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Restaurants in Korea, told firsthand by local bloggers — with photos and Google Maps.

Geumcheon, SeoulRestaurants

Charcoal hanwoo BBQ in Geumcheon, Seoul: Ddeum Sukseong Hanwoo No.9

Ddeum Sukseong Hanwoo No.9 is a 1++ No.9 grade hanwoo beef restaurant in the Lotte Castle Gold Park 3 retail block by Geumcheon-gu Office Station in Seoul. The 500g special set brings sirloin, shrimp cut (saeu-sal), top blade (salchi-sal) and skirt meat, all grilled over charcoal by the owner himself, with complimentary ankimo (monkfish liver) and seasoned cockles and house-made fish sauce alongside. The semi-omakase course closes with a bowl of ramyeon, making Ddeum Sukseong Hanwoo No.9 an easy recommendation for an anniversary dinner.

Written Sep 18, 2026Sponsored
Dalseo, DaeguRestaurants

Hanjeongsik set for three in Wolseong-dong, Daegu: Geumdeungeo Dalseo

Geumdeungeo Dalseo Branch is a hanjeongsik (Korean set-meal) restaurant serving oven-grilled mackerel on the 3rd floor of Jincheon Food Town in Dalseo-gu, Daegu. To celebrate her mother passing the written exam for her hanbok craftsman licence, the writer brought both parents for three servings of the Geumdeungeo pot rice set plus one plate of neopttigi beef jeon, and her parents liked the seats divided by partition walls and blinds and the unlimited self-serve banchan bar. With 4 hours of free parking, Geumdeungeo Dalseo Branch is an easy pick for family meals and gatherings.

Written Sep 18, 2026Sponsored
Icheon, GyeonggiRestaurants

Icheon Korean restaurant with private family rooms: Baekonjeong Yeomso

Baekonjeong Yeomso is a Korean restaurant on Jeungsin-ro in Icheon, Gyeonggi, specialising in yeomso-tang (goat soup) and goat salad. Before giving birth, the writer gathered her family in a private room and ordered the goat soup set meal at 22,000 won per person, which brought goat soup, goat salad, hot-pot rice and scorched rice with no gamey smell at all. For a restorative family meal in Icheon, Baekonjeong Yeomso works even for first-time goat eaters.

Written Sep 18, 2026Sponsored
Cheonan, ChungnamRestaurants

Cheonan crab soup near Taejosan playground, kid-friendly: Huni Gejang

Huni Gejang Cheonan Main Branch is a blue crab soup and soy-marinated crab (ganjang gejang) restaurant on Taejosan-gil in Yuryang-dong, Cheonan. After a morning at the Taejosan forest playground, the family ordered the small Traditional Crab Soup at 70,000 won, which came with pot-cooked rice and a ramen noodle add-on to finish, and Huni Gejang made it easy with kids thanks to baby chairs and side-dish refills ordered from a tablet. With four large blue crabs in a deep, rich broth, Huni Gejang is a solid pick for crab-loving families.

Written Sep 18, 2026Sponsored
Yongin, GyeonggiRestaurants

Kids' udon set and mazesoba udon near Seongbok Station: Chilseong

Chilseong Jemyeonso Suji Main Branch is a noodle and pork cutlet restaurant on the first floor of Seohee Starhills on Seongbok1-ro, Suji-gu, Yongin, near Seongbok Station. A family with a 12-month-old baby ordered mazesoba udon, whole pork loin cutlet, tteokkkochi (rice cake skewers) and a kids' udon set, and the restaurant had baby chairs and baby tableware ready. For a family meal out with a small child near Seongbok Station, Chilseong Jemyeonso was an easy, reliable choice.

Written Sep 18, 2026Sponsored
Ansan, GyeonggiRestaurants

Ansan kimchi jjigae restaurant with buckwheat pancake: Choburi Gojan

Choburi Kimchi Jjigae Gojan Main Branch is a Korean restaurant in Gojan-dong, Ansan, serving kimchi jjigae (kimchi stew) simmered with domestic kimchi and fresh Korean pork alongside turmeric stone-pot rice. On a weekend evening the writer ordered the stone-pot rice and stew set for two, added a buckwheat kimchi pancake and the extra pork topping, and with unlimited rice and side dish refills her boyfriend cleared two full bowls. Even someone who never used to pay for kimchi jjigae left convinced Choburi is worth the money.

Written Sep 18, 2026Sponsored
Seongnam, GyeonggiRestaurants

Spicy chicken kalguksu (noodle soup) in Bokjeong-dong: Cheongdam Dak

Cheongdam Dak Kalguksu is a chicken kalguksu (hand-cut noodle soup) restaurant in Bokjeong-dong, Seongnam, Gyeonggi. One visit covered the spicy Cheongdam chicken kalguksu at 12,900 won, chicken kalguksu with laver topping at 10,900 won and the sampler suyuk (boiled pork) at 10,900 won, and the chicken broth was rich while the spicy kimchi worked with both the pork and the noodles. For anyone who likes deep broth and punchy kimchi, Cheongdam Dak Kalguksu is a solid kalguksu stop in Bokjeong-dong.

Written Sep 18, 2026Sponsored
Ansan, GyeonggiRestaurants

Ansan charcoal grill: autumn king prawns at Euljiro Yeontan Gui

Euljiro Yeontan Gui Ansan Wadong Branch is a charcoal-grill meat and seafood restaurant on Wadong-ro in Ansan, Gyeonggi, where salt-grilled king prawns and grilled gizzard shad (jeon-eo) appear as autumn seasonal menus. Two diners ordered 350g of salt-grilled king prawns with the prawn heads grilled in butter for an extra 3,000 won, plus grilled gizzard shad at 18,000 won for 5-6 fish, and emptied two bowls of rice in no time. Bean sprouts and kimchi from the self-serve bar, grilled over the charcoal, keep the meal from feeling heavy to the last bite.

Written Sep 18, 2026Sponsored
Sokcho, GangwonRestaurants

Sokcho fish market restaurant, snow crab C course for 3: Hanggu Hwareo

Hanggu Hwareo is a snow crab and sashimi course restaurant inside Daepo Harbor Fish Market in Sokcho. Three friends ordered the snow crab C course for 3 at 250,000 won and worked through the banchan side dishes, sea squirt, abalone and squid sashimi, a mixed platter of amberjack, rockfish and flounder, snow crab and red crab, fried rice with crab innards, and spicy seafood stew. Every crab at Hanggu Hwareo arrives pre-cleaned, so the course stays easy even for people who find shellfish a hassle.

Written Sep 18, 2026Sponsored
Suwon, GyeonggiRestaurants

Suwon gyudon restaurant, spicy orange sauce set: Gyudongjip Ajou

Gyudongjip Ajou University Branch is a Japanese rice bowl restaurant near the Ajou University intersection in Suwon, Gyeonggi. The gyudon set brings a beef rice bowl piled with smoky, flame-kissed beef plus mini soba noodles and karaage, and the spicy orange sauce served alongside keeps every bite from feeling heavy. For a filling lunch near Ajou University, Gyudongjip is worth going back to.

Written Sep 18, 2026Sponsored
Yangyang, GangwonRestaurants

Yangyang lunch specials after the grill menu closed: Yeoyejeong

Yeoyejeong is a meat restaurant on Ssangsolbaegi-gil in Seo-myeon, Yangyang, Gangwon, serving salt-aged beef and pork, marinated galbi and a lunch special menu. Arriving too late to order grilled meat, we tried three lunch specials at Yeoyejeong: meat pot rice 13,000 won, galbitang (beef short rib soup) 15,000 won and meat naengmyeon (cold buckwheat noodles) 13,000 won. With a wide parking lot, a private room for up to 24 people and baby chairs, Yeoyejeong worked well as a family or group lunch stop on a Yangyang trip.

Written Sep 18, 2026Sponsored
Ansan, GyeonggiRestaurants

Ansan Jungang-dong family celebration lunch with sherbet: That Man's

That Man's Italian Restaurant & Lounge is an Italian restaurant on the 6th floor of the Dongwon Building by Jungang Station in Ansan, Gyeonggi. For a family party celebrating an exam pass, the meal covered the soup of the day at 6,900 won, lamb rack steak at 43,900 won and anchovy oil spaghetti at 24,900 won, plus a homemade fruit sherbet served as the weekday lunch dessert. With everything from the pre-meal bread to dessert in one sitting, That Man's is an easy choice for a family gathering in Ansan.

Written Sep 18, 2026Sponsored