Wine Spectator Award-Winning Restaurants in Seoul

Casa del Vino

Seoul, South Korea

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Seoul's longest-running wine bar occupies a quiet address in Cheongdam, where Burgundy-focused bottles have been fuelling discreet business dinners for decades. The room attracts a tight circle of Gangnam regulars: executives, collectors, and anyone who prefers conversation over spectacle. Casa del Vino operates less like a bar and more like a private members' ritual performed in plain sight.

Also recognized by Star Wine List

Evett

Seoul, South Korea

2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

A two-Michelin-star restaurant in Gangnam's Yeoksam district, Evett represents the sharper end of Seoul's foreign-chef-led fine dining scene. Joseph Lidgerwood's Australian perspective on Korean ingredients produces a menu that sits outside both Western tasting-menu convention and traditional hansik formality. A wine program spanning 2,170 selections, with Burgundy and Bordeaux as its anchors, places it among the more seriously stocked cellars in the city.

Also recognized by La Liste, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List, The Best Chef

Jungsik

Seoul, South Korea

2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Jungsik holds two Michelin stars and sits in the upper tier of Seoul's contemporary dining scene, earning rankings on the World's 50 Best Asia list and La Liste's global index. Located in Gangnam, it applies a Korean-rooted sensibility to modern European technique, placing it in a distinct category from both traditional hansik restaurants and direct Western fine dining.

Also recognized by Black Pearl, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining, Tatler

Les Clefs de Crystal

Seoul, South Korea

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

A wine bar in Cheongdam operated by importing group Crystal, Les Clefs de Crystal runs an all-sommelier floor staff, placing it in a different tier from Seoul's general bar scene. The focus lands squarely on wine service, glassware, and the precision details that separate a knowledgeable pour from a casual one. Located on the second and third floors of a Gangnam address, it draws a crowd that arrives with specific bottles in mind.

Also recognized by Star Wine List

Les Copains

Seoul, South Korea

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Les Copains sits in Gangnam's Dosan-daero corridor, a wine-focused address that has earned Star Wine List recognition three consecutive years running, from 2024 through 2026. That consistency places it among a small cohort of Seoul venues where the wine program is the primary editorial proposition, not a supporting act.

Also recognized by Star Wine List

Mingles

Seoul, South Korea

3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Mingles places modern Korean tasting-menu cooking inside Seoul’s luxury dining tier, with banchan logic translated into composed courses rather than a crowded table. Chef Mingoo Kang’s cooking is backed by Michelin three-star recognition in 2024 and 2025, La Liste 96-point scores, and a 2026 OAD Asia ranking at No. 16, making it a serious reference point for contemporary Korean cuisine.

Also recognized by Black Pearl, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

OPNNG

Seoul, South Korea

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

OPNNG sits at the intersection of wine culture and contemporary Franco-Italian cooking in Gangnam, anchored by a 1,310-bottle cellar with particular depth in Burgundy, Italy, and California. A 2025 Michelin Plate recognition places it within the mid-to-upper tier of Seoul’s serious wine-dining scene, where the list and the kitchen are weighted equally rather than one serving the other.

Also recognized by Star Wine List

Restaurant Allen

Seoul, South Korea

2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Restaurant Allen holds two Michelin stars and consecutive Star Wine List number-one rankings for 2025 and 2026, placing it among Seoul's most decorated contemporary addresses. Located in Gangnam's Teheran-ro corridor, it pairs a seasonal, regionally grounded menu with a 1,400-bottle cellar weighted toward France and Italy. The format moves fluidly between formal tasting and convivial snack-and-wine drinking, making it one of the few starred rooms in the city that sustains both registers convincingly.

Also recognized by La Liste, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

Samwon Garden

Seoul, South Korea

Wine Spectator Award of Excellence

Samwon Garden has operated from its sprawling Gangnam address for decades, earning consistent recognition from Opinionated About Dining's Asia rankings and a Michelin Plate across multiple years. The restaurant sits in Seoul's mid-range barbecue tier, where galbi and bulgogi are grilled over charcoal at the table in a setting that draws both local families and visitors.

Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining

Soigné

Seoul, South Korea

2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Soigné operates at the sharper end of Seoul's fine-dining scene, holding two Michelin stars and a place at No. 57 on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2025. Chef Jun Lee's innovative tasting menu occupies the second floor of Sinsa Square in Gangnam's Sinsa-dong, where contemporary Korean technique meets a format that competes directly with the city's most awarded tables. La Liste placed it at 88 points in 2026.

Also recognized by Black Pearl, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining, The Best Chef

Solbam

Seoul, South Korea

1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Solbam occupies a second-floor address in Gangnam-gu, running a French-Korean tasting format that earned a Michelin star in 2024 and a spot at #55 on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants in 2025. Chef-Owner Eom Tae-jun structures the evening across two distinct spaces, from an atmospherically lit drawing room to a bright open-kitchen dining hall, with customized menus and tableside service punctuating the progression.

Also recognized by La Liste, Opinionated About Dining, Tatler, World's 50 Best

Table for Four

Seoul, South Korea

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

A Michelin Plate-recognised contemporary restaurant in Seoul's Yongsan District, Table for Four operates at the more accessible end of the city's serious dining tier. The room's intimate scale and the ₩₩ price point make it one of the few Michelin-acknowledged addresses where thoughtful contemporary cooking doesn't require a premium-bracket outlay.

The Marguax Grill

Seoul, South Korea

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

The Marguax Grill in Seocho-gu brings American cuisine to Seoul's premium dining tier, with a wine program spanning 1,025 selections and 5,000 bottles in inventory, weighted toward Bordeaux, Burgundy, California, and Italy. With a $80 corkage fee and $$$ pricing across both food and wine, it positions firmly within Seoul's top-spend Western dining set. Lunch and dinner service is available.

VINHO

Seoul, South Korea

1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

VINHO places contemporary Korean cooking inside Gangnam’s polished dining circuit, with an open-kitchen counter, dark-toned room and a wine program that gives the meal its spine. Recognition from Michelin, La Liste and Opinionated About Dining puts it in Seoul’s serious modern dining conversation, especially for travelers comparing wine-led Korean menus rather than purely chef-counter formats.

Also recognized by La Liste, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List