Pet Sounds

Itaewon & Yongsan-gu


Named after Korean owner Jay's love affair with the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds album, this friendly upstairs rock bar provides a paper and pen to put in your song requests. Drinks are plentiful and reasonably priced. Jay also owns neon-clad jazz bar Boogie Woogie on the floor below.


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