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

Yeoju, GyeonggiRestaurants

Wagyu dinner for two with somaek at Motoishi, a Yeoju yakiniku spot

Motoishi Yeoju Branch is a Japanese-style yakiniku restaurant on Sejong-ro in Yeoju, Gyeonggi. Two diners booked an 8pm table after work and ordered the six-cut wagyu platter (320g) for 75,000 won and hormone ramyeon for 9,500 won, and the sundubu-jjigae (soft tofu stew) that comes with any meat order went especially well with somaek (soju and beer mixed). It is plenty of food for two, and picking up the Naver Reservation coupon makes the dinner even better value.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored
Suwon, GyeonggiRestaurants

Suwon restaurant in Haenggung-dong, three dishes for two: Low Five

Low Five Sinpung is a casual Western restaurant on Sinpung-ro in Haenggung-dong, Suwon, serving pizza, pasta and fried rice in one place. Two people ordered three dishes at Low Five Sinpung — a half-and-half pizza (Tex-Mex taco + corn) for 27,000 won, truffle cream pasta for 19,000 won and avocado kimchi fried rice for 14,000 won — and both the combination and the balance were satisfying. It is a good pick for sharing several dishes with a friend or a date.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored
Gwacheon, GyeonggiRestaurants

Gwacheon hot pot restaurant for a late dinner with parents: Horangigul

Horangigul Gwacheon Branch is a Japanese-style gopchang jeongol (beef offal hot pot) restaurant near Hillstate in Jungang-dong, Gwacheon, Gyeonggi. After a hospital appointment ran late, the writer came with both parents and ordered three servings of gopchang jeongol plus three bowls of rice, and a staff member set a timer and cooked the pot at the table so the three of them could simply talk and eat. Horangigul Gwacheon Branch does not feel like a bar, which made it a comfortable choice for a late dinner with parents.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored
Yongin, GyeonggiRestaurants

Yongin pizza restaurant with baby chairs: Miso Porcini at Bonaricetta

Bonaricetta is a wood-fired pizza restaurant on Baegokdae-ro in Mohyeon-eup, Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, near the HUFS Global Campus. Visiting on a weekday with her husband and daughter, the writer ordered the Miso Porcini pizza (30,000 won), which placed third at the 2026 Korea Pizza Competition, and Shrimp Aglio e Olio (20,500 won), and staff brought over a baby chair and set it up themselves. Between the deeply truffled dough and the garlicky aglio e olio, Bonaricetta is a place she would happily return to with the baby.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored
Suwon, GyeonggiRestaurants

Sunday dinner for two at a Suwon beef BBQ restaurant: Sogogi Twist

Sogogi Twist Yeongtong District Office Branch is a beef BBQ restaurant in a shopping block in front of the Samsung Electronics main gate, near Yeongtong District Office in Suwon, Gyeonggi. With a Sunday 6pm reservation, two diners shared a 1kg prime-grade beef platter (flap meat, chuck flap and neck chain) with a 5,000 won doenjang jjigae (soybean paste stew), and Sogogi Twist was full even on a Sunday. The beef quality was good enough that two people finished the full 1kg with no trouble.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored
Seongnam, GyeonggiRestaurants

Pangyo pork belly restaurant for two on a weekend: Dwaeji Mansion

Dwaeji Mansion Pangyo Avenue France Branch is a premium pork grill restaurant on the ground floor of Pangyo Avenue France in Seongnam, Gyeonggi, right on the main road. On a weekend afternoon, two diners were seated with no wait and ordered two 150g servings of pork belly (₩36,000) plus cheonggukjang (fermented soybean stew), baek-kimchi noodles and a cola, for ₩57,000 in total. The juiciness, freshness and atmosphere at Dwaeji Mansion all landed, making it a 100% return visit.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored
Gunpo, GyeonggiRestaurants

Sanbon meat restaurant with a kid: 41,500 won set at Geobugi Dongne

Geobugi Dongne Gunpo Sanbon Branch is a pork belly and shabu-shabu restaurant newly opened on the second floor near Sanbon Station in Gunpo, Gyeonggi. The writer, her husband and their 7-year-old ordered the Shabu-shabu & Pork Belly Set at 41,500 won, which brought 300g of pork belly, 200g of thin-sliced Korean beef, kalguksu noodles and cauldron rice, then finished with ice cream and coffee from the self-bar. Wide spacing between tables and a tidy self-bar make Geobugi Dongne a weekend family dinner spot worth returning to with a child.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored
Suwon, GyeonggiRestaurants

Suwon beef restaurant with 1++ hanwoo platter for two: Yeongpo Hwa-ro

Yeongpo Hwa-ro Ingye Branch is a hanwoo (Korean beef) charcoal grill restaurant on Hyowon-ro 291beon-gil in Ingye-dong, Suwon. The premium 1+, 1++ hanwoo platter, 150g for two, brings six cuts — jebichuri (beef neck fillet), upjinsal (brisket), sirloin, salchisal (chuck flap), galbisal (boneless short rib) and bucheotsal (top blade) — served with myeongi namul (pickled mountain garlic leaves) and pa muchim (seasoned scallion salad), plus complimentary doenjang sulbap (soybean stew rice) and patbingsu (red bean shaved ice). With free private rooms and free parking out front, Yeongpo Hwa-ro Ingye Branch works just as well for family gatherings and work dinners.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored
Paju, GyeonggiCafés

Simhaksan bingsu café with 2nd-floor window seats, Paju: Fruit Forest

Fruit Forest Paju Direct Store is a fruit bingsu (shaved ice dessert) café in a standalone building at the entrance to the Simhaksan food alley in Paju, Gyeonggi. The café sits on the second floor behind floor-to-ceiling windows, and the fresh mango snow bingsu (2–3 servings) came with vanilla ice cream, cube cheese and mango purée served on the side, leaving thick fresh mango right down to the last bite. Fruit Forest also sells fresh fruit by the piece inside the shop, so it works well as a dessert stop after a Simhaksan outing.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored
Goyang, GyeonggiHair & beauty salons

Jeongbalsan Station nail salon autumn pedicure: Nail & Style Leplus

Nail & Style Leplus Ilsan WesternDom Branch is a nail salon in WesternDom near Jeongbalsan Station in Ilsan, Goyang, open since 2007. The writer had an existing pedicure removed and a new autumn pedicure done by nail artist Minju, who checked the shape and condition of each toenail first, and rated the 6-step sterilization of metal tools and the single-use kit as the best part. Beyond nail art, Nail & Style Leplus also offers German-style Leplus foot care.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored
Pyeongtaek, GyeonggiRestaurants

Pyeongtaek lamb skewer restaurant, charcoal set for two: Hwaro Yangmi

Hwaro Yangmi Pyeongtaek Court Branch is a lamb restaurant on the second floor of a food alley at Pyeongtaek Court Intersection in Gyeonggi. Hwaro Yangmi grills 100% chilled lamb over white charcoal, and the owner trims the shoulder rack into bite-size pieces at the table, served here as a two-person mixed platter with onmyeon noodles and Tsingtao beer. Even readers usually put off by the gamey smell of lamb can enjoy Hwaro Yangmi.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored
Seongnam, GyeonggiThings to do

Bundang auto shop K8 Hybrid oil change with Hexa 5W-30: Able

Able Motorworks is an engine oil and light maintenance shop in Bundang, Seongnam, Gyeonggi. For a K8 Hybrid, Able Motorworks used Hexa Multi Synthetic 5W-30 instead of the Castrol from the previous visit, working through air filter replacement, leftover oil removal, NSP-210 flushing and suction, a new-oil flush, leveling and a free scanner diagnostic. Satisfied the first time, the writer returned and plans to use Able Motorworks for the next oil change as well.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored