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Restaurants in Seoul have earned high praises from locals, tourists and food critics alike for inventive culinary flavours. The city offers an extensive array of international delicacies from soups, fresh seafood, vegetarian dishes, steaks, noodles and rice dishes to fine-dining. This list consists of recommendations for restaurants, bars and nightlife for visitors to explore during their time in Seoul.
Since restaurants in Seoul get very popular on weeknights and weekends, visitors should reserve a minimum of 2-3 days in advance. Unless online reservations are in place, most restaurants only accept reservations with Korean numbers via call so you may ask your hotel concierge to make the reservation on your behalf. For higher-end restaurants that are difficult to reserve, we recommend checking them out for weekday lunch with much better deals. Visitors may have to queue for certain, more casual but popular restaurants that are not reservable.
With an elegant and spacious interior perfect for big groups, Hwagiaeae is equipped with 100% pure charcoal to grill premium degree fresh meat at reasonable prices.
As the first brewery to be brought into the city, Neurin Maeul Brewery serves the freshest makgeolli (Korean rice wine) accompanied with delicious dishes.
Traditional Korean restaurant with a wide selection of jeon (Korean pancakes) and other Korean menus, best accompanied with makgeolli (Korean rice wine).
Cooking honest food that respects the integrity of ingredients, Chef Seo Ho-young cooks unique Korean dishes with the freshest produce sent to him by his farmer parents.
Famous Korean dumplings, served in different flavours such as fried truffle, fried shrimp, fried galbi, fried pork, steamed pork and kimchi.
Yangchul Seoul
By bringing out the soft flavours of vegetables by cooking in butter, Chef Song ho-yoon transforms vegetables into main dishes to be paired perfectly with a selection of distinct natural wines.
Offering handmade pasta dishes and refined à la carte items, this restaurant wine bar invites visitors to relish a gallery atmosphere with paintings by renowned artists.
With homemade dishes and liquers befitting the cozy space, Borgo Hannam serves heartwarming Italian food from various regions.
DOTZ
Chic restaurant serving a variety of Asian dishes from Japan, Hongkong and more with a signature pork sandwich (katsu sando) inspired from Japanese cuisine.
La.Sand.Dog Osteria (라샌독오스테리아)
Flavourful Italian restaurant with a focus on spaghetti and wine, accompanied by beautiful interiors and three dogs.
Maremma (마렘마)
Trendy Italian restaurant that serves a range of pastas and steaks with a lovely ambience for dinner.
Monk's Butcher (몽크스부처)
Vegan specialised restaurant offering a colourful selection of well-made vegan plates and vegan wine and drinks in an elegant setting.
Authentic taste of a casual and cozy Italian osteria with signature offerings including the white ragù pasta, spicy tagliatelle and seafood tartare.
Pizzeria D'Buzza (부자피자)
Pizza restaurant that offers fire oven pizza unique from the regular Italian or American pizza catered to a Korean audience.
Sarangui Bulgogi (사랑의 불고기)
Authentic Korean restaurant that serves exquisite non antibiotic bulgogi (Korean grilled beef) and Pyeongyang naengmyeon (cold buckwheat noodles).
Solsot Hannam (솔솥 한남점)
Specialising in sotbab (steamed rice bowls), Solsot offers authentic Korean meals with a modern twist including steak, snapper, abalone and eel sotbab.
As the first brewery to be brought into the city, Neurin Maeul Brewery serves the freshest makgeolli (Korean rice wine) accompanied with delicious dishes.
Kong guksu (cold bean soup noodles) specialised restaurant originally opened in 1962 in Jinju, serving a simple dish with the perfect harmony of ingredients.
Famous Korean dumplings, served in different flavours such as fried truffle, fried shrimp, fried galbi, fried pork, steamed pork and kimchi.
Imun Seolnongtang (이문설렁탕)
For more than 100 years, this restaurant has been serving exceptional ox bone soup with generous portion of sliced meat and soft wheat noodles.
Solsot Ikseon (솔솥 익선점)
Specialising in sotbab (steamed rice bowls), Solsot offers authentic Korean meals with a modern twist including steak, snapper, abalone and eel sotbab.
Gwanghwamun
BAR CHARM
Tucked away in one of the oldest neighbourhoods in Seoul, BAR CHAM is set in a hanok (traditional Korean house) offering cocktails based on Korean spirits, melding local flavours with modern techniques.
Cobbler (코블러)
Owned by Robin Yoo, a pioneer in Seoul's cocktail scene, the no-menu bar Cobbler is found in a elegantly refined hanok (traditional Korean house) that Yoo renovated himself.
Famous haejangguk (hangover soup) restaurant run by three generations, with simmered beef bone broth, soybean paste, vegetables, clotted beef blood, etc.
Traditional Korean restaurant that is also a research institute, offering food that clearly reflects the four distinct seasons and refined beauty of Korean cuisine.
Korean restaurant known for their freshly made dumplings and silky-soft noodles served in a rich ox bone broth, as well boiled beef slices and noodles in cold soybean soup.
Perfect for a light oriental snack, this small hole-in-the-wall place serves traditional sweet warm red bean soup and various traditional teas that offer a taste of Korea.
Terreno (떼레노)
Authentic Spanish cuisine with a touch of Korean sensibilities, maintaining the fundamentals of Spanish cooking and that feature ingredients frown on the chef's own farm.
SEONGDONG-GU
Born & Bred (본앤브레드)
Top-quality Korean beef restaurant Born and Bred offers three different dining concepts: 1F butcher lounge, 2F casual eatery inspired by Majang Meat Market butcher restaurants and 3F multi-course beef experience.
Seongsu-dong
Boyer (보이어)
Contemporary Italian restaurant that serves brunch and coffee during the day, turning into a natural wine bar with appetisers, pasta and steak.
El Molino (엘몰리노)
Upscale Mexican cuisine restaurant run by a former fine dining chef in an industrial interior, serving delicious tacos and drinks.
Jeje (제제)
Chinese restaurant that serves in the hopes to bring accessible and exceptional Chinese food to the Korean food landscape, with popular dim sum, noodles and rice dishes.
Kuna (쿠나)
Contemporary Italian restaurant set in a chic and trendy space, offering octopus carrot puree and porcini and bacon cream gnocchi, along with a list of other dishes and wine to pair.
MAPO
Cobbler Yeonhui (코블러 연희)
Owned by Robin Yoo, a pioneer in Seoul's cocktail scene, cocktails at the bespoke bar Cobbler are made for each guest after conversations with the bartenders.
Hongdae
Big Tiny (빅타이니)
A tiny and cozy restaurant bar that serves delicious Western dishes that pair smoothly with the selection of wine offered.
Miro Sikdang (미로식당)
Homely style Korean cooking presenting a mastered art of the Korean classics – seafood and spring onion pancakes, grilled pork neck and bulbogi, all with seasonal ingredients.
As the first brewery to be brought into the city, Neurin Maeul Brewery serves the freshest makgeolli (Korean rice wine) accompanied with delicious dishes.
As the first brewery to be brought into the city, Neurin Maeul Brewery serves the freshest makgeolli (Korean rice wine) accompanied with delicious dishes.