THE BEST Restaurants in Seoul
From street food to fine dining — discover the best restaurants in Seoul with curated picks, local tips, and free itinerary planning tools.
🍽️ Restaurants in Seoul
- Jungsik — A two-Michelin-star restaurant serving modern Korean cuisine.
- Gwangjang Market — A historic market famous for mung bean pancakes, tteokbokki, and live octopus.
- Myeongdong Kyoja — A restaurant known for kalguksu, knife-cut wheat noodles, and mandu.
- Congdu — A refined Korean restaurant in a hanok serving royal and temple-inspired dishes.
- Tosokchon Samgyetang — A famous ginseng chicken soup restaurant near Gyeongbokgung.
- Kyochon Chicken — A popular fried-chicken chain known for honey and soy garlic wings.
- Jinju Hoegwan — A long-standing restaurant serving naengmyeon, cold buckwheat noodles.
- Buchon Yukhoe — A restaurant specialising in raw beef yukhoe and beef tartare.
- Maple Tree House — A Korean BBQ restaurant popular with international visitors.
- Hanchu — A popular fried chicken and beer restaurant in Gangnam.
- Mangwon Market — A local neighbourhood market with Korean street food and fresh produce.
- Seokparang — A refined Korean restaurant set in a historic villa with garden views.
- Toscana — An Italian restaurant in Itaewon with wood-fired pizza and pasta.
- Andong Jjimdak — A restaurant serving the braised chicken specialty from Andong.
- Gontran Cherrier — A French bakery and café with croissants and pastries.
- School Food — A casual chain serving trendy Korean street-food-inspired dishes.
- Sanchon — A vegetarian temple-food restaurant by Chef Jeong Kwan.
- Jirisan Restaurant — A restaurant serving regional specialties from Jirisan mountain.
- Gaeseong Mandu Koong — A historic dumpling restaurant in Myeongdong since the 1970s.
- Mosu — A three-Michelin-star restaurant with contemporary Korean tasting menus.