jaengban. The galbi-jjim set is ₩24,000 and the eobok-jaengban, a shared platter of sliced meat in broth, is ₩95,000, alongside galbitang, yukgaejang and naengmyeon; DiningCode reviewers most often call it down-to-earth, casual and popular with locals.
First time in KoreaGroups & sharingNear the sights
₩12,000 per person
Hours Mon–Fri 11:30–21:00; Sat–Sun 11:30–20:00
Opened in 1948 and still run by the same Chinese-Korean family three generations later, Andongjang is widely cited as Korea's oldest Chinese restaurant. It sits in the heart of Euljiro's older commercial blocks, a five-minute walk from the neighborhood's famous alley bars, and offers a calmer, sit-down alternative to them.
START WITHJjajangmyeon & gul-jjamppong · black bean noodles and oyster seafood noodle soup
Run by the same family for three generations near Jangchung-dong's cluster of Pyongyang-style noodle houses, this quiet, unadorned dining room serves a clean, restrained broth that Michelin's Seoul guide has repeatedly singled out. It's an easy, filling stop near Dongguk University and Namsan, on the same strip that gave the neighborhood its noodle reputation.
The restaurant traces back to an eatery its founder opened in 1957, part of the original wave of cooks who turned this street into Seoul's best-known jokbal alley. Trotters are simmered in a soy-based broth until the skin turns glossy and tender, then sliced to share.
A roughly 45-year-old naengmyeon house near Myeongdong that has held a Michelin Bib Gourmand listing for several years. Its broth leans on dongchimi radish-kimchi brine rather than heavy beef stock, giving it a light, tangy character.
START WITHNaengmyeon & eobok-jaengban · cold buckwheat noodles and a brass platter of sliced beef
Which restaurants in Korea are good for group dinners in Myeongdong?
In this guide: Hangaram, Cheolcheol Bokjip, Namdaemun Daega, East Village Seoul, Manjok Ohyang Jokbal.
Which is the cheapest here?
Andongjang, about ₩12,000 per person.
Which has the highest Google rating?
Namdaemun Daega: ★4.9 from 141 reviews.
How were these chosen?
Every place is in the Korea on a Plate guide, written by an editor who runs four restaurants in Seoul. The list is filtered from published hours, prices and tags; nobody pays to be listed.
