Bukchon Traditional Village used to be home to the Korea nobility and has retained the same atmosphere it had in ancient times. Bukchon is still an extremely popular area, both as a place to live or as a tourist destination. To fully experience Bukchon properly, be sure to hit Samcheong-dong St., Gahoe-dong St., Gye-dong St. and Wonseo St. Each has its own character, and a stroll around these streets will give you a fuller sense of what Bukchon is all about.

Samcheong-dong, in particular, is widely thought of as the most stylish street in Seoul. Streets full of designer shops and unique galleries offer abundant attractions. Here, the numerous stylish Western restaurants and cafés converted from Korean traditional houses are extremely popular and have many loyal customers.

1. Bukchon Kalguksu (Korean : Kalguksu)

This restaurant specializes in Korean-style dumplings and knife-cut noodles. The most popular item on their menu would be the mushroom casserole, which comes with one portion of king sized dumplings and three portions of knife-cut noodles. The dumplings themselves are as big as a hand and are packed with bean sprouts, tofu, Chinese noodles and pork. The dumplings are boiled with various kinds of local Korean mushrooms.
- address: 84 Sogyeok-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul
- phone: 02-739-6334

2. Byeolgung Sikdang (Korean : Cheonggukjang)

This restaurant is famous for cheonggukjang-jjigae (fermented soybean paste stew). It is said that they use cheonggukjang made in Muju, Gucheon-dong. The restaurant is located in the Korean Village, one of the few remaining traditional villages in Korea, and was converted from a Korean-style wood house.
- address: 175-21 Anguk-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul
- phone: 02-736-2176

3. Darakjeong (Korean : Mandu)

If you’re looking for a restaurant that specializes in Pyeongyang-style dumplings, then Da Rak Jeong is the place for you. Pyeongyang style dumplings are bigger than others types so you can have more in one bite. And the special broth at Da Rak Jeong is made with beef brisket and clear and inviting. The restaurant also makes a soup with a special bean paste dumpling casserole, a unique delicacy that can’t be found elsewhere.
- address: 127-2 Samcheong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul
- phone: 02-725-1697

4. Gapsan-myeonok (Korean : Hamheung Naengmyeon)

This Hamheung noodle restaurant has been run by the same family for four generations. They are famous for sekkimi, a spicy cold-noodle dish mixed with steamed beef, vegetables, stingray.  The word sekkimi means mixing in North Korean.  The noodles are made from sweet-potato starch, so they are sticky and chewy. The hand-made dumplings are also very good, with very thin wrappers and tender filling.
- address: 64 Samcheong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul
- phone: 02-739-7002

5. Gohyang Boribap (Korean : Boribap) 

This restaurants specialty, barley rice, comes like a salad with vegetables and herbs and it is presented beautifully in a brass bowl. The restaurant carefully mixes just the right amount of vegetables with red pepper and soybean pastes. Meals are served with a warm and delicious cabbage broth bone soup call Ugeoji-guk.
- address: 2 Samcheong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul
- phone: 02-720-9715

6. Gungyeon (Korean)

This restaurant features Korean royal court cuisine, as well as beef casserole. Their flavourings tend not to be overbearing, and none of their dishes are overly spicy. The Korean wine, which they make on the premises, is an excellent compliment to the meal. This is a great place to take foreign guests for a night out.
- address: 170-3 Gahoe-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul
- phone: 02-3673-1104
- website: http://www.jihwajafood.co.kr

7. Nunnamujip (Korean : Guksu)

This is a great place for noodles served in a special cold Kimchi soup and they’ve made a name for themselves for their Kimchi-guksu. Adding sweet beef slices to the noodles is also very nice. Prices are reasonable and the atmosphere is elegant and inviting.
- address: 20-8 Samcheong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul
- phone: 02-739-6742

8. Samcheongdong Sujebi (Korean : Sujebi)

This restaurant is famous for its sujebi, which is a clear egg drop-type soup filled with small cakes made of flour. The clear broth is made with anchovies, ginger, garlic juice, kelp, pumpkin, onion, mushroom, clam, shrimp, and potatoes, all of which give the soup a clean and refreshing taste. The wheat dough is flattened by a machine and made into small cakes by hand, which are then boiled in the pot with the broth. Korean-style pancakes made from potatoes ground on steel plates are very delicious and very much worth a try.
- address: 102 Samcheong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul
- phone: 02-735-2965

9. Seoulseo Duljjae-ro Jalhaneun Jip (Dessert/Tea)

This traditional Korean tea house has been a landmark of the Samcheongdong area for close to 30 years. Their delicious sweet red bean porridge, called danpatjuk, is so popular that people line up for it. Also popular are ssanghwatang and sipjeondaebotang, both teas made with ingredients from traditional herbal medicine.
- address: 28-21 Samcheong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul
- phone: 02-734-5302

10. Soseonjae (Korean)

This restaurant offers healthful dishes prepared with wild plants. Their full-course set menu includes root vegetables with leafy green wraps, dandelion and wild herb salad, wild herb vegetable pancakes, boiled pork with soy-sauce kimchi wraps, stuffed tofu, plus chicken salad and grilled Patagonia toothfish at an additional price. This small restaurant, transformed from a traditional Korean house, has around ten tables.
- address: 113-3 Samcheong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul
- phone: 02-730-7002