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Date night, Seoul style

4 spots · picked by our Korean team

Quiet, nicer than usual, no fuss: that was the date-night brief when we picked these four. A ramen atelier in Sinsa that closes at 8:30 PM, so it starts the evening; Roman-style pizza at a calm second-floor window in Noryangjin; wood-fire courses in a Hannam alley near Hangangjin; and a basement izakaya in Seongsu that pours until midnight for the last stop. The logistics are simple: book the pizza on Naver, the wood fire on CatchTable, and just walk in for the ramen.

Sinsa · Ramen & Noodles

Menshoku

Walk-ins firstChef of Monologue

Walk-ins first, no reservation needed; it closes at 8:30 PM, so start the evening here. Get the Signature Tsukemen, thick chewy noodles with a dense dipping broth, from the chef of Monologue.

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Walk-ins take priority. No reservation needed.
Open daily 11:00–20:30; last orders before close.

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Dongjak · Pizza & Pasta

Hey Italy

Naver booking15 years in Noryangjin

Book on Naver and ask for the window seats: calm second-floor dining, Roman-style thin pizza and pasta, from a kitchen that has been in Noryangjin for 15 years.

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Second floor, above street level.
Book on Naver; window seats are the calm ones.

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Hannam · Pizza & Pasta

LOGI

Korean page

Binchotan wood fireSmoked ice cream

The step-up option: a wood-fire room in a Hannam alley near Hangangjin Station, where the beef rib comes off binchotan, the duck is hay-smoked, and even the ice cream comes out smoked, with wine matched to it. The lunch course is 69,000 KRW and the chef's course 149,000 KRW. Reserve on CatchTable (LOGI HANNAM); tables are capped at 2 hours and last order is 9:30 PM.

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Reserve on CatchTable (LOGI HANNAM); tables are capped at 2 hours and last order is 9:30pm.
Find unit 201 at 32 Hannam-daero 27ga-gil, in an alley near Hangangjin Station.

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Seongsu · Izakaya & Bars

Uhrindal

4.9 (16)

B1 izakayaOpen till midnight

Basement izakaya five minutes from Ttukseom station, open daily 5 PM to midnight. Order the Hwangeo Serohoe Hansang, a sliced raw fish set, with artisanal sake; reviews on its page call it good for dates and quiet.

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