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Writes about small restaurants and eateries tucked into Seoul's side streets. · Writes about: Restaurants · Cafés

Seocho Station burgers with parking: US-style double cheese, Daily Fix

Daily Fix Seocho Gyodae Branch is an American-style handmade burger pub on Seocho-daero 48-gil, near Seocho Station and Gyodae Station in Seoul. A couple ordered the Double Cheeseburger (15,900 won) and the Bacon Cheeseburger (12,900 won), which the menu marks as Kang Min-kyung's rave pick. They swapped to 18mm fries and grapefruit ade, and the husband said the burgers tasted like the ones he ate in America. With parking beside the shop and tablet ordering at the table, Daily Fix is a burger spot worth going back to.

Written Nov 8, 2026Sponsored

PlaceSeocho, SeoulCafés

Camp-style terrace café in Gangnam: sunset & strawberry ade, Selecto

Selecto Coffee Sinnonhyeon Branch 24 Auto Brew Cafe is a 24-hour café on Gangnam-daero 79-gil near Sinnonhyeon Station in Seocho, Seoul, with a large terrace of gravel, camping chairs and string lights. On a sunny weekend, the writer and her husband sat on the Selecto Coffee terrace with an iced Americano made with Mocha beans, a strawberry ade packed with strawberries and a well-filled salmon sandwich, staying until sunset. Selecto Coffee Sinnonhyeon is a good fit for couples looking for a terrace café in Gangnam on a nice day.

Written Oct 26, 2026Sponsored

PlaceSeocho, SeoulRestaurants

Chicken kalguksu and hamburg steak lunch in Seocho: Seocho Jeonggye

Seocho Jeonggye (서초정계) is a Korean chicken restaurant on the first floor of the Mido Building on Beobwon-ro 1-gil in Seocho-gu, Seoul, between Seocho and Gyodae stations. The lunch order at Seocho Jeonggye was chicken kalguksu (knife-cut noodle soup) for 11,000 won, chogye guksu (cold chicken noodles) for 12,000 won, a one-person boneless dakbokkeumtang (braised chicken) for 13,000 won and a hamburg steak side. Everything was ordered on a tabletop kiosk and arrived quickly, and sikhye (sweet rice drink) came after the meal. Easy for solo diners and quick to serve, Seocho Jeonggye suits office workers with a short lunch break.

Written Aug 3, 2026Sponsored

PlaceGangnam, SeoulRestaurants

Irwon-dong tonkatsu with stretchy cheese katsu: Sioldon Irwon

Sioldon Irwon Branch is a tonkatsu (breaded pork cutlet) restaurant in Irwon-dong, Gangnam, Seoul, near the back gate of Samsung Seoul Hospital. Driving over and parking right in front of the restaurant, the order went in at the kiosk for the mixed katsu and the cheese katsu, comparing sirloin against tenderloin before pulling the cheese katsu apart into long strands. With parking and solo seats, Sioldon Irwon Branch works easily for a meal around a hospital visit or for eating alone.

Written Aug 10, 2026Sponsored

PlaceGangnam, SeoulCafés

Gangnam café ginger lemonade and receipt scratch event: Selected Nicks

Selected Nicks is a large rooftop café near Gangnam Station in Seoul that takes up an entire building, from a basement gallery to an 8th-floor rooftop. On a weekend visit with her husband, the writer ordered a choco latte, a ginger lemon ade and strawberry tiramisu, and joined the receipt review scratch event. Every floor at Selected Nicks has a different mood, so it suits dates, laptop work and group meetups alike.

Written Sep 17, 2026Sponsored

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