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Best Korean Soup & Gukbap in Korea

Korean Soup & Gukbap places we actually visited, across Korea. Honest notes on price, how to order, and how tourist-friendly each spot is.

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Hot soups and gukbap you eat with rice. It covers pork gukbap, sundae-guk, gomtang, gamjatang, and hangover soups by region. Notes cover whether it is easy to go alone, how you season the bowl with salted shrimp or chilli paste, and whether it opens early.

Hamdeok Golmok — A Jeju Haejangguk Spot That Moved to a New Building in Jocheon, Famous for Its Offal Soup

🍲 Korean Soup & GukbapJejuJeju City

Hamdeok GolmokA Jeju Haejangguk Spot That Moved to a New Building in Jocheon, Famous for Its Offal Soup

🌶🌶2026.10.05

Daechun Haejangguk — Team Naejangtang, and Jeju's Garlic Rule

🍲 Korean Soup & GukbapJejuJeju City

Daechun HaejanggukTeam Naejangtang, and Jeju's Garlic Rule

🌶🌶2026.09.25

Jeonju Waengi Kongnamul-gukbap — The Bowl That Tells Me I've Arrived in Jeonju

🍲 Korean Soup & GukbapJeollaJeonbuk

Jeonju Waengi Kongnamul-gukbapThe Bowl That Tells Me I've Arrived in Jeonju

Daewoo Budae-jjigae — a Teheran-ro army stew with sirloin beef on the menu

🍲 Korean Soup & GukbapSeoulGangnam & Seocho

Daewoo Budae-jjigaea Teheran-ro army stew with sirloin beef on the menu

Pyeongyangok — A Seodaemun Century Store, Chicken Gomtang with Neungi Mushroom

🍲 Korean Soup & GukbapSeoulGwanghwamun & Seodaemun

PyeongyangokA Seodaemun Century Store, Chicken Gomtang with Neungi Mushroom

Sansu Gapsan — An Old Euljiro Sundae-guk House, and a Plate of Mixed Offal

🍲 Korean Soup & GukbapSeoulJongno & Euljiro

Sansu GapsanAn Old Euljiro Sundae-guk House, and a Plate of Mixed Offal

Mapo Yangji Seolleongtang — A Long-Time Regular Spot, Green Onion Kimchi and Ox-Knee Soup

🍲 Korean Soup & GukbapSeoulMapo

Mapo Yangji SeolleongtangA Long-Time Regular Spot, Green Onion Kimchi and Ox-Knee Soup

Mipung Haejang-guk, Jeju City — A Fiery, Punchy Hangover Soup Done Jeju-Style

🍲 Korean Soup & GukbapJejuJeju City

Mipung Haejang-guk, Jeju CityA Fiery, Punchy Hangover Soup Done Jeju-Style

🌶🌶🌶🌶2026.08.28

Obok Sundaeguk Mullae — Remarkably Tender Boiled Pork, Start With the Set

🍲 Korean Soup & GukbapSeoulYeongdeungpo

Obok Sundaeguk MullaeRemarkably Tender Boiled Pork, Start With the Set

Anmok — Pork Soup With No Funk, Safe Even If It Is Your First

🍲 Korean Soup & GukbapBusanGwangalli

AnmokPork Soup With No Funk, Safe Even If It Is Your First

Dumichon Dwaeji-gukbap — Busan's Pork Soup, Clean-Tasting and Open Till Midnight

🍲 Korean Soup & GukbapBusanDongnae

Dumichon Dwaeji-gukbapBusan's Pork Soup, Clean-Tasting and Open Till Midnight

Hadongkwan — Clear Beef Soup, Then Add the Kimchi Brine for a Second Flavour

🍲 Korean Soup & GukbapSeoulYeouido

HadongkwanClear Beef Soup, Then Add the Kimchi Brine for a Second Flavour

Naju Gomtang Hayanjip — The Beef Soup a Whole City Is Named For

🍲 Korean Soup & GukbapJeollaJeonnam-Gwangju

Naju Gomtang HayanjipThe Beef Soup a Whole City Is Named For

Geumsu Bokguk, Busan — Why Pufferfish Soup Opens at 8 in the Morning

🍲 Korean Soup & GukbapBusanDongnae

Geumsu Bokguk, BusanWhy Pufferfish Soup Opens at 8 in the Morning

🌶🌶🌶2026.08.17

Halmae Pisundae, Buan — Blood Sausage That Looks Scarier Than It Tastes

🍲 Korean Soup & GukbapJeollaJeonbuk

Halmae Pisundae, BuanBlood Sausage That Looks Scarier Than It Tastes

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