38 korean places in Busan we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Busan · Korean across every city.
Try Dwaeji gukbap
Jeongjitgan cooks Busan-style dwaeji gukbap around the clock in Sinpyeong, a Michelin Bib Gourmand shop whose name is Gyeongsang dialect for kitchen.
Try Ttaro gukbap
Hapcheon Gukbapjip has ladled old-style Busan dwaeji gukbap in Yongho-dong since 1999, a Bib Gourmand noteworthy for its clear, repeatedly basted broth.
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.
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.
3 hours
Discover Korean food and culture by taking part in a Korean cooking class. Taste and learn how to cook traditional Korean dishes together with an experienced chef.
Viator · 5 h
Chance to enjoy various Korean foods Tailored cooking class provided according to guest's request. Do you want to enjoy your foods after cooking class with your group...
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Viator · 2 h
This is a very authentic Korean painting with beautiful colors and patterns. We provide Korean painting classes for foreigners living or traveling in Korea. Participan...
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.
Try Suyuk and noodles
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.
Order The clear gomtang, 15,000 won of unhurried heifer hanwoo broth.
Hanwolgwan simmers heifer hanwoo into a clear, restrained gomtang near Gwangalli in Busan, a Bib Gourmand kitchen that also plates Pyongyang naengmyeon.
Order Galbisal tteokgalbi off the charcoal, with the half-and-half crab rice if you are two.
Songheonjip chars thick tteokgalbi patties over charcoal near Gwangalli Beach in Busan, a Bib Gourmand second act from the team behind Sonnae Hyangmi.
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.
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.
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.
Order The perilla oil buckwheat noodles, milled in-house from Korean memil.
Moemiljip mills Korean buckwheat in-house for its Marine City noodle bowls in Busan, a Bib Gourmand room prized for the chew of fresh memil guksu.
Order The eight-course lunch with the 1++ hanwoo steak at its centre.
Sogonggan cooks a beef-led Korean course menu up a Haeundae side street in Busan, a Michelin Guide room whose name puns on small space and beef space.
Try Bibimbap
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.
Try Mandu baekban
Pyeongyangjip folds North Korean-style mandu and fries nokdujeon in Deokcheon, Busan, a Bib Gourmand lunch room that shuts by mid-afternoon.
Try Kalguksu
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.
Try Kalguksu
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.
Try Milmyeon
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.
Try Milmyeon
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.
Order The seasonal tasting course; the late meat course and traditional dessert reworks stand out.
Le DORER won Busan's newest Michelin star in 2026, a Marine City tasting room where a young local chef reworks traditional Korean courses in miniature.
Order The full course; the aged-fish dishes are where the tiny kitchen shows its hand.
Meerok Super seats six for a set course in Busan's Millak-dong, in the Michelin Guide, with vegetables from its own patch and carefully aged fish and meat.
Try Milmyeon
Halmae Gaya Milmyeon has made Busan's wheat-noodle answer to naengmyeon a Nampo-dong fixture, a Gwangbok-ro hall that serves milmyeon every day of the week.
Try Milmyeon
Choryang Milmyeon ladles the old Choryang style near Busan Station, milmyeon at 7,000 won with the peanut-dusted bibim bowl as the house call.
Try Dwaeji gukbap
Jeongjitgan ladles its Bib Gourmand dwaeji gukbap around the clock in Busan's Sinpyeong, the city's definitive answer to a hot meal at three in the morning.
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.
Order Dongnae pajeon, 28,000 won, thick with spring onion and seafood.
Dongnae Halmae Pajeon has griddled Busan's definitive green-onion pancake for four generations, in the old district that gave the dish its name.
Try Suyuk and noodles
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.
Try Kalguksu
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.
Try Mandu baekban
Pyeongyangjip folds North Korean-style mandu and fries nokdujeon in Deokcheon, Busan, a Bib Gourmand lunch room that shuts by mid-afternoon.
Order A bowl of Gupo guksu downstairs after the rolling class.
The Gupo Noodle Experience Center keeps Busan's wartime Gupo guksu alive near Gupo Station, part museum, part class, part cheap noodle diner.
Try Dwaeji gukbap
Jeongjitgan keeps its Bib Gourmand dwaeji gukbap near 10,000 won all day and all night in Busan's Sinpyeong, rice and soup that outwork most dinners.
Try Ttaro gukbap
Hapcheon Gukbapjip serves its clear-broth ttaro gukbap at everyday prices in Yongho-dong, Busan, a Bib Gourmand bowl that beats most tourist lunches.
Try Suyuk and noodles
Pyeongsanok sells a 10,000 won suyuk plate and 3,000 won noodles near Busan Station, over a century of cheap, serious cooking in one old room.
Try Kalguksu
1969 Buwondong Kalguksu keeps hand-cut noodle bowls at 9,000 won in Nampo-dong, Busan, milled in-house and only steps from BIFF Square's snack crowds.
Try Kalguksu
Cha Ae Jeon Halmae Kalguksu has priced breakfast noodles for Yeonsan-dong locals since 1982, Busan's Michelin Guide answer to a cheap morning meal.
Try Mandu baekban
Pyeongyangjip's 5,000 won mandu baekban in Deokcheon may be Busan's best Michelin-listed lunch deal, dumplings with rice, soup and sides included.
Try Bibimbap
Bibijae turns out Bib Gourmand bibimbap bowls from 11,500 won in Namcheon-dong, Busan, mala or gang-doenjang, each a one-dish argument for lunch.
Try Milmyeon
Halmae Gaya Milmyeon sells Busan's signature cold wheat noodles on Gwangbok-ro, bowls around 8,000 won in the arcade behind the Nampo-dong shopping streets.
