Gyeongbokgung Station Travel Guide

Seoul Gyeongbokgung Station: places to visit 119 places, ranked by rating and review count.

Gyeongbokgung Station is a subway station in central Seoul, near the historic palace district. This list covers 384 restaurants, 139 cafes, and 52 bars in the area, including Tosokchon Samgyetang and Kokkiri Sushi. Attractions such as Gyeongbokgung Palace, Gwanghwamun Square, and Gwanghwamun Gate are also within the station area.

  1. Gyeongbokgung Palace

    ★ 4.6(46,893) attractions

    Gyeongbokgung is the primary palace of the Joseon dynasty and a historical tourist site representing Seoul. Vi…

  2. Gwanghwamun Gate

    ★ 4.7(15,132) attractions

    Gwanghwamun is the south gate and main gate of Gyeongbokgung, the palace where kings of the Joseon dynasty ent…

  3. National Palace Museum of Korea

    ★ 4.6(7,388) attractions

    The National Palace Museum of Korea in Seoul displays artifacts and records from the Joseon royal family and t…

  4. Kokkiri Sushi

    ★ 5.0(2,845) restaurants

    Kkoekkiri Sushi is a sushi restaurant on the basement first floor of the KT Gwanghwamun Building, connected to…

  5. Hanboknam 韓服男

    ★ 4.7(4,588) places

    Hanboknam Gyeongbokgung is a hanbok rental shop near Gyeongbokgung in Seoul. It carries many themed hanbok and…

  6. Tosokchon Samgyetang

    ★ 4.2(12,084) restaurants

    Tosokchon Samgyetang in Seoul is a restaurant that specializes in samgyetang. The chicken is filled with ginse…

  7. Geunjeongjeon

    ★ 4.7(3,941) attractions

    Geunjeongjeon is the main hall of Gyeongbokgung, the primary palace of the Joseon dynasty, in Jongno, Seoul. S…

  8. Wooara restaurant

    ★ 5.0(2,228) restaurants

    Uara Gwanghwamun, a beef restaurant near Gwanghwamun Station in Seoul, serves hanwoo omakase and Korean course…

  9. National Museum of Korean Contemporary History

    ★ 4.5(3,895) attractions

    The National Museum of Korean Contemporary History sits across from Gwanghwamun and Gyeongbokgung in Jongno-gu…

  10. LEEDORIM Coffee & Bakery Gyeongbokgung Cafe

    ★ 4.8(1,285) cafes

    Idorim is a cafe near Gyeongbokgung in Seochon's Tongin-dong, on the main Jahamun-ro, selling vegan and non-ve…

  11. Chimney pub

    ★ 4.2(3,351) bars

    Chimney pub is a cafe and Irish pub next to the Gyeongbokgung stone wall path in Jongno-gu, Seoul, selling chi…

  12. The Market Kitchen

    ★ 4.3(2,732) restaurants

    The Market Kitchen is a hotel buffet at Four Seasons Hotel Seoul that serves king crab and various seafood. Ki…

  13. Haemok

    ★ 4.9(720) restaurants

    Haemok Gyeongbokgung is a freshwater eel restaurant in Seochon, near Gyeongbokgung Station, serving Nagoya-sty…

  14. Terarosa Coffee

    ★ 4.3(1,637) cafes

    Terarosa Gwanghwamun is a cafe near Gwanghwamun and Insadong, across from the Yonhap News building in Suseong-…

  15. Gwanghwamun Ttukgam

    ★ 4.3(1,356) restaurants

    Gwanghwamun Ttukgam is a Korean restaurant in Jongno-gu, Seoul, a four-minute walk from Gwanghwamun Station Ex…

  16. Hwamok Sundae Guk Gwanghwamun 1st Branch

    ★ 4.2(1,463) restaurants

    Hwamok Sundaeguk Gwanghwamun 1st Branch is a sundae guk restaurant two minutes on foot from Gwanghwamun Statio…

  17. Kandasoba, Gyeongbokgung

    ★ 4.4(1,024) restaurants

    Kanda Soba Gyeongbokgung is a Japanese ramen restaurant near Gyeongbokgung in Seoul that serves mazesoba, abur…

  18. Gyeonghoeru Pavilion

    ★ 4.8(442) places

    Gyeonghoeru is a wooden pavilion on the northwest pond of Gyeongbokgung in Seoul, where the Joseon court held …

  19. Bar Cham

    ★ 4.7(436) bars

    Bar Cham serves traditional liquor cocktails in a hanok near Seochon and Sajik-dong in Seoul. Its signature dr…

  20. Seochon Gyedanjip

    ★ 3.9(1,537) restaurants

    Seochon Gyedanjip in Seoul serves seafood including bawi gul, hakkkongchi, holaegi hoe, and mideodeok hoe. Cha…

  21. Dongnam Bangatgan Seochon

    ★ 5.0(261) restaurants

    Dongnambangatgan Seochon is an Italian restaurant in Seochon, Seoul, serving pasta, gnocchi and lasagna. Dishe…

  22. Muguok

    ★ 4.6(409) restaurants

    Muguok is a chicken restaurant in Seoul, an eight-minute walk from Exit 1 of Anguk Station. The North Korean-s…

  23. Kukbingwan

    ★ 4.5(463) restaurants

    Tongui-dong Gukbingwan is a Korean beef restaurant near Gyeongbokgung Station that grills hanwoo and beef ribs…

  24. Seochon Hanok Village

    ★ 4.3(539) attractions

    Seochon Hanok Village is a alley-style tourist spot in Seoul where a few traditional hanok houses are mixed wi…

  25. tiiin seoul

    ★ 5.0(196) restaurants

    Tin Seoul is a European bistro in Seochon that serves fresh pasta, steak, and wine. The menu includes abalone …

  26. Four Seasons Hotel Seoul Yu Yuan

    ★ 4.3(464) restaurants

    Posiseunseu Hotel Seoul Yuyuan is a Chinese restaurant in Seoul that serves Peking duck and dim sum. Its signa…

  27. Halmaejip

    ★ 4.1(610) restaurants

    Halmaejip is a restaurant in Sajik-ro 12-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul, that has served jokbal and gamjatang in the Na…

  28. Kopitiam

    ★ 4.1(605) cafes

    Kopitiam Gyeongbokgungjeom is a cafe near Exit 3 of Gyeongbokgung Station in Seoul, serving Singapore-style ko…

  29. Cobbler

    ★ 4.5(337) bars

    Cobbler is a cocktail and whisky bar in a converted hanok on a small alley in Naejadong, outside the main Seoc…

  30. Hanilgwan Gwanghwamun

    ★ 4.0(634) restaurants

    Hanilgwan Gwanghwamun is a Korean restaurant in Gwanghwamun, Seoul, serving Seoul-style bulgogi, galbitang, an…

  31. Staff Picks

    ★ 4.2(436) cafes

    Stafix is a cafe in Seochon, in front of Baehwa Women's University, that serves coffee and pound cake. It has …

  32. ETC Seoul Seochon

    ★ 5.0(152) shopping

    ITC Seoul Seochon is a select shop at the end of Seochon Street that carries multiple brands, from sportswear …

  33. Dae-o Bookstore

    ★ 4.2(399) cafes

    Daeo Seojeom is an old bookstore cafe in Seochon that sells yuja lemon tea and coffee. The yuja lemon tea is c…

  34. Maji

    ★ 4.3(297) restaurants

    Maji is a vegan Korean course restaurant in an alley in Tongin-dong, Seochon, behind Gyeongbokgung Station, Se…

  35. Saka no Ie

    ★ 4.3(283) restaurants

    Shikanoie is a small Japanese home-style restaurant in an alley behind Gyeonghuigung in Jongno-gu, Seoul. Its …

  36. Scooper gelato

    ★ 4.6(185) cafes

    Scooper Gelato Gyeongbokgung is a gelato shop on the entrance road to Seochon in Seoul, selling flavors such a…

  37. Onjium

    ★ 4.7(164) restaurants

    Onjium Restaurant is a Korean fine-dining restaurant on the road from Seochon to Cheongwadae in Seoul. It serv…

  38. Osteria Sotti

    ★ 4.4(233) restaurants

    OSTERIA SOTTI is an Italian restaurant in an alley in Tongui-dong, Seochon, Seoul, housed in a converted hanok…

  39. Lee Sang's House

    ★ 4.1(318) attractions

    Isang's House is a literary memorial space on the way to Inwangsan in Seochon, occupying part of the site wher…

  40. Forest of Nuha

    ★ 4.2(272) restaurants

    Nuha-ui Sup is a small restaurant in Seochon serving Japanese Kanto-style home cooking, run by Japanese staff.…

  41. SOLSOT

    ★ 4.5(180) restaurants

    Solsot Seochon is a Korean restaurant in Seochon, Seoul, serving sotbap and side dishes. The sotbap comes with…

  42. Rogpa Tea Stall

    ★ 4.5(179) restaurants

    Sajikdong Geu Gage is a Tibetan restaurant and cafe on the road to Baehwa Women's University and Maedong Eleme…

  43. Ramen Jeom-pang

    ★ 4.3(230) restaurants

    Ramyeon Jeomppang is a ramyeon restaurant in the Seochon food alley in Seoul that has been open for over 15 ye…

  44. Intelligentsia Coffee Seochon Coffeebar

    ★ 4.4(172) cafes

    Intelligentsia Coffee Seochon is a cafe in a renovated hanok in Seochon, Seoul, serving coffee. The latte has …

  45. KT Gwanghwamun Building West

    ★ 4.1(230) attractions

    KT Gwanghwamun Building WEST is an information and communications building across from Gwanghwamun Station and…

  46. Restaurant Jueun

    ★ 4.8(87) restaurants

    Restaurant Jueun is a Korean restaurant on the back street behind Gyeonghuigung in Sinmunno. It serves lunch a…

  47. Ramen Shimizu

    ★ 4.6(107) restaurants

    Ramen Shimizu sits behind Gwanghwamun Station and Sejong Center in Seoul, on basement level 1. It serves shio …

  48. DoRyang

    ★ 4.5(111) restaurants

    Doryang is a Chinese restaurant in Jongno, Seoul, serving dongpo pork, eohyang gaji, and hot pot. The dongpo p…

  49. Onground

    ★ 4.1(158) cafes

    On Ground is a large cafe in Seochon that serves coffee and dessert. The coffee has little acidity and a nutty…

  50. Gyeongbokgung Matjip Sajik-ro Seoul

    ★ 4.7(74) restaurants

    Sajikro Seoul is a Korean beef galbi restaurant located a 30-second walk from Gyeongbokgung Station in Seoul. …

  51. jaiso seochon

    ★ 4.9(57) cafes

    Jaiso Seochon is a dessert shop in Seochon, Seoul, selling traditional glutinous rice cakes made with fruit an…

  52. Kyungbok Palace Restaurant Seochon Tteulaeu Gopchang Town

    ★ 4.1(142) restaurants

    Seochon Tteulae Ugopchang Town is a gopchang restaurant on the road from Gyeongbokgung Station to Tongin Marke…

  53. Ramen Goanghoamun

    ★ 4.2(119) restaurants

    Gwanghwamun Ramen is a small Japanese ramen shop in the Gwanghwamun area of Seoul, serving tonkotsu ramen alon…

  54. Camel Coffee

    ★ 4.4(89) cafes

    Camel Coffee Seochon sits in Jongno-gu, Seoul, in front of Yeongchumun, the side gate of Gyeongbokgung. On the…

  55. MK2

    ★ 3.9(168) cafes

    MK2 is a cafe in Seochon, Seoul, selling coffee and cake. Its menu includes espresso romano, carrot cake, rare…

  56. Mirak Chicken Hof

    ★ 3.6(262) restaurants

    Miracle Chicken Hof is a chicken-and-beer restaurant in Seochon, Seoul, serving garlic chicken and old-style w…

  57. CAFFE GATHER Gwanghwamun

    ★ 4.4(83) cafes

    Caffe Gather is a cafe serving Turkish coffee and specialty hand-drip coffee, located on the first floor of Na…

  58. Daeseon Kalguksu

    ★ 3.6(243) restaurants

    Daeseon Kalguksu is a restaurant near Gyeongbokgung Station that serves kalguksu, duruchigi, and suyuk. The ka…

  59. veranda

    ★ 4.7(55) cafes

    Veranda is a hanok cafe selling coffee and toast in the Naeja-dong alleys near Gyeongbokgung Station. Its Vien…

  60. Edition Denmark

    ★ 4.7(51) cafes

    Edition Denmark is a cafe in Seochon that sells Danish coffee and tea. It offers a tea sampler and tea in tins…

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