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PlaceGangnam, SeoulHair & beauty salons

Apgujeong nail salon: a mom's short peach nude syrup nails, Naeil Didi

Naeil Didi (내일디디) is a nail salon in Apgujeong Rodeo, Gangnam, Seoul. On November 9, a mom who keeps her nails short for childcare got peach nude syrup nails at Naeil Didi. The total was ₩92,000: ₩50,000 of the treatment cost was covered, and she paid the remaining ₩42,000. Valet parking and a quick treatment made Naeil Didi easy to fit into her schedule, and it suits anyone who wants an everyday manicure that keeps nails short and lets their natural color softly show through.

Written Nov 15, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSeongdong, SeoulRestaurants

Seongsu locals' pasta spot: uni pasta & ink fish and chips at Knot

Knot (낫:knot) is a pasta restaurant on basement level 1 of a building on Seongsuil-ro 1-gil in Seongsu, Seoul, near Seoulsup. A couple who live in Seongsu ordered sea urchin (uni) pasta, Cheongyang cream pasta with nurungji (scorched rice), and white fish and fries in a squid-ink batter, and both loved all three dishes. For couples looking for a pasta place near Seoulsup they will both enjoy, Knot's three-dish combination is worth copying.

Written Nov 12, 2026Partially sponsored
PlaceSeongdong, SeoulRestaurants

Seongsu-dong noodle house for a cold-day family lunch: Seongsu

Seongsu Makguksu (성수막국수) is a Korean restaurant known for makguksu (buckwheat noodles) and other buckwheat dishes, near Ttukseom Station in Seongdong, Seoul. A family who usually visits for makguksu and buckwheat crepe rolls in summer came on a cold day and ordered mushroom dumpling hotpot, giant buckwheat dumplings (6 for ₩8,000), buckwheat jeonbyeong (₩8,000) and three bowls of sticky barley rice (₩2,000 each), ₩50,000 in total. Seongsu Makguksu suits a warm hotpot lunch on a cold day as well as summer noodles.

Written Nov 9, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGwangjin, SeoulRestaurants

Konkuk Univ. tonkatsu spot with high chairs: a toddler's udon, Kosi

Kosi Konkuk University Branch (코시 건대점) is an udon and tonkatsu restaurant on the 1st floor of 197 Achasan-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul. With a husband and a 22-month-old, a family of three shared a kake udon set, a tonkatsu set and a cheese katsu set for ₩44,000 in total. Kosi Konkuk University Branch has high chairs and children's tableware, and the spacious dining room made eating with a child easy. The 22-month-old happily ate the udon, tonkatsu and even the tempura, so Kosi is a place this family wants to return to for meals with a child near Konkuk University.

Written Oct 27, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSeongdong, SeoulCafés

Seongsu café with a baby: topping-free milk soft serve, Mellows

Mellows is a coffee and soft serve café in Seongsu, Seoul, near Ttukseom Station. The writer ordered an americano, a vanilla bean latte and milk, mango and chocolate soft serve for ₩18,000 in total, and shared the milk soft serve, said to be made with Sangha Farm milk, with a baby with food allergies by ordering it without toppings. Mellows is an affordable Seongsu café for coffee and dessert with a baby.

Written Oct 19, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGangnam, SeoulRestaurants

Apgujeong couple's date restaurant, oil and cream pasta: Awesome Rose

Awesome Rose Garosu-gil is a pasta restaurant on basement level 1 at 40 Apgujeong-ro 10-gil in Gangnam, Seoul. A married couple drove to Awesome Rose, used the valet parking (4,000 won for 2 hours) and ordered mushroom soup, Rose Aglio e Olio, White Rose Pasta and the Awesome Tomato Quesadilla, and not a single dish missed. With soft lighting plus a photo booth and a rose after the meal, Awesome Rose is an Apgujeong date spot worth returning to.

Written Jul 1, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSeongdong, SeoulCafés

Seongsu sunset rooftop café, vegan carrot pound cake: LOOOP Bakery

LOOOP Bakery (LOOOP 루프) is a large bakery café on Yeonmujang-gil in Seongsu, Seoul. The writer explored LOOOP Bakery's first-floor photo machine, third-floor self photo room and rooftop at sunset, then took home a vegan carrot purée pound cake, a New York bear roll, a black sesame cookie and a vanilla canelé. A stop just for bread turned into a sunset view, making LOOOP Bakery a Seongsu bakery café worth visiting for the space itself.

Written Oct 4, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSongpa, SeoulShopping

Yellow and pink birthday bouquet pickup at Lara Flower, Wirye florist

Lara Flower is a flower shop in Wirye, Songpa, Seoul, on the first floor of Seongheui Plaza on Wirye-gwangjang-ro. For a birthday gift, a bright bouquet with yellow as the main color and pink mixed in was reserved and picked up in store, and arriving at the booked time meant receiving it right away with no wait. Lara Flower custom-makes bouquets from that day's flowers once you share the colors and occasion in advance, a good reference when looking for a birthday bouquet.

Written Aug 6, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSeongdong, SeoulRestaurants

Seongsu Korean restaurant with a Signature Set for Two: Seongsu AGU

Seongsu AGU (성수아구) is a Korean restaurant specializing in agu-jjim (spicy braised monkfish) in Seongsu-dong, Seoul, near Ttukseom Station. On a day craving spicy Korean food instead of pasta or brunch, a first visit to Seongsu AGU called for the Seongsu AGU Signature Set for Two, which let two people try the signature dishes at once without agonizing over the menu. Seongsu AGU is a solid pick for a date, a family meal out or a group gathering.

Written Sep 27, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSeongdong, SeoulRestaurants

Mushroom soup and Yorkshire pudding at Seongsu restaurant Brivite

Brivite Seongsu is a Western restaurant in Seongsu, Seoul, near Ttukseom Station, serving pasta, gnocchi and steak. Two diners ordered one salmon steak pasta and one green onion cream corn gnocchi as mains, then added mushroom soup and Yorkshire pudding as sides so the flavors never overlapped. Two mains plus two sides was more than enough food for two, making Brivite Seongsu an easy pick for a Seongsu date or a meal with friends.

Written Sep 27, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSeongdong, SeoulCafés

Seongsu baked-goods gift: financier collection 7pcs ₩32,000, Notldun

Notldun is a dessert café on Seoulsup 2-gil in Seongsu, Seoul, near Ttukseom Station and Seoul Forest. Instead of a cake, the writer picked up Notldun's financier collection, 7 pieces for ₩32,000, which comes in a ready-made gift package with no extra wrapping to arrange. For a housewarming or a small thank-you for a friend, the Notldun financier set is a safe, easy choice.

Written Sep 27, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSeongdong, SeoulCafés

Seongsu café for a group of four: fig soufflé and 4 coffees, 5to7

5to7 Seongsu Main Branch is a soufflé dessert café on Seoul Forest 2-gil in Seongsu, Seoul. Four friends came after a meal and ordered one autumn-season fig soufflé with four coffees to share, and the fluffy soufflé under a generous pile of figs went well with the coffee. As a second stop after dinner in Seongsu, 5to7 was a satisfying choice.

Written Sep 27, 2026Sponsored