Coverage follows what we have been able to verify rather than what exists. Gangnam is the deepest; the rest are growing.
| District | Venue types covered | Venues listed |
|---|---|---|
| <a href="/gangnam/">강남</a> | Hyper Public, Il Pro (1%), Karaoke, Public, Shirt Room, Ten Cafe, Ten Pro | — |
| <a href="/incheon/">인천</a> | Noraebang, Threeno | — |
| <a href="/ingye/">인계동</a> | Hyper Public, Karaoke | — |
| <a href="/nonhyeon/">논현</a> | Hyper Public, Jjeomo (0.5), Ten Cafe | — |
| <a href="/samseong/">삼성</a> | Hyper Public, Jjeomo (0.5), Leggings Room | — |
| <a href="/sinsa/">신사</a> | Ten Cafe, Ten Pro | — |
| <a href="/suwon/">수원</a> | Karaoke, Shirt Room | — |
| <a href="/yeoksam/">역삼</a> | Il Pro (1%), Jjeomo (0.5), Public, Ten Cafe | — |
A district appears here once we have confirmed enough venues in it to say something useful. Where we have only a handful, they sit inside the wider district page rather than getting one of their own — a page with three entries on it is a page that promises more than it has.
Gangnam is not one place. Yeoksam, Nonhyeon, Sinsa and Samseong each have their own concentration and their own price level.
Yeoksam and Nonhyeon hold most of the mid and upper tiers, and they are where business entertaining concentrates. Sinsa runs slightly smaller and slightly newer. Samseong is quieter, shaped by the exhibition centre and the offices around it.
Distances between them are short — ten minutes by taxi covers most pairs — so the choice is about the kind of evening rather than about the journey.
How a district is used during the day carries over into the evening.
| District | What the area is | Commercial centre |
|---|---|---|
| 강남 | 테헤란로와 강남대로가 만나는 강남역 사거리를 축으로 역삼·논현·신논현까지 이어진다. 2호선 강남역은 하루 이용객 20만 명이 넘고 19년 연속 이용객이 가장 많은 역으로 꼽혔다. 접대와 비즈니스 자리가 몰려 시세가 전국에서 가장 높고, 논현동 먹자골목이 신논현역과 학동사거리 사이에 있어 1차를 마치고 걸어서 넘어가는 흐름이 자연스럽다. | 강남역 사거리~역삼·논현 축 (테헤란로·강남대로 교차) |
| 인천 | 구월동 로데오거리가 중심이다. 인천1호선 예술회관역과 인천터미널역 사이에 있고 북쪽으로 인천광역시청까지가 상권 범위다. 한 정거장 옆 인천시청역에서 인천1호선과 2호선이 만나 시내 어디서든 모이기 쉽고, 인천에서 상권이 가장 크다. | 구월동 로데오거리 (예술회관역~인천터미널역) |
| 인계동 | 수인분당선 수원시청역 일대다. 나혜석거리와 먹자골목이 맞붙어 있어 수원 유흥의 중심으로 꼽힌다. | 인계동 나혜석거리·먹자골목 |
| 논현 | 7호선 논현역과 신분당선이 만난다. 신논현역에서 학동사거리로 이어지는 구간에 논현동 먹자골목이 있어 저녁 수요가 두껍다. | 논현동 먹자골목 · 학동사거리 축 |
| 삼성 | 2호선 삼성역과 코엑스 일대다. 전시·행사 수요가 겹쳐 평일 저녁에도 접대 자리가 잡히는 편이다. | 삼성역 코엑스 일대 |
| 신사 | 3호선과 신분당선이 만나는 신사역이 중심이다. 압구정 방면으로 이어지는 축이라 강남 다른 동보다 값대가 높게 잡히는 편이다. | 신사역 일대 · 압구정 방면 축 |
| 수원 | 인계동이 중심이다. 수인분당선 수원시청역 일대에 나혜석거리와 먹자골목이 맞붙어 있고, 부동산 업계는 이 둘을 수원 A급 상권으로 분류한다. 갤러리아백화점 수원점과 경기아트센터가 걸어서 닿는 거리라 저녁 모임이 그대로 이어지고, 경기권에서 상권 규모가 가장 크다. | 인계동 나혜석거리·먹자골목 |
| 역삼 | 2호선 역삼역을 끼고 테헤란로가 지난다. 역 남쪽으로 역삼동 먹자골목이 이어져 1차를 마치고 걸어서 넘어가는 흐름이 자연스럽다. 강남역과 선릉역 사이 한 정거장씩이라 이동이 짧다. | 역삼동 먹자골목 · 테헤란로 축 |
Office districts fill up midweek; areas closer to housing move at the weekend. The same venue type feels different depending on who is in the room.
Treating Gangnam as 1, neighbourhood districts sit around 0.8 for the same venue type.
| Area | Relative to Gangnam |
|---|---|
| Gangnam (Yeoksam, Nonhyeon, Sinsa, Samseong) | 1.0 - the reference |
| Other Seoul districts | Around 0.8 for the same venue type |
| Gyeonggi and Incheon | Around 0.8, with wider variation between districts |
The gap is in the room-and-drinks charge more than in the hourly fee. Table service costs roughly the same across the city; the room is what Gangnam charges for.
Every district and venue type we have verified, with the two-people-three-hours figure for each.
| District | Type | Two people, three hours |
|---|---|---|
| <a href="/gangnam/hyperpublic/">강남</a> | Hyper Public | 950,000 - 1,200,000 |
| <a href="/gangnam/ilpro/">강남</a> | Il Pro (1%) | 3,500,000 - 3,850,000 |
| <a href="/gangnam/karaoke/">강남</a> | Karaoke | 1,000,000 - 1,150,000 |
| <a href="/gangnam/public/">강남</a> | Public | 900,000 - 2,800,000 |
| <a href="/gangnam/shirtroom/">강남</a> | Shirt Room | 900,000 - 1,300,000 |
| <a href="/gangnam/tencafe/">강남</a> | Ten Cafe | 2,100,000 - 2,300,000 |
| <a href="/gangnam/tenpro/">강남</a> | Ten Pro | 3,750,000 - 4,100,000 |
| <a href="/incheon/noraebang/">인천</a> | Noraebang | 200,000 - 300,000 |
| <a href="/incheon/threeno/">인천</a> | Threeno | 200,000 - 300,000 |
| <a href="/ingye/hyperpublic/">인계동</a> | Hyper Public | 1,000,000 - 1,100,000 |
| <a href="/ingye/karaoke/">인계동</a> | Karaoke | 750,000 - 1,300,000 |
| <a href="/samseong/hyperpublic/">삼성</a> | Hyper Public | 1,000,000 - 1,050,000 |
| <a href="/samseong/leggings/">삼성</a> | Leggings Room | 1,050,000 - 1,150,000 |
| <a href="/suwon/karaoke/">수원</a> | Karaoke | 750,000 - 1,300,000 |
| <a href="/suwon/shirtroom/">수원</a> | Shirt Room | 850,000 - 1,200,000 |
Combinations missing from this table are ones where no venue has published a figure yet. We leave them out rather than estimating them.
Station names are more useful on the ground than district names. These are the stations for the districts we cover.
| District | Nearest station | Lines |
|---|---|---|
| 강남 | 강남역 | 2호선 · 신분당선 |
| 인천 | 예술회관역 | 인천1호선 |
| 인계동 | 수원시청역 | 수인분당선 |
| 논현 | 논현역 | 7호선 · 신분당선 |
| 삼성 | 삼성역 | 2호선 |
| 신사 | 신사역 | 3호선 · 신분당선 |
| 수원 | 수원시청역 | 수인분당선 |
| 역삼 | 역삼역 | 2호선 |
Give a taxi driver the station name rather than the district. It is the landmark they navigate by.
Suwon and Incheon have their own concentrations, priced below Seoul for the same type.
Ingye-dong in Suwon is the largest of these and the one we have verified most of. Incheon is at an earlier stage on this site, and its pages carry fewer confirmed figures as a result.
Within Gangnam everything is ten to fifteen minutes by taxi. Between Seoul and Suwon or Incheon, plan on an hour.
The subway covers all of these districts and is the fastest way to reach them before midnight. After that the calculation changes completely, and the district you are in matters more than the district you wanted.
This is the practical reason we group venues by district rather than by type. On the night, the question is rarely which venue type is best — it is which of them is close enough to be worth the journey.
Each district page on the Korean side lists the venue types confirmed there, the price range for each, and the individual venues with what they have published.
Those pages are in Korean because that is where the source material is, and translating a listing that changes monthly would guarantee that one of the two versions is wrong. The figures are the same figures — the tables here are drawn from the same data.
If you want to know what is in a district without reading Korean, ask and we will tell you what is listed there.
For most visitors the choice is settled by where you are sleeping, not by the venues.
The price difference between districts is smaller than the cost and time of crossing the city at two in the morning. If you are staying in Gangnam, stay in Gangnam. If you are not, the local district is almost always the better call.
Tell us where you will be and we will tell you what is there, whether or not it has a page yet.
A district without a page is a district we have not verified enough of to publish, not one without venues. We would rather answer a question directly than put up a page that guesses.