Korea Cafe & Restaurant Reviews

Mariposa at Fairmont Seoul: 2026 Autumn Dinner Course Review

Autumn in Seoul arrives quietly, with cooler evenings along the Han River, and it is the season I most look

Gomae Coffee is a hanok cafe in Yongin serving one of Korea’s original black sesame cream coffees, Gaeseong juak, and a resident stray cat.

Inside the La Palette Paris buffet at Le Meridien Seoul Myeongdong: prices, hours, live grill and seafood stations, and unlimited champagne pairing.

Weekend lunch at Restaurant Voisin, Hotel Naru Seoul: real notes on the appetizer box, sweet corn risotto, dry aged ribeye, and Han River view.

Inside The Fore, a greenhouse bakery cafe in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi-do: real menu prices, parking tips, and the cats and chickens that live there.

I only had room for three cafes on this Daejeon trip, so this one wasn’t picked on a whim. I’d