Gangbuk Travel Guide

Seoul Gangbuk: places to visit 42 places, ranked by rating and review count.

Gangbuk is a district in northern Seoul. It has 426 restaurants, 92 cafes, and 50 bars, with notable places such as Dream Forest, Samgaksan Doseonsa Temple, and Elim Deulkkae Kalguksu Main Branch. The Suyu area includes Suyu Traditional Market, and the district also contains Solbat Neighborhood Park.

  1. Dream Forest

    ★ 4.5(14,252) attractions

    North Seoul Dream Forest is a large green park in Gangbuk-gu. Walking paths follow the Wolmyeongji pond and th…

  2. Solbat Neighborhood Park

    ★ 4.4(1,988) attractions

    Solbat Neighborhood Park is a city park with a pine forest in Ui-dong, near Duksung Women's University. Around…

  3. Daerae Hamburger Steak

    ★ 4.4(1,332) restaurants

    Darae Hambak Steak is an old Western-style restaurant near Suyu Station in Seoul that serves hambak steak and …

  4. Sunwoongak Cafe

    ★ 4.1(351) cafes

    Hanok Cafe Seonungak is a hanok cafe in Uidong, on the slopes of Bukhansan, selling coffee, domestic tea, and …

  5. Jeil Bunsik

    ★ 4.1(328) restaurants

    Jeil Bunsik is a snack stall at the entrance of Sungin Market in Seoul, selling tteokbokki, sundae, gimbap and…

  6. Sangmigyu Katsu Main Branch

    ★ 4.2(280) restaurants

    Sangmi Gyukatsu Main Branch is a Japanese restaurant specializing in gyukatsu, located a five-minute walk from…

  7. Doriyeon Dakdoritang

    ★ 4.6(162) restaurants

    Doriyeon Dakdoritang is a restaurant near Suyu Station that serves dakbokkeumtang, with a choice of spice leve…

  8. Ogu Banjeom

    ★ 5.0(76) restaurants

    Ogubanjeom is a Chinese restaurant near Suyu Station in Seoul that serves jjajangmyeon, jjamppong, and tangsuy…

  9. Sangmi Sikdang

    ★ 4.3(143) restaurants

    Sangmi Sikdang is a Japanese restaurant in Seoul that serves rice bowls such as tendon, katsudon, and sakedon.…

  10. Cheonghwa Garden

    ★ 4.1(159) restaurants

    Cheonghwa Garden sits below Bukhansan in Suyu-dong, Gangbuk-gu, Seoul, and grills galmaegisal and tosisal over…

  11. Maju Story (Organic vegan cafe)

    ★ 4.9(59) cafes

    Majuiyagi is a cafe in Seoul that serves organic vegetarian drinks and snacks. It offers green kongcha and bre…

  12. Eunsu Sikdang

    ★ 4.2(116) restaurants

    Eunsu Sikdang is a grilled meat restaurant near Suyu Station in Gangbuk-gu, Seoul, where pork collar is cooked…

  13. Cool Hof

    ★ 4.6(69) restaurants

    Coolhope is an old neighborhood hop house near Mia Station in Seoul that serves chicken and various anju. The …

  14. Jin Sundae Gomtang

    ★ 4.5(66) restaurants

    Jinsundae Gomtang in Seoul serves gopchang sundae guk, sundae, and suyuk. The gopchang sundae guk is rich and …

  15. The Forest Academy House

    ★ 3.9(135) cafes

    The Soop Academy House is a large cafe in Suyu-dong, Gangbuk-gu, Seoul, at the top of the 4.19 Cafe Street in …

  16. Mia Hoegwan

    ★ 4.3(68) restaurants

    Mia Hoegwan is a meat restaurant near Miasageori Station that serves frozen samgyeopsal. The pork belly comes …

  17. Dogojib

    ★ 4.9(28) restaurants

    Dogojip is a meat restaurant in Suyu-dong, Seoul, where samgyeopsal and pork collar are grilled on a stone pla…

  18. Geujip Steak

    ★ 4.7(34) restaurants

    Geujip Steak in Seoul serves Japanese-style steak in a small space. Meat is grilled one piece at a time on a h…

  19. Famous Tteokbokki

    ★ 4.6(35) restaurants

    Somunnan Tteokbokki is a snack shop by a school in Seoul. It serves tteokbokki, sundae, and fried snacks, incl…

  20. North Seoul Dream Forest Observatory

    ★ 4.3(47) attractions

    Bukseoul Dream Forest Observatory sits inside Bukseoul Dream Forest in Gangbuk-gu and looks out over northern …

  21. Gyewon Suyu Branch

    ★ 4.7(29) restaurants

    Gyewon Suyu Branch is a chicken restaurant in Suyu, Seoul, where a whole chicken is grilled over a brazier. It…

  22. Manat Pochana Suyu Branch

    ★ 4.8(26) restaurants

    Manat Pocha Na Suyu is a small Thai restaurant serving Thai food in Suyu, Seoul. The menu includes green curry…

  23. Yeontan Dwaeji Galbi Suyu Branch

    ★ 4.9(22) restaurants

    Yeontan Dwaeji Galbi Suyu is a pork galbi restaurant in Suyu-dong, Seoul, grilling over charcoal. The pork gal…

  24. Katsu Shokudo Suyu Branch

    ★ 4.8(22) restaurants

    Katsushokudou Suyu is a tonkatsu restaurant on the first floor of the Episode building at Suyu Station in Seou…

  25. Bistro Albert

    ★ 4.8(19) restaurants

    Bistro Alber is an Italian restaurant in Seoul that serves course meals, wood-fired pizza, and pasta. It has r…

  26. Suyudarak Suyu Main Branch

    ★ 4.3(31) restaurants

    Suyudarak Suyu Main Branch is a restaurant near Exit 8 of Suyu Station on Line 4 that serves bossam and makgeo…

  27. Sigol Nongjang Suyu Branch 1

    ★ 4.1(36) restaurants

    Sigol Nongjang Suyu Branch 1 is a meat restaurant in Suyu-dong, Seoul, that serves samgyeopsal at a low price.…

  28. Igane Mandu

    ★ 4.4(24) restaurants

    Igane Mandu is an old-style dumpling and snack shop in Mia-dong, Seoul, a five-minute walk from Mia Station on…

  29. TTYL Cafe | Seoul

    ★ 4.8(13) cafes

    Ttiteel in Seoul is a cafe. It serves scones, desserts, and coffee, and sells bottle wine sets in the evening.…

  30. Ttolggi China

    ★ 3.9(34) restaurants

    Ttolggi China is a Chinese restaurant in Suyu-dong, Gangbuk-gu, Seoul, a nine-minute walk from Suyu Station Ex…

  31. Chipmunk

    ★ 4.9(10) restaurants

    Chipmunk is a cafe in a residential area of Suyu-dong that serves food and coffee. It offers warm soup and san…

  32. lp music bar analogue 5547

    ★ 4.5(13) bars

    Analog LP Music Bar is an LP bar in Mia Sageori that serves cocktails and alcohol. It takes song requests and …

  33. Bbang gwa Hamkke

    ★ 5.0(5) cafes

    Bbangwa Hamkke is a bakery in Suyu-dong, Seoul. It sells garlic bread, brownies, castella, pizza bread, and da…

  34. Munumi

    ★ 3.5(32) cafes

    Muneomi is a cafe in a residential alley near Suyu Station in Gangbuk-gu, Seoul. It serves several kinds of de…

  35. Lala Bread Suyu Branch

    ★ 5.0 cafes

    Lalabread Suyu is a brunch cafe in a converted house near Suyu Station in Seoul, serving pasta, risotto and br…

  36. Bunko Suyu Branch

    ★ 4.8 bars

    Bunko Suyu is an izakaya near Suyu Station in Seoul that serves Japanese-style snacks and drinks. Its two-pers…

  37. Sutbul Wang Galbi

    ★ 4.6 restaurants

    Sutbul Wang Galbi in Suyu Sageori is a 40-year-old meat restaurant that serves only pork galbi. The old-style …

  38. Mifendang

    ★ 4.6 restaurants

    Mibundang Suyu is a pho shop near Exit 3 of Suyu Station in Seoul. It serves bowls such as chadol yangji himju…

  39. Joy Yeontan Suyu Branch

    ★ 4.5 restaurants

    Joy Yeontan Suyu is a charcoal grill restaurant in Seoul that grills Jeju pork and pork skin over charcoal. Th…

  40. Yugdumag

    ★ 4.5 restaurants

    Yukdumak is a meat restaurant in Seoul that grills samgyeopsal and pork collar. The pork collar is leaner than…

  41. Beondong Pi Sundae

    ★ 3.5(8) restaurants

    Beondong Pisundae is a Korean restaurant in Beondong, Seoul, serving Jeonju-style pisundae and sundae guk. The…

  42. Izakaya restaurant

    bars

    Kushi Suyu Main Branch is an izakaya near Suyu Station in Seoul that serves Japanese-style yakitori and chicke…

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