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

Goyang, GyeonggiRestaurants

Goyang Korean BBQ with corkage and free parking: Dokbul Janggun

Dokbul Janggun Ilsan Baekseok Branch is a Jeju specialty-cut pork BBQ restaurant in Baekseok-dong, Goyang, Gyeonggi, a 3-minute walk from Exit 6 of Baekseok Station on Line 3. On a weekend evening the meal was the Dokbul 72-Hour Aged Jeju Platter 600g (56,000 won) and mul-bibim naengmyeon (cold noodles, 9,000 won), with corkage at 10,000 won for wine and 20,000 won for whiskey plus free parking in front of the restaurant. Between the outdoor tables and the wide indoor hall, Dokbul Janggun works well for a drink with dinner or a group get-together.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored
Paju, GyeonggiRestaurants

Scallop oil pasta at Mokushura Table, a Paju Heyri pasta restaurant

Mokushura Table is a Western restaurant on Heyrimaeul-gil in Heyri, Paju, with seating spread across three floors. The writer shared a scallop oil pasta and a truffle crab pasta with a younger friend and looked out at a different view from the window seats on each floor. Mokushura Table is a good fit when you want the pasta and the atmosphere of the room in one meal.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored
Ansan, GyeonggiRestaurants

Ansan galbi restaurant with 4-rib galbitang: Cheongnyuok

Cheongnyuok is a large Korean meat restaurant occupying units 109–114 on the ground floor of the Arnev Cube building at Bandalseom in Ansan's Danwon-gu. The plan was 400g of pork belly (samgyeopsal), but the galbitang (beef short rib soup) added after seeing the next table over arrived with four full rib bones, and the dongchimi (radish water kimchi) aged in-house and the mul naengmyeon (cold buckwheat noodles) were just as good. With 5 hours of free parking and a private group room, Cheongnyuok suits company dinners and family gatherings.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored
Yongin, GyeonggiRestaurants

Yongin Korean restaurant with a kids' menu: Sotbap Hansang

Sotbap Hansang is a pot rice (sotbap) Korean set-meal restaurant on Sangdeok-ro in Idong-eup, Cheoin-gu, Yongin, Gyeonggi. It was the first meal of a 2-night, 3-day family birthday trip: the adults ordered the jjuosam set with sotbap, the children had the kids' pork cutlet, and everyone refilled sweet pumpkin porridge and salad from the self-serve bar. With high chairs, a kids' menu, a self-serve bar and a large parking lot, Sotbap Hansang was an easy choice for eating out with young children.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored
Seongnam, GyeonggiRestaurants

Family-friendly jokbal restaurant in Sunae-dong, Seongnam: Wangchang

Wangchang Jokbal is a jokbal (braised pig's trotter) restaurant on Sunae-ro 46beon-gil in Sunae-dong, Seongnam, near Sunae Station and Bundang Central Park. Three generations — grandparents, parents and a child — arrived at 4pm and shared a large jokbal, the complimentary steamed egg that comes with every order, and makguksu (cold buckwheat noodles); the skin was springy and the lean meat tender enough that even parents sensitive to gamey smells ate comfortably. Wangchang Jokbal is an easy choice for a family meal with both young kids and older relatives.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored
Bucheon, GyeonggiRestaurants

Bucheon eel restaurant to treat parents: Gochang Pungcheon Eel

Gochang Pungcheon Eel is a pungcheon eel specialist of more than 20 years in Bucheon, Gyeonggi, a one-minute walk from Sangdong Station. Bringing parents along for a restorative meal at the change of season, the writer ordered one salt-grilled and one gochujang-grilled eel, and tried the staff's tableside grilling, Jindo green onion kimchi, and the eel soup that comes free with a Naver reservation. With a clean interior and a private room for up to 8, Gochang Pungcheon Eel is an easy recommendation for a family dinner.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored
Seongnam, GyeonggiRestaurants

Herbal nurungji chicken restaurant in Seongnam: Jangjakgun Main

Jangjakgun Main Branch is a nurungji chicken (whole chicken roasted over oak wood with crispy rice crust) restaurant near Dandae-ogeori Station in Seongnam, Gyeonggi. The writer ordered the herbal nurungji chicken (21,000 won) with spicy handmade tteokbokki (12,000 won), carbonara buldak noodles (5,000 won) and draft beer at the outdoor patio seats, and the chicken breast — expected to be dry — was among the moistest and most tender the writer has had. Jangjakgun Main Branch is worth a stop around Dandae-ogeori and Jungang-dong on a night for roast chicken and a drink.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored
Hwaseong, GyeonggiRestaurants

Dongtan gomtang restaurant with toddler tableware: Baekok Dongtan

Baekok Dongtan is a pork gomtang (pork bone broth soup) restaurant in the basement 1 food court of Lotte Department Store Dongtan in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi. On a visit with two children, the order was two pork gomtang sets — each with 2 cabbage dumplings and a soft drink — plus one kids' gomtang, and Baekok Dongtan provided a baby chair and toddler tableware. The broth at Baekok Dongtan is mild and clean, so both kids finished their bowls.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored
Goyang, GyeonggiRestaurants

Blind-date steak restaurant in Ilsan: 300g wagyu, Upstairs Kitchen

Upstairs Kitchen Bamridan-gil Branch is a Western restaurant tucked inside Bamridan-gil in Goyang, Gyeonggi, with parking right in front of the door. Instead of a course menu, Upstairs Kitchen served à la carte: a 300g premium wagyu sirloin steak cooked medium-rare, with a mushroom cream pasta timed to arrive with it, and the wholegrain mustard and wasabi pairing was the highlight. Between group seating and baby chairs, Upstairs Kitchen handles dates, blind dates and family meals equally well.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored
Uijeongbu, GyeonggiRestaurants

Uijeongbu Korean BBQ with unlimited doenjang jjigae: Hanmaeum Butcher

Hanmaeum Butcher Restaurant Uijeongbu Gosan District Branch is an aged-pork Korean BBQ restaurant on the 3rd floor of Poly Plaza 1 in Gosan-dong, Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi. A couple ordered the aged-pork half portion (500g) — samgyeopsal, ogyeopsal-mokssal, hangjeongsal and gabrisal — and refilled the doenjang jjigae (soybean paste stew), which simmers on a burner built into every table, twice. With a playroom, three 8-person rooms and 3 hours of free parking, Hanmaeum Butcher handles family dinners and group gatherings equally well.

Written Sep 6, 2026Sponsored
Seongnam, GyeonggiRestaurants

Jeongja-dong Korean restaurant for eel pot rice: Morang Haemul Sotbap

Morang Haemul Sotbap Jungja Station branch is a sotbap (Korean claypot rice) restaurant on the 2nd floor of Prugio City 2 on Jeongja-il-ro in Seongnam, Gyeonggi. On an early weekday evening the writer ordered the octopus seafood sotbap at 16,000 won and the eel sotbap at 23,000 won, and eel topped with a little pickled ginger was the best bite of the meal. With 3 hours of free parking in the building and group seating, Morang Haemul Sotbap works well for family gatherings and team dinners.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored
Gwangju, GyeonggiRestaurants

Taejeon-dong lamb skewer restaurant in Gwangju, Gyeonggi: Sinbaegok

Sinbaegok Lamb Skewers Taejeon Branch is a lamb skewer (yangkkochi) restaurant on the 2nd floor of Woori Building at 8-4 Taebong-ro in Taejeon-dong, Gwangju, Gyeonggi. The budget couple set brings original and seasoned lamb skewers, and swapping the cucumber salad for egg fried rice worked well; the original skewers came marbled with fat between the lean meat, soft and with no gamey smell at all. With partitioned seats and a self-serve cumin bar, Sinbaegok Lamb Skewers Taejeon Branch is the one lamb skewer spot in Gwangju worth returning to.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored