Korean dishes served on plates and in a steel pot with an assortment of small sides and drinks.

The best Korean restaurants in ³Ô¹ÏÍø

From sizzling barbecues to bubbling hotpots and sticky, sweet fried chicken. These are ³Ô¹ÏÍø's best Korean eateries in Koreatown and beyond.

Best Korean BBQ and hotpot in ³Ô¹ÏÍø

Selection of Korean dishes.

Bornga

Delicious Korean barbecue with loads of banquet options.

Person selecting a piece of raw meat to grill at the table in a Korean barbeque.

Mansae Korean BBQ

Mansae Korean BBQ is a modern, yet authentic, Korean restaurant.

Hands carrying a plate of cooked crispy chicken pieces.

Yuk Gam

A Korean restaurant, pocha and bar in the centre of ³Ô¹ÏÍø's K-town.

Brid's-eye of an assortment of ingredients, with small barbeque at centre.

Hwadam

Enjoy classic Korean BBQ and grill at this upstairs eatery.

Restaurant interior with diners seated at wooden tables and chairs, Chinese landscape painting on the far wall and sparse white artwork to the left.

³Ô¹ÏÍø Dae Jang Geum Korean BBQ

Licensed and BYO restaurant serving traditional Korean dishes and sizzling barbecue platters.

Interior view of Guhng The Palace.

Guhng The Palace

Korean charcoal-fired barbecue restaurant and bar preparing traditional dishes at your table.

Exterior of White Tomato Korean restaurant showing restaurant entrance and yellow street signage.

White Tomato

An institutional Korean BBQ and eatery.

Metal chopsticks selecting pieces of meat from a grill.

Hallah

Korean fried chicken, barbecue and hotpot in the middle of the city.

Hands using tongs to add food to a grill cooking over a hot pot.

³Ô¹ÏÍø Hwaro Korean BBQ Restaurant

Chic Korean restaurant and bar serving barbecue hot plates and traditional favourites.

Best Korean all-you-can-eat restaurants in ³Ô¹ÏÍø

Large round dishes of food on a buffet table with serving tongs in front of them.

BBQ King ³Ô¹ÏÍø

Enjoy unlimited Korean food at this popular buffet.

A plate displaying thin slices of wagyu beef being held by a hand wearing a black kitchen glove.

Ssam Korean BBQ

A Korean all you can eat BBQ buffet.

Dining table filled with trays of fresh meats and vegetables, waiting to be cooked in the hot pots at the centre of each table.

Ten BBQ & Hotpot

Dine on all-you-can-eat hotpot and Korean BBQ.

Four dishes of Korean food including ready to cook chops, oysters and seafood, sushi and vegetables.

Seoul Garden Korean BBQ Buffet

Inspired by traditional flavours, offering a fresh, creative interpretation of Korean cuisine.

Best Korean fried chicken in ³Ô¹ÏÍø

A bowl of fried chicken

Buza Chicken

Traditional Korean dishes and Korean-style fried chicken in Queen St.

Dishes of chicken and sides on white table with hands clinking glasses and bottles.

Sam Sam

Casual Korean chicken and beer.

A basket filled with Korean fried chicken and chips.

Guljak Topokki Chicken

Korea's favourite snack food comes to ³Ô¹ÏÍø.

Three people holding beers and enjoying a Korean food.

Gami Chicken and Beer

A culinary match made in heaven: korean fried chicken and beer!

Best bingsu dessert cafes in ³Ô¹ÏÍø

A selection of delicious Korean desserts, artfully presented on gold servingware.

Bingsoo

³Ô¹ÏÍø's dessert scene is a whole lot sweeter with cult Korean shaved ice sensation, Bingsoo.

Looking directly down at a table full of various bowls of bingsu.

Bing Chillin

Bing Chillin serves playful Asian-inspired bingsu and drinks.

A purple dessert showing a thick slab of brioche with ice cream and sauces.

Nimbo

Nimbo is a hidden specialty dessert cafe in Hardware Street focusing on seasonal bingsu and toast.

More of the best Korean restaurants and cafes

Hotpot, seen from above.

Seven Star Pocha

Korean food in the heart of ³Ô¹ÏÍø.

Chopsticks holding up a slice of Korean beef, other dishes visible in the background.

Seven Star Grill & Pocha

Serving ³Ô¹ÏÍø’s only matcha makgeolli and authentic Korean modus jeon.

Looking down on assorted dishes of Korean food on a table in a restaurant.

SOT Dining

Elevated Korean dining featuring the city’s best sotbap and a refined bansang set.

A Korean egg roll, presented on a white platter with other Korean delicacies on plates surrounding it.

Joomak

An underground Korean pub where you can find the best kimchi pancake in melbourne.

Green table with a bowl of Korean noodles, bamboo mat, chopsticks and dipping sauce.

Paik's Noodle

Straight out of Seoul, Paik's is famed for its delectable and comforting Korean noodle dishes.

A close up of a Korean egg drop sandwich with condiments.

Three Drops Cafe

Specialising in Korean fluffy egg drop sandwiches on Japanese shokupan bread.

The exterior of a small city cafe with pictures of the menu on the windows and a table with food outside.

Gimbap Jang Go Mama

Gimbap Jang Go Mama is a family-run joint offering hearty, traditional Korean gimbap in compact.

A selection of banchan (small Korean side dishes) surrounding a main plate of a spicy Korean stirfry, on a white surface and seen from above.

Mumchan Korean Deli

Family-run Korean, serving the best and most authentic Korean dishes you'll ever taste.

Overhead view of a table filled with plates of Korean food and hands with using chopsticks to select food.

Dosirock

Fully licensed Korean restaurant, open late seven days a week.

A central bowl of food, surrounded by smaller bowls of garnishes and condiments.

Korea Town

Satisfy all your Korean food and drink cravings at Korea Town.

Hands holding a clay pot filled with Korean beef.

Diner on Franklin

A small diner offering a wide range of Korean favourites.

An authentic Korean hot pot in a green ceramic dish, with rice on the side and three small white bowls with garnishes to add, on a wooden serving board with fork and chopsticks.

Misty Pot Korean Grill Cafe and Bar

Authentic casual Korean dining and takeaway with an all-day cafe and bar.

A Korean rice bowl, toasted sandwiches wrapped in paper, and two matcha drinks in plastic cups, on a table.

Lazy Morning

Serving fluffy Korean egg sandwiches and coffee.

Bird's-eye view of table full of Korean dishes.

Sinjeon

Popular Korean street food chain with 700 stores globally.

Two people about to walk through the door of a cafe with rabbits and signage on the window.

The Butter Room

A Korean bakery using French baking techniques in ³Ô¹ÏÍø.

Looking down at a table laden with different Korean dishes and soft drinks.

Spicy Korea

Authentic Korean home-style dishes in the heart of the city.

Slice of chocolate sponge cream dessert.

Palette

A cosy cafe inspired by Korean aesthetics and lifestyle.

Korean kimchi soup, served in a black earthenware pot, with brown rice and condiments in separate dishes.

Sol Korean Street Food

Authentic Korean street food with reasonable prices.

Bibimbap bowl of tofu and vegetables with egg.

Oppa Kitchen

Modern Korean dishes with fried chicken and bibimbaps.

White bowl filled with curry in bright-red sauce.

Korchi City

Korean and Chinese kimchi and noodle dishes.

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