Bar entertainment in Seoul
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Bar Bliss
Away from the main gay strip, bar staff Ted and Lucky keep this a friendly and relaxing bar. A chill-out, relax-on-cushions, shisha-pipe zone is the latest feature, and the eclectic decor includes a reclining Buddha. Any night someone might start playing a guitar, and the cheese and crackers are tempting.
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Flower
Step inside this Arabian fantasyland and relax on floor cushions in screened compartments while sucking on a shisha pipe. The extraordinary, extravagantly designed bar has a wraparound balcony and large trees – avoid falling into the river after downing too many drinks. Wine, beer and cocktails range from W5000 to W7000, so how could you not go see?
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US 66 Bar
This American-style bar with dark-wood décor is a gathering place for expats prior to launching out into clubland and the staff speak some English. Beers are well priced but nothing will set your night off like the notorious 'Long Island iced tea', which is only slightly more expensive and kicks a little more than a bottle of Hite.
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Labris
Up on the 8th floor, this newly opened social-cum–dance club is for women only and is lesbian oriented. It attracts locals and foreigners with its three levels of differently coloured, comfortable sofas. DJ nights are Friday to Sunday when the minimum charge for a drink and compulsory anju is W17,000.
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Juju Tent Bar
Particularly popular in summer, this outdoor bar near Apgujeong has a retractable roof and is open all year round. Beer and soju are W4000 but the trad food, chicken gizzards, chicken feet, grilled eel, stews and fish, is more expensive (meals W12,000 to W20,000).
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OG Bar
A basic concrete-and-candles bar with cheerful music. It specialises in weird beer cocktails such as sweet-and-sour beer, guava beer and even coffee beer. They taste better than they sound and cost W5000, making this a good spot to start an evening.
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Mu
Probably the most amazing bar interior in Seoul, it has overhead waterways, and a sinuous white creeper design that creates individual cubicles for patrons. Imagine a Star Wars bar designed by an Inuit. It feels strange even when you're sober.
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Rock ’n’ Roll Bar
A small museum of foreign currencies and personal mementoes adds atmosphere to this long-running three-storey log-cabin bar in pricey Apgujeong, where the cocktails (W9000) are a better deal than the beers (W8000). Meals cost W20,000.
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Beatles
An enviable record collection of over 10,000 LPs fills a wall in this basement log-cabin ‘old music’ (ie 1960s and ’70s) bar where beers cost W4000. The host is laid-back and the atmosphere is quiet and relaxing.
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Nashville Sports Bar
Guinness on tap, big-screen movies, TV sport shows, pool and darts bring in customers to this American sports bar. Upstairs there’s a rooftop garden that’s popular in summer for a quick drink and BBQ burger.
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360@
Dip your feet in the pool, sit in a shady garden swing seat or recline on a bed indoors at this eccentric bar, full of places to relax as you listen to their tunes. Large beers are W5000, cocktails W10,000.
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Blue Bird
Young couples are attracted to this bar, which has a romantic ambience with comfortable chairs around tables that are adorned with flickering candles, while soft jazz plays moodily in the background.
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Our Place
Spread over the three top floors with a terrace and rooftop section, this engaging wine bar with candles serves fusion food and is run by Seoul's most famous gay icon, TV actor Hong Seok-chun.
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Igloo
This extraordinary Apgujeong café is only for dog-lovers - 30 canine breeds roam around freely. Most of them have starred in Korean movies and they relax here in between engagements.
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Top Cloud Bar
This candlelit bar with classy staff offers a magical night view of Seoul along with the magic of live jazz music. There’s also an equally classy restaurant.
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Always Homme
Beer is W4000 and cocktails are W5000 at this homely gay bar with a few touches of style about it. The music is not so loud that you can’t talk, and the staff are friendly.
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Gold 2 Bar
On the 2nd floor, the bar has wood cabin décor, bar food and, best of all, a 500ml beer costs peanuts. No need to say more; grab a window seat and enjoy a few.
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Queen
Recently renovated, this modernist gay bar with candles and neon tubes also has sit-and-chat zones and a small dance floor. Try a mojito with fresh mint.
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Santana
Lager loathers lurch into this otherwise nondescript bar to indulge in their passion for beers that are on the dark side. Meals are W12,000.
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Soho
A smart and friendly gay bar (lesbians welcome) with a relaxed vibe. It also features a dance club section for later in the evening.
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Jane’s Groove
This chameleonlike bar has computer games, darts and screens, plus dance and chill-out zones. It sometimes morphs into a karaoke, open-mic, fancy-dress or live-music joint (admission up to W15,000). Try a ‘Jane’s bucket’, which is vodka, Red Bull and lemon. Jane’s Groove has a cool, relaxed, foreigner-friendly atmosphere.
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