Where to Eat in Daegu, Korea

Last updated: 22 September 2026

Daegu is Korea's fourth-largest city and the one visitors most often skip. Its food is worth the stop. This is a working list of places around the centre — Samdeok-dong, Dongseong-ro, Banwoldang and Beomeo-dong — grouped by neighbourhood, with what each serves and a map link.

Namseong-ro and Samdeok-dong: three places

A Korean soup house, a Western restaurant that takes bookings, and a bar, all within walking distance of Banwoldang station or in Samdeok-dong.

• 레스토랑 가식 (Restaurant Gasik) — Western dining: steak, pasta, pizza. Samdeok main branch at 달구벌대로445길 44-22, 1F; a Banwoldang branch at 남성로 29-1, directly behind The Hyundai Daegu; and a Suseong·Beomeo branch at 달구벌대로489안길 30, near Beomeo station. (run by this site's owner) gasik.kr · map
• 삼덕동 이네딧담 (Inedit-dam) — listed by Naver as a bar. 국채보상로150길 83, Samdeok-dong. Instagram · map
• 한식당 청우해장 (Cheongwoo Haejang) — Korean; a haejang house, which means hangover soup, the morning-after institution. 남성로 11, near Banwoldang. cheongwoohaejang.com · map

Background reading from this site: Daegu's ten official dishes, makchang versus gopchang, haejangguk versus yukgaejang, galbitang versus seolleongtang, eating near The Hyundai Daegu, Daegu at night, the modern history alley walk, Pyongyang naengmyeon versus mul naengmyeon, napjak mandu, Daegu jjim-galbi, Seomun Market food, getting in from Dongdaegu station and date ideas.

Samdeok-dong

The quieter streets east of the main shopping drag. Small restaurants and bars in converted houses; this is where the city's independent places cluster.

• 오레가노 동성로본점 — Western. 동성로2길 27-1, 1F. map
• 로산가옥 — Korean pork barbecue in an old house (gaok means house). 달구벌대로447길 72-6. map
• 소담히 동성로 — Izakaya. 동성로4길 6. map
• 이자와 동성로점 — Japanese. 동성로3길 32-21, 1F. map
• 호랑이집 동성로 — Korean. 동성로4길 13-1, 1F. map
• 포앤투웬티 (4&20) — Bar, upstairs at 동성로4길 13-1, 2F. map

Dongseong-ro and Jongno

The main pedestrian shopping district and the streets west of it toward the old town. Busy, late-opening, and where the chains and the queues are.

• 황금쭈꾸미집 종로본점 — Spicy stir-fried baby octopus (jjukkumi). 중앙대로81길 54. map
• 인투 동성로점 — Western. 동성로4길 95. map
• 멘지 대구동성로점 — Japanese ramen; Naver lists a waiting-list link, which usually means a queue. 동성로1길 12, 1F. map
• 후라토식당 대구동성로점 — Japanese. 중앙대로 406-19, 1F. map
• 해쉬 (Hash) — Pasta. 동성로 8-7. map
• 오쇼 — Izakaya over two floors. 종로 30. map
• 중앙떡볶이 — Tteokbokki and street snacks; Daegu's flat dumplings (napjak mandu) are the local order here. 동성로2길 81. map

Gukbap — Daegu's soup-and-rice

Daegu's signature is ttaro-gukbap: a spicy beef soup served with the rice in a separate bowl (ttaro means separately). These are the central-district gukbap houses with the most Naver reviews.

• 국일따로국밥 — the ttaro-gukbap name most often cited for the dish. 국채보상로 571. map
• 군위식당 — Gukbap. 경상감영길 101, in the 중앙상가 arcade. map
• 8번식당 본점 — Gukbap. 서성로13길 8, 1F. map
• 산더미 미성돼지국밥 — Pork gukbap. 경상감영길 166-1, 1F. map
• 제일콩국 — Kongguk, a cold soybean soup; a summer dish. 남산로6안길 47. map

Cafés and bakeries

• 대구근대골목단팥빵 본점 — Red-bean buns, on the "modern history alley" walking route. 남성로 7-1. map
• 팜테이블 동성로 본점 — Café. 동성로6길 75, 1F. map
• 오드 (Ode) — Coffee and bar. 달구벌대로 2125-3, 1F, Bongsan-dong. map
• 이얼즈 (Years) — Café over two floors. 공평로 79. map

Beomeo-dong (Suseong-gu)

East of the centre, across the river. Suseong-gu is the residential and office district; the restaurants here are larger and more family-oriented.

• 조조칼국수 본점 — Knife-cut noodles and dumplings. 국채보상로 912, 1F. map
• 상무초밥 대구범어점 — Sushi. 상록로 15, 1F. map
• 길천 인생면옥 범어본점 — Regional noodle dishes. 범어로19길 25, 1F. map
• 핵밥 대구범어점 — Japanese-style rice bowls. 달구벌대로 2508, 1F. map

Makchang — the Daegu dish

If Daegu has one dish visitors are told to try, it is makchang: grilled pork or beef intestine, charred at the table and eaten with a soybean dipping sauce. The chain with the most Naver reviews across the city is 연막창; its branches, so you can pick the nearest:

• 연막창 대구 본점 — 동대구로73길 26, 1F, Beomeo-dong. map
• 연막창 수성못점 — 수성못길 22, 2F, by the Suseong lake. map
• 연막창 침산고성직영점 — 호암로 4, 1F, north of the centre. map
• 연막창 신월성점 — 조암로 70, 1F, Dalseo-gu. map

Reading a Korean restaurant

A few things that are obvious to locals and not to visitors.

• 본점 means main branch. Where a name has several branches, the 본점 is the original. It is not necessarily better, but it is the one people mean.
• Side dishes are included and refilled. The small plates that arrive unasked (banchan) are part of the meal, not extras, and asking for more is normal.
• Many places serve one thing. A gukbap house serves gukbap. A short menu is a good sign, not a limited one.
• Waiting apps are common. A queue at a popular place is often managed through an app rather than a line; if you see a tablet by the door, register there.
• No tipping. Prices are what you pay.
• Naver Maps works better than Google Maps in Korea. The map links on this page go to Naver for that reason.

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