Jamsil, Songpa, Bangi-dong and Olympic Park. Lotte World Tower and Seokchon Lake by day, and a residential food scene of soup houses and Songnidan-gil grills around them.
A second-floor seafood pocha in Bangi-dong, a short walk from Jamsil, set up like a fish-market bar. The menu is sashimi platters, grilled shrimp, sea squirt and sea cucumber; the shrimp is cooked under a glass lid in a pan at your table and the lid comes off when it is done.
A gopchang grill house in Bangi-dong, a short walk from Jamsil, where staff grill the beef intestines at your table. The assorted platter puts gopchang, daechang and makchang on one pan, and Google reviewers mention a clean room, quick table turnover and a fried rice finish cooked in the same pan.
START WITHAssorted grill · gopchang, daechang and makchang
A newer name on Bangi-dong's restaurant street, built on the idea that aged meat deserves real technique — the name pairs 묵 (to let rest) with 힘 (strength). Staff grill at the table, and the doenjang-cured belly picks up a distinctive savory crust.
Manjok Ohyang Jokbal in Jamsilsaenae is listed on DiningCode for five-spice jokbal, pig's trotters, and bossam. The menu also has tray buckwheat noodles.
A Korean set-menu restaurant inside Lotte World Mall built around galbi courses, with a weekday-lunch galbi special, 1++ Hanwoo gomtang and Pyongyang-style naengmyeon on the à la carte side. DiningCode reviewers most often describe it as formal, upscale, quiet and clean.
START WITHGalbi course · marinated beef short rib set menu
A modern Korean fine-dining restaurant on the 81st floor of Lotte World Tower, long listed in the Michelin Guide Seoul, with a panoramic view over the city. It serves seasonal Korean tasting menus at lunch and dinner and suits a special occasion more than a quick meal.
A pork barbecue restaurant in the Songnidan-gil lanes near Seokchon Lake, open until 00:30 on weekdays. Servers cook the pork belly at the table so the group can talk, which makes it a common spot for after-work dinners with soju.
A sundae-gukbap restaurant a few steps from Olympic Park, open from 08:00 to 22:00 every day. The soup comes full of sundae and pork with rice, and stir-fried spicy squid is the usual side to share. It is one of the most popular soup houses around Jamsil.
START WITHSundae-gukbap · Korean sausage and pork soup
Ugopjip in Jamsilsaenae is listed on DiningCode for grilled hanwoo gopchang, beef small intestine. The menu also has a 500 g beef short rib for two, marinated pork ribs and icy cold noodles.
START WITHHanwoo gopchang-gui · grilled beef small intestine
A small, traditional restaurant near Samjeon Station serving cheonggukjang, a strong fermented soybean stew, with barley rice to mix with vegetables. The owner is known for helping visitors order, even through a translation app.
Jamsil Cheotjip near Seokchon Lake in Jamsil is listed on DiningCode for gimbap and bunsik, Korean snack food. The menu includes egg-rich gimbap and anchovy-broth noodles.
Opened by the son of a well-known Busan milmyeon shop, this modest Bangi-dong storefront brings a beef-bone-broth take on the noodle dish to Seoul, alongside the less common eobokjaengban beef platter. It's a good, wallet-friendly stop near Olympic Park and the Bangi-dong dining alley, an easy add-on to a day around Jamsil.
START WITHMilmyeon & eobokjaengban · wheat cold noodles and boiled-beef hot pot
Mipojip on the 5th floor of Lotte World Mall in Jamsil is listed on DiningCode for seafood set meals. The menu has a one-person seafood set, a deluxe seafood set and abalone pot rice.
START WITHHaemul jangjeongsik · seafood set meal for one
Godosik on Songridan-gil near Seokchon Lake is listed on DiningCode for aldeungsim beef loin and ogyeopsal pork belly. The menu also has kimchi stew and buckwheat cold noodles.
A soft-tofu stew specialist a short walk from Jamsil Station, open on weekdays only. It is a reasonably priced, quick lunch, and the office crowd arrives early.
A traditional chueotang restaurant in Bangi-dong serving Namwon-style loach soup, a nourishing ground-fish stew that Koreans of all ages eat for energy. Service is quick, the side dishes are good, and there is a little parking in front.
Jobaksa Sundaeguk in the Jangmi arcade in Sincheon-dong, Jamsil, is listed on DiningCode for sundae-guk. The menu has regular and special sundae-guk and seonji haejangguk, a beef blood hangover soup.
Hanmungtigi in the Jangmi arcade in Sincheon-dong, Jamsil, is listed on DiningCode for hanwoo yukhoe bibimbap and mungtigi, raw beef. The menu also has beef gukbap, a rice soup.
START WITHHanwoo yukhoe bibimbap · rice bowl with raw Korean beef
Junghwa Ilsang on Songridan-gil near Seokchon Lake is listed on DiningCode for Chinese-Korean dishes. The menu has jjajangmyeon, seafood jjamppong and pork tangsuyuk.
START WITHJjajangmyeon · noodles in black bean sauce
Jeongdamok in Jamsilsaenae is listed on DiningCode for sundae-guk and gukbap, rice soup. The menu has jinhan sundae-guk, pork gukbap, assorted sundae and a cauldron pork bone stew.
Jamsil Baekam Sundae in Jamsilsaenae is listed on DiningCode for sundae-guk. The menu has sundae-guk, pork gukbap and wang-mandu-guk, a big dumpling soup.
Sincheon Pocha in Jamsilsaenae is listed on DiningCode for pocha-style dishes, with mussel soup on the menu. It also serves pork and squid bulgogi, sausage kimchi soup and a ham rolled omelet.
Chodaechang in Jamsilsaenae is listed on DiningCode for grilled hanwoo daechang, beef large intestine, and gopchang, small intestine. The menu also has a gopchang hot pot.
START WITHHanwoo daechang-gui · grilled beef large intestine
Bondi on Songridan-gil near Seokchon Lake is listed on DiningCode for pork ribs. The menu also has pork neck, homemade cheonggukjang and young radish cold noodles.
Seoryeong on the 6th floor of Lotte World Mall in Jamsil is listed on DiningCode for its sunmyeon buckwheat noodles. The menu adds a plate of six mandu and a pork jowl jeyuk plate.
Suda Gamjatang on Songridan-gil near Seokchon Lake is listed on DiningCode for gamjatang, pork bone stew. The menu has versions with dried greens and aged kimchi, plus cheese steamed egg.
Sincheon Dwaeji in Jamsilsaenae is listed on DiningCode for pork BBQ platters. The menu has a pork belly platter, a thick pork neck platter, brisket doenjang stew and cold noodles.
Veteran Kalguksu in the basement of Lotte Department Store Jamsil is listed on DiningCode for kalguksu, knife-cut noodles, and jjolmyeon. A kalguksu and five mandu combination is also on the menu.
Gaboja Sikdang in the Jangmi arcade in Sincheon-dong, Jamsil, is listed on DiningCode for pork belly and kimchi stews. The menu has 5 mm-thick pork belly, jeyuk ssambap and kimchi jjim.
This Songridan-gil branch is listed on DiningCode as a fusion Korean restaurant known for barley doenjang. The signature is a mazesoba-style meat noodle dish, alongside octopus soy bibimbap, perilla oil whole-wheat noodles, beef short rib rice bowl and boiled pork with aged kimchi. Reviewers most often call it clean, casual, a lesser-known local pick and upscale.
Silla Jemyeon on the 6th floor of Lotte World Mall in Jamsil is listed on DiningCode for kalguksu, knife-cut noodles. The menu includes clam kalguksu, octopus bibim kalguksu for two or more people, and mandu.
START WITHDongjuk kalguksu · knife-cut noodle soup with clams
Jeju Doyajipan in the Jangmi arcade in Sincheon-dong, Jamsil, is listed on DiningCode for Jeju pork belly. The menu has a premium black pork belly and a Jeju pork platter of belly, neck and galbi-sal.
Sincheonjip in Jamsilsaenae is listed on DiningCode for frozen pork belly and beef brisket slices by the 150 g portion. The menu also has naengmyeon and kimchi stew.
Memiljip on Songridan-gil near Jamsil is listed on DiningCode for makguksu, cold buckwheat noodles, and gamja-jeon, potato pancake. The menu adds pollock roe makguksu, warm buckwheat noodles, sous-vide tenderloin and pork jowl suyuk, and a scallop cream sujebi. Reviewers most often call it casual, clean, a lesser-known local pick and down-to-earth.
A spin-off of the beef specialist Byeokje Galbi, this branch near Olympic Park has built a following on the combination of smoky charcoal-grilled pork ribs and clean, mild-broth Pyongyang naengmyeon. It's a comfortable, family-friendly sit-down option for a proper Korean barbecue meal near Jamsil and Olympic Park.
Seorae Naengmyeon on the 5th floor of Lotte World Mall in Jamsil is listed on DiningCode for naengmyeon, cold noodles. The menu has mul-naengmyeon, bibim-naengmyeon and galbitang, beef short rib soup.
START WITHMul-naengmyeon · cold noodles in chilled broth
Ganko on B1 of Lotte World Mall in Jamsil is listed on DiningCode for tonkatsu, breaded pork cutlet. The menu has a pork loin cutlet, a special tenderloin cutlet and a loin and cheese katsu.
Odeng Sikdang on the 6th floor of Lotte World Mall in Jamsil is listed on DiningCode for Uijeongbu budae-jjigae. The menu adds a set for two and a griddle budae stir-fry.
Songchu Gamagol in Sincheon-dong, Jamsil, is listed on DiningCode for Songchu galbi, grilled ribs. The menu adds galbitang, short rib soup, and a premium Korean pork BBQ.
Manok on B1 of Lotte World Mall in Jamsil is listed on DiningCode for Korean-Chinese dishes. The menu has jjajangmyeon, jjamppong and black garlic tangsuyuk, sweet and sour pork.
START WITHJjajangmyeon · noodles in black bean sauce
Hongsugye Jjimdak in Sincheon-dong, Jamsil, is listed on DiningCode for jjimdak, braised chicken. The menu has a jjimdak set meal, small jjimdak and cheese jjimdak.
Manseokjang's Lotte World Mall branch in Jamsil serves home-style Korean set meals: soft tofu stew sets, bossam and gochujang bulgogi with leaf wraps, and kongbiji (ground soybean) stew, plus a tofu and pork bossam platter to share. DiningCode reviewers most often describe it as casual, lively, unpretentious and generous.
START WITHSundubu Jeongsik · soft tofu stew set meal
This Lotte World Mall branch, about 370 m from Jamsil Station, is listed on DiningCode for bibimbap and Korean food. Several kinds of bibimbap sit alongside sundubu, doenjang stews and ttukbaegi bulgogi, and reviewers most often call it clean, casual and generous.
START WITHDolsot bibimbap · rice and vegetables served in a hot stone pot
Jeonju Seolleongtang in Jamsilsaenae is listed on DiningCode for seolleongtang, ox bone soup, and other beef soups. The menu also has galbitang, ox head gukbap and seonji haejangguk.
What are the best-rated restaurants in Jamsil & Songpa?
By Google rating with at least 300 reviews: Manjok Ohyang Jokbal Jamsil Sincheon (★4.8, 326 reviews), Bicena (★4.4, 524 reviews), Yukhwa Sikdang (★4.4, 498 reviews).
