BAR다 — Restaurant in Seoul

Cool little bar that I wish we had more time to return to. We found it upstairs in a little backstreet in myeongdong. It has lots of character and is a little rough around the edges like us so we loved it. It was fairly quiet when we arrived so we only stayed for a couple of drinks and some snacks which were fine. It makes a nice change from the clean, sleek looking bars that are common around this area. Music and atmosphere were a little more alternative. There was also a piano in the back of you wanted to play. Cocktails as well as beers available with some rare stuff...

In between an earring shop and ramen bar, you walk up a rickety flight of stairs and open the door and you'll enter narrow bar with about 7 chairs at the bar and maybe 3 tables. Some retro music from the 1990s or 2000s will likely be playing and a youngish server will tend to your liquor and/or wine requests. It feels like it opened maybe 40 years ago, and you feel decades older than the teens walking in Hongdae on the street below. It's among our favorite...

Unfortunately the secret is out, and I can’t refuse to rate this bar to keep it a hidden gem. Bar Da (probably wrong translation) is a friendly, cozy, well-priced dive that deserves its reputation. Hitting the sweet spot between cheap-becomes-college-y and friendly-becomes-chain-restaurant, this is my current favorite bar in Seoul by a...