Must-see restaurants in Chungcheongnam-do

  • Mushroom

    Chungcheongnam-do

    The best restaurant at the Donghak-sa entrance to Gyeryongsan National Park is styled after its namesake – you can't miss it. Naturally, it specialises in…

  • Gomanaru

    Chungcheongnam-do

    This restaurant serves the prettiest ssambap (assorted ingredients with rice and lettuce wraps) around, with a fragrant array of leaves and handfuls of…

  • Korea's Best Seafood Hotpot

    Chungcheongnam-do

    Seafood soup served in a hotpot (해물뚝배기) is the popular dish here. Boil the soup on the table burner and ladle out servings brimming with shellfish, shrimp…

  • Gudurae Dolssambap

    Chungcheongnam-do

    This popular restaurant with an eclectic interior serves delicious ssambap (rice and side dishes with lettuce wraps), with fragrant leaves and a whole…

  • Grilled Shellfish

    Chungcheongnam-do

    One of the busiest restaurants on the beach strip serving grilled shellfish. It's open late, so come for the seafood – typically ordered as a combination…

  • House of Baekje

    Chungcheongnam-do

    Enjoy the house specialties – grilled beef or pork served with ssam (lettuce wraps) and yeonnipbap (연잎밥), sticky rice steamed with pine nuts inside a…

  • Marron Village

    Chungcheongnam-do

    This bakery serves an outstanding piece of pastry called chestnut pie, a puff ball filled with sliced chestnut.

  • Matkkal

    Chungcheongnam-do

    The bottles of giant ginseng near the front door may look like something from a mad scientist's lab, but they are a reminder of the house specialty:…

  • Gomaru Gamjatang

    Chungcheongnam-do

    The specialty here is gamjatang, a classic Korean dish. This hearty pork bone stew has a rich, savory broth that's a little spicy. Gomaru Gamjatang is…