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

Siheung, GyeonggiRestaurants

Siheung grilled clam restaurant: sunset platter for two at Bada Super

Bada Super Haemul Cheonha Jogaegui, Geobukseom Oido Branch is a sea-view grilled and steamed clam restaurant on the 3rd floor of a building on Geobukseom-ro in Siheung, Gyeonggi. Booked for the sunset hour, the grilled clams small (for 2) at 54,000 won arrived as a tray packed with several kinds of clams — more than would fit on the grill at once — with cheese tteokbokki served as a basic side. Bada Super is an easy meal stop to build into a Geobukseom drive.

Written Sep 16, 2026Sponsored
Namyangju, GyeonggiCafés

Chuseok sets and 5 financier flavors: Byeollae bakery Byway Bakers

Byway Bakers Byeollae Branch is a bakery café near Byeollae Byeolgaram Station in Namyangju, Gyeonggi, known for financiers, tarts and salt bread. This visit covered the fig pistachio tart, the peach wakppu salt bread and a 5-piece financier package of vanilla, oreo, almond chocolate, hwang cheese and pistachio, with a 30% discount on Chuseok gift sets running ahead of the holiday. Byway Bakers is worth a stop if you want to sample several flavors at once and pick up a holiday dessert gift too.

Written Sep 16, 2026Sponsored
Seongnam, GyeonggiRestaurants

Pangyo sushi omakase restaurant with mini kaisendon: Suyori Sikdang

Suyori Sikdang is a Japanese omakase restaurant on the basement level of a building a 10-minute walk from Exit 1 of Pangyo Station in Seongnam, Gyeonggi. The 45,000 won lunch course runs 18 dishes, from gamtae seaweed and mushroom porridge to a mini kaisendon (seafood rice bowl) and yuzu sorbet, and the chef spotted that the guest was left-handed and turned each piece of sushi around without being asked. For the price, Suyori Sikdang is a generous, quietly attentive omakase that pleased both the writer and her parents.

Written Sep 12, 2026Sponsored
Pyeongtaek, GyeonggiRestaurants

House-made noodles and clam shabu-shabu, Pyeongtaek: Songdam Kalguksu

Songdam Kalguksu is a hot pot kalguksu (knife-cut noodle) and shabu-shabu restaurant on Gangbyeon-ro in Anjung-eup, Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi. The weekday-only fresh clam shabu-shabu costs 11,000 won, and adding octopus and beef changed the broth in stages, with the house-made noodles flecked with green the most memorable part. The wide dedicated parking lot in front of Songdam Kalguksu makes it easy for family meals or larger groups.

Written Sep 16, 2026Sponsored
Seongnam, GyeonggiRestaurants

Seongnam bossam restaurant with table kiosks and market alley parking

Bossam Ae Kalguksu Seongnam Sangdaewon Branch is a bossam (boiled pork wrap) and kalguksu (knife-cut noodle soup) restaurant in the Sangdaewon Market alley in Seongnam, Gyeonggi. Ordering the small gabrisal bossam for 37,000 won on the kiosk sitting on each table brought two free servings of kalguksu, filling the table with food. Parking is easy too: the Sangdaewon 3-dong public lot on weekdays and the lot behind the building on weekends.

Written Sep 16, 2026Sponsored
Uiwang, GyeonggiCafés

Dirty choco cookie and stationery goods at Uiwang outlet café: Jeong

Jeong Jiyoung Coffee Roasters Lotte Premium Outlet Uiwang Branch is a two-floor café inside the Lotte Premium Outlet in Uiwang, Gyeonggi. Stopping by on a Monday morning to buy a hat for her son, the writer ordered two iced café lattes, a peach iced tea and a dirty choco cookie, and looked over the fig cake and the eraser and ballpoint pen goods on display. Jeong Jiyoung Coffee Roasters has no outdoor tables, but the seats beside the first-floor glass wall feel almost like sitting outside.

Written Sep 16, 2026Sponsored
Paju, GyeonggiBars

Paju yukhoe restaurant with liver and tripe refills: Yukhoe Maltuout

Yukhoe Maltuout Paju Yadang Branch is a Korean beef yukhoe (raw beef) and beef sashimi bar on the first floor of Yueun Tower 5, near Yadang Station in Paju, Gyeonggi. The Two Out Set brings yukhoe, beef sashimi and beef ramyeon, served with same-day prepared liver and cheonyeop (beef tripe) refills and a bokbunja-soju-cider mix, and the generous pear and radish sprouts meant there was still food left at the end. Yukhoe Maltuout is an easy pick for raw beef and a drink near Yadang Station.

Written Sep 16, 2026Sponsored
Anyang, GyeonggiRestaurants

Anyang Arts Park shabu-shabu: spicy full course, Ppongip Sarang

Ppongip Sarang Anyang Arts Park branch is a mulberry-leaf shabu-shabu and bossam (boiled pork with wraps) restaurant that has stood for years along the walking trail at Anyang Arts Park in Anyang, Gyeonggi. The writer brought her parents and ordered the Ppongip Sarang Special shabu-shabu with the spicy broth, eating the full course of bossam, beef, vegetables and mushrooms, green mulberry-leaf kalguksu noodles and fried rice. Even after a big meal the stomach felt light, making Ppongip Sarang an easy choice for dinner with parents.

Written Sep 16, 2026Sponsored
Seongnam, GyeonggiRestaurants

Pangyo grilled pork restaurant with herring roe bibimbap: Dwaeji

Dwaeji Mansion Pangyo Avenue France Branch is a grilled pork restaurant on the first floor of Avenue France in Pangyo, Seongnam, where staff grill the meat at your table. Arriving right at opening, the writer ordered one serving of pork belly, one serving of the Insaeng pork neck, cheonggukjang (fermented soybean stew) and herring roe bibimbap, then tried the meat four ways: with salt, with herring roe, with minari (water dropwort) and with wasabi and ginger. The herring roe served as a free side dish paired surprisingly well with the pork, making Dwaeji Mansion an easy choice for a family meal or a group dinner.

Written Sep 16, 2026Sponsored
Yangju, GyeonggiRestaurants

Yangju army stew with broth poured from the start: Choi Budae Jjigae

Choi Budae Jjigae is a budae-jjigae (Korean army stew) restaurant in Ojeong-dong, Yangju, Gyeonggi. The stew's broth is mild rather than harsh, which made it easy to pair with a bottle of Chum-Churum soju, and Choi Budae Jjigae brings the extra broth out from the start, refills rice for free and serves a thick rolled omelette. Not flashy, but the broth is clean and it's a solid spot for a proper rice meal.

Written Sep 11, 2026Sponsored
Suwon, GyeonggiRestaurants

Suwon Hommaesil kid-friendly lunch: mixed pork hot pot at Ok Doenjang

Ok Doenjang Suwon Hommaesil Branch is a hot pot-focused Korean restaurant on Geumgok-ro in Gwonseon-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggi. On a visit with a child, the mixed boiled pork hot pot (medium) cost 38,000 won, and while the peppery broth was too strong for the kid, the boiled pork, ribs, gim (dried seaweed) and kimchi-jjim side dishes still made a filling meal. With baby chairs and underground parking, Ok Doenjang works well for a family lunch in Hommaesil.

Written Sep 16, 2026Sponsored
Yongin, GyeonggiRestaurants

Yongin kalguksu restaurant with ₩13,000 spicy shabu set: Dongchundang

Dongchundang Shabu Shabu Kalguksu Sinbong Oesik Town Branch is a Korean restaurant in the Sinbong-dong dining town of Suji-gu, Yongin. Two people ordered the ₩13,000 shabu kalguksu set — yeolmu bibimbap (young radish green rice bowl), shabu-shabu, mugwort kalguksu noodles and fried rice — with spicy broth and an added tofu sandwich, and the meat was thick while the broth stayed clean, making Dongchundang an easy choice for a meal with parents. Strong value, unlimited makgeolli and a big parking lot make this Sinbong-dong kalguksu spot worth the trip.

Written Sep 16, 2026Sponsored