4.6Sushi Jayang 스시자양
Sushi Jayang runs a compact counter in Jayang-dong where regulars describe it as their default neighborhood omakase rather than a special-occasion trip, serving a dinner table omakase course alongside a soy-marinated set (소유 간장) in limited daily portions.
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4.5Sushi Koya 스시코야
Sushi Koya started out as a delivery-only sushi operation before remodeling into a sit-down omakase counter in Dapsimni, serving a ₩39,000 dinner nigiri course and a cheaper lunch set.
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4.5Mentsuru – City Hall 멘츠루 시청점
A Mentsuru ramen shop in Seosomun-dong, minutes from City Hall.
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4.4Yoake 요아케
A small ramen shop near Sindang building both its bowls on domestic stock — Jeju pork and Korean chicken — then blending in anchovy broth for the shoyu and clam broth for the shio, finished with a five-soy or seven-salt seasoning.
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4.4Simibe 시미베
An evenings-only Japanese room on the second floor of a Toegye-ro building in Sindang, working through small plates — mentaiko potato, yuba, grilled pork jowl — alongside a sashimi platter presented as a cake.
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4.4Sushi Seojeong 스시서정
Sushi Seojeong's Yeongdeungpo branch grew out of a shop that first built its name in Yeouido, running a dinner nigiri omakase that closes with a tuna futomaki roll, alongside a private 'hanare' room for parties who want to book the space.
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4.4Hoonidoni 후니도니
A basement cheese-pork-cutlet specialist in the Le Meilleur building near Gwanghwamun/Jonggak, known for its signature cheese pork cutlet paired with cold buckwheat noodles with a free refill.
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4.3Sushi Raon 스시라온
Sushi Raon is a Seongsu-dong omakase counter built around volume — a clam-broth starter opens a long nigiri procession — inside a Seoul Forest office building with two hours of free basement parking for diners.
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4.3Ramura 라무라 성수
A Seongsu ramen counter built around chicken, with the bowls named by size in a single joke: dak (chicken) is the full bowl, byeongari (chick) the middle, al (egg) the smallest.
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4.3Kochi 코치
A yakitori counter in Seongsu-dong 2-ga that grills chicken by the part — thigh with spring onion, tail, gizzard-side cuts, cartilage, wing, neck — at ₩3,000–3,800 a skewer, plus a straw-grilled whole thigh.
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4.3Mentsuru 멘츠루 성수
A small Seongsu ramen shop that pairs standard shoyu and shio bowls with offal — a motsu ramen built on beef gopchang, and a horumon donburi.
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4.2Sushi Sora Green 스시소라그린
Sushi Sora Green is chef Koji's lowest-priced omakase brand, an entry point into his sushi group rather than a flagship, running a fixed ₩35,000 lunch and ₩70,000 dinner course at its Bangi-dong branch — both bookable only through CatchTable.
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4.1Toyosu 도요스
Toyosu runs a flat-price sushi omakase near Samjeon Station — a starter, ten-piece nigiri, and a fried or grilled item, plus a seafood rice bowl — with a corkage-free policy for guests who bring their own wine or sake.
₩15–40k5 rating sourcesShort waits at peak
4.1Yamato Tendon 야마토텐동
A counter-seating tendon (tempura rice bowl) specialist near Anam Station and Korea University, known for a rotating lineup of fried toppings over rice — the signature Yamato Tendon, conger eel (anago), wagyu beef (gyu), and a chicken tempura soba.
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4.1Ichizen (Mangwon) 이치젠 망원점 (본점)
A tempura-rice-bowl (tendon) specialist in Mangwon-dong known for fresh, carefully fried tempura over rice in a small Japanese-style dining room, drawing frequent weekend queues.
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4.0Itsuya 이츠야
Itsuya is a walk-in-only, lunch-only tonkatsu tasting counter in Seogyo-dong, run by a Cordon Bleu-trained chef working cuts like tenderloin, sirloin, and pork collar.
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3.9Itamae Sushi Gwanghwamun D Tower 이타마에스시
Itamae Sushi traces back to a 2007 Tokyo debut and now runs ten locations there; its Seoul branch opened inside Gwanghwamun D-Tower in February 2025, serving a lunch-special nigiri set alongside honmaguro (bluefin tuna) and a full dinner course.
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3.8Hoya Sushi & Tuna (Main Branch) 호야초밥참치 본점
A sushi and tuna (chamchi-hoe) specialist near Konkuk University (Konkuk-dae), running generous set menus of sushi, sashimi, and rice bowls alongside an optional omakase course.
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3.8Maru Sushi 마루스시
Maru Sushi is a small neighborhood counter near Soongsil University in Sangdo-dong, with about six counter seats and two or three tables serving an entry-level omakase alongside an A-set nigiri from ₩14,000.
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3.3Toriwoori (Yongsan) 토리우리
Toriwoori runs a ₩17,000 yakitori omakase built around directly grilled skewers rather than the pricier multi-course format most yakitori spots use — the cheapest such course in the greater Seoul area, per ChopChop University.
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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.
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