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Cafés, restaurants and places in Incheon, written by bloggers who went there.
Ieum Men's Hair Bupyeong is a men's-only hair salon on Sijang-ro near Bupyeong Station in Incheon. The blogger's husband, who has straight hair, consulted with Manager Yubin and got an iron perm on the back, a down perm on the sides, plus volume and hair-direction correction at the crown and fringe. Now he just washes and dries it in the morning and the style falls into place, cutting his getting-ready time way down.
5PM sunset hour is a bakery dessert café on the first floor of the KCC Sweetin commercial building in Yeongjong Haneul City, Incheon. A couple spent a Sunday afternoon on the terrace with ice cream salt bread made with Sanghamokjang organic ice cream, Isigny butter rice cake, banana pudding, iced americano and strawberry ade. The Greek tomato basil bagel was sold out, but the sweet-and-salty salt bread and breezy terrace alone were reason enough to come back.
Heukdwaeji Hyeongjedeul Gajeong Ruwon City Main Branch is a charcoal-grilled black pork restaurant in Ruwon City, Gajeong-dong, Incheon. The owner personally grills 7-day low-temperature aged Jirisan black pork neck at the grilling zone, plus trimmed pork jowl (hangjeongsal) and jjolduksal cut from beside the neck. With a terrace seating area, partitioned rooms and 3 hours of free parking, it works well for both family meals and group dinners.
Pyeonbaek Hoegwan Main Branch is an all-you-can-eat cypress-steam and shabu-shabu restaurant in Jungsan-dong, Yeongjong, Incheon. On a Friday after work, the writer and her husband wrapped salad bar ingredients into rice-paper rolls, mixed katsuo and spicy mushroom broths for shabu-shabu, and finished with self-serve porridge. With wide table spacing and a kids' play area, it's well suited to family gatherings.
Euljiro Yeontan Gui Luone City Branch is a charcoal-grill Korean BBQ restaurant in Seohae, Incheon, about 400m from Gajeong Station Exit 6. The writer visited with her daughter and ordered three servings of pork belly plus 500g of seasonal jumbo shrimp salt grill, alternating between thick pork belly and plump shrimp. If you want seafood alongside your grilled meat on a night out, Euljiro Yeontan Gui Luone City Branch is worth checking out.
HOKATSU is a yogurt-aged tonkatsu restaurant on Seogot-ro in Geomdan, Incheon. The writer ordered the favorite katsu (tenderloin katsu plus cheese katsu) with a mini curry and shrimp tempura added on, eating freshly fried tonkatsu with her mom during a quiet 2pm slot. Between the natural-cheese cheese katsu and the thick tenderloin katsu drizzled with truffle oil, this has stayed her go-to spot for nearly ten years.
Tiny Dot is a large roastery café spread across a full four-story building near Juan and Hagik-dong in Michuhol, Incheon. On a rainy day, a window seat came with a cinnamon-heavy cappuccino, waffle, plain scone, and scallion cheese scone eaten brunch-style, plus the convenience of a dedicated parking lot. If you want coffee, dessert, interior, and parking all in one place, Tiny Dot is the answer.
Haemokjeong Guwol Branch is a braised ribs and angler fish stew restaurant in Namdong, Incheon, located across from Exit 6 of Yesulhoegwan Station. After a movie, we grabbed a window seat, ordered spicy braised ribs for two on medium spice, and finished with self-serve fried rice topped with snow cheese. The pork ribs were tender, not tough, with sauce soaked all the way through — a solid choice for a date meal.
Dalgeuraem is a bakery café in Gyeyang-gu, Incheon, near Exit 3 of Gyesan Station. On a quiet Sunday morning solo visit, I tried the pistachio fig cake, chocolate ganache baguette, peanut cream latte, and maple pecan financier, plus met four kinds of salt bread on display. With its wood and cream-white interior and warm staff, it's a great pick for a healing solo café time.
Sammi-jip is a kimchi pork belly restaurant on Cheongnacanal-ro 233beon-gil in Seohae, Incheon. A couple ordered two servings each of kimchi pork belly and kimchi thick-cut pork belly, 720g total, plus doenjang stew and rice, for a menu total of ₩77,000, to compare the thickness and texture of the two cuts. The thick-cut belly won on juicy chunkiness, while the regular kimchi belly balanced tender and chewy better.
Eolkeuni Gamjatang Samgyeopsal Bupyeong Station Branch is a 24-hour pork bone soup and pork belly restaurant near Bupyeong Station in Incheon. Two of us ordered a small gamjatang for ₩33,000 and added two bowls of rice, coming to ₩17,000 per person, and the self-serve kimchi bar and soft, odor-free meat stood out. This is a place I'd revisit 100% for a work dinner or a late-night meal.
Taco Dot Cheongna Branch is a Mexican restaurant near Cheongna International City Station in Seohae, Incheon. Having previously visited with her child for a fajita platter, the writer returned with her husband to try the chimichanga and beef chili pasta, finding the chimichanga's chewy wheat tortilla and generous filling great, but preferring the beef chili pasta for its hearty beef and spicy sauce. Between the two, the beef chili pasta won her over more.
