Cuisine: Korean
Price: $$
Reservations: Optional (takes reservations but not needed)
Suggested Items: Marinated beef samgyeopsal, Dwaengjang jiggae
Bottom line: Great food at reasonable prices, located in a nice area of town with lots of nearby coffee shops or bars for Round Two.
This is simply my favorite restaurant in Korea because the food [...]
Cuisine: Korean
Price: $
Reservations: No
Suggested Items: Grilled Fish, Changgukjang Jjigae, Jaeyuk Bokkeum
This is what we mean by the great hole-in-the-wall lunch stop that’s a well kept secret. Super packed with locals around lunch time, Gui Daehak serves a mean grilled fish. It feels like you’re camping. Their Jaeyuk Bokkeum (spicy stir-fried pork) is hot and tangy. [...]
Cuisine: Italian
Price: $$$
Reservations: Optional
Suggested Items: Tenderloin Pasta in Gorgonzola Cream Sauce, Grilled King Prawn with Basil Provence Sauce
This may be the only waterfront dining option in Seoul. Fradia sits literally on the water at Hangang Park, which hugs the southern bank of the river north of Apgujeong. As of now, it’s a bit difficult to [...]
Cuisine: Burgers, Pub Grub
Price: $$
Reservations: No
Suggested Items: Sloppy Joe
What Smokey Saloon has going for it is that the burgers taste good. I think they’re resting on that too much. They have a good variety of interesting burgers. I have seen a long line of Koreans waiting for burgers, so I guess they were featured on [...]
Cuisine: Modern Korean
Price: $$$
Reservations: Recommended
Suggested Items: It’s a rotating prix fixe menu. Just let the chef take care of you.
Jeong Sik Dang is the pioneer of Korea’s “New Korean” cuisine, marked by new techniques and a playful attitude. The name of the restaurant itself is a joke on the chef owner’s name, Yim Jeong Sik [...]
