Gwanak Travel Guide

Seoul Gwanak: places to visit 106 places, ranked by rating and review count.

Gwanak is a district in southern Seoul, home to Seoul National University (SNU), Gwanak Campus. Our collection covers 1109 restaurants, 244 cafes, and 157 bars, including places such as Chuncheon Makguksu, Wolhwa Gogi Boramae Branch, and 88 Galbi. The Sillim area and Nakseongdae Park are also part of the district.

  1. Chuncheon Makguksu

    ★ 4.9(1,787) restaurants

    Sillim Chuncheon Jip Main Branch is a dakgalbi restaurant in Sillim-dong, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, serving dakgalbi a…

  2. Wolhwa Gogi Boramae Branch

    ★ 4.6(2,700) restaurants

    Wolhwa Gogi Boraemae is a large meat restaurant near Boramae Park that serves samgyeopsal, pork collar, and be…

  3. Jean Boulangerie

    ★ 4.4(2,862) cafes

    Jangboulangerie is a bakery near Exit 2 of Nakseongdae Station in Gwanak-gu, Seoul, selling breads centered on…

  4. Pug Pizza House Sillim Branch

    ★ 5.0(1,078) restaurants

    Pug Pizza House Sillim is a three-story pizza restaurant near Sillim Station that serves American-style pizza,…

  5. Meat Grillers

    ★ 4.7(1,315) restaurants

    Gogi Gunneun Saramdeul Sharosu-gil Branch is a charcoal-barbecue aged-meat restaurant on the walk from Seoul N…

  6. Aladin Used Bookstore Sillim Branch

    ★ 4.4(1,934) restaurants

    Aladin Used Bookstore Sillim is a secondhand bookstore in Sillim, Seoul, where you can buy and sell books. It …

  7. Sushi Ryeo

    ★ 4.4(1,800) restaurants

    Ryeo is a sushi restaurant in Seoul that serves aged sushi omakase near Seoul National University Station and …

  8. OTSAL Authentic Indian Cuisine

    ★ 4.5(1,257) restaurants

    Otsal is an Indian restaurant near Seoul National University in Gwanak-gu, Seoul. Its signature dishes are che…

  9. Duri Dakbal

    ★ 4.8(677) restaurants

    Duridalkbal is a chicken restaurant in Sadang that serves dakbal and odolppyeo. Diners choose a spice level fo…

  10. Makbul-gamdong

    ★ 4.3(1,164) restaurants

    Makbul Gamdong is a Korean restaurant in Gwanak-gu, Seoul that serves dongchimi makguksu and buckwheat kalguks…

  11. Arichai Sillim Branch

    ★ 4.2(1,286) restaurants

    Ari Chai Sinlim is a Chinese restaurant near Sinlim Station that focuses on xiaolongbao and shrimp dumplings. …

  12. Palgong

    ★ 4.5(678) restaurants

    Palgong is a Chinese restaurant near Bongcheon Station in Sillim-dong, Seoul, serving jjajangmyeon, bokkeumbap…

  13. Eunhaenggol Main Branch New Building

    ★ 4.1(1,275) restaurants

    Eunhaenggol Bonjeom Singwan sells tuna and sushi and is a three-minute walk from Exit 6 of Guro Digital Comple…

  14. Bongi Tonkatsu

    ★ 4.4(616) restaurants

    Bongi Donkkaseu near Bongcheon Station in Seoul is an old donkkaseu restaurant. Its signature dishes are maeun…

  15. 24 Hour Seoul Bapjip

    ★ 4.3(656) restaurants

    24si Seoul Bapjip is a 24-hour Korean restaurant five minutes from Sillim Station Exit 4, serving jeyuk bokkeu…

  16. Jeju Sanghoe

    ★ 4.5(406) restaurants

    Jeju Sanghoe is a Jeju food restaurant near Sillim's Syaarosugil and Nakseongdae in Gwanak-gu, Seoul, serving …

  17. Jeongwon Ssambap Boribap

    ★ 4.7(289) restaurants

    Jeongwon Ssambap Boribap is a ssambap restaurant in the alleyways of the Sillim-dong gosiwon and one-room dist…

  18. Wonjo Minsok Sundae Town

    ★ 4.0(720) restaurants

    Wonjo Minsok Sundae Town is a food court in Sillim-dong's sundae town that serves baek sundae bokkeum and sund…

  19. Sharosu-gil

    ★ 4.3(436) attractions

    Syarosugil in Seoul is a street commercial district with a mix of food and entertainment options. Many visitor…

  20. Onjeong Tonkatsu

    ★ 3.7(1,132) restaurants

    Onjeong Donkkaseu is a Western-style pork cutlet restaurant an 11-minute walk from Exit 2 of Sindaebang Statio…

  21. Mokpo Hoe Center

    ★ 4.2(479) restaurants

    Mokpo Hoesenteo is a Seoul hoe restaurant in Gwanak-gu that serves a single menu: a full spread built around f…

  22. Rairaiken

    ★ 4.4(356) restaurants

    Lai Rai Ken is a Japanese ramen restaurant in Seoul that serves tonkotsu ramen, mazesoba, and jiro ramen, loca…

  23. Michuwon Juchutang Seoul Main Branch

    ★ 4.1(497) restaurants

    Michuwon Wonju Chueotang Seoul Branch is a loach chueotang restaurant located between Seoul National Universit…

  24. Lotte Department Store Gwanak

    ★ 3.8(746) shopping

    Lotte Department Store Gwanak Branch is next to Boramae Park in Seoul. Its B2 food court serves sundubu (soft …

  25. Manyo Tteokbokki Sillim Main

    ★ 4.2(372) restaurants

    Mannyotteokbokki Sinlim Main Branch is an all-you-can-eat buffet restaurant in Sillim, Seoul, serving instant …

  26. Bomnale Haetsal

    ★ 4.5(241) restaurants

    Bomnal-ui Haetsal is a chicken restaurant in Sillim, Seoul, serving charcoal-grilled dak galbi and chicken nec…

  27. Bokdoni Buchu Samgyeopsal

    ★ 3.7(786) restaurants

    Bokdoni Buchu Samgyeopsal is a grilled-meat restaurant in Gwanak-gu, Seoul, serving frozen samgyeopsal with bu…

  28. Sinpungnu Gopchang

    ★ 4.1(354) restaurants

    Sinpungnu Gopchang is a gopchang grill house between Sillim Station and Bongcheon Station that serves only han…

  29. Jeonggane Gamjatang

    ★ 4.3(258) restaurants

    Jeonggane Gamjatang is a gamjatang restaurant near a school in Seoul. The gamjatang is made with large bones t…

  30. Donggyeong Sanchaek

    ★ 4.3(258) restaurants

    Tokyo Sanchaek serves Japanese home-style food on the second floor at the entrance of Sya Ro Su Gil near Seoul…

  31. 9OUNCE BURGER

    ★ 4.1(342) restaurants

    Nine Ounces Burger is a handmade burger shop in Bongcheon-dong, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, selling a 9-ounce burger and…

  32. Huashang Mandu

    ★ 4.4(224) restaurants

    Hwasang Son Mandu is a Chinese restaurant in Gwanak-gu, Seoul, that serves mandu alongside fried Chinese dishe…

  33. jang-gun pocha

    ★ 4.1(326) bars

    Janggunjip is a bar in Bongcheon-dong, Seoul, that serves Jeonju-style makgeolli with a hansangcharim spread o…

  34. Sangol

    ★ 4.2(273) restaurants

    Sangoll is a sundae restaurant inside the Bongcheon Jungang Market arcade in Gwanak-gu, Seoul, selling sundae …

  35. 일구칠구동태매운탕대구뽈찜 신림본점

    ★ 4.3(223) restaurants

    Ilgu Chilgu Dongtae Maeuntang Daegu Ppol Jjim Sinlim Branch is a specialist restaurant in Sillim, Seoul, servi…

  36. Ttosuni Wonjo Sundae Main Branch

    ★ 3.3(932) restaurants

    Ttosuni Wonjo Sundae Main Branch is a sundae bokkeum restaurant in the Sillim-dong Sundae Town area of Seoul. …

  37. Goro Coffee Roasters

    ★ 4.6(114) cafes

    Goro Coffee Roasters is a small cafe in the residential area of Haengun-dong, across from Charosugil, selling …

  38. Cafe Paul

    ★ 4.5(128) cafes

    Cafe Paul is a large bakery cafe in Syaarosugil that focuses on Czech-style chimney bread. It serves cinnamon …

  39. Sillimjeong

    ★ 4.1(181) restaurants

    Sinlimjeong is a beef restaurant in Seoul that serves raw hanwoo, kkotdeungsim, and galbisal. A typical meal s…

  40. Geujip Dwaeji

    ★ 4.4(113) restaurants

    Geujip Dwaeji is a meat restaurant near Seoul National University Station that serves pre-grilled pork. The me…

  41. Namdo Pojangmacha

    ★ 4.0(184) bars

    Namdo Pojangmacha is a street stall in a market alley in Seoul. Its main dishes are jjangttungeo-tang, kkotge-…

  42. Hwangholgyeong

    ★ 3.9(202) cafes

    Hwangholgyeong is a cafe in the basement near Seoul National University Station in Sillim, Seoul, serving coff…

  43. Sakeba Hitori

    ★ 4.8(61) bars

    Sakeba Hitori is a small sake bar in Seoul that serves sake and snacks. It offers small-format sake chosen to …

  44. Gohyang Sundaeguk

    ★ 4.6(75) restaurants

    Gohyang Sundaeguk is a Korean restaurant in Sillim, Seoul, serving sundaeguk and pork offal. Its signature dis…

  45. Pyopyo Malatang

    ★ 4.7(66) restaurants

    Pyopyo Malatang is a small malatang restaurant in a Seoul alley that serves malatang, malaxiangguo, and fried …

  46. Manyang Haengun Pocha

    ★ 4.6(72) bars

    Mannyang Haengun Pocha is a street tent bar in Bongcheon-dong, near Bongil Market, serving anju such as hoe, j…

  47. Gangnam Gopchang Iyagi Sillim Branch

    ★ 4.2(111) restaurants

    Gangnam Beef Intestines Story is a Korean beef restaurant in Sillim-dong, Seoul, serving so-gopchang and mixed…

  48. Moondeuk

    ★ 4.2(92) restaurants

    Mundeuk Syarosseugiljeom is a small Italian restaurant in Syarosseugil, Seoul, serving pasta and donkaseu-styl…

  49. Dwaebong Samgyeopsal Sillim Branch

    ★ 4.9(42) restaurants

    Doebong Samgyeopsal Sinlim Branch is a grill restaurant in Seoul that serves samgyeopsal and pork collar. The …

  50. Hwaryong Pub

    ★ 5.0(37) restaurants

    Hwaryong Jujeom sits in Charosugil near Seoul National University Station in Gwanak-gu, Seoul, and serves pres…

  51. Naneun Namja Dak

    ★ 4.5(62) restaurants

    Naneun Namja Dak is a chicken restaurant near Sillim Station Exit 7, serving dakdoritang, jjimdak and gopdorit…

  52. Sushi Ajussi

    ★ 3.9(123) restaurants

    Sushi Ajeossi is a sushi shop in Sillim-dong, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, that sells family-sized sushi sets for takeout…

  53. Yeontan Burak

    ★ 4.4(66) restaurants

    Yeontan Burak is a Korean barbecue restaurant in Seoul that grills pork, chicken feet, and galmaegisal over ch…

  54. Har Rago Ojipe

    ★ 4.5(55) bars

    Harago Jipe is a wine bar on the basement level near Seoul National University in Gwanak-gu, Seoul. It sells w…

  55. Maeil Restaurant

    ★ 3.9(107) restaurants

    Every day at Maeil Sikdang in Seoul, the menu changes, and the buffet-style gosi dining hall serves rice, side…

  56. Hana Gamjatang

    ★ 4.6(42) restaurants

    Hana Gamjatang is a Korean restaurant near Sillim Station that serves gamjatang and bone hangover soup. The bo…

  57. Sewol Macha

    ★ 4.6(40) restaurants

    Sewol Macha is a small indoor pocha in Bongcheon-dong, Seoul, serving Namdo-style anju and old-fashioned side …

  58. WHERE ARE WE

    ★ 4.5(44) bars

    Where Are We is a wine and whisky bar on Ssukgogae-ro in Cheongnyong-dong, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, set in an alley o…

  59. 21C Chicken

    ★ 4.5(39) restaurants

    21C Chicken is a hop bar in Seoul that serves old-style chicken and anju. Egg jjim and pa dak come together, a…

  60. Daily Oasis

    ★ 3.7(103) cafes

    Daily Oasis Saryosugil is a two-floor cafe in Saryosugil, Seoul, serving matcha drinks with desserts such as p…

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