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2026.10.28
10 Michelin Two-Star Restaurants in Korea (2026)
10 Seoul spots across Korean, Japanese, and contemporary courses
Compare all ten two-star restaurants in Korea from the 2026 Michelin Guide Seoul & Busan in one list. Every one of them is in Seoul, and the dining styles vary widely, from traditional Korean table settings and modern Korean cuisine to Japanese cuisine and sushi, and creative courses that explore ingredients and fermentation. This isn't a handful of picks; it's the full list for the year.
Kwon Sook Soo offers Korean dining in the individual-table (doksang) style, La Yeon brings Korean cuisine to a hotel dining room, and Jungsik reinterprets familiar Korean dishes in a modern way. Mitou and Sosuhun show the range of Japanese cuisine and sushi, while Mosu, Restaurant Allen, Soigné, Alla Prima, and Evett let you compare different approaches to ingredients and courses.
The restaurants are arranged by name, so the order doesn't imply any ranking. Start by settling on the kind of food your dining companions enjoy, then consider the difference in settings, such as a counter versus a dining room, or a hotel versus an independent restaurant. Use each item's cuisine highlights and location to narrow down your options, then check the course and reservation terms for your visit date to plan your meal.
Kwon Sook Soo offers Korean dining in the individual-table (doksang) style, La Yeon brings Korean cuisine to a hotel dining room, and Jungsik reinterprets familiar Korean dishes in a modern way. Mitou and Sosuhun show the range of Japanese cuisine and sushi, while Mosu, Restaurant Allen, Soigné, Alla Prima, and Evett let you compare different approaches to ingredients and courses.
The restaurants are arranged by name, so the order doesn't imply any ranking. Start by settling on the kind of food your dining companions enjoy, then consider the difference in settings, such as a counter versus a dining room, or a hotel versus an independent restaurant. Use each item's cuisine highlights and location to narrow down your options, then check the course and reservation terms for your visit date to plan your meal.
Kwonsooksoo
Seoul · Kwonsooksoo
Kwonsooksoo is a restaurant where you experience Korea's individual-table (doksang) culture within a tasting course. Starting with small bites and moving on to a personal table setting for each guest, the meal lets you feel the structure and rhythm of Korean food.
The dessert trolley and selection of traditional Korean liquors broaden the Korean dining experience even further. If you're looking for the charm of a table setting that differs from a Western tasting course, it's worth paying attention not just to the food but to how it's served.
The dessert trolley and selection of traditional Korean liquors broaden the Korean dining experience even further. If you're looking for the charm of a table setting that differs from a Western tasting course, it's worth paying attention not just to the food but to how it's served.
미쉐린 가이드 2026 2스타
요리 종류 한식
주소 서울특별시 강남구 압구정로 80길 37, 4층
전화 +82 2-542-6268
La Yeon
Seoul · La Yeon
On the 23rd floor of The Shilla Seoul, La Yeon carries the flavors of traditional Korean cuisine into a refined course. It brings out the character of ingredients such as fish and Hanwoo beef, putting cooking fundamentals and balance of flavor ahead of elaborate decoration.
It's a place to consider when you want to fully experience the flow of Korean cuisine in calm hotel dining. For anyone choosing a Korean course for an important occasion with the setting and service in mind, it's a choice with a clear identity.
It's a place to consider when you want to fully experience the flow of Korean cuisine in calm hotel dining. For anyone choosing a Korean course for an important occasion with the setting and service in mind, it's a choice with a clear identity.
미쉐린 가이드 2026 2스타
요리 종류 한식
주소 서울특별시 중구 동호로 249, 신라호텔 23층
전화 +82 2-2230-3367
Restaurant Allen
Seoul · Restaurant Allen
Restaurant Allen is where Chef Seo Hyun-min expresses Korean ingredients through modern French cuisine. A menu that lists where ingredients come from and a kitchen visible behind glass connect the starting point of each dish to how it's finished.
Like a sourdough made with makgeolli yeast, Korean ingredients are naturally woven into a French culinary framework. It's an intriguing meal for anyone interested not just in the flavors of the course but in where the ingredients come from and how they're transformed.
Like a sourdough made with makgeolli yeast, Korean ingredients are naturally woven into a French culinary framework. It's an intriguing meal for anyone interested not just in the flavors of the course but in where the ingredients come from and how they're transformed.
미쉐린 가이드 2026 2스타
요리 종류 컨템퍼러리
주소 서울특별시 강남구 테헤란로 231, 센터필드 East 2층 E205호
전화 +82 2-6985-7214
Mosu
Seoul · Mosu
Mosu is a restaurant where Chef Anh Sung-jae explores the textures of ingredients and new expressions of familiar flavors. His approach of turning ingredients into different forms stands out in dishes like abalone tacos, sesame tofu, and a tart made with burdock root.
Its current home, a converted house in Yongsan, offers an open kitchen or natural light depending on the floor. For anyone curious about what the actual course feels like beyond the chef's TV fame, there's a lot to explore.
Its current home, a converted house in Yongsan, offers an open kitchen or natural light depending on the floor. For anyone curious about what the actual course feels like beyond the chef's TV fame, there's a lot to explore.
미쉐린 가이드 2026 2스타
요리 종류 모던 요리
주소 서울특별시 용산구 회나무로 41길 4
전화 +82 2-6272-5678
Mitou
Seoul · Mitou
Mitou is a restaurant where Chefs Kwon Young-woon and Kim Bo-mi present the seasonality of Japanese cuisine through a tasting course. They pay close attention to the foundation of their ingredients, including chicken and eggs, rice, and vegetables from their family farm.
Part of the reason it earned a Green Star alongside its two stars is the way it sources and uses ingredients. For anyone curious about both refined Japanese cuisine and how ingredients are produced, it's a place to appreciate from two perspectives.
Part of the reason it earned a Green Star alongside its two stars is the way it sources and uses ingredients. For anyone curious about both refined Japanese cuisine and how ingredients are produced, it's a place to appreciate from two perspectives.
미쉐린 가이드 2026 2스타 · 그린 스타
요리 종류 일식
주소 서울특별시 강남구 도산대로 70길 24
전화 +82 10-7286-9914
Sosuheon
Seoul · Sosuheon
Sosuheon is where Chef Park Kyung-jae serves a sushi course at an eight-seat counter inside a hanok (traditional Korean house). The meal unfolds from tsumami featuring crab and fish to nigiri.
The hanok setting and small counter create a quiet sense of focus. Following the meal all the way to its finish with tea, it suits anyone who wants to experience the balance between sushi and the dishes that come before and after it.
The hanok setting and small counter create a quiet sense of focus. Following the meal all the way to its finish with tea, it suits anyone who wants to experience the balance between sushi and the dishes that come before and after it.
미쉐린 가이드 2026 2스타
요리 종류 스시
주소 서울특별시 중구 만리재로 21길 8
전화 +82 10-9694-3368
Soigné
Seoul · Soigné
Soigné is known for Chef Lee Jun's episode courses, each built around a single story and theme. Seasonal ingredients are interpreted as modern Korean cuisine, creating connections from one plate to the next.
In a space centered on a bright kitchen, you experience the flow of the story and the changes in the cooking together. It's an intriguing place for anyone looking for a tasting course where the entire meal, not just individual dishes, comes together as one composition.
In a space centered on a bright kitchen, you experience the flow of the story and the changes in the cooking together. It's an intriguing place for anyone looking for a tasting course where the entire meal, not just individual dishes, comes together as one composition.
미쉐린 가이드 2026 2스타
요리 종류 컨템퍼러리
주소 서울특별시 강남구 강남대로 652, 신사스퀘어 2층 201호
전화 +82 2-3477-9386
Alla Prima
Seoul · Alla Prima
Alla Prima is a creative restaurant that skillfully combines the aromas of seasonal ingredients, herbs, and vegetables. It focuses on how the textures and aromas of various ingredients come into balance on a single plate.
At the wide counter and in the calm interior, you can follow the subtle changes throughout the course. Unlike the everyday Italian restaurant focused on pasta or pizza that the name might suggest, think of it as a place to experience a creative tasting course.
At the wide counter and in the calm interior, you can follow the subtle changes throughout the course. Unlike the everyday Italian restaurant focused on pasta or pizza that the name might suggest, think of it as a place to experience a creative tasting course.
미쉐린 가이드 2026 2스타
요리 종류 이노베이티브
주소 서울특별시 강남구 학동로 17길 13
전화 +82 2-511-2555
Evett
Seoul · Evett
Evett is a restaurant where Chef Joseph Lidgerwood explores Korea's nature and fermented ingredients. Through foraged ingredients and house-made meju (fermented soybean blocks) and jang (fermented sauces), it presents familiar Korean flavors from a fresh perspective.
Dishes with a big gap between ingredient and form, like a doughnut made with meju, become part of the meal's story. It's a course that will appeal to anyone who wants to take a broad view of Korean ingredients, including plant aromas and fermented drinks.
Dishes with a big gap between ingredient and form, like a doughnut made with meju, become part of the meal's story. It's a course that will appeal to anyone who wants to take a broad view of Korean ingredients, including plant aromas and fermented drinks.
미쉐린 가이드 2026 2스타
요리 종류 이노베이티브
주소 서울특별시 강남구 도산대로 45길 10-5
전화 +82 70-4231-1022
Jungsik
Seoul · Jungsik
Jungsik is a restaurant where Chef Yim Jung-sik has developed familiar ideas of Korean food into modern fine dining. While reworking staples like gimbap and bibimbap into new compositions, the course features a variety of ingredients such as abalone and duck.
You can explore memories of Korean food alongside modern cooking and plating. To avoid confusing its rating with that of the New York restaurant of the same name, this list is based on Jungsik Seoul's 2026 two-star rating.
You can explore memories of Korean food alongside modern cooking and plating. To avoid confusing its rating with that of the New York restaurant of the same name, this list is based on Jungsik Seoul's 2026 two-star rating.
미쉐린 가이드 2026 2스타
요리 종류 컨템퍼러리
주소 서울특별시 강남구 선릉로 158길 11
전화 +82 2-517-4654
If you want to enjoy the flow of Korean cuisine, compare how La Yeon, Kwon Sook Soo, and Jungsik differ; if you'd like to experience Japanese cuisine at a small counter, compare what Sosuhun and Mitou offer. When choosing a creative course, also consider whether the chef's approach to ingredients suits your taste.
This list is based on the 2026 ratings and is not a ranking. For the actual course lineup, prices, meal length, and dietary accommodations, check the restaurant's information at the time you book to help plan your meal.
This list is based on the 2026 ratings and is not a ranking. For the actual course lineup, prices, meal length, and dietary accommodations, check the restaurant's information at the time you book to help plan your meal.
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Kwonsooksoo
2스타한식+82 2-542-6268
La Yeon
2스타한식+82 2-2230-3367
Restaurant Allen
2스타컨템퍼러리+82 2-6985-7214
Mosu
2스타모던 요리+82 2-6272-5678
Mitou
2스타 · 그린 스타일식+82 10-7286-9914
Sosuheon
2스타스시+82 10-9694-3368
Soigné
2스타컨템퍼러리+82 2-3477-9386
Alla Prima
2스타이노베이티브+82 2-511-2555
Evett
2스타이노베이티브+82 70-4231-1022
Jungsik
2스타컨템퍼러리+82 2-517-4654
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