Myeongdong Tteokbokki Carts ★ 4.1
Myeongdong pedestrian strip has dense street food carts: tteokbokki, gyeran-ppang (egg bread), and fish cake skewers from 2,000 won in central Seoul.
Try: Tteokbokki, fish cake skewers, gyeran-ppang
NeighbourhoodJung-gu and Myeongdong
The dishKalguksu (knife-cut noodles in anchovy broth)
Location
Address: 21 Namdaemunsijang 4-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul
Also in Jung-gu and Myeongdong
Euljiro Jjajangmyeon Alleys ★ 4.0
The Euljiro industrial backstreets have a cluster of Chinese-Korean (jungshik) restaurants serving jjajangmyeon (wheat noodles in black bean paste sauce).
Try: Jjajangmyeon (black bean sauce noodles) and jjamppong (spicy seafood noodles)
Hadongkwan ★ 4.4
Hadongkwan has served seolleongtang (milky ox bone and brisket soup) from its Myeongdong address since 1939, at a price that remains practically unchanged.
Try: Seolleongtang (milky ox bone soup)
More budget eats in Seoul
Myeongdong Tteokbokki Carts ★ 4.1
Myeongdong pedestrian strip has dense street food carts: tteokbokki, gyeran-ppang (egg bread), and fish cake skewers from 2,000 won in central Seoul.
Try: Tteokbokki, fish cake skewers, gyeran-ppang
Euljiro Jjajangmyeon Alleys ★ 4.0
The Euljiro industrial backstreets have a cluster of Chinese-Korean (jungshik) restaurants serving jjajangmyeon (wheat noodles in black bean paste sauce).
Try: Jjajangmyeon (black bean sauce noodles) and jjamppong (spicy seafood noodles)
Pig Company Hongdae ★ 4.0
Pig Company's Hongdae outpost runs a foreigner-friendly all-you-can-eat samgyeopsal counter with pork belly, neck, marinated cuts and a banchan spread on a flat two-hour clock.
Try: All-you-can-eat pork belly samgyeopsal
Gwangjang Market Stalls ★ 4.7
Gwangjang Market is the best place in Seoul to eat for very little: bindaetteok for 4,000 won, mayak gimbap for 3,000 and soondae blood sausage for 5,000.
Try: Bindaetteok (mung bean pancake), mayak gimbap, soondae
Hadongkwan ★ 4.4
Hadongkwan has served seolleongtang (milky ox bone and brisket soup) from its Myeongdong address since 1939, at a price that remains practically unchanged.
Try: Seolleongtang (milky ox bone soup)
Imun Seolnongtang ★ 4.5
Imun Seolnongtang has served the same bowl since 1904 -- seolnongtang, a milky ox bone and brisket broth, for ₩10,000. Michelin Bib Gourmand recognised.
Try: Seolnongtang (ox bone broth soup) with rice