Food tours and tastings to book

Best rated first, weighted by reviews, from the cities on this list. One per city.

Everything to book in Busan, Seoul

All 30 fine dining

Ranked by our editors.

Mingles

  • ★ 4.9
  • Mingoo Kang
  • Gangnam-gu
  • Seoul

Mingles is a modern Korean restaurant in Gangnam where chef Mingoo Kang builds seasonal tasting menus around Korean ferments, such as the Jang Trio dessert.

Jungsik

  • ★ 4.8
  • Jung Sik Yim
  • Gangnam-gu
  • Seoul

Jungsik is a New Korean restaurant in Gangnam where chef Yim Jung-sik takes inspiration from gimbap and bibimbap for a set menu that begins with banchan.

Mori

  • ★ 4.7
  • 250,000 won
  • Kim Wan-gyu
  • Haeundae
  • Busan

Mori is Busan's one-Michelin-star kaiseki room in Haeundae, run by Japan-trained chef Kim Wan-gyu and his Japanese wife, with a single seasonal course.

Palate

  • ★ 4.7
  • Kim Jae-hoon
  • Haeundae
  • Busan

Palate holds a Michelin star on Busan's Dalmaji Hill, where chef Kim Jae-hoon cooks contemporary French tasting menus with a free-spirited streak.

La Yeon

  • ★ 4.7
  • Kim Sung-il
  • Jung-gu
  • Seoul

La Yeon is a restaurant at 249 Dongho-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul, open daily 12:00-14:30 and 17:30-21:30.

Kwonsooksoo

  • ★ 4.7
  • Kwon Woo-joong
  • Gangnam-gu
  • Seoul

Kwonsooksoo is a Korean restaurant in Gangnam where the chef highlights the delicate flavours of seasonal Korean ingredients and serves a doksang main course.

Onjium

  • ★ 4.7
  • Cho Eun-hee
  • Jongno-gu
  • Seoul

Onjium sits across the street from the stone wall of Gyeongbokgung Palace, where court cuisine specialist Cho Eun-hee reinterprets Korean flavours.

Fiotto

  • ★ 4.6
  • 250,000 won
  • Haeundae
  • Busan

Fiotto is a husband-and-wife Italian restaurant with one Michelin star on Dalmaji Hill in Busan, running a pasta-led tasting menu from a tiny kitchen.

Le DORER

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.

Soigne

  • ★ 4.6
  • Jun Lee
  • Gangnam-gu
  • Seoul

Soigne is a restaurant at SINSA SQUARE 2F, Sinsa-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, open Tuesday to Sunday 12:00-15:00 and 18:00-22:00, closed Monday.

Evett

  • ★ 4.6
  • Joseph Lidgerwood
  • Gangnam-gu
  • Seoul

Evett is a Modern Korean restaurant at 10-5 Dosandae-ro 45-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul.

Restaurant Allen

  • ★ 4.6
  • Allen Hyunmin Suh
  • Gangnam-gu
  • Seoul

Restaurant Allen serves contemporary dishes with light French touches, built on seasonal local ingredients, with a makgeolli-yeast sourdough as a standout.

Chaoran

Chaoran serves Hong Kong-style Cantonese cooking on the fifth floor of Signiel Busan, a Michelin Guide dining room with dim sum and Peking duck.

Ramsey

Ramsey cooks New Korean French tasting menus above Gwangalli Beach in Busan, a Michelin Guide tasting room with the Gwangan Bridge filling its window.

Zero Base

Zero Base is a Michelin Guide listed Japanese counter in Busan's Millak-dong, where the course changes with whatever seafood lands that morning.

Meerok Super

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.

Delibong

  • ★ 4.2
  • Dinner course 88,000 won
  • Gwangalli
  • Busan

Delibong builds its French dinner course around house-cured charcuterie in Busan's Millak-dong, a Michelin Guide room that seats one evening service.

Moment Local

Moment Local ages hanwoo beef for weeks, then grills and rests it over charcoal on Dalmaji Hill, new to the Michelin Guide Busan selection in 2026.

GiwaKang

  • ★ 3.6
  • Gangnam and Cheongdam
  • Seoul

GiwaKang is a Korean restaurant in Gangnam where Chef Min-chul Kang melds classic Korean flavours with refined French techniques in an open kitchen.

Bicena

Bicena is a restaurant on the 81st floor of Lotte World Tower, where the chef showcases ingredients and culinary traditions from his hometown.

Collage

  • ★ 3.6
  • Gangnam and Cheongdam
  • Seoul

Collage is a French restaurant in Ananti at Gangnam where Chef Jin-sung Noh gives traditional French cuisine a modern touch with fermentation techniques.

Sushi Kanesaka

Sushi Kanesaka seats eight at a hinoki counter inside Hinotsuki at Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas, serving sushi made with Korean rice.

Bium

  • ★ 3.6
  • Gangnam and Cheongdam
  • Seoul

Bium is a restaurant of Korean temple cuisine where Chef Dae-chun Kim cooks seasonal local vegetables that reflect the four Buddhist elements.

Restaurant OY

  • ★ 3.6
  • Gangnam and Cheongdam
  • Seoul

Restaurant OY in Cheongdam serves French food as a single set-course menu only, with a seasonal change of 7 dishes at dinner and 4 at lunch.

Haobin

  • ★ 3.6
  • Jung-gu and Myeongdong
  • Seoul

HAOBIN is a traditional Cantonese restaurant at the Ambassador Seoul Pullman where Master Chef Hou Deokjuk prepares high-quality Chinese dishes.

Seoul Dining

  • ★ 3.6
  • Jung-gu and Myeongdong
  • Seoul

Seoul Dining serves Seoul style food based on French and Italian cooking, reinterpreting the city's seasonal ingredients, from owner chef Kim Jin-rae.

N Grill

  • ★ 3.6
  • Itaewon and Hannam
  • Seoul

N Grill is a fine dining restaurant in Namsan N Seoul Tower that serves full-course set menus and is known for its steaks, with a panoramic night view.

Poom Seoul

  • ★ 3.6
  • Gangnam and Cheongdam
  • Seoul

Poom Seoul is a Korean restaurant that specializes in food from the Joseon Dynasty, modifying the cuisine of the Joseon upper-class to satisfy modern palates.

Sudam

  • ★ 3.6
  • Gangnam and Cheongdam
  • Seoul

Sudam specializes in high-end han-jeongsik, Korean table d'hote, and its head chef has over 26 years of experience, using only fresh ingredients.

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