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Third Plate, Seoul Restaurants, Bars and Cafes

Writes about restaurants, bars, and cafes around Seoul. · Writes about: Restaurants · Bars · Cafés

Yeonnam-dong donburi: roe butadon & Jim Beam highball, Jongno Donburi

Jongno Donburi Yeonnam is a Japanese rice bowl restaurant in a Yeonnam-dong alley, about an 8-minute walk from Hongik Univ. Station in Seoul. The writer and a friend shared the butadon (pork rice bowl) eaten with pollock roe, wasabi and mayonnaise, plus the staff-recommended salmon belly bowl, and got a Jim Beam highball through a Naver review event. For salmon lovers or anyone after a pollock roe rice bowl, Jongno Donburi Yeonnam is a meal the writer would '200%' go back for.

Written Jun 24, 2026Sponsored

PlaceJongno, SeoulRestaurants

Protein salad restaurant in Gwanghwamun: 5-minute solo dinner, Wystab

Wystab Diet Gwanghwamun is a diet salad and protein restaurant on basement level 1 of Le Meilleur Jongno Town near Jonggak Station in Jongno, Seoul. For a weekday solo dinner, the writer ordered the ₩8,900 Chicken Light protein box, which arrived in under 5 minutes with tender chicken rather than the dry breast meat the writer had worried about. The Chicken Light protein box is a good pick for Gwanghwamun and Jonggak office workers who want a light but tasty dinner, fast.

Written Oct 15, 2026Sponsored

PlaceJung-gu, SeoulCafés

Quiet Gwanghwamun café for reading alone: Matilda cake | Center Coffee

Center Coffee Gwanghwamun (센터커피 광화문점) is a specialty coffee café on the B1 floor at 136 Sejong-daero, Jung-gu, Seoul. Looking for a good café for reading in Gwanghwamun, the writer went alone with a book and ordered an iced americano and a Matilda chocolate cake. The seats were widely spaced and quiet, the americano clean-tasting and the cake rich and fudgy. Center Coffee Gwanghwamun suits anyone after a quiet café for reading alone, with dessert on the side.

Written Jun 30, 2026Sponsored

PlaceJongno, SeoulBars

Hyehwa Station bar for a second round with friends: Oneuldo Hanjan

Oneuldo Hanjan (오늘도 한잔) is a budget-friendly cocktail bar on basement level 1 near Hyehwa Station Exit 4 in Jongno, Seoul. Three friends stopped by Oneuldo Hanjan for a second round after dinner, ordering a Blue Hawaiian, Sex on the Beach, California Lemonade, XYZ and bacon green onion crackers, and enjoyed the welcome drink, refillable free snacks and whisky by the glass. Oneuldo Hanjan is a solid Hyehwa second-round pick for a group with a light drinker.

Written Jul 10, 2026Sponsored

PlaceMapo, SeoulRestaurants

Hongdae monjayaki restaurant, stopwatch-timed mentaiko set: Jojo

Jojo Yeonnam Branch (죠죠 연남점) is a Japanese monjayaki and teppanyaki restaurant in Yeonnam-dong, Seoul, a 5-minute walk from Exit 3 of Hongik Univ. Station, and a brand from the teppan chef who appeared on Culinary Class Wars. On a first-ever try at monjayaki with a friend, the writer ordered the 39,500-won mentaiko monjayaki set for two with waterfall potato, plus a Jojo highball and Jojo draft beer, and enjoyed it easily because staff timed the cooking with a stopwatch. Verdict: Jojo Yeonnam Branch is a solid pick for monjayaki beginners and for dates or friend meetups in Yeonnam-dong.

Written Jul 28, 2026Sponsored

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