4.9Keunjip 큰집
A tiny, signboard-less pork belly spot near Namguro Station known for mukeunji samgyeopsal (pork belly grilled with well-aged kimchi) and jumeokgogi, run out of a handful of tables and open only four days a week.
under ₩15k2 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.8Ocheonnyang Pocha 오천냥포차
A no-frills pocha tucked into Jayang-dong's old market alley, serving anju plates priced 5,000-15,000 won at outdoor yajang tables near Ttukseom.
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4.8Gwangju Hongeo Hoe-jjim 광주홍어회찜
A Geumho-dong specialist in hongeo — skate fermented until it turns sharp with ammonia, the Jeolla-province delicacy that divides Korean diners more than any other dish.
₩15–40k1 rating source
SEVENTEEN4.7Gopchang Paneun Gogijip 곱창파는고깃집 공덕본점
SEVENTEEN
Hanwoo gopchang and daechang at ₩25,900 per 200g, in a Mapo office building — the restaurant is on the fourth floor, not the street-level row of chains.
₩15–40k2 rating sourcesExpect lines- 공리Photos coming soon — links inside
4.7Mapo Jjukkumi 마포쭈꾸미
A no-frills Euljiro-3(sam)-ga spot built around a single hero dish: cheolpan jju-sam, baby octopus and pork belly stir-fried together on a hot griddle.
under ₩15k1 rating sourceShort waits at peak
4.6Lil Burger 릴버거
Lil Burger, run by chef Lee Won-il near Ttukseom Hangang Park, keeps its menu to a short list of composed burgers — cheese, classic, jalapeño-cumin, and an egg Benedict burger — made with more chef-kitchen attention than a typical burger counter.
₩15–40k5 rating sourcesExpect lines
4.6Deobitnam 더빛남
Deobitnam is a small Vietnamese pho counter in Songpa-dong known for beef-brisket and ox-knee-cartilage pho.
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4.6Jinyeong Myeonok 진영면옥
Jinyeong Myeonok serves Pyongyang-style naengmyeon at ₩12,000 from a basement room in Doksan-dong, far south of the naengmyeon houses that draw the crowds downtown — and still runs out of seats.
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4.6Baegildo 백일도
A raw-fish (hoe) restaurant tucked inside Jungok Jeil Market in Gwangjin-gu, known for giant amberjack (daebang-eo) served by the season, corkage-free, alongside mulhoe and seafood platters.
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4.6Mullae Golmokjip 문래골목집
A Mullae-dong duck specialist tucked down a narrow alley shared by two dining rooms, known for stir-fried duck with vegetables, a mixed duck hot-pot stew, and fried rice finished with flying-fish roe.
₩15–40k3 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.6Geumseonggwan 금성관
A Naju-style gomtang shop near Guro Digital Complex serving clear ox-bone broth and galbitang to the district's weekday lunch crowd, with a line that forms during office hours and clears out by evening..
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4.6Masinneun Samgyeopsal 맛있는 삼겹살
A no-frills pork belly grill house tucked in an alley of Namdaemun Market, serving just two things well: plain saeng samgyeopsal and a gochujang-marinated version, both grilled tableside and finished off with a shared pan of fried rice.
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4.6Hyojedong Someori Gukbap 효제동소머리국밥
An old-school Dongdaemun soup shop built around someori-gukbap (ox-head bone soup) and a market-style jangteo-gukbap, the kind of place market insiders point newcomers toward.
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4.6Chowon 초원
Chowon is a Namyeong-dong hanwoo restaurant near Sukdae Ipgu Station, built around its beef tongue (useol) and hanwoo jumulleok (marinated beef stir-fry).
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4.6Yeongdong Jokbal (Yangjae Main Branch) 영동족발
Running since 1985 and now spread across four numbered branches on the same Yangjae-dong block, Yeongdong Jokbal is routinely named one of Seoul's three great jokbal houses, praised for braised pig's trotter without the medicinal-herb smell some competitors carry, served alongside jjangban makguksu and haemul pajeon.
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4.6Ihanjin Sukseonghoe 이한진숙성회
A single-menu specialist built around one dish: patented sukseonghoe, thick-cut dry-aged flounder sashimi, served with a spicy maeuntang finish in Cheonho-dong, Gangdong-gu.
₩15–40k1 rating sourceExpect lines
4.5Yeonhaejang 연해장 신당
Pork gopchang jeongol — offal hot pot — is the whole point here, ordered small, medium or large for the table and finished with an aged-kimchi gopchang fried rice.
₩15–40k5 rating sources
4.5Namsan Gwangeo 남산광어
Namsan Gwangeo is the Hannam-dong sister of Yeouido's 8beon Daemuljip — same owner, same aged-flounder-and-salt-gimbap idea that Davichi's Kang Min-kyung is a documented regular for.
₩15–40k4 rating sourcesRisingShort waits at peak
4.5Mugyodong Bugeo Gukjip 무교동북어국집
A single-dish dried-pollack hangover soup counter near Gwanghwamun that has run since a 1978 registered opening, popular with nearby office workers for its consistent 10,000-won bowl and self-serve side dishes.
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4.5Wonjo Naju Gomtang 원조나주곰탕
A long-running gomtang specialist in Banghwa-dong, Gangseo-gu, near Gaehwasan and Banghwa stations, serving a clear ox-bone and beef broth soup alongside a suyuk (boiled beef) side.
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4.5Haengundong Jogae 행운동조개
A no-frills clam grill near Seoul National University Station, piling raw clams and scallops onto a tabletop grill in three sizes plus a seafood noodle chaser.
₩15–40k4 rating sourcesExpect lines
4.5Namyeongdon 남영돈
A charcoal-grilled pork restaurant in Namyeong-dong, Yongsan, widely known as one of Seoul's most sought-after grilled-pork spots, especially for gabrisal (pork outer skirt) and hangjeongsal (pork jowl).
₩15–40k3 rating sourcesExpect lines
4.5Jinsim 진심
A clear-broth pork gukbap spot that opened in Chungmuro in 2024, using Jeju black pork (Nanchuk Matdon) for a clean, non-greasy soup aimed at the neighborhood office lunch crowd.
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4.5Seoryeong 서령
Seoryeong is a Namdaemun pyeongyang naengmyeon specialist that also serves suyuk (boiled pork) and sinseollo (royal hot pot).
₩15–40k3 rating sourcesRisingMICHELIN Bib GourmandExpect lines
4.5Doryang 도량
Doryang is Lim Tae-hoon's Tongui-dong Chinese restaurant, serving a dongpo-yuk braised pork belly and hwe-guo hot pot alongside à la carte wok dishes.
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4.5Najin Gukbap 나진국밥
A Yeosu import built around one dish — a bean-sprout-laced pork bone soup so sought-after that the original Yeosu store runs waits of several hours.
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4.5Daylit 데이릿 성수
Fusion Korean in a Seongsu basement: flame-grilled jokbal over noodles, aged-kimchi yukhoe maki, jambon cream noodles, a pepperoni-and-cheese take on gamjajeon.
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4.5Mokpo Hoe Center 목포회센타
A no-frills raw-fish specialist in Bongcheon-dong serving one thing well: flounder hoe (raw sashimi) set platters in small, medium, and large sizes, each piled with a generous spread of banchan and side dishes.
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4.5Badatga 바닷가
A no-frills Sadang-dong hoetjip near Isu Station built around a single value-priced set menu — hoe, sushi, muchim, grilled fish, fried seafood, a clear fish-soup jiri-tang, and albap all served together.
₩15–40k2 rating sourcesWalk right in
4.5Gwangyeong Susan 광영수산
A neighborhood seafood and hoe (raw fish) restaurant near Guro-dong / Sindorim, run by an elderly couple and known for mulhoe (cold raw-fish soup) at prices that visitors say have stayed largely unchanged for over a decade.
₩15–40k2 rating sourcesShort waits at peak- 다소곳Photos coming soon — links inside
4.4Misfits 미스피츠
Misfits has built a decade-long run in Sadang on smoked, house-ground burger patties and a lineup of unconventional specialty burgers — black truffle shrimp, harissa butter shrimp, and a spicy 'Volcano' burger — that set it apart from standard Korean burger shops.
₩15–40k5 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.4Jogaedo 조개도
Jogaedo is a grilled-shellfish specialist near Ttukdo Market in Seongsu, built around a spread of grilled clams, steamed shellfish, and a shellfish-broth ramen finisher.
₩15–40k5 rating sourcesExpect lines
4.4Imundong Geujip 이문동그집
A longtime Hanwoo beef-grill spot near Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, known for thick-cut chadolbagi (beef brisket) and galbisal at prices that stay reasonable even as Hanwoo costs climb, plus a beef tripe hot pot (so-gopchang jeongol) regulars order alongside the grilled cuts.
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4.4NIKU KING BURGER 니꾸킹버거
Niku King Burger serves sous-vide beef patties — cooked low at 56°C for two hours, then seared hard for a deep crust — from a compact spot tucked into the Yeonnam-dong backstreets near Hongik University.
₩15–40k4 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.4Sarangbang Kalguksu 사랑방칼국수
A Chungmuro-Euljiro alleyway noodle shop running since 1982, known for a two-item menu: hand-cut kalguksu and a whole/half chicken dak-baeksuk set served with rice, both priced around 8,500-10,000 won.
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4.4Gayang Kalguksu 가양칼국수
Gayang Kalguksu has run a single-menu mushroom hot pot since 1988 — knife-cut noodles in a spicy mushroom broth, with unlimited mushroom and vegetable refills.
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4.4Owolui Gimbap 오월의 김밥
A takeout-only gimbap counter near Nakseongdae Station known for oversized rolls stuffed with filling — the bap-doduk ("rice thief") and salad gimbap are the best-sellers, and with no seating, orders go through a phone pre-booking system to beat weekend waits that can run 1-2 hours.
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4.4Anju Maeul 안주마을
A Seochon anju bar built around a rotating spread of seasonal seafood dishes — herring roe bibimbap, thick-cut hoe, and grilled gopchang served alongside soju and makgeolli.
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4.4Jujeon 주전
Jujeon is a jeon house in the Yaksu market alley that fries every pancake to order instead of reheating a tray made earlier — a modumjeon platter of assorted jeon, a shrimp-and-squid haemul pajeon, plus yukjeon, nokdujeon and a crisp potato version, all sized for a makgeolli table.
₩15–40k3 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.4Damtaek 담택
Damtaek serves a chicken-based clear shio ramen — plus a yuzu variant — out of a small Seogyo-dong storefront, and has since earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand listing.
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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.
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4.4Wonjo Sinchon Seolleongtang 원조신촌설렁탕
Wonjo Sinchon Seolleongtang has been licensed in Gongdeok-dong since 1979 and opens at 06:30, which makes it one of the few places in the area serving a proper bowl of ox-bone broth before work.
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4.4Haengbokhan Sikdang 행복한식당
A long-running Seongsu-dong grilled-pork-belly spot serving a single-menu lineup of fresh samgyeopsal with a side doenjang jjigae, plus a separate lunchtime baekban service.
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4.4Darobe 다로베 성수
A wood-fired pizza room by Seoul Forest, on the Seoulsup-gil stretch where most of Seongsu's newer openings have landed.
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4.4Neungdong Minari Seongsu 능동미나리 성수지점
Korean soup and gukbap in Seongdong, Seoul.
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4.4Okdongsik 옥동식
A single-dish pork gomtang specialist built around one clean, milky pork-bone broth, served in regular and large portions alongside kimchi mandu.
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4.4Horang Silbi 호랑실비
A seafood-forward anju pub tucked in an alley off Sindang Jungang Market (registered address in Hwanghak-dong, Jung-gu).
₩15–40k2 rating sourcesRisingShort waits at peak
4.4Misu Gukbap 미수국밥
Misu Gukbap serves a clear, mild pork-bone gukbap in Sindang-dong's Jungang Market area — a lighter style than the usual spicy version, priced around 10,000 won a bowl.
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4.4Jobaksa Tojong Sundaeguk 조박사 토종순대국
A Jamsil sundaeguk shop serving a top-grade version of the soup, with weekday lunch pulling waits from nearby office workers but weekends typically walk-in.
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4.4Cheonan Sikdang 천안식당
Cheonan Sikdang is a Yeouido home-style baekban restaurant inside Gyeongdo Building, favored by office workers for gochujang-bulgogi and yeolmu-bibimbap, served with a changing tray of banchan reviewers describe as tasting close to a home-cooked meal.
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4.4Gaboja Sikdang 가보자식당
A basement pork-belly grill tucked into the Jangmi Apartment shopping arcade near Jamsil, running since 2002 on official record.
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4.4Gamekol Son Wangmandu 가메골 옛날손왕만두
Gamekol Son Wangmandu in Jung-gu, Seoul.
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4.4Busan Galmaegi 부산 갈매기
A City Hall Station shop specializing in saengtae-jjigae — fresh, not frozen, pollack stew — with waits clustering around the lunch rush and the start of dinner service.
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4.4Segosi 세꼬시
A single-menu raw fish spot in Seongnae-dong, Gangdong-gu, serving only flounder segosi (thinly sliced hoe with a distinctive chewy texture) since 1999.
₩15–40k1 rating sourceShort waits at peak
4.3Zesty Saloon 제스티살룬 성수
An American-style burger counter in a red-brick building on the Seoul Forest side of Seongsu, known above all for a shrimp burger built on a whole-prawn patty.
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4.3Bonga Jinmi Ganjang Gejang 본가진미간장게장
Bonga Jinmi builds its set meals around female blue crab — a soy-marinated one, a spicy seasoned one, or a ₩50,000 per-person spread that adds marinated shrimp, abalone, salmon and whelk to the same table.
over ₩40k5 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.3Gwanghwamun Mijin 광화문미진
A cold buckwheat noodle (naengmemil) specialist near Gwanghwamun that regularly draws long lines — walk-in registration through the Tabling app only, no advance booking.
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TWICE Momo·Sana4.3Bangi Donga 방이돈가
TWICE Momo·Sana
A Bangi-dong pork house where the three main cuts — samgyeopsal, almoksal and gabrisal — all sit at ₩19,000 for 170 to 180g, and every stew and noodle side is ₩6,000.
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4.3Kansei 칸세이
Kansei is a Garak-dong restaurant with a split identity: a ₩12,000 ramen counter by day, built around a chicken-broth ramen with ajitama egg, chashu, and wonton, and a multi-course tasting kitchen by night.
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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
4.3Eulmildae 을밀대
One of the older Pyongyang-style naengmyeon houses in Seoul, in a residential pocket of Yeomni-dong near Gongdeok.
₩15–40k4 rating sources
4.3Jinmi Pyeongyang Naengmyeon 진미평양냉면
A Nonhyeon-dong Pyeongyang-style naengmyeon restaurant operating under the same trade name since 1991, serving cold buckwheat noodles alongside eobokjaengban (mixed boiled beef platter), mandu, jeyuk, and pyeonyuk.
₩15–40k4 rating sourcesMICHELIN GuideShort waits at peak
4.3Eomeoniwa Adeul 어머니와아들
Eomeoniwa Adeul is the dakbokkeumtang stall at the entrance to Hongeun-dong's Pobangteo Market, a Blue Ribbon Survey pick that first drew attention through Baek Jong-won's Alley Restaurant.
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4.3Oeyanggan 외양간
A beef specialty-cuts joint in Sadang-dong built around a samhap combo — grilled beef odd cuts, scallop, and aged kimchi eaten together, capped off with a beef-brisket soybean-paste stew and fried rice.
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4.3Baekbujangjip 백부장집
A long-running dakhanmari (whole chicken hot pot) specialist near Jonggak in Gongpyeong-dong, Jongno-gu, operating since 1968.
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4.3Saemat Sikdang 새맛식당
Saemat Sikdang is a back-alley grilled-pork-belly counter near Guui Station, built around samgyeopsal priced at roughly 10,000 won for 200g and soju at 4,000 won — pricing that has held steady over the years.
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4.3Spacca Napoli 스파카 나폴리 합정
Neapolitan pizza in Hapjeong, from a margherita up through funghi and gorgonzola creams, cotto e cipolla and a diavola.
₩15–40k4 rating sources
4.3Kkangtong Mandu 깡통만두 안국
Hand-folded mandu near Anguk, served three ways: kalmandu (kalguksu and dumpling soup in one bowl), a plain son-mandu guk, and a cold bibim guksu that can be ordered with three dumplings alongside.
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4.3Hampyeong Gukbap 함평국밥
A Sangbong-dong shop that, despite its gukbap name, centers on raw beef — yukhoe and thin-sliced yuk-sashimi — alongside a napa-cabbage soup with rice.
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4.3Chunhyang Mien 춘향미엔
Chunhyang Mien's original Wangsimni branch serves Shenyang-style Chinese noodles, including bibimmyeon with cilantro, a half-and-half pork-and-chive mandu plate, and a spicy mala onmyeon, alongside gaoliang liquor.
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BLACKPINK · BTS Jimin·Jungkook4.3Geumdwaeji Sikdang 금돼지식당
BLACKPINK · BTS Jimin·Jungkook
A Sindang-dong pork house near Yaksu Station working with thick bone-in cuts — bonsamgyeop at ₩19,000 for 150g, deungmoksal ₩24,000, nunkkot moksal ₩23,000 — and an ₩8,000 kimchi jjigae as the standard finish.
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4.3Haochi Shiba 하오츠시바
Haochi Shiba is a newly opened Japanese-Chinese-leaning restaurant near Yeongdeungpo-gu Office Station, built around a baiju-focused drink list with an aged-kimchi braised pork rice bowl as its early standout order, alongside tantanmyeon and a mala-mayo dish.
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4.3Aeseonghoegwan Hanwoo Gomtang 애성회관 한우곰탕
Aeseonghoegwan has been simmering hanwoo (100%-domestic Korean beef) bone broth into gomtang from this Bukchang-dong storefront since 2003, running a strict one-dish-per-person policy that keeps its small dining room turning over fast.
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4.3Nangman Budae-jjigae 낭만부대찌개
A budae-jjigae spot near Guro Digital Complex whose house version comes with a cheese-and-garlic sauce twist, alongside a stir-fried take on the same army-stew ingredients — a weekday-lunch-only shop that draws a queue right at noon.
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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
4.3Mandu-ran 만두란
A compact Chinese-style dumpling spot in Mangwon-dong known for pan-fried gyoza, dongpo pork, and cold liangban noodles, drawing regular walk-in lines at peak lunch and dinner hours.
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4.3Igane Yangkkochi 이가네양꼬치 합정점
Lamb skewers in Hapjeong, sold by the 250g portion — loin skewers and lamb chops — with a grilled eggplant dish and a cold onmyeon to finish.
₩15–40k3 rating sources- 조조칼국수Photos coming soon — links inside
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4.3Sunhui-ne Bindaetteok 순희네빈대떡 닭한마리
Sunhui-ne Bindaetteok in Jongno, Seoul.
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4.3Ohyang Mandu 오향만두
A decades-old neighborhood Chinese-Korean joint in Yeonhui-dong known for hand-made dumplings and five-spice roast pork (ohyang-jangyuk) served in an old-school dining room with red lanterns out front.
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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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4.3Namsan Makchang 남산막창
Namsan Makchang is a Bogwang-dong grill in Yongsan built around garomaksal and galmaegisal — the skirt and diaphragm cuts of pork prized for their chew — rather than the intestine its name suggests.
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4.3Chungbuk Sundae 충북순대
A sundae shop inside Heukseok Market centered on its sundaeguk, with offal hot pot and pork liver rounding out the menu.
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4.3Chamjoeun Kong 참조은,콩
A tofu maker at the mouth of Gyeongdong Market whose smoked-duck barbecue became the reason people queue.
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4.3Chuncheon Makguksu 춘천막국수
A buckwheat noodle house in an alley by Yaksu Station, licensed at this address since 1982.
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4.3Wando Jeonbok 완도전복
A small abalone counter near Yaksu Station, licensed here since 2003, working through one ingredient four ways: porridge, raw, grilled, and grilled in butter.
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4.3Janggun Ppolttagu Charcoal Grill 장군 뽈따구 숯불구이
A roughly 30-year-old neighborhood charcoal grill near Hoegi Station serving a short, focused menu built around grilled pork jowl (ppolttagu) and beef skirt/hanger steak (anchangsal), plus raw beef tartare (yuk-sashimi).
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NCT Doyoung4.3Atta Tongdak 아따통닭 아차산본점
NCT Doyoung
An old-style fried chicken shop in Guui-dong where a whole bird is ₩7,000 — two for ₩13,000, three for ₩19,000.
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4.3Daylit – The Hyundai Seoul 데이릿 더현대서울점
Daylit inside The Hyundai Seoul on Yeouido, on the basement dining floor.
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4.3Syaolongbao 샤오롱바오
A Jayang-dong dumpling counter built around xiaolongbao soup dumplings, with a fuller menu of beef noodle soup, wonton noodles, and steamed bao rounding out the small dining room.
under ₩15k1 rating sourceShort waits at peak
4.3Yangnam Hanwoo Jeongyuk Sikdang 양남한우정육식당
Yangnam Hanwoo Jeongyuk Sikdang is a long-running Yangpyeong-dong hanwoo butcher-restaurant prized for kkotdeungsim (marbled sirloin) and chadolbagi at relatively accessible prices, with staff grilling the meat tableside.
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4.3Ijo Galbi 이조갈비
Ijo Galbi is a no-frills grill house near Sindang Station whose short menu, despite the name, centers on frozen pork belly rather than galbi — rounded out by a kkotgetang (blue crab stew) that reviewers often finish the meal with.
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4.3Chodang 초당
A decades-old Jeolla-style home-cooking spot tucked in the alleys near Jongno 6-ga's flower and fabric markets, known for braised mackerel, spicy pork ssambap, and hearty banchan spreads at old-school prices.
under ₩15k1 rating sourceShort waits at peak
4.2New Order Club 뉴오더클럽
New Order Club bakes wood-fired pizza from a half-basement space where Yeonnam-dong's main street meets the Gyeongui Line forest path, building its menu around loaded, ingredient-heavy pies rather than classic Neapolitan minimalism.
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4.2Woo Lae Oak 우래옥
A long-running Pyeongyang-style naengmyeon house in Jung-gu known for its mild, buckwheat-forward cold noodles alongside bulgogi and other grilled beef.
₩15–40k4 rating sourcesRisingMICHELIN Bib GourmandExpect lines
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
4.2Gwonyeongsu Daega Jeongol 권영수대가전골
A jeongol specialist inside Gyeongdong Market, Seoul's largest traditional herbal-medicine and produce market, cooking tripe and dumpling hot pots tableside for the market's communal dining stalls.
₩15–40k4 rating sourcesExpect lines
4.2Myeongdong Seoseogalbi 명동서서갈비
A standing-style so-galbi (thin ox rib) joint near Euljiro-ipgu station in Myeongdong, grilled tableside over charcoal drums with no seats at the counter — diners eat standing up.
₩15–40k4 rating sourcesExpect lines
4.2Somunnan Sungokju 소문난순곡주
A 1990s-era neighborhood makgeolli bar near Mia Station, known for a huge lineup of regional makgeolli (40+ varieties) and cheap, generous anju like live octopus, mussel soup, raw oysters, and pan-fried dishes served as set courses.
₩15–40k4 rating sourcesRisingWalk right in
4.2Nomajin Jeongyuk Sikdang 노마진 정육식당
A butcher-shop-style grill (jeongyuk-sikdang) near Samjeon Station selling raw cuts at near-wholesale prices — pork belly runs about 8,900 won per 200g, with a 1,000 won per-person table-charge and self-serve soju/beer.
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4.2Buil Galmaegi 부일갈매기
Buil Galmaegi is a Jamsil-area grilled meat institution open since 1983, known for specialty cuts sold by the portion — pork galmaegisal (skirt meat), beef tongue, jebichuri, and grilled ox tail among them.
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4.2Gwanghwamun Mijin – Seocho 광화문미진 서초점
The Seocho branch of Gwanghwamun Mijin, a cold buckwheat noodle specialist.
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4.2Dosakmyeon Gongbang (Jamsil) 도삭면공방
Dosakmyeon Gongbang (Jamsil) in Songpa, Seoul.
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4.2Gwanghwamun Gukbap 광화문국밥
A pork gukbap specialist near Gwanghwamun known for a clean, low-gaminess broth and for being among the early adopters of thinly sliced suyuk as a side alongside its pig blood sausage.
under ₩15k3 rating sourcesMICHELIN GuideShort waits at peak
4.2Buheung Chuksan 부흥축산
A butcher-style restaurant in Sangbong where diners choose beef and pork cuts straight from the case, already a known neighborhood spot before it drew a wider audience.
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4.2Miryang Son Mandu 밀양손만두
Miryang Son Mandu is a hand-made dumpling shop in Bukchon's Gye-dong known for sagol kalmandu (beef-bone-broth noodle-dumpling soup) and kimchi mandu.
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4.2Daepohang Hoejip 대포항회집
Daepohang Hoejip is a sashimi house a minute from Mokdong Station whose signature is makhoe — thick-cut mixed sashimi tossed with vegetables and a chogochujang dressing, sold by the platter at ₩50,000 or ₩65,000 and meant to be shared.
₩15–40k3 rating sourcesExpect lines
4.2Ojingeo Chamchi 오징어참치
A budget raw-fish (hoe) restaurant near Cheonho Station in Gangdong-gu, known for a large mixed-sashimi platter and seasonal yellowtail (daebang-eo) at prices well below typical hoe restaurants.
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4.2Ttukdojigi 뚝도지기
A seafood pocha (street-style tavern) tucked into Seongsu's Ttukdo Market, known for a sprawling outdoor (yajang) seating area and fresh raw and steamed seafood — assorted platters, chopped live octopus, and seafood ramen among the regulars' picks.
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4.2Tubul Hanwoo Cheonguk (Main Branch) 투뿔 한우천국 본점
A grade-1++ hanwoo (Korean beef) grilled-meat spot in Songpa-gu's Bangi-dong food alley, known for pricing premium sirloin below what comparable cuts fetch elsewhere in the city.
₩15–40k3 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.28beon Daemuljip 8번 대물집
8beon Daemuljip is a Yeouido flounder house that ages its gwangeo and serves it with a salt gimbap you wrap in the sashimi — the combination Davichi's Kang Min-kyung recreates on her own channel and names a longtime favorite.
₩15–40k3 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.2Cheongsongsan Ojingeo 청송산오징어
A Namhyeon-dong live-squid specialty restaurant operating since 1993, known for live squid sashimi and whole steamed squid, often ordered as a half-and-half combo.
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4.2Jangwon Dakhanmari 장원닭한마리
Jangwon Dakhanmari serves just two dishes — whole chicken hot pot (dak-hanmari) simmered in a clear broth with rice cakes and glass noodles, and a spicier braised version (dak-dori-tang) — cooked tableside and sized for two to four people.
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4.2Daylit – Yongsan 데이릿 용산점
The Yongsan branch of Daylit, serving the same fusion Korean plates as Seongsu — flame-grilled jokbal over noodles, aged-kimchi yukhoe maki, jambon cream noodles — a short walk from Sinyongsan Station..
under ₩15k3 rating sourcesRising - 만족오향족발Photos coming soon — links inside
4.2Manjok Ohyang Jokbal (City Hall Branch) 만족오향족발
Home-style Korean in Jung-gu, Seoul.
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4.2Yeongdeok Hoe Sikdang 영덕회식당
A Chungmuro raw-fish institution running since 1970, known for makhoe (mixed raw fish salad tossed with vegetables and gochujang) served in a small, no-frills dining room.
₩15–40k2 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.2Yongma Haejangguk 용마해장국
A single-dish haejangguk (hangover soup) counter near Yongma Park serving a clear, garlic-forward broth loaded with ox bone, blood sausage, and napa cabbage — one menu item, done one way, for decades.
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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
4.2Montan 몽탄
Montan is a Samgak-ji grill famous for udae galbi — a long-bone beef short rib finished over a straw fire — and one of the longest-queue grills in Seoul: walk-in only, no bookings taken, with lines that can run for hours.
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4.2Hanilsanghoe (Gogiroom) 한일상회
A market-alley grill inside Ttukdo Market in Seongsu, known locally as 'Gogiroom' and run under the registered name Hanilsanghoe.
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4.2Darak 다락
A long-running jeukseok tteokbokki (stir-fried rice cake hot pot) and soju spot tucked in a small tteokbokki alley in Mapo-gu's Dohwa-dong, operating in the same neighborhood since the mid-1990s and also known locally as a filming location for a Korean drama.
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4.2Myeongdong Gyoja 명동교자
A Myeongdong kalguksu institution built around one dish: a hand-cut noodle soup topped with meat, served alongside mandu and a notably garlic-forward kimchi.
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4.2Ijo Sundaeguk 이조순대국
A sundaeguk shop near Yongmun Market in Yongsan running deep into pork-parts territory — head meat, a pâté-style terrine, and osori-gamtu (pork stomach lining) alongside the soup and boiled pork.
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4.1Ojingeo Maeul 오징어마을
A raw-squid specialist near Yeongdeungpo Station that has run out of the same storefront since 2008, built on ojingeo-hoe (live squid sashimi) priced well below typical hoe-jip rates.
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4.1Uri Bada Susan 우리바다수산
A live fish and sashimi restaurant near Mangwon Station, best known for its winter daebangeo (giant yellowtail amberjack) course served family-style in shared set sizes for two or more.
₩15–40k5 rating sourcesExpect lines
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
BTS4.1Yujeong Sikdang 유정식당
BTS
A Nonhyeon-dong home-style kitchen where most of the menu sits at ₩11,000 — black-pork dolsot bibimbap, kimchi jjigae, cheonggukjang, budae jjigae — with a ssambap set at ₩13,000 and jeyuk bokkeum at ₩18,000.
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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
4.1Yeonji Minmul Maeuntang Kalguksu 연지민물매운탕칼국수
A Guui-dong freshwater-fish specialist serving fish-broth noodle soup and spicy freshwater fish stew — one of the few Gukbap & Hot Soups entries built around river fish rather than pork or beef.
₩15–40k4 rating sources
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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4.1Monggol Saeng Sogeumgui 몽골 생소금구이
Monggol Saeng Sogeumgui grills unfrozen pork salted rather than marinated — ₩16,000 for 200g — and keeps beef on the same board: sirloin, brisket and ox intestine at ₩22,000.
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4.1Tosokchon Samgyetang 토속촌
A landmark samgyetang (ginseng chicken soup) restaurant tucked in the Chebu-dong alleys near Gyeongbokgung's west gate, long known as a stop for visiting dignitaries.
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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
4.1Gohyang Sundae Gukbap 고향순대국밥
A Yeonsinnae sundae-guk shop built around a full spread of house-made blood sausage — the sundae platter, sundae-guk, and a sulguk meant to pair with drinking, served in Eunpyeong-gu's Yeonsinnae market district.
under ₩15k4 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.1Buyeo Sikpum 부여식품
A grilled-intestine (makchang) spot in Jung-gu's Inhyeon-dong printing-shop alley, known for Daegu-style pork makchang grilled at the table over an open-air (yajang) setup, alongside a spicy pork-and-kimchi jjaglagi stew.
₩15–40k4 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.1Ajossine Nakjijjim 아저씨네낙지찜
A Sinchon octopus stir-fry joint that has run the same corner near Yonsei-ro since 1995, best known for its samgyeop-nakjijjim (octopus with pork belly) and spicy raw octopus salad.
under ₩15k4 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.1Ildeung Sikdang 일등식당
A walk-in Mangwon-dong soup shop serving haejangguk in a standard and a pork-bone version, in a Mapo-gu neighborhood known for its casual eating strip.
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4.1Igyeongmun Sundae-Gopchang 이경문순대곱창
A longstanding Jongno-3-ga hot pot shop known for its sundae-gopchang jeongol — a shared stew of blood sausage and beef tripe served in small/medium/large pot sizes — plus individually sized sagol and spicy sundae-guk soup bowls at lunch.
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4.1Bapdosa Suldosa 밥도사술도사
A no-frills pocha (street-tent bar) in Nagwon-dong near Jongno 3-ga, serving budget-priced anju off a broad, gimbap-cheonguk-style menu -- tangsuyuk, grilled pork belly, and rolled egg are the most-cited orders, alongside a shared gukbap counter next door.
under ₩15k3 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.1Pildong Myeonok 필동면옥
A long-running Pyongyang-style naengmyeon institution near Chungmuro, unchanged in format since it opened in the early 1990s: cold buckwheat noodles, a steamed dumpling platter, and sliced boiled pork (jeyuk) as the core order.
₩15–40k3 rating sourcesMICHELIN Bib GourmandShort waits at peak
4.1Byeollan-ori 별난오리
A no-frills Dongdaemun-area duck house built around a two-item menu — electric-grilled smoked duck and a duck hot pot — that it has served from the same second-floor spot off Jongno 46-gil since 2005.
₩15–40k3 rating sourcesWalk right in
4.1Wangdomae Hoe Eosijang 왕도매회어시장
A raw-fish (hoe) restaurant inside Junggok Jeil Market in Gwangjin-gu, known for seasonal amberjack (bangeo) and flounder sashimi sets at market-stall prices, with a long-running banchan spread.
₩15–40k3 rating sourcesExpect lines
4.1Pyeonuibang 편의방
Pyeonuibang is a Shandong-style Chinese restaurant on the Yeonhui-dong/Yeonnam-dong border, serving a range of mandu — pan-fried, boiled, and fish-based — alongside tangsuyuk, a spicy bean-sprout jjambbong, and five-spice braised pork.
₩15–40k3 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.
under ₩15k3 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
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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4.1Hyojero 효제루
Hyojero is a Chinese restaurant near Jongno 5-ga run by a former owner of Hapjeong's Florida Banjeom, reopened under its current name in Hyoje-dong in 2023, serving jjajangmyeon, tangsuyuk, and haemul-jjambbong.
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4.1Sin Gimchi Saeng Samgyeopsal 신김치생삼겹살
A basement-level Hapjeong samgyeopsal restaurant known for its aged-kimchi pairing alongside pork belly, collar, and jowl cuts.
₩15–40k3 rating sourcesExpect lines
4.1Sinchon Jeukseok Saeng Udong 신촌즉석생우동
Sinchon Jeukseok Saeng Udong is a small hand-pulled udon counter in Daeheung-dong known for its fried-tofu udon and spicy kimchi udon.
under ₩15k3 rating sourcesShort 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
4.1Malgeunsaem 맑은샘
A tiny counter-service tteokbokki shop by the gates of Hyewon Girls' school in Mangu-dong, running since 1994 and simmering its tteokbokki to order in a shared pot for around 2,500 won a serving.
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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
4.1Mapo Gamjaguk 마포감자국
A 40-plus-year neighborhood gamjaguk restaurant near the 4·19 Democracy Cemetery area in Suyu-dong, known for a clear, light broth distinct from typical thicker gamjatang.
₩15–40k3 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.1Cheongsil Hongsil 청실홍실
A Seorae Village shop serving gamjatang alongside a lighter gamjaguk broth and jeyuk-bokkeum, with a short lunch-hour wait forming around 11:10-11:30 that clears quickly as tables turn over.
under ₩15k2 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.1Kkumkkuneun Darakbang 꿈꾸는다락방
A neighborhood pojangmacha-style grill bar in Junggok-dong, run out of an old-school (nopo) space with outdoor yajang seating.
under ₩15k2 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.1Wonjo Chueotang 원조추어탕
An Isu-station mudfish-soup specialist serving chueotang, fish porridge, and fried mudfish as a boshin (health-tonic) meal — waits build in the evening dinner rush but early lunch visits are usually wait-free.
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4.1Gyejeol Sikdang 계절식당
A neighborhood seafood tavern in Cheonho-dong built around agwi suyuk (steamed monkfish with bean sprouts) and byeongeo jorim (braised pomfret), served alongside skate bibimbap, grilled sea bream, and oyster bossam at old-school prices.
₩15–40k2 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.1Midong Sikdang 미동식당
Midong Sikdang is a tiny izakaya tucked down a quiet lane by an old rail line in Migeun-dong, serving a chef's-choice course of aged sashimi and Japanese-style bar snacks for around 10,000 won a head.
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4.1Wonjo Seongnae Boldegijip 원조 성내볼데기집
A 1986-permitted, old-school Seongnae-dong shop specializing in cod cheek (ppolddegi) dishes — spicy or clear cod cheek stew, steamed cod cheek, and cod cheek hot pot.
under ₩15k2 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.1Pildong Haemul 필동해물
A no-frills seafood pojangmacha near Chungmuro that has run since the mid-1990s, serving only raw and lightly prepared seafood — no meat, no rice.
₩15–40k1 rating sourceShort waits at peak
4.1Bada Hoesarang (Yeonnam Main Branch) 바다회사랑 1호점
A Yeonnam-dong hoe (raw fish) restaurant known for thick-cut, aged daebangeo (giant yellowtail amberjack) sashimi, sold by the plate in small, medium, and large sizes alongside a spicy maeuntang stew.
₩15–40k1 rating sourceExpect lines
4.0Chamsutgui Yukhyang 참숯구이육향
Chamsutgui Yukhyang is a charcoal grill in Guro Digital Complex using only domestic charcoal, serving pork belly and pork neck by the cut alongside a truffle-oil japaguri finisher.
₩15–40k5 rating sources
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
4.0Ipum 이품
Ipum is a decades-old neighborhood Chinese kitchen in Yeonhui-dong known for ganjjajang, samseon-jjambbong, and tangsuyuk, with a strict policy requiring a party's full group to be present before seating.
under ₩15k4 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.0Jang Ji-nyeong Ganjang Gejang 장지녕간장게장
Jang Ji-nyeong Ganjang Gejang is a premium soy-sauce crab house in Hannam-dong run by the food researcher Jang Ji-nyeong, where a two-person signature set runs ₩70,000 (about ₩35,000 a head) and layers in premium seafood like sea-urchin roe and oysters.
₩15–40k4 rating sources
4.0Meokgeori Yanggopchang 먹거리양곱창
Meokgeori Yanggopchang is a long-running Sinsa grill house for beef offal — gopchang, yang and daechang seared at the table and eaten with grilled white kimchi.
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4.0Eomeoni Daeseongjip 어머니 대성집
A single-dish haejang-guk specialist in Yongdu-dong that has run out of the same Dongdaemun-gu spot for years, serving nothing but its beef-and-vegetable hangover soup.
under ₩15k4 rating sourcesBlue Ribbon SurveyShort waits at peak
4.0Nongoeul 논고을
A charcoal-grill house in Sadang built on chamnamu-fired galbisal (beef rib meat) and fresh duck loin, popular enough to draw a roughly 100-meter line during evening rush hour near Sadang Station.
₩15–40k4 rating sourcesExpect lines
4.0I Sikdang 이식당
I Sikdang is a small, counter-seat hanwoo restaurant in Pyeongchang-dong, a neighborhood better known for scenery than restaurants, built around yuksashimi, a galbi jeongsik set, and a diced raw-beef rice bowl.
₩15–40k4 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
BTS Jin·Jungkook4.0Hamgyeongdo Chapssal Sundae 함경도찹쌀순대
BTS Jin·Jungkook
A Garak-dong sundae house running a full spread rather than a single bowl: sundaeguk at ₩11,000, a Hamgyeongdo jeongsik at ₩15,000, modeum and suyuk at ₩23,000, and sundae on its own at ₩13,000.
₩15–40k4 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.0Seogung 서궁
Operating in Yeouido since 1978, Seogung is a Korean-Chinese restaurant that unusually skips jjajangmyeon and jjamppong altogether, centering its menu on rice and soup dishes like japchaebap, ohyangjangyuk, and tangsuyuk.
₩15–40k4 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.0Jungnimdong Mulgogi 중림동 물고기
A dinner-only sashimi course spot in Jungnim-dong near Seoul Station, known for a single set assorted-sashimi menu (모둠회코스) that includes live mackerel sashimi, a fish not commonly served raw elsewhere in Seoul.
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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
4.0Onggi Kkotgejang 옹기꽃게장
Onggi Kkotgejang has run its all-you-can-eat soy- and spice-marinated crab set in Dobong-gu for years, pricing female crab portions from around ₩4,000 each.
₩15–40k4 rating sourcesExpect lines
4.0Sinpungnu Gopchang-gui 신풍루 곱창구이
A single-item beef-tripe grill in Bongcheon-dong, Gwanak-gu, serving hanwoo sogopchang (soft beef tripe) grilled at the table, with a two-person portion running around 30,000 won total.
under ₩15k4 rating sourcesRisingShort waits at peak
4.0Yeongsu Bunsik 영수분식
A stall inside Seongsu's old Ttukdo Market known for gopchang (beef tripe) stir-fry and charcoal-grilled makchang, drawing weekend lines that regulars have tracked for years.
₩15–40k4 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.0Anju Nara 안주나라
Anju Nara is a long-running skate (hongeo) specialist tucked in an alley near Konkuk University, built around a hongeo samhap platter of fermented skate served with boiled pork and aged kimchi, alongside a skate-broth ramyeon and a skate liver soup.
₩15–40k4 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.0Ttosunine 또순이네
A Yeongdeungpo-gu doenjang-jjigae specialist near Seonyudo Station, known for a beef-based version of the soybean paste stew served bubbling in a stone pot alongside grilled beef cuts like toshisal.
under ₩15k3 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.0Tough Ne-imo 터프네이모
A worn-in neighborhood pojangmacha (tented street-bar style pub) near Onsu Station, run by an outspoken 'imo' (auntie) who serves grilled pork and stir-fried squid off a menu with barely any prices written down.
₩15–40k3 rating sourcesWalk right in
4.0Gamcho Sikdang 감초식당
A charcoal pork-rib house that has been licensed on Yangnyeongseo-gil, inside Gyeongdong Market, since 1999.
₩15–40k3 rating sources
4.0Hongmyeong 홍명
Hongmyeong is a Nonhyeon-dong Chinese restaurant known for handmade mandu, nanjiwan (sweet-and-sour pork patties), ganjjajang, and jjambbong — no reservations, walk-in waitlist only, with peak dinner waits described as 'brutal.' Sung Si-kyung's Muktende returned for a second episode here, this time with singer PSY..
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4.0Gubok Mandu 구복만두
A tiny, dumplings-only spot near Sukdae Ipgu Station that hand-pleats every order — traditional pan-fried mandu, shrimp mandu, and xiaolongbao, all in the ₩7,500–8,500 range.
under ₩15k3 rating sourcesMICHELIN GuideShort waits at peak
4.0Hosujip 호수집
A Jungnim-dong institution built around two things: a fiery dakdoritang (braised chicken stew) simmered in a shared pot, and chicken skewers grilled over charcoal briquettes that regulars order two per person.
₩15–40k3 rating sourcesExpect lines
4.0Su Sutbul Jikhwa Kkochi BBQ 수숯불직화꼬치바베큐
A charcoal-grilled skewer bar in Gunja-dong known for chicken, pork belly, and heart skewers cooked to order over live coals, with a scratch-paper order system typical of the neighborhood's old-school spots.
₩15–40k3 rating sourcesExpect lines
4.0Daeheung Yangdari Barbecue 대흥양다리바베큐
A lamb specialist on Konkuk University's yangkkochi (lamb skewer) strip, serving whole roasted lamb leg alongside standard skewers — a step beyond the neighborhood's usual hunting-pocha bar scene.
₩15–40k3 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.0Jinju Hoegwan 진주회관
A Seosomun-dong noodle institution near City Hall, regarded as one of Seoul's '3 great kongguksu' (chilled soybean noodle soup) shops.
₩15–40k3 rating sourcesRisingExpect lines
4.0Hwangdo Bajirak Kalguksu 황도바지락칼국수
A clam noodle soup specialist near Seokchon Station serving a tight menu of bajirak kalguksu, jumbo mandu, and mini bossam, with free unlimited barley rice and makgeolli for anyone ordering a bowl of noodles.
under ₩15k3 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.0Mangwondong Kaljjamppong 망원동칼짬뽕
A Mangwon-dong noodle shop built around kaljjamppong — knife-cut noodles in a spicy broth — served alongside jjajang and mini tangsuyuk, all priced under ₩10,000.
under ₩15k3 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.0Daege Sinrang Jogae Sinbu 대게신랑조개신부
A crab-and-clam specialist near Wangsimni Station, best known for its aged-kimchi clam steam (mukeunji-jogaejjim) piled high with clams, plus a seafood hot pot and a live-octopus ramyeon.
₩15–40k3 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.0Jungnimjang Seolleongtang 중림장설렁탕
A longstanding ox-bone soup house near Seoul Station, Jungnimjang Seolleongtang has served its milky seolleongtang broth from the same Jungnim-dong storefront for decades, alongside doganitang (ox knee-cartilage soup), kkorigomtang (oxtail soup), and a combination boiled-beef platter for sharing over drinks.
under ₩15k3 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.0Dapeojwo 다퍼줘
A no-frills raw-seafood shop inside Cheongnyangni's Gyeongdong Market seafood arcade ("바다먹거리장터"), known for cheap per-item pricing on abalone, shrimp, crab, and assorted raw fish rather than a buffet format despite the name.
₩15–40k3 rating sourcesExpect lines
4.0Jiwoojeong 지우정
Jiwoojeong is a no-frills Korean beef and pork grill near Gaori Station in Suyu-dong, holding a city 'fair-price' certification for keeping hanu (Korean beef) sirloin around 21,000 won per 180-200g order — well under typical Seoul beef-grill pricing.
₩15–40k3 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.0Cheongwaok 청와옥
An Euljiro sundaeguk shop pairing the soup with pyeonbaek-jjim, cypress-steamed pork — waits are common even on weekdays, and the Tabling app at the door lets you queue remotely instead of standing in line.
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4.0Daegwangeo Hoetjip 대광어횟집
A no-frills sashimi spot near Sagajeong Station built around oversized daegwangeo (large flounder) and an unusually generous spread of banchan side dishes that can fill a table on its own.
₩15–40k2 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.0Blue Hof 블루호프
Blue Hof is a small, old-school neighborhood chicken-and-beer pub in Jangan-dong, serving crisp fried chicken, tteokbokki, and cheap draft beer out of a six-table room that has been running since 1997.
₩15–40k2 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.0Donbul 1971 돈불1971
A Jeju-pork charcoal grill house in Sinchon's Changcheon-dong, open since 2014, serving briquette-charred pork grilled tableside by staff.
under ₩15k2 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.0Maru 마루
A home-style Korean restaurant in Sangdo-dong that built a following on a 40,000-won imokase course — the owner's changing daily spread built around ganjang gejang (soy-marinated crab) and cheonggukjang, booked about a week ahead for parties of four or more.
₩15–40k1 rating sourceExpect lines
3.9Gul-gwa Jjim Sarang 굴과찜사랑
An oyster and steamed-seafood house near Wangsimni, licensed here since 2004.
₩15–40k5 rating sources
3.9Jinokhwa Halmae Wonjo Dakhanmari 진옥화할매원조닭한마리
The founding restaurant of Seoul's dakhanmari (whole chicken hot pot) alley near Jongno 5-ga, registered as a business since 1984 under founder Jin Ok-hwa.
₩15–40k4 rating sourcesExpect lines
3.9Kkachine 까치네
An evening-only anju house behind Namyeong Station, licensed here since 1993 and still built around the same short list of drinking food: stir-fried squid, a griddled egg-and-sausage scramble the menu calls gyeran-beombeok, golbaengi-muchim, and a few stews.
₩15–40k4 rating sources
3.9Haenghwachon 행화촌
Haenghwachon is a longtime overseas-Chinese-run restaurant in Myeongdong's cluster of Chinese eateries near the former Chinese embassy quarter, known for jjajangmyeon, jjambbong, and tangsuyuk.
₩15–40k4 rating sourcesExpect lines
3.9Cheoni Ogyeopsal 천이오겹살
A longtime frozen-pork-belly specialist near Hapjeong Station in Seogyo-dong, open since 1995 and recognized as a certified 'good price' (chakan gagyeok) business for keeping menu prices low, with only a single price increase in roughly two decades since opening.
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
3.9Wonjo Mapo Kkeopdegi-jip 원조마포껍데기집
A decades-old charcoal-grill house in Gongdeok-dong, Mapo, known for its pork skin (kkeopdegi) and salt-grilled pork cooked over yeontan briquettes in a worn, retro dining room that has also served as a filming location.
₩15–40k4 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
3.9Hyeongje Yukhoe 형제육회
Hyeongje Yukhoe (Hyeongje Yukhoe Bonjeom) sits at the entrance to Gwangjang Market's yukhoe alley, known for yukhoe-bibimbap and nakji-tangtangi (chopped live octopus), drawing both local regulars and international visitors.
₩15–40k4 rating sourcesExpect lines
3.9Bongja Maratang 봉자마라탕
A Jayang-dong malatang restaurant in the neighborhood's 'China Street' cluster, run by ethnic Chinese owners and known for offal-based dishes alongside classics like gyeongjang yukseul and eohyang yukseul (shredded pork stir-fries).
₩15–40k4 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
NCT Taeyong·Yuta3.9Deokhu Seonsaeng 덕후선생 광화문디타워점
NCT Taeyong·Yuta
A Korean-Chinese kitchen on the fourth floor of Gwanghwamun's D Tower, working the Sichuan and northern end of the menu rather than the jjajangmyeon standards.
₩15–40k4 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
3.9Heosimtanhoe 허심탄회
A raw-fish specialist (회무침 전문점) in Seokchon-dong, Songpa-gu, open since 1987.
over ₩40k4 rating sourcesExpect lines
3.9Upper East 이태원 어퍼이스트
Upper East has been making hand-tossed pizza between Itaewon and Gyeongridan-gil for about a decade, in a corner spot near the old Itaewon Elementary back gate that draws a calmer, neighborhood crowd over Itaewon's louder main strip.
₩15–40k4 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
3.9Cheongsongok 청송옥
A Jung-gu institution near City Hall serving jangteo-gukbap, a spicy Gyeongsang-style beef soup that has run under this registration since 1973.
under ₩15k4 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
3.9Ildeungjip 일등집
A well-worn ox-bone hangover soup counter near Ewha Womans University, simmering sobbyeo-haejangguk from beef bones for hours and serving it with house-made kimchi.
under ₩15k3 rating sourcesRisingShort 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
3.9Munbaedong Yukkal 문배동육칼
A Yongsan noodle institution built around yukgalguksu — a spicy, slightly tangy ox-bone broth loaded with scallions, served tsukemen-style with the wheat noodles kept separate from the soup rather than boiled together.
under ₩15k3 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
3.9Golmok Tteokbokki 골목떡볶이
A self-service tteokbokki counter tucked in a Munjeong-dong back alley, serving a sweet, broth-heavy gukmul-style tteokbokki alongside sundae and fried mandu — grab a tray and order at the counter.
under ₩15k3 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
3.9Songnim Sikdang 송림식당
A taxi-drivers' diner (gisa-sikdang) in Jayang-dong, Gwangjin-gu, known for dwaeji bulbaek — spicy marinated pork stir-fried tableside — served with a free-refill seonji haejangguk (ox-blood hangover soup).
under ₩15k3 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
3.9Pungseong Gamjatang 풍성감자탕
A Guui-station gamjatang shop open 24 hours, serving the standard pork-spine stew alongside a pork-bone hangover soup.
under ₩15k3 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
3.9Gwangeo 2 Mari 광어2마리
A no-frills raw-fish stall at the entrance to Jungok Jeil Market in Gwangjin-gu, built on build-your-own combos — pick two fish, such as flounder with rockfish or mullet, at prices well under most Seoul hoe spots.
₩15–40k3 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
3.9Myeonmaru 면마루
Myeonmaru is a small noodle-and-diner joint in Sinheung Market known for kalguksu, tteok-mandu-guk, and grilled pork belly with scallion kimchi.
₩15–40k3 rating sourcesExpect lines
3.9Daehan-ok 대한옥
A long-running Yeongdeungpo Market-area diner specializing in ox tail, known for kkori-suyuk (boiled ox tail) and a lighter seolleongtang (ox bone soup) bowl.
over ₩40k3 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
3.9Eulji Kalguksu 을지칼국수
Eulji Kalguksu pulls its noodles by hand into a beef-bone broth and sells them at ₩11,000, with the same bowl available under a lid of hand-folded dumplings.
under ₩15k3 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
3.9Ms Odeng Bar Ms오뎅바
A Hapjeong-dong pocha-style spot that, despite the 'odeng bar' name, is best known among regulars for its chongal ojingeo-jjim (braised baby cuttlefish) and spicy sujebi noodle soup rather than fish-cake skewers — a small, no-reservations counter and table setup that has drawn a loyal late-night crowd since opening in 2011.
₩15–40k3 rating sourcesShort 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
3.9Heungbuga 흥부가
A roughly 30-year-old bossam (boiled pork wrap) tavern tucked into Jongno 3-ga's Bossam Alley, serving squid, octopus, and oyster bossam alongside anju like dak-doritang (spicy braised chicken) and oyster jeon, with extras such as gamjatang and myeongnan (seasoned pollock roe) frequently given on the house.
₩15–40k3 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
3.9Ojingeo Sesang 오징어세상
A long-running Jamsil-dong seafood spot near Jamsil-saenae Station, known for affordable hoe (raw fish) and squid plates — daebang-eo (giant amberjack) served for roughly 20,000 won per person, alongside squid sashimi and whole steamed squid.
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3.9Nadeulmok Sikdang 나들목식당
A no-frills mat-jip attached to a corner mart near the Yangpyeong-dong riverside, Nadeulmok Sikdang is known for open-air samgyeopsal grilled at plastic tables under the trees, alongside simple staples like ramyeon, gimbap, and bibim guksu.
₩15–40k3 rating sourcesRisingShort waits at peak
3.9Allaeseukaeseo On Yeoneoga Masinneun Jip 알래스카에서 온 연어가 맛있는 집
A decades-old salmon specialist near Korea University station in Jegi-dong, serving thick-cut raw salmon sashimi alongside salmon sushi, a salmon stew, and a short banchan lineup built around the same fish.
₩15–40k3 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
3.9Dongarae 돈가래
A single-menu grill spot near Hanseongdae-ipgu station — salt-grilled pork neck (mokssal) is the only thing on the menu, cooked over charcoal, and it's what's kept the place running for decades.
₩15–40k3 rating sourcesRisingShort waits at peak
3.9Bukhansan Insujae 인수재
A mountain-valley grill house tucked into the Bukhansan foothills in Suyu-dong, reached by a roughly 15-20 minute hike from the nearest trailhead parking.
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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.
under ₩15k3 rating sources
3.9Mannyang House 만냥하우스
A basement-level pocha across from Yonsei University's main sports field, running since 2011 and known among students for old-school drinking-food prices — most anju dishes fall between 10,000 and 15,000 won.
under ₩15k3 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
3.9Namdo Bossam Pajeon 남도보쌈파전
A Jangan-dong specialist in namdo-style bossam (boiled pork wraps) and pajeon, served with a spread of three house-fermented kimchis — geotjeori, pa-kimchi, and bossam-kimchi.
₩15–40k2 rating sourcesExpect lines
3.9Seongsu Agujjim 성수아구찜
A monkfish house on the working side of Seongsu-dong, serving agu-jjim — monkfish braised with bean sprouts under a thick chilli sauce — and the clearer agu-tang from the same fish.
₩15–40k2 rating sources
3.9Eunjin Pocha 은진포차
Eunjin Pocha is a Mullae-dong pocha on the Yeouido side of the neighborhood, built around spicy braised byeongeo (filefish/pomfret) alongside raw byeongeo hoe and soy-marinated crab — now split across two branches to handle demand.
₩15–40k2 rating sourcesExpect lines
3.9Nongbu-wa Dak-dongne 농부와닭동네
Nongbuwa Dakdongne has poured old-style fried chicken and draft beer near Yeouinaru Station since well before the area's office towers went up, and the menu still leans on retro fried chicken and dakbal rather than trend-chasing flavors.
under ₩15k2 rating sourcesExpect lines
3.9Daeha Sikdang 대하식당
A Seochon neighborhood grilling spot serving a single-item menu of pork belly cooked on a cauldron-lid grill (sotddukkeong samgyeopsal), a format tied to the old-school nopo dining tradition of the area.
₩15–40k2 rating sourcesExpect lines
3.9Hamheung Naengmyeon 함흥냉면
A Hamheung-style cold noodle house licensed at this Yeongdeungpo address since 1972.
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3.8Nariui Jip 나리의 집
A long-running frozen pork belly (naengdong samgyeopsal) grill house in Hannam-dong with an old-school storefront, ordered in 150g portions alongside sides like cheonggukjang.
₩15–40k4 rating sourcesExpect lines
3.8Sudong Sanghoe 수동상회
Sudong Sanghoe sits on the first floor of the fish hall inside Garak Market, and unlike the stall-and-carry system most Seoul fish markets run on, you order live fish and eat it at the same table.
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3.8Namwon Tongdak Byeolgwan 남원통닭 별관
Namwon Tongdak fries whole chickens in the Gyeongdong Market chicken alley in Jegi-dong, in a thin, crackling batter that regulars distinguish from the chain fried chicken sold everywhere else.
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3.8Seochon Gyedanjip 서촌계단집
A seafood pocha perched on a Seochon staircase alley, known for raw whelk (chamsora), seasonal gizzard shad sashimi, and a seafood-loaded ramen.
₩15–40k4 rating sourcesExpect lines
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
3.8Iljeomsa 일점사
A Gyodae-area beef house built around one showpiece order: a hefty 700g plate of charcoal-grilled marinated so-galbisal, backed by buchaesal and charcoal-smoked samgyeopsal for those who want variety.
₩15–40k4 rating sourcesExpect lines
3.8Eunseong Hoejip 은성회집
A stall inside Gwangjang Market whose name promises raw fish (hoejip) but whose real draw is a spicy daegu maeuntang, a cod stew loaded with roe and milt that keeps regulars coming back.
under ₩15k4 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
3.8Songok 송옥
A longtime buckwheat-noodle specialist in Bukchang-dong near City Hall, best known for its pan-memil (cold buckwheat noodles with dipping broth) and hot nabi udon, drawing a steady lunch crowd of nearby office workers.
under ₩15k3 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
3.8Beoneoseubonsa Geonneopyeon Galbisal 비너스본사건너편갈비살
A beef short-rib-meat (galbisal) grill house named for its literal location — directly across from Venus Fashion's headquarters in Banpo-dong.
₩15–40k3 rating sourcesShort 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
3.8Jinguk Haejangguk 진국해장국
A tiny old-school haejangguk counter tucked inside Ttukdo Cheongchun Market in Seongsu, built around a beef-blood-and-tripe soup (yangseonji haejangguk) and salt-grilled beef tripe, at prices locals call unusually cheap for the neighborhood.
under ₩15k3 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
3.8Imun Seolnongtang 이문설농탕
A seolleongtang institution just off Jongak Station, billed in its feature video as over a century old and among Korea's oldest continuously operating restaurants.
under ₩15k3 rating sourcesMICHELIN GuideShort waits at peak
3.8Seosanjip 서산집
Seosanjip serves soy sauce-marinated crab as a ₩25,000 per-person set near the Guro Digital Complex — a roe-heavy ganjang gejang plated with steamed egg, a stone-pot rice and banchan, aimed at the district's office workers at lunch.
₩15–40k3 rating sources
3.8Matjoeun Sundaeguk 맛좋은 순대국
A Jayang-dong shop built entirely around one dish — the sundae-guk that gives it its name, "Delicious Sundae-guk." A 2025 TV feature has stretched peak-time lines longer, with some regulars now switching to takeout.
under ₩15k3 rating sourcesExpect lines
3.8Taeyangsusan 태양수산
A budget-friendly sashimi (hoe) spot near Amsa Station in Gangdong-gu, known for aged sashimi (sukseonghoe) and assorted sashimi platters served with a steady stream of drinking side dishes (anju).
₩15–40k3 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
3.8Byeorak Gauri 벼락가우리
A long-running aged-sashimi (sukseonghoe) restaurant in Jamsil-saenae, serving tiered set courses -- Byeorak, Gauri, and a premium Teuk-sashimi course -- built around a steady stream of seafood side dishes alongside the raw fish.
₩15–40k3 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
3.8Hyangmi 향미
Hyangmi is part of Myeongdong's overseas-Chinese restaurant row, best known among diners for clam stir-fry (jogae-bokkeum) and pan-fried guotie dumplings alongside beef noodle soup and tangsuyuk.
₩15–40k2 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
3.8Apgujeong Jinju (Hannam) 압구정진주 한남직영점
The Hannam-dong branch of a pork grill built around gabrisal — the thin strip between the neck and the loin, cut so it stays soft — alongside samgyeopsal, moksal and hangjeongsal, all Korean pork portioned at 150g or more.
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3.8Soso Ramyeon Dakkkochi 소소라면 닭꼬치
A late-night ramyeon-and-dakkkochi drinking spot near Sukdae Ipgu station, known for its labokki (spicy rice cake and ramyeon stir-fried together) and grilled chicken skewers served alongside beer and soju.
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3.8Pildong Bunsik 필동분식
A charcoal-grill anju bar tucked in a Chungmuro backstreet since 1994, best known for coal-fired chicken skewers, grilled ginkgo nuts, and blanched cuttlefish — a second-round drinking-food spot rather than a bunsik shop despite the name.
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3.8Mokpo Sikdang 목포식당
Tucked inside Yeongjin Jonghap Market near Hapjeong/Mangwon, this no-menu-board diner serves a flat-rate imokase course (roughly 40,000 won per person) — a rotating spread of seasonal seafood (abalone, sashimi, steamed and stewed blue crab), grilled fish, yukjeon, and home-style banchan meant for sharing over drinks.
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3.8Seodaemun Yangkkochi 서대문양꼬치
Seodaemun Yangkkochi grills lamb skewers on a rotating rack upstairs on a Yeonnam-dong corner, and the kitchen behind them is a full Chinese one — a lamb hot pot, mala xiangguo, guobaorou and stir-fried dishes that make it a dinner rather than a snack.
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3.7Seobu Gamjaguk 서부감자국
Seobu Gamjaguk has been boiling pork-spine gamjatang in Nokbeon-dong since 1998, and calls it gamjaguk — the older word — on a menu that runs to three sizes plus a ugeoji version thick with dried cabbage.
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3.7Mongdorine 몽돌이네
An outdoor-seating (yajang) pork belly grill tucked in a narrow Euljiro alley near the Nogari-golmok drinking district, with a distant view of Namsan Tower from its patio tables.
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3.7Incheonjip 인천집
Incheonjip is a roughly 50-year-old tavern up a narrow staircase in Dadong, near Euljiro-ipgu Station.
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3.7Munhwaok 문화옥
An Euljiro seolleongtang shop serving the milky ox-bone soup side by side with jok-tang, ox-foot soup — a straightforward walk-in operation open since morning, with most of the confusion travelers report actually belonging to the popular naengmyeon shop next door.
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3.7Meokgeorijip 먹거리집
A 24-hour sundae-guk shop by Sangbong Station serving the soup alongside a plate of boiled pork — one of several Jungnang-gu sundae-guk spots the Muktende channel has covered, with weekend waits running from 15 minutes up to 90..
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3.7Bangadari Gamjaguk 방아다리 감자국
A single-dish institution near Jongno, this place has served exactly one thing for years: gamjaguk, a pork-bone soup with potato and napa cabbage simmered each morning in one large pot until it runs out, usually by early afternoon.
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3.7Yetgol Saenggogi 옛골생고기
A neighborhood grill house near Bongcheon Station that has run for over 30 years on its Jeolla-style banchan spread — ten-plus rotating side dishes surrounding grilled pork belly, pork jowl, and ssambap set meals.
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3.7Poseokjeong 포석정
A rooftop grill on the 10th floor of Seoul Express Bus Terminal, Poseokjeong has been serving Jirisan heritage-breed pork belly over open-air tables since 1986.
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3.7Dasarang Steak 다사랑스테이크
A longstanding griddle-steak shop on Namyeong-dong's old 'steak alley' near Sukdaeipgu Station, known for its modeum steak — a shared griddle platter of beef, sausage, ham, and vegetables in butter and garlic seasoning — alongside a budae-jjigae.
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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.
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3.7Seommaeul Hoejip 섬마을횟집
A long-running sashimi restaurant near Cheongnyangni Station and Gyeongdong Market, known for large flounder and rockfish sashimi plates at prices well below typical Seoul hoe restaurants.
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3.7Seongcheon Makguksu (Nonhyeon) 성천막국수 논현점
Seongcheon Makguksu keeps a four-line menu — buckwheat noodles cold in broth or tossed with sauce, at ₩9,000, and a plate of boiled pork to go with them — from a ground-floor unit on Gangnam-daero, on the Seocho-gu side of Nonhyeon Station.
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3.7Sungkyunkwan Gamjatang 성균관감자탕
A Daehangno gamjatang-jeongol spot near Sungkyunkwan University, serving the pork-bone and potato hot pot alongside kimchi-jjim to the Hyehwa theater district's dinner crowd — busiest during university semester evenings, quieter over school breaks.
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3.7Ishindon Haemul-samhap 이신돈해물삼합
A long-running neighborhood restaurant in Hwayang-dong near Konkuk University, known for haemul-samhap, a shared platter combining grilled pork belly, seafood, and aged kimchi, served from a minimum 2-person portion.
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3.7Bokgukjip Bbokjji (Ojang-dong) 복국집뽁찌(오장동점)
A pufferfish (bok-eo) specialty restaurant in Ojang-dong, Jung-gu, serving bok-jiri (clear pufferfish soup), bok-bulgogi, and a multi-dish bbokjji course set — an accessibly priced way into a fish often treated as a special-occasion splurge elsewhere in Seoul.
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3.7Uldolmok Jumeokgogi 울돌목 주먹고기
A long-running Guui-dong grilled pork joint near Guui Station best known for jumeokgogi, a hand-cut pork specialty, alongside cuts like galmaegisal and hangjeongsal.
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3.7Chanyangjip 찬양집
Chanyangjip serves exactly two things, both ₩9,000: haemul kalguksu — hand-cut wheat noodles in a broth built on clams and mussels — and handmade dumplings.
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3.7Somunnan Seongsu Gamjatang 소문난성수감자탕
A 24-hour Seongsu-dong gamjatang shop known for its pork-spine and potato stew and a lighter single-serving gamjaguk bowl, with dedicated solo seating that lets single diners skip the line entirely.
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3.7Bomun Susan 보문수산
A long-running neighborhood hoe (raw fish sashimi) house in Bomun-dong, known for its outdoor yard (야장) seating and a la carte fresh fish — including seasonal gizzard shad and live octopus — alongside a maeuntang stew finish.
₩15–40k2 rating sourcesShort waits at peak- 을밀대 무교점Photos coming soon — links inside
3.7Eulmildae – Mugyo 을밀대 무교점
A downtown branch of Eulmildae, the Pyongyang-style naengmyeon house that started in Mapo.
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3.7Sandong Gyoja 산동교자
A surviving fixture in Myeongdong's shrinking overseas-Chinese restaurant cluster, known for ohyangjangyuk (five-spice sliced meat), Chinese-style tempura, samseon jjamppong, and kkanpunggi, with BYO corkage and Suijingfang liquor on offer.
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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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3.6Yennal Gamjajeon 옛날감자전
Yennal Gamjajeon is a Namyeong-dong drinking house licensed since 1979, and the potato pancake it is named after — ₩16,000, or ₩18,000 buried under cheese — is what fills the room every night.
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3.6Obok Sundaeguk 오복순대국
A Mullae-dong sundaeguk shop known for selling out within two hours of opening, serving a full set of pork blood-sausage soup with boiled pork; Saturday opening-run crowds draw the heaviest first-come lines.
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3.6Sundae Ilbeonji 순대일번지
A Mangwon-dong sundae-guk shop known for a consistent line-up, with even weekday visits reporting up to an hour's wait at lunch and dinner peaks; the mid-afternoon break window is the way around it.
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3.6Igane Gamasot Seolleongtang 이가네가마솥설렁탕
Igane Gamasot Seolleongtang has simmered ox bones in Nokbeon-dong since 1991 and serves the broth two ways — ₩14,000 with a bowl of rice, ₩15,000 with rice cooked in a stone pot.
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3.6Yennal Macha 옛날마차
Yennal Macha is a neighborhood raw fish (hoe) restaurant in Sinjeong-dong, built around generous sharing platters — anchovy hoe-muchim, seasonal daebang-eo (giant flounder), and mixed raw fish sets meant for two.
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3.6Yetmat Seoul Bulgogi 옛맛서울불고기
A Mapo-gu galbitang and bulgogi spot near Gwangheungchang Station known for piling its beef short-rib soup and charcoal-grilled beef with far more meat than the price suggests.
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3.6Manna Bunsik 만나분식
A decades-old neighborhood tteokbokki shop tucked into Pilun-dong near Sajik Park, known for jjolbokk-i (tteokbokki mixed with jjolmyeon noodles) alongside gimbap, odeng, and fried snacks in an old-school schoolyard-stall setting.
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3.6Ildeungbau 일등바우
Ildeungbau has run the same jeonnam-style seafood menu near Garak Market for more than 20 years, serving soy sauce-marinated crab from around ₩9,000 a portion alongside vinegar-dressed raw octopus and a rotating lunch teukseon set.
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3.6Yaksu Sundaeguk 약수순대국
A sundae-guk shop near Yaksu station in Sindang-dong serving both the soup and a plate of its own house-made sundae.
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3.6Haitang Maratang 하이탕 마라탕
Haitang Maratang is a self-serve mala tang and mala xiangguo counter near Guro Digital Complex, drawing a steady weekday lunch crowd of office workers with its build-your-own noodle-soup format and kkwabaerou (sweet-and-sour crispy pork) on the side.
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3.6Janggun Gulbossam 장군굴보쌈
A long-running spot in Jongno 3-ga's boiled-pork-wrap alley, known for its oyster bossam (gulbossam) alongside stir-fried squid and pork-spine soup.
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3.6Cheonghae 청해
A decades-old neighborhood raw-fish spot tucked into a Pildong side street near Chungmuro station, known for a generous, low-priced assorted-hoe course that regulars jokingly call "imokase" for its chef's-choice feel.
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3.5Gobau Jumeok Sogeumgui 고바우주먹소금구이
A husband-and-wife-run salt-grilled pork house near Noryangjin Station, open since 1991 and long popular with the neighborhood's exam-prep student crowd.
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3.5Soba Sikdang 소바식당
Soba Sikdang is a small Seongsu-dong Japanese-noodle spot known for cold soba (naeng-soba) and an egg-topped minced-pork cutlet (tamago menchi-katsu).
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A Jayang-dong bunsik counter where the board tops out at ₩9,000.
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3.5Deunggalbi-ui Sinhwa 등갈비의신화
A grill spot near University of Seoul in Jeonnong-dong known for LA-style pork back ribs (LA-galbi) and deungalbi, alongside grilled beef short rib slices and a bean-paste rice side.
₩15–40k3 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
3.5Yeongdeok Mulhoejip 영덕물회집
A Hagye-dong mul-hoe (raw fish in chilled spicy broth) restaurant that an elderly couple has run since 1993, best known for a menu that regulars say has barely moved in price for years.
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3.5Kkorang Chikin 꼬랑치킨
An old-school (노포) self-service pojangmacha-style pub in Haengdang-dong near Wangsimni, known for its whole chicken and a wide lineup of drinking snacks — nakji-bokkeum, golbaengi, dak-doritang, altang, and odolppyeo.
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3.5Osegyehyang 오세계향
Osegyehyang is a fully plant-based restaurant tucked into a Gwanhun-dong alleyway near Insadong, running a menu that mixes Korean and Chinese vegan cooking — jjajangmyeon, mul-naengmyeon, and sundubu bibimbap made without meat or animal stock.
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3.5Seorin Nakji 서린낙지
Seorin Nakji serves stir-fried octopus at ₩26,000 from the second floor of an office tower on Jongno, and the dish people order alongside it is unusual for the genre — a plate of grilled bacon and sausage at ₩19,000, meant to be eaten with the spice.
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3.5Sinheung Tteokbokki 신흥떡볶이
A tiny tteokbokki stall tucked inside Moraenae Market (모래내시장) near Gajwa Station, long known in the neighborhood as one of Seoul's old-school market tteokbokki spots — milled rice cake in a spicy-sweet sauce, served with a side of bean sprout soup.
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3.4Bokdoni Buchu Samgyeopsal 복돈이 부추삼겹살
A Namhyeon-dong samgyeopsal restaurant near Sadang Station known for domestic fresh pork belly served with a house chive (buchu) relish that reviewers describe as divisive rather than universally loved.
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3.4Donggang Haemuljjim 동강해물찜
A long-running seafood restaurant in Seogyo-dong near Hongdae, known for an imokase (chef's-choice) course built around braised haemul-jjim, monkfish stew, grilled fish, and oyster pancake, with seasonal seafood changing what's served.
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3.4Maekbanseok Jogaegui 맥반석 조개구이
A small, longtime clam-grill spot near Sangdo-dong's Seongdae Market, run by an elderly couple and known for stone-plate grilled clams, oysters, and a well-priced flounder hoe.
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3.4Botong Saramdeul 보통사람들
A neighborhood pojangmacha (indoor tent-bar) near Nonhyeon Station serving classic anju like grilled and steamed oysters, kimchi sujebi, and egg soup, known for packed tables even on weeknights and a winter outdoor-seating (yajang) setup.
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3.3Hwayukgye 화육계
Hwayukgye is an Euljiro 3-ga chicken-feet-and-trotter bar where reviewers highlight the mubbyeo-dakbal (boneless spicy chicken feet) and a flying-fish-roe rice ball, with a wait considered a near-permanent fixture of the place.
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3.3Sikyung Yangkkochi 시경양꼬치
Sikyung Yangkkochi grills lamb in the residential blocks near Samyang Sageori, from ₩15,000 for a portion of cumin skewers up to ₩29,000 for a whole rack of ribs, with mala soup, guobaorou and dumplings filling out a Chinese-Korean menu.
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3.3Gombaeryeong Iyagi 곰배령이야기
A Yongsan-gu tripe restaurant near Yongmun Market known for its per-person set of raw beef tartare (yukhoe), grilled beef tripe (gopchang-gui), and tripe hot pot (gopchang-jeongol) for around 35,000 won.
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3.3Wooil Sikdang 우일식당
A butcher-shop-attached raw beef grill in a residential Jangan-dong backstreet, open since 1993 — order fresh-cut cuts (chadolbagi, anchangsal, jebichuri) straight from the case at prices well below typical Seoul beef-house rates.
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3.3Tosang Makhoe 토상막회
A long-running raw-fish and seafood tavern (hoe-jip) tucked in a back alley near Wangsimni, run by an older couple and known for an imokase-style course: order a plate of hoe (sliced raw fish) or the lobster seafood ramen and a running set of seafood side dishes (steamed clams, sea squirt, scallops, grilled shrimp) keeps arriving.
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3.2Daeyeong Sikdang 대영식당
A neighborhood beef butcher-restaurant in Jangan-dong running since 1998, Daeyeong Sikdang sells specialty cuts straight off the case, best known for its assorted grilled platter and beef yukhoe, with a spicy yukgaejang for the table.
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3.1Gejang Buffet 게장뷔페
Gejang Buffet does all-you-can-eat soy and spicy marinated crab for ₩14,000 a person in Bongcheon-dong, near Boramae Park — one of the cheapest crab spreads in Seoul.
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3.0Seorae Imone 서래이모네
A reservation-driven anju bar in Seorae Village serving an omakase-style course of Korean drinking snacks ("imokase") — seafood, braises, and pan-fried dishes arrive in a steady stream built for sharing over drinks.
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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
2.9Jinjinbari Hoejip 진진바리횟집
A long-running Hwagok-dong hoetjip (raw fish restaurant) built around a set omakase-style course, best known for its 17,000-won hoe jeongsik (sashimi set meal) that pairs raw fish with sashimi sushi and side dishes.
₩15–40k3 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
2.7Eomma Sundae 엄마순대
A Jayang-dong sundaeguk shop serving the pork blood-sausage soup with a side of head meat and sliced pork — a Gwangjin-gu neighborhood spot where waits have run consistently long since a mid-2025 Muktende feature.
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2.7Kim Dachi 김다찌
A tiny bar-counter spot near Sadang station built around a chef-curated anju course rather than a fixed menu — a rotating parade of seafood, meat, and seasonal side dishes served one after another by a single owner-chef at a small dachi counter.
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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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