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

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
Busanjin, BusanRestaurants

Saturday lunch tonkatsu split in Jeonpo, Busan: Hets Jeonpo Branch

Hets Jeonpo Branch is a Japanese-style tonkatsu restaurant a 3-minute walk from Exit 7 of Jeonpo Station in Busanjin, Busan. On a Saturday at 12:30 pm the writer waited 10 minutes through CatchTable, then ordered one YBD sang loin katsu and one YBD hire katsu (tenderloin cutlet) with a friend and split three pieces each, and asked for a refill of the corn dressing served with the cabbage salad. The U-shaped bar counter at Hets Jeonpo Branch makes solo dining easy, and the hire katsu was the best the writer has had in the Busan-Ulsan-Gyeongnam area.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored
Gijang, BusanRestaurants

Gijang outlet restaurant by the UGG store with no queue: Bueokgan

Bueokgan Restaurant, Shinsegae Simon Busan Premium Outlets is a Western restaurant at the very back of the North zone of the Gijang Shinsegae Outlets in Busan, past the UGG store and on the left. Arriving after the weekend lunch peak, the writer ordered sweet pumpkin soup, napa cabbage Caesar salad, abalone cream risotto and basil margherita, and found the baby chairs, kids' tableware and diaper-changing tables in both restrooms ideal for a family meal. Bueokgan is a solid outlet lunch stop, but the weekend wait is long and there is no set queue system, which makes it confusing.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored
Haeundae, BusanRestaurants

Marine City Chinese weekend lunch: seafood jjamppong, Bueokgan

Bueokgan Chinese Marine City Branch is an authentic Chinese restaurant on the 2nd floor above Subyeon Choego Pork Gukbap on Marine City 3-ro in Haeundae, Busan. At a window seat with an ocean view on a weekend lunch, the paihuanggua (smashed cucumber salad), abalone shrimp fried rice, seafood jjamppong and BUUK jajangmyeon all arrived at once, and the seafood- and vegetable-packed jjamppong broth was the standout. Even a four-year-old niece ate well, so Bueokgan Chinese is an easy pick for a family meal out.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored
Suyeong, BusanRestaurants

Evening wait and truffle potato pizza at Extra Mile, Gwangalli

Extra Mile is a pizza and pasta restaurant in Gwangalli, Suyeong-gu, Busan, the third location from the team behind Free Will and Pickles. On a weekend evening a couple waited via the Tabling app, then ordered the Classic Combo for two: a half-and-half pizza (hot honey pepperoni and truffle potato) with cheese crust added, plus white ragu pasta. Extra Mile is the place to pick in Gwangalli when you want atmosphere and good food in one meal.

Written Sep 16, 2026Sponsored
Haeundae, BusanCafés

Haeundae bakery café with no wait on a Thursday evening: Low & Sweet

Low & Sweet Bakery is a self-roasting bakery café on Haeri-dan-gil in Haeundae, Busan, open daily from 08:00 to 20:00 with a last order at 19:30. Remembering a long queue here a few years ago, this Thursday evening revisit found plenty of free seats, and today's hand-drip coffee came with a fig financier and an egg tart. Come in the morning or early afternoon for the widest bread selection at Low & Sweet Bakery, or on a weekday evening if you mainly want the calm atmosphere.

Written Sep 16, 2026Sponsored
Busanjin, BusanRestaurants

Seomyeon galbitang restaurant for a post-workout bowl: Gang Galbitang

Gang Galbitang Seomyeon is a Korean restaurant serving galbitang (short rib soup), gukbap and noodles about 318m from Exit 11 of Seomyeon Station in Busanjin, Busan. Craving hot broth after a workout, the writer ordered the spicy galbitang, which came in a clay pot with three big short rib bones plus mushrooms, scallions and a portion of noodles for one filling bowl. With a separate solo-dining zone and a self-serve bar, Gang Galbitang Seomyeon makes eating alone in Seomyeon easy.

Written Sep 16, 2026Sponsored
Suyeong, BusanCafés

Gwangalli brunch café with decaf Americano and gelato: Famous Benny

Famous Benny Gwangalli Branch is a brunch café in Minnak-dong, Suyeong, Busan, a 3-minute walk from Gwangalli Beach and open from 8am daily. On a weekend afternoon at a wood-tone table on the second floor, the order was the Famous Benny salmon at 18,000 won, bacon scramble toast at 15,000 won, an Americano and a decaf Americano side by side, plus yogurt granola gelato at 5,500 won. Famous Benny covers brunch, coffee and dessert in one stop, which made it an easy Gwangalli date course.

Written Sep 16, 2026Sponsored
Jung-gu, BusanRestaurants

Nampo sushi restaurant with white fish nigiri, kids' udon: Moshi Moshi

Moshi Moshi Sushi Lotte Department Store Gwangbok is a Japanese restaurant in the 10th-floor dining hall of the main building at Lotte Department Store Gwangbok in Nampo-dong, Jung-gu, Busan. After an early-morning movie, a family of three ordered sushi sets plus one bowl of udon for their 7-year-old, and the aged white fish nigiri, the salad and the side dishes were the highlights. With department store parking support and a kids' menu, Moshi Moshi Sushi is an easy lunch stop to keep returning to on a Nampo-dong outing.

Written Sep 1, 2026Sponsored
Jung-gu, BusanRestaurants

Nampo Station sushi restaurant with salmon salad: Moshi Moshi Sushi

Moshi Moshi Sushi Lotte Department Store Gwangbok is a salmon sushi restaurant on the 10th-floor restaurant floor of the main building in Jung-gu, Busan. Even with a Naver reservation at noon on a weekday, the wait at Moshi Moshi Sushi was about 20 minutes, and the order was salmon salad (24.0), salmon and flounder sushi (27.5) and assorted sushi set A, 10 pieces (18.0). The salmon was soft and the flounder pleasantly chewy, so Moshi Moshi Sushi is worth considering if you want sushi near Lotte Gwangbok.

Written Sep 2, 2026Sponsored