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

Siheung, GyeonggiRestaurants

Pork belly vs beef galbi at Samstar, a dog-friendly Jeongwang BBQ

Samstar Charcoal Grill is a dog-friendly charcoal BBQ restaurant in the old Sihwa Hospital commercial district in Jeongwang-dong, Siheung, Gyeonggi. Two 170g servings of Paldo samgyeopsal (pork belly) and one serving of beef galbi came with 6 kinds of sauce, low-temperature aged mukeunji (aged kimchi) and blue crab doenjang jjigae (soybean paste stew). Order the samgyeopsal at Samstar Charcoal Grill for a rich, hearty meal, or the beef galbi for a cleaner, lighter taste.

Written Sep 15, 2026Sponsored
Bucheon, GyeonggiHair & beauty salons

Bucheon brow tattoo studio that thinned my thick brows: From Nana

Bucheon Sang-dong From Nana Lip & Eyebrow Tattoo is a semi-permanent eyebrow and lip studio a two-minute walk from Exit 3 of Sang-dong Station in Bucheon, Gyeonggi. On the artist's advice, the writer's thick, asymmetrical brows were made thinner with only the tails extended slightly, using the hair-stroke technique; the consultation took 20 minutes and the whole visit about 3 hours. The finished brows looked like real brow hairs, close enough that From Nana's client no longer draws her eyebrows in the morning.

Written Sep 15, 2026Sponsored
Hwaseong, GyeonggiBars

Bongdam bar in Hwaseong: hoddeok pizza and Kozel Dark at Homaek

Homaek Hwaseong Bongdam (호맥 화성봉담점) is a bar on the first floor of Mango Town in Bongdam-eup, Hwaseong, Gyeonggi, where the snacks are hoddeok (Korean sweet pancake) pizzas. Four friends ordered five dishes — chili pepperoni hoddeok, cheese bulgogi hoddeok, glass noodle tteokbokki, shrimp cream pasta and fish cake kimchi udon — and drank beer on a Kozel Dark 3+1 promotion. Homaek Hwaseong Bongdam is an easy Bongdam bar for a group that wants several dishes to share and a quiet table for talking.

Written Sep 15, 2026Sponsored
Suwon, GyeonggiRestaurants

Suwon Station Western restaurant: steak pilaf lunch at Rolling Pasta

Rolling Pasta Suwon Station Branch is a budget-friendly Western restaurant on the 2nd floor of a building one minute on foot from Exit 7 of Suwon Station in Gyeonggi. A weekday lunch of steak pilaf, spicy pache soup pasta, garlic stick bread, coleslaw (₩700) and peach lemon iced tea came to just over ₩20,000 including drinks, with generous portions throughout. Wide seating and plenty of solo diners make Rolling Pasta an easy casual pick near Suwon Station.

Written Sep 15, 2026Sponsored
Uijeongbu, GyeonggiThings to do

Uijeongbu ring workshop: silver 925 friendship rings at Ring Plus

Ring Plus Uijeongbu Branch is a private-room ring-making workshop on the 5th floor of the McDonald's building on Uijeongbu Rodeo Street, one minute from Uijeongbu Station. Two cousins, one of them shipping out for navy service soon, chose the glossy Aero F (women's) and Axis M (men's) designs and shaped their own bands with a flat file, half-round file, sandpaper and drill over about an hour, then collected the finished silver 925 rings after an hour of professional finishing by the instructor. Both cousins rated Ring Plus Uijeongbu highly, above all for a fit so easy they barely noticed the rings on their fingers.

Written Sep 15, 2026Sponsored
Gimpo, GyeonggiRestaurants

Gurae-dong Korean restaurant in Gimpo: feast set for two at Okdoenjang

Okdoenjang Gimpo Gurae Branch is a Korean stew and jeon (savory pancake) restaurant on the first floor of Doowon Tower, the Megabox building, in Gurae-dong, Gimpo, Gyeonggi. Visiting with a friend, the writer ordered the Okdoenjang feast set for two plus glass noodles and two bowls of rice, which brought assorted boiled pork stew, a squid and minari (water celery) pancake, and spicy beef tendon. The crispy minari pancake was the best dish of the meal, and the building's basement parking made Okdoenjang an easy drive.

Written Sep 15, 2026Sponsored
Seongnam, GyeonggiRestaurants

Sunae Station sashimi restaurant in Bundang: Haeseon's ₩40,000 course

Haeseon is an aged sashimi (hoe) course restaurant on the first floor of Daedeok Glory, a few minutes from Exit 1 of Sunae Station in Bundang, Seongnam. On a Saturday evening, a couple ordered the 40,000 won per person course and worked through beef and vegetable porridge, sea squirt, aged flounder, red seabream and rockfish, corn cheese, grilled fish head, live octopus with beef tartare, fried bites and spicy fish stew, in that order. The sashimi portions at Haeseon were generous enough, making the course a good fit for a slow dinner with drinks.

Written Sep 15, 2026Sponsored
Seongnam, GyeonggiHair & beauty salons

Private Sunae Station massage studio: 90-minute dry massage at Terra

Terra is a one-person private esthetic studio in the Daemyung Zest arcade near Sunae Station in Seongnam, Gyeonggi. On a weekend morning the visit began with an EMS foot spa and continued into the 90-minute Dry Terra Release hands-on massage (120,000 won), where the therapist read the body's condition and worked the spots that needed it instead of leaning on heavy pressure. Terra suits anyone who wants careful, hands-on dry massage in a quiet private room near Sunae Station.

Written Sep 15, 2026Sponsored
Bucheon, GyeonggiRestaurants

Bucheon seafood kalguksu near Wonjong Station: Sonson Kalguksu

Sonson Kalguksu Bucheon is a seafood kalguksu (knife-cut noodle soup) restaurant on Sosa-ro in Ojeong-gu, Bucheon, within walking distance of Wonjong Station. The Sonson Seafood Kalguksu for two costs 15,000 won and starts with scallops, abalone, small octopus and shrimp; hand-pulled acorn noodles then go into the seafood broth and cook until the hourglass on the table runs out. Sonson Kalguksu Bucheon is a good pick for a day when you want a seafood stew and a noodle meal in one sitting.

Written Sep 15, 2026Sponsored
Goyang, GyeonggiRestaurants

Hwajeong-dong yukgaejang and ox head gukbap late dinner: Pyeongando

Pyeongando Restaurant Hwajeong Branch is a 24-hour gukbap (rice and soup) restaurant in Hwajeong-dong, Goyang, directly across from the Deogyang-gu Office. Late one evening a couple ordered the Korean beef ox head gukbap set and the traditional yukgaejang (spicy beef and vegetable soup) and traded bowls: the ox head gukbap was a solid, straightforward version, while the yukgaejang was fiery and deeply savoury enough to bring them back. Sundae (blood sausage) and organ meat refills at Pyeongando run only 11:30–14:00 and 17:30–20:00, so check the times before going.

Written Sep 15, 2026Sponsored
Anyang, GyeonggiHair & beauty salons

Pyeongchon spa jaw asymmetry treatment before wedding shoot: Esthetia

Esthetia Pyeongchon Branch 1 is a wedding-prep and facial contour spa in Anyang, Gyeonggi, a 5-minute walk from Exit 2 of Pyeongchon Station. Ahead of an October wedding photoshoot on Jeju, the writer was worried about asymmetry in the right jaw, so after a 1:1 consultation she booked the Active Repair contour treatment, which released the occipital bone, scalp and fascia with gentle pressure and left a tidier jawline in the before-and-after photos. For anyone put off by the bruising of strong-pressure Korean meridian massage, Esthetia's contour treatment is an easy first step.

Written Sep 15, 2026Sponsored
Gapyeong, GyeonggiRestaurants

Seorak-myeon, Gapyeong octopus spot with handmade pork cutlet: Paldang

Paldang Jikhwa Bul Jjukkumi is a griddle stir-fried octopus (jjukkumi) restaurant on Hanseo-ro in Seorak-myeon, Gapyeong, Gyeonggi. The meal covered jjuksam — flame-grilled octopus with pork belly — wrapped in flying fish roe, perilla leaf and seaweed, plus steamed egg, fried rice and the handmade pork loin cutlet ordered for the kids, which turned out better than expected. With a self-serve bar of tteokbokki, sundae and mandu, Paldang Jikhwa Bul Jjukkumi made for a generous family meal out.

Written Sep 15, 2026Sponsored