Seoul

Food and Restaurants

Namu is the place to savor ethnic Asian dishes in a modern reincarnation. Enjoy a contemporary Japanese cuisine in stylish surroundings with the natural rough-hewn timber of the interior adding an interesting touch. A variety of specialties, with a sushi and sashimi bar, a teppanyaki/hibachi station and a la carte dining will entice you into visiting again. Food here is served at long tables. The wrap-around bar serves ice-cold sake, single malt beverages and cocktails.

Showing 1–23 of 23 restaurants

City guide section

Top picks in Seoul

Showing 1–23 of 23 restaurants

Browse the highlights below, then open any place for maps, area notes, and practical details.

Familia Buffet

Situated in the plush Imperial Palace hotel, the Familia restaurant serves a whooping 120 dishes in its buffet. The sophisticated and classy environment of this place is sure to lure you into visiting it often.

Min's Club

A 1930s hanok (traditional Korean one-storey wooden house with a tiled roof) has been artistically restored into a restaurant that is charming as well as classy. The food offered here is European/Korean fusion.

Tony Roma's

New rib styles and sauce flavors, mouth-watering char-grilled steaks, BBQ chicken, scrumptious seafood, crispy salads, burgers and beer make this a hot spot for people who love American food.

Namu/Liquid Bar

Enjoy a contemporary Japanese cuisine in stylish surroundings with the natural rough-hewn timber of the interior adding an interesting touch.

Yongsusan

Get a taste of Korean tradition in this colorfully decorated restaurant. Mother-of-pearl panels add a statement of style to the interiors. The serving staff too is in traditional Korean attire (hanbok).

La Plancha

Warm cozy atmosphere + fantastic food = a tantalizing experience that will linger on in your memory for days to come.

Santorini

A winner, no less, this place serves the yummiest baby ribs, moussaka or pork souvlaki which is marinated and cooked on a rotisserie.

Thai Orchid

With prices that will suit your pocket, the Thai Orchid is the place to go to for genuine, good and reasonably priced Thai food.

Sosim

At Sosim you will be served what is known as Buddhist food; traditional diet, purely vegetarian, with emphasis on health and longevity.

Taco

Five types of Mexican munchies are served in this low-cost, colorful and cheerful eating place which is a hot favorite with foreigners. The youthful staff prepares the food in front of the diners.

Soma 1095

You don't have to know the Korean language to be able to order your meals here. Just consult the color photographs of the 40 well-presented meals available and select your desired dish.

Salam

From the cuisine, the music, the décor, to the scent of Turkish tobacco that wafts up to greet you, this restaurant will make you feel you are in another world.

Gio

The menu here is sweet and short, literally. Only two dishes are served and that too both are cooked at your table. A bowl of mushrooms and home-made noodles, a dish eaten widely in Seoul, is the first dish.