Best Restaurants in Gangwon

A downtown alley densely packed with dakgalbi restaurants.

Dried seafood, raw fish and fried chicken, all inside one building.

An old town market mixing street food with seafood stalls.

South of Gyeongpo, Chodang-dong is a cluster of soft tofu houses that set their curds with seawater. Many open early, so it is a breakfast destination.

Gangneung cafes lined along the beachfront.

Below the Daegwallyeong pass, Hoenggye-ri has drying racks and restaurants specializing in dried pollack. Grilled pollack and pollack soup sets are standard, best in the winter drying season.