Gangnam Italian restaurant with free birthday pizza: Mano di Chef
Mano di Chef Gangnam is an Italian restaurant on the B1 level of Bithumb Finance Tower in Gangnam, Seoul, within a 10-minute walk of Yeoksam Station Exit 4, and it won a Blue Ribbon two years running in 2025 and 2026. The order here was sea mustard pesto & octopus potato gnocchi, red shrimp aglio e olio pasta and a Margherita pizza: tender octopus, big red shrimp and chewy handmade dough, plus a free pizza for anyone whose birthday falls that month. Prices look high at first, but the seafood quality makes sense of them, so Mano di Chef Gangnam suits blind dates, anniversaries and meals with parents.