Busan — Places to eat
Pork soup at dawn, the sea all day, a lit bridge at night.
- Ssangdungi Dwaeji Gukbap (main shop) — Pork-jowl suyuk and a milky bowl of gukbap
- Bonjeon Dwaeji Gukbap — A bowl right off the KTX, opposite Busan Station
- Hapcheon Gukbapjip — Clear-broth gukbap with a Michelin Bib Gourmand
- Halmae Gaya Milmyeon (Nampo-dong) — Forty years of icy milmyeon in central Nampo
- Chunha Chudong Milmyeon (Seomyeon) — Seomyeon milmyeon with a giant dumpling on the side
- Jagalchi Market raw fish — Pick fish downstairs, eat it upstairs
- Geumsu Bokguk (Haeundae main) — Clear blowfish soup, simmering round the clock
- Gaemijip (Nampo main) — Octopus, tripe and prawn in one red pan
- Samjin Eomuk (Yeongdo main shop) — Busan fish cakes since 1953, fresh from the fryer
- Haeundae Amso Galbi — Cow galbi since 1964, finish with potato noodles
- Gukje Market food alley — Glass noodles, Chungmu gimbap and tofu pockets on street stools
- Ssiat hotteok at BIFF Square — Fried hotteok split open and stuffed with seeds
- Cup & Cup (Gwangalli) — Gwangan Bridge from a 4th–5th floor rooftop
- Momos Coffee (Oncheonjang main) — The Busan roastery where a World Barista Champion worked
- OPS Bakery (Haeundae) — Busan's bakery icon: cream puffs and 'hagwonjeon'
- Dammiok — Pyeongyang naengmyeon in Jungang-dong
- Songheonjip — Charcoal tteokgalbi set, a Bib Gourmand
- Moemiljip — House-milled buckwheat noodles, a Bib Gourmand
- Le DORER — Korean tasting course by the sea, one Michelin star
- Mori — A one-star kaiseki in Haeundae
- Jandunga — Mexican in a Jeonpo alley, tuna tostadas
- Cor Pasta Bar — Fresh pasta at an open kitchen
- Dimtao Haeridan-gil — Dim sum by Hong Kong chefs, from har gow to fried eggplant
- Goraesa Fish Cake, Jagalchi — Fish cake skewers and hot broth at Jagalchi
- Cafe 385 — Big windows on the Yeongdo sea, and a coal-briquette bread
- Piak Cafe & Bakery — A huge bakery with a full-glass Busan harbor view
- Suwol Gyeonghwa — A hanok-style tea room over Songjeong Beach
- Dubeokseu Gwangan — Seventh-floor cafe, Gwangandaegyo straight ahead
- Tide — A quiet roastery hand-dripping over the Mipo sea
- Markbean Bakery Cafe, Dalmaji — Three-floor bakery cafe on Dalmaji Hill, 9am to midnight
- EL16.52 — Big cafe at Amnam Park with the Songdo cable car overhead
- Seunggi Ssiat Hotteok — The longest queue on Nampo-dong: seed hotteok
- Maru Patbingsu & Danpatjuk, Main — Third-generation red-bean shop by Busan Station
- Dormer — Third-floor cocktail and whisky bar on Gunam-ro, from 15,000 won a glass
- Yeongjin Dwaeji Gukbap (Main) — Sinpyeong alley gukbap shop with a queue for its suyuk set
- Suyeong Dwaeji Gukbap — Gukbap on the boil near Gwangalli, morning to night
- 70-Year Halmae Gukbap — A seventy-year grandma gukbap shop with a generous suyuk plate
- Haeundae Halmaejip — Rich bone-broth pork gukbap on the Oncheon Center ground floor
- Yeongdong Milmyeon & Pork Gukbap — Milmyeon and pork gukbap in one alley by Busan Station
- Ilmi Milmyeon — Alley milmyeon shop with a line before the 11am opening
- 31cm Seafood Kalguksu — Clams heaped in a bowl the size of a basin
- Palate — A French-rooted tasting menu above Dalmaji-gil
- Haebing Moment — Black-sesame cream latte on the Huinnyeoul cliff
- Bielle — Mugwort milk cake and a sea terrace
- Aether — A Yeongdo cafe with an open-air top floor
- Hayden — Ilgwang sea through glass, with a tart
- Naeho Naengmyeon Main Branch — Red-sauce milmyeon with a warm broth alongside
- Namcheon Gaya Milmyeon — A neighbourhood milmyeon shop: mul-bibim and a plate of mandu
- Seongiljip Grilled Hagfish — The shop that started the old City Hall hagfish alley
- Ijaemo Pizza — Gwangbok-dong pizzeria with a cheese-crust queue
- Sinbalwon — Busan Station dumpling shop, open since 1951
- Momos Coffee Roastery & Coffee Bar Yeongdo — Roastery of the brand behind a world barista champion
- Waveon Coffee Gijang — A Gijang seaside cafe open till midnight
- Terarosa Suyeong — A roastery under a former wire factory's high roof
- Jeongjitgan, Sinpyeong Main — A pork soup house that never closes, Bib Gourmand
- Sinchang Gukbap, Main — A Nampo-adjacent soup house with rice on the side
- Subyeon Choego Pork Soup, Millak Main — Pork-jowl soup for the end of a Gwangalli night
- Gaegeum Milmyeon — Busan's big-three milmyeon, down a market alley
- Haeundae Gaya Milmyeon — Milmyeon in a 72-hour broth, with dumplings on the side
- Choryang Milmyeon — Milmyeon and big dumplings across from Busan Station
- Baekil Pyeongnaeng — Seoul-style pyeongyang naengmyeon in milmyeon country
- Dongnae Halmae Pajeon — A thick, moist Dongnae pajeon, four generations deep
- Sujeong Hoetjip — Coal-fired hagfish and a sashimi platter at Jagalchi
- Jinyangho Hoetjip Gwangalli — Course sashimi with a Gwangan Bridge view and refills
- Daewoo Hoe Center — Flounder mul-hoe, Yeongdo style, with soybean powder
- Cheongmiga Clam Grill — Clam grill sets with a Cheongsapo sea view
- Horok Horok — Cheese-grilled scallops and clams under Gwangan Bridge
- Donggyeong Bapsang — Tokyo-style unaju and Nagoya-style hitsumabushi
- Hanwolgwan — Clear hanwoo gomtang off Gwangalli, a Bib Gourmand
- Bibijae — A Bib Gourmand bibimbap shop with mala and doenjang bowls