🍜 Eating alone (혼밥) in Korea

Step by step

1. Ask before you sitSome restaurants ask solo diners to order two portions. A quick '1인분 돼요?' (is one portion OK?) at the door avoids an awkward moment.
2. Have a backup nearbyAbout 10% of Korea's roughly 170,000 restaurants offer single-person meals, so it's worth knowing a second option.
3. Kiosk, or order with staffKiosks and table tablets are growing, but only 13% of restaurants used them in 2025. Point at the menu and say '이거 하나 주세요'.
4. Easy solo bowls on the fan routeStray Kids-linked soup spots Pujuok (seolleongtang ₩14,000) and Hoseokchon (sundae-guk ₩10,000) serve single bowls and are open 24 hours.

Routes

Seokchon · Dunchon-dong · Samseong · Any time · 1–2 hours

Landed late? Stray Kids spots open all night

Sundae soup where three members sat, 24-hour seolleongtang next to JYP, or hot pot until 3 a.m. — pick the one nearest your hotel.

Hoseokchon → Pujuok Seolleongtang → Haidilao COEX

Night owlFirst dayRainy day OK

Spots

Pujuok SeolleongtangFelixSeungminI.NFelix, Seungmin and I.N had beef tripe hot pot here in RACHA LOG ep.1 — right next to JYP.HoseokchonLee KnowHanSeungminWhere Lee Know, Han and Seungmin ate in RACHA LOG ep.10 — the table they used is now marked for fans.Gombaro GomtangHanLee KnowHan and Lee Know left signed notes on the wall. One subway stop from Gimpo Airport — a mild, non-spicy first or last meal in Seoul.

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Before you go

• About 42% of Korean households are single-person, so solo diners are everywhere.
• Ask for 'not spicy' with 맵지 않게 해 주세요.
• Prices are from Kakao Map listings checked on 2026-09-26.

Checked Sep 26 · Sources: time.com · www.seoul.co.kr · place.map.kakao.com · place.map.kakao.com

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