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

Goyang, GyeonggiRestaurants

Brunch café near Juyeop Station, Goyang: 42-minute wait at Like Like

Like Like Ilsan Juyeop Branch is a dog-friendly brunch café on the first floor of Sidae Plaza near Juyeop Station in Goyang, Gyeonggi. The order was a French toast plate set and kimchi bacon pilaf, and with delivery and dine-in orders piling up at once, the food took about 42 minutes to arrive; the grapefruit juice chosen as the set drink was tart rather than sweet. Terrace seats, a baby chair and dogs allowed are real pluses at Like Like, but the peak-time wait and the tight underground parking are worth planning around.

Written Sep 13, 2026Sponsored
Paju, GyeonggiRestaurants

Paju Garam-maeul charcoal BBQ with drum-barrel tables: Tannae

Tannae Paju Main Branch is a charcoal-grilled pork belly and marinated rib restaurant in the Unjeong Garam-maeul shopping complex in Paju, Gyeonggi. Real charcoal burns inside the drum-barrel tables, and a pot of myeolchi-jeot (salted anchovy dipping sauce) comes to the table to bubble away for dipping, while staff pre-grill the marinated ribs and pork belly at the drum by the entrance so a gentle smoky aroma soaks in. Every meat order includes a free blue crab doenjang stew or pork kimchi stew, which makes Tannae Paju Main Branch an easy choice for a family dinner or an after-work drink.

Written Sep 13, 2026Sponsored
Suwon, GyeonggiRestaurants

Suwon Hwaseong candlelit dinner with grapefruit ade: Nonchalant Lounge

Nonchalant Lounge is a European-style Western restaurant at 896 Jeongjo-ro in Paldal-gu, Suwon, right by the Hwaseong Fortress wall walking path in Haenggung-dong. A married couple came in after an autumn night walk along the fortress wall and ordered grapefruit ade, bisque rosé pasta, truffle bulgogi risotto and crispy thin pizza, with candlelight and projector video making the evening mood completely different from daytime. For an atmospheric dinner date in Haenggung-dong, Nonchalant Lounge is a safe bet.

Written Sep 13, 2026Sponsored
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