Food Court — Restaurant in Seoul

Great place to browse around or to grab a quick snack/meal of 100% authentic casual Korean food.. Weekends are crazy busy, but because of the good food at (relatively) reasonable prices there are crowds every day. There is a wide range of customers. We saw a lot of young adults, but also families with small kids and a few older folks like ourselves. I have been coming to this food court on every visit to Seoul for the last 25 years. It keeps updating and staying current, but there are also many features I recall from my 1st visit.

This is one of the few spots I regularly visit in Seoul where it seems important to speak at least a little Korean. Despite that, I always see several Americans or other Westerners and they seem to get by. On occasion, I've had to help translate for a few, but most manage on their own.

The convenient location is part of the reason for the crazy crowds. It is in the basement of the Lotte Department Store and is connected (underground) to the Lotte Hotel, Avenuel, the subway system and the shopping arcade under the streets that can take you into Myung-Dong.

Foreign tourist or local resident, if you visit once you will...

Please choose the correct pork cutlet stall. Unfortunately ordered from the wrong katsu stall (the one with a common cashier for a few stalls) and this pork cutlet is an abomination. Poor flour to meat ratio (see pic), rice and soup tasted terrible / not well cooked, cutlet skin was THICK and tasted floury, meat was poor quality even though I chose the pricier one. I didn’t know katsu could go wrong, but this stall definitely proved that it can.

Please choose the correct stall near the centre of the food court and with its own...

Fourth trip to Seoul, and the Lotte Food Court is I think still my favorite "restaurant". Variety is great, so family with different tastes can all eat something they want.

Only major Korean food style they don't have is fried chicken. Plus all the desserts you could ever want. Ház Bakery is hot right now. Perankan food stand looks amazing.

Most importantly, vegetarian Kalguksu!!!!!!! Finding this is nearly impossible. The seasoning is fab and spiciness was right on for me. Plus it's vegetarian so...