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Gwangjang Market
Food · Jongno & palaces · Jongno 5(o)-ga Stn Exit 8 · 2 min walk
Seoul's oldest market (1905), with a buzzing food alley of pancake griddles and raw-beef stalls.
About 1 hour
₩
OK to eat alone
Tosokchon Samgyetang
Food · Jongno & palaces · Gyeongbokgung Stn Exit 2 · 3 min walk
Seoul's best-known ginseng chicken soup, served in a sprawling hanok near the palace.
About 1 hour
₩₩
OK to eat alone
Hangang Bus (Yeouido Pier)
Sight · Yeouido & river · Yeouinaru Stn · 7 min walk
A 3,000-won river ferry: see Seoul's skyline from the water on a commuter boat.
1–2 hours
₩
OK to eat alone
Seonyudo Park
Sight · Yeouido & river · Seonyudo Stn Exit 2 · 15 min walk
A former water-treatment plant on a river island, turned into moody gardens among concrete ruins.
1–2 hours
Free
OK to eat alone
Yeouido Hangang Park
Sight · Yeouido & river · Yeouinaru Stn Exit 2 · 3 min walk
Seoul's classic riverside lawn: picnics, bikes, convenience-store ramyeon and the Hangang Bus pier.
1–2 hours
Free
OK to eat alone
Tongin Market Coin Lunchbox
Food · Jongno & palaces · Gyeongbokgung Stn Exit 2 · 8 min walk
Buy old-style brass coins and trade them stall by stall to build your own lunch tray.
About 1 hour
₩
OK to eat alone
Noryangjin Cupbap Street
Food · Yeouido & river · Noryangjin Stn · 3 min walk
Street stalls that fed exam students for decades: rice bowls in a cup for a few thousand won.
About 1 hour
₩
OK to eat alone
Oreno Ramen (main branch)
Food · Hongdae & Mangwon · Hapjeong Stn Exit 7 · 8 min walk
Michelin-listed ramen shop known for a rich, creamy chicken broth.
About 1 hour
OK to eat alone
Leeum Museum of Art
Sight · Itaewon & Hannam · Hangangjin Stn Exit 1 · 6 min walk
Samsung's art museum: Korean celadon and modern art in striking buildings; the antiques floor is free.
1–2 hours
Free
OK to eat alone
National Museum of Korea
Sight · Itaewon & Hannam · Ichon Stn Exit 2 · 5 min walk
Korea's biggest museum, free to enter, with 5,000 years of history under one roof.
1–2 hours
Free
OK to eat alone
English menu
Seoul Central Mosque
Sight · Itaewon & Hannam · Itaewon Stn Exit 3 · 7 min walk
Korea's first mosque, on a hill above Itaewon, ringed by halal restaurants and shops.
1–2 hours
Free
OK to eat alone
War Memorial of Korea
Sight · Itaewon & Hannam · Samgakji Stn Exit 12 · 3 min walk
Free, huge museum on the Korean War with real tanks and aircraft parked outside.
1–2 hours
Free
OK to eat alone
Gwanghwamun Mijin
Food · Jongno & palaces · Jonggak Stn Exit 1 · 3 min walk
Office workers' cold buckwheat noodle institution since the 1950s.
About 1 hour
₩₩
OK to eat alone
Jinju-jip
Food · Yeouido & river · Yeouido Stn · 5 min walk
Since 1974, one of Seoul's top kongguksu spots; the office-worker queue moves fast.
About 1 hour
₩₩
OK to eat alone
Okdongsik
Food · Hongdae & Mangwon · Hapjeong Stn Exit 3 · 8 min walk
Michelin Bib Gourmand pork soup with a famously clear broth; small counter, worth the wait.
About 1 hour
₩₩
OK to eat alone
EID Halal Korean Food
Food · Itaewon & Hannam · Itaewon Stn Exit 3 · 7 min walk
KMF-certified halal Korean food run by a Korean Muslim family, near the mosque.
About 1 hour
₩₩
OK to eat alone
Cheongjinok
Food · Jongno & palaces · Jonggak Stn · 3 min walk
Hangover-soup house running since 1937, a Seoul Future Heritage from the old Pimatgol alley.
About 1 hour
₩₩
OK to eat alone
Imun Seolnongtang
Food · Jongno & palaces · Jonggak Stn Exit 3 · 5 min walk
Opened in the early 1900s, often called Korea's oldest restaurant, still serving one milky ox-bone soup.
About 1 hour
₩₩
OK to eat alone
Hadongkwan (Yeouido Station branch)
Food · Yeouido & river · Yeouido Stn Exit 5 · 1 min walk
A branch of Seoul's famous 1939 beef-soup house; clear gomtang for breakfast or lunch.
About 1 hour
₩₩
OK to eat alone
Hwamok Sundaeguk
Food · Yeouido & river · Saetgang Stn Exit 2 · 4 min walk
Yeouido's cult pork-and-sundae soup: clean broth, chewy offal, and a line at every meal.
About 1 hour
₩
OK to eat alone
Tasty Seoul food hall (The Hyundai Seoul B1)
Food · Yeouido & river · Yeouido Stn Exit 3 · 5 min walk
A huge basement food hall: dumplings, pork cutlet and trendy desserts under one roof.
About 1 hour
₩₩
OK to eat alone
Anthracite Hapjeong
Café · Hongdae & Mangwon · Hapjeong Stn Exit 7 · 10 min walk
A roastery café in a raw industrial building, one of Hapjeong's long-standing coffee landmarks.
About 1 hour
₩
OK to eat alone
Belief Coffee Roasters
Café · Hongdae & Mangwon · Hapjeong Stn Exit 3 · 8 min walk
A big roastery with roomy basement seating, good for a long, unhurried coffee.
About 1 hour
₩
OK to eat alone
Exo Gimbap
Food · Hongdae & Mangwon · Mangwon Stn Exit 1 · 12 min walk
A tiny, signless Mangwon gimbap shop loved for cheese-heavy rolls; best as takeout.
About 1 hour
OK to eat alone
Casablanca Sandwich
Food · Itaewon & Hannam · Noksapyeong Stn Exit 2 · 10 min walk
Moroccan brothers' baguette sandwiches, big and cheap, a Haebangchon fixture.
About 1 hour
₩
OK to eat alone
Neungdong Minari (Sinyongsan)
Food · Itaewon & Hannam · Sinyongsan Stn Exit 1 · 5 min walk
Michelin Bib Gourmand (2025, 2026) beef soup topped with fresh water parsley.
About 1 hour
₩₩
OK to eat alone
Jeongin Myeonok
Food · Yeouido & river · National Assembly Stn · 7 min walk
Michelin-listed Pyongyang cold noodles with buckwheat ground fresh every morning.
About 1 hour
₩₩
OK to eat alone
Gami Bunsik
Food · Hongdae & Mangwon · Ewha Womans Univ. Stn Exit 2 · 3 min walk
An old-school student snack diner by Ewha, fed generations of students.
About 1 hour
OK to eat alone
Thanks Books
Shopping · Hongdae & Mangwon · Hapjeong Stn Exit 3 · 7 min walk
A small, carefully curated neighborhood bookshop, beloved by Seoul's design crowd.
1–2 hours
₩
OK to eat alone
Plant Cafe & Kitchen
Food · Itaewon & Hannam · Itaewon Stn Exit 4 · 3 min walk
A 100% plant-based kitchen and bakery since 2013, with English-speaking staff.
About 1 hour
₩₩
English menu
OK to eat alone
Taco Stand
Food · Itaewon & Hannam · Noksapyeong Stn Exit 2 · 10 min walk
Small Mexican taqueria with a self-serve salsa bar, one of Haebangchon's go-to taco spots.
About 1 hour
₩₩
OK to eat alone
Leesar Coffee (Yaksu, original)
Café · Myeongdong & Euljiro · Yaksu Stn · 5 min walk
The humble original of Seoul's best-known espresso bar: stand, sip an Italian-style shot, move on.
About 1 hour
₩
OK to eat alone
Chebudong Janchijip
Food · Jongno & palaces · Gyeongbokgung Stn Exit 2 · 3 min walk
A busy Seochon noodle joint in the Sejong food alley where a bowl still costs about ₩4,000.
About 1 hour
₩
OK to eat alone
Mabokrim Tteokbokki (Sindang-dong)
Food · Myeongdong & Euljiro · Sindang Stn Exit 8 · 5 min walk
The original shop of Sindang-dong's tteokbokki street, where the pot bubbles on your table.
About 1 hour
₩₩
OK to eat alone
Somunnan Jungang Kalguksu
Food · SNU & Nakseongdae · Nakseongdae Stn Exit 1 · 1 min walk
A big, fast noodle hall at the station exit where a bowl of kalguksu still costs about ₩7,000.
About 1 hour
₩
OK to eat alone
Coffee Libre Yeonnam
Café · Hongdae & Mangwon · Hongik Univ. Stn Exit 3 · 10 min walk
The Yeonnam bar of a pioneering Seoul specialty roaster, a Blue Ribbon regular.
About 1 hour
₩
OK to eat alone
Cafe Tajagi (Typewriter)
Café · Itaewon & Hannam · Noksapyeong Stn Exit 2 · 15 min walk
Retro café in an old print shop above Sinheung Market with big windows for sunset over Seoul.
About 1 hour
₩
OK to eat alone
Travertine Hannam
Café · Itaewon & Hannam · Hannam Stn · 12 min walk
Specialty coffee roaster's airy Hannam branch, served in cups by ceramist Choi Jin-ho.
About 1 hour
₩
OK to eat alone
Bookdeokbang
Café · SNU & Nakseongdae · Nakseongdae Stn · 5 min walk
A small, quiet book-and-ceramics cafe that solo visitors use for reading and study.
About 1 hour
₩
OK to eat alone
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