Guidebook for Jongno-gu

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Guidebook for Jongno-gu

Restaurants to Visit

The first floor is a bakery withcafe and the second floor is a fusion of American and Italian style restaurant with a wine list. Decent foods and English menu. Strongly recommended. You can enjoy a good brunch everyday.
6 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Wood & Brick
14 Bukchon-ro 5-gil
6 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
The first floor is a bakery withcafe and the second floor is a fusion of American and Italian style restaurant with a wine list. Decent foods and English menu. Strongly recommended. You can enjoy a good brunch everyday.
<Mong Jung Heon> A modern style Chinese Restaurant with good dimsum menus. A little bit high price might hold your back but it's worth of paying. Seperate rooms can be booked. English menu is available.
6 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
몽중헌 안국점
31-22 Bukchon-ro
6 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
<Mong Jung Heon> A modern style Chinese Restaurant with good dimsum menus. A little bit high price might hold your back but it's worth of paying. Seperate rooms can be booked. English menu is available.
Its Enlish name is Romane Conti and It has a unique interior and exterior of a renovated Korean raditional house with decent Italian menus and a wine list. Stroingly recommended. Exposed on media many fimes. Price is resonable.
로마네꽁띠
62-6 Samcheong-dong
Its Enlish name is Romane Conti and It has a unique interior and exterior of a renovated Korean raditional house with decent Italian menus and a wine list. Stroingly recommended. Exposed on media many fimes. Price is resonable.
<ON MAEUL> This is the best restaurant for vegans, its specialty is Dooboo, Korean tofu. The owner himself makes fresh tofu everyday. It also has various non-vegi menus. Good food in reasonable price. English menu is available.
Onmaeul 全村豆腐料理
127 Samcheong-ro
<ON MAEUL> This is the best restaurant for vegans, its specialty is Dooboo, Korean tofu. The owner himself makes fresh tofu everyday. It also has various non-vegi menus. Good food in reasonable price. English menu is available.
<NOON NA MOO JIP> It is a good place for Korean style noodles and beef dish. Price is reasonable and food is good. English menu is available. Exposted to media many times.
7 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Nunnamujib
20-8 Samcheong-dong
7 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
<NOON NA MOO JIP> It is a good place for Korean style noodles and beef dish. Price is reasonable and food is good. English menu is available. Exposted to media many times.
Its English name is Cofee Faktory. You can enjoy a very good coffee here. The owner of the cafe himself roast coffee and serve the drinks. The price is rather high but you can also enjoy an extended but seperate Korean house style(called Hanok) space at the back yard.
커피팩토리
109 Sogyeok-dong
Its English name is Cofee Faktory. You can enjoy a very good coffee here. The owner of the cafe himself roast coffee and serve the drinks. The price is rather high but you can also enjoy an extended but seperate Korean house style(called Hanok) space at the back yard.
Very Korean style restaurant where local people like to visit for its resonable price, good taste and service. You can help yourself a selection of side dishes unlimited for free.
Sunnam siraegi Samcheong
28-49 Samcheong-dong
Very Korean style restaurant where local people like to visit for its resonable price, good taste and service. You can help yourself a selection of side dishes unlimited for free.
Its English name is GGangtongMandoo. It is a very good dumpling restaurant where you can enjoy like locals. In particular dumpling stew(mandoo jongol) is very good.
Kkangtong Mandu
5-6 Bukchon-ro 2-gil
Its English name is GGangtongMandoo. It is a very good dumpling restaurant where you can enjoy like locals. In particular dumpling stew(mandoo jongol) is very good.
Its English name is HyangNamooSegru. This restaurant is very well-known for its Korean BBQ and very Korean style dishes. Prices are very resonable and the taste is outstanding. Menus are provided in English. its interior is not fancy but strongly recommending.
향나무세그루
62-18 Samcheong-dong
Its English name is HyangNamooSegru. This restaurant is very well-known for its Korean BBQ and very Korean style dishes. Prices are very resonable and the taste is outstanding. Menus are provided in English. its interior is not fancy but strongly recommending.
Its English name is Yido Cafe. You can shop ceramics and enjoy brunch and coffee as well. Yido is the name of the owner who started the business as an seramicist and now the brand is quite famous nationwide.
이도 본점
191 Changdeokgung-gil
Its English name is Yido Cafe. You can shop ceramics and enjoy brunch and coffee as well. Yido is the name of the owner who started the business as an seramicist and now the brand is quite famous nationwide.
It's a good place for Korean noodles and dumplings as well as typical Korean dishes. A seperate building next to it is run as a bakery and cafe by the same family owner. Both food and bread taste very good. You need to take taxi or drive yourself for there is no public transportation from Bukchon Village.
8 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Seongbuk - dong myeonok house
40 Daesagwan-ro
8 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
It's a good place for Korean noodles and dumplings as well as typical Korean dishes. A seperate building next to it is run as a bakery and cafe by the same family owner. Both food and bread taste very good. You need to take taxi or drive yourself for there is no public transportation from Bukchon Village.
Its English name is DanpoongNamujip(The Maple Tree House) Samcheong branch. Another branch is located in Itaewon. The best Korean style BBQ restaurant in Bukchon Village where you can be served cooked meat directly from the hot grill on the dining table. Bi-lingual and English menu. Here is the google map link. (https://goo.gl/maps/Lba95eQ9DUT5TJ9Y8)
15 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Maple Tree House
26 이태원로27가길
15 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Its English name is DanpoongNamujip(The Maple Tree House) Samcheong branch. Another branch is located in Itaewon. The best Korean style BBQ restaurant in Bukchon Village where you can be served cooked meat directly from the hot grill on the dining table. Bi-lingual and English menu. Here is the google map link. (https://goo.gl/maps/Lba95eQ9DUT5TJ9Y8)

Arts & Culture

Its English name is Gyongbokgoong(Gyongbok Palace). One of the most popular palaces from Chosun Dynasty. It is in a walking distance of 10~15 mins. Historical, artistic, traditional site to visit.
814 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Palacio Gyeongbokgung
161 Sajik-ro
814 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Its English name is Gyongbokgoong(Gyongbok Palace). One of the most popular palaces from Chosun Dynasty. It is in a walking distance of 10~15 mins. Historical, artistic, traditional site to visit.
Its English name is Deoksugung(Deoksu Royal Palace). One of the most popular palaces from Chosun Dynasty. It has a very beautiful gardens in particular.
149 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Deoksugung
99 Sejong-daero
149 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Its English name is Deoksugung(Deoksu Royal Palace). One of the most popular palaces from Chosun Dynasty. It has a very beautiful gardens in particular.
Its Korean name is Korea Furniture Museum. It is a very good place to visit if you want to appreciate Korean style furnitures handed down in generations. The collection volume is quite impressive. Online Reservations are required and English guide tour is provided. Many International VIPs visit including presidents from many countries so you need to make reservations quite ahead of time.
22 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Korea Furniture Museum
121 Daesagwan-ro
22 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Its Korean name is Korea Furniture Museum. It is a very good place to visit if you want to appreciate Korean style furnitures handed down in generations. The collection volume is quite impressive. Online Reservations are required and English guide tour is provided. Many International VIPs visit including presidents from many countries so you need to make reservations quite ahead of time.

Parks & Nature

Its English name is Samcheong Park. This beautiful park is run by Seoul city and open to public 24 hours. You can enjoy coffee and drinks in the park at a not-for-profit cafe run by some parent members from residential co-op in town.
14 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Samcheong Park
14 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Its English name is Samcheong Park. This beautiful park is run by Seoul city and open to public 24 hours. You can enjoy coffee and drinks in the park at a not-for-profit cafe run by some parent members from residential co-op in town.

Grocery Stores

It is a organic grocery store located near the junction of Jaedong Elementary School. It has a wide range of grocery items from food to daily goods.
네니아 북촌시장
31-53 Gahoe-dong
It is a organic grocery store located near the junction of Jaedong Elementary School. It has a wide range of grocery items from food to daily goods.
The name of the store is Jaedong Supermarket in English, located by the junction of Jaedong Elementary School. It has a whole range of various daily goods.
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The name of the store is Jaedong Supermarket in English, located by the junction of Jaedong Elementary School. It has a whole range of various daily goods.