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Seoul Nightlife Districts

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The districts of Seoul, Gyeonggi and Incheon covered on this site, what each is known for, and how prices differ between them.

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Seoul Nightlife Districts — what do you need to know first?

The districts of Seoul, Gyeonggi and Incheon covered on this site, what each is known for, and how prices differ between them.

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01The districts we cover

Coverage follows what we have been able to verify rather than what exists. Gangnam is the deepest; the rest are growing.

DistrictAreaNearest stationVerified venuesFrom (2 people, 3 hours)
Yeoksam 역삼Gangnam area역삼역33—
Sinsa 신사Gangnam area신사역19—
Nonhyeon 논현Gangnam area논현역15—
Gangnam 강남Gangnam area강남역6Public (퍼블릭) ₩900,000 – ₩2,800,000
Ingye 인계동Gyeonggi수원시청역5Karaoke (가라오케) ₩750,000 – ₩1,300,000
Cheongdam 청담Gangnam area청담역4—
Samseong 삼성Gangnam area삼성역4Hyper Public (하이퍼블릭) ₩1,000,000 – ₩1,050,000
Daechi 대치Gangnam area대치역1—
Jamwon 잠원Gangnam area잠원역1—
Anjung 안중Gyeonggi안중역——
Ansan 안산Gyeonggi중앙역——
Anseong 안성Gyeonggi안성종합버스터미널——
+ 146
DistrictAreaNearest stationVerified venuesFrom (2 people, 3 hours)
Anyang 안양Gyeonggi범계역——
Apgujeong 압구정Gangnam area압구정역——
Balsan 발산Seoul, other발산역——
Bangbae 방배Gangnam area방배역——
Bangi 방이Gangnam area방이역——
Banpo 반포Gangnam area고속터미널역——
Beomgye 범계Gyeonggi범계역——
Beondong 번동Seoul, other미아사거리역——
Bucheon 부천Gyeonggi부천역——
Bundang 분당Gyeonggi서현역——
Bupyeong 부평Incheon부평역——
Byeollae 별내Gyeonggi별내역——
Byeongjeom 병점Gyeonggi병점역——
Changdong 창동Seoul, other창동역——
Cheongna 청라Incheon청라국제도시역——
Cheongnyangni 청량리Seoul, other청량리역——
Cheonho 천호Gangnam area천호역——
Dangsan 당산Seoul, other당산역——
Dobong 도봉Seoul, other창동역——
Doksan 독산Seoul, other독산역——
Dongdaemun 동대문Seoul, other청량리역——
Dongducheon 동두천Gyeonggi동두천중앙역——
Dongjak 동작Seoul, other사당역——
Dongtan 동탄Gyeonggi동탄역——
Euljiro 을지로Seoul, other을지로입구역——
Eunpyeong 은평Seoul, other연신내역——
Gaepo 개포Gangnam area개포동역——
Gangbuk 강북Seoul, other수유역——
Gangdong 강동Gangnam area천호역——
Gangseo 강서Seoul, other우장산역——
Gapyeong 가평Gyeonggi가평역——
Garak 가락Gangnam area가락시장역——
Gasan 가산Seoul, other가산디지털단지역——
Geomdan 검단Incheon검단오류역——
Geondae 건대Seoul, other건대입구역——
Geumcheon 금천Seoul, other시흥사거리——
Giheung 기흥Gyeonggi기흥역——
Gildong 길동Gangnam area길동역——
Gimpo 김포Gyeonggi장기역——
Gongdeok 공덕Seoul, other공덕역——
Goyang 고양Gyeonggi일산역——
Gunpo 군포Gyeonggi금정역——
Guri 구리Gyeonggi구리역——
Guro 구로Seoul, other신도림역——
Gurodigital 구로디지털단지Seoul, other구로디지털단지역——
Guui 구의Seoul, other구의역——
Guwol 구월동Incheon인천시청역——
Gwanak 관악Seoul, other서울대입구역——
Gwanggyo 광교Gyeonggi광교역——
Gwanghwamun 광화문Seoul, other광화문역——
Gwangjin 광진Seoul, other구의역——
Gwangju Gg 경기광주Gyeonggi경기광주역——
Gwangmyeong 광명Gyeonggi광명사거리역——
Gyeyang 계양Incheon계양역——
Gyodae 교대Gangnam area교대역——
Haengsin 행신Gyeonggi행신역——
Hanam 하남Gyeonggi하남시청역——
Hannam 한남Seoul, other한남역——
Hapjeong 합정Seoul, other합정역——
Hoegi 회기Seoul, other회기역——
Hongdae 홍대Seoul, other홍대입구역——
Hwagok 화곡Seoul, other화곡역——
Hwajeong 화정Gyeonggi화정역——
Hwaseong 화성Gyeonggi병점역——
Hyangnam 향남Gyeonggi향남역——
Icheon 이천Gyeonggi이천종합버스터미널——
Ilsan 일산Gyeonggi정발산역——
Incheon Nonhyeon 논현동Incheon논현역——
Incheon 인천Incheon예술회관역——
Itaewon 이태원Seoul, other이태원역——
Jamsil 잠실Gangnam area잠실역——
Jamsilsaenae 잠실새내Gangnam area잠실새내역——
Jangandong 장안동Seoul, other장한평역——
Jeongja 정자Gyeonggi정자역——
Jongno 종로Seoul, other종로3가역——
Juan 주안Incheon주안역——
Jukjeon 죽전Gyeonggi죽전역——
Jungdong 중동Gyeonggi중동역——
Junggu 중구Seoul, other을지로3가역——
Jungnang 중랑Seoul, other상봉역——
Magok 마곡Seoul, other마곡역——
Mapo 마포Seoul, other홍대입구역——
Mia 미아Seoul, other미아사거리역——
Migeum 미금Gyeonggi미금역——
Misa 미사Gyeonggi미사역——
Mokdong 목동Seoul, other목동역——
Moran 모란Gyeonggi모란역——
Munjeong 문정Gangnam area문정역——
Myeongdong 명동Seoul, other명동역——
Myeonmok 면목Seoul, other면목역——
Namyangju 남양주Gyeonggi도농역——
Noryangjin 노량진Seoul, other노량진역——
Nowon 노원Seoul, other노원역——
Osan 오산Gyeonggi오산역——
Paju 파주Gyeonggi야당역——
Pangyo 판교Gyeonggi판교역——
Pocheon 포천Gyeonggi포천시외버스터미널——
Pyeongchon 평촌Gyeonggi평촌역——
Pyeongtaek 평택Gyeonggi평택역——
Sadang 사당Seoul, other사당역——
Samjeon 삼전Gangnam area삼전역——
Sanbon 산본Gyeonggi산본역——
Sangbong 상봉Seoul, other상봉역——
Sanggye 상계Seoul, other상계역——
Seocho 서초Gangnam area방배역——
Seodaemun 서대문Seoul, other신촌역——
Seohyeon 서현Gyeonggi서현역——
Seolleung 선릉Gangnam area선릉역——
Seongbuk 성북Seoul, other성신여대입구역——
Seongdong 성동Seoul, other왕십리역——
Seongnam 성남Gyeonggi신흥역——
Seongsu 성수Seoul, other성수역——
Seouldae 서울대입구Seoul, other서울대입구역——
Siheung 시흥Gyeonggi정왕역——
Sillim 신림Seoul, other신림역——
Sinchon 신촌Seoul, other신촌역——
Sindang 신당Seoul, other신당역——
Sindorim 신도림Seoul, other신도림역——
Sinjeong 신정Seoul, other신정네거리역——
Sinnonhyeon 신논현Gangnam area신논현역——
Sinwol 신월Seoul, other까치산역——
Songdo 송도Incheon테크노파크역——
Songpa 송파Gangnam area잠실역——
Songtan 송탄Gyeonggi송탄역——
Suji 수지Gyeonggi수지구청역——
Suseo 수서Gangnam area수서역——
Suwon 수원Gyeonggi수원시청역—Karaoke (가라오케) ₩750,000 – ₩1,300,000
Suyu 수유Seoul, other수유역——
Uijeongbu 의정부Gyeonggi의정부역——
Uiwang 의왕Gyeonggi의왕역——
Unjeong 운정Gyeonggi운정역——
Wangsimni 왕십리Seoul, other왕십리역——
Wirye 위례Gyeonggi남위례역——
Yangcheon 양천Seoul, other목동역——
Yangjae 양재Gangnam area양재역——
Yangju 양주Gyeonggi옥정——
Yangpyeong 양평Gyeonggi양평역——
Yatap 야탑Gyeonggi야탑역——
Yeoju 여주Gyeonggi여주종합터미널——
Yeongdeungpo 영등포Seoul, other영등포구청역——
Yeongtong 영통Gyeonggi영통역——
Yeonsinnae 연신내Seoul, other연신내역——
Yeonsu 연수Incheon연수역——
Yeouido 여의도Seoul, other여의도역——
Yongin 용인Gyeonggi기흥역——
Yongsan 용산Seoul, other용산역——

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.

02Gangnam and its neighbourhoods

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.

03What each district is like

How a district is used during the day carries over into the evening.

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.

04How much district changes the price

Treating Gangnam as 1, neighbourhood districts sit around 0.8 for the same venue type.

AreaRelative to Gangnam
Gangnam (Yeoksam, Nonhyeon, Sinsa, Samseong)1.0 - the reference
Other Seoul districtsAround 0.8 for the same venue type
Gyeonggi and IncheonAround 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.

05District and type together

Every district and venue type we have verified, with the two-people-three-hours figure for each.

DistrictTypeTwo people, three hours
Gangnam 강남Hyper Public (하이퍼블릭)₩950,000 – ₩1,200,000
Gangnam 강남Ilpro (일프로)₩3,500,000 – ₩3,850,000
Gangnam 강남Jjeomo (쩜오)₩1,750,000 – ₩2,200,000
Gangnam 강남Karaoke (가라오케)₩1,000,000 – ₩1,150,000
Gangnam 강남Public (퍼블릭)₩900,000 – ₩2,800,000
Gangnam 강남Shirt Room (셔츠룸)₩900,000 – ₩1,300,000
Gangnam 강남Ten Cafe (텐카페)₩2,100,000 – ₩2,300,000
Gangnam 강남Ten Pro (텐프로)₩3,750,000 – ₩4,100,000
Ingye 인계동Hyper Public (하이퍼블릭)₩1,000,000 – ₩1,100,000
Ingye 인계동Karaoke (가라오케)₩750,000 – ₩1,300,000
Samseong 삼성Hyper Public (하이퍼블릭)₩1,000,000 – ₩1,050,000
Suwon 수원Hyper Public (하이퍼블릭)₩1,000,000 – ₩1,100,000
Suwon 수원Karaoke (가라오케)₩750,000 – ₩1,300,000
Suwon 수원Shirt Room (셔츠룸)₩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.

06Nearest stations

Station names are more useful on the ground than district names. These are the stations for the districts we cover.

DistrictNearest stationLines
안중안중역—
안산중앙역4호선 · 수인분당선
안성안성종합버스터미널—(전철역 없음)
안양범계역4호선(과천선) · 4호선
압구정압구정역3호선
발산발산역5호선
방배방배역2호선
방이방이역5호선
반포고속터미널역3호선 · 7호선 · 9호선
범계범계역4호선
번동미아사거리역4호선
부천부천역1호선(경인선) 급행 정차 · 1호선
+ 146
DistrictNearest stationLines
분당서현역수인분당선
부평부평역1호선 · 인천1호선
별내별내역경춘선 · 8호선
병점병점역1호선
창동창동역1호선 · 4호선
청담청담역7호선
청라청라국제도시역공항철도
청량리청량리역1호선 · 경의중앙선 · 경춘선 · 수인분당선
천호천호역5호선 · 8호선
대치대치역3호선
당산당산역2호선 · 9호선
도봉창동역1호선 · 4호선
독산독산역1호선
동대문청량리역1호선 · 경의중앙선 · 경춘선 · 수인분당선
동두천동두천중앙역1호선
동작사당역2호선 · 4호선
동탄동탄역SRT · GTX-A · KTX
을지로을지로입구역2호선
은평연신내역3호선 · 6호선 · GTX-A
개포개포동역수인분당선
강북수유역4호선
강동천호역5호선 · 8호선
강남강남역2호선 · 신분당선
강서우장산역5호선
가평가평역경춘선
가락가락시장역3호선 · 8호선
가산가산디지털단지역7호선 · 1호선
검단검단오류역인천1호선 · 인천2호선
건대건대입구역2호선 · 7호선
금천시흥사거리1호선 금천구청역 인근
기흥기흥역수인분당선 · 용인에버라인
길동길동역5호선
김포장기역김포골드라인
공덕공덕역5호선 · 6호선 · 경의중앙선 · 공항철도
고양일산역경의중앙선 · 서해선
군포금정역1호선 · 4호선
구리구리역경의중앙선 · 8호선
구로신도림역1호선 · 2호선
구로디지털단지구로디지털단지역2호선
구의구의역2호선
구월동인천시청역인천1호선 · 인천2호선
관악서울대입구역2호선
광교광교역신분당선
광화문광화문역5호선
광진구의역2호선
경기광주경기광주역경강선
광명광명사거리역7호선
계양계양역인천1호선 · 공항철도
교대교대역2호선 · 3호선
행신행신역경의중앙선
하남하남시청역5호선
한남한남역경의중앙선
합정합정역2호선 · 6호선
회기회기역1호선 · 경의중앙선 · 경춘선
홍대홍대입구역2호선 · 경의중앙선 · 공항철도
화곡화곡역5호선
화정화정역3호선
화성병점역1호선
향남향남역—
이천이천종합버스터미널—(전철역 없음)
일산정발산역3호선
인천예술회관역인천1호선
논현동논현역수인분당선
인계동수원시청역수인분당선
이태원이태원역6호선
잠실잠실역2호선 · 8호선
잠실새내잠실새내역2호선
잠원잠원역3호선
장안동장한평역5호선
정자정자역신분당선 · 수인분당선
종로종로3가역1호선 · 3호선 · 5호선
주안주안역인천2호선 · 1호선
죽전죽전역수인분당선
중동중동역1호선
중구을지로3가역2호선 · 3호선
중랑상봉역7호선 · 경의중앙선 · 경춘선
마곡마곡역5호선
마포홍대입구역2호선 · 경의중앙선 · 공항철도
미아미아사거리역4호선
미금미금역신분당선 · 수인분당선
미사미사역5호선
목동목동역5호선
모란모란역수인분당선 · 8호선
문정문정역8호선
명동명동역4호선
면목면목역7호선
남양주도농역경의중앙선
논현논현역7호선 · 신분당선
노량진노량진역1호선 · 9호선
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Give a taxi driver the station name rather than the district. It is the landmark they navigate by.

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Reference image, not a specific venue or person

07Outside Seoul

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.

08Getting between districts

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.

09What the district pages hold

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.

10Choosing between districts

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.

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Reference image, not a specific venue or person

11Asking about a district we have not covered

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.

12Questions people ask

Which districts have verified venues?

Yeoksam, Nonhyeon, Sinsa, Samseong, Gangnam and Cheongdam in Seoul, and Ingye in Suwon, each with its own page above. Daechi and Jamwon have one verified venue each and sit inside the Korean district pages.

Are the other 140 districts empty?

No. They carry licensed venues from the public register and estimated prices, but no venue there has published a full price yet.

How far apart are the Gangnam districts?

Ten minutes by taxi covers most pairs. Yeoksam, Nonhyeon and Sinsa sit on adjacent subway stops.

Can you book outside Seoul?

Yes, for any district on the site. Send the district, party size, time and budget.

13We book the table for you

Tell us your party size, time and budget. We pick a venue that fits and hold the table for you. Replies within 10 minutes during business hours, and there is no extra fee — you pay the venue directly.

Ask before you decide

Ask what today's conditions can get you

The prices here are a baseline. Tell us your budget and we will look for a place that fits it.

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14On this site

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