Seoul — Places to eat
A palace wall, and a glass tower right behind it
- Andeok — Northern-style mandu soup and cold noodles in Seochon
- Seoryeong — Pure-buckwheat Pyongyang-style noodles by Sungnyemun
- Myeon Seoul — Handmade wheat, mung bean and soy noodles
- 3dae Samgye Jangin — Samgyetang in pine nut, mung bean and mugwort
- Gosari Express — Vegan bracken-oil noodles under a red awning in the market
- Gaeseong Mandu Koong — Gaeseong-style dumpling soup in a hanok, third generation
- Yonggeumok — Seoul-style loach stew, simmering since 1932
- Jaha Son Mandu — Handmade dumpling soup with Inwangsan views, since 1993
- Joseonok — Charcoal-grilled beef ribs, an 80-year-old veteran
- Andongjang — Chinese kitchen since 1948, home of oyster jjamppong
- Pyeongnaeok — Since 1950: northern-style naengmyeon, chicken salad first
- Gwanghwamunjip — Pork kimchi stew under an old signboard
- Samcheongdong Sujebi — Anchovy-broth sujebi in a Samcheong-dong lane
- Fritz Dohwa — Mapo roastery cafe with morning queues
- Blue Bottle Seongsu — Korea's first Blue Bottle, start of Seongsu's cafes
- London Bagel Museum Anguk — The Bukchon bagel shop known for its queue
- Cafe Layered Yeonnam — English-style scones and cakes, brick facade
- Hannam Jakeopsil — Hannam café serving on makers' tableware
- Camel Coffee Seongsu — The Seongsu roastery where Camel began
- Eulmildae Main Branch — A Mapo naengmyeon veteran where soju joins the bowl
- Woo Lae Oak Main Branch — Michelin Bib Gourmand: bulgogi first, then the noodles
- Pildong Myeonok — A Bib Gourmand naengmyeon house; add the dumplings
- Euljimyeonok — An Euljiro naengmyeon name, now reopened in Nakwon-dong
- Ojangdong Heungnamjip Main — A 1953 veteran of the spicy Hamheung noodle alley
- Gwanghwamun Mijin Main — Since 1954, cold soba served on two trays
- Hwangsaengga Kalguksu — Bone-broth kalguksu with dumplings made in view, near Bukchon
- Jinjujip — Thick soy-milk noodles in a Yeouido basement
- Chebudong Janchijip — A 5,000-won banquet noodle bowl in an old Seochon lane
- Bakgane Bindaetteok Main — Third-generation mung-bean pancakes in Gwangjang Market
- Buchon Yukhoe Main — 11,000-won raw-beef bibimbap beside Gwangjang Market
- Mabokrim Halmeoni Tteokbokki — Sindang-dong tabletop tteokbokki, simmering since 1953
- Hadongkwan Myeongdong Main — An 80-year-old gomtang bowl, served from 7am
- Imun Seolleongtang — A near-120-year-old Seoul seolleongtang house
- Tosokchon Samgyetang — Samgyetang with ginseng wine in a hanok
- Jinokhwa Halmae Dakhanmari Main — A whole chicken simmered in Dongdaemun’s dakhanmari alley
- Seorin Nakji — Three generations of fiery octopus stir-fry
- Okdongsik Seogyo — Bib Gourmand pork gomtang, clear broth over rice
- Hanilgwan Apgujeong — A Seoul 100 classic: gol-dongban and Seoul naengmyeon
- Cheongjinok — 90-year-old ox-blood hangover soup from 6am
- Geumdwaeji Sikdang — Bib Gourmand pork over charcoal, grilled for you
- Pyeongando Jokbal — Jangchung-dong pig’s trotters with dongchimi and cold noodles
- Choedaepo Main Branch No.1 — Mapo salt-grilled pork, in business since 1952
- Samwon Garden — A Seoul 100 seasoned-rib house with a garden
- Bongpiyang Bangi — Grilled pork ribs, finished with pyeongyang naengmyeon
- Yangmiok Namdaemun — Charcoal-grilled tripe and intestine near Namdaemun
- La Yeon — Michelin two stars: Korean courses above Namsan
- Mingles — Michelin three stars: Korean courses built on jang and ferments
- Taj Palace — An Itaewon Indian room with tandoori and curries
- Soi Yeonnam — A Yeonnam-dong Thai noodle house where you pick the noodle
- Onion Seongsu — Seongsu's best-known bakery cafe in an old factory
- Daelim Changgo Gallery — Coffee and art under an old warehouse roof
- Centralsite Yeonnam — A Yeonnam cafe for brew-bar coffee and classic tiramisu
- Coffee Hanyakbang — A hand-drip cafe styled like an old herbal pharmacy
- Eulji Dabang — A 40-year-old tea room and its ssanghwa tea
- Cheongsudang Ikseon — Souffle castella and matcha in an Ikseon-dong hanok
- Haeon Traditional Teahouse — Traditional tea and sweet red-bean porridge in a Samcheong hanok garden
- Taegeukdang — Seoul's oldest bakery and its monaka ice cream
- Charles H. (Four Seasons Seoul) — A 1920s-style cocktail bar below the Four Seasons
- Onion Anguk — Bread and coffee on the floor of a hanok
- Myeongdong Kyoja (main branch) — Chicken-broth kalguksu, garlic kimchi, done in ten minutes
- Euljiro Nogari Alley (Manseon Hof) — Plastic stools in a print-shop alley, nogari and draft beer
- Ojang-dong Hamheung Naengmyeon — Chewy starch noodles, fiery raw skate, an old Hamheung hall
- Gyeyeolsa (Buam-dong) — Crackly old-school chicken and draft beer on a Buam-dong hill
- Jayeondo Salt Bread (Ikseon-dong) — Buttery salt rolls by the four in a hanok lane
- Dongbinggo (Ichon-dong) — Old-school patbingsu piled with house-cooked red beans
- Born and Bred Seoul — A Majang-dong hanwoo house where every floor eats differently
- Eatanic Garden — A seasonal Korean course by the 36th-floor window
- Nampo Myeonok — A Pyeongyang naengmyeon veteran in an Euljiro office alley
- Jinmi Pyeongyang Naengmyeon — Pyeongyang naengmyeon in Nonhyeon, noodles first
- Mapo Ok — Mapo seolleongtang, simmering since 1949
- Gwanghwamun Gukbap — Clear black-pork soup in a Jeong-dong lane
- Neungdong Minari Yongsan — Hanwoo beef soup under a heap of minari
- Limbyungjoo Sandong Kalguksu — Hand-cut noodles in clam broth since 1988
- Fritz Wonseo — Roastery coffee next to Changdeokgung
- Terarosa Gwanghwamun — Specialty coffee before Gyeongbokgung
- Cafe Layered Anguk — A scone before the climb into Bukchon