4.1Inamjang 이남장
A seolleongtang specialist whose milky ox-bone broth has anchored a small Gangnam-area chain — this Samseong-dong branch keeps the format tight: soup, fried chicken, suyuk, and yukhoe, aimed at the neighborhood office crowd.
under ₩15k4 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
3.9Daeun Sikdang 대운식당
A Yeoksam-dong spot near Gangnam Station running two menus at once — jeyuk-bokkeum and squid stir-fries on one side, dongtae-jeon and pollack stews (frozen and fresh) on the other.
₩15–40k3 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.0Minamok 미남옥
A Sinsa-dong gomtang shop near Apgujeong serving milky beef bone broth, suyuk, and naepo-muchim (seasoned beef offal) to a lunch crowd of nearby office workers.
under ₩15k4 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
3.9Hyundai Sundaeguk 현대순대국
A sundaeguk specialist tucked inside Yeongdong Market, serving pork blood-sausage soup alongside someori-gukbap and boiled pork slices (suyuk) in a no-frills format built for quick lunches.
under ₩15k4 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.3Ujeong 우정
Woojeong is a Cheongdam-dong hanwoo restaurant known for a Blue Ribbon Award-winning take on Seoul-style bulgogi, gopchang jeongol (beef-intestine hot pot), and a limited-quantity deunggol (beef spinal marrow) dish.
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4.3Gwangpyeong Pyeongyang Naengmyeon Galbi 광평 평양냉면갈비
Gwangpyeong Pyeongyang Naengmyeon Galbi is chef Kim In-bok's Pyeongyang-style naengmyeon-and-grilled-pork restaurant in Samsung-dong, built around goldong-myeon (buckwheat cold noodles), dolbe-gogi (sliced boiled pork), and a beef-tartare-and-uni yukhoe hanwooni.
₩15–40k3 rating sourcesRisingShort waits at peak
3.8Gadam 가담
A longtime overseas-Chinese-run neighborhood restaurant near Apgujeong Station, known for spicy gochu tangsuyuk (sweet-and-sour pork), nanjawanseu, and samseon jjamppong — a local favorite for years before wider attention brought visible waits.
₩15–40k3 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.0Hongmyeong 홍명
Hongmyeong is a Korean-Chinese restaurant at 10 Nonhyeon-ro 131-gil in Nonhyeon-dong.
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Bujamaeul 부자마을
Bujamaeul is a newly opened Sinsa-dong seafood house built around a single ₩58,000 tasting course — porridge starter through sashimi, tuna sushi, and cooked seafood — served in a below-ground space near Garosu-gil with an open-air seating section.
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3.8Kkotsaeu Yeongbeonji 꽃새우영번지
Kkotsaeu Yeongbeonji is a Yeoksam-dong shrimp specialist built on raw Dokdo shrimp and mantis shrimp, known for a ₩30,000 soy-sauce egg rice that outgrew its role as a side dish and became a talking point on its own.
over ₩40k4 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
3.0Hatsuno Sushi by Koji 하츠노스시
Hatsuno Sushi is Sushi Koji's conveyor-belt spinoff, tucked into the Gourmet494 food hall inside Apgujeong's Galleria department store — chef's selection nigiri and kaiten plates at a fraction of the flagship's price, no reservation needed.
₩15–40k3 rating sourcesWalk right in
3.7Brick Oven 브릭오븐
Brick Oven has served New York-style pizza from a second-floor Yeoksam-dong space since the early 2010s, baking large, foldable slices in a 550°F brick oven rather than the thin pies more common around Gangnam.
₩15–40k3 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.3Jinmi Pyeongyang Naengmyeon 진미평양냉면
Jinmi Pyeongyang Naengmyeon in Nonhyeon-dong serves cold buckwheat noodles, dumplings and boiled meats.
₩15–40k4 rating sourcesMICHELIN GuideShort waits at peak
3.9Yeoksam-dong Bugeojip 역삼동 북어집
A no-frills taxi-driver diner near Yeoksam known for a single rice dish — bugeojjim (spicy braised dried pollack) rice set — plus grilled and braised pollack as drinking food.
under ₩15k3 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.1Namho Sikdang 남호식당
A 30-year-old Yeoksam-dong pork belly institution tucked behind a parking lot near Yeoksam Station, drawing office workers for lunchtime home-style sets and fresh (unfrozen) samgyeopsal in the evening.
₩15–40k3 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.1Pungnyeonjip 풍년집
Pungnyeonjip is a Yeoksam-dong beef-rib specialist that has run on a single menu item for decades: charcoal-grilled, garlic-marinated sogalbisal (thin-sliced short rib) served with a hearty doenjang-jjigae, drawing office workers from the Gangnam-Yeoksam business district for lunch and dinner.
₩15–40k4 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
3.0Cheongsu Hoetjip 청수횟집
A basement raw-fish (hoe) specialist near Yeoksam Station serving fresh live-fish sashimi platters alongside everyday single-serving options like hoedeopbap, mulhoe, and grilled fish.
₩15–40k2 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.3Plantude Coex 플랜튜드 코엑스점
Plantude is a vegan casual-dining brand run by Pulmuone Food & Culture, and its Coex branch serves plant-based pasta and mushroom-and-tofu mains from a stall inside Starfield Coex Mall's basement level.
₩15–40k3 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
3.9Sindonggung Gamjatang Yeoksam 신동궁감자탕 역삼본점
A Yeoksam-dong pork-bone soup house open since 1993, known for charcoal-grilled bone-in pork and gamjatang served to the neighborhood's late-night drinking crowd.
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4.2Myeon Seoul 면서울
A noodle restaurant off Apgujeong Rodeo from Kim Do-yun, a chef with a Michelin star elsewhere, applying that background to a short list of Korean noodle dishes in the ₩13,000-16,000 range.
₩15–40k2 rating sourcesMichelin Bib GourmandShort waits at peak
4.1Piyangok 피양옥
Piyangok is a Pyeongyang-style cold-noodle house — moved from Cheongdam to Apgujeong in 2023 — that Davichi's Kang Min-kyung names her favorite pyeongyang naengmyeon.
₩15–40k3 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
3.6Seouljip 서울집
A hand-folded mandu house on a Yeoksam back street, built around dumplings the kitchen makes itself — a single-serving mandu-guk in clear broth, and a shared mandu jeongol that also comes in mushroom and aged-kimchi versions.
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4.2New Delhi 뉴델리
An Indian restaurant off Apgujeong-ro, licensed at this address since 1991 — old enough to predate almost every other Indian kitchen in Seoul.
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4.1Samho Jjangttungi 삼호 짱뚱이
A Jeolla-province table in Nonhyeon-dong, licensed here since 1991, working through the region's harder-to-find fish: fermented skate from Heuksan-do, croaker (minaeo) served as a full course, seodae and gaejaemi in vinegared salads, and skate-liver soup.
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4.3Chelsea's Highball 첼시스하이볼
Chelsea's Highball is a highball bar on a side street off Cheongdam-dong's luxury strip, built around whisky-and-soda pours that start at ₩8,000 — Suntory and Jim Beam classics alongside house builds like the Jeju cacao — and backed by full-size bar plates rather than token snacks: fish and chips, a chilli hot dog, baked blue cheese with endive.
₩15–40k5 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.1Cheongseokgol 청석골
Cheongseokgol has fed Nonhyeon-dong office workers since 1996 and runs as two restaurants in one room: a cheap baekban lunch — a set that rotates by weekday, doenjang jjigae, kongnamul gukbap, all under ₩11,000 — and thick-cut fresh pork belly grilled at the table in the evening.
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4.2Daewoo Budae Jjigae 대우부대찌개
Daewoo Budae Jjigae has fed the Yeoksam office blocks since 2004 with army stew at ₩16,000 — and an upgraded ₩25,000 version built on sirloin rather than processed meat, which is the reason people cross the district for it.
₩15–40k4 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.1Baetgodong 뱃고동
Baetgodong has been licensed off the Apgujeong Rodeo strip since 1990 and still sells a squid bulgogi baekban — the stir-fry, rice and a spread of side dishes — for ₩9,000, which is roughly what a coffee costs on the next street.
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NCT Doyoung·Haechan4.1Yeongcheon Yeonghwa 영천영화 청담점
NCT Doyoung·Haechan
A Cheongdam hanwoo house built around raw beef: yukhoe at ₩45,000 and a yukhoe bibimbap at ₩21,000 that works as a solo lunch.
₩15–40k5 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
NCT Haechan4.0Chupungnyeong Kal Samgyeopsal 추풍령칼삼겹살 압구정점
NCT Haechan
A samgyeopsal house off Dosan-daero in Sinsa where the signature is kal-saeng-samgyeopsal at ₩19,000 — thick-cut fresh pork scored before it hits the grill.
₩15–40k5 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
BTS4.1Yujeong Sikdang 유정식당
BTS
Yujeong Sikdang is the Nonhyeon-dong restaurant at 14 Dosan-daero 28-gil.
under ₩15k5 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
BTS Jungkook · SEVENTEEN Mingyu · ASTRO Cha Eun-woo4.4Yeongdonggyo Jip 영동교집 청담직영점
BTS Jungkook · SEVENTEEN Mingyu · ASTRO Cha Eun-woo
A Cheongdam grill working mostly with Jeju pork — naengsam, chilled and thin-sliced, at ₩21,000 for black pork and ₩18,000 for white, plus a nurungji kkeopdegi at ₩12,000.
₩15–40k3 rating sourcesExpect lines
BTS Jin4.2Gianni's Napoli 지아니스나폴리 역삼 본점
BTS Jin
A Yeoksam basement pizzeria working Neapolitan-style out of a wood oven: margherita di bufala at ₩23,000, regina ₩25,000, corbara napoletana ₩25,000, mortadella ₩26,000.
₩15–40k2 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
SEVENTEEN Mingyu·DK·The83.6Queens Park 퀸즈파크 청담점
SEVENTEEN Mingyu·DK·The8
A Cheongdam brunch room with a planted terrace, serving the full English end of the menu rather than café toast: eggs Benedict at ₩29,000, a full English breakfast at ₩27,000, blueberry pancakes and a mascarpone open omelette at the same price, and the house waffle brunch at ₩25,000.
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