Seoul
One of the most authentic North Korean restaurants in Seoul, using quality ingredients to produce simple flavours. Owner-chef Yu Jeong-chol worked at one…
Seoul
One of the most authentic North Korean restaurants in Seoul, using quality ingredients to produce simple flavours. Owner-chef Yu Jeong-chol worked at one…
Banpo Romantic Moonlight Market
Gangnam & Southern Seoul
In warmer weather, the Banpo Bridge Park area becomes a festive night market with food trucks serving international cuisine – Indian, Vietnamese, pasta,…
Myeong-dong & Jung-gu
A rowdy watering hole with excellent food, this restaurant and bar is famous for its gamja-guk (pork-back soup). Open since 1987, the restaurant boils its…
Myeong-dong & Jung-gu
The delicious and beautifully presented bibimbap here is made with only natural seasonings, befitting its surrounds on the Northern Namsan Circuit. The…
Seoul
On a street with several other Japanese restaurants, this atmospheric ramen shop is the real deal and proof that being part of a chain need not compromise…
Gangnam & Southern Seoul
One of the most popular fried chicken eateries in Gangnam, Hanshin Chicken is conveniently located across from Express Bus Terminal. Diners can choose to…
Myeong-dong & Jung-gu
Led by Michelin-starred British chef Duncan Robertson, this upmarket revolving restaurant sits up top the iconic N Seoul Tower. Views are amazing, as is…
Itaewon & Yongsan-gu
German-run brunch hot spot serving stacked sandwiches and a mighty range of sweet and savoury pastries (it's generous with the free nibbles, so pop in and…
Seoul
An excellent place to start your Hongdae day is at this tiny Japanese bakery-cafe, which combines sweet breads with savoury flavours. Try the excellent…
Itaewon & Yongsan-gu
Itaewon's original KoMex eatery still does a roaring trade in soft corn tacos filled with galbi short rib and sides of kimchi carnitas fries, along with…
Seoul
Located in a small house, Gyeongju Restaurant serves home-cooked Korean food. The Large Meat Set for four people comes with 300g of lamb, 450g of pork and…
Seoul
One of the most loved Japanese restaurants in the Hongdae area, Himesiya's dishes are more fusion than they are authentically Japanese. Still, the meals…
Seoul
In an industrial-chic space adorned with a forest of plants, Muwol Table focuses on decent portion sizes. Each meal comes with a small bowl of rice, a…
Gangnam & Southern Seoul
You’ll be treated like royalty by hanbok-clad staff in this oasis of old-fashioned service and decor. The dozen well-presented dishes are modernised…
Itaewon & Yongsan-gu
This open-fronted eatery sexes up the good old BLT with extra thick, house-cured bacon and a big choice of flavoured mayos, served on toasted white bread.
Itaewon & Yongsan-gu
Harking back to the original San Bernardino McDonald's, this '50s-themed diner only grills one type of burger, but it's a beast. You can add bacon, double…
Itaewon & Yongsan-gu
There's no menu at this hidden-gem HBC hang-out – just a grill behind a hardwood bar where striploin steaks are sizzled to perfection (₩22,000). If butter…
Gangnam & Southern Seoul
An iconic chicken and beer bar, Hanchu is a Garosu-gil institution, though it's known more for its loud, crowded ambiance and its fried hot peppers than…
Gangnam & Southern Seoul
Korean cuisine, while delicious, can overwhelm with punchiness. Min's Kitchen opts for fresh, delicate flavours in dishes such as shrimp bibimbap. The…
Itaewon & Yongsan-gu
Everything is made from scratch at this Thai eatery serving a small selection of regional dishes from across Thailand (yes, it does a pad thai). Chefs…
Seoul
Anh serves southern-Vietnamese-inspired dishes. While its pho is quite good, the standout meal is the bun thit nuong cha gio (grilled meat on noodles and…
Seoul
Generous fresh fish and crab meals at this stand in the Noryangjin Market are a bargain. Try kkotge (spicy blue-crab soup), which includes side dishes…
Myeong-dong & Jung-gu
Books about Tibet and colourful crafts and pictures adorn this restaurant where you can sample the cuisine of the high Himalaya plateau, including momo …
Seoul
An offshoot of Tuk Tuk Noodle Thai. An Astroturf lawn and some outdoor furniture fronts this Thai street-food restaurant where you can dig into a short…
Seoul
This adorable tapas bar whips up authentic and creative Spanish-style nibbles including light-as-a-feather tortilla and homemade anchovies. Wash them down…
Itaewon & Yongsan-gu
Go large at this '50s-themed American diner franchise with towering plates of syrupy pancakes, chicken and waffles and egg-heavy breakfasts. It's pricey…
Gangnam & Southern Seoul
What was originally a hipster food truck in Austin, Texas, Coreanos (which is Spanish for 'Korean') brings its winning formula of kimchi tacos to Seoul…
Myeong-dong & Jung-gu
Michelin-starred chef Pierre Gagnaire’s Seoul restaurant is an epicurean and wallet-hammering experience with a dress code of no T-shirts, shorts or…
Myeong-dong & Jung-gu
Housed in an attractive red-brick, western-style building from around 1910 with white-wood wrap-around verandah, this restaurant is a fragment of Seoul’s…
Seoul
These burgers taste good, but this is Yeonnam-dong, the haunt of the social-media savvy, so they look even better. Origami boxes reveal creations like …
Itaewon & Yongsan-gu
Run by Bulgarians, this long-lived Itaewon restaurant whips up Balkan standards like shopska salad (billed as 'Bulgarian kimchi' for its comparative…
Gangnam & Southern Seoul
A popular hang-out with a passing array of characters – artists, models and fashionistas – this industrial brick coffee house does a delicious patbingsu …
Gangnam & Southern Seoul
This is the place for fashionistas to be seen. Run by the bakery behemoth Paris Croissant, it has a classy bakery section and dining area (try the salmon…
Itaewon & Yongsan-gu
A hip take on a Hong Kong diner, this stripped-back canteen serves roast pork belly, ribs, barbecue char sui and chicken over rice, along with noodle…
Myeong-dong & Jung-gu
A Myeong-dong institution since 1960, this is fast food Korean-style: the tasty deep-fried chicken comes in various portion sizes or there’s samgyetang …
Myeong-dong & Jung-gu
Mandu (dumplings), tofu or ginseng can be added to the seolleongtang (Seoul's milky white beef broth dish) served at this inexpensive chain, but purists…
Gangnam & Southern Seoul
From the moment those salivating aromas of sizzling burgers hit you, there's no return from this underground diner which is a homage to American food. Its…
Gangnam & Southern Seoul
Modelled after a US-based Mexican food chain, Cuchara allows you to customise your dish of choice: burrito bowls, burritos or tacos. Fill with chorizo,…
Gangnam & Southern Seoul
Located within the main Olympic Park gate, this buffet buzzes with diners here for excellent-value, all-you-can-eat Korean and fusion dishes. There's an…
Itaewon & Yongsan-gu
Decked out like a whimsical Parisian cafe, Lou Loudi caters for the Hannam-dong socialites with picture-perfect slices of cake and specialty teas served…