Location: Seogwipo
Top Restaurants in Seogwipo
Top 10 restaurants in Seogwipo, South Korea
On the south side of Jeju Island, Seogwipo offers swanky hotels, rugged cliffs, popular beaches and gorgeous waterfalls. The volcanic-rock cliffs located around Jungmun beach are a wonder. Make sure to visit the viewing platform to take in the spectacular vistas. A coastal city, Seogwipo's many activities revolve around the ocean, including diving and submarine tours. Many of the restaurants specialize in fresh, local seafood. There's also much to see and do inland, including temples, art museums, amusement parks and botanical gardens.
Things to do in Seogwipo
1. Bagdad Cafe
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 114 reviews
Reviewed By Tim R
We wanted something else than Korean food, so we decided to go to Bagdad Restaurant. The food is delicious (we both had lamb) and the hosts speak proper English and are really kind! Try the Indian Tea and Naan when you get there!
2. Sunny Garden
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 101 reviews
Reviewed By Vicky A
We, a couple, decided to have dinner at Sunny Garden after Reading the positive Trip Advisor reviews. We ordered Korean beef platter at KRW90,000, beef tartare at KRW25,000, and cold noodle at KRW7,000. The beef platter came in a large portion. Although the meat was...MoreI am so glad to hear that you enjoyed our service. I hope you had a lot of good memories from this trip in beautiful Jeju island. We always do our best to be best restaurant for you. Thank you very much. Representative Jung-joon Kim
3. Ollae Guksu
Overall Ratings
4 based on 199 reviews
Reviewed By Terry M - Hamilton, Canada
I had forgotten the name of the restaurant but had the street number. If I had forgotten the latter, there was only one restaurant on the street that was full. From Reading some of the reviews, I knew what to do. The chap sat me immediately, the restaurant holding no more than perhaps 20 patrons. It was funny and charming when a waitress brought me a menu in English that essentially said there was one noodle soup on the menu for 7,000 won. It was worth it, presented in a huge bowl. The noodles were very, very good. The broth was fine, sprinkled with green onions and peppers. The star of the dish was the tender chunks of pork. Sides included the typical spicy paste, more green papers and frankly some of the best kimchi of the trip. By the time I left feeling very full there were roughly 20 people waiting outside. When you can dine where there are no other foreigners around it means you have found something local and, in this case, special as well.
4. Ankeori Pakeori
Overall Ratings
4 based on 86 reviews
Reviewed By Melanie M - Perth, Australia
There are only two meal options here: set menu with pork, fish, stew and 10-15 side dishes, or; vegetable bibimbap with around 10 side dishes. We both had bibimbap and were thrilled with this decision. Very fresh local food, excellent service. Older reviews mention a lack of English menu and no English speaking staff. We found that the staff speak basic English, and they had hand written a menu in English on white printer paper! The restaurant was not full (altho they it was a Wednesday night). Highly recommend this centrally located restaurant.
5. Mint
Overall Ratings
4 based on 43 reviews
Reviewed By annettefromm - Miami
This western style restaurant is located at the Phoenix Island resort in The Glass House designed by Japanese architect Tadeo Ando. From the parking lot it's about a 10-15 minute hike to the location. Great views as you walk, even some sightings of Jeju horses. The prix fixe meal was delicious, a gourmet treat. Unfortuntely, we were there on a blustery day so we could not climb up to the neighboring lighthouse.
6. Soul Kitchen
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 118 reviews
Reviewed By Chickenlips79 - Dongducheon, South Korea
This is a really cute little place with great service and good options if you need a break from Korean food. They have a nice selection of pasta, pork, beef and chicken and a few other dishes. We ate here twice and were happy both times. If we had one suggestion it would be to have some lunch options like sandwiches, burgers, etc. The menu for dinner and lunch is the same. All in all we would recommend it and would go back if in the area again.
7. Donato's
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 74 reviews
Donato's do NOT allow the entry of children less than 8 years respectfully. since this place is both restaurant and gallery, so even over 8 year old childrens are NOT to run indoor and to be loud. Please kindly understand.
Reviewed By Willbur_10 - Petra - Wadi Musa, Jordan
After spending the morning at the local beach our friends told us about this amazing pizza place that apparently had "the best pizzas outside Naples" so we went to Donato's for a late lunch.
We were greeted like long lost friends and seated at a table near the open section of the restaurant. A drinks order was taken and menus offered. We ordered one pizza Andrea, one Insalata di funghi and Aranciata Ross. The drinks were served promptly and our food arrived in next to no time.
Our greeter/seater (possibly Donato himself served the main courses then offered freshly grated parmesan and explained about the location of the freshly milled black pepper and chilli flakes.
What can we say the Pizza Andrea was superb and the salad had an exquisite dressing to boot. This was just how mamma made a de pizza back in Naples
A fantastic meal and not overly expensive - 10 out of 10 for quality and service and yes we will be back before we leave Jeju.
8. Childonga
Overall Ratings
4 based on 81 reviews
Reviewed By Tim C - Hong Kong
...that really didn't matter. Service was quick and extremely friendly and the black pork, kimchi and everything else was absolutely excellent. Special thanks to Mr. Lee Kang-Il who took special care of us. We didn't book, but were lucky enough to be shown to a table immediately. Our fellow diners were almost all Korean so, if it's good enough for them, then it certainly would be for us too.
Dinner for the two of us cost 60,000 Won. We recommend this place and hope you can find it.
9. Macho Grill
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 72 reviews
Fusion mexican food bistro Taco / Burrito / Quesadilla Enchillada Fajata Queso Super nacho Honey lemon wing Draft / Craft /Imported beer Margaritta
Reviewed By Rebecka H - Gothenburg, Sweden
Me and my friends ate dinner here one evening at Jeju. I took a burrito filled with bulgogi. It was delicious! I love the concept of the restaurant, it feels unique. They had quesadillas, burritos and tacos with various korean fillings.
The drinks were great too. Margritas with different flavours and some other drinks. The only thing to complain about was that the service was a little bit slow. One friend got her meal when we were almost done.
10. Myeongjin Jeonbok
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 181 reviews
Reviewed By lagoontan - Singapore
We made it to Myeongjin after a very windy experience at Seongsan Ilchulbong. Needing something warm & tasty, we thought an abalone porridge would do the trick. Got there at about 2pm and told to come back at 5.30pm!!! Amazed and aghast, we ended up begging & cajoling the ahjumma who manned Reservations as to whether she could move us to an earlier slot. What we somewhat understood was that there's a break time for them around 3-4pm hence we could only be served after that. We were told to have a seat in the waiting room where we could help ourselves to 3-in-1 coffee but after 15 min there, we decided to head off to do some rail biking to pass the time faster.
The menu in Myeongjin is limited to 4 or 5 mains. We ordered the famous abalone porridge, hot stone abalone rice & 10 pieces of grilled abalones. We were pleasantly surprised by the hefty grilled mackerel they threw in as a side to the hot stone rice. While the signature dish is the abalone porridge, one could say that in the end, it looked and tasted rather bland. A dull brown colour, small bits of abalone peppered the porridge and it was pretty much tasteless. The hot stone abalone rice, on the other hand, was fragrant & decked out with generous slivers of abalone. Still adding in the gochujang (red chilli paste) helped to lift the flavours a notch or two higher.
The grilled abalones were succulent without being too eraser-like in texture. We enjoyed it as it came piping hot and this being Jeju, it had to be awesomely fresh.
Overall, the meal was filling and if you have to eat abalone in Jeju, might as well partake of them in this famous store. Just be prepared for the wait!
Side note:- abalone in our opinion is best eaten grilled. The fresh from sea sashimi way of ingesting them makes for a tough meal usually coupled with gritty grains of sand.
