Gilpost · Jung-gu, Chungmuro 1-ga
La Palette Paris
라팔레트 파리 Rapalleteu Pari La Palette Paris is French for 'the Paris palette', as in a painter's palette; it is the buffet restaurant of Le Méridien Seoul Myeongdong.
Buffet · Jung-gu, Chungmuro 1-ga
Compiled from 6 blog posts read in fullSources →
La Palette Paris is the buffet restaurant on the 4th floor of Le Méridien Seoul Myeongdong, on Myeongdong 8na-gil. It serves breakfast, lunch and dinner buffets. September 2026 posts give 66,000 won for breakfast, 85,000 won for weekday lunch, and 139,000 won for weekday dinner and weekend or holiday meals. Posts from people who ate here single out the snow crab, the lobster, lamb chops from the grill station and sushi made to order. Two September 2026 dinner posts say wine and draft beer were included. We read 23 posts from December 2024 to September 2026. Six of them, from July 2025 to September 2026, record actually eating here. We set aside four that were about Bar Moxy and Lumière on the same floor, and did not count 13 hotel write-ups and multi-venue lists.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 중구 명동8나길 38, 4층 (충무로1가)38 Myeongdong 8na-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul
- Typical spend₩30,000 – ₩139,000
- From the station4 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 270 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 6 posts: 3 wrote 11:30–21:00, 2 wrote Daily 06:30–21:00.
| No day given | 11:30–21:00 | 3 of 6 posts |
|---|---|---|
| Daily | 06:30–21:00 | 2 of 6 posts |
| Break | 14:30–18:00 | 5 of 5 posts |
| Last order | 09:30 | 2 of 2 posts |
3 other values
| Break | 10:00–11:30 2 of 5 posts last seen 2026-09 | |
|---|---|---|
| Last order | 14:00 2 of 2 posts last seen 2026-09 | |
| Last order | 20:30 2 of 2 posts last seen 2026-09 |
Counted from what bloggers wrote in their posts; we did not confirm it with the restaurant. Where the values differ, it may be a change over time rather than a disagreement, so we show when each one was written.
What sets it apart
- Four of the six posts mention wine. Two September 2026 dinner posts say unlimited wine and draft beer were included in the price, and one lists red, white and sparkling. Those two and a holiday-lunch post say a glass of champagne arrived as a welcome drink once they sat down. A July 2025 lunch post says unlimited wine, champagne and beer cost 30,000 won extra per person, and that you pour the beer yourself.
- The lamb chops come up a lot. Two posts say they had no gamey smell. A July 2025 post says the lamb's characteristic smell was mild and the writer went back for thirds. A September 2026 post quotes a son who thought the lamb tasted too mild for lamb. Another post found the chops too greasy.
- Two posts, one at breakfast and one at lunch, say the sushi counter makes pieces on request; others mention ready-made sushi on small plates.
- Four posts say it is a walk from Myeongdong Station; two say three minutes from exit 5, and one adds about five minutes from Euljiro 1-ga Station.
1 more
- Four of the six went with family: parents, a sibling, a grown son, a family of four. One was a work lunch, and the breakfast post does not say who came along.
What 6 bloggers said
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No gamey smell
We read all 6 in full. The most common claims are “No gamey smell” (2) and “Not salty” (2).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Things you can check on site
- Reachable by transit 4 of 6 posts
- Wine served 4 of 6 posts
- Coffee served 3 of 6 posts
- Beer served 3 of 6 posts
- Large windows 2 of 6 posts
- Takes reservations 2 of 6 posts
- Cooked to order 2 of 6 posts
- Discount offered 2 of 6 posts
- Time limit on the table 1 of 6 posts
- Seats to sit and eat 1 of 6 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Parking
3 posts say you can park. None say you cannot.
| Posts saying you can park | 3 of 6 posts |
|---|
Of four posts that cover parking, three say you can park in the hotel's basement garage, two of them saying it is free for three hours with a meal. Free valet appears only in a copied info block, so we did not count it.
Who came, and with whom
- Family visit 4 of 6 posts
- Group visit 1 of 6 posts
Where it is
We could not find this shop’s own listing on Naver Map, so the link searches for its Korean name around this spot instead.
From the station
Four posts say it is a walk from Myeongdong Station; two say three minutes from exit 5, and one adds about five minutes from Euljiro 1-ga Station.
Getting inside
Every post says it is on the hotel's 4th floor, but only as part of the address; none describes the way up. We do not know how the entrance works.
No post says whether a wheelchair or stroller can get in or whether there is a step. That is not a no; nobody wrote about it.
No post says where the restrooms are or whether they are separated by gender. We do not know.
No one mentioned: Second floor · In a basement · Lift to the floor · Ramp at the door · Step at the entrance · Step-free access · Toilet inside · Accessible toilet · Separate restrooms. That is not the same as there being none — it means we could not confirm it. Worth calling ahead, and do tell us: we will put it here.
How to read these posts
- Posts saying they paid themselves3 of 6 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way3 of 6 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 19 posts we gathered, 13 went up on a single day right after a TV spot and show no sign of a visit. They retell the broadcast, so we left them out of the counts.
We do not discard them. That a TV spot produced a burst of posts is itself something worth knowing about a place, and a star rating will not show it.
When the posts appeared
Month by month
| Month | Posts |
|---|---|
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 3 |
What we do not know
- The weekday lunch price changed: 75,000 won in July 2025, 79,000 won in July 2026, and 85,000 won in two September 2026 posts. Dinner and weekend or holiday prices stayed at 139,000 won from July to September 2026. Two posts say they paid 125,000 and 111,200 won through Naver or Catch Table discounts. One post called the price a bargain; none called it expensive.
- No post mentions queueing. A post from a weekday around 1 p.m. in July 2025 found the room nearly empty, and a September 2026 weekend-dinner post saw many free tables. Two posts booked ahead. We do not know whether there is a wait at peak times.
- All six posts give opening hours, but every one copies them from an info block or booking notice. Two say daily 6:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. with breaks from 10 to 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 to 6 p.m.; three give lunch 11:30 to 2:30 and dinner 6 to 9; one says weekend breakfast runs in two sittings, 6:30 to 8 and 8:30 to 10. None conflict. No post mentions a closing day.
- We could not settle on a phone number: one post gives 02-2184-7300, another 0507-1486-7001 (also listed in a hotel-stay post). Three posts booked through Naver or Catch Table.
- Bar Moxy and the Lumière lobby lounge share the 4th floor; we excluded four posts about them. Two hotel write-ups use the same templated text, and we did not use them as evidence.
Sources (6)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 르메르디앙 서울 명동 라팔레트 파리 주말 런치 후기 특가할인 받는.... 2026-09-30 · ୭୧ 마토마의 얼렁뚱땅 ୭୧
- [공지] 서울 가성비 호텔 뷔페 추천 라팔레트 파리 와인 맥주 무제한 디너 후기 2026-09-29 · 나의 날들을 사랑해 · via Daum
- 5성급 호텔 뷔페가 11만원대? 대게·랍스터에 샴페인까지｜르메르디.... 2026-09-15 · where.to.eat
- 르메르디앙 서울 명동 라팔레트 파리에서 평일런치!(내돈내산) 2026-07-29 · 뽀샤시 뽀샤시~~♥
- 르메르디앙 명동 조식 위치 주차 운영시간 메뉴 즉석요리 초밥 새우.... 2026-01-06 · TRAVELER hotseven
- [예다로그] 명동 맛집 / 르메르디앙 서울명동 라팔레트 파리 후기 2025-07-09 · &
Of 455 candidate posts we opened 120 and kept 6 as evidence. We have not seen them all yet; another pass would add more.