Hotel Lobby
Sheraton Grande Walkerhill
The Sheraton Grande Walkerhill presents Urban Vacation Packages to make the most out of the outdoor pool Riverpark’s Gold Season until Aug. 15 and Blue Season from Aug. 16 to 28.
The Love 2gether package includes a two-night stay in a deluxe room, buffet breakfast at The View restaurant, two free tickets to Riverpark with poolside buffet, and a restaurant voucher worth 50,000 won. The deal is priced at 554,000 won during the Gold Season and 534,000 won during the Blue Season.
The Fun 4 Summer package is especially for stays with the entire family, offering a two-night stay in a club family suite with club privileges, two tickets to Riverpark with poolside buffet and a restaurant voucher for 70,000 won. Prices start at 932,000 won during the Gold Season and 912,000 won during the Blue Season. For more information, call 02-2022-2222.
Imperial Palace Hotel
The Imperial Palace Hotel’s Cafe Amiga offers “king galbi yakgyetang,” which combines “galbi,” or grilled beef ribs, and “samgyetang,” or ginseng chicken soup.
It is a healthy dish with a hearty broth made from 15 kinds of Korean medicinal herbs, such as fresh ginseng, deer antler, Angelica gigas roots and Oriental raisin trees, plus juicy galbi.
The dish is available through July 31 and between Aug. 11 and 14. It is priced at 45,000 won excluding tax and service charges. For more information, call 02-3440-8000.
Ritz-Carlton Seoul
Three chefs from the Ritz-Carlton Tokyo will present the latest trends in Japanese cuisine at the Ritz-Carlton Seoul’s Oksan Buffet from Aug. 4 to 10.
Executive sous chef Takahashi Hiroshi has worked at famous restaurants and hotels in Japan perfecting diverse dishes for banquets and weddings. He joined the Ritz-Carlton Tokyo in 2007. The experienced chef will showcase his trendy and stylish dishes in addition to Oksan’s 140-item menu.
The promotion will be available throughout August. The price for the buffet on weekday evenings is 67,000 won and on weekends and holidays, 70,000 won. For more information, call 02-3451-8474.
Grand Hyatt Seoul
The Grand Hyatt Seoul’s Japanese restaurant Akasaka offers a selection of lunchbox delicacies.
With premium quality, authentic taste and fresh ingredients, the lunchboxes are filled with seasonal delicacies, including steamed egg custard, sesame tofu, vegetable, tuna, yellowtail and halibut sashimi, assorted tempura, broiled fish and braised beef with Japanese potato. Akasaka’s new chef Keiichi Watanabe with 18 years of experience will be in charge of the special lunch sets.
The lunchbox is priced at 60,000 won. For more information, call 02-799-8164.
InterContinental Alpensia Pyeongchang Resort
The InterContinental Alpensia Pyeongchang Resort and Holiday Inn Resort Alpensia Pyeongchang are offering various barbeque promotions through Aug. 27.
At the InterContinental’s restaurant Flavours, guests can enjoy barbecued pork, lamb and chicken served directly by the chef on the terrace in addition to the restaurant’s buffet. The barbeque is available every evening until Aug. 15 and afterwards, every Saturday evening. It is priced at 50,000 won for adults and 30,000 won for children. For more information, call 033-339-1302.
The Holiday Inn’s restaurant Mont Blanc features a “self-service outdoor barbeque,” in which guests can grill meat themselves. Menu A includes beef ribs, pork belly and shrimp at 140,000 won and Menu B, sirloin and lamb at 180,000 won. A barbeque buffet with unlimited alcoholic beverages is also available at 35,000 won. For more information, call 033-339-1310.