Best Restaurants in Hongdae

SEOUL Eats: Hyung Nim Jeo Yeo KBBQ

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Hyung Nim Jeo Yeo KBBQ | Tripadvisor
Address: 136, Eoulmadang-ro, Mapo-gu | 1f 2f, Seoul 04053, South Korea
Opening Hours: 10:30am-9:30pm
Price: minimum of KRW 10,000 (~PHP 432)  per person
Will Return: YES!!
Date of Visit: April 27, 2019

I read before our trip that Hongdae is full of Korean BBQ places. I listed a few KBBQ places that I wanted to visit but we ended us just eating at this KBBQ place where we passed by. There were some groups who were waiting outside and they have a poster with Gordon Ramsay so we decided to try this place.

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SEOUL Eats: Peony

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Peony | Website
Address: 56 Eoulmadang-ro, Seogyo-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Opening Hours: 12:30pm-9:30pm (Monday to Sunday)
Price: around KRW 6,000 (PHP 260) per slice of cake
Will Return: Yes!
Date of Visit: April 27, 2019

We had a mini pre-wedding shoot the day before and we told our photographer that we were going to Hongdae the next day. She suggested that we try her most favorite cake in Hongdae, and so we did. She told us that she got this as her birthday cake last year so we got really curious. We made our way to Peony after navigating through Hongdae’s roads of endless shops selling everything from clothes to accessories to street food and just about anything.

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SEOUL Eats: Choigozip Hongdae Korean BBQ

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Choigozip Hongdae KBBQ | Tripadvisor
Address: 25 World cup buk-ro 2-gil, Seogyo-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Opening Hours: 12pm-12midnight (Monday to Saturday). 12pm-10pm (Sunday)
Price: minimum of KRW 11000 (PHP 475) per person
Will Return: Yes!
Date of Visit: April 27, 2019

We visited Hongdae on our third day in Seoul. We wanted to eat a lot of street food and dessert so we just had light lunch at Choigozip Korean BBQ Hongdae. It’s located just outside of the exit of the train station.

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