Seoul's last autumn colour is inside the palace walls. Here is where Koreans eat after the walk.
Changdeokgung and its Secret Garden usually hold their colour into mid-November. Ikseon-dong and Bukchon are a ten-minute walk away.
What are you in the mood for?
Autumn leaves, city lights, a grill — pick one and you get the places Koreans wrote about, checked against their blog posts.
After the palace walk
7 places near Changdeokgung, from Korean posts
Myeongdong, when the lights go on
15 places · where Koreans eat once the lights are on
When it gets cold, Koreans grill
Samgyeopsal 삼겹살 · 12 places in Seoul
Seongsu, right now
14 places · picked from this October's blog posts, with a stop after Seoul Forest
Festivals worth a detour this week
From our festival calendar · see this week's picksSame method, other neighbourhoods: Seongsu 905 · Hongdae 357 · Gangnam 89 · Haeundae 62
Around the palaces
Four of the 51. Each line is a count from Korean posts — open one to read what they said.
29 postsVETE KATTEN 베테카텐 · Western
29 postsAppippore 아삐뽀레
28 postsIkseon Dallaengi 익선 달랭이 · Korean
27 postsBogle House 보글하우스 · Western
27 postsSNACK SEOUL 스낵서울 · Western
27 postsOTC COFFEE 오티씨커피 익선
27 postsIkseondon 익선돈
26 postsNagwonjang X Hanamato 낙원장X하나마토
26 postsSimisimi 시미시미 · Korean
26 postsIkseondong Gogijip 익선동고기집 · Korean
26 postsIkseondong Yeonriji 익선동 연리지 · Korean
25 postsEodam Ikseon 어담익선
The pictures are drawn by Gilpost with AI from what the posts described. They are not photographs of the shops.
Dates this November
Festivals and shows with our own guide, or within a short walk of a neighbourhood we have read.
Only those — not every event in Korea.
1 Jan – 31DecGwangalli M (Marvelous) Drone Light ShowBusan 수영구Festival guideRead what Koreans wrote →
4 Sep – 8NovHongseong Namdang Port Prawn FestivalChungnam 홍성군Festival guideRead what Koreans wrote →
12 Sep – 1NovPocheon Hantangang Garden FestaGyeonggi 포천시Festival guideRead what Koreans wrote →
22 Sep – 1NovGoseong Dinosaur World ExpoGyeongnam 고성군Festival guideRead what Koreans wrote →
9 Oct – 1NovTripitaka Koreana Records Culture FestivalGyeongnam 합천군Festival guideRead what Koreans wrote →
16 Oct – 8NovNowon Moonlight WalkSeoul 노원구Festival guideRead what Koreans wrote →
17 Oct – 1NovMungyeong Apple FestivalGyeongbuk 문경시Festival guideRead what Koreans wrote →
17 Oct – 1NovYuseong Chrysanthemum FestivalDaejeon 유성구Festival guideRead what Koreans wrote →Dates and posters from the Korea Tourism Organization (KOGL Type 3, posters shown unaltered), checked by Gilpost. Always confirm before you go.
Koreans already know where to eat. They just wrote it in Korean.
We read their blog posts from start to finish, set aside the ones that were paid for, and counted what the rest said. No star ratings. No rankings.
VETE KATTEN 베테카텐 · Samcheong-dong
Appippore 아삐뽀레 · Ikseon-dong
Ikseon Dallaengi 익선 달랭이 · Ikseon-dong
Bogle House 보글하우스 · Ikseon-dong
SNACK SEOUL 스낵서울 · Samcheong-dong
OTC COFFEE 오티씨커피 익선 · Ikseon-dong
What Koreans take for granted
Nobody writes these down for visitors. We counted them anyway.
You order from a screen, not from a person. Posts mention one at these places.
Kitchens close between lunch and dinner. The hours are on each place page.
You take them off at the door. Nobody warns you about this one.
You can book instead of queueing. Posts say these places took a reservation.
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- The new theme, a week before it opens
- Festival dates near the neighbourhoods we have read
- New neighbourhoods and what Koreans wrote about them