Bistros, trattorias, taverns and neighbourhood rooms: the mid-tier places where Seoul actually eats.

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Woo Lae Oak

Order Pyongyang naengmyeon in its Hanwoo foreshank broth, with the popular bulgogi alongside.

Woo Lae Oak has kept its traditions since opening in 1946, serving Pyongyang naengmyeon in a Hanwoo foreshank broth seasoned with only salt and soy sauce.

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Hadongkwan

Order Gomtang with brisket, offal and tripe, served with rice and Seoul-style kkakdugi.

Established in 1939, Hadongkwan is a Myeong-dong institution whose signature gomtang has a clean yet deeply savoury broth with brisket, offal and tripe.

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Imun Seolnongtang

Order Seolleongtang, a clean milky broth of beef leg bone simmered for 17 hours in a large cast iron pot.

The first restaurant officially registered in Seoul, Imun Seolnongtang is known for one bowl of seolleongtang made from beef leg bone simmered for 17 hours.

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Alt.a

Order Vegan jjamppong, or the fried tangsuyuk and yurinyuk with their crisp coatings.

Alt.a cooks only with plant-based ingredients and reimagines familiar Chinese dishes without animal products, with signatures such as vegan jjamppong.

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Mahina Vegan Table

Order Potato croquette filled with vegan caviar and truffle, served with shallot pickles aged with cherry blossoms.

Mahina Vegan Table is a vegan restaurant in Garosu-gil serving vegan pasta, burgers, pizza, wine and seasonal plates in a contemporary art-filled space.

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Nammi Plant Lab

  • ★ 3.6

Order Cheese vegetable pizza or spinach cream lasagna.

Nammi Plant Lab is a 100% vegan restaurant run by a Colombian owner, known for Italian dishes such as cheese vegetable pizza and spinach cream lasagna.

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La Cantina

Order Spaghetti Con Vongole, or the special Samsung Set.

La Cantina is a long-established Italian restaurant founded in the 1960s, named for the Italian underground wine cellar, with Korean-style Italian dishes.

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Pooja

Order Light-tasting naan and traditional curries.

Pooja serves Indian and Nepalese cuisine adapted to the tastes of Koreans, with light-tasting naan and traditional curries; its name means prayer in Hindi.

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Banpo Chicken

Order Maneul chicken, rotisserie-baked garlic chicken, or the regular roasted chicken.

Banpo Chicken specializes in chicken, and its representative dish, maneul chicken (garlic chicken), is rotisserie-baked, greatly reducing fat content.

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Myeongdong Budae Jjigae

Order Budae jjigae with pork, ham and sausage, or grilled pork belly (samgyeopsal).

The specialty of Yennal Myeongdong Budaejjigae is budae jjigae, made with pork, ham and sausage, with big serving sizes; it is also known for samgyeopsal.

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Hyeongje Galbi

  • ★ 3.6

Order Charcoal-grilled galbi, plus dolsotbibimbap, galbitang or sweet bulgogi.

Hyeongje Galbi, with nearly 40 years of history in the Sinchon area, serves charcoal-grilled beef ribs, both unmarinated and marinated galbi.

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Dubai

Dubai is a Middle Eastern restaurant run by Iraqis, serving Arabic food, a wide variety of curries and kebabs, plus appetizers like hummus and falafel.

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Namaste

Order The Veggie Lunch, which includes a vegetable curry or palak paneer.

Namaste is an Indian and Nepalese restaurant that is cheaper than other similar restaurants, and its Veggie Lunch includes a vegetable curry or palak paneer.

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Sinseonggak

Order Jajangmyeon with handmade noodles, or jjamppong, spicy seafood noodle soup.

Sinseonggak is a Chinese restaurant that uses only handmade noodles in its jajangmyeon, with tangsuyuk, japchae and a spicy jjamppong also on the menu.

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Mongnan

  • ★ 3.6

Mongnan's house specialities are tangsuyuk, sweet and sour pork, and jjamppong, a spicy seafood noodle soup, and dongpayuk is steamed and braised pork.

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Omokjib

  • ★ 3.6

Omokjib serves pork hocks with homemade soybean paste, a wholesome and welcoming restaurant for families, and every order comes with a seafood casserole.

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Duru

Order Nakji-bokkeum, stir-fried octopus, with jumeok-bap riceballs and purple sweet potato makgeolli.

Duru has three blue ribbons in the Blue Ribbon Survey and is known for nakji-bokkeum, stir-fried octopus, and jumeok-bap, riceballs, in a clean, neat setting.

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