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

Anyang, GyeonggiRestaurants

Clear-broth shabu-shabu with fish balls in Anyang: Ppongip Sarang

Ppongip Sarang Anyang Arts Park branch is a mulberry-leaf shabu-shabu restaurant near the entrance to Anyang Arts Park in Anyang, Gyeonggi. On a second visit the special shabu for two came with clear broth instead of spicy, plus added roe-filled fish balls, mulberry-leaf bossam (boiled pork wraps), green mulberry-leaf kalguksu (knife-cut noodles) and fried rice to finish. The clear broth at Ppongip Sarang tastes cleaner and lighter than the spicy version, so the broth choice alone changes the whole meal.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored
Paju, GyeonggiRestaurants

Paju Dolgoji Village ssambap lunch, 8 wrap greens: Simhaksan Deulkkot

Simhaksan Deulkkot Ssambap is a ssambap (rice and meat wrapped in leaves) Korean set-meal restaurant in Dolgoji Village, Paju, Gyeonggi. Arriving right at opening on a weekday meant no wait for the deul-jeongsik set for two at 20,000 won per person, and the self-serve bar holds 8 kinds of wrap greens including napa cabbage and chili peppers, kept under plastic and misted with water, with refillable gangdoenjang (thick soybean paste) and doenjang stew. For anyone who judges a ssambap restaurant by the state of its greens, Simhaksan Deulkkot Ssambap is worth a return trip.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored
Siheung, GyeonggiRestaurants

Baegot restaurant with free tteokbokki refills and Toowoomba pasta

Jeongssi Hambak Baegot Branch is a Western-style restaurant in the Baegot area of Siheung, Gyeonggi, where hamburg steak and pasta are easy to share. Mozzarella cheese hamburg steak, Toowoomba pasta, assorted fried sides and drinks came to 37,900 won for four, and after ordering the table got free tteokbokki (stir-fried rice cakes) with Del Monte bottle water, refilled once. For a filling meal at a fair price, Jeongssi Hambak Baegot Branch delivers.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored
Yongin, GyeonggiThings to do

Fortune teller in Cheoin-gu, Yongin: couple saju reading for ₩50,000

Jeon Eungsun Bosal (전응순보살) is a saju (Korean fortune-telling) shop on Hantero 152beon-gil in Cheoin-gu, Yongin, Gyeonggi. A couple booked an 11 a.m. Sunday appointment and paid 50,000 won for an unhurried reading covering personality, their children and work worries. For a couple carrying job stress and heavy hearts, the session at Jeon Eungsun Bosal felt genuinely comforting.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored
Gimpo, GyeonggiRestaurants

Spicy jjukkumi shabu kalguksu near Geolpo-Bukbyeon Station: Homilwon

Homilwon Shabu Kalguksu Gimpo Main Branch is a shabu kalguksu (knife-cut noodle) restaurant in Geolpo-dong, Gimpo, Gyeonggi, built around an agaricus mushroom broth. On a weekday at 11:30 am, after a hospital appointment at Gimpo Woori Hospital, the writer and her husband shared two servings of the 19,000-won full-spread special shabu kalguksu, working through onsuyuk (warm boiled pork), fire-grilled spicy jjukkumi (webfoot octopus) stir-fry, self-serve beef mushroom radish rice, rye kalguksu and perilla oil fried rice. Even after all that food there was no heavy, bloated feeling, which makes Homilwon her top recommendation in Gimpo.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored
Anseong, GyeonggiRestaurants

Anseong Chinese restaurant weekday dinner set for 27,900 won: Chibao

Chibao is a Chinese restaurant on the 2nd floor of Starfield Anseong in Gyeonggi-do. On a weekday evening visit with a child, the three-dish set of jjajangmyeon (black bean noodles), fried rice and tangsuyuk (sweet and sour pork) came to 27,900 won, and the smoky jjamppong (spicy seafood noodle soup) broth and main-dish-sized portion of fried rice stood out most. For a filling meal with kids at Starfield Anseong, Chibao is the answer.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored
Yongin, GyeonggiRestaurants

Giheung butcher BBQ lunch special: yukhoe bibimbap ₩15,000, Dongbaek

Dongbaek Hanokjip Charcoal Grill Butcher Restaurant is a charcoal-grill butcher restaurant on Eondong-ro in Giheung-gu, Yongin, Gyeonggi, and it serves a lunch special on weekdays. Arriving at 11:20 after a morning workout, the writer ordered two yukhoe (raw beef) bibimbap with doenjang jjigae (soybean paste stew) sets at ₩15,000 each on the table tablet, and the clean-tasting bibimbap, piled with vegetables and raw beef, went well with the stew. With a wide private parking lot and a self-serve bar, Dongbaek Hanokjip is worth recommending for a weekday lunch.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored
Suwon, GyeonggiCafés

Haenggung-dong café in Suwon with a basement goods shop: Jeong

Jeong Ji-young Coffee Roasters Haenggung Main Branch is a large roastery café in the middle of the Haenggung-dong café street in Suwon, Gyeonggi. After regular visits to the Jangan-mun branch, the writer came to the main branch for the first time, looked around the basement ordering floor and MD goods shop, and shared a coconut coffee for 7,000 won and an Americano for 5,500 won with family. If you like nutty beans, the coconut coffee and Americano combo at Jeong Ji-young Coffee Roasters Haenggung Main Branch is the right call.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored
Seongnam, GyeonggiRestaurants

Chicken hot pot with a tangy chicken salad side in Migeum: Sugyeokok

Sugyeokok Bundang Migeum is a dak hanmari (whole chicken hot pot) restaurant on Migeumil-ro in Seongnam, Gyeonggi. The order here was the regular dak hanmari with a chicken salad side and a noodle set, mixing the dipping sauce by hand and eating in order from rice cakes to chicken breast, chicken leg and a final round of kalguksu noodles. The tangy chicken salad against the mild hot pot, plus a clean, deep broth, is what makes Sugyeokok Bundang Migeum worth the trip.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored
Yongin, GyeonggiRestaurants

Corkage-friendly Chinese restaurant in Yongin: Doseogwan Dwitjip

Doseogwan Dwitjip is a Chinese restaurant in a residential area behind Cheongdeok Library in Giheung-gu, Yongin, Gyeonggi. The meal here was gochu jjamppong (spicy seafood noodle soup) at 9,000 won, fried rice at 9,500 won and mini tangsuyuk (sweet and sour pork) at 10,000 won, made with house-pulled thin noodles and a broth the kitchen says is aged over 12 hours at low temperature, and books set out in the dining room made the wait less boring. With free self-serve rice, corkage allowed and a cafe-like room, Doseogwan Dwitjip is an easy place to eat with a child.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored
Hwaseong, GyeonggiRestaurants

Dongtan Mokdong pork cutlet, Sunday lunch 5-minute wait: Kkot Gatsu

Kkot Gatsu Dongtan Main Branch is a handmade pork cutlet (donkatsu) restaurant in the Mokdong residential area of Dongtan, Hwaseong. A Sunday lunch visit meant a 5-minute wait before being seated, and the tenderloin cutlet called Kkot Gatsu (15,000 won) and the loin cutlet (14,000 won) were dipped in turn in truffle salt, lemon salt and wasabi, with truffle oil and cumin sauce from the self-serve bar. Kkot Gatsu is the kind of pork cutlet that turns a lifelong sauce person into a salt dipper.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored
Hwaseong, GyeonggiThings to do

Guinea pig carrot feeding at Artis Theme Park, a Dongtan indoor zoo

Artis Theme Park is an indoor eco-education theme park on the 9th floor of Sinyu Medi Plaza in Dongtan, Hwaseong, Gyeonggi. Visiting just with my youngest son, we bought the 6,900-won full feeding set for 7 species and fed carrots to guinea pigs, touched starfish, tried doctor fish and fed stingrays, then collected stamps for a badge. Artis Theme Park works rain or shine and includes 3 hours of free parking, making it an easy half-day out with a child.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored