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Superchart has 8,439 reviews of places in Jongno, Seoul; most are restaurants, cafés, bars.

restaurants in Jongno, Seoul 78 places · 6,667 reviews

  1. Kokiri Sushi Gwanghwamun 388 reviews
  2. Cham Dwaejigan Jongno 358 reviews
  3. Choi Woo Young Sushiya Jongno 310 reviews
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cafés in Jongno, Seoul 8 places · 1,299 reviews

  1. Munhwa Jeppang 700 reviews
  2. Sooks Bakery Seoul 210 reviews
  3. Respirer Bakery Cafe Seochon 158 reviews

bars in Jongno, Seoul 7 places · 169 reviews

  1. Winestein Seochon 65 reviews
  2. Izakaya 1sim 37 reviews
  3. Dongmyo Market 27 reviews

things to do in Jongno, Seoul 3 places · 168 reviews

  1. Muhwawon 155 reviews
  2. Jeong Photo Studio 8 reviews
  3. UMTM 5 reviews

12 places in Jongno, Seoul

Jongno, SeoulRestaurants

Anguk hanok restaurant after Do Ho Suh: solo lasagna, Concasse

Concasse Anguk is a Western restaurant in a 100-year-old hanok on an alley off Bukchon-ro in Jongno, Seoul, known for the Beef Wellington and lasagna featured on the TV show Master of Living. After seeing the Do Ho Suh exhibition at MMCA Seoul, a 10-minute walk away, the writer ate alone at Concasse Anguk, ordering lasagna (23,000 won) and non-alcoholic sangria (8,000 won). With soft lighting, hanok charm and good food, Concasse Anguk is worth recommending for solo dining as well as a blind date or a date.

Written Oct 30, 2026Sponsored
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Hyehwa Indian curry, cheese naan with palak paneer & korma: Meono

Meono Kkameona Daehangno Branch is an Indian restaurant on the main strip of Daehangno near Hyehwa Station in Jongno, Seoul. The writer ordered six items there: palak paneer (spinach curry with paneer cheese), mutton korma, cheese naan, garlic naan, basmati rice and samosas, and ate at a window seat with red frames and brick walls overlooking Daehangno. The most memorable dish at Meono Kkameona Daehangno Branch was the rich, nutty cheese naan.

Written Oct 29, 2026Sponsored
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Jongno izakaya: aged amberjack sashimi and DIY sushi, Suksseong Susan

Suksseong Susan Jongno Main Branch (숙썽수산 종로본점) is a private-room izakaya near Jonggak Station in Jongno, Seoul, serving sashimi that is Tsumoto-style bled and then aged at low temperature for 24 hours. The blogger ordered the small aged sashimi set (69,000 won) with 6 fish, including large amberjack, large flatfish and bluefin tuna, plus sweet shrimp and ankimo (monkfish liver). They added clam oden (fish cake) soup and red crab innards cream croquettes, then made their own sushi with vinegared rice. Even someone who doesn't enjoy fatty fish fell for Suksseong Susan's amberjack and bluefin tuna, making it a very satisfying aged sashimi spread.

Written Oct 29, 2026Sponsored
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Daehak-ro adult play date with my husband: Suspicious PT Shop

Suspicious PT Shop (수상한 PT샵) is a 19+ sexy comedy play staged at Nine Theater, on basement level 2 in Daehak-ro, Jongno, Seoul, and is billed as the follow-up to the hit play Suspicious Hair Salon. The writer only recently learned that adult plays existed and saw Suspicious PT Shop with her husband; the pre-show ice-breaking, audience participation and ad-libs made the 80 minutes fly by. Suspicious PT Shop is worth seeing once for couples, partners or friends who want a different kind of Daehak-ro date.

Written Oct 29, 2026Sponsored
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Jongno 3-ga outdoor Korean BBQ: 13-team wait and steamed egg, Tapgol

Tapgol Gongwon Jongno 3-ga Branch (탑골공원 종로3가점) is a Korean BBQ restaurant near Exit 5 of Jongno 3-ga Station in Jongno, Seoul, where you grill frozen pork belly at outdoor tables. On a Seoul trip, the writer arrived around 5:30pm to a full house and a 13-team wait, then ordered 2 servings of frozen pork belly, 1 serving of pork neck and steamed egg. The open-air atmosphere and thin, fast-cooking frozen pork belly at Tapgol Gongwon made the wait worth it.

Written Oct 29, 2026Sponsored
Jongno, SeoulCafés

Seochon hanok café with a Friday wait, cream-heavy einspänner: Oldsse

Oldsse Seochon is a hanok café on Pirun-daero in Jongno, Seoul. It is the second Oldsse space after the original in Yongsan and has its own bean-roasting room. The writer arrived on a Friday at 1 p.m., toured the exposed rafters, the dancheong (traditional painted patterns), the roasting room and the single-origin menu, then drank the signature einspänner (cream-topped coffee) by the window. Oldsse Seochon is a Seochon café you visit for the space and end up remembering for the coffee.

Written Oct 29, 2026Sponsored
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Jongno sushi and sashimi, alternated with pickled ginger: Choe Uyeong

Choe Uyeong Sushiya Jongno Branch is a sushi and sashimi restaurant on basement level 1 of a building in Jongno, Seoul, about a 3-minute walk from Jonggak Station Exit 1. The writer ordered the 17-piece top-tier sushi set together with the mixed sashimi platter, alternating between them and cleansing the palate with pickled ginger, and was pleased with the tuna belly, sea urchin roe and abalone sushi and the thick-cut sashimi. For sushi and sashimi on one table near Jonggak Station, the top-tier sushi and mixed sashimi combination at Choe Uyeong Sushiya Jongno Branch is worth recommending.

Written Oct 29, 2026Sponsored
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Daehangno family restaurant with duck kids' dishware: soba maki, Omil

Omil Hyehwa Daehangno is a Western restaurant on the 2nd floor of a building at 35 Daemyeong-gil in Jongno, Seoul, known among families with children for its rubber duck omurice. On a weekend evening in October 2026, a family with a young child ordered the Halloween rubber duck omurice, buckwheat soba maki and spicy seafood oil pasta, and Omil provided a high chair and duck-shaped kids' dishware for an easy meal. The adults ate more of the omurice chosen for the child than the child did, and the soba maki, tried for the first time, was the most memorable dish of the family dinner.

Written Oct 29, 2026Sponsored
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Anguk craft beer pub for NE IPA and bacon mac and cheese: Bogle House

Bogle House (보글하우스) is a craft beer pub in Ikseon-dong, Jongno, Seoul, about 380m from Exit 4 of Anguk Station. After walking around Insadong and Seosulla-gil, the writer stopped by Bogle House in the evening for an Asahi Mlico welcome beer, Daerongdaerong IPA, a pilsner, Hoppy Toppy NE IPA and bacon mac and cheese (13,000 won). The Hoppy Toppy NE IPA (9,500 won), ordered after spotting it at the next table, was the clear favorite and earned a second glass.

Written Oct 29, 2026Sponsored
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Gwangjang Market choco pie shop: chilled mugwort pie & milk, Ssuk's

Ssuk's Choco Pie Seoul (쑥스초코파이 서울) is a handmade choco pie shop with a green storefront at the entrance of Gwangjang Market in Jongno, Seoul. A self-confessed chocolate lover who couldn't forget Jeonju's handmade choco pies bought the 6-pie gift set, chilled it in the fridge for 1 hour, and compared the Geomundo sea-breeze mugwort and Udo peanut choco pies with a glass of white milk. Verdict: the Geomundo sea-breeze mugwort choco pie, with its rich cream and fresh mugwort aroma, is the top pick at Ssuk's Choco Pie Seoul.

Written Oct 29, 2026Sponsored
Jongno, SeoulRestaurants

Anguk Station pizza lunch with a coworker, skip the baguette: Low Five

Low Five Anguk (로우파이브 안국) is a pizza and pasta restaurant on a side street off Bukchon-ro, near Anguk Station in Jongno, Seoul. Two coworkers joined the Catch Table waitlist for a weekday lunch and ordered a salad, alfredo cream pasta and a hot chili potato and pepperoni half-and-half pizza (26,000 won); the pizza was so filling that the extra baguette felt like a mistake. Verdict: the pizza at Low Five Anguk was the best the writer had eaten in the past year.

Written Oct 29, 2026Sponsored
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Daehakro Taiwanese restaurant for a pre-show lunch: Haitun Dolgorae

Haitun Dolgorae (하이툰 돌고래) is a Taiwanese local-cuisine restaurant on the 2nd floor of a building near Hyehwa Station in Daehakro, Jongno, Seoul. Before a weekend Daehakro show, the writer and her husband had lunch at Haitun Dolgorae: mapo tofu (₩13,000), youlinji (fried chicken in a tangy soy-vinegar sauce, ₩17,000), red oil dumplings (₩9,000) and Taiwanese mango beer (₩7,000), followed by fruit and banana brûlée for dessert. With Taiwanese flavors left unadapted to Korean tastes and a relaxed dining room, Haitun Dolgorae made a satisfying, filling meal before the show.

Written Oct 29, 2026Sponsored

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