Long lines in Seoul

The viral places people queue for, what to get when you reach the front, how long the wait usually is, and how to beat it. Waits are typical, not live.

11 places in Seoul · by Chef Amazing · updated October 23, 2026
Photo: Wasiul Bahar, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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   London Bagel Museum

   Anguk

   Get: Potato cheese bagel, and the brick lane bagel

   The bagel shop that defines Seoul's viral line. Expect: 1 to 3 hours. Join the online waitlist on a phone. Beat it: use the waitlist.

   20 Bukchon-ro 4-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul (서울 종로구 북촌로4길 20) · Map · Add to Chef Amazing
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   Myeongdong Kyoja

   Myeongdong

   Get: Kalguksu (knife-cut noodles in broth) and dumplings

   A Seoul noodle institution, now Michelin-listed. Expect: 15 to 30 min at lunch. Beat it: go mid-afternoon.

   Also on the list: Old-school favorites in Seoul.

   29 Myeongdong 10-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul 04537 · Map · Add to Chef Amazing
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   Tosokchon Samgyetang

   Gyeongbokgung

   Get: Samgyetang (ginseng chicken soup)

   A ginseng chicken soup in a hanok. Expect: 30 to 60 min. Beat it: go at opening.

   Also on these lists: New and hot in Seoul, Old-school favorites in Seoul.

   5 Jahamun-ro 5-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul · Map · Add to Chef Amazing
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   Jinokhwa Halmae Wonjo Dakhanmari

   Dongdaemun

   Get: Dakhanmari (whole chicken hot pot) with noodles

   Dakhanmari in the alley that's named after it. Expect: waits at dinner. Beat it: go at lunch.

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   Cafe Onion Anguk

   Anguk

   Get: Pandoro dusted with sugar, in a hanok

   A coffee shop in a traditional house. Expect: waits at weekends. Beat it: go on a weekday morning.

   5 Gyedong-gil, Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea (Korean form: 서울 종로구 계동길 5) · Map · Add to Chef Amazing
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   Soonhee's Bindaetteok

   Gwangjang Market

   Get: Mung bean pancakes, crisp, with onion soy

   The mung bean pancake stall in Gwangjang Market. Expect: 15 to 30 min. Beat it: go at 11am.

   5 Jong-ro 32-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul (서울특별시 종로구 종로32길 5, 종로5가) · Map · Add to Chef Amazing
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   Jayeondo Sogeumppang

   Ikseon-dong

   Get: Salt bread, warm, in a box of four

   The salt bread that became the city's viral pastry. Expect: 30 to 60 min, sells out. Beat it: go at opening.

   21-17 Supyo-ro 28-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul (lot address: 166-51 Ikseon-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul) · Map · Add to Chef Amazing
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   Café Layered

   Anguk

   Get: Scones, warm, with clotted cream and jam

   An English-style bakery café that's an Instagram fixture. Expect: 30 to 60 min on weekends. Beat it: go on a weekday morning.

   2-3, Bukchon-ro 2-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03059 · Map · Add to Chef Amazing
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   Yukjeon Sikdang

   Sinseol-dong

   Get: Thick-cut pork belly, grilled at the table

   A pork grill famous for thick slabs of belly. Expect: 30 to 60 min at dinner. Beat it: go at 4pm.

   Also on the list: Seoul: what to eat and where.

   Nangye-ro 30-gil 16, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul · Map · Add to Chef Amazing
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    Nudake

    Seongsu

    Get: The black 'Peak' cake with matcha cream inside

    The Gentle Monster group's art-dessert café. Expect: 30 to 60 min on weekends. Beat it: go on a weekday.

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    Ojang-dong Hamheung Naengmyeon

    Euljiro

    Get: Hoe naengmyeon: cold buckwheat noodles with spicy raw fish

    A cold-noodle house since 1953. Expect: 15 to 30 min at lunch. Beat it: go after 2pm.

    108, Mareunnae-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul (서울특별시 중구 마른내로 108 (오장동)) · Map · Add to Chef Amazing