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Christmas in Korea: 100 places Koreans went to eat and drink
Christmas dinners, hotel buffets, cakes and cafés with big trees, from 1,000 Korean blog posts written over the last two Christmases. Mostly Seoul and Busan, with places across the country. Filter by region or by what you want to do.
- 1,000Korean blog posts read
- 2024 · 2025Christmas seasons
- 100places to eat and drink
- 8regions
A street by Yeongdong-daero, Seoul, in December 2022: a big Christmas tree, trees wrapped in lights, and people stopping for photos. · Photo: Nurulloh A.A on Unsplash (cropped)
02 Seoul · Gangnam Station
THE MIGNON SEOUL 더미뇽 서울
Trees & decorations · Year-end parties · With a view
See details →03 Seoul · Yongnidan-gil, Yongsan
ARCH SEOUL 아치서울 용산점
Trees & decorations · Christmas date · Year-end parties
See details →04 Seoul · Yeouido IFC
ZEST & ATRIO 콘래드 서울 제스트
Hotel buffets · With family · Trees & decorations
See details →05 Seoul · Sinsa
The Garden Kitchen 더 리버사이드 호텔 더가든키친
Hotel buffets · Christmas date · Christmas-only menus
See details →06 Seoul · Seongsu
move.mov 무브모브 성수
Trees & decorations · Christmas cakes · Christmas date
See details →07 Seoul · Samseong Station
Lobby Lounge & Bar 그랜드 인터컨티넨탈 서울 파르나스 로비 라운지
Trees & decorations · With family
See details →08 Seoul · Seongsu
PODOJECT 포도젝트 성수
Wine & drinks · Trees & decorations · Christmas date
See details →09 Seoul · Euljiro
Haeng 2PM8PM 행2PM8PM
Wine & drinks · Christmas date · Trees & decorations
Good to know All three posts went up within six days in late November 2024, with similar Christmas wine bar titles. None of them say they were sponsored.
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10 Seoul · Hannam-dong
Grand Hyatt Seoul The Terrace 그랜드 하얏트 서울 테라스
Trees & decorations · Hotel buffets · Christmas date
Page coming soon11 Busan · Gwangalli
ddubucks 뚜벅스 광안점
Trees & decorations
Good to know Three posts with the same title pattern went up between December 18 and 23, 2025. None of them said whether they were sponsored.
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12 Seoul · Seongsu
Schedule Seongsu 스케줄 성수
Christmas date · Trees & decorations · Christmas dinner
Page coming soon13 Seoul · Samseong Station
Cornerstone 파크 하얏트 서울 코너스톤
Christmas dinner · Christmas date · Christmas-only menus
See details →14 Seoul · Walkerhill
The Buffet 비스타 워커힐 더뷔페
Hotel buffets · Year-end parties · Trees & decorations
See details →18 Seoul · Jonggak
OOZE WHALE 우즈웨일
Wine & drinks · Trees & decorations · Year-end parties
See details →20 Seoul · Seoul Station
Knotted 노티드 서울로에너지플러스
Christmas cakes · Christmas-only menus · Trees & decorations
See details →24 Busan · Songdo
On the Cloud 윈덤 그랜드 부산 온 더 클라우드
Christmas-only menus · Christmas date · Christmas cakes
See details →27 Seoul · Apgujeong Rodeo
Panier de M.mooni 빠니드엠무니
Trees & decorations · Christmas-only menus
See details →29 Gyeonggi · Iljik-dong, Gwangmyeong
Brunchbean 브런치빈 광명역점
Christmas date · Trees & decorations
See details →30 Gyeongnam · Sammun-dong, Miryang
Yukgaejang Kalguksu Meongneun Nal 육개장칼국수 먹는날 밀양점
Christmas date
See details →34 Seoul · Mapo
Sikseon 식선
Christmas dinner · Christmas-only menus · Trees & decorations
See details →36 Seoul · Sinsa
Bistro Anthro 비스트로 앤트로
Christmas dinner · Christmas-only menus · Christmas date
See details →41 Busan · Haeundae
Baebijang Bossam Haeundae-jeom 배비장보쌈 해운대점
With family · Year-end parties
See details →43 Seoul · Sangbong
Sogongju 소공주
Trees & decorations · Christmas dinner · Christmas date
See details →44 Seoul · Jangchung-dong
The Parkview 서울신라호텔 더 파크뷰
Hotel buffets · Year-end parties · Christmas-only menus
See details →46 Seoul · Yeoksam
CONSTANS 조선 팰리스 서울 강남 콘스탄스
Hotel buffets · Christmas date · With a view
See details →49 Seoul · Gwanghwamun
Yu Yuan 포시즌스 호텔 서울 유유안
Christmas dinner · Christmas-only menus · Christmas date
See details →53 Seoul · Sindang-dong
Nangga 낭가
Christmas dinner · Christmas-only menus · Trees & decorations
See details →54 Seoul · Seongsu
TWG Tea Seongsu TWG 티 성수
Christmas cakes · Christmas-only menus
Page coming soon56 Seoul · Gwanghwamun
The Kitchen IL Forno 더 키친 일 뽀르노 광화문점
Hotel buffets · Christmas date
See details →58 Gyeonggi · Gwanggyo, Suwon
Sushi Sora Gwanggyo-jeom 스시소라 광교점
Christmas dinner · Christmas-only menus · Christmas date
See details →60 Seoul · Yongsan
FOOD EXCHANGE 노보텔 앰배서더 서울 용산 푸드 익스체인지
Hotel buffets · Year-end parties
See details →62 Seoul · Geumho-dong
Hyeongje Bangatgan 형제방앗간
Christmas-only menus · Trees & decorations · Wine & drinks
See details →64 Seoul · Yeouido
Modou Yeouido-jeom 모도우 여의도점
Christmas-only menus · Year-end parties · Christmas dinner
See details →65 Gyeonggi · Pangyo, Seongnam
MoMo Café 코트야드 메리어트 판교 모모카페
Hotel buffets · Christmas date
See details →66 Seoul · Gangnam Station
ABRAZO812 아브라소 812
Wine & drinks · Christmas date · Trees & decorations
See details →67 Seoul · Sinnonhyeon
MERRYGARDEN 메리가든
Christmas date · Trees & decorations · With a view
See details →68 Seoul · Hongdae
CHIMNEY MANSION 침니맨션
Trees & decorations · Christmas-only menus · Christmas cakes
See details →69 Gyeonggi · Near Nami Island, Gapyeong
GOLDEN TREE 골든트리
Trees & decorations · With family
See details →70 Incheon · Gulpocheon Station, Incheon
Chulipgu 출입구
Christmas dinner · Christmas-only menus · Christmas date
See details →71 Seoul · Yeongdeungpo
MoMo Café 코트야드 메리어트 서울 타임스퀘어 모모카페
Hotel buffets · Christmas date · Trees & decorations
See details →72 Seoul · Heukseok
Oneul,433 오늘, 433
Trees & decorations · Wine & drinks · Christmas date
See details →73 Seoul · Yongsan
THE 26 노보텔 스위트 앰배서더 서울 용산 더26
Christmas dinner · Christmas-only menus · With a view
See details →77 Seoul · Samseong-dong
ON:TABLE 웨스틴 서울 파르나스 온 테이블
Hotel buffets · Christmas date · Trees & decorations
See details →79 Seoul · Daehangno
Aesyulli Kwinjeu Daehangno-jeom 애슐리퀸즈 대학로점
Hotel buffets · Christmas cakes
See details →85 Busan · Millak-dong, Gwangalli
Wokinghollidei 워킹홀리데이
Trees & decorations · With a view
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How we chose
Naver and Daum are Korea’s big web portals, and many Koreans write about where they ate at Christmas on blogs there. Those posts are in Korean, so most visitors never see them. We searched there with about 70 Christmas words in Korean (Christmas dinner, Christmas cake, tree café, year-end party and more) and kept posts written between November 20 and January 5 of the last two Christmas seasons.
We used AI to read 1,000 of those posts. We kept a place only if the writer really went there for Christmas or the year-end, and only if we could match it to Korea’s official restaurant license list. One blogger counts once for a place. For posts that say they were sponsored, we keep only the facts and do not use their praise.
The list is in the order of how many bloggers went. It is not a ranking and there is no score. Christmas menus and decorations are from the 2024 or 2025 season. Check this year’s menu before you go.