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Jongno, SeoulRestaurants

Bukchon pizza restaurant with free pickles on request: Low Five Anguk

Low Five Anguk is a pizza and Western food restaurant on Bukchon-ro near Anguk Station in Jongno, Seoul. The meal — classic Caesar salad, a half-and-half corn and hot chili potato pizza, avocado kimchi fried rice and a 1664 Blanc — came to 60,000 won, and two things proved useful at Low Five Anguk: arriving after 1pm means a far easier wait, and while jalapeños come as standard, pickles are free only if you ask the server. For pizza, beer and a rice dish in one sitting, Low Five Anguk covers it all.

Written Sep 17, 2026Sponsored
Jongno, SeoulRestaurants

Sliced beef brisket at a Jongno 3-ga BBQ restaurant: Chowon

Chowon Restaurant Jongno 3-ga Branch is an outdoor-tent (yajang) Korean BBQ restaurant beside the stone wall of Tapgol Park in Jongno, Seoul, serving frozen pork belly and thin-sliced beef brisket. Arriving on a Sunday at 5:30pm with her boyfriend, the writer ordered the pork belly set for 53,000 won and, with the outdoor tables already taken, sat at an indoor table wide open to the street. She came for the frozen pork belly, but the beef brisket was the best thing on the grill that day.

Written Sep 13, 2026Sponsored
Gimhae, GyeongnamRestaurants

Taco shop in Gimhae with a mac taco and birria set: Holstaco Yulha

Holstaco Yulha is a Mexican taco restaurant on Gwandong-ro in the Yulha area of Gimhae, Gyeongnam. Taco Set A costs 30,500 won and brings 2 birria tacos, carnitas, camarones, a mac taco, nacho salsa and two drinks in one order, and the mac taco with its homemade beef patty was the clear favorite. Between the set and the colorful, exotic dining room, Holstaco Yulha is an easy date-night pick in Gimhae.

Written Sep 17, 2026Sponsored
Yangsan, GyeongnamRestaurants

Gejang restaurant in Yangsan, 28,000-won jang set: Deodo Gejang

Deodo Gejang is a gejang (marinated crab) restaurant near the Tongdosa intercity bus terminal in Yangsan, Gyeongnam, now in a 60-pyeong space after moving and expanding. Booked through Naver Reservations for a weekend dinner, two people had the assorted jang nutritious pot rice set at 28,000 won per person, which brought soy-marinated crab, spicy crab, abalone, shrimp and octopus along with hotpot bulgogi, kimchi pancake and blue crab stew. With a large parking lot, Deodo Gejang works just as well for family gatherings and larger groups.

Written Sep 17, 2026Sponsored
Namdong, IncheonRestaurants

Braised pork bones at spice level 1, Nonhyeon-dong Incheon: Cheongchun

Cheongchun Bulppyeojjim Gamjatang Incheon Nonhyeon Branch is a Korean restaurant near Incheon Nonhyeon Station serving bulppyeojjim (spicy braised pork bones) and gamjatang (pork bone and potato stew). A couple visited on a Sunday at 11am and ordered the small Cheongchun bulppyeojjim (32,000 won) at spice level 1 with gyeranjjim (steamed egg custard, 4,000 won) and fried rice for two (6,000 won), finding meat that slipped off the bone under a sweet, smoky-spicy sauce. With a parking coupon for the public street lot in front, Cheongchun Bulppyeojjim Gamjatang is an easy drive-up spot for a family or work lunch.

Written Sep 17, 2026Sponsored
Anyang, GyeonggiBars

Gwangalli set with beef tataki at a Beomgye bar: Cheolgil Busanjip

Cheolgil Busanjip Beomgye Branch is an oden (fish cake) bar in Anyang, Gyeonggi, a 5-minute walk from Beomgye Station Exit 2. The Gwangalli set for two came with beef tataki, an assorted fish cake platter and two extra Busan fish cakes — cheese and spicy squid — alongside Hanmaek draft beer and a plum highball. Every table at Cheolgil Busanjip has its own fish cake warmer, so the broth stays hot to the last bite, and the cheese fish cake was the clear favourite.

Written Sep 17, 2026Sponsored
Bupyeong, IncheonRestaurants

Incheon seafood restaurant, autumn blue crab with sea squirt: Donghae

Haemulmyeongga Donghae Haemultang is a steamed seafood and seafood stew restaurant on the seafood stew street in Bupyeong, Incheon. The small-size steamed blue crab ordered here arrived full of roe-packed autumn crab and sea squirt, and the leftover sauce was fried into rice at the end. If steamed crab dishes padded out with bean sprouts have disappointed you, the crab portion at Haemulmyeongga Donghae Haemultang is the answer.

Written Sep 17, 2026Sponsored
Yeongdeungpo, SeoulBars

Dangsan izakaya with soju tonic and mini gimbap: Snack Bar Atashi

Snack Bar Atashi Dangsan Station Main Branch is an izakaya-style pub on Yangpyeong-ro near Dangsan Station in Yeongdeungpo, Seoul. On an early weekday evening, the writer and her sister ordered an off-menu plate of raw shrimp, fried shrimp heads and mini gimbap (bite-sized seaweed rice rolls), with Ilpum Jinro 25 and tonic water plus two Kirin drafts. Bar seating makes Snack Bar Atashi easy for one or two people, and the quiet early-evening crowd left plenty of room to talk.

Written Sep 17, 2026Sponsored
Cheongju, ChungbukRestaurants

Cheongju date-night omakase bar, September steamed shrimp: Sinbakkase

Sinbakkase is a fusion omakase bar on Jinjae-ro in Heungdeok-gu, Cheongju, Chungbuk. On a weekday evening date, the omakase for two ran from abalone innards soup and bonito sesame salad through monkfish jiritang (clear soup), September-season steamed shrimp, cockles and scallops, aged flounder and sea bream, make-your-own sushi, beef yukjeon (pan-fried beef in egg batter) and grilled chicken neck with scallions, finishing with hongcho (red vinegar) ade. At 29,900 won per person for a course that runs from seafood to meat, Sinbakkase suits a date, a team dinner or a client meal equally well.

Written Sep 17, 2026Sponsored
Hanam, GyeonggiRestaurants

Hanam restaurant weekday evening seafood tomato pasta set: Bokkeriu

Bokkeriu is a Western-style restaurant on Misadong-ro in Hanam, Gyeonggi, right in front of the Han River walking path. Booked for a friend's birthday at 5:30 pm on a weekday, the two-person steak set ran from bread, soup and salad through pasta and steak to dessert, and the seafood tomato pasta and the 200g Korean beef striploin cooked medium-rare were the highlights. Quiet and open enough that Bokkeriu suits a celebration dinner.

Written Sep 17, 2026Sponsored
Asan, ChungnamRestaurants

Asan mackerel restaurant by Tangjeong Station: Busan-e Tteun Godeungeo

Busan-e Tteun Godeungeo Asan Tangjeong Branch is a grilled mackerel restaurant on the 2nd floor of the building right in front of Tangjeong Station in Asan, Chungnam. The order was three mackerel dishes — grilled mackerel, spicy seasoned grilled mackerel and aged kimchi mackerel — alongside unlimited pork stir-fry, braised tofu, egg roll and gochujang-dressed chili peppers from the self-serve bar. With parking inside the building and a public lot outside at about 600 won an hour, Busan-e Tteun Godeungeo is an easy, filling Korean meal to reach by car.

Written Sep 17, 2026Sponsored
Songpa, SeoulCafés

Short-line food trucks on a sold-out Jamsil game day: Bingdongdaeng

Bingdongdaeng is one of three food trucks by outfield ticket booth 1 at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Songpa, Seoul, selling bingsu (shaved ice) and Korean snacks. On a weekday Samsung-Doosan game that sold out every seat, the writer skipped the long gimmalguk and samgyeopsal lines and carried Bingdongdaeng strawberry bingsu for 15,500 won, an Ippeun Yeowoo bacon corn mayo hot dog for 10,900 won and Station cream shrimp for 15,000 won back to Red Seat section 119. The game was a blowout, but all three dishes delivered, and the bingsu is best eaten first before it melts.

Written Sep 17, 2026Sponsored