Guide · 8 places
Best Korean Restaurants for Solo Travelers
Places where one person, one bowl is completely normal.
A lot of Korean food is built for sharing, and many BBQ places will not seat one person. These will. Each is a one-dish, counter-style or market spot where eating alone is completely normal — and where the food is worth the trip.
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Opens at 7 a.m. Most diners are on their own, eating gomtang before work.
Order: Solo: one gomtang. Hungry? Ask for the larger size.
Euljiro 1-ga Station (Line 2), Exit 5
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A single counter and one perfect bowl of clear pork soup.
Order: Solo: one regular bowl, plus kimchi dumplings if you are hungry.
Hapjeong Station (Line 2/6), Exit 2
Menu, prices & directions - 3
Clear pork gukbap; most tables at lunch are one person.
Order: Solo: one gukbap. For two: two gukbap and a small plate of boiled pork.
Gwanghwamun Station (Line 5), Exit 6
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One of the few stew houses that will happily serve a single portion.
Order: For two: kimchi stew for two and a rolled omelette.
Gwanghwamun Station (Line 5), Exit 8
Menu, prices & directions - 5
₩7,000 noodles at a market counter, made in front of you.
Order: Solo: one kalguksu. Then keep grazing the market.
Jongno 5-ga Station (Line 1), Exit 8
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A plate of oil tteokbokki between palace visits.
Order: Solo or two: one chilli and one soy to compare.
Gyeongbokgung Station (Line 3), Exit 2
Menu, prices & directions - 7
Yukhoe bibimbap for one at a famous market counter.
Order: Solo: yukhoe bibimbap. For two: one bibimbap and one yukhoe to share.
Jongno 5-ga Station (Line 1), Exit 8
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A half rotisserie chicken set made for one, in Myeongdong.
Order: Solo: the chicken set. For two: one large chicken and one samgyetang.
Myeongdong Station (Line 4), Exit 5
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