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PlaceSuwon, GyeonggiRestaurants

Kid-friendly tonkatsu near Suwon Station: combo katsu, Gohobi Katsu

Gohobi Katsu (고호비카츠) is a Japanese tonkatsu restaurant on Maesan-ro near Suwon Station Exit 8 in Suwon. On an early dinner visit with a child, the writer parked free in the basement garage and ordered the cheese + tenderloin combo katsu (18,000 won) and mazesoba (13,000 won); the tender tenderloin, rich cheese katsu, and mazesoba the child happily ate were all satisfying. Gohobi Katsu is an easy tonkatsu pick near Suwon Station for families who drive and don't want to worry about parking.

Written Oct 12, 2026Sponsored
PlaceYongin, GyeonggiRestaurants

Jukjeon seafood restaurant with crab-shell fried rice: Seokmuneo

Seokmuneo Yongin Bojeong is a stone octopus restaurant on the Bojeong-dong café street in Giheung-gu, Yongin. The Octopus Jinsim Set for two (49,000 won) runs from a stone octopus shabu hot pot with a whole crab to a samhap (three-way platter) of pork neck suyuk (boiled pork) and blanched octopus, a stone octopus mushroom jeon (savory pancake), kalguksu (knife-cut noodles) and fried rice mixed in the crab shell. Fresh ingredients and generous portions make Seokmuneo Yongin Bojeong a family-meal restaurant worth returning to.

Written Jul 29, 2026Sponsored
PlaceYongin, GyeonggiRestaurants

Yongin date-night pizzeria: miso porcini and ratatouille, Bonaricetta

Bonaricetta is a wood-fired pizza restaurant on the second floor in Mohyeon-eup, Cheoin-gu, Yongin, Gyeonggi, near the Global Campus of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS). Three of us ordered the miso porcini pizza (₩30,000), the ratatouille pizza (₩17,500) and the shrimp aglio e olio (₩20,500), and the 75% hydration dough baked in a 400°C oven came out crisp outside and chewy inside. The jambon truffle pizza was sold out, but Bonaricetta is still a Yongin date spot worth a 200% return visit.

Written Aug 13, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSuwon, GyeonggiRestaurants

Suwon barley rice restaurant with summer aged cucumber sides: Boriook

Boriook Main Branch is an all-you-can-eat barley rice restaurant near Mangpo Station in Yeongtong, Suwon. On a return visit for the summer side dish lineup, the writer ordered the barley rice soy-sauce pork set (16,000 won) and worked through nogak-muchim (aged cucumber salad), chard salad, dried eggplant and stir-fried radish greens, plus sweet potato fritters, sungnyung (scorched rice tea) and gangjeong (rice puffs). Children from preschool age through 6th grade pay 5,000 won for a full set, so Boriook stays easy on the wallet for a family dinner.

Written Aug 16, 2026Sponsored
PlaceYongin, GyeonggiRestaurants

Kalguksu with house-made kimchi refills in Yongin: Yubok Kalguksu

Yubok Kalguksu Yongin Korean Folk Village Branch is a kalguksu (knife-cut noodle soup) restaurant near the Korean Folk Village in Yongin, Gyeonggi. On a family visit the writer ordered the pufferfish seafood kalguksu à la carte, king meat mandu (dumplings), and baby octopus seafood chive pancake, and the clean broth, chewy noodles, and sweet-savory house-made kimchi went together so well that the kimchi got refilled again and again. Yubok Kalguksu is the kind of place worth returning to just for that kimchi.

Written Sep 13, 2026Sponsored
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