In this article, I’ll share with you the top 10 restaurants in Yangjae Station that you should try when traveling to Seoul.
1. Shandong Kalguksu
- Address: 1365 Seocho-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul
- Hours: 11:00 to 21:30
- Menu: Handmade Kalguksu (8,000 won), Dumpling soup (8,000 won)
First on our list of the best 10 restaurants in Yangjae Station is Sandong Kalguksu. This restaurant has been loved by local residents for over 30 years. The food is served quickly and the prices are affordable, so it is always crowded with office workers during lunchtime. The representative menu, Sonkalguksu, is made with plenty of clams, which adds chewy noodles to the cool broth.
2. Hwang Jae Beol
- Address : Shinhwa Building, 1360-47 Seocho-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, Korea
- Business Hours : 16:00 ~ 2:00
- Menu: Eel (19,000 won), Jjukkumi (19,000 won), King eel (22,000 won)
Second on our list of the best 10 restaurants in Yangjae Station! When you order jukkumi, it comes with a self-made rice ball. The fiery flavors of the onigiri add an extra spicy kick to the dish.
3. Sohojeong Main Branch
- Address: 392-11 Yangjae-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, Korea
- Business Hours: 11:30 ~ 21:30
- Menu: Andong Guksi (12,000 won), Gukbap (12,000 won), Suyuk (45,000 won)
Yangjae Station: The third of the 10 best restaurants! This is a delicacy from President Kim Young-sam’s first ministerial meeting. The menu is simple. However, the flavors are not light. The Andong-style noodles are served in huge portions. The broth is made with soft and rich bone broth.
4. Yeongdong Jokbal No. 3
- Address: 1-8 Yangjae-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, Korea
- Business Hours: 11:30 ~ 23:30
- Menu: Jokbal (38,000 won), Tray makguksu (14,000 won), Sundubu stew (7,000 won)
Fourth on our list of the best 10 restaurants in Yangjae Station! This popular jokbal restaurant in Yangjae-dong started with 10 tables in 1985 and now has five branches nearby.
5. Minimalist Kitchen Isubu
- Address: 102, 546-8 Dogok-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea
- Hours: 18:00 ~ 21:30
- Menu: Course menu (1 person, 100,000 won), 5-person course menu (500,000 won)
The fifth of the 10 best restaurants in Yangjae Station! Isubu is a fusion restaurant located just off Bangbangsa Street.
There are no set menus or dishes, and the chef creates carefully prepared dishes with seasonal ingredients that he shops for himself. On one side of the store, they sell homemade sauces, pesto, and more. This is a reservation-based, self-service, one-table restaurant that only accepts one group per day, so you’ll need to make a reservation at least two weeks in advance.
6. Sake Bar Shuto
- Address: 1F, Hojeong Building, 947-11 Dogok-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea
- Hours: 18:00 to 1:00
- Menu: Dinner Omakase (55,000 won), Cooking Omakase (45,000 won), Shimesaba (16,000 won)
Number 6 on our list of the best 10 restaurants in Yangjae Station! Nihonshu Bashuto is a place where you can enjoy reasonably priced omakase and over 150 types of sake.
Their omakase comes in two courses: a cooking omakase, which includes Japanese vinegared snomono, steamed abalone, sashimi, cream cheese, charcoal-grilled fish, lotus root dumplings with crab meat sauce, and shrimp meat-stuffed mushroom tempura, and a dinner omakase, which includes charcoal-grilled beef tip and Suji Nikomi udon noodles.
7. Quichon 82
- Address: 453-16 Dogok-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea
- Hours: 12:00 ~ 22:00
- Menu: Kimjaejeon Uchae Tip Sirloin (57,000 won), Coq au vin (55,000 won), Crispy Pork (35,000 won), Duck Breast (34,000 won),
This is a French restaurant that has a chef with French experience from Jeongjeongdang and Dong Ebo, and does not have a course menu, so you can choose your menu freely. The restaurant’s name combines the word “quichon,” which means the right temperature at which the ingredients are cooked. It also includes “82,” a numerical representation of the pronunciation of Paris, France.
8. Delicious Italian
- Address: Tower Palace, 467-29 Dogok-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea
- Business Hours: 11:30 ~ 22:00
- Menu: Simple Set (KRW 27,500), Together Set (KRW 53,900)
Eighth on our list of the best 10 restaurants in Yangjae Station! This restaurant serves Italian dishes adapted to Korean tastes. It achieves this by using ingredients such as cheese, sauces, and spaghetti noodles imported directly from Italy. The green noodles made with spinach and the cappuccino with clams are popular.
9. Seolseong Farm Tower Palace Branch
- Address: 467, Dogok-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
- Hours: 11:00 ~ 22:00
- Menu: Korean beef short ribs (50,000 won), Korean beef tenderloin (48,000 won), Korean beef sirloin (42,000 won), Korean beef flower sirloin (45,000 won)
10 Best Restaurants in Yangjae Station 9. Seolseong Ranch Korean Beef Grilled Restaurant is a Korean beef specialty restaurant. It is directly operated by Seolseong Ranch Corporation. This is an agricultural company that raises, distributes, and sells eco-friendly Korean beef. Their mission is ‘safe and fresh from farm to table’.
10. Memories of Briquettes Galbi
- Address: 15-8, Yangjae-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, Korea
- Business Hours: 12:00 ~ 1:00
- Menu: Cow briquette ribs (33,000 won), black pork ribs (18,000 won)
The tenth on our list of the best 10 restaurants in Yangjae Station! This restaurant specializes in black pork ribs from Jeju Island, which are grilled in a thick grill with briquettes. Their black pork ball and black pork belly are especially popular, and you can really enjoy the rich flavor of black pork.
