List of oldest restaurants in South Korea

This is a list of the oldest active restaurants in South Korea. For inclusion in the list, the restaurant must be currently active and located within South Korea proper, with relative consensus on the founding date and continuity of the restaurant since its founding.

Few businesses are over 100 years old; this was possibly partly affected by the 1910–1945 Japanese colonial period and 1950–1953 Korean War.

List +EstablishedRestaurantLocationCuisine/specialtyRefImun SeolnongtangSeoulSeolleongtang1905Busan AnmyeonokDaeguPyongyang naengmyeon1910Naju Gomtang HayanjibNaju, South JeollaNaju gomtang1915HwangsanokNonsan, South ChuncheongSeafood1919Naeho NaengmyeonBusanMilmyeon, naengmyeon1920AnilokAnseong, GyeonggiGukbap1924Cheonil SikdangHaenam, South JeollaHanjeongsik1924HamyangzipUlsanJinju bibimbap, hoe1925JinachunSeoulKorean Chinese cuisine1927Cheonhwang SikdangJinju, South GyeongsangJinju bibimbap1930Samdae Gwangyang BulgogijipGwangyang, South JeollaGwangyang bulgogi1932YonggeumokSeoulChueo-tang1932EunhosikdangSeoulKkori-gomtang1932SinsikdangDamyang, South JeollaTteok-galbi1933JaembaeokSeoulSeolleongtang1936YeonchunAsan, South ChungcheongGrilled eel1937CheongjinokSeoulHaejang-guk1939HadongkwanSeoulGomguk1939HanilkwanSeoulBulgogi, galbi1945PyeongyangokIncheonHaejang-guk1945BokhwaruIncheonKorean Chinese cuisine1945SunheungokSeoulKkori-gomtang1946Woo Lae OakSeoulPyongyang naengmyeon1947BuyeojipSeoulGomtang, seolleongtang1948AndongjangSeoulKorean Chinese cuisine1949Mapo OkSeoulSeolleongtang1951SinbarwonBusanDumplings1952Samyang DabangJeonju, North JeollaCoffeehouse1952Hankook JibJeonjuJeonju bibimbap1954SinheunggwanBusanKorean Chinese cuisine1956Hakrim DabangSeoulCoffeehouse

See also

Oraegage – Designation for old stores in Seoul List of Michelin-starred restaurants in South Korea Leesungdang – oldest active bakery in South Korea Taegeukdang – historic bakery in Seoul

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