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

Busanjin, BusanRestaurants

Charcoal-grilled marinated pork ribs in Seomyeon: Gilchon Sutbul Galbi

Gilchon Sutbul Galbi Seomyeon Main Branch is a pork rib restaurant near Seomyeon Station in Busanjin, Busan. The marinated pork ribs, scored deep for the sauce to soak in, were grilled over real charcoal and eaten plain first, then rounded off with doenjang jjigae and naengmyeon. The verdict: a sauce that's neither too sweet nor too salty, letting the meat's own juiciness shine, and a solid pick for group dinners or work gatherings.

Written Sep 8, 2026Sponsored
Gijang, BusanRestaurants

Window-seat Korean restaurant with East Busan view: Dongam Tteokgalbi

Dongam Tteokgalbi is a Korean restaurant on the 3rd floor of a building on Gijang Haean-ro in Gijang, Busan, near Haedong Yonggungsa temple. Visiting right at opening, we sat by the window with an East Busan view and ate tteokgalbi (grilled minced beef patties), cream cheongyang tteokgalbi, hot pot rice with blue crab doenjang stew, and a self-serve bar loaded like a full Korean buffet. It's a solid, filling meal to slot between Haedong Yonggungsa and the Lotte Outlet.

Written Sep 8, 2026Sponsored
Gijang, BusanRestaurants

Outdoor terrace BBQ 2-person set with 5 skewers in Gijang, Busan

The Barbecue 051 is a pre-grilled meat and skewer restaurant near Gongsu Port in Gijang, Busan. The 2-person set (440g pre-grilled meat plus 5 skewers) came with brisket doenjang jjigae and perilla oil buckwheat noodles, eaten on the outdoor terrace, and because the meat arrives pre-grilled the grilling time is short enough to chat comfortably while eating. A good pick for anyone who wants meat, skewers, and doenjang jjigae all in one sitting.

Written Sep 8, 2026Sponsored
Suyeong, BusanCafés

Honey sweet potato pizza dinner with ocean views: Working Holiday

Working Holiday Minrak is a pizza and pasta café on the 7th floor of the Badamaru building at the end of Minrak Hoe Center Street in Suyeong, Busan. The blogger ordered honey sweet potato pizza, shrimp oil pasta, and a cola, enjoying the chewy wood-fired crust and sweet potato topping alongside the chewy noodles with shrimp and clams, all with a full ocean view. The pasta sauce could have been a bit stronger and a garlic dip for the pizza would have been nice, but overall it was a satisfying dinner with a view.

Written Sep 8, 2026Sponsored
Jung-gu, BusanRestaurants

All-you-can-eat hotpot self-bar at Gangtong Market, Nampo-dong, Busan

Sacheon Hwogwa Yangkkochi Nampo Branch is an all-you-can-eat hotpot and lamb skewer restaurant tucked inside the jokbal alley of Bupyeong Gangtong Market in Jung-gu, Busan. The writer ordered the hotpot & lamb skewer set for two, split white and red broth, loaded up on crab, beef tripe, lamb, and blood sausage from the self-bar, and kept the red broth at spice level 2. A solid pick when you want to eat hotpot until you're stuffed, thanks to the wide variety of self-bar ingredients.

Written Sep 8, 2026Sponsored
Suyeong, BusanRestaurants

Doenjang-jjigae timer and kids' TV at a Suyeong, Busan BBQ: Geobugi

Geobugi Dongne Namcheon Branch is a Korean barbecue restaurant aging its pork for 14 days, a one-minute walk from Namcheon Station in Suyeong, Busan. The order was 300g of ogyeopsal (five-layer pork belly) and 200g of samgyeopsal (pork belly) with two servings of pot rice, two doenjang-jjigae (soybean paste stew) with a built-in timer, and mul-makguksu (cold buckwheat noodles), plus a real-time TV feed of the kids' play room and a ₩5,000 all-you-can-eat self-serve bar. A solid pick for families, dates, or group dinners alike.

Written Sep 8, 2026Sponsored
Haeundae, BusanRestaurants

Solo bar seating pork cutlet restaurant near Songjeong Station: Deli

Deli Donkatsu is an old-school Western-style pork cutlet restaurant a 5-minute walk from Songjeong Station along the Green Railway trail in Haeundae, Busan. The set comes with soup, morning bread, salad and rice, and the cutlet itself was crispy outside with juicy meat inside — eaten comfortably solo at the wall-side bar table. A solid Eastern Busan spot for solo diners or dates alike.

Written Sep 8, 2026Sponsored
Busanjin, BusanBars

Busanjin izakaya set for two, ₩39,000 filling meal: 12.24 Seomyeon

12.24 Seomyeon Branch is an izakaya in Busanjin, Busan, a 3-minute walk from Jeonpo Station. Two of us ordered the salmon sashimi + Korean beef tartare set for ₩39,000 plus two draft beers and left completely full, enjoying the wood-toned interior and standing tables that also draw solo drinkers. If a drinking plan comes up in Jeonpo again, I'd go back without hesitation.

Written Sep 8, 2026Sponsored
Suyeong, BusanRestaurants

Weekday lunch sashimi course with Gwangan Bridge view, Busan

Gwanganda Jjji is a raw fish restaurant on the 6th floor of Sanbada Hoetown in Gwangalli, Busan, with floor-to-ceiling windows facing Gwangan Bridge. A weekday lunch order of the dajji-hanjang (set course) for two, priced at ₩110,000, brought cream shrimp, buttered abalone, marinated crab, raw shrimp, abalone sashimi, live octopus, main sashimi, fried shrimp and crab, spicy crab stew, braised fish, and abalone porridge in sequence. It's the kind of course that comes to mind when you want a proper full meal instead of just a plate of sashimi.

Written Sep 8, 2026Sponsored
Seo-gu, BusanHair & beauty salons

Bridal facial & body contouring at Healingsu Esthetic, Busan

Esthetic Healingsu is a one-person, reservation-only esthetic shop near Dongdaesin Station in Seo-gu, Busan, offering bridal care that combines facial contouring with upper-body treatment. With sensitive skin, the writer had radiofrequency and microcurrent facial work instead of hard-pressure contouring, plus two hours of device and hand treatment on the back, decolletage and arms, ending with a 1.5cm reduction in arm circumference. A solid pick for brides-to-be who want their face and upper body line addressed together before wedding photos.

Written Sep 8, 2026Sponsored
Busanjin, BusanRestaurants

Busan galbitang restaurant packed on weekends: Gang Galbitang Seomyeon

Gang Galbitang Seomyeon is a galbitang (short rib soup) and galbi noodle restaurant on Seomyeon 1st Street in Busanjin, Busan. Visiting on a weekend afternoon, the place was completely full, but I still got a bowl of gang galbitang for 14,000 won with extra noodles, big chunks of rib meat, and a clean broth. With a self-serve side dish bar and coffee after the meal, it works well for solo diners and for meals with parents alike.

Written Sep 8, 2026Sponsored