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

Hanam, GyeonggiRestaurants

Hanam Misa ramen restaurant hidden inside a bakery: Menji

Menji Hanam Misa Branch is a house-made noodle ramen restaurant in Hanam Misa riverside, Gyeonggi, with its entrance tucked inside the Easy White Bread bakery. Menji serves a handmade ramen + mini pork loin tonkatsu set, ordered here with kara tantanmen plus added cheese mini rice, sous-vide pork neck chashu (4pc) and an egg, with the rice stirred into the broth like risotto. The kara tantanmen broth at Menji was spicy and nutty enough to carry every side on the tray.

Written Sep 13, 2026Sponsored
Goyang, GyeonggiRestaurants

Ilsan tonkatsu restaurant in Jeongbalsan: three dishes ranked, Kitsuki

Kitsuki Ilsan Bamridan-gil Branch is a tonkatsu (pork cutlet) and udon restaurant on Sandu-ro in Ilsandong-gu, Goyang, Gyeonggi, near Jeongbalsan. The writer booked ahead and tried three dishes — hire (pork tenderloin) with cheese katsu, perilla cream udon and assorted katsu — ranking assorted katsu first, hire with cheese second and perilla cream udon third. Tender tenderloin cutlets and a stylish interior make Kitsuki an easy stop on an Ilsan date course.

Written Sep 13, 2026Sponsored
Gwangmyeong, GyeonggiRestaurants

Gwangmyeong pork skirt meat with whole scallions: Sammokjip

Sammokjip Gwangmyeong Sageori Station Branch is a Korean BBQ restaurant in the food alley of Gwangmyeong Food Culture Street, in Gyeonggi, where staff grill the meat at your table. The writer ordered Sammok whole-scallion galmaegisal (pork skirt meat) for 18,900 won and Sammok teukmokssal (premium pork neck) for 16,900 won with steamed egg, kimchi stew and cold buckwheat noodles, and guests who arrive before 6pm get a stew or noodles free. Open until 1am, Sammokjip is an easy pick for an after-work dinner.

Written Sep 13, 2026Sponsored
Seongnam, GyeonggiRestaurants

Seongnam samgyeopsal restaurant for family dinner with kids: Musoettuk

Musoettuk Samgyeop Sinheung Station Branch is a pork belly restaurant near Sinheung Station in Sujeong-gu, Seongnam, Gyeonggi, where staff grill the meat for you. The Musoettuk Samgyeop set for 3-4 people came with minari (water dropwort), tofu, aged kimchi and meljeot (salted anchovy) sauce, and the meal ended with doenjang jjigae, kimchi-mari guksu (cold kimchi noodles) and kimchi fried rice topped with a fried egg. Musoettuk Samgyeop suits a family meal out with kids, since nobody at the table has to grill.

Written Sep 13, 2026Sponsored
Goyang, GyeonggiRestaurants

Seongsa-dong fish restaurant for a 5-person in-law meal: Min Cook

Min Cook Apbadang Seongsa is a seasonal fish restaurant in Seongsa-dong, Goyang, Gyeonggi. Five people — in-laws, the writer and the children — shared three seasonal grilled fish sets and two mixed braised fish sets, and that day's grill came with croaker gulbi, flounder, deep-sea cod, gurnard and cutlassfish. Alternating mild grilled fish with spicy braised fish made Min Cook Apbadang Seongsa an easy choice for a family meal with kids.

Written Sep 11, 2026Sponsored
Osan, GyeonggiRestaurants

Osan shabu restaurant with unlimited makgeolli self-bar: Dongchundang

Dongchundang Shabu Shabu Kalguksu Osan Dugok Branch is a mushroom shabu shabu and kalguksu (knife-cut noodle) restaurant in the Segyo and Dugok-dong area of Osan, Gyeonggi. The self-bar pours unlimited makgeolli, cordyceps tea, black sesame soy milk and popcorn, and the mushroom shabu shabu comes with cordyceps and lion's mane mushrooms, simmered with plenty of minari before kalguksu and fried rice finish the pot. Between the roomy dining room, easy parking and free ice cream for the kids, Dongchundang is worth a second visit.

Written Sep 13, 2026Sponsored
Yangju, GyeonggiRestaurants

Yangju hanwoo bulgogi dinner, 200g per person: Manpo Garden

Manpo Garden is a hanwoo (Korean beef) and pork galbi restaurant on the main road running from Goeup-dong to Okjeong in Yangju, Gyeonggi. On a Sunday evening, two servings of charcoal-grilled hanwoo bulgogi (28,000 won each, 200g per person) plus a bowl of rice came with one free naengmyeon (cold noodles) per person, and with yukjeon (pan-fried beef) and yukhoe (beef tartare) among the standard side dishes, the meal was filling without adding pork galbi. A wide hall, private rooms and parking right in front make Manpo Garden an easy choice for family gatherings.

Written Sep 13, 2026Sponsored
Hwaseong, GyeonggiRestaurants

Dongtan Station Western restaurant with C8 parking: Paol Dongtan Yeoul

Paol Dongtan Yeoul Park Branch is a Western restaurant in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi, on the 1st floor of Dietrue Prestige Building A, between Dongtan Station and Yeoul Park. Parking runs from the C5 gate elevator down to B1 and out the C8 entrance, and the spicy crab rose pasta and steak risotto are ordered from a tablet at the table. Paol Dongtan Yeoul Park Branch works well as a date course before or after a walk in Yeoul Park, with mild, unfussy Western dishes from a chef who trained at a luxury hotel.

Written Aug 26, 2026Sponsored
Suwon, GyeonggiRestaurants

West Suwon grilled Spanish mackerel and cutlassfish: Godeungeo

Godeungeo Myeongpumi Doeda Suwon Branch is a wood-fired grilled fish restaurant on Seobu-ro in Gwonseon-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggi. On a weekday family visit, the order was grilled Spanish mackerel at 18,000 won, grilled cutlassfish at 19,000 won and gochujang bulgogi at 13,000 won, served with self-serve side dishes, seaweed soup and sikhye (sweet rice drink). Godeungeo Myeongpumi Doeda is a large Korean restaurant that handles a family split between fish lovers and meat lovers without any fuss.

Written Sep 13, 2026Sponsored
Yongin, GyeonggiRestaurants

Suji shabu-shabu set for 3 with unlimited makgeolli: Dongchundang

Dongchundang Shabu Shabu Kalguksu Sinbong Oesik Town Branch is a shabu-shabu and kalguksu (knife-cut noodle) restaurant in the Sinbong Oesik Town dining complex in Sinbong-dong, Suji-gu, Yongin. A family of three arrived at 6:20 p.m. on a weekend and ordered the tofu sandwich shabu kalguksu set for 3 at 42,000 won, added mushrooms and minari (water dropwort) for 6,000 won, and used the unlimited makgeolli (rice wine) tap and the self-serve bar. The mild signature broth, mugwort noodles and closing fried rice made a full course, and the large parking lot and free dessert drinks made Dongchundang an easy family dinner.

Written Sep 13, 2026Sponsored
Ansan, GyeonggiShopping

Ansan Jungang Station butcher shop: ₩30,000 brisket and galbitang

Morakmorak Home & Cook is a budget-friendly butcher shop on the basement level of Star Plaza in Seongpo-dong, Sangnok-gu, Ansan. A takeout haul of chadolbagi (thinly sliced beef brisket), galbitang (short rib soup) and gochujang-marinated beef came to about ₩30,000 in total, and each slice of brisket was surprisingly large. The galbitang runs in the ₩10,000s with plenty of rib meat, making Morakmorak Home & Cook a shop worth returning to for meat near Ansan Jungang Station.

Written Sep 13, 2026Sponsored
Gwangmyeong, GyeonggiRestaurants

Cheolsan Station BBQ: weeknight pork jowl and myeoljeot, Snug Roastery

Snug Roastery (삼목집 철산본점) is a 24-hour charcoal Korean BBQ restaurant near Cheolsan Station in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi. Booked for a weeknight dinner, the meal ran through premium pork neck, whole-scallion galmaegisal (pork skirt), kimchi jjigae (kimchi stew) and griddle fried rice, all grilled at the table by staff. Family tables and after-work groups filled the room, and the myeoljeot (fermented anchovy dipping sauce) at Snug Roastery had no fishy edge, so even first-timers can dip without hesitation.

Written Sep 13, 2026Sponsored