Jongno 종로

27 local picks in Jongno (종로), Old Seoul: 20 places to eat, 3 cafes, 2 sights, 1 thing to do, 1 place to stay. Every pick comes from a Korean blogger's own visit, and 15 of 27 were self-paid. Nearest subway: Jongno 3-ga Stn, Jonggak Stn, Jongno 5-ga Stn.

Where to eat in Jongno

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Sour, spicy kimchi jjim in a hanok-style Jongno 5-ga old-timer

Jongno 종로 About ₩12,000 to 20,000 per person

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Pork belly and kimchi fried rice on foil in a Jongno 3-ga alley

Jongno 종로 About ₩16,000 to 25,000 per person

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Beef gopchang with chives in a drama-set Jongno 3-ga alley

Jongno 종로 About ₩25,000 to 35,000 per person

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Minari pork belly by the Piccadilly cinema in Jongno 3-ga

Jongno 종로 About ₩20,000 to 30,000 per person

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Pork belly in a hidden Jongno 3-ga alley old-timer

Jongno 종로 About ₩15,000 to 25,000 per person

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Thick pork belly with minari on the griddle in Ikseon-dong

Jongno 종로 About ₩25,000 to 30,000 per person

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Live octopus and beef rib hot pot steps from Jongno 3-ga Station

Jongno 종로 About ₩25,000 to 35,000 per person

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Fresh mackerel sashimi by the window between Jonggak and Jongno 3-ga

Jongno 종로 About ₩30,000 to 40,000 per person

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Aged sashimi in curtained booths near Jonggak, a date-night pick

Jongno 종로 About ₩40,000 to 60,000 per person

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Spicy braised monkfish at the most popular shop on Jongno's agujjim alley

Jongno 종로 About ₩20,000 to 25,000 per person

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Thick-cut pork neck and belly grilled for you near Jonggak

Jongno 종로 About ₩25,000 to 35,000 per person

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₩5,000 thin pork belly and squid tangsuyuk at a Jongno 3-ga old-school pub

Jongno 종로 About ₩10,000 to 20,000 per person

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Cold kalguksu with a clear beef broth near Gwanghwamun

Jongno 종로 About ₩15,000 to 25,000

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Thick freshwater eel and a mixed fish stew on the Jongno 3-ga pocha street

Jongno 종로 About ₩40,000 to 50,000 per person

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Extra-long LA galbi with free ugeoji soup and naengmyeon at Mido Galbi, Jonggak

Jongno 종로 About ₩25,000 to 40,000 per person

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Staff-grilled makchang and pork platter at a tent-bar style spot in Jongno 3-ga

Jongno 종로 About ₩20,000 to 25,000 per person

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Charcoal-grilled aged pork at a Gwanghwamun BBQ spot open since 2001

Jongno 종로 ₩20,000 to 30,000

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Radish-strip tteokbokki at Gwangjang Market

Jongno 종로 ₩6,000 to 10,000

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Pork BBQ and briquette fried rice on Jongno's street-tent alley

Jongno 종로 ₩20,000 to 30,000

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Ox bone soup at a Jongno restaurant running for over 120 years

Jongno 종로 ₩15,000 to 20,000

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Cafes in Jongno

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Einspänner coffee above Gwanghwamun Square

Jongno 종로 ₩6,500 to 13,000

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A tiled-roof bakery near Ikseon-dong known for garlic bread and coffee bread

Jongno 종로 ₩4,000 to 12,000

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A leafy hanok cafe in Ikseon-dong with two resident cats and a limited chewy bread

Jongno 종로 ₩8,000 to 20,000

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Things to see in Jongno

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Lotus lanterns and evening chanting at Jogyesa Temple

Jongno 종로 Free

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Changdeokgung, the palace where Joseon kings actually lived

Jongno 종로 ₩3,000

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Things to do in Jongno

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Play Running Man missions for real in Insadong

Jongno 종로 ₩19,000 to 25,000

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Where to stay in Jongno

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A women-only capsule hotel between Jongno and Euljiro, about ₩36,000 a night

Jongno 종로 About ₩36,000

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