Hotel lobby
Plaza
The PLAZA will open its outdoor boutique bar “Garden Fest” from May 21 through Oct. 2. Guests can enjoy cool drinks as well as premium dishes including rotisserie duck, lamb and bulgogi. Side dishes range in price from 16,000 to 49,000 won and beer is 6,000 won per glass.
There is also a Happy Hour (6 p.m-8 p.m.) for the price of 48,000 won for two people including VAT & service charges. This set includes one side dish and unlimited draft beer. For guests visiting on their birthdays, the Garden Fest will provide one of the Lounge's desserts and a pitcher of draft beer for free.
Every last Friday of the month, a lucky draw will be held with prizes such as The PLAZA vouchers and gift certificates for Seven Square. For more information, visit
or call (02)310-7400.
Millennium Seoul Hilton
Millennium Seoul Hilton’s buffet restaurant, Orangerie, will the cuisine of the Philippines in June.
Though not as well-known as its Asian counterparts, the cuisine of the Philippines has many influences from Malaysia, Spain, China, India, etc. due to many years of colonization as well as its strategic location in the Asian-Pacific Rim. Popular dishes include lechon (whole roasted pig), adobo (pork or chicken simmered in a vinegar and soy sauce), pancit (fried noodles with meat and vegetables), kare-kare (oxtail and peanut sauce), lumpia (fresh or fried spring rolls) and desserts.
The lunch buffet is priced at 64,000 won for adults and 38,400 won for children aged 12 and under. The dinner buffet is priced at KW69,000 for adults and 41,400 for children aged twelve and under. Tax and service charge is included in these prices. For more information, call (02) 317-3143.
Novotel Ambassador Gangnam
The Novotel Ambassador Gangnam announces a weekend buffet of cherries and berries from May 25 to July 28 at the Lobby Lounge on the hotel’s first floor. This event will take place alongside the existing strawberry dessert buffet. The limited time promotion features a wide array of tantalizing cherry and berry delights.
The buffet will be available from 2 p.m. through 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays and costs 19,800 won for children and 35,000 won for adults, including tax. For more information, call (02) 531-6611-2 or visit
https://novotel.ambatel.com/gangnam
Imperial Palace
The Imperial Palace in Eonju-ro, Gangnam, hosts a “Cinderella Party” at its lounge bar Zoe on May 25.
The party, set to take place fashionably late from 9 p.m. through 3 a.m., will feature a DJ playing music. Then at midnight, a Cinderella shoes event will take place the winner of which will receive a million won’s worth of luxury brand ‘Chanel’ shoes as a prize. If there are multiple candidates whose foot size fits the Chanel shoes, an MC will have the candidates play various games to decide the final owner of the shoes. There will be other events including “couple matching.” There is an entrance fee of 20,000 won per person (plus VAT) that includes two cocktails. For more information, call (02)3440-8000.
Grand Ambassador
The Grand Ambassador Hotel in Jangchung, Seoul, will reopen its newly-renovated grand ballroom on May 23. For the past 50 years, the ballroom served as a popular wedding venue for couples. The renovation gives it a new modern look.
Encompassing 712 square meters, the room can house up to 420 guests for ballroom weddings and 700 for stage performances. The hotel will hold a special opening party that day. For more information, call (02)2270-3123.