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Small Tab, Seoul-Gyeonggi Restaurants, Cafes and Bars

Writes about restaurants, cafes, bars, and things to do around Seoul and Gyeonggi. · Writes about: Restaurants · Cafés · Things to do · Bars

PlaceGangnam, SeoulRestaurants

Gangnam Station Korean BBQ room for 5 friends, short rib: Gogikkun

Gogikkun Kimchunbae Gangnam (고기꾼 김춘배 강남점) is a private-room Korean BBQ restaurant in an alley between Gangnam Station and Sinnonhyeon Station in Seoul. The writer and 4 friends ate in a 4th-floor room, ordering the Chunbae couple set (450g, ₩71,000) plus extra pork neck, then beef doenjang stew, perilla oil scallion kimchi fried rice and half-and-half naengmyeon; the juicy skirt meat and tender short rib meat were the highlights. On this second visit since a company dinner, Gogikkun Kimchunbae Gangnam proved a group-dinner spot worth returning to, thanks to free corkage and private rooms.

Written Jun 10, 2026Sponsored

PlaceSeongdong, SeoulThings to do

Seongsu ring workshop: ELIO couple rings sized for knuckles, Robenta

Robenta Seongsu is a ring workshop near Exit 3 of Seongsu Station in Seoul, where visitors make their own silver rings from designs by a jewelry designer with 30 years of experience. A couple getting rings for the first time chose the ELIO design, got sizing advice that took their knuckles into account, shaped each other's rings in 4 steps, then spent 2 hours on a Seongsu date while the rings were finished. Robenta Seongsu's one-day class gives first-time couples expert sizing advice and the memory of making their rings by hand.

Written Jun 14, 2026Sponsored

PlaceGangnam, SeoulCafés

Gangnam bakery café for solo reading: Swedish babka at Minimale Gaepo

Minimale Bakery & Coffee Bar Gaepo Branch is a bakery café in an alley near Gugak High School and the Yangjaecheon stream in Gangnam, Seoul. On a weekday off, the writer went to Minimale Gaepo alone to read and tried the Helsinki Latte, Swedish babka and original babka. The Helsinki Latte, made with condensed milk and aged milk, was the writer's favourite. For a quiet solo café day, Minimale Gaepo's Helsinki Latte and Swedish babka are the pairing to order.

Written Jun 24, 2026Sponsored

PlaceGangnam, SeoulBars

Rainy-day Korean pub in Gangnam: Red Monkey makgeolli at Arigyegok

Arigyegok Gangnam (아리계곡 강남역점) is a valley-themed Korean pub in the food alley near Gangnam Station Exit 11 in Gangnam, Seoul. On a rainy monsoon-season Tuesday evening after work, the writer and a friend ordered the Wongi set for two (39,700 won) with Red Monkey makgeolli (rice wine), and the nurungji monkfish liver yukhoe (raw seasoned monkfish liver with scorched-rice crisps), swapped in for an extra charge, was the standout for its sweet and salty seasoning. With good-value sets and a wide range of traditional Korean liquors, Arigyegok Gangnam is a Gangnam Station bar worth remembering on rainy days.

Written Jul 15, 2026Sponsored

PlaceSeongnam, GyeonggiRestaurants

Pangyo gyukatsu after overtime: date with mini curry and beer, Ichigyu

Ichigyu Avenuefrance Pangyo is a gyukatsu (breaded beef cutlet) restaurant on the 2nd floor of Avenuefrance Pangyo in Seongnam, Gyeonggi. After working overtime, the writer met their partner for a weekday dinner date at 7 p.m. They ordered striploin and tenderloin gyukatsu sets, a mini curry and small beers, then grilled the cutlets with Isigny butter on the tabletop grill at each seat. Ichigyu Avenuefrance Pangyo has a quiet atmosphere and reasonable prices, making it a good after-work dinner spot for 2 to 4 people.

Written Jul 26, 2026Sponsored

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