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Gangnam, SeoulHair & beauty salons

Nonhyeon-dong barbershop thinning cut and 7-min down perm: Divers

Divers Barbershop Gangnam-gu Office Station Branch is a men's-only barbershop on basement level 1 of SK Herb Blue, right in front of Exit 2 of Gangnam-gu Office Station in Nonhyeon-dong, Gangnam, Seoul. With straight, fast-growing hair that needs a cut and down perm once a month, the writer's boyfriend had barber JEAM thin the hair with clippers to make the head look smaller, then ran the down perm for just 7 minutes because of hair damage. JEAM spent over 30 minutes on the cut alone, checking angles and mirrors — care that ended years of hopping between salons.

Written Sep 15, 2026Sponsored
Yongsan, SeoulRestaurants

Wasabi mayo shrimp burger in Yongsan: Bass Burger Sinyongsan

Bass Burger Sinyongsan is a handmade burger restaurant on Yongridan-gil in Yongsan, Seoul, a 5-minute walk from Sinyongsan and Samgakji stations. On a Sunday at 2pm the order was a wasabi mayo shrimp burger (10,900 won) and a Bass Burger (8,200 won), with a chili mozzarella cheese bar, sweet potato fries and two craft beers, Bass Lager and Gwanghwamun Stout. With free-refill potato chips at the self-bar, Bass Burger Sinyongsan is an easy pick when you want burgers and beer in one sitting.

Written Sep 15, 2026Sponsored
Seocho, SeoulRestaurants

Yangjae Citizen's Forest Station Spanish lunch: aged steak, Comedor16

Comedor16 is a Spanish restaurant near Yangjae Citizen's Forest Station, close to Yangjaecheon stream in Seocho, Seoul. The lunch order was a shrimp avocado salad (a cold tapas) and a 2-week-aged salchichon-cut steak, served with pre-meal bread and balsamic olive oil plus romesco sauce, truffle oil and whole grain mustard. Comedor16's Spanish-Brazilian cooking is exotic without heavy spice, so it suits Korean palates easily.

Written Sep 15, 2026Sponsored
Seongdong, SeoulHair & beauty salons

Geumho-dong hair salon: men's scalp scaling head spa at Toro With Geek

Toro With Geek Singeumho Branch is a men's hair salon in Geumho-dong, Seongdong, Seoul, 187m from Exit 5 of Singeumho Station. The writer booked the hair-loss prevention hair care (120,000 won) with designer Loco for her younger brother, and because a cut is included, the cut, scalp scaling, scalp massage, nutrient absorption and shampoo-room pressure massage took about 1 hour in total. Her brother's scalp, red and overheated from the midsummer heat, calmed down, and she was very happy with his first-ever scalp treatment.

Written Sep 15, 2026Sponsored
Jung-gu, SeoulBars

Sindang dining bar open until 5am with yuzu kosho carpaccio: Plot

Plot (P.lot) is a cocktail-and-dining bar on Dasan-ro 46-gil near Sindang Station in Jung-gu, Seoul. The black pork carpaccio costs 15,000 won and was eaten with yuzu kosho and green onion in turn, alongside a Bold Sicily 30% and a Mario 12% cocktail, and Plot stays open until 5am, so it works as a second stop after dinner. For a Sindang date spot that feels a step above an ordinary bar, Plot is the answer.

Written Sep 15, 2026Sponsored
Jung-gu, SeoulRestaurants

4pm Korean BBQ in Bukchang-dong: 600g pork set at Geumseong Hoegwan

Geumseong Hoegwan Seoul City Hall Direct Branch is a charcoal Korean BBQ restaurant in the Bukchang-dong food alley in Jung-gu, Seoul. On a weekday visit at 4pm, the pork set came as 400g pork belly plus 1% pork neck (600g total), with a free sundubu jjigae (soft tofu stew) and a naengmyeon (cold noodles) won on the review-event roulette. With no break time between lunch and dinner, Geumseong Hoegwan is an easy City Hall Station choice at an awkward hour.

Written Sep 15, 2026Sponsored
Mapo, SeoulRestaurants

Yeonnam-dong ochazuke restaurant for pork belly lunch: Ochaya Yeonnam

Ochaya Yeonnam is an ochazuke (rice in tea broth) restaurant in Yeonnam-dong, Seoul, about a five-minute walk from Hongik Univ. Station on the Gyeongui Line. The writer met her husband for a 12:30 lunch after salsa class and ordered pork belly ochazuke and eel ochazuke at the kiosk, then poured the broth over the rice halfway through, which lifted the umami sharply. Ochaya Yeonnam is a place she would return to for a solo meal, a hangover cure or a quick lunch near Hongdae.

Written Sep 15, 2026Sponsored
Songpa, SeoulHair & beauty salons

Munjeong Station lash salon: straight-lash 9mm LED set, Lash Doll

Lash Doll Munjeong Station is a lash extension salon specialising in LED extensions in Songpa, Seoul, on basement level 1 of the SK V1 building, connected directly to Munjeong Station underground. The writer, whose natural lashes are very straight, came back for a set with the front lashes at 9mm and the rest at 10mm in a JC curl, and while extensions elsewhere thinned out after a month and a half, the Lash Doll LED set stayed full for two months. Best of all, there was no stinging in the eyes right after the appointment.

Written Sep 15, 2026Sponsored
Jongno, SeoulRestaurants

Korean BBQ with kids near Jonggak Station: egg custard and cold

Jonggak-ap Nosang Gongyeong Juchajang is a charcoal-grill Korean BBQ restaurant on the 5th floor near Jonggak Station in Jongno, Seoul, where staff grill the meat from start to finish. On a family day out in Jongno, the ₩99,000 two-person recommended set came with added kkakdugi (radish kimchi) fried rice, banban naengmyeon (half-and-half cold noodles) and steamed egg custard, and the high-backed private booths made eating with a child relaxed. Followed by a walk along Cheonggyecheon and a stop at Kyobo Bookstore in Gwanghwamun, Jonggak-ap Nosang Gongyeong Juchajang anchors a full weekend course for families.

Written Sep 15, 2026Sponsored
Yeongdeungpo, SeoulRestaurants

Dangsan hangover soup spot, ₩9,000 bone soup: Ppyeodaegwi Haejangguk

Dangsan Ppyeodaegwi Haejangguk is a pork bone soup and gamjatang (potato and pork bone stew) restaurant on Seonyu-dong 1-ro, near Yeongdeungpo-gu Office Station in Seoul. On a hungover Sunday at 4pm, two friends ordered one mild and one spicy bone soup plus an egg roll for ₩30,000, and the ₩9,000 pot was stacked so full of big bones that the rice went unfinished. Of the many soup restaurants along the main road by Yeongdeungpo-gu Office, Dangsan Ppyeodaegwi Haejangguk came out on top.

Written Sep 15, 2026Sponsored
Mapo, SeoulRestaurants

Hapjeong daytime-drinking BBQ in Seoul: 550g Special2 at Gim Sukseong

Gim Sukseong Hapjeong Branch is an aged Korean pork BBQ restaurant with old-school charm on Yanghwa-ro 8-gil near Hapjeong Station in Mapo, Seoul. On a weekday afternoon the writer ordered the Gim Sukseong Special2 — two servings of 2cm-thick pork neck plus a 250g limited-edition aged cut, 550g in total — grilled tableside by staff from start to finish, then finished with bibim naengmyeon (spicy cold noodles) and fried rice. With soju, beer and a full highball lineup, Gim Sukseong Hapjeong Branch makes a satisfying daytime aged-meat course.

Written Sep 15, 2026Sponsored
Gangdong, SeoulRestaurants

Cheonho Station bar in Seoul for whelk hotpot and soju: Bulhyanggi

Bulhyanggi is a charcoal-grilled meat and drinking-snack restaurant near Cheonho Station in Seongnae-dong, Gangdong, Seoul. Stopping in for a second round of soju, the writer ordered the wang golbaengi modeum tang (assorted whelk hotpot) for 39,000 won and oijingeo sundae (stuffed squid), and found the broth from the whelks and mussels sharp and clean, with the squid chewy outside and soft inside. Bulhyanggi works well as a second-round spot for snacks and drinks with friends.

Written Sep 15, 2026Sponsored