Korean rice dishes and bibimbap: 56 places (October 2026)
56 restaurants in the Korea on a Plate guide for rice dishes, ranked Monthly 30 first and then by Google rating. Each has hours, a price per person and what to order.
In this guide: 1992 Deopbap & Jjageuri Gangnam Main, Ikseon Aetteut, Gosami, Hangaram, Byeolmi Bokkeumjeom.
At a glance: Price per person ₩5,000–₩230,000 (middle ₩14,000). Average Google rating ★4.2. 4 of 56 are open late or 24 hours.
Updated 2026-10-05
Tips before you go
Mix bibimbap well before eating and add gochujang (chili paste) to taste.
Rice dishes are a good choice for a quick solo lunch.
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.
START WITHJjageuri · thick pork stew eaten with rice
Ikseon Aetteut sits in Ikseondong, about 130 m from Jongno 3-ga Station, and is listed on DiningCode for ssambap and beef galbi. The menu runs from pork ssambap and bibimbap to marinated beef galbi and kimchi pancakes, and reviewers most often call it pretty, clean and casual, with a good view.
START WITHGang-doenjang ssambap · lettuce wraps with rice and thick soybean-paste pork
Gosami is a home-style Korean restaurant near Sinchon Station, listed on DiningCode for grilled fish and stir-fried squid. The menu covers grilled mackerel and Spanish mackerel, ojingeo bokkeum, beef bulgogi and two stews at ₩9,000–₩17,000. Reviewers most often describe it as unpretentious, lively, generous and good value.
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
Byeolmi Bokkeumjeom near Yeouido Station is listed on DiningCode for jeyuk bokkeum, spicy stir-fried pork. Every main is cooked over direct flame: pork, squid, webfoot octopus, small octopus, or pork paired with squid or octopus. Steamed egg and chilled acorn jelly soup are the sides. Reviewers most often call it down-to-earth, lively, good value and a lesser-known local pick.
Doma in Insadong is listed on DiningCode for sotbap, rice cooked in an individual pot, and doenjang jjigae. Set meals pair the rice with charcoal-grilled galbi, Iberico pork neck, chicken thigh or mackerel. Reviewers most often call it lively, clean, a lesser-known local pick and casual.
START WITHSotbap · rice cooked to order in a stone pot
A home-style Korean restaurant near Seoul Forest in Seongsu, listed on DiningCode for jipbap, everyday home cooking. Set meals include lettuce wraps, bibimbap with bulgogi, Korean beef tteokgalbi and grilled fish, alongside spicy stir-fried pork and fire-grilled bulgogi. Reviewers most often call it clean, pretty, casual and down-to-earth.
START WITHSsambap jeongsik · lettuce-wrap rice set with side dishes
Hayan Gorae's main Jonggak restaurant is listed on DiningCode for jeotgal (salted seafood) and ssambap. The one-person jeotgal ssambap set costs ₩18,000, with extras such as boiled pork (100 g, ₩10,000), grilled mackerel and spicy braised fish roe; DiningCode reviewers most often describe it as clean, generous and down-to-earth.
START WITHJeotgal ssambap · leaf wraps with rice and salted seafood
A Seongsu branch of a restaurant known for soy-marinated raw crab, with a spicy crab, marinated shrimp and marinated abalone on the same menu, all served as set meals with rice and side dishes. It has a lunch and a dinner service and is closed on Mondays.
START WITHGanjang-gejang · raw crab marinated in soy sauce
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.
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.
START WITHLunch or dinner course · DiningCode also tags it for gimbap
Hanamdong's Yeouido branch is listed on DiningCode for hanwoo (Korean beef) and sea bream sotbap. Joseon domi sotbap is ₩38,000, and hanwoo dishes include 1++ galbisal suyuk and charcoal-grilled udae-galbi (₩79,000 each), a 1++ cow eobok-jaengban (₩109,000) and a brisket-perilla yukgaejang (₩19,000); DiningCode reviewers most often describe it as formal, upscale and quiet.
Sujeong Sikdang, near Jongno 3-ga, is listed on DiningCode for jeyuk ssambap, rice and pork eaten wrapped in leafy greens. The menu also offers 150 g portions of pork belly, pork jowl and pork neck, plus soy-marinated crab and abalone. Reviewers most often describe it as unpretentious, good value and lively.
START WITHJeyuk Ssambap · spicy stir-fried pork with rice and leafy wraps
A modern Korean fine-dining restaurant on the 81st floor of Lotte World Tower, long listed in the Michelin Guide Seoul, with a panoramic view over the city. It serves seasonal Korean tasting menus at lunch and dinner and suits a special occasion more than a quick meal.
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.
START WITHCrumbled-tofu bibimbap with tomato sundubu stew
Damsot serves sotbap, rice cooked in individual pots, close to Seongsu Station. Toppings include eggplant, spicy eggplant with cheese, steak, beef with bean sprouts, abalone, garlic scapes and shishito pepper with tofu, priced ₩12,000–₩18,000. DiningCode reviewers most often describe it as clean, casual, unpretentious and generous.
START WITHGaji Sotbap · rice cooked in an individual pot with eggplant
A small, traditional restaurant near Samjeon Station serving cheonggukjang, a strong fermented soybean stew, with barley rice to mix with vegetables. The owner is known for helping visitors order, even through a translation app.
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.
This Gwangjang Market stall, about 220 m from Jongno 5-ga Station, is listed on DiningCode for gimbap and japchae. The short menu covers japchae gimbap, cheese-tuna gimbap, a set of rolls, fish cake and japchae, and reviewers most often call it down-to-earth, good value, lively and casual.
START WITHJapchae gimbap · rice roll filled with glass-noodle japchae
A casual Korean restaurant at Times Square serving flame-stir-fried whole octopus (nakji) and webfoot octopus (jjukkumi), as single-person rice sets or 2–3 person sets, with freshly cooked pot rice as an add-on. DiningCode reviewers most often describe it as clean, casual, down-to-earth and popular with locals.
START WITHNakji Bokkeum · fire-stir-fried octopus with pot rice
This annex sits by Gwangjang Market and is listed on DiningCode for yukhoe, Korean seasoned raw beef, and yukhoe bibimbap. The menu also offers live octopus tartare, raw beef sashimi, and liver and tripe. Reviewers most often describe it as down-to-earth, lively, casual and good value.
START WITHYukhoe bibimbap · rice bowl topped with seasoned raw beef
A small home-style restaurant in Seochon serving rice bowls and simple single plates: beef rice bowl, cockle bibimbap, gondre (thistle) rice, curry and pork-cutlet rice bowls, and udon. Prices sit between ₩9,000 and ₩13,000, which suits a quick meal while walking the area.
Haebang Sikdang is a fusion Korean restaurant in Haebangchon, listed on DiningCode for its raw salmon roll. The menu also covers stone-pot rice bowls, mackerel curry and pasta, and reviewers most often describe it as clean, pretty and casual.
START WITHGamtae saengyeon-eo roll · raw salmon roll wrapped in gamtae seaweed
Dansang is a Korean fine-dining restaurant about 120 m from Anguk Station, on the Bukchon side of Jongno. DiningCode does not list fixed menu prices, so check the current menu before you go. Reviewers most often describe it as quiet, clean, upscale and pretty.
START WITHHansik dining · modern Korean fine-dining menu
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