Where to dine in Seoul on Christmas Day

Four Seasons Hotel’s buffet restaurant, the Market Kitchen, will offer brunch and dinner on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. / Courtesy of Four Seasons Hotel

By Kim Se-jeong

Hotel restaurants in Seoul will offer various food, drinks and entertainment on Dec. 24 and 25. Make sure to shop around and make reservations, because they usually book out fast.

Four Seasons Hotel’s buffet restaurant, the Market Kitchen, will offer brunch and dinner on Christmas Eve and Christmas day, featuring oysters, foie gras, grilled lobster and turkey. Brunch will cost 75,000 won per person, while dinner will cost 118,000 won. For more information and reservations, call (02) 6388-5530.

Grand Hilton Seoul Buffet restaurant will serve Christmas dinner on the nights of Dec. 23, 24 and 25, featuring lobster, lamb, steak, turkey and grilled abalone. The dinner will cost 100,000 won per person. The restaurant will also serve Christmas Day brunch featuring mushroom soup, grilled lobster, tenderloin steak and a salad bar for 85,000 won per person. For more information and reservations, call (02) 2287-8271.

Imperial Palace Seoul Hotel will offer an exclusive Christmas dinner at its Chinese, Japanese and buffet restaurants on Dec. 24 and 25, featuring seafood specials at the Chinese restaurant, seafood and beef at the Japanese restaurant and lobster and beef at the buffet restaurant.

The dinner will be available from 6:30 p.m. until 11:30 p.m. The price for the meal varies by restaurant. For more information and reservations, call (02) 3440-8000.

Grand Hyatt Incheon’s buffet restaurant offers a special lunch and dinner on Dec. 24 and 25. The price starts from 110,000 won per person. For more information and reservations, call (032) 745-1234.

Park Hyatt Seoul’s restaurant Cornerstone will offer a five-course Italian dinner on Dec. 24 and 25. Details of the menu aren’t available yet. The meal will come with a complimentary glass of wine but guests can get a glass of wine for each dish for an extra 50,000 won. The Christmas dinner will cost 195,000 per person. For more information and reservations, call (02) 2016-1234.

Conrad Seoul’s restaurants Zest and Atrio will offer Christmas dinner on Dec. 24 and 25, featuring grilled lobster, turkey, barbeque, shrimp and Beijing duck, Along with a live Christmas musical performance, the dinner will cost 148,000 won per person. For more information and reservations, call (02) 6137-7100/7120.