Where to eat in Seogwipo & South Coast
Seogwipo town, Jungmun and the coast out to Seongsan Ilchulbong. Hairtail is the star, in clear soup or fiery braises, along with abalone stews, sliced pork on a board, sea snail noodles and a famous takeaway gimbap.
11 places our guide covers in Seogwipo & South Coast, with what to order, how long the wait is and how to eat each dish.
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Cheonjitgol Sikdang 천짓골식당
Korean BBQ · Seogwipo & South Coast
A Seogwipo dinner spot famous for dombe-gogi. A big slab of boiled pork arrives whole and is sliced for you at the table, then dipped in salty sauce or wrapped in greens. Black pork and regular pork are both on offer, and half portions help if you're a small party.
Try: Dombe-gogi with black pork
Locals' pick30-60 min wait - 🍜
Deokseongwon (Main) 덕성원 본점
Korean-Chinese · Seogwipo & South Coast
A Chinese-Korean restaurant that has served Seogwipo for around 80 years. The order is kkotge-jjamppong: spicy noodle soup with a whole blue crab. Old-fashioned tangsuyuk is a good partner, and there's also a branch in Jungmun.
Try: Kkotge-jjamppong (spicy noodle soup with blue crab)
Short wait - 🍜
Gasiabang Guksu 가시아방국수
Noodles · Seogwipo & South Coast
The popular gogi-guksu stop near Seopjikoji and Seongsan Ilchulbong. Bowls of pork noodle soup come at a fair price, and sets add dombe-gogi, Jeju's boiled pork on a board. It's an easy lunch on an east coast day.
Try: Gogi-guksu (pork noodle soup)
Short wait - 🍜
Hallasan Arae Cheotmaeul 한라산아래첫마을
Noodles · Seogwipo & South Coast
A buckwheat noodle restaurant on the slopes of Hallasan. Jeju grows much of Korea's buckwheat, and here it goes into bibijakjak-myeon, cold noodles mixed with vegetables and sauce, and warm buckwheat dishes such as jobegi (hand-torn noodles). A pretty place to stop on a west-side drive.
Try: Bibijakjak-myeon (cold mixed buckwheat noodles)
30-60 min wait - 🍜
Jungmun Suduri Bomal Kalguksu 중문수두리보말칼국수
Noodles · Seogwipo & South Coast
A popular Jungmun noodle shop built around bomal, tiny Jeju sea snails. The dark green kalguksu tastes of the shoreline, and there's also a gentle bomal porridge. Close to the Jungmun beach resorts, and a likely wait at lunch.
Try: Bomal-kalguksu (sea snail noodle soup)
Locals' pick30-60 min wait - 🐟
Matna Sikdang 맛나식당
Soups & stews · Seogwipo & South Coast
A tiny morning-only shop near Seongsan Ilchulbong, famous across Korea for braised hairtail and mackerel in a dark, spicy sauce. Mix the sauce into your rice. It sells out early, so people line up before it opens. Pair it with sunrise at the crater.
Try: Galchi-jorim (spicy braised hairtail)
1 hr+ wait - 🐟
Negeori Sikdang 네거리식당
Soups & stews · Seogwipo & South Coast
A long-running Seogwipo restaurant near Olle Market, loved for hairtail cooked two ways. Galchi-guk is a clear soup with pumpkin and hairtail, a true Jeju dish that surprises most visitors with how light it is. Galchi-jorim is the fiery braised version. It opens early, so it works for breakfast.
Try: Galchi-guk (hairtail soup)
Short wait 
Oneunjeong Gimbap 오는정김밥
Street snacks · Seogwipo & South Coast
Seogwipo's celebrity gimbap, and a takeout must for road trips. The rolls are packed with lightly fried tofu skin that gives them a nutty crunch. Most people order by phone and pick up at a set time, then take it away for a picnic.
Try: Oneunjeong gimbap (house rice rolls)
30-60 min wait
Sambo Sikdang 삼보식당
Home-style meals · Seogwipo & South Coast
An old Seogwipo restaurant, featured on Heo Young-man's food show, famous for jeonbok-ttukbaegi: a hot stone bowl of soybean-paste broth packed with abalone and shellfish. Hairtail in a spicy braise is the other big order. It opens in the morning, which makes it a satisfying first meal on the south coast.
Try: Jeonbok-ttukbaegi (hot abalone stew)
Short wait- 🐟
Ssangdungi Hoetjip (Main) 쌍둥이횟집 본점
Home-style meals · Seogwipo & South Coast
Seogwipo's famous raw fish house, known less for the sashimi than for the sheer spread around it. Order a set and a long parade of side dishes arrives: small sushi, tempura, pork cutlet and more. It's a fun, generous introduction to a Korean hoe (sliced raw fish) meal, and it suits families and groups.
Try: Modeum special (assorted raw fish set)
Short wait - 🍲
Yennal Sundae 옛날순대
Soups & stews · Seogwipo & South Coast
A Seogwipo locals' pick for sundae-baekban, a plain, satisfying set of Korean blood sausage, soup and rice. It's the kind of old-style shop that visitors rarely find, and it closes early. Order the offal plate only if you're adventurous.
Try: Sundae-baekban (blood sausage set)
Locals' pickShort wait