I thought it was about time I started to put together a list of a few of the restaurants I have been to in Busan. Where ever you travel, it is always good to have a restaurant recommendation so I hope my list helps you try the foods you want to eat as well make you try some you might not know of.
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND that I will continually update this post with new restaurants as often as I can. My thought process was, its better to start the post now and update, rather then wait a year and try to do 50-60 restaurants all at the same time. So if you do have a look and notice there isn’t many restaurants in a particular area it’s probably that I haven’t been there too often recently. I will try and list all the restaurants I ate at which I would recommend.
I will list the name of the restaurant, address, what I ate and also order the restaurants by area to help make it easier 🙂
Click are area below to see what restaurants I recommend there:
- Seomyeon ( 서면 )
- Gwangalli Beach ( 광안리해수욕장 )
- Haeundae Beach ( 해운대해수욕장 )
- Nampodong / Jagalchi ( 남포동 / 자갈치 )
- Dongnae ( 동래 ) (fyi, I’m currently living in Dongnae so that is why I have reviewed a lot there)
- Busan National University – PNU (부산대학교)
S E O M Y E O N ( 서면 )
Name: Gentle Pork / 젠틀포크 (CLOSED) – However this area is packed full of places to eat, so would recommend going here and eating.
Address: 부산광역시 부산진구 동천로95번길 20 (paste this address into Google Maps)
What I ate: (갈비) Marinated Pork and Beef Short Ribs, (돼지 껍데기) Pork Skin
G W A N G A L L I B E A C H ( 광안리해수욕장 )
H A E U N D A E B E A C H( 해운대해수욕장 )
Name: 밀양순대돼지국밥
Address: 543-1 U 1(il)-dong, Haeundae, Busan (paste this address into Google Maps)
What I ate: (돼지국밥) Pork Rice Soup
NAMPODONG / JAGALCHI ( 남포동 / 자갈치 )
Name: 소문난분식
Address: 27-4 Bupyeongdong 1(il)-ga, Jung-gu, Busan
What I ate: (비빔당면) Mixed Glass Noodles, (떡볶이) Hot/Spicy Rice Cake, (수제어묵) Fish Cake
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Name: 전주횟집
Address: 24-1 Nampodong 6(yuk)-ga, Jung-gu, Busan (paste this address into Google Maps)
What I ate: (산꼼장어) Seasoned Grilled Hagfish, (산낙지) Raw Octopus, (파전) Korean Pancake, (전어구이) Grilled Gizzard Shad, (산낙지) Sannakji
D O N G N A E ( 동래 )
Name: 함흥냉면
Address: 함경면옥, Dongnae-gu, Myeongnyun-dong, Busan
What I ate: (비빔 냉면) Korean Spicy Cold Noodles, (물 냉면) Korean Cold Noodles in a Chilled Broth and (왕만두) King Dumplings
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Name: 감자탕
Address: 부산 해운대구 명장로67번길 53 (paste this address into Google Maps)
What I ate: (감자탕) Pork Spine Soup
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Name: 조방낙지
Address: 400-1 Myeongnyun-dong, Dongnae-gu, Busan
What I ate: (낙곱새) Octopus, Offal and Shrimp Stew
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Name: 희망통닭
Address: 259 Nangmin-dong, Dongnae-gu, Busan
What I ate: (반반통닭) Mixed Korean Fried Chicken
P N U (부산대학교)
Name: 마마돈 (Japanese Restaurant)
Address: 부산광역시 금정구 금강로 248-5 (paste this address into Google Maps)
What I ate: (믹스동) Crumbed Pork and Prawns, (사케동) Raw Salmon and Prawns, (타코야끼) Takoyaki – Octopus in a doughy ball
Would appreciate if you could include directions to restaurant, such as nearest transit station & also which exit.
Hi Emily,
I have included the address of the restaurants which if you copy and paste them into Google Maps, you can easily see the nearest station and exit numbers.
The restaurants have already been separated into different areas (Seomyeon / Dongnae / Nampodong etc) so the station is already provided (example: if the restaurant is in Seomyeon, get off at Seomyeon Station).
Hope that helps 🙂
Is there any veg friendly restaurany
Hi Serene,
Plenty of restaurants in Korea will serve vegetarian food.
One restaurant that comes to mind is: Dajeon (다전) Restaurant and Teahouse – Seomyeon – Vegan/Vegetarian Korean http://dmaps.kr/4k9ih
Heya!
First – I really grateful for your blog! Give me good input for my upcoming holiday to South Korea!
And secondly, do you have any suggestion if I would like to try the famous king crab, but without going to the Crab Market? Can I get it in other market such as Jagalchi Market? Thank you!
Hi Pat,
King Crab can be eaten at quite a few places. Jagalchi Fish Market would be an obvious choice.
🙂
Sweet! Thank you!