Katsu SwissA Japanese katsu restaurant in Mapo's Donggyo neighborhood with a perfect five-star early rating, suggesting a small, personally run katsu operation of real quality in a very food-competitive area.
BiumBium is a Gangnam fine dining restaurant with a perfect early rating — a small, carefully run Korean kitchen working at the intersection of traditional fermentation culture and contemporary technique in a building that houses some of the city's most serious cooking.
Classic Milk BarA creative cafeteria-style space in Seongdong-gu with a perfect early rating, opening in the neighborhood near Ttukseom that has developed one of Seoul's most energetic new food and culture scenes.
DansyoA Seoul restaurant that brings a focused and contemporary approach to Korean cooking—rooted in tradition while the format and room reflect the city's current confidence with its own culinary heritage. A considered addition to Seoul's dining landscape.
JP at Louis VuittonThe restaurant inside the Louis Vuitton Maison Seoul—a fine dining room conceived by Julien Royer that takes seriously the challenge of hospitality inside a luxury retail building. Among Seoul's more architecturally and gastronomically ambitious dining addresses.
sause takoyaki standA tiny takoyaki counter on Cheonggyecheon-ro in Jongno with a perfect five-star rating — a street-food operation with an unusually precise sense of exactly what it wants to be.
Korean BBQ HWASEOL Gangnam Main Direct StoreKorean BBQ HWASEOL Gangnam Main Direct Store is a korean barbecue restaurant.
1SolbamChef Eom Taejun's one-Michelin-star restaurant in Gangnam focuses contemporary Korean fine dining on seasonal ingredients, its tasting menu bringing a chef's-table rigour to local culinary traditions.