If you’re traveling to Suncheon and looking for authentic restaurants where the locals go, here are 15 places to try.
We hope it will be helpful to those who are preparing for a trip to Suncheon.
1. Tamnaedon
This is a restaurant with delicious sheath pork belly. Meat is the most important thing in a meat restaurant.
Not only pork belly, but also seasoned ribs are delicious.
If you are with children, it is also recommended to order sweet seasoned ribs together.
1F Baekrak Building, 46, Hadaeseok-gil, Suncheon-si
17:00~22:00
Closed every 3rd week, Monday
2. Suncheon Nanter
This restaurant is known for its savory black sesame soup and acorn rice cake.
Especially, you can enjoy various dishes such as bibimbap, nakmukbap, cold noodles, jeon, tangsu, and moochim using acorn rice cake.
If you order the squirrel set menu for 4 people, you can enjoy a variety of dishes including shiitake Tangsuyuk.
4, Palma 1-gil, Suncheon-si, Jeollanam-do
11:30~21:00
15:30~17:00 Break
3. Sunghwang Restaurant
This is a delicious place for mountain octopus bibimbap. They give you a mountain of octopus.
Even the side dishes are excellent at this Jeollado restaurant. In addition to bibimbap, the restaurant specializes in octopus and sells soft-shell octopus, mountain octopus, and stir-fried octopus.
If you’re in the mood for a refreshing soup, you can also pair it with a bowl of mullet soup.
31, Jungang 5-gil, Suncheon-si, Jeollanam-do
11:00 to 20:30
Closed on Sundays
4. Ilmyeongga
This restaurant specializes in beef and is especially famous for its yukhoe.
As it is a yukhoe restaurant, the yukhoe sells out quickly. It is recommended to visit during the day rather than in the evening.
This is a butcher shop where you can eat fresh meat. There is an extra charge for the meal.
475, Jungang-ro, Suncheon-si, Jeollanam-do
11:30~21:30
15:00~17:00 Break time
5. Cheongwoo Meat House
This is a yukhoe bibimbap restaurant in Suncheon.
It’s also a butcher shop where you can buy the meat you want at the market price.
If it’s not busy, the owner will grill the meat for you, making it even more delicious.
70, Haepungdong-gil, Suncheon-si, Jeollanam-do
Closed on the first and third Sundays
6. Ilpum Pulnakji
This restaurant is known for its delicious galbitang with octopus.
By adding octopus to the cool galbi tang, it is upgraded to a complete stomach food, and you will feel energized after eating a full meal.
In addition to Galnaktang, the octopus bibimbap and Yeonpo-tang are also delicious.
11-4, Jangcheon 2-gil, Suncheon-si, Jeollanam-do
09:00~22:00
7. Jangdae Kongguksu
This is a long-established bean noodle soup restaurant in Suncheon.
There are only two dishes on the menu: bean noodle soup and red bean kalguksu.
They sell red bean porridge and bean porridge only in winter.
51, Isu-ro, Suncheon-si, Jeollanam-do
07:00~21:00
8. Donggang Makchang
This is an eel restaurant in Suncheon.
They use freshwater eel and the grilled eel is delicious, but the savory eel soup that tastes better the more you chew is also delicious.
If you pair it with a glass of bokbunjaju, you won’t get drunk.
65 Mancheonha, Baekgang-ro, Suncheon-si, Jeollanam-do
11:00~21:00
9. Sosohan Think
This restaurant specializes in grilled beef.
It’s a bar instead of a table, so it’s good for 1-2 people.
They use aged beef, so you can feel the deep flavor of the meat.
The beef bibimbap and Nagasaki jjamppong are also popular as side dishes.
1F, 3, Namsinwol 1-gil, Suncheon-si, Jeollanam-do
18:00~23:30
Closed on Sundays
10. Imo Gukbap
This restaurant specializes in bean sprout soup with beef.
The haejangguk (seaweed soup) has an ice-cold, sharp flavor. Haejangguk is 7,000 won.
The Haejangguk is filled with lots of bean sprouts, which are good for seafood, so it’s perfect for those who have had too much to drink the night before.
Please note that there are many people at lunchtime.
41, Woomyeong-gil, Suncheon-si, Jeollanam-do
08:00~21:30
Closed on Sundays
11. Flavor Tongdak
This restaurant has been operating in the same spot for 40 years since it opened in 1984.
The garlic whole chicken is especially delicious. Please note that there may be a wait for lunch as well.
3, Seongnam-daegil, Suncheon-si, Jeollanam-do
11:30~00:00
12. Suncheon Brewery
This is the only craft beer restaurant in Suncheon.
It is a hot spot in Suncheon where you can taste a variety of cool and fresh beers.
They also sell handmade burgers to go with your beer. Handmade burgers are only sold during lunchtime.
57 Yeokjeon-gil, Suncheon-si, Jeollanam-do Suncheon Brewery
10:30~00:00
14:20~17:30 Break
13. Geumbin Hall
This is a restaurant that sells Tteokgalbi limited meals.
There are only two menu items on the menu: Korean beef tteokgalbi and pork tteokgalbi.
If you order the Tteokgalbi Limited Set, you will also get a variety of side dishes to fill you up.
It is recommended if you want to eat Yangban style.
8, Jangmyeong 4-gil, Suncheon-si, Jeollanam-do
11:00~21:00
14. Hwaldang
Hwawoldang is famous for being the oldest bakery in Suncheon.
Its signature dishes are sweet volcastella and sticky rice cake.
Volcastera is a sweet bread with red bean paste inside the castella.
They are sold in beautiful packaging and are perfect for souvenirs.
You need to make a reservation by phone.
90-1, Jungang-ro, Suncheon-si, Jeollanam-do, Korea
10:00~19:00
061-752-2016
15. Heungdeok Restaurant
If you order a set meal at Baekbanjip in Suncheon, you will be served bulgogi hot pot with octopus.
A variety of side dishes are served as usual at Baekbanjip.
It is a Suncheon restaurant worth considering. It is not an expensive limited meal.
21, Eokjeon Square 3-gil, Suncheon-si, Jeollanam-do