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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4.5Seoryeong 서령
Seoryeong is a Namdaemun pyeongyang naengmyeon specialist that also serves suyuk (boiled pork) and sinseollo (royal hot pot).
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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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4.4Damtaek 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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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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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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4.3Eulmildae 을밀대
One of the older Pyongyang-style naengmyeon houses in Seoul, in a residential pocket of Yeomni-dong near Gongdeok.
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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.
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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.
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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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4.2Woo 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.
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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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4.2Miryang 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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4.2Myeon 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.
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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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4.1Pildong 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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3.9Hamheung Naengmyeon 함흥냉면
A Hamheung-style cold noodle house licensed at this Yeongdeungpo address since 1972.
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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.
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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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3.7Chanyangjip 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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3.7Eulmildae – Mugyo 을밀대 무교점
A downtown branch of Eulmildae, the Pyongyang-style naengmyeon house that started in Mapo.
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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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3.5Soba 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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