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Late night

Where can you eat in Seoul at 3am?

Seoul stops running trains around midnight, but it does not stop eating. These are the places in this guide still serving in the small hours.

8 restaurants in this guide are open 24 hours, 7 of them in Seoul. Another 5 serve past 2am.

Updated 2026-10-05

Which restaurants in Seoul are open 24 hours?

8 places in this guide never close.

Which places in Seoul serve past 2am?

5 places in this guide keep serving past 2am.

How do you get home after the subway stops?

Last trains leave around 23:30 to midnight and the first ones return around 05:00 to 05:30. Night buses with route numbers starting N run roughly 23:00 to 06:00 at about ₩2,500 a ride. Taxis add a late-night surcharge that is steepest between 23:00 and 02:00.

Times vary by line, by station and by direction, so check before you set off. Fares and surcharges change.

What do Koreans eat late at night?

Late-night eating in Korea leans on soup. Haejangguk, seolleongtang and gukbap are what people order after drinking, which is why the places open at 3am are mostly soup houses.