Seoul Restaurants

Seoul is no exception than any other Asian country, street food in Seoul is remarkable. I was so curious about their local specialty. At first I'm doubting, this is a first time in my life see this...

We lived near Namsangol Hanok village which was full of restaurants and cafes around. As it was my 21 Birthday, we decided to go the Korean BBQ restaurant. This type of restaurants is more expensive...

Most of the local restaurant and food outlets are closed during the Korean's Chuseok holidays. This is the time when most of the locals leave for their hometown and desert the city. There are some...

If you have not tried kimbab, you are missing out on a real Korean treat. Kimbab is made from a layer of dried seaweed, covered with a thin layer of rice, with a few strips of ham, veggies, and cooked...

Top Cloud by The Shilla is on the 33rd Floor of Jongno Tower. It boasts of floor-to-ceiling windows that offer a great view of Jongno, Bukhansan and Namsan. It has two segments - the Grill...

This Tourist Friendly and Popular Restaurant claims to only use 4-year-old ginseng and native free range chickens grown in the farm hence their ginseng chicken soup is the best among all these types...

Dongdaemun's food vendor alley is not the biggest in Seoul, but it does offer some unique treats at great prices...for the adventurous traveler. The most famous streets in the food vendor area of...

Namdaemun has lots of little street vendors that sell jeon (pancakes), chicken on a stick, mandu, Tteokbokki, soups, beer, and much more. I had a great lunch of a vegetable jeon (5,000 Won),...

Jeju Black Pork is the name of a new restaurant located a half block from Gangnam Station in the Gangnam-Gu area of Seoul. We were wandering through the area looking for a good, casual restaurant, and...

We went into the tea house as it was raining when we were visiting Insadong, so we wanted a place where we could sit and rest for an hour or so, and get something warm to drink. We ordered 2 sets of...

Itaewon has more than its share of American fast food joints including Burger King, McDonalds, KFC, Dunkin Donuts, Subway, and others. Avoid at all costs (unless you are drunk, then KFC is OK). If you...

Though chain convenience stores (like Family Mart and 7-Eleven) are easy to find, if you can track down a grocery store, you will enjoy better food at lower prices. The grocery stores usually have...

This restaurant is named after its founder, Mabongnim (can see her picture at the signboard) and sells only one thing – tteokbokki. Since everyone is having the same thing, the only differentiation...

After picking up a nice, fresh fish at Noryangjin Fish Market, The fishmonger spotted one of his friends and handed him our sashimi. The guy walked us into a back alley and up the steps into a large,...

If you are a burger (real burger) enthusiastic or if you just want to get a different T-Shirt for you collection, this is the place you should go. My favourite Pig Burger, but any other would be fine...

All you can eat Bulgogi and all you can drink OB lager! Sounds wonderful right? It is, the bulgogi is a little bit lacking when compared to a place like carne station, but it is still quite tasty and...

Nolboo, a Korean traditional restaurant, is located in Daehangno street. There are no tables and instead, while you sit in one of the big rooms, waiters dressed as Joseon servants bring in low tables...

Dunkin' Donuts was first established in South Korea around 1994, but it wasn't until around 2009 when they increased marketing and expanded their footprint to over 900 stores, easily topping Starbucks...

The Bibugi comes with octopus and bamboo. Bibugi is extremely spicy for my liking and it is fiery hot. I think the huge portion of rice is for you to cool your tongue from the spicy bibugi. But it did...

First thing, if you are curious about this teashop then I refer you to my travellogue, where I describe this place in much greater depth. The ambience is very relaxed, cozy and private. Patrons sit in...

this is a popular korean restaurant in Sinchon University Dsitrict and the specialty here are the assorted korean style soups like Bulgogi, Mushroom Steamball Soup, Jiampong and others. Unfortunately,...

I've booked a dinner at this restaurant, requested a vegetarian meal for my friend and myself. The restaurant confirmed my booking and my meal request twice. When we turned up they said we didn't book...

Our first full day we got off to an early start. We set off to visit the Gyeongbokgung Palace. After exiting the metro station, we thought having a good cup of coffee and a pastry would be ideal. This...

During my recent visit to Gwangjang Market, I stopped at one of the food vendors on the main alleyway, this one specializing in mandu. I decided on the mandu and and rice cake soup, bu they were out...

WOW! is all I can say... my new favorite restaurant. What's special about Brasilia? --> This place serves the best steak I've yet had in Asia. Even better? --> It's steak dish is cheaper than...