Areas · 1958 stories

Busan

Cafés, restaurants and places in Busan, written by bloggers who went there.

Suyeong, BusanCafés

Gwangalli sofa-seat café for sunset and drone show: Working Holiday

Working Holiday Minrak is an ocean-view brunch café that fills the whole 7th floor of Bada-maru on Minrak Subyeon-ro in Suyeong, Busan. On a Saturday at 6pm, two friends took a seat facing Gwangan Bridge, ordered a Margherita pizza (22,000 won) and Bolognese pasta (20,000 won), and stayed through sunset until the 8pm drone show. With deep sofa seats and wide gaps between tables, Working Holiday Minrak is comfortable enough to come back to alone with a laptop.

Written Sep 16, 2026Sponsored
Busanjin, BusanRestaurants

Seomyeon galbitang restaurant, spice level 2 and Jeju noodles: Gang

Gang Galbitang Seomyeon is a galbitang (beef short rib soup) restaurant a 7–8 minute walk from Exit 11 of Seomyeon Station in Busanjin, Busan. Over a Sunday lunch at the bar table, the plain galbitang cost 14,000 won and the spicy version 15,000 won, with Jeju jungmyeon noodles added for 2,500 won, and spice level 2 turned out only slightly hotter than Shin Ramyun. The ribs at Gang Galbitang Seomyeon are tender enough to cut with scissors, and the self-bar dried radish makes it a good pick for a solo meal or hangover soup in Seomyeon.

Written Sep 16, 2026Sponsored
Suyeong, BusanCafés

Blue Ribbon brunch café in Minnak-dong, Busan: Famous Benny

Famous Benny Gwangalli Branch is a Blue Ribbon-selected brunch café in Minnak-dong, Suyeong-gu, Busan, serving Australian-style brunch and specialty coffee. On a day full of scattered thoughts, I came alone with a laptop and notebook and ordered the signature The Famous Benny with salmon at 18,000 won, a yogurt bowl at 7,000 won, and a long black. With power outlets at many seats and two floors to choose from, Famous Benny works for brunch and a solo work session in one sitting.

Written Sep 16, 2026Sponsored
Jung-gu, BusanRestaurants

Nampo-dong udon set and salmon-halibut sushi: Moshi Moshi Sushi

Moshi Moshi Sushi Lotte Department Store Gwangbok is a Japanese restaurant on the 10th floor of the main building at Lotte Department Store Gwangbok in Jung-gu, Busan. Over a Friday lunch the writer and her husband ordered the udon set for 18,500 won and the 10-piece salmon and halibut sushi for 27,500 won, then added five more pieces of halibut sushi, and the meal came with three kinds of tempura, soft tofu, vegetable salad and broth. With baby chairs and solo counter seats both on hand, Moshi Moshi Sushi works just as well for a meal out with a baby as for a quick lunch alone.

Written Aug 31, 2026Sponsored
Haeundae, BusanCafés

Haeundae bakery café outdoor seats after a beach run: Low & Sweet

Low & Sweet Bakery is a bakery café at 1 Udong 1-ro 38beon-gagil in Haeundae, Busan, where you pick egg tarts and financiers onto a plate yourself. After a run along Haeundae beach, the writer sat at an outdoor table in front of the entrance with a lemon madeleine, an egg tart and an iced americano made with fruity, acidic beans. Low & Sweet Bakery is a Haeundae dessert café made for catching the sea breeze once the sweating stops.

Written Sep 15, 2026Sponsored
Suyeong, BusanRestaurants

No-signboard Gwangalli pizza restaurant for a late lunch: Extra Mile

Extra Mile is a Western-style restaurant on Suyeongro554beon-gagil in Suyeong, Busan, one alley back from the main strip at Gwangalli Beach. Extra Mile has no signboard, yet tables stayed full through the late lunch hour, and the Classic Combo set brought white ragu pasta with a half pepperoni, half salad pizza. With sunlight through the floor-to-ceiling windows and an open kitchen in view, Extra Mile is an easy recommendation for a Gwangalli date meal.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored
Dongnae, BusanRestaurants

Sushi restaurant in Dongnae, Busan with no 6pm wait: Moshi Moshi

Moshi Moshi Sushi, Lotte Department Store Dongnae Branch is a Japanese restaurant on the 8th floor of Lotte Department Store in Dongnae-gu, Busan. A couple finished their weekend shopping, arrived at 6pm, were seated with no wait, and ordered the hoe hansang sashimi-and-sushi set with udon plus a bowl of Japanese-style ramen, then added more sushi à la carte. The long, thick slices of raw fish and a ramen bowl big enough to pass for a jumbo size made Moshi Moshi Sushi worth a return visit.

Written Sep 15, 2026Sponsored
Haeundae, BusanRestaurants

Busan Korean restaurant, evening Naver reservation: Songjeongok

Songjeongok Songjeong Main Branch is an abalone pot rice restaurant on Songjeong Gwanggeogol-ro in Haeundae, Busan. After a walk at Songjeong Beach, we came for dinner and ordered the abalone pot rice set for two (38,000 won), where the side dishes were mild rather than sharp and the gabrisal suyuk (boiled pork collar) and doenjang stew made it a filling meal. Evenings fill up at Songjeongok, so book on Naver before you go.

Written Sep 15, 2026Sponsored
Busanjin, BusanRestaurants

Raw shrimp and soju for two at a Busanjin sashimi bar: Rigo Susan

Rigo Susan Jeonpo Station Main Branch is a sashimi restaurant specializing in aged live fish, on Jeonpodae-ro 216beon-gil in Busanjin, Busan. On a weekend evening a married couple ordered the 49,000-won raw shrimp sashimi, where staff pull the heads off the live shrimp at the table, and finished the fried shrimp heads plus a full side-dish spread of tteokbokki, sushi and sundae with three bottles of soju. The raw shrimp was good enough that the couple plans to return for the aged live-fish sashimi platter.

Written Sep 15, 2026Sponsored
Haeundae, BusanRestaurants

Haeundae Chinese restaurant with sauce poured over the pork: Bueokgan

Bueokgan Chinese Haeundae Branch is a European-styled Chinese restaurant on Dalmaji-gil in Haeundae, Busan. A couple stopped in for lunch and ordered black vinegar sirloin sweet and sour pork for 28,000 won, beef belly jjamppong (spicy seafood noodle soup) for 12,000 won, and poached-egg pork belly jjajang for 10,000 won, with the sweet and sour pork brought out sauce-poured but some crispy pieces left plain. With its old-world atmosphere, Bueokgan Chinese suits family gatherings and couples alike.

Written Sep 15, 2026Sponsored
Haeundae, BusanCafés

Songjeong café with an injeolmi skewer dessert box: Suwolgyeonghwa

Suwolgyeonghwa is a hanok-style ocean-view tea café on the 4th floor of a building in Songjeong, Busan, a one-minute walk from Songjeong Beach and right on the beach train route. Of the 5 desserts in the signature Dalbodeure Box (13,000 won), the injeolmi (sweet rice cake) skewer was the best, served alongside Jeju Breeze tea and Miguksik Gabae, the café's Americano, with the sea in view. Because the traditional desserts at Suwolgyeonghwa are not very sweet, it is also an easy place to bring parents.

Written Sep 15, 2026Sponsored
Haeundae, BusanRestaurants

Haeundae restaurant with two kids: poached egg carbonara set, Bueokgan

Bueokgan Haeundae Branch is a European restaurant on the second floor of a building on Dalmaji-gil in Haeundae, Busan. Two moms and their 5-year-olds shared the couple's dish set of pumpkin soup, garden salad, carbonara, pepperoni pizza and a drink; the kids happily ate the carbonara once the poached egg was broken and stirred in, but found the pepperoni pizza a little spicy. Kids' tableware and a high chair arrive right away in this YES Kids Zone, which makes Bueokgan an easy choice for eating out with children.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored