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Warm Griddle, Incheon Cafes and Restaurants

Writes about cafes and restaurants around Incheon, mostly places found on short walks near home. · Writes about: Cafés · Restaurants

PlaceSeo-gu, IncheonRestaurants

Cheongna shabu-shabu with a baby on solids, 2-color kalguksu: Shabuway

Shabuway Ruwon City Cheongna Branch is a shabu-shabu buffet on the 2nd floor of Ruwon Top Plaza in Ruwon City, Cheongna, Seo-gu, Incheon. On the husband's day off, the family went for dinner with their baby on solid foods: the baby sat in a high chair and ate mushroom cream soup plus rice, meat and mushrooms cooked in the broth, while the adults had mala broth shabu-shabu, two-color kalguksu (knife-cut noodles) and ice cream. Weekday dinner and weekends cost 29,900 won, and Shabuway Ruwon City Cheongna Branch made a good-value family meal out with a baby.

Written Jun 6, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSeo-gu, IncheonRestaurants

Seo-gu, Incheon wood-fired pizza: arugula pepperoni at Eopu Kitchen

Eopu Kitchen is a pasta and wood-fired pizza restaurant on the 2nd floor of the CU building near Seo-gu Office in Incheon. After borrowing baby toys nearby, the writer stopped at Eopu Kitchen for lunch and ordered basil oil pasta and an arugula pepperoni pizza; the pizza sauce wasn't salty, and the oil pasta came with big shrimp. Eopu Kitchen's food is mild but hard to stop eating, which makes it a solid pasta lunch pick near Seo-gu Office.

Written Jun 10, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSeo-gu, IncheonRestaurants

Kalguksu and bossam spot in Cheongna: 1-minute hourglass, Singanae

Singanae Kalguksuyuk (신가네 칼국수육) is a Korean restaurant specializing in kalguksu (knife-cut noodle soup) and bossam (boiled pork wraps) in Cheongna, Seo-gu, Incheon. Its single ₩15,000 menu comes with unlimited bossam and gondre rice (rice with Korean thistle), and Singanae Kalguksuyuk serves the kalguksu with an hourglass so you simmer it that much longer, keeping the noodles chewy rather than soggy. With a clean new dining room, high chairs, a self-serve bar and iced coffee for dessert, Singanae Kalguksuyuk is a great-value lunch in Cheongna.

Written Jun 23, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSeohae, IncheonRestaurants

Sashimi restaurant in Seongnam-dong, Incheon: family meal with a baby

Uridongne Yeonan Budu is a flatfish sashimi restaurant near Gangnam Market in Seongnam-dong, Seo-gu, Incheon. A family of four, including parents and a baby, shared the flatfish sashimi and fruit-broth mulhoe (cold raw fish soup) set for two (70,000 won) plus grilled mackerel. They loved the wide spread of side starters, the flatfish sashimi with no fishy taste and the icy, refreshing mulhoe. Even diners who don't usually enjoy flatfish liked it, making Uridongne Yeonan Budu a Seongnam-dong sashimi restaurant worth recommending for a family meal.

Written Jul 13, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSeohae, IncheonRestaurants

Seongnam-dong family pork BBQ and cold naengmyeon: Jeongyuk Donthree

Jeongyuk Donthree Seonam Main Branch is a Korean BBQ restaurant in Seongnam-dong, Seohae, Incheon, specialising in fresh pork belly and fresh thin-sliced pork belly (saeng daepae samgyeopsal). On a family dinner with a baby, the blogger grilled fresh thin-sliced pork belly, pork neck and pork belly with kimchi, seasoned bean sprouts and mushrooms, then finished with icy mul naengmyeon (chilled buckwheat noodles in broth). Jeongyuk Donthree has no baby chairs, so bring a stroller, but the friendly service and fresh thin-sliced pork belly with no gamey smell made it a satisfying family meal.

Written Jul 23, 2026Sponsored
PlaceMichuhol, IncheonCafés

Stroller-friendly Hagik-dong café in Incheon: salt bread at Tiny Dot

Tiny Dot is a large roastery café in Hagik-dong, Michuhol-gu, Incheon, that roasts its own coffee beans. The visit was with a baby in a stroller, using the elevator between floors, and the order was the signature Orange Dot, a millstone-ground matcha latte, salt bread for 3,000 won and a gourmet butter scone for 3,500 won. Tiny Dot has no baby chairs, but the spacious floors and parking made it an easy café to visit with a baby.

Written Aug 9, 2026Sponsored
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