Momos Coffee Oncheonjang
Drink Hand drip of the day
Momos Coffee began at this Oncheonjang corner of Busan in 2007 and grew into the roaster whose barista Jooyeon Jeon won the 2019 world title.
40 cheap eats places in Busan, editor-picked. The best low-budget spots in Busan: the places editors actually return to. All Busan food.
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Momos Roastery and Coffee Bar
- ★ 4.7
- Coffee roaster
- ₩
- Yeongdo
Momos roasts for all of Busan from its Yeongdo harbour roastery, the company that produced Korea's first World Barista Champion in Jooyeon Jeon.
Jeongjitgan
Order Uiseong garlic gukbap, the house twist on Busan's pork and rice soup.
Jeongjitgan cooks Busan-style dwaeji gukbap around the clock in Sinpyeong, a Michelin Bib Gourmand shop whose name is Gyeongsang dialect for kitchen.
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Hapcheon Gukbapjip
Order Ttaro gukbap, the broth and rice served separately in the old style.
Hapcheon Gukbapjip has ladled old-style Busan dwaeji gukbap in Yongho-dong since 1999, a Bib Gourmand noteworthy for its clear, repeatedly basted broth.
Pyeongsanok
Order A 10,000 won plate of suyuk with the thin wheat noodles to finish.
Pyeongsanok has fed Choryang, Busan for more than a century, a family-run Michelin Guide noodle and suyuk house a short walk from Busan Station.
OPS Namcheon Main Branch
Order Hagwonjeon custard cake
OPS has baked for Busan since 1989 and this Namcheon main branch still sells the hagwonjeon custard cakes and cream puffs the city grew up on.
Baekgudang
- ★ 4.5
- Bakery
- ₩
- Nampo and Jagalchi
Order Croison pastry
Baekgudang has baked in Busan's old downtown since 1959, three generations deep, and its croison and pie manju still queue out the Jungang-dong door.
Werk Roasters
Drink Gesha filter tasting set
Werk Roasters pours its own roasts at a pared-back showroom near Gwangan Station in Busan, one of the names that built the city's specialty scene.
BIFF Square Ssiat Hotteok Stalls
Try Ssiat hotteok
The ssiat hotteok stalls on BIFF Square fry Busan's signature seed-stuffed pancake, split and loaded with sunflower and pumpkin seeds to order.
Anmok
Order The head-meat dwaeji gukbap with a half bottle of soju, as the locals order it.
Anmok rethinks dwaeji gukbap for Namcheon-dong, Busan, a Bib Gourmand room where the pork soup comes clean and composed rather than heavy and cloudy.
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Buda Myeonoak
Order Mul naengmyeon in the icy hanwoo broth, with the suyuk taster plate.
Buda Myeonoak presses pure buckwheat Pyongyang naengmyeon near Haeundae Beach in Busan, a Bib Gourmand shop with a light, umami-led chilled broth.
100.1 Pyeongnaeng
Order The 13,000 won Pyongyang naengmyeon with a plate of northern-style mandu.
100.1 Pyeongnaeng began as a hundred-day naengmyeon pop-up in Busan in 2023 and now holds a Bib Gourmand for its Pyongyang cold noodles in Namcheon.
Halmae Gaya Milmyeon
- ★ 4.4
- Korean
- ₩
- Nampo and Jagalchi
Order Mul milmyeon with the broth kept icy; add mandu for 4,000 won.
Halmae Gaya Milmyeon ladles Busan's wheat-noodle milmyeon on Gwangbok-ro, a busy Nampo-dong hall where the queue moves as fast as the kitchen.
Blackup Coffee Seomyeon
- ★ 4.4
- Café
- ₩
- Seomyeon and Jeonpo
Drink Hae Suyeom cream coffee
Blackup Coffee has roasted in Busan since 2006 and runs this Seomyeon main room on brick, stone and its salty-sweet Hae Suyeom signature cup.
Gukje Market Food Alley
Try Bibim dangmyeon and yubu jeongol
Gukje Market's food alley seats you on benches over bibim dangmyeon, yubu pockets and chungmu gimbap, Busan street eating at its most direct.
Samjin Eomuk Yeongdo Main Store
- ★ 4.4
- Street food
- ₩
- Yeongdo
Try Eomuk and fish cake croquettes
Samjin Eomuk has pressed Busan fish cake since 1953, and its Yeongdo flagship sells bakery-style eomuk and croquettes from the original site.
18beon Wandang
- ★ 4.4
- Korean
- ₩
- Nampo and Jagalchi
Order Wandang, the paper-thin dumpling soup, 10,000 won a bowl.
18beon Wandang has folded feather-thin dumpling soup in Nampo-dong for about eighty years, one of the last keepers of Busan's Japanese-influenced wandang.
Bao Haus
Order A classic bao at 5,000 won with the fish-fragrant fried aubergine.
Bao Haus steams Taiwanese bao in a Jeonpo back street in Busan, a Bib Gourmand counter the Michelin Guide marks as one of the queues worth joining.
1969 Buwondong Kalguksu
- ★ 4.3
- Korean
- ₩
- Nampo and Jagalchi
Order Buwon kalguksu, 9,000 won, with the juicy gyoza mandu on the side.
1969 Buwondong Kalguksu has hand-cut its own noodles since 1969 in Busan's Nampo-dong, a Michelin Guide shop selling only kalguksu and mandu.
Choryang Milmyeon
Order Bibim milmyeon under its peanut dust, 7,000 won the small bowl.
Choryang Milmyeon keeps the old Choryang style alive near Busan Station, its milmyeon bowls from 7,000 won closing out rail journeys the local way.
Lee Heung Yong Bakery
Order Myeongnan baguette
Lee Heung Yong runs Busan's master-baker shops, and the Busan University branch keeps salt bread and myeongnan baguettes coming from the ovens.
FM Coffee House
- ★ 4.3
- Café
- ₩
- Seomyeon and Jeonpo
Drink Today's hand drip
FM Coffee House roasts for its own Jeonpo counter in Busan, a steady neighbourhood coffee room where the daily hand drip outsells everything else on the card.
Aery Coffee
- ★ 4.3
- Café
- ₩
- Nampo and Jagalchi
Drink Single-origin latte
Aery Coffee pours competition-series filters by Jungang Station in Busan's old downtown, known for concentrated milk drinks in limited daily runs.
Bupyeong Kkangtong Night Market Carts
Try Rotating Korean and world street snacks
The night carts of Bupyeong Kkangtong Market turn a Busan shopping lane into a standing dinner of skewers, noodles and sweets every evening after 19:30.
Namakzip
Order The 11,000 won pork gomtang with a plate of the hand-pinched boiled mandu.
Namakzip simmers a gomtang-style take on Busan pork soup in Yongho-dong, a Michelin Guide listing with hand-made dumplings and a short, focused menu.
Jin Dweji Gomtang
Order Berkshire pork gomtang with the chilled suyuk and a pile of chives.
Jin Dweji Gomtang opened in 2024 behind Gwangalli Beach in Busan and made the Michelin Guide fast, serving Berkshire pork soup at a U-shaped counter.
Yangkyungoak
Order Pyongyang naengmyeon pressed to order; the noodles never sit.
Yangkyungoak presses Pyongyang naengmyeon to order in a remodelled Millak-dong house in Busan, a Michelin Guide listing that closes when the day sells.
Bibijae
Order Mala bibimbap if you want heat, gang-doenjang bibimbap if you want depth.
Bibijae earned a Bib Gourmand on bibimbap alone in Busan's Namcheon-dong, running mala, gang-doenjang and yukjeon bowls from a small open kitchen.
Pyeongyangjip
Order Mandu baekban, 5,000 won of northern-style dumplings with rice and soup.
Pyeongyangjip folds North Korean-style mandu and fries nokdujeon in Deokcheon, Busan, a Bib Gourmand lunch room that shuts by mid-afternoon.
Niurou Mian Guanzi
Order Hongshao beef noodle soup, 11,900 won under a big yellow signboard.
Niurou Mian Guanzi ladles Taiwanese hongshao beef noodles in Namcheon, Busan, a Bib Gourmand shop that sells through around 150 bowls on a normal day.
Nagahama Mangetsu
Order The Hakata-style tonkotsu with an order of gyoza; noodles come thin and firm.
Nagahama Mangetsu cooks Hakata-lineage tonkotsu ramen on Busan's Haeridan-gil, a Bib Gourmand counter that is the shop's first outpost in Korea.
Cha Ae Jeon Halmae Kalguksu
Order The plain kalguksu: anchovy broth and soft noodles with nothing hidden.
Cha Ae Jeon Halmae Kalguksu has served morning kalguksu in Yeonsan-dong, Busan since 1982, a third-generation noodle house now in the Michelin Guide.
Gentz Bakery
Order Fish-shaped cream bread
Gentz Bakery counts among Busan's big three bread names, and its LG Metro City main shop keeps the fish-shaped cream bread line moving all day.
B&C Bakery Gwangbok
- ★ 4.2
- Bakery
- ₩
- Nampo and Jagalchi
Order Cream-filled manju
B&C has made its manju and cream puffs the same way since 1983, and this Gwangbok branch puts the Busan bakery staple a block from Gukje Market.
Hongokdang
Order Old-style red bean shaved ice
Hongokdang cooks its own red beans for danpatppang and old-style patbingsu near Gwangalli in Busan, a small shop built on one ingredient done right.
Tide
Drink Hand-drip single origin
Tide brews hand drip on Dalmaji Hill above Haeundae in Busan, a small roastery cafe where the sea fills the window and the menu stays short.
Pale Blue Dot
Drink Cocktails from 10,000 won with a record request
Pale Blue Dot seats solo drinkers along a record wall in Jeonpo, Busan, a one-person-friendly listening bar of LPs, books and honest prices.
Sinchang Toast
Try Griddled egg toast
Sinchang Toast has buttered its griddle by Gukje Market for decades, a Busan breakfast counter of ham and egg toast from 2,000 to 4,500 won.
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