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 [...]
Cuisine: Korean
Price: $
Reservations: No
Suggested Items: Galmaegisal, Dwaeji Galbi
This Mapo hole-in-the-wall is actually an upgrade from its smaller hole-in-the-wall location. Mapo Jeong Depo is a no frills blue collar grill joint that does what it does well. The floor is concrete. The tables are small, and it gets noisy in [...]
Cuisine: Modern Korean
Price: $$$
Reservations: Recommended
Suggested Items: It’s a rotating prix fixe menu. Just let the chef take care of you.
Jung Sik Dang is the pioneer of Korea’s “New Korean” cuisine, marked by new techniques and a playful attitude. The name of the restaurant itself is a joke on the [...]
Cuisine: Korean
Price: $
Reservations: No
Suggested Items: Boribap, Chicken Barbecue, Pajeon, Makkeoli
This was Anyang’s best kept secret until recently. Now it looks like people are flocking here. Fortunately, it hasn’t diminished the quality of its dishes, even with its recent expansion. San Ma-eul is a folksy traditional country restaurant at the [...]
Cuisine: Korean
Price: $
Reservations: No
Suggested Items: Samgyetang (it’s all they have)
This Anyang restaurant specializes in Samgyetang and nothing else. It serves nothing else. You just go in and tell them how many bowls, and they come out with bubbling bowls filled with whole small chickens stuffed with rice, jujubes and [...]
Cuisine: Korean
Price: $
Reservations: No
Suggested Items: Omogary Kimchi Jjigae, Hand-made Jjajangmyeon Noodles
This is a fastly growing chain of restaurants that have stores from Busan to Seoul. They specialize in “omogari” kimchi, which is heavily aged kimchi. The flavors are rich, sharp and hearty. The kimchi jjigae is the star of [...]
Cuisine: Asian, Modern
Price: $$
Reservations: Recommended
Suggested Items: The “Amazing” Fish, BulGalbi and Grilled Mushroom Salad, Million Won Samgyeopsal
Star chef is a chef-run bistro near Yangjae that specializes in updated Korean and pan-Asian cuisine. Chef-owner Hu-nam Kim prepares dishes with heavy Korean, Southeast Asian, Japanese, Chinese and European influences. Popular items [...]
