Yeouido & Yeongdeungpo: 9 restaurants worth the trip

Byeolmi Bokkeumjeom

별미볶음점

Solo diningBring the heat

₩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.

Golmokjip (Alley House)

골목집

Groups & sharing

₩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.

Hanamdong Yeouido branch

한암동 여의도점

Groups & sharingNot spicy

₩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.

Bonghyeja Kitchen (Times Square branch)

봉혜자네주방 타임스퀘어점

Solo diningBring the heatGroups & sharing

₩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.

Yeouido Jinjujip

여의도 진주집

Not spicySolo diningFirst time in Korea

₩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.

Yuni Buldakbal

Yeongdeungpo

윤이불닭발 영등포점

Late nightBring the heatGroups & sharing

₩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.

Ilsung Susan · Noryangjin Fish Market

일성수산 (노량진수산시장)

Worth the tripGroups & sharingLate night

₩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.

Mullae Dwaeji Bulbaek (Mullae Pork Bulgogi Set Meal)

문래돼지불백

Solo dining

₩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.

Mama Doenjang

마마된장

Solo diningNot spicy

₩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.