Best Restaurants for Wine Lovers in Seoul
The wine restaurants list in our Seoul guide contains 25 restaurants. Sixteen hold a Wine Spectator award, and 20 are exceptional wine programs. Samwon Garden holds the Award of Excellence on this list. The other Wine Spectator restaurants here hold a Best of Award of Excellence.
Evett's program reaches 2,170 selections, anchored in Burgundy and Bordeaux, beside chef Joseph Lidgerwood's tasting menu. Restaurant Allen in Samseong-dong holds 1,400 bottles weighted toward France and Italy. Casa del Vino is a Burgundy-focused wine restaurant, and The Marguax Grill weights a steakhouse list toward Bordeaux, Burgundy, California, and Italy. Les Copains, run by award-winning sommeliers, offers over 1,200 wines.
How this list is chosen: Restaurants with a Wine Spectator Restaurant Award or a deep wine list, listed alphabetically. Updated October 8, 2026.
Casa del Vino
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
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.
Cesta
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
The dining format rewards unhurried attention, positioning Cesta within the upper tier of Seoul's contemporary fine dining scene alongside neighbours like Mingles and Soigné.
Comme Moa
Deep wine list
A Michelin Plate-recognised French bistro in Seoul's Yongsan District, Comme Moa sits in the mid-range tier of the city's growing French dining scene, positioned well below the starred French tables but above casual European imports. It draws a local crowd that values classical technique at accessible price points, without the ceremony of the city's high-end Francophone counters.
Continental
Deep wine list
Continental sits on the 23rd floor of a Jung District tower, bringing classic French technique to Seoul's upper tier of fine dining. Chef Sean Brock holds consecutive La Liste recognition at 83 points (2025 and 2026) alongside Michelin Plate status, positioning it among a small cohort of Western fine-dining rooms that operate outside the dominant Korean-contemporary format. A considered choice for those tracking Seoul's French dining scene.
Evett
2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
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.
GiwaKang
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
GiwaKang occupies a hanok-inspired dining room in Gangnam, where chef Minchul Kang and sommelier Jeongin Lee, the latter carrying experience from a two-Michelin-star kitchen, collaborate on a Korean contemporary tasting format. A Michelin Plate recognition in 2025 signals its place in Seoul's growing tier of serious, independently-minded fine dining. The open kitchen, artisan ceramics, and measured service pace define the atmosphere as much as the cooking.
Goryori Ken
1 Michelin star · Deep wine list
A Michelin-starred counter in Gangnam's quieter residential fringes, Goryori Ken seats eight at the main bar for chef Kim Geon's seasonal tasting format, where La Liste has scored the kitchen at 79 points in both 2025 and 2026. The approach draws on highly seasonal Korean produce shaped by technique that reads closer to Japanese kaiseki than Seoul's louder contemporary scene. Sake from small Japanese breweries anchors the drinks list.
Jungsik
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.
La Yeon
2 Michelin stars · Deep wine list
La Yeon occupies the 23rd floor of The Shilla Seoul, where two Michelin stars and consecutive appearances on La Liste and Opinionated About Dining's Asia rankings confirm its place at the upper end of Seoul's formal Korean dining tier.
Les Clefs de Crystal
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.
Les Copains
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
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.
Mingles
3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
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.
Mosu Seoul
2 Michelin stars · Deep wine list
Mosu Seoul occupies the upper tier of Seoul's creative fine dining scene, ranked #8 in Asia by Opinionated About Dining (2025) and awarded 89 points by La Liste (2026). Chef Sung Anh's counter in Yongsan operates as one of the city's most closely watched reservations, drawing comparisons to the precision-led omakase model while working distinctly outside it.
Mr. Ahn's Craft Makgeolli
Deep wine list
A Michelin Plate-recognised makgeolli house in Yongsan, Mr. Ahn's Craft Makgeolli pairs traditional Korean rice wine with food built for slow drinking. Holding consecutive Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025, the address sits at an accessible price point in a city where fermented-drink culture is undergoing serious reassessment.
Onyva
Deep wine list
A Michelin Plate-recognised French restaurant in Gangnam's Dosan-daero corridor, Onyva operates from a basement-level space that positions it firmly in Seoul's accessible fine-dining tier.
OPNNG
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
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.
Pierre Gagnaire à Séoul
Deep wine list
Pierre Gagnaire à Séoul operates from the 35th floor of the Lotte Hotel Seoul Executive Tower, bringing the French chef's multi-act tasting format to Jung District's business core. Under Chef Frédéric Eyrier, the kitchen holds a Michelin Plate (2025) and consecutive Opinionated About Dining Asia rankings, positioning it among the city's most formally structured French addresses. Service runs lunch and dinner daily, with the Han River skyline as a persistent backdrop.
Restaurant Allen
2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
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.
Restaurant Jueun
1 Michelin star · Deep wine list
Behind Gyeonghuigung Palace in Seoul's Jongno District, Restaurant Jueun brings together Korea's most respected senior sommelier Juyong Kim and traditional cuisine chef Jueun Park for a meal grounded in jang-driven flavors, imjasutang-style soups, and heritage fermentation. The room pairs Buncheong ceramics and onggi pottery with a long media art wall, placing authentic Korean culinary tradition inside a quietly considered contemporary frame. Awarded a Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025 and ranked #272 in Opinionated About Dining's Asia list for 2025.
Samwon Garden
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.
Soigné
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.
Solbam
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
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.
Table for Four
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
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
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
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
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.
Planning restaurants for wine lovers in Seoul
- Which restaurants on this list hold Wine Spectator awards?
- Sixteen restaurants on this list hold a Wine Spectator award. Mingles, Evett, Jungsik, VINHO, GiwaKang, OPNNG, Les Copains, Table for Four, and Casa del Vino hold a Best of Award of Excellence, and Samwon Garden holds an Award of Excellence. Soigné, The Marguax Grill, Restaurant Allen in Samseong-dong, Solbam in Sajik-dong, Cesta, and Les Clefs de Crystal in Gangnam-gu also hold a Best of Award of Excellence.
- Which neighborhood has the most wine restaurants on this list?
- One neighborhood has 12 of the 25 wine restaurants on this list, the largest share. They are Mingles, Evett, Jungsik, VINHO, GiwaKang, Goryori Ken, Samwon Garden, OPNNG, Les Copains, Table for Four, Casa del Vino, and Onyva.
- What cellar styles appear on this list?
- Burgundy and Bordeaux anchor Evett's 2,170 selections. Restaurant Allen in Samseong-dong holds 1,400 bottles weighted toward France and Italy. Casa del Vino focuses on Burgundy, Les Copains offers over 1,200 wines, and The Marguax Grill weights a steakhouse list toward Bordeaux, Burgundy, California, and Italy.