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Cafés, restaurants and places in Seocho, Seoul, written by bloggers who went there.
Comedor 16 is a Spanish restaurant about a 15-minute walk from Yangjae Citizen’s Forest Station in Seoul. I booked a family birthday dinner for five and shared five dishes; I liked the warm atmosphere and crisp meat pie, while the octopus steak had good texture but a slightly disappointing portion.
Lamoon Brow is a reservation-only lip semi-permanent makeup studio near Gangnam Station in Seocho, Seoul. I chose a coral shade after a personal color consultation for dark lip tone and an indistinct lip line, and I was satisfied with the natural-looking color and line.
Dakgalbijeon Gangnam Branch is a dakgalbi restaurant in Seocho, Seoul, near Sinnonhyeon Station. I had cheese dakgalbi wrapped in perilla-leaf potato pancakes, then flying-fish-roe cheese fried rice; the ready-cooked dishes were convenient, though the restaurant is not very large and was full before 6 p.m. on the weekend.
Minjei Makeup Eyebrow Grooming, Gangnam Seocho Branch is an eyebrow grooming studio in Seocho, Seoul. I visited for dense brows with lingering red semi-permanent makeup and received shaping and makeup guidance for about an hour; the explanation was helpful, though I am still unsure whether I can recreate it well at home.
Yuk Tongryeong Gyodae Direct Store is a Korean pork grill restaurant near Gyodae Station in Seoul’s Seocho-gu. I ordered two servings of black pork ogyeopsal with mul naengmyeon and bibim naengmyeon, and especially liked the juicy pork and mild bibim naengmyeon combination.
Lamoon Brow is a beauty studio near Gangnam Station in Seocho, Seoul, where I had a coral-toned lip tattoo and correction to my upper-lip line. I liked the natural shape and color right afterward, though the color looked lighter after peeling on day three.
Dakgalbijeon Gangnam Branch is a dakgalbi restaurant on the second floor of Gangnam Dioville near Sinnonhyeon Station in Seocho, Seoul. We ordered two portions of Gamsachidag, wrapped cheese dakgalbi in potato pancakes, and finished with fried rice; the wide table spacing made conversation easy, while the potato pancakes softened the spice.
Minjei Makeup Eyebrow Grooming, Gangnam Seocho Branch is an eyebrow grooming studio in Seocho, Seoul, near Gangnam Station. On my first visit, I received grooming, brow makeup, and a detailed consultation, learning how to shape the brow arch and fill sparse areas. I was happy with the thin shape tailored to my preference, though the full first-visit combination came to ₩60,000.
Yuk Tongryeong Kyodae Branch is an aged-pork restaurant in an alley near Kyodae Station in Seoul’s Seocho District. I ate black pork Korean pork belly, house-made ribs, and mul-naengmyeon with my husband and child; staff grilled the meat, making the meal easy to focus on. The pork belly had pleasantly chewy skin and tender meat, while the rib marinade was not overly sweet.
Lamoon Brow is a one-person lip blushing studio about two minutes from Gangnam Station Exit 5 in Seocho, Seoul. I chose a two-color Lush Pink gradient, and after the first day’s mild swelling settled, I liked the clearer lip line and pink tone, though public transit felt more practical than the paid parking.
Dakgalbijeon Gangnam Branch is a chicken galbi restaurant between Gangnam and Sinnonhyeon Stations in Seocho, Seoul. I ordered the two-person cheese chicken galbi and perilla-leaf potato pancake set with sweet potato noodles and bibim makguksu; it was filling enough that I skipped fried rice.
Minjei Makeup Eyebrow Grooming, Gangnam Seocho Branch is an eyebrow-grooming studio in Seocho, Seoul. I received a one-to-one consultation and shaping for my thick, coarse brows, and learned how to draw them at home; I liked the softer result, though booking felt difficult because it was busy.
