3 korean spots in Bukchon and Samcheong, editor-picked by TableJourney. All of Bukchon and Samcheong's food · All korean in Seoul.
Tosokchon Samgyetang ★ 4.3
5 Jahamun-ro 5-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
The most visited samgyetang (ginseng chicken soup) restaurant in Seoul, set in a cluster of traditional hanok buildings near Gyeongbokgung Palace.
Tip: Come at 10:00 on a weekday to walk straight in; the broth is identical morning and night.
Tosokchon Samgyetang ★ 4.3
5 Jahamun-ro 5-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
The most visited samgyetang restaurant in Seoul, set across several traditional hanok houses near Gyeongbokgung Palace with a long daily queue before 11:30.
Tip: Come at opening on weekdays; queues are shortest before 11:30.
Bukchon Son Mandu ★ 4.2
84-1 Gyedong-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
A hanok courtyard dumpling kitchen in Bukchon, selling hand-formed mandu (dumplings) by the basket to a patient queue of Seoulites who find the 20-minute.
Tip: The mandu guk (dumpling soup) is only slightly more expensive and adds a clear anchovy broth that makes it a meal.