Gangneung — Places to eat
Coffee in hand, facing the East Sea
- Geumhak Kalguksu — Jang-kalguksu in an old inn building
- Daedong Myeonok Jumunjin — Fish-topped bibim makguksu and suyuk
- Choe Ilsun Jjamppong Sundubu — Jjamppong sundubu near Gyeongpo
- Gangneung Bulgogi Chodang — Mountain-of-scallion bulgogi across from Terarosa
- Hyundai Jang Kalguksu — A peppery Gangneung-style jang kalguksu
- Jumunjin Makguksu — Jumunjin-style water makguksu with boiled pork
- Yukyoung Tangsuyuk — Tangsuyuk shop where you mix two or three flavors
- Got (Sacheon beach bakery cafe) — Rooftop bakery cafe on Sacheon Beach
- Haesongdang Won Gang-hee Bakery — Seaside cafe selling Won Gang-hee bakery bread
- AM Bread & Coffee Anmok — Bread-packed cafe on Anmok cafe street
- Donghwa Garden — The Chodang village shop that started jjamppong sundubu
- Chodang Tobaegi Halmeoni Sundubu — A veteran tofu shop making its own tofu for hotpot
- Gohyang Sancheon Chodang Sundubu — A Chodang tofu stop with shorter lines and big parking
- Wonjo Gangneung Gyodong Banjeom — A veteran Chinese shop that lives on one jjamppong
- Hoesan Jangkalguksu — Soy-chili noodles and potato pancakes without a long line
- Dongbu Gamja Ongsimi — A market ongsimi shop, handy before a train
- Eomjine Pojangmacha, Main — A pojangmacha famed for cockle bibimbap and squid sundae
- Pungho Matteurak, Gangneung Main — Cockle bibimbap with mul-hoe or yukhoe in set meals
- Yeongok Kkukjeogu-tang — Freshwater goby stew with potato rice, on the Odaesan road
- Jumunjin Nammae Sikdang — Mussel rice and grilled fish, open from early morning
- Sodol Makguksu — Pollack-fermented-fish bibim makguksu and pork in Jumunjin
- Samgyo-ri Dongchimi Makguksu, Main — Buckwheat noodles in icy dongchimi broth
- Beolttae Hoetjip — Jumunjin mul-hoe and sashimi with its own car park
- Haeoreum Hoetjip — Mul-hoe including a shaved-ice version, open from 9am
- Anmokhang Mulhoe — Harbor mul-hoe by Anmok coffee street, cockle bibimbap at 12,000
- Solhyang Daege — Snow crab and king crab by Gangmun, lunch sets from 12,000
- Gangneung Saimdang Squid Sundae — Crispy nurungji-coated squid sundae, with a market line to match
- Soldam Hanjeongsik, Gangneung Main — Lotus-leaf rice set meals near Gyeongpodae
- Dasong Garden — Tofu hotpot and grilled-fish sets in a garden house
- Ilchul Sikdang — Grilled pollack and tofu right outside Jeongdongjin Station
- Geumseong Haejangguk — 8,000-won ox-head rice soup, often sold out early
- Wonjo Kalguksu — 8,000-won jangkalguksu in Jumunjin, thin noodles, spicy broth
- Bossa Nova Coffee Roasters Gangneung — A four-floor cafe above the Anmok coffee street sea
- 346 Coffee Story — An ocean-view bakery cafe right on Gangmun Beach
- Terarosa Main — The red-brick coffee factory where Gangneung’s coffee story took off
- Bohemian Roasters Park Ichu Coffee Factory — The roastery cafe of Gangneung coffee pioneer Park Ichu
- Sundubu Gelato No. 1 — Gelato with a soft-tofu note in Chodang village
- Gangneung Chodang Tofu Tiramisu — Tiramisu built on Chodang tofu, a new village dessert