Jamsil & Songpa: 14 restaurants worth the trip

Donghwa Gook (Lotte World Mall branch)

동화고옥 롯데월드몰점

Groups & sharingNot spicy

₩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.

Bicena

비채나

Near the sightsGroups & sharing

₩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.

Yukhwa Sikdang

육화식당

Groups & sharingLate night

₩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.

Cheongwaok

Main branch

청와옥 본점

First time in KoreaSolo diningEarly breakfast

₩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.

Cheonggukjang-gwa Boribap

Jamsil

청국장과보리밥 잠실점

Solo diningNot spicy

₩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.

Hwangsan Naengmyeon

황산냉면

Groups & sharingNot spicy

₩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.

Sugaseong

수가성

Solo diningNot spicy

₩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.

Saetjip Namwon Chueotang

샛집남원추어탕

Solo diningNot spicy

₩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.

Mukhim

묵힘

Groups & sharingFirst time in KoreaNot spicy

₩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.

Geumgeum Songridan-gil branch

금금 송리단길점

Not spicy

₩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.

Bongpiyang · Bangi Branch

봉피양 방이점

Groups & sharingNear the sights

₩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.

Memiljip (Buckwheat House)

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.

Manseokjang Lotte World Mall branch

만석장 롯데월드몰점

First time in KoreaSolo diningGroups & sharing

₩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.

Hangukjip Lotte World Mall branch (Korea House)

한국집 롯데월드몰점

First time in KoreaNot spicy

₩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.