Seoul

853 (팔오삼) – Homepage https://www.instagram.com/bbq_853 – Tel +82-70-8832-0853 853 is a pork barbecue restaurant located in a renovated hanokin Insa-dong, offering various cuts of pork such as shoulder, belly, blade-end fatback, and pork neck. They use thick cuts of domestically sourced pork and grill them to perfection, ensuring they are juicy and flavorful. Customers can…

Manseon Hof (만선호프) – Tel +82-2-2274-1040 Located in Euljiro Nogari Alley, Manseon Hof is a beer bar. The place is bustling late at night with people drinking beer and eating snacks like nogari (dried young pollack) and fried chicken at sidewalk tables. It is a great place to enjoy a cold draft beer and grilled…

Jjamppong Zizon Jongno (짬뽕지존 종로) – Tel +82-2-725-5161 Jjamppong Zizon is a Chinese restaurant located near Cheonggyecheon Stream. Their signature dish, zizon jjamppong (spicy seafood noodle soup), combines fresh seafood with a spicy broth enhanced with smoky flavors. They also offer zizon jjajangmyeon (black bean sauce noodles). For those craving extra heat, there are options…

Jinsadaek (진사댁) – Tel +82-2-774-9605 Jinsadaek is a traditional Korean restaurant located near Myeongdong Cathedral. It specializes in serving high-end Korean table d’hote prepared with ingredients such as beef, abalone, fish, soybean paste, blue crabs, and japchae. Additionally, they offer specialties like bori gulbi jeongsik (barley-aged dried yellow croaker set menu), ganjang gejang jeongsik (soy…

Sanullim 1992 (산울림1992) – Homepage www.instagram.com/sanullim1992/?igshid=ma1v6r459dr5 This Korean bar and restaurant serves Korean dishes with nearly 200 types of traditional Korean liquor on offer, including makgeolli (unrefined rice wine), refined rice wine, and distilled liquor. Its food menu includes bean curd with stir-fried kimchi, ox knee soup (soup made by boiling down calcium-rich ox knee),…

Anjjang (안짱) – Homepage www.instagram.com/anjjang.3.5 This Japanese-style bar and restaurant is run by a chef who studied abroad in Japan and serves delicious snacks that go well with alcoholic drinks. Spicy stir-fried soba, Japanese-style fried noodles with beef loin and vegetables, and grilled chicken, skewered chicken thighs grilled over a charcoal fire, are amazing. Be…

SIDE NOTE CLUB – RYSE (라이즈 호텔 사이드 노트 클럽) – Homepage www.rysehotel.co.kr/side-note-club This cocktail bar is located on the 15th floor of RYSE, a hotel near Hongik University. It serves contemporary reinterpretations of classical cocktails and its signature cocktails, including Peanut Butter Delight, Cheese in a Trap, and The Bitter Bliss, which feature interesting…

Four Seasons Charles H. (포시즌스호텔서울 찰스.H) – Homepage www.instagram.com/charleshseoul This bar is named after the legendary American writer Charles H. Baker. It is inspired by speakeasy bars, which were bars hidden from sight during the Prohibition period, so its door blends into the surrounding walls. So, when one steps into the space, it is like…

Jungin Myeonok Main Store (정인면옥 본점) – Homepage junginmyeonok.modoo.at (Korean only) – Tel +82-2-2683-2615 Jungin Myeonok, situated near Yeouido Hangang Park, is a culinary destination specializing in Pyeongyang naengmyeon (Pyeongyang cold buckwheat noodles). The restaurant offers two types of naengmyeon: the traditional Pyeongyang naengmyeon, which combines buckwheat with starch for a chewier texture, and sunmyeon,…