Reviewed by Lee
Cuisine: Vegan
Price: $
Reservations: No Reservations
Suggested Items: W12,000 Buffet
With the abundance of samgyeopsal, fast food and fried chicken outlets engaged in a nightly war for patronage with dazzling neon signs, one could be forgiven for thinking Korea is a land so preoccupied with the consumption of animals, that it [...]
Cuisine: Burgers
Price: $
Reservations: Not required
Suggested Items: BBB Burger, Pop Burgers
On the hunt for real American burgers, it’s refreshing to find a place that does it right. The owner of Burger B lived in America for a while and traveled the country on an obsession with finding the secret to the perfect burger. [...]
Cuisine: Cali-Mex
Price:$
Reservations: No
Suggested Items: Burrito, Fish Taco
The best way to describe Tomatillo is “Cali-Mex.” It’s the bright fresh interpretation of Mexican popularized by American chains like Chipotle. The tortillas are made in the store. Sometimes you can see the dude making them. The ordering style goes where you choose your [...]
Cuisine: Brunch
Price:$
Reservations: Optional
Suggested Items: Eggs Benedict, any of the pancakes
This tiny, tiny little place at Hannam Ogari serves up a mean breakfast without mean prices. The owner worked in breakfast slopshops in America and brings some real good breakfast without the prissiness that has diseased the Korean brunch scene. The pancakes [...]
Cuisine: Delicatessen
Price:$
Reservations: No
Suggested Items: Reuben
Leo’s Deli makes its own deli meats and piles them generously on their sandwiches. Having the flavor of a New York deli, the ingredients are fresh. Leo makes the real corned beef and pastrami. There are no nitrates to give them that artificial pink color. You can [...]
Reviewed by a reader
Cuisine: Korean
Price: $
Reservations: Optional
Suggested Items: Buffet
This is a good place to stuff your face with a lot of reasonably priced Korean food, and the biggest attraction is the value. It’s an all-you-can-eat Korean buffet, but unlike Carne Station drinks aren’t included. The prices are much cheaper, though, and 9,500 won buys you [...]
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Reviewed by Chris
Cuisine: Korean Hof
Price: $
Suggested Items: The tall column of beer with ice in it
Bubblecats is a slightly upscale novelty bar whose main attraction is the waitresses, who dress in sexy outfits and who all dance to a song every hour on the hour until midnight. Bubblecats [...]
Cuisine: Burgers
Price: $
Reservations: None
Suggested Items: All the burgers, Chili, Sloppy Joe
“Big Kev” Cyr started Chili King as a street food cart in Itaewon. He now has a brick-and-mortar location there. The namesake chili is indeed the king of chilis in Seoul (though a Texan purist may disagree). The burgers are hearty, and he even includes [...]
Cuisine: Tex-Mex
Price: $
Reservations: None
Suggested Items: Taco al Pastor, Fajita Grande, Enchilada
Taco Chili Chili is a nice little lunch stop in the restaurant strip down from Noksapyeong Station. Expect to have fast food style tacos and burritos. What I like about TCC is they use corn tortillas as well as wheat flour tortillas. The Taco al [...]
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. [...]
