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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4.6Fritz Coffee Company – Jangchung 프릳츠커피컴퍼니 장충점
The Jangchung branch of Fritz Coffee Company, one of Korea's most influential specialty roasters, working as a bakery as well.
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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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4.5Najin 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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4.4Owolui 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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4.4Wonjo 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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4.4Misu 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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4.3London Bagel Museum Anguk 런던베이글뮤지엄 안국
London Bagel Museum's Anguk location is the original branch of what's become Korea's most searched-for bagel chain.
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4.3NEWLINE ARCHITECTS & LOUNGE 뉴라인 건축사사무소
Café and bakery in Jongno, Seoul.
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4.2Ours Blanc 우스블랑
A bakery near Hyochang Park working mainly in laminated dough — croissants, pastries and hard-crust loaves — with coffee alongside.
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4.2Namusairo 나무사이로
A hanok specialty roastery in Naeja-dong near Gyeongbokgung, roasting its own beans since 2005 and known among coffee people for single-origin hand-drip pour-overs.
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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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4.1Pajama Deli (Hyochang Park) 파자마델리 효창공원점
A morning-only sandwich shop by Hyochang Park, building everything on focaccia and changing fillings with the season.
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4.1Fritz Coffee Company – Dohwa 프릳츠커피컴퍼니 도화점
The flagship hanok-courtyard cafe of Fritz Coffee Company, one of Korea's most influential specialty roasters, doubling as a bakery.
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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.
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4.0Gyedong 107 계동107
Gyedong107 is a small roastery café at the mouth of Gyedong alley near Anguk Station, roasting its own beans on-site and known for the Gyedong Spuner — espresso poured over black sesame milk and topped with black sesame ice cream.
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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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3.9Onion Anguk 어니언 안국
A landmark hanok-conversion cafe by the Onion coffee brand, filling a restored 1920s hanok near Anguk Station with courtyard-facing seating split between shoes-off floor tables and regular seats.
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3.9Felt Coffee Cheonggyecheon 펠트 청계천점
Felt Coffee's minimalist Cheonggyecheon branch is a benchmark for Seoul's third-wave espresso and pour-over scene, a short walk from Gwanghwamun along the Cheonggyecheon stream.
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3.8Onion Seongsu 어니언 성수
Onion's Seongsu location, set inside a converted warehouse, is one of the neighborhood's defining bakery-cafes — search interest around it runs consistently high even as Seongsu's cafe scene has grown crowded with newer openings.
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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.
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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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