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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.
철철복집
₩28,000 per person
Hours Mon–Sat 11:00–22:00
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.
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.
Yeongdeungpo
윤이불닭발 영등포점
₩20,000 per person
Hours Tue–Sun 17:00–02:00; Mon 17:00–01:00
Explore Korea’s spicy side with chicken feet in Yeongdeungpo. Rice balls and steamed egg are classic companions for this bold shared meal.
명동교자
₩12,000 per person
Hours 10:30–21:00
A comforting first stop in the heart of Myeongdong. Come for handmade noodles in a rich broth, with mandu dumplings to share.
토속촌삼계탕
₩20,000 per person
Hours 10:00–22:00
Pair a visit to Gyeongbokgung Palace with a warming bowl of chicken soup. The traditional hanok setting makes this an inviting introduction to Korean comfort food.
이문설농탕
₩15,000 per person
Hours 08:00–21:00
Settle into a bowl of milky ox bone soup in Jongno. Imun is a long-established stop for a gentle, savory meal between neighborhood walks.
하동관 본점
₩18,000 per person
Hours 07:00–16:00
Take a break from Myeongdong with a bowl of beef soup. Hadongkwan serves several beef cuts together for a rich, satisfying meal.
우래옥
₩25,000 per person
Hours 11:30–21:00
Explore the lighter side of Korean noodles. Woo Lae Oak serves Pyeongyang-style naengmyeon in a clean, restrained cold broth.
황생가칼국수
₩13,000 per person
Hours 11:00–21:30
A warming noodle stop near Gyeongbokgung and Bukchon. Pair the beef-bone broth noodles with jumbo dumplings for a fuller table.
개성만두 궁
₩15,000 per person
Hours Sun–Tue 11:30–20:00; Wed–Sat 11:30–21:30
Make room for handmade dumplings while exploring Insadong. This restaurant also serves traditional joraengi rice-cake soup.
만족오향족발 시청
₩25,000 per person
Hours Mon–Fri 11:30–22:00; Sat–Sun 12:00–22:00
Gather around sliced braised pork near City Hall. Jokbal makes a generous sharing meal after exploring Deoksugung and central Seoul.
필동면옥
₩20,000 per person
Hours Mon–Sat 11:00–20:20
Try refreshing Pyeongyang-style noodles in Chungmuro. The light broth and chewy noodles offer a quieter flavor profile than spicy noodle dishes.
백제삼계탕 명동
₩20,000 per person
Hours 09:00–22:00
A comforting chicken-soup stop in Myeongdong. Baekje serves samgyetang alongside other chicken dishes and abalone porridge.
순희네빈대떡
₩15,000 per person
Hours 10:00–21:00
One of the best-known pancake stalls inside Gwangjang Market, a covered market that has fed Seoul since 1905. Sit at the counter, watch the pancakes fry a few feet away, and eat on a stool the way market regulars do.
진옥화할매원조닭한마리
₩18,000 per person
Hours 10:30–01:00
Jinokhwa opened in 1978 and is one of the founding restaurants of the alley now called Dak-hanmari Golmok, where whole chickens simmer tableside in a shallow pot of broth. It's a communal, cook-it-yourself meal that rewards a small group with time to linger.
Main branch
을밀대 본점
₩16,000 per person
Hours 11:00–22:00
Eulmildae is one of Seoul's most-cited destinations for Pyongyang-style naengmyeon, a subtle buckwheat noodle in cold beef broth that Korean food lovers argue over endlessly. It's an acquired taste for first-timers, and a window into a dish with roots north of the border.
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.
마포옥
₩19,000 per person
Hours Mon–Fri 07:00–21:00; Sat–Sun 07:00–17:00
Running since 1949 and now in its third generation, Mapo-ok is regularly named among Seoul's oldest seolleongtang houses. The slow-simmered ox-bone broth is the kind of unfussy, warming meal locals eat any time of day, including breakfast.
오장동함흥냉면
₩15,000 per person
Hours 11:00–20:00
Open since 1953 and run by a third generation, this restaurant anchors the Ojang-dong noodle alley founded by cooks who came south from Hamheung during the war. Unlike the milder Pyongyang style, Hamheung naengmyeon is spicier and chewier, often topped with raw fish.
무교동북어국집
₩12,000 per person
Hours Mon–Fri 07:00–20:00; Sat–Sun 07:00–15:00
Running since 1968 in the old Mukyo-dong office district, this single-menu restaurant serves the mild, clear pollack soup Seoul office workers turn to as a gentle hangover cure. It opens early and is built for a quick, quiet meal rather than a leisurely dinner.
장충동 뚱뚱이할머니집
₩20,000 per person
Hours 10:00–23:00
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.
마복림떡볶이
₩12,000 per person
Hours 09:00–22:50
Mabokrim is widely credited as the founder of Sindang-dong's tteokbokki town, selling the spicy rice-cake dish here since the 1950s. The alley is lined with similar shops today, but this is the namesake that gave the neighborhood its identity.
새벽집
₩22,000 per person
Open 24 hours
Saebyeokjip built its reputation as one of Cheongdam's few round-the-clock restaurants, drawing club-goers, night-shift workers and early risers for hot beef soup at any hour. The name means 'dawn house', and it lives up to it.
유진식당
₩12,000 per person
Hours 11:30–21:00
A no-frills diner steps from Jongno 3-ga Station, between Tapgol Park and the Gwangjang Market area. It's a cheap, unfussy way to try mild Pyongyang-style naengmyeon without the wait or price tag of the city's famous noodle houses.
희락갈치
₩14,000 per person
Hours 07:00–20:30
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.
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.
눈나무집
₩20,000 per person
Hours 11:00–20:00
A long-running favorite at the quieter, uphill end of Samcheong-dong's café street, popular with locals well before the neighborhood became a tourist stroll. The kimchi noodle soup is refreshingly sour and mild, a good contrast to the sweet-savory grilled rib patties.
Hongdae
홍대조폭떡볶이 본점
₩8,000 per person
Hours 11:00–22:00
A well-known Hongdae street-food stall with cheeky 'gangster' branding, serving the fiery rice-cake dish at the heart of Korean snack culture. It's a cheap, fast meal that fits naturally into a night out around the neighborhood.
종로계림닭도리탕원조 본점
₩15,000 per person
Hours 11:30–21:45
A Jongno 3-ga institution for garlicky, chili-red braised chicken, sized by the pot so groups can order without fuss. The alley has several similarly named competitors, but this original branch is the one longtime locals point to.
남포면옥
₩20,000 per person
Hours Weekdays 11:30–22:00; weekends 11:30–21:00
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.
숙성부심
₩35,000 per person
Hours 11:30–23:00
A Gunja-dong specialist built entirely around aging technique, dry-aging and wet-aging pork belly side by side so you can taste the difference in one meal. Staff grill everything at the table, so first-timers don't need any barbecue experience to order well.
묵힘
₩32,000 per person
Hours 11:00–23:00
A newer name on Bangi-dong's restaurant street, built on the idea that aged meat deserves real technique — the name pairs 묵 (to let rest) with 힘 (strength). Staff grill at the table, and the doenjang-cured belly picks up a distinctive savory crust.
화양동 왕족발&순대국
₩35,000 per person
Hours 11:00–23:00
A trotter specialist near Konkuk University that smokes its pork over apple wood before roasting, giving a smokier, less gelatinous result than the usual steamed jokbal. Paired with a bowl of rich sundae-guk, it's an easy one-stop group dinner.
한남동감자탕 본점
₩16,000 per person
Open 24 hours
Tucked in an alley off the Hannam intersection, this no-frills spot has fed the neighborhood around the clock for decades, its walls covered in decades of celebrity autographs. It's a genuine local fallback for a hot, filling meal at any hour, a rarity in a district now dominated by trendy cafes and galleries.
성수족발
₩20,000 per person
Hours 12:00–22:00
This single-item jokbal shop in the middle of Seongsu's warehouse-and-cafe district draws long waits with a name-list, walk-in-only system rather than reservations. It's frequently ranked among Seoul's best trotters, a solid savory stop between gallery-hopping and cafe browsing in one of the city's most-visited new neighborhoods.
여의도 진주집
₩14,000 per person
Hours Mon–Fri 10:00–20:00; Sat 10:00–19:00
A basement lunch counter tracing its roots to a 1962 restaurant in Jinju, this Yeouido institution has been feeding the neighborhood's office workers for decades with a single excellent dish. It's an easy, air-conditioned break from Yeouido's finance-district towers and the nearby Han River park.
할머니순대국
₩5,000 per person
Hours Mon–Fri 11:30–19:30
A tiny, decades-old counter near Sindang Station where local regulars, many of them older neighborhood residents, gather for one of the cheapest hot meals left in central Seoul. The room is small and shared seating is normal, which is part of the old-Seoul atmosphere that has made it a minor local legend.
안동장
₩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.
합정옥
₩13,000 per person
Hours 11:00–22:00
A Michelin Bib Gourmand pick for seven years running, this second-floor dining room near Hapjeong station serves a milky, slow-simmered beef broth that is deceptively simple and consistently well made. It makes an easy, filling stop between the cafes of nearby Mangwon and Yeonnam-dong.
황산냉면
₩15,000 per person
Hours 11:00–21:30
Opened by the son of a well-known Busan milmyeon shop, this modest Bangi-dong storefront brings a beef-bone-broth take on the noodle dish to Seoul, alongside the less common eobokjaengban beef platter. It's a good, wallet-friendly stop near Olympic Park and the Bangi-dong dining alley, an easy add-on to a day around Jamsil.
봉피양 방이점
₩35,000 per person
Hours 11:30–22:00
A spin-off of the beef specialist Byeokje Galbi, this branch near Olympic Park has built a following on the combination of smoky charcoal-grilled pork ribs and clean, mild-broth Pyongyang naengmyeon. It's a comfortable, family-friendly sit-down option for a proper Korean barbecue meal near Jamsil and Olympic Park.
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.
광화문국밥
₩12,000 per person
Hours Mon–Fri 11:00–21:40
This modern gukbap counter near Gwanghwamun swaps the usual cloudy, Busan-style broth for a clean, clear one closer to old Seoul recipes, and has built a strong local lunch following as a result. It sits a short walk from Gyeonghuigung Palace and the Seochon neighborhood, making it an easy stop between palace-hopping.
삼청동수제비
₩14,000 per person
Hours 11:00–20:00
Running since 1982 at the top of the Samcheong-dong hanok slope, this homestyle diner serves a gentle, comforting bowl that has fed generations of visitors to Bukchon and the nearby palace walls. Its nostalgic, low-key dining room feels a world away from the boutiques and cafes that now line the street outside.
평양면옥 (장충동)
₩16,000 per person
Hours 11:00–21:30
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.
일성수산 (노량진수산시장)
₩25,000 per person
Open 24 hours
Korea's largest wholesale fish market runs a simple two-step system: buy raw fish downstairs among the shouting vendors and tanks, then take it up to a seating counter to eat it as hoe. Ilsung Susan is one of the steadier counters inside, known among visitors for straightforward pricing rather than aggressive touting.
평양집 (삼각지)
₩14,000 per person
Hours Tue–Thu 08:00–21:30; Fri–Sun 07:00–21:30
Open since early in the morning near Samgakji's old military-supply shops, this long-running counter is best known for a rich but clean offal soup that regulars treat as breakfast. It's a good early stop before or after visiting the nearby National Museum of Korea or War Memorial.
마장동 영축산
₩30,000 per person
Hours 10:00–20:00
Majang-dong is Seoul's biggest wholesale meat market, a warren of butcher counters each paired with a simple grill room where you eat what you just bought. Yeongchuksan is a reliable, foreigner-workable stop for this butcher-shop-to-table format, selling top-grade hanwoo at close to wholesale prices.
옛날집낙원아구찜
₩25,000 per person
Hours 11:30–22:00
Opened in 1967, this is the restaurant credited with inventing Seoul-style agujjim and starting the whole Nakwon-dong agujjim alley that still surrounds it today. Designated both a Baeknyeon-gakge (century-old business track) and a Seoul Future Heritage site, it remains the benchmark for the dish in the capital.
남대문 대가
₩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.
훼드라
₩7,000 per person
Open 24 hours
Open since the early 1970s a block from Yonsei and Ewha, this tiny diner earned its dish's nickname — "tear-gas ramyeon" — during the 1980s pro-democracy protests, when students ducking police tear gas would warm up here with a bowl hot enough to make their eyes water all over again. Old photos and graffiti from that era still line the walls, a rare surviving trace of Sinchon's student-movement history amid the neighborhood's newer chains and cafes.
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.
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.
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.
Gyodae Branch
황금콩밭
₩20,000 per person
Hours Mon–Fri 11:30–21:30; Sat–Sun 11:30–21:00
A soybean specialist near the courts at Gyodae that makes its tofu daily from Sobaeksan beans and has been recognised by the Michelin Guide. The kitchen builds everything around that tofu, from a strong-smelling cheonggukjang stew to hotpots for sharing. It also keeps a list of Korean craft makgeolli.
Main Branch
서초면옥
₩18,000 per person
Hours Daily 11:00–21:20
A Hamheung-style noodle and beef house that has been in the same spot behind the Seocho courts for about twenty years, used mainly by local office and legal workers. Alongside the cold noodles it serves a clear galbitang of short ribs and a beef bone dumpling soup. Warm broth is brought to the table free of charge.
전주해장국
₩10,000 per person
Hours Daily 07:00–22:00
A small, worn-in soup shop on a back street between Gangnam and Sinnonhyeon stations that has been serving the same pork spine soup for decades. The broth is doenjang-based with potato, greens and meaty neck bones, and it opens at 07:00 for people coming off a night out or heading to work. The menu is essentially one dish.
곰바위
₩60,000 per person
Hours Daily 11:00–22:00
Gom Ba Wie started in 1983 as a small place near Bongeunsa temple in Samseong-dong and now runs a three-storey annex behind the original building. It specialises in Korean beef offal, mainly tripe and large intestine, trimmed by hand and grilled over charcoal. Cuts such as ribeye, galbi and brisket are on the same menu.
Seocho Main Branch
버드나무집
₩85,000 per person
Hours Daily 11:00–21:30
Beodeunamujip has grilled beef on the same Seocho corner since 1977, starting with jumulleok before adding short rib and specialty cuts. The beef galbi is seasoned only with sea salt, with no soy sauce in the marinade. Side dishes are plainly seasoned and made without MSG.
Apgujeong Main Branch
한일관
₩45,000 per person
Hours Mon–Fri 11:30–21:30; Sat–Sun 11:00–21:30
Hanilkwan opened in Jongno in 1939 and moved to Apgujeong in late 2008 after its original building was cleared for redevelopment. It is widely treated as the reference point for Seoul-style bulgogi, thin sirloin in a light soy marinade cooked at the table. The same kitchen also serves a sharp, cold Seoul-style naengmyeon.
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.
Nonhyeon Main Branch
리북집
₩25,000 per person
Hours Mon–Sat 11:00–01:00; Sun 11:00–23:00
Ribukjip is an old-style jokbal house in the Yeongdong Market alleys of Nonhyeon-dong, serving braised pig trotter sliced to order. It also does a cold-dressed version and a spicy one. The dining room is noisy and busy, with terrace seating outside.
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.
만두집
Hours Mon–Sat 12:00–20:00
A small family house that has been folding large Pyongan-style dumplings on the same block for over thirty years, now run by the second generation. The signature is mandu-guk, dumplings served in a clear broth simmered from beef brisket. It holds a Bib Gourmand in the Michelin Guide.
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.
Gangnam Branch
소호정
₩16,000 per person
Hours Mon–Fri 11:00–21:30; Sat–Sun 11:00–21:00
Sohojung serves Andong guksi, a northern Gyeongsang style of hand-rolled wheat noodle cut very thin and served in a clear beef broth. The Gangnam branch sits on the second floor of a building opposite Samsung Town by Gangnam Station and turns tables quickly at lunch. From spring to autumn the kitchen also grinds its own soybeans for kongguksu.
임병주 산동칼국수
₩12,000 per person
Hours Tue–Sun 11:00–21:00
Open since 1988, this is a plain, high-turnover kalguksu house where the noodles are rolled and cut fresh each day and the broth is drawn from clams. Alongside the noodles it sells Pyongyang-style large dumplings, chilled soybean noodles in summer, and a fresh kimchi made with ground green chilli. It holds a Bib Gourmand in the Michelin Guide.
청담제주물항
₩45,000 per person
Hours Mon–Fri 11:30–23:00; Sat–Sun 11:30–22:00
A Jeju seafood specialist in Cheongdam working with Jeju-landed fish, served either braised with radish in a chilli and soy sauce or grilled whole. There are private rooms on the second floor and the dining room is larger and more formal than most fish houses. It ranks first on DiningCode's Gangnam hairtail list.
영동설렁탕
₩15,000 per person
Open 24 hours
A long-running ox bone soup house behind the main road in Sinsa that stays open around the clock. The menu is two items, seolleongtang and a platter of boiled beef, and the soup arrives unseasoned with salt, spring onion and kimchi on the table. It is a standard last stop for people leaving the bars around Sinsa and Gangnam-daero.
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.
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.
옥동식
₩14,000 per person
Hours Mon–Fri 11:00–22:00; Sat–Sun 11:00–21:00
A counter-only shop that serves one dish: a clear broth made from Berkshire pork, poured over rice and topped with thin slices of pork loin. It has held a Michelin Bib Gourmand in the Seoul guide for several years. There are about ten seats and no reservations.
Main Branch
마포진짜원조최대포
₩19,000 per person
Hours Daily 11:00–22:50
A three-floor charcoal grill house descended from the Mapo pork restaurants that gave this district its reputation. The menu is marinated ribs, plain salted pork and skirt meat, all cooked over charcoal at the table. Staff handle most of the grilling.
신촌서서갈비
₩20,000 per person
Hours Daily 12:00–20:00
A one-dish restaurant where you stand at waist-high grills and cook marinated beef short rib over charcoal yourself. It has been trading near Sinchon since the 1950s and the menu has never been more than that single rib order. The room is small, plain and smoky.
마포소문난원조족발
₩34,000 per person
Hours Daily 07:00–24:00
One of the long-standing trotter shops in the jokbal alley inside Gongdeok Market, where several similar houses sit side by side. The pig trotter is braised, sliced and served warm with salted shrimp sauce, wrapping leaves and soup. It keeps unusually long hours for the style.
감나무집기사식당
₩13,000 per person
Open 24 hours
A gisa sikdang, the kind of canteen built for taxi drivers, serving single-plate meals with rice, soup and side dishes around the clock. The pork bulgogi, cooked on a hot plate in a sweet and spicy marinade, is what most people order. It sits on the quieter northern edge of Yeonnam-dong.
춘천집 닭갈비 막국수
₩14,000 per person
Hours Tue–Sun 11:00–22:30
A dakgalbi house in the student streets behind Sinchon Station, with a sign advertising thirty years of trading. Marinated chicken, cabbage, sweet potato and rice cake are stir-fried on a hotplate at the table, and staff manage the cooking and tell you when to eat. Prices are set for students.
서교난면방
₩13,000 per person
Hours Wed–Mon 11:00–21:00
A small noodle restaurant holding a Michelin Bib Gourmand in the Seoul selection. The kitchen builds Korean noodle bowls with some Italian technique, and the menu changes with the season, turning cold in summer and to an ox-head broth in winter. There are only a few tables.
남북통일
₩12,000 per person
Hours Mon–Sat 11:00–21:30
A dumpling and noodle house working in the northern Korean style, where the filling is crushed tofu, pork, mung bean sprouts and courgette rather than glass noodles. The wrappers are folded by hand each morning, and the same kitchen makes beef bone noodle soup and mung bean pancakes. The seasoning is deliberately restrained.
마포원조떡볶이
₩3,500 per person
Hours Daily 08:30–21:00
A counter stall in the Mapo tteokbokki lane, a short row of snack shops near Mapo Station that have traded for decades. The menu is the standard set of rice cakes, blood sausage, seaweed rice rolls and fritters, sold by the plate at prices that have barely moved. Most people eat standing or take it away.
Main Hall
진진
₩26,000 per person
Hours Mon–Sat 11:30–21:30; Sun 12:00–21:30
A Chinese restaurant in Seogyo-dong run by chef Hwang Jin-sun and listed in the Michelin Guide Seoul as a Bib Gourmand address for several years. The kitchen works in a Cantonese-leaning style rather than the usual Korean-Chinese delivery menu, and dishes are plated for sharing. The main hall is small and fills quickly at lunch.
Mapo Main Branch
역전회관
₩21,000 per person
Hours Tue–Fri 11:00–21:50; Sat–Sun 11:00–21:20
A bulgogi restaurant trading in Mapo since 1962 and named a Michelin Bib Gourmand address. Its signature is bassak bulgogi, thin marinated beef grilled until the edges go dry and crisp rather than served in broth. The set meal arrives with rice and side dishes, so no ordering skill is needed.
정육면체
₩12,500 per person
Hours Sun–Fri 11:00–21:00
A small Chinese noodle bar on the Yonsei University street behind Sinchon Station, listed as a Michelin Bib Gourmand address. The menu is short: beef noodle soups in a red-braised or clear broth, plus a few side plates. Most seating is at a bar facing the open kitchen, which suits eating alone.
Mapo Main Branch
청학동부침개
₩17,000 per person
Hours Sun–Mon 09:00–24:00; Tue–Sat 09:00–01:00
A two-floor pancake house in the Gongdeok Market jeon alley, the closest thing in the area to a street stall with proper seating. Fried items are laid out at the front and you can point at what you want or take the set assortment. The makgeolli list is long and cheap, and the kitchen runs to one in the morning most nights.
장강
₩25,000 per person
Hours Daily 15:00–22:00
A freshwater eel house on the Yonggang-dong eel strip near Mapo Station, where several grill restaurants sit in a row. Live eel is prepared to order and grilled over charcoal at the table, served with salt or a soy-based sauce and wrapping leaves. The cheap noodle dishes are there to finish the meal.
Mangwon Market
진성만두
₩6,500 per person
Hours Daily 10:00–19:00
A dumpling stall inside Mangwon Market making large thin-skinned mandu on the premises and selling them the same day. There are two fillings, pork and kimchi, and you can mix them. It is takeaway only, which is how most of Mangwon Market is eaten.
헤키
₩15,500 per person
Hours Wed–Sun 11:30–20:30
A small katsu shop in the residential streets above Mangwon Market, frying pork fillet to order and serving it as a set with rice and soup. It is one of the highest-rated katsu addresses in Mapo-gu on Korean review sites. The room is small and the kitchen works slowly, which is why the waits run long.
두루미 해장집
₩12,000 per person
Hours Daily 11:00–22:00
A plain Korean soup house on a side street between Hongik University Station and Hapjeong. The single-bowl haejangguk, a beef and cabbage soup served with rice, is the lunchtime order, while the tripe and boiled pork hotpots are what evening groups share. It gets a queue at lunch.
연남 칼국수
₩11,000 per person
Hours Daily 11:30–21:30
A kalguksu shop on the main Yeonnam-dong road that makes several broths from the same hand-cut noodle: clam, chicken, and a beef and fernbrake version. The room is clean and modern rather than old-fashioned, and eating alone is normal. Last orders are at 20:30.
올바른김밥
₩6,000 per person
A small gimbap counter in Yeonnam-dong that rolls each order when you ask rather than keeping trays ready. Alongside the standard rolls it makes low-carb versions that replace most of the rice with egg and vegetables. Almost everyone eats alone or takes the rolls away.
동교국수포차
₩7,000 per person
Hours Mon–Sat 17:00–04:00
A late-opening noodle and boiled-meat place a minute from Hongik University Station exit 3, serving until four in the morning six nights a week. The noodles are cheap and plain; the larger plates of boiled beef knuckle and pork head are what the drinking tables order. The front folds open in warm weather.
정든집
₩20,000 per person
Hours Mon–Fri 17:00–23:50; Sat–Sun 16:30–23:50
A Korean barbecue house a few minutes from Itaewon Station that opens in the late afternoon and grills until nearly midnight. Staff cook the meat at the table and keep the side dishes topped up, and English is spoken, which is why it is one of the most-reviewed barbecue rooms in Itaewon.
Itaewon
보광정 이태원점
₩20,000 per person
Hours Mon–Fri 16:00–24:00; Sat–Sun 12:00–24:00
A pork barbecue room on Bogwang-ro, down the hill from Itaewon Station, open until midnight every day and from noon at weekends. There is a set that lets you try several cuts at once, and the house stew is what regulars add to the grill.
돼지래스토랑 둘째
₩20,000 per person
Hours 16:30–24:00
A second branch of a pork barbecue place in the lanes below Itaewon Station, open from late afternoon to midnight every day. Servers grill the thick cuts at the table and tell you which condiment to eat each one with; the room is set up for visitors, with most tables full of travellers.
Itaewon
단풍나무집 이태원점
₩20,000 per person
Hours 11:30–22:00
The Itaewon branch of a polished barbecue group, tucked into a lane off Itaewon-ro in a traditional-style house. It serves lunch as well as dinner, cooks the set menus at the table and is a common pick for hotel guests and tour groups who want a first Korean barbecue in comfortable surroundings.
Sinyongsan
능동미나리 신용산점
₩10,000 per person
Hours Mon–Fri 10:00–23:00; Sat–Sun 09:30–23:00
A beef-soup restaurant near Sinyongsan Station known for gomtang finished with a heap of fresh minari (water dropwort). The broth is clear and deep rather than heavy, and the herb gives it a fresh, green edge. It opens in the morning and runs until 23:00.
용산삼계탕
₩10,000 per person
Hours 11:00–21:00
A samgyetang specialist near Samgakji Station serving whole young chicken in broth, including black-sesame and herbal versions alongside the classic. It is light, warming and an easy first Korean meal; a kimchi pancake on the side is a popular addition.
Seongsu
일미락 성수점
₩20,000 per person
Hours Mon–Sat 11:30–23:00; Sun 11:30–22:00
A pork barbecue restaurant in the lanes between Ttukseom and Seongsu, open from lunchtime to 23:00. Staff grill for you and suggest which salt or sauce to pair with each cut, and locals queue here as well as visitors.
Seongsu
석암생소금구이 성수점
₩20,000 per person
Hours 12:00–24:00
A salt-grill pork restaurant on Achasan-ro by Seongsu Station, open from noon to midnight every day. The point is well-marbled fresh pork grilled with nothing but salt, with carefully made side dishes; staff guide you through the grilling.
Main branch
육일관 본점
₩20,000 per person
Hours 12:00–24:00
A barbecue house steps from Konkuk University Station, open noon to midnight daily, serving pork belly and shoulder as well as Korean beef. Staff grill at the table, and the steamed egg on the side is worth adding.
Seongsu
게방식당 성수점
₩40,000 per person
Hours Tue–Sun 11:30–21:00
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.
성수아구
₩20,000 per person
Hours 11:30–22:00
An agujjim restaurant near Ttukseom Station that tops its spicy braised monkfish with crispy fried beef intestines, an unusual mix of tender fish and crunch. Portions are large, and pollack roe, pork belly and beef dishes are also on the menu.
Main branch
청와옥 본점
₩10,000 per person
Hours 08:00–22:00
A sundae-gukbap restaurant a few steps from Olympic Park, open from 08:00 to 22:00 every day. The soup comes full of sundae and pork with rice, and stir-fried spicy squid is the usual side to share. It is one of the most popular soup houses around Jamsil.
비채나
₩100,000 per person
Hours 11:30–22:00
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.
육화식당
₩20,000 per person
Hours Mon–Fri 16:00–00:30; Sat–Sun 12:00–22:30
A pork barbecue restaurant in the Songnidan-gil lanes near Seokchon Lake, open until 00:30 on weekdays. Servers cook the pork belly at the table so the group can talk, which makes it a common spot for after-work dinners with soju.
수가성
₩10,000 per person
Hours Mon–Fri 11:00–21:30
A soft-tofu stew specialist a short walk from Jamsil Station, open on weekdays only. It is a reasonably priced, quick lunch, and the office crowd arrives early.
샛집남원추어탕
₩10,000 per person
Hours 10:30–21:30
A traditional chueotang restaurant in Bangi-dong serving Namwon-style loach soup, a nourishing ground-fish stew that Koreans of all ages eat for energy. Service is quick, the side dishes are good, and there is a little parking in front.
Jamsil
청국장과보리밥 잠실점
₩10,000 per person
Hours 10:00–22:00
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.
난포
₩16,000 per person
Hours 11:00–21:30
Nanpo is a Korean restaurant near Seoul Forest in Seongsu that DiningCode lists for its gomguk, a beef bone soup. The menu also has abalone perilla noodles, octopus soy noodles and aged-kimchi rolls with raw fish or beef tartare. Reviewers most often call it clean, casual, lively and pretty.
부촌육회 별관
₩11,000 per person
Hours 10:00–21:30
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.
박가네 빈대떡
₩6,000 per person
Hours 09:00–22:00
A Gwangjang Market spot that DiningCode lists for bindaetteok, mung bean pancakes ground in a millstone, and for yukhoe. The menu adds meat and seafood pancakes, meatballs, yukhoe gimbap, sundae and tteokbokki. Reviewers most often call it down-to-earth, lively, good value and casual.
골목집
₩46,000 per person
Hours 11:00–22:30
Golmokjip in Mullae is listed on DiningCode for duck and duck bulgogi. The menu includes a two-person set, seasoned duck jumulleok, duck with webfoot octopus, boneless duck-potato stew, and a half-chicken set with bone broth. Reviewers most often call it down-to-earth, lively, generous with portions and casual.
도마
₩25,000 per person
Hours 11:30–21:00
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.
오이지
₩14,000 per person
Hours 11:30–22:00
Oiji, next to Hyehwa Station in Daehangno, is listed on DiningCode as a fusion Korean restaurant. The menu runs from perilla oil noodles with brisket and pollock roe cheese soft tofu to black sesame cream sujebi, sukiyaki and chashu kimchi rice bowls, and a crispy cheese potato pancake. Reviewers most often call it casual, clean, pretty and lively.
할머니의 레시피
₩17,000 per person
Hours 11:00–21:00
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.
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.
목멱산방 명동점
₩13,500 per person
Hours 11:00–20:00
This Myeongdong branch at the foot of Namsan is listed on DiningCode for bibimbap. Bowls range from the house Sanbang bibimbap and gondre soy bibimbap to bulgogi and Korean beef tartare versions, with cheese kimchi pancake, seafood chive pancake and acorn jelly salad to share. Reviewers most often call it clean, casual, good value and pretty.
송림식당
₩12,000 per person
Hours 10:00–22:00
Songrim Sikdang near Konkuk University is listed on DiningCode as a gisa sikdang, a diner built around taxi drivers' quick meals, known for pork bulgogi baekban. The short menu adds blood sausage hangover soup, kimchi stew and soybean paste stew. Reviewers most often call it down-to-earth, good value, lively and generous with portions.
황소고집
₩8,000 per person
Hours 10:30–21:00
Hwangso Gojip in the Jonggak area is listed on DiningCode for gochujang bulgogi and baekban, a rice-and-side-dish set meal. The short menu also has spicy stir-fried pork duruchigi, extra meat and fried rice to finish. Reviewers most often call it down-to-earth, good value, lively and a lesser-known local pick.
별미볶음점
₩11,000 per person
Hours 11:00–21:00
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.
메밀집
₩9,600 per person
Hours 11:30–21:30
Memiljip on Songridan-gil near Jamsil is listed on DiningCode for makguksu, cold buckwheat noodles, and gamja-jeon, potato pancake. The menu adds pollock roe makguksu, warm buckwheat noodles, sous-vide tenderloin and pork jowl suyuk, and a scallop cream sujebi. Reviewers most often call it casual, clean, a lesser-known local pick and down-to-earth.
금금 송리단길점
₩13,500 per person
Hours 11:00–21:20
This Songridan-gil branch is listed on DiningCode as a fusion Korean restaurant known for barley doenjang. The signature is a mazesoba-style meat noodle dish, alongside octopus soy bibimbap, perilla oil whole-wheat noodles, beef short rib rice bowl and boiled pork with aged kimchi. Reviewers most often call it clean, casual, a lesser-known local pick and upscale.
성북동면옥집
₩18,000 per person
Hours 11:00–22:00
This Seongbuk-dong restaurant is listed on DiningCode for galbitang, beef short rib soup, and galbijjim, braised short ribs. The menu also covers cold naengmyeon in broth, spicy and raw-fish styles, five-colour dumplings, dumpling soup in beef bone broth and an assorted pancake platter. Reviewers most often call it clean, a place locals go, down-to-earth and lively.
각시보쌈
₩38,000 per person
Hours 11:00–22:00
Gaksi Bossam near Hapjeong Station is listed on DiningCode for bossam and the bossam set meal. Plates come half-and-half in medium and large sizes, with oyster bossam, fresh oysters and kimchi bossam, plus jaengban guksu, a platter of cold spicy noodles. Reviewers most often call it lively, down-to-earth, good value and generous with portions.
중앙갈치식당
₩14,000 per person
Hours 10:00–21:00
Jungang Galchi Sikdang in Namdaemun Market is listed on DiningCode for galchi, hairtail fish, and galchi jorim, hairtail braised in a spicy sauce. The menu also has braised mackerel, assorted grilled fish, grilled Spanish mackerel, salted mackerel, glazed half-dried pollock and cheonggukjang. Reviewers most often call it down-to-earth, lively, casual and good value.
아이노가든키친
₩17,000 per person
Hours 11:00–21:00
Aino Garden Kitchen near Gwanghwamun is listed on DiningCode for Korean food and tong samgyeop, thick-cut pork belly. Set meals come with leafy greens for wrapping, alongside cockle bibimbap, pork belly bibim guksu, mung bean pancake and pork gukbap, plus soft gelato. Reviewers most often call it clean, casual, pretty and good for the view.
덕수정
₩14,000 per person
Hours 11:00–20:30
Deoksujeong in Jeong-dong, near City Hall, is listed on DiningCode for ojingeo bokkeum, spicy stir-fried squid, and budae jjigae, army stew. The menu also has soft tofu stew, soybean paste stew, spicy stir-fried pork, grilled Spanish mackerel and fresh pork belly. Reviewers most often call it down-to-earth, lively, generous with portions and a place locals go.
소녀방앗간
₩9,800 per person
Hours 11:30–20:30
Sonyeo Bangatgan near Seoul Forest in Seongsu is listed on DiningCode for jipbap, everyday home cooking, and sannamul bap, rice with wild mountain greens. The menu also offers pollock roe bibimbap, bulgogi rice with pickles, vegetable nutrition rice, chili-flake stir-fried pork and snail doenjang stew. Reviewers most often call it clean, casual, down-to-earth and quiet.
썬키친
₩14,000 per person
Hours 12:00–21:30
Sun Kitchen is a casual restaurant about 300 m from Hapjeong Station, listed on DiningCode for grilled fish and mackerel. Besides the mackerel rice bowl, the menu has mala mixed noodles, grilled pork neck and seafood oil pasta, and reviewers most often call it casual, lively and a little unusual.
해방식당
₩18,000 per person
Hours 11:30–21:40
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.
통큰누이네 육회빈대떡
₩6,000 per person
Hours 09:00–22:20
This Gwangjang Market spot, about 100 m from Jongno 5-ga Station, is listed on DiningCode for bindaetteok and yukhoe. The menu pairs mung bean pancakes with beef tartare dishes, mini gimbap and makgeolli, and reviewers most often call it down-to-earth, lively, casual and good value.
익선애뜻
₩16,000 per person
Hours 12:00–20:40
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.
원조누드치즈김밥
₩5,000 per person
Hours 05:00–18:00
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.
혜화도담
₩11,000 per person
Hours 11:00–22:00
Hyehwa Dodam is about 180 m from Hyehwa Station and is listed on DiningCode for kimchi-jjim and makgeolli. The menu centres on kimchi-jjim and braised pork ribs in shareable sizes, plus a green onion pancake, and reviewers most often call it down-to-earth, casual, lively and popular with locals.
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.
이여곰탕
₩13,000 per person
Hours 00:00–24:00
Iyeo Gomtang is about 330 m from Sinyongsan Station on Yongridan-gil and is listed on DiningCode for Korean-beef gomtang. Alongside the soup it serves yukhoe bibimbap, gomtang noodles and beef jeon, and reviewers most often describe it as clean, down-to-earth and casual.
장독대김치찜김치찌개 용산점
₩14,900 per person
Hours 10:00–22:00
This Yongsan branch is about 20 m from Yongsan Station and is listed on DiningCode for kimchi-jjigae and kimchi-jjim near I'Park Mall. Stews come alone or as set meals, with spicy kimchi galbi-jjim in two sizes for sharing, and reviewers most often call it down-to-earth, casual, lively and generous.
남산골산채집
₩12,800 per person
Hours 10:30–20:50
Namsangol Sanchaejip is on the Namsan side of Myeongdong, about 460 m from Myeongdong Station, and is listed on DiningCode for donkatsu and bibimbap. The menu pairs pork cutlets with mountain-vegetable bibimbap, and reviewers most often describe it as lively, casual, down-to-earth and clean.
일미식당
₩10,000 per person
Hours 11:00–20:00
Ilmi Sikdang is near Nagwon Arcade, about 240 m from Jongno 3-ga Station, and is listed on DiningCode for baekban set meals and cheonggukjang. The cheonggukjang set is served for one, while the stir-fry sets are for two, and reviewers most often call it down-to-earth, local and good value.
제일제면소 서울역사점
₩13,000 per person
Hours 10:00–22:00
This branch in the Seoul Station building, about 150 m from the station entrance, is listed on DiningCode for kalguksu and shabu kalguksu. The menu also includes clam kalguksu, perilla-oil buckwheat noodles and bibimbap, and reviewers most often call it casual, clean and down-to-earth.
잠수교집 해방촌 직영점
₩17,000 per person
Hours 12:00–02:00
This directly run Haebangchon branch is listed on DiningCode for naengsam, frozen sliced pork belly. Besides pork belly it grills hanwoo brisket and makchang, with stews such as spicy sundubu and cheonggukjang, and reviewers most often call it down-to-earth, lively, casual and popular with locals.
사발
₩16,000 per person
Hours 11:30–20:50
Sabal is in Naesu-dong near Gwanghwamun and is listed on DiningCode for Korean food and noodles. The menu has chicken noodles, a perilla soup noodle with oysters and mushrooms, rice bowls and a pork jowl grill at dinner, and reviewers most often call it clean, upscale and quiet.
한국집 롯데월드몰점
₩15,000 per person
Hours 10:30–22:00
This Lotte World Mall branch, about 370 m from Jamsil Station, is listed on DiningCode for bibimbap and Korean food. Several kinds of bibimbap sit alongside sundubu, doenjang stews and ttukbaegi bulgogi, and reviewers most often call it clean, casual and generous.
쌍다리돼지불백
₩13,000 per person
Hours 09:30–20:50
Ssangdari Dwaeji Bulbaek is a drivers'-diner style restaurant in Seongbuk-dong, listed on DiningCode for pork bulbaek. The short menu centres on grilled marinated pork with rice, plus budae-jjigae and nakji-bokkeum, and reviewers most often call it down-to-earth, casual, lively and popular with locals.
애호락
₩12,000 per person
Hours 11:00–21:30
Aehorak is in Gye-dong, about 80 m from Anguk Station, and is listed on DiningCode for bossam set meals and aehobak (Korean zucchini) stew. Lunch specials include a bossam set and zucchini stew, while dinner centres on a five-item bossam platter, and reviewers most often call it clean, down-to-earth 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.
마마된장
₩14,000 per person
Hours 10:50–22:00
Mama Doenjang is in the Yeouido IFC Mall area, about 460 m from Yeouido Station, and is listed on DiningCode for home-style Korean meals. Doenjang stews and cheonggukjang come with a one-person set, a kids' set and two-person grill sets, and reviewers most often call it casual, clean and generous.
주유별장
₩25,000 per person
Hours 11:30–21:00
Juyu Byeoljang is in Cheongjin-dong, about 190 m from Gwanghwamun Station, and is listed on DiningCode for fusion Korean food and makgeolli. Dishes for sharing such as potato pancakes, rosé tteokbokki and avocado yukhoe sit beside makgeolli slushies, and reviewers most often call it clean, upscale, quiet and pretty.
한가람
₩38,000 per person
Hours 11:00–22:00
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.
뚝배기집
₩9,000 per person
Hours 07:00–21:30
Ttukbaegijip is a small stew restaurant near Jongno 3-ga serving four stews in earthenware pots: snail doenjang, plain doenjang, soft tofu and kimchi stew, all priced ₩8,000–₩9,000. DiningCode reviewers most often describe it as unpretentious, good value and popular with locals.
금성관 나주곰탕
₩12,000 per person
Hours 08:00–22:00
Geumseonggwan Naju Gomtang serves Naju-style gomtang made with hanu (Korean beef) near Namdaemun Market, along with galbitang, pan-fried beef slices and boiled beef platters. DiningCode lists it for gomtang and dongdongju rice wine, and reviewers most often call it unpretentious, casual, generous and popular with locals.
파르크
₩18,000 per person
Hours 11:30–21:00
Pareukeu is a Korean bansang (home-style table) restaurant in Hannam-dong near Hangangjin Station, serving beef japchae, potato pancakes, a seven-vegetable bowl with a vegan option, Black Angus LA galbi and aged-kimchi fried rice with bacon. DiningCode reviewers most often describe it as clean, pretty, quiet and casual.
담솥 성수점
₩12,000 per person
Hours 11:00–21:30
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.
수정식당
₩11,000 per person
Hours 11:00–21:30
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.
고삼이
₩14,000 per person
Hours 11:00–20:50
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.
만석장 롯데월드몰점
₩17,000 per person
Hours 10:00–22:00
Manseokjang's Lotte World Mall branch in Jamsil serves home-style Korean set meals: soft tofu stew sets, bossam and gochujang bulgogi with leaf wraps, and kongbiji (ground soybean) stew, plus a tofu and pork bossam platter to share. DiningCode reviewers most often describe it as casual, lively, unpretentious and generous.
데이릿
₩14,800 per person
Hours 11:30–21:30
Deirit is a fusion Korean restaurant a short walk from Ttukseom Station, listed on DiningCode for flame-grilled jokbal. The menu mixes aged-kimchi beef tartare and hanu rolls, jokbal noodles, jambon cream noodles, a pepperoni-cheese potato pancake and mango-mustard chicken nanban. Reviewers most often describe it as casual, pretty and clean.
북창동순두부 본점
₩11,000 per person
Hours 10:00–21:00
The main branch of Bukchangdong Sundubu is about 150 m from City Hall Station and centres on sundubu jjigae, with house, seafood, beef and beef-tripe versions at ₩11,000–₩12,500, plus grilled set meals. DiningCode reviewers most often describe it as unpretentious, casual, clean and popular with locals.
단상
Hours 11:30–22:00
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.
쭈불앤쭈불 코엑스몰점
₩25,000 per person
Hours 11:00–21:30
Jjubul & Jjubul's COEX Mall branch specialises in jjukkumi (webfoot octopus) bulgogi, served in sets paired with beef brisket doenjang stew, beef tripe or budae-style sausage, plus a one-person jjukkumi set meal and yukgaejang. DiningCode reviewers most often describe it as unpretentious, casual and good value.
찬장 용산 아이파크몰점
₩19,000 per person
Hours 11:00–22:00
Chanjang's branch in Yongsan I'Park Mall, next to Yongsan Station, serves sotbap bansang: pot-cooked rice sets paired with doenjang, soft tofu or kongbiji stew and a main such as pollack roe, salted mackerel, spicy pork or tteokgalbi. DiningCode also tags it for cockle bibimbap. Reviewers call it casual, clean, unpretentious and generous.
북촌김치재
₩13,000 per person
Hours 11:00–21:00
Bukchon Kimchijae, about 120 m from Anguk Station, builds its menu around mugeunji (long-aged kimchi): braised ribs, kimchi stew, braised mackerel, pork belly and duruchigi stir-fry, plus braised cutlassfish. Mains run ₩11,000–₩17,000. DiningCode reviewers most often describe it as unpretentious, casual, lively and generous.
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.
광화문석갈비 D타워점
₩18,900 per person
Hours 10:30–22:00
Gwanghwamun Seokgalbi's D Tower branch, about 190 m from Gwanghwamun Station, serves pork and beef stone-plate grills, 1++ hanu striploin on a tabletop brazier, a large galbitang, hanu yukhoe bibimbap and a cheese potato pancake. DiningCode reviewers most often describe it as clean, upscale, formal and casual.
문래돼지불백
₩11,000 per person
Hours 10:00–21:00
Mullae Dwaeji Bulbaek in Mullae-dong keeps a short menu built around one dish: pork bulgogi set meals in 200 g and 300 g portions, with extra meat available and soju, beer and makgeolli to drink. DiningCode reviewers most often describe it as unpretentious, popular with locals, good value and lively.
이스트빌리지 서울
₩15,000 per person
Hours 11:00–21:30
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.
밥장인 돼지찌개 홍대점
₩11,000 per person
Hours 10:00–22:00
Bapjangin Dwaeji Jjigae's Hongdae branch, about 140 m from Hongik University Station, serves pork stews: jjageuli, pork kimchi stew, soft tofu with potato and soft tofu with brisket, plus bulgogi, stir-fried squid and Spam sets for one or two. DiningCode reviewers most often call it unpretentious, generous and good value.
민정식당 본점
₩12,000 per person
Hours 11:00–21:30
Minjeong Sikdang's main branch in Jayang-dong, near Konkuk University, is listed on DiningCode for seolleongtang and boiled-beef hot pot. The menu also has ox-head gomtang, beef knee soup, mixed boiled beef, seafood chive pancake, dumplings and seasonal naengmyeon. Reviewers most often describe it as unpretentious, lively and popular with locals.
고냉지
₩9,000 per person
Hours 10:30–21:30
Gonaengji is a Sinchon diner listed on DiningCode for kimchi-jjigae and bossam. The menu runs from kimchi-jjigae (₩9,000) and rolled omelette to a Gonaengji set meal (₩16,000) and a bossam platter (₩35,000), and DiningCode reviewers most often call it down-to-earth, good value and generous.
육회자매집 종로3호점
₩23,000 per person
Hours 11:00–21:10
Yukhoe Jamae-jip's Jongno Branch 3 sits by Gwangjang Market and is listed on DiningCode for yukhoe and yukhoe bibimbap. The menu covers yukhoe (₩23,000), yukhoe rice bowls, beef jeon and raw beef sashimi, with Japanese labels on many items; reviewers most often call it down-to-earth, lively, casual and generous.
섬집
₩55,000 per person
Hours 11:00–21:50
Seomjip is a restaurant near Yongsan Station listed on DiningCode for blue crab stew and freshwater crab. Its spicy freshwater-and-blue-crab stew is ₩55,000 for two, alongside beef jeon, braised pork with kimchi, grilled fish and freshwater eel; DiningCode reviewers most often describe it as clean, casual and down-to-earth.
하얀고래 종각본점
₩18,000 per person
Hours 11:00–22:00
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.
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.
오양식관
₩13,000 per person
Hours 10:00–22:00
Oyang Sikgwan is a Gwanghwamun restaurant listed on DiningCode for kimchi-jjigae and rolled omelette. The whole-pork kimchi duru-jjigae is ₩10,000, and the Oyang set (₩13,000) combines the stew with flame-grilled spicy pork and rolled omelette; DiningCode reviewers most often describe it as down-to-earth, lively and casual.
순남시래기 명동점
₩11,000 per person
Hours 10:30–21:00
Sunnam Siraegi's Myeongdong branch is listed on DiningCode for siraegi-guk, a soup of dried radish greens, and Korean home cooking. Siraegi-guk comes regular (3-dae) or spicy (eolkeun) at ₩11,000 each, with boiled-pork and cockle set meals at ₩13,000; DiningCode reviewers most often call it down-to-earth, casual, generous and good value.
진고개
₩24,000 per person
Hours 11:00–21:00
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.
콩청대
₩13,000 per person
Hours 11:00–21:30
Kongcheongdae is a Hapjeong restaurant listed on DiningCode for kongguksu and cheonggukjang sundubu. The menu centres on soybean dishes: kongguksu (₩13,000), soft tofu stews and kongbiji-jjigae at ₩10,000–11,000, and a boiled-pork set (₩15,000); DiningCode reviewers most often call it popular with locals, down-to-earth and clean.
정선부뚜막
₩10,000 per person
Hours 11:30–21:00
Jeongseon Buttumak is a restaurant near Seoul Forest listed on DiningCode for gondeure-bap and kimchi-jjim. The gondeure rice set (₩10,000) sits alongside kimchi-jjim (₩14,000), spicy or sweet pork back ribs (₩24,000 each) and braised semi-dried pollock; DiningCode reviewers most often describe it as clean, casual and down-to-earth.
연남동주막
₩24,000 per person
Hours 11:00–21:30
Yeonnamdong Jumak is a Yeonnam-dong restaurant listed on DiningCode for namul (seasoned greens) and teolleogi sujebi. The menu includes teolleogi sujebi (₩24,000), webfoot octopus and jeyuk set meals for two (₩22,000 each), mung bean pancake and barley rice; DiningCode reviewers most often call it down-to-earth, generous and good value.
참숯골
₩15,000 per person
Hours 11:00–22:00
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.
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.
모담다이닝
₩32,000 per person
Hours 11:00–22:00
Modam Dining in Sinmunno, near Gwanghwamun, is listed on DiningCode for hanjeongsik (Korean set meals) and bori-gulbi. Daytime sets include bori-gulbi (₩32,000) and abalone tteok-galbi (₩35,000), with dinner versions priced higher and a Sura course at ₩64,000; DiningCode reviewers most often describe it as upscale, formal, clean and quiet.
밀과보리
₩12,000 per person
Hours 11:15–21:00
Milgwabori in Gye-dong, near Anguk Station, is listed on DiningCode for minari-jeon and gondeure-bap. Minari, potato and kimchi pancakes are ₩12,000 each, gondeure rice is ₩11,000 per person (minimum two), and there is also clam kalguksu and spicy braised chicken; DiningCode reviewers most often call it down-to-earth, casual and popular with locals.
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.
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.
만복기사식당
₩12,000 per person
Hours 04:30–23:00
Manbok Gisa Sikdang is a Mangwon-dong gisa sikdang (drivers' diner) listed on DiningCode for bulbaek and gochujang bulbaek. Bulbaek comes in gochujang or soy sauce versions at ₩12,000, alongside budae-jjigae, cheonggukjang, pollack stew and grilled fish at ₩11,000–13,000; DiningCode reviewers most often call it down-to-earth, casual and popular with locals.
한암동 여의도점
₩38,000 per person
Hours 11:30–22:00
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.
진미식당
₩13,000 per person
Hours 11:00–20:30
Jinmi Sikdang near Samgakji Station is listed on DiningCode for kongguksu and squid stir-fry. Cold kongguksu and obokmyeon are ₩13,000, squid and spicy pork stir-fries ₩12,000, Mungyeong soybean cheonggukjang ₩10,000 and fresh pork belly ₩15,000; DiningCode reviewers most often call it down-to-earth, popular with locals, casual and good value.
동화고옥 롯데월드몰점
₩59,000 per person
Hours 11:30–22:00
A Korean set-menu restaurant inside Lotte World Mall built around galbi courses, with a weekday-lunch galbi special, 1++ Hanwoo gomtang and Pyongyang-style naengmyeon on the à la carte side. DiningCode reviewers most often describe it as formal, upscale, quiet and clean.
청국장밥
₩11,000 per person
Hours 10:00–21:00
A Korean restaurant in the Samcheong-dong area centred on cheonggukjang, a strong-smelling fermented soybean stew served with rice, plus set meals pairing it with braised kodari (half-dried pollack) or pork bulgogi. DiningCode reviewers most often call it down-to-earth, casual, popular with locals and clean.
봉혜자네주방 타임스퀘어점
₩16,000 per person
Hours 11:00–22:00
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.
명륜건강원
₩11,800 per person
Hours 11:00–20:30
A small home-style restaurant near Hyehwa serving dosirak (Korean lunch-box meals) such as flame-grilled beef bulgogi, apple-gochujang stir-fried pork, tomato braised chicken and a chickpea-tofu curry. DiningCode reviewers most often describe it as an under-the-radar spot that is clean, casual and popular with locals.
다복집
₩13,000 per person
Hours 06:30–22:00
A Korean restaurant inside Seoul Station serving seolleongtang (ox-bone soup), bibimbap, seafood sundubu, yukgaejang and ttukbaegi bulgogi at everyday prices. DiningCode reviewers most often describe it as lively, casual, down-to-earth and clean, and it is tagged for quick service.
송암온반
₩12,000 per person
Hours 11:30–22:00
A Korean restaurant in Ikseon-dong centred on onban, rice served in a warm broth, alongside soy-sauce suyuk (sliced boiled pork), dumplings, perilla-oil buckwheat noodles and samgyetang. DiningCode reviewers most often describe it as upscale, with a good view, clean and quiet.
산청엔흑돼지
₩18,000 per person
Hours 11:30–22:00
A neighbourhood barbecue restaurant in Mangwon serving black pork: grilled samgyeopsal, gabrisal and galmaegisal cuts, plus black-pork duruchigi (stir-fry) in medium and large sizes, with doenjang or cheonggukjang stews on the side. DiningCode reviewers most often describe it as down-to-earth, popular with locals, under the radar and casual.
장지녕 간장게장
₩22,000 per person
Hours 11:30–22:00
A set-meal restaurant in Hannam-dong specialising in ganjang gejang (raw crab marinated in soy sauce), offered as single-person sets, with spicy jjukkumi sets, oyster dishes and a four-person spread. DiningCode reviewers most often describe it as clean, down-to-earth, good value and popular with locals.
밥플러스
₩12,000 per person
Hours 11:30–20:30
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.
반주
₩25,000 per person
Hours 15:00–23:00
A modern Korean dining bar in Ikseon-dong pairing traditional Korean liquor with shareable plates such as bulgogi potato jeon, octopus carpaccio, perilla-cream gnocchi, crab spaghetti and charcoal-scented Hanwoo yukhoe with gim bugak. DiningCode reviewers most often describe it as pretty, clean, quiet and upscale.
유월의 보리
₩14,000 per person
Hours 11:00–22:00
A Korean restaurant near Konkuk University serving a pot-rice (sotbap) set meal, beef-bone kalguksu with a mini barley-rice bowl, spicy flame-stir-fried octopus and crispy seafood pancake, plus house makgeolli. DiningCode reviewers most often describe it as clean, down-to-earth, popular with locals and somewhat formal.
설매네
₩12,000 per person
Hours 11:30–21:30
A Korean restaurant by Apgujeong Station known locally for bossam (boiled pork) and tangpyeongchae, also serving mandu-guk, kalguksu, a dumpling hot pot and pancakes such as oyster jeon and mung-bean bindaetteok. DiningCode reviewers most often describe it as down-to-earth, casual, lively and popular with locals.
뚝도시장 서울맛집
₩29,000 per person
Hours 11:30–21:00
A market eatery in Ttukdo Market, Seongsu, known for jeyuk and charcoal-grilled marinated pork bulgogi sold by 600 g, alongside low-priced bean-sprout bibimbap, gamjatang and cockle bibimbap. DiningCode reviewers most often describe it as down-to-earth, under the radar, good value and generous with portions.
동화식당
₩14,000 per person
Hours 07:00–21:00
A market eatery in Namdaemun Market serving braised and grilled fish with rice: galchi (hairtail) jorim and gui, braised or grilled mackerel, grilled flounder, plus sundubu and cheonggukjang stews. DiningCode reviewers most often describe it as down-to-earth, under the radar, lively and good value.
고두리 용산점
₩12,000 per person
Hours 11:30–22:30
A tofu-focused Korean restaurant by Sinyongsan Station serving mushroom-tofu hot pot and tofu jeyuk as lunch menus, plus handmade tofu, bean-curd pancakes, black-pork tofu kimchi and fresh pork belly in the evening. DiningCode reviewers most often describe it as down-to-earth, casual, lively and popular with locals.
들풀 한상
₩17,000 per person
Hours 11:00–22:00
A Korean set-meal restaurant in Hongdae where each order pairs seasonal pot rice (sotbap) with a main such as stir-fried pork with wraps, grilled mackerel or Spanish mackerel, deodeok root, smoked duck or braised beef short ribs. DiningCode reviewers most often describe it as clean, somewhat formal, generous and quiet.
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.
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.
말방국밥 용산본점
₩12,000 per person
Hours 11:00–22:30
A gukbap restaurant on Yongnidan-gil serving Hanwoo beef soup with rice, plus Hanwoo yukhoe bibimbap, mungtigi (fresh raw beef), braised beef tendon suyuk, charcoal makchang sundae and Gyeongju makgeolli. DiningCode reviewers most often describe it as casual, clean, unusual in style and generous.
도깨비불고기
₩20,000 per person
Hours 10:30–00:00
A bulgogi restaurant near Dongdaemun History & Culture Park serving Seoul-style bulgogi, with a lunch-special version, plus naengmyeon, braised beef ribs, pork belly, seafood pancakes and sundubu. DiningCode reviewers most often describe it as generous, down-to-earth, good value and casual.
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.
Nonhyeon
혼마찌 논현
₩55,000 per person
A tuna house near Yeongdong Market in Nonhyeon, run single-handedly by its owner. The set arrives as cuts of tuna divided in a wooden box, nigiri on a board, and a warm dish alongside.
Jamwon
서울쭈꾸미 잠원점
₩16,000 per person
Hours Mon–Thu 11:00–22:00
A webfoot-octopus restaurant between Sinsa and Nonhyeon. Octopus and pork belly in red chili sauce are cooked in a pan on the burner built into each round steel table. The kitchen is open to the room.
Nonhyeon
논현돈 논현점
A pork-belly house between Nonhyeon and Sinnonhyeon stations. Thick belly is grilled on a round cast-iron lid (sotttukkeong) with kimchi, sprouts and garlic cooking in the fat beside it. A wall sign says the pork is grade-1 Korean pork. Round steel tables, exposed ducts and football on the TV.
Samseong
맛찬들 삼성직영점
The visitor singled out the quality of the pork, the taste and the friendly service. Staff grilled the meat at the table.
PLAN A DAY
Seoul · 2 daysSeoul 24 hours: six restaurants that never closeHot soup, ramyeon and grilled pork at 4am, on both sides of the Han River.Seoul · 4 stopsJongno market walkHalf a day, four stops, all within a 15-minute walk.Seoul · 3 stopsGangnam after darkDinner, a second round, and a 24-hour bowl when the night runs long.Seoul · 3 daysThree day trips from SeoulSuwon ribs, Incheon fried chicken, Gangneung tofu — each an easy train ride.
What a Seoul restaurant owner ordered, paid and noticed.