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.{{Cite web |last=이 |first=기철 |date=2004-09-14 |script-title=ko:100년 맛 이어받은 전성근 '이문설농탕' 주인 |url=https://www.seoul.co.kr/news/plan/2004/09/14/20040914016001 |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=Seoul Shinmun |language=ko}}

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class="wikitable"

! scope="col" |Established

! scope="col" |Restaurant

! scope="col" |Location

! scope="col" |Cuisine/specialty

! scope="col" |Ref

{{Circa|1904}}{{notetag|Date given by the Seoul Metropolitan Government; conflicting reports of start dates.}}

|Imun Seolnongtang

|Seoul

|Seolleongtang

|{{Cite news |date=2021-11-11 |script-title=ko:오래 사랑받은 노포들, 서울미래유산 속 식당 50 |url=https://mediahub.seoul.go.kr/archives/2002958 |access-date=2024-08-01 |work=mediahub.seoul.go.kr |publisher=Seoul Metropolitan Government |language=ko}}

1905{{notetag|Founded in Pyongyang, moved to Busan in 1953, then to Daegu in 1969.}}

|Busan Anmyeonok

|Daegu

|Pyongyang naengmyeon

|{{Cite web |last=황 |first=현주 |script-title=ko:부산안면옥 - 대구역사문화대전 : 중구 |url=https://www.grandculture.net/daegu/junggu/toc/GC40003955 |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=Encyclopedia of Korean Local Culture |archive-date=2024-08-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830003726/https://www.grandculture.net/daegu/junggu/toc/GC40003955 |url-status=live }}

1910

|Naju Gomtang Hayanjib

|Naju

|Naju gomtang

|{{Cite news |last=임 |first=형두 |date=2017-05-08 |script-title=ko:[연합이매진] '천년고도의 맛' 나주곰탕 |url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20170414038100805 |access-date=2024-08-02 |work=Yonhap News Agency |language=ko |archive-date=2024-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803064536/https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20170414038100805 |url-status=live }}

1915

|Hwangsanok

|Nonsan

|Seafood

|{{Cite web |script-title=ko:[백년가게]강경 황산옥 |url=https://korean.visitkorea.or.kr/detail/ms_detail.do?cotid=d8a727f4-5806-42f6-8cdf-402e7e2e7fbb |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=VisitKorea.or.kr |language=ko |archive-date=2024-08-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817042702/https://korean.visitkorea.or.kr/detail/ms_detail.do?cotid=d8a727f4-5806-42f6-8cdf-402e7e2e7fbb |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2021-04-24 |script-title=ko:[방방곡곡 노포기행] 4대가 지켜온 황복매운탕 별미…금강 유역의 '전국구' 백년가게 |url=https://news.nate.com/view/20210424n01681 |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=Hankook Ilbo |language=ko |via=Nate News |archive-date=2024-08-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817042700/https://news.nate.com/view/20210424n01681 |url-status=live }}

1919{{notetag|Founding date for restaurant's predecessor, which was founded in what became North Korea, relocated to South Korea in 1950 and restarted in 1953.}}

|Naeho Naengmyeon

|Busan

|Milmyeon, naengmyeon

|{{Cite web |last=박 |first=종호 |script-title=ko:내호 냉면(內湖冷麵) - 부산역사문화대전 |url=https://busan.grandculture.net/Contents?local=busan&dataType=01&contents_id=GC04210108 |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=Encyclopedia of Korean Local Culture |archive-date=2024-08-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806024027/https://busan.grandculture.net/Contents?local=busan&dataType=01&contents_id=GC04210108 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Hae-rin |date=2023-12-21 |title=Wheat noodles that comforted homesick N. Korean refugees are now Busan specialty |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/culture/2024/08/141_365507.html |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=The Korea Times |language=en |archive-date=2024-08-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806024026/https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/culture/2024/08/141_365507.html |url-status=live }}

1920

|Anilok

|Anseong

|Gukbap

|{{Cite web |last=임 |first=명수 |date=2021-05-22 |script-title=ko:제약회사 퇴직금으로 지켜낸 할머니의 100년 우탕 '밥장사 정신' |url=https://www.hankookilbo.com/News/Read/A2021051914310002323 |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=Hankook Ilbo |language=ko |archive-date=2024-08-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806034156/https://www.hankookilbo.com/News/Read/A2021051914310002323 |url-status=live }}

1924

|Cheonil Sikdang

|Haenam County

|Hanjeongsik

|{{Cite web |last=김 |first=유성 |date=2023-07-03 |script-title=ko:주인도 손님도 3대째…전국 7번째 오래된 식당 |url=http://www.hnwoori.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=208706 |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=해남우리신문 |language=ko |archive-date=2024-08-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806043806/http://www.hnwoori.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=208706 |url-status=live }}

1924

|Hamyangzip

|Ulsan

|Jinju bibimbap, hoe

|{{Cite web |date=2018-05-05 |script-title=ko:[주간한국] [이야기가 있는 맛집(322)] 울산 '함양집' 윤희 대표 |url=https://weekly.hankooki.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=6552092 |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=주간한국 |language=ko |archive-date=2024-08-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817045151/https://weekly.hankooki.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=6552092 |url-status=live }}

1925

|Jinachun

|Seoul

|Korean Chinese cuisine

1927

|Cheonhwang Sikdang

|Jinju

|Jinju bibimbap

|{{Cite web |date=2004-04-22 |script-title=ko:진주 맛집 - 선비의 고장 `맛`도 있더이다 |url=http://www.kookje.co.kr/news2011/asp/newsbody.asp?code=1600&key=20040423.22030160640 |access-date=2024-08-09 |website={{ill|Kookje Sinmun|ko|국제신문}} |archive-date=2024-08-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240809002637/http://www.kookje.co.kr/news2011/asp/newsbody.asp?code=1600&key=20040423.22030160640 |url-status=live }}

1930

|Samdae Gwangyang Bulgogijip

|Gwangyang

|Gwangyang bulgogi

|{{Cite web |last=이 |first=성훈 |date=2013-09-30 |script-title=ko:광양불고기, 1970년대부터 전국적으로 알려지기 시작 |url=https://www.gynet.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=24915 |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=광양뉴스 |language=ko |archive-date=2024-08-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817035721/https://www.gynet.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=24915 |url-status=live }}

1932

|Yonggeumok

|Seoul

|Chueo-tang

1932

1932

|Tteok-galbi

|{{Cite web |date=2022-10-10 |script-title=ko:리얼 떡갈비 맛집 in 남도 - 류크와 함께하는 남쪽나라 1박 2일 ③ |url=https://www.bluer.co.kr/magazine/306#:~:text=%EC%B0%BD%EC%97%85%EC%9E%90%20%EA%B3%A0%20%EB%82%A8%EA%B4%91%EC%A3%BC%20%ED%95%A0%EB%A8%B8%EB%8B%88%EA%B0%80,%EC%9D%84%20%ED%95%98%EA%B8%B0%20%EC%8B%9C%EC%9E%91%ED%95%98%EC%98%80%EB%8B%A4%EA%B3%A0%20%ED%95%9C%EB%8B%A4. |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=Blue Ribbon Survey |language=ko |archive-date=2024-08-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817060056/https://www.bluer.co.kr/magazine/306#:~:text=%EC%B0%BD%EC%97%85%EC%9E%90%20%EA%B3%A0%20%EB%82%A8%EA%B4%91%EC%A3%BC%20%ED%95%A0%EB%A8%B8%EB%8B%88%EA%B0%80,%EC%9D%84%20%ED%95%98%EA%B8%B0%20%EC%8B%9C%EC%9E%91%ED%95%98%EC%98%80%EB%8B%A4%EA%B3%A0%20%ED%95%9C%EB%8B%A4. |url-status=live }}

1933

1936

|Grilled eel

|{{Cite web |last=박 |first=종민 |script-title=ko:연춘 - 디지털아산문화대전 |url=https://www.grandculture.net/asan/toc/GC07101230 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=Encyclopedia of Korean Local Culture |language=ko |archive-date=2024-09-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240904092925/https://www.grandculture.net/asan/toc/GC07101230 |url-status=live }}

1937

|Cheongjinok

|Seoul

|Haejang-guk

1939

|Hadongkwan

|Seoul

|Gomguk

|{{Cite web |date=2008-09-13 |script-title=ko:만화 食客이 찾은 맛집 ⑧ 김희영 '하동관' 대표 |url=https://topclass.chosun.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=1433 |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=톱클래스 |publisher=The Chosun Ilbo |language=ko}}

1939

|Hanilkwan

|Seoul

|Bulgogi, galbi

1945

|Pyeongyangok

|Incheon

|Haejang-guk

|{{Cite web |last=박 |first=준철 |date=2020-01-25 |title='50년 고향의 맛' 가득한 인천 노포로 떠나요 |url=https://www.khan.co.kr/local/Incheon/article/202001251229011 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=Kyunghyang Shinmun |language=ko}}

1945

|Bokhwaru

|Incheon

|Korean Chinese cuisine

|{{Cite web |last=여 |first=승철 |date=2018-01-03 |script-title=ko:[픽미픽味] 부평 '복화루' 양장피·전가복·쟁반짜장 |url=https://www.incheonilbo.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=793597 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website={{ill|Incheon Ilbo|ko|인천일보}} |language=ko |archive-date=2024-09-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240904084712/https://www.incheonilbo.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=793597 |url-status=live }}

1945

|Sunheungok

|Seoul

|Kkori-gomtang

|{{Cite web |date=2017-11-03 |script-title=ko:[이택희의 맛따라기] 한 자리서 3대 72년…하루 3시간만 여는 꼬리찜 전문 '순흥옥' |url=https://www.joongang.co.kr/article/22079085 |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=JoongAng Ilbo |language=ko}}

1946

|Woo Lae Oak

|Seoul

|Pyongyang naengmyeon

|{{Cite web |date=2020-02-16 |script-title=ko:38년 역사 '우래옥' 간판 내린다 |url=http://www.koreatimes.com/article/1296200 |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=The Korea Times |language=ko |archive-date=2024-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240813040219/http://www.koreatimes.com/article/1296200 |url-status=live }}

1947

|Buyeojip

|Seoul

|Gomtang, seolleongtang

|{{Cite web |date=2021-03-21 |script-title=ko:꼬리·도가니·우족만의 깊고 진한 맛, 3대째 |url=https://biz.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2016/01/18/2016011803064.html |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=ChosunBiz |language=ko}}{{Cite web |last=최 |first=윤호 |date=2016-02-01 |script-title=ko:[기업&CEO]롯데월드 저자거리서 만나는 부여집 |url=https://www.donga.com/news/Economy/article/all/20160130/76216435/1 |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=The Dong-A Ilbo |language=ko |archive-date=2024-08-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817005907/https://www.donga.com/news/Economy/article/all/20160130/76216435/1 |url-status=live }}

1948

|Andongjang

|Seoul

|Korean Chinese cuisine

|{{Cite web |last=최 |first=서원 |last2=유 |first2=상하 |date=2022-05-31 |script-title=ko:[을지로에서 만난 사람] 안동장, "100년을 이어가는 식당이 되고 싶어요" |url=https://www.donggukmedia.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=41291#:~:text=%EC%84%9C%EC%9A%B8%ED%8A%B9%EB%B3%84%EC%8B%9C%20%EC%A4%91%EA%B5%AC%20%EC%9D%84%EC%A7%80%EB%A1%9C%EC%97%90,%EA%B9%8A%EA%B3%A0%20%EB%B3%B4%EC%A1%B4%EA%B0%80%EC%B9%98%EA%B0%80%20%EB%9B%B0%EC%96%B4%EB%82%98%EB%8B%A4. |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=동국대학교 대학미디어센터 |language=ko |archive-date=2023-07-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230726153247/https://www.donggukmedia.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=41291#:~:text=%EC%84%9C%EC%9A%B8%ED%8A%B9%EB%B3%84%EC%8B%9C%20%EC%A4%91%EA%B5%AC%20%EC%9D%84%EC%A7%80%EB%A1%9C%EC%97%90,%EA%B9%8A%EA%B3%A0%20%EB%B3%B4%EC%A1%B4%EA%B0%80%EC%B9%98%EA%B0%80%20%EB%9B%B0%EC%96%B4%EB%82%98%EB%8B%A4. |url-status=live }}

1949

|Mapo Ok

|Seoul

|Seolleongtang

|{{Cite web |title=Mapo Ok |url=https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/seoul-capital-area/kr-seoul/restaurant/mapo-ok |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=Michelin Guide |language=en-US}}

1952

|Samyang Dabang

|Jeonju

|Coffeehouse{{notetag|Oldest active coffeehouse in South Korea}}

|{{Cite web |date=2022-04-26 |script-title=ko:전주삼양다방, 국내 최고령 다방… 추억 속 기억 고스란히 |url=http://www.jeollailbo.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=655407 |access-date=2024-08-19 |website={{ill|Jeolla Ilbo|ko|전라일보}} |language=ko |archive-date=2024-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240819224914/http://www.jeollailbo.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=655407 |url-status=live }}

1952

|Hankook Jib

|Jeonju

|Jeonju bibimbap

|{{Cite web |title=Han Kook Jib |url=https://english.visitkorea.or.kr/svc/whereToGo/locIntrdn/rgnContentsView.do?vcontsId=85234 |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=VisitKorea.or.kr |archive-date=2024-10-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007091149/https://english.visitkorea.or.kr/svc/whereToGo/locIntrdn/rgnContentsView.do?vcontsId=85234 |url-status=live }}

1954{{notetag|Oldest restaurant in Haeundae.}}

|Sinheunggwan

|Busan

|Korean Chinese cuisine

|{{Cite news |last=박 |first=상현 |date=2011-03-24 |script-title=ko:[부산의 老鋪] ③ 신흥관 |url=https://www.busan.com/view/busan/view.php?code=20110322000240 |access-date=2024-08-16 |work=Busan Ilbo |language=ko}}

1956

|Hakrim Dabang

|Seoul

|Coffeehouse{{notetag|Oldest active coffeehouse in Seoul}}

|{{Cite web |last=윤 |first=대헌 |date=2017-12-05 |script-title=ko:[서울 그집 '오래가게'] 학림다방…한국 다방문화의 산실 |url=https://www.khan.co.kr/feature_story/article/201712051759001 |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=Kyunghyang Shinmun |language=ko |archive-date=2024-08-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240802053129/https://www.khan.co.kr/feature_story/article/201712051759001 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2023-07-24 |title=Hakrim Dabang |url=https://english.visitseoul.net/restaurants/Hakrim-Coffee-Shop/ENP025377 |access-date=2024-08-01 |website=visitseoul.net |archive-date=2024-08-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240802054950/https://english.visitseoul.net/restaurants/Hakrim-Coffee-Shop/ENP025377 |url-status=live }}

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