Busan — Places to eat
A port city where the hills spill into the sea
- Bonjeon Pork Soup — Clear pork soup worth a short queue near Busan Station
- Naeho Naengmyeon Main Branch — Original milmyeon with red sauce and a warm broth on the side
- Namcheon Gaya Milmyeon — Neighborhood milmyeon with a plate of mandu on the side
- Seongiljip Grilled Hagfish — The shop that started the old City Hall hagfish alley
- Ijaemo Pizza — Gwangbok-dong pizzeria with a cheese-crust queue
- Sinbalwon — Busan Station dumpling shop open since 1951
- Yeongjin Dwaeji Gukbap (Main) — Sinpyeong gukbap house famed for its suyuk set
- Suyeong Dwaeji Gukbap — Gukbap simmering from morning to late night near Gwangalli
- 70-Year Halmae Gukbap — A seventy-year grandma gukbap counter with generous suyuk
- Haeundae Halmaejip — Rich-broth pork gukbap on the Oncheon Center ground floor
- Yeongdong Milmyeon & Pork Gukbap — Milmyeon and pork gukbap in one alley by Busan Station
- Ilmi Milmyeon — A tiny alley milmyeon shop with a line before 11
- 31cm Seafood Kalguksu — Clams piled in a basin-sized bowl
- Palate — A tasting menu on the 3rd floor above Dalmaji-gil
- Momos Coffee Roastery & Coffee Bar Yeongdo — Roastery of a world barista champion's brand
- Waveon Coffee Gijang — An ocean-view cafe on the Gijang coast
- Terarosa Suyeong — A roastery in a former wire factory
- Haebing Moment — Black-sesame cream latte above the Huinnyeoul sea
- Bielle — Mugwort milk cake and a sea terrace
- Aether — A Yeongdo cafe with a top-floor outdoor view
- Hayden — Gijang sea through glass, plus a tart
- Jeongjitgan, Sinpyeong Main — A 24-hour pork soup house with a Bib Gourmand
- Hapcheon Gukbapjip — Clear broth and sea-squirt kkakdugi in Yongho-dong
- Sinchang Gukbap, Main — A modest Bosu-daero soup house, rice served apart
- Subyeon Choego Pork Soup, Millak Main — Pork-jowl soup near Gwangalli
- Ssangdungi Pork Soup, Main — A long-loved suyuk set spot in Daeyeon-dong
- Gaegeum Milmyeon — One of Busan's big three milmyeon, in a market alley
- Haeundae Gaya Milmyeon — Milmyeon in a broth simmered for 72 hours
- Choryang Milmyeon — Milmyeon and big dumplings across from Busan Station
- Baekil Pyeongnaeng — Seoul-style pyeongyang naengmyeon in milmyeon country
- Samjin Fish Cake, Yeongdo Main — Busan's fish cake home, hot off the fryer
- Dongnae Halmae Pajeon — A thick, moist Dongnae pajeon, four generations deep
- Sujeong Hoetjip — Coal-fired hagfish and a sashimi platter at Jagalchi
- Jinyangho Hoetjip Gwangalli — Course sashimi with a Gwangan Bridge view and refills
- Daewoo Hoe Center — Yeongdo-style flounder mul-hoe with soybean powder
- Cheongmiga Clam Grill — Clam grill sets by the sea at Cheongsapo
- Horok Horok — Scallop and clam grill under the Gwangan Bridge
- Geumsu Bokguk, Haeundae Main — A clear pufferfish soup, open round the clock
- Donggyeong Bapsang — Tokyo-style unaju and Nagoya-style hitsumabushi
- Hanwolgwan — A clear hanwoo gomtang near Gwangalli, a Bib Gourmand
- Bibijae — A Bib Gourmand bibimbap shop
- Dammiok — Mild pyeongyang naengmyeon and eobok jaengban
- Songheonjip — Charcoal-grilled tteokgalbi, a Bib Gourmand
- Moemiljip — House-milled domestic buckwheat noodles, a Bib Gourmand
- Haeundae Amso Galbijip — Haeundae raw and marinated galbi, with potato noodles
- Le DORER — Ocean-view Korean fine dining, one Michelin star
- Mori — A one-star kaiseki in Haeundae
- Jandunga — Tuna tostadas and tacos in a Jeonpo alley
- Cor Pasta Bar — Fresh pasta at an open kitchen
- Dimtao Haeridan-gil — Dim sum by Hong Kong chefs, from har gow to fried eggplant
- Goraesa Fish Cake, Jagalchi — Skewers and hot broth at Jagalchi
- Cafe 385 — Big windows on the Yeongdo sea, and a coal-briquette bread
- Piak Cafe & Bakery — A huge bakery with a full-glass Busan harbor view
- Suwol Gyeonghwa — A hanok-style tea room over Songjeong Beach
- Dubeokseu Gwangan — A 7th-floor cafe with Gwangandaegyo dead ahead
- Tide — A quiet roastery pouring hand-drip over Mipo sea
- Markbean Bakery Cafe, Dalmaji — Three floors on Dalmaji Hill, open 9am to midnight
- EL16.52 — A big cafe at Amnam Park, Songdo cable car in view
- Seunggi Ssiat Hotteok — The queued Nampo-dong stall with seed-stuffed hotteok
- Maru Patbingsu & Danpatjuk, Main — A third-generation red-bean shop by Busan Station
- Dormer — A third-floor Haeundae bar, whisky or cocktails from 15,000
- Halmae Gaya Milmyeon (Nampo-dong) — Slushy milmyeon, a Nampo pit stop
- Chunha Chudong Milmyeon (Seomyeon) — Seomyeon milmyeon with a giant dumpling
- Jagalchi Market raw fish — Pick fish downstairs, eat it upstairs
- Gaemijip (Nampo main) — Octopus, tripe and prawn in one red pan
- Gukje Market food alley — Glass noodles and gimbap on street stools
- Ssiat hotteok at BIFF Square — Crisp hotteok packed with seeds
- Cup & Cup (Gwangalli) — Gwangan Bridge head-on from the 4th–5th floor
- Momos Coffee (Oncheonjang main) — Busan roastery where a World Barista Champion worked
- OPS Bakery (Haeundae) — Busan's bakery icon: cream puffs and hagwonjeon