Sokcho — Places to eat
Mountain peaks above a harbour town
- Chunseonne — A bowl of gomchi soup by Cheongchoho Lake
- 88 Grilled Fish — Fish grilled for you right at the table
- Geuriun Boribap — Barley rice with greens, open for breakfast
- Hamheung Hoe Makguksu — Pollock-topped makguksu with a plate of boiled pork
- Jeongdeun Sikdang — The place credited with Sokcho's spicy jang kalguksu
- Whale Light Sokcho — A beachfront cafe looking down on the sea
- Coffee Haeyo — A small sea-view cafe on Lighthouse Beach
- Eoneu Meotjin Nal Cafe — A cafe with the Sokcho Eye wheel in the window
- Bossa Nova Coffee Roasters Sokcho — A four-floor roastery with a rooftop
- Cafe Gid — A cafe with an unblocked view of Ulsan Rock
- Jungang Dakgangjeong, Main Shop — Dakgangjeong fried in the middle of Jungang Market since 1970
- Manseok Dakgangjeong, Expo Main — The main dakgangjeong shop by the lake, quick for takeout
- Bukcheong Traditional Abai Sundae, 2nd Generation — Abai sundae and squid sundae from a third-generation house
- Dancheon Sikdang — Sundae soup and pollock cold noodles at a long-running house
- Sintobuli Potato Ongsimi — Chewy potato dumplings from a Jungang Market stall with a queue
- Cheongchosu Mulhoe, Sokcho Main — A big mulhoe house on the lake with a bone-broth base
- Bongpo Meoguri House — Mulhoe and abalone porridge with a sea view
- Sokcho Hangari Mulhoe — Mulhoe by the beach from 9am
- Wando Hoesikdang — Squid and flounder mulhoe from a shop open just four hours
- Abai Hoeguksu — Heaps of flounder sashimi on noodles, with a queue
- Seorak Hoeguksu — A veteran shop by Yeonggeumjeong serving tangy hoeguksu
- Jinhui Hoejip — A raw-fish restaurant at Daepo Port serving sashimi and mulhoe
- Jinmi Live Fish Center — Live-fish sashimi cut to order in the Jungang Market basement
- Sadonjip — Gomchi soup and spicy braised fish at a shop that closes by 3pm
- Sin PD Big Grilled Fish — Charcoal-grilled fish and gomchi soup
- Pyeonggang Makguksu — Buckwheat makguksu with perilla oil, going for 53 years
- Jeongdeun Sikdang — Thirty-year-old hand-cut jangkalguksu, spicy and savory
- Hamheung Naengmyeon-ok — Hamheung naengmyeon topped with pollock sashimi, a century shop
- Yujin Gejjim — Steamed snow crab with a sea view and crab fried rice
- Sokcho Haenyeo Maeul — Abalone stone pot and sea urchin bibimbap on the way to Seorak
- Sokcho Seopguk, Main — Seopguk mussel soup from 7am
- Daecheongmaru — Chodang soft tofu and grilled pollock, open from 7:20am
- Cafe SHLTR — A black-toned cafe with a different sea view on each floor
- Another Blue — Specialty coffee and house cakes facing Jangsa Port
- Chilseong Shipyard — A former shipyard turned lakeside cafe
- Bada Damda — A 3rd and 4th floor cafe above Yeonggeumjeong and the lighthouse
- Seed Noir Sokcho — A plant-garden bakery cafe with Ulsan Rock in view
- Macao Park Egg Tart — Flaky egg tarts, mostly pre-ordered for takeout