Seoul Food Guide: 25 Must-Eat Restaurants in Seoul, South Korea

Many long-term travelers have made it their mission to visit every country in the world. We aren’t one of those people. Instead, we have a short list of countries we want to visit again and again, and a lot of it has to do with the food. South Korea is one of those countries.

We’ve been to Seoul three times thus far and are planning a fourth trip this year. With each visit, we delve deeper into the city’s culinary landscape to update and improve upon this Seoul restaurant guide. It’s important for us to eat like locals so we’ve made it our mission to find the best restaurants serving the most delicious and authentic examples of key Korean dishes like BBQ, bibimbap, kalguksu, naengmyeon, and many others.

Compiled and refined over the years thanks to the help of locals, trusted food…