Food & Drink

Where and how Seoul eats and drinks.

The front of a GS25 convenience store in Hapjeong, Seoul, with a blue and white sign, glass windows showing shelves and a window counter with stools inside, and promotional banners on the pavement

Food & Drink

Korean Convenience Stores: How GS25, CU, 7-Eleven and emart24 Work

Paying by card, the hot-water station for cup ramyeon, opening a triangle kimbap, 1+1 and 2+1 deals, the age rule for beer, and the ATMs, parcel kiosks and tax refunds some branches add.

By Steve OH · Checked 2 November 2026

Overhead view of a brass bowl of clear beef soup completely covered in finely chopped green minari stems, with slices of beef showing underneath and a bowl of greens at the edge of the table

Food & Drink

Neungdong Minari in Seongsu: Is the Minari Beef Soup Worth the Line?

I went on a Friday night in October and paid my own bill. How long the line really takes, what to order, what minari tastes like and who may not like it, prices, hours, takeout, and the walk from Seongsu Station Exit 4.

A Gwangjang Market entrance building striped in red and beige, with a large sign reading 광장시장 and Kwang Jang Market on the roof, a covered passage into the market at street level and a pedestrian crossing in front under a blue sky

Food & Drink

Gwangjang Market Street Food: Hours, Dishes and How to Order

Hours, the walk from Jongno 5-ga Station, what bindaetteok, mayak gimbap, yukhoe and kalguksu are, how the stalls work, and how to avoid being overcharged.

A round Muslim Friendly Restaurants Korea sticker on a restaurant window at night, with lit buildings and signs blurred behind it

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How to Find Halal Food in Seoul

What the four official restaurant categories actually promise, how to check a Korea Muslim Federation certificate on the wall and online, where the official lists are, and which Korean dishes and labels hide pork.

Close-up of a pot of beef seaweed soup with dark strands of seaweed, pieces of beef and pale hand-cut noodles in a cloudy golden broth

Food & Drink

Silbiok in Seongsu: A Beef and Seaweed Hot Pot Eaten as a Course

I went on a Saturday night in October and paid my own bill. What to order, what it costs at lunch and at dinner, how the waitlist kiosk works, and how to find the basement door 171 m from Seongsu Station.

Overhead view of a portable electric grill plate laid with raw pork belly, kimchi, bean sprouts, mushrooms, pumpkin, onion, shrimp and rice cakes, surrounded by small dishes of side dishes and sauces, garlic cloves, a steamed egg, and baskets of lettuce and perilla leaves

Food & Drink

How to Order and Eat Korean BBQ in Seoul

Which cuts to order and how to say them, how to read prices by the gram, who grills, how to wrap ssam, and what to do if you are on your own.