10 Korean restaurants to try in BGC
From ₱499 unlimited samgyupsal to a 12-seat counter that only takes reservations — this blog compares menu selection, price for two, atmosphere, accessibility, and the B-ticket offers available at each address.
Ni Mariel Ocampo
Senior Food Editor
Alternatibong teksto: three portions of pork belly cooking on a round grill set into a restaurant table, with side dishes around it.
Korean food in Bonifacio Global City has stopped being a single street. Grill houses now sit beside noodle counters, banchan-forward kitchens, and late-night bars, and the gap between the cheapest and most expensive dinner on this list is more than ₱1,400 for two people.
We ate at all ten places between 2 and 18 July 2026, paid for every meal, and went back to three of them on a weekday to check whether the queue and the service held up. Where a restaurant has an offer on B-ticket, we redeemed it ourselves at the counter so we could describe what actually happens.
How we chose these ten
We started from 31 Korean restaurants inside BGC and the two blocks around it, then removed anything that had closed, moved, or was operating as a delivery-only kitchen. What was left was scored on five things:
- Menu range — whether you can eat well without ordering the grill set.
- Price for two — a full meal for two people, including drinks and service charge.
- Wait time — observed at 7pm on a Friday, and again at 12:30pm on a weekday.
- Accessibility — step-free entry, lift access, and whether the toilet is on the same floor.
- Offer availability — whether a B-ticket coupon exists and what it excludes.
We did not accept free meals, and no restaurant was told in advance that we were visiting. Two owners agreed to an interview afterwards; both are cited at the end.
Quick comparison
Prices are what we paid in July 2026 for two people, including service charge where it applies.
| Restaurant | Best for | For two | Wait, Fri 7pm | B-ticket offer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonjip Korean Grill | Groups | ₱1,398 | 35–50 min | B1G1 grill set |
| Mapo Sikdang | Value | ₱1,150 | 15 min | ₱200 off ₱1,000 |
| Hanok Table | Quiet dinner | ₱2,400 | Booking only | None |
| Gogi Lab | Solo diners | ₱980 | 10 min | 15% off total bill |
| Seorae Alley | Late night | ₱1,600 | 25 min | None |
Best for a group: Sonjip Korean Grill
Sonjip runs an unlimited pork set at ₱499 a head, and it is the only place on this list that will seat eight people without splitting the table. The extraction over each grill is strong enough that you do not leave smelling of smoke, which matters if you are coming from an office nearby.
The trade-off is the queue. We arrived at 7:10pm on a Friday and were seated at 7:52pm; the same visit on a Tuesday took nine minutes. Staff take names on a paper list at the door — there is no digital queue — so send one person ahead if your group is arriving separately.
Best value: Mapo Sikdang
Mapo Sikdang is a stew and rice kitchen rather than a grill house, and it is the only restaurant here where two people can eat properly for under ₱1,200 with no service charge added. The kimchi jjigae comes with five banchan that are refilled without asking.
“We kept the price flat for two years because the office crowd comes back three times a week. The coupon brings in the weekend people who would not have found us.”
The room is small — 24 covers — and there is a single step at the entrance. Staff will move the ramp into place if you ask, but it is not out by default.
Best for a quiet dinner: Hanok Table
Twelve seats, one sitting at 18:30 and another at 20:45, and a set menu that changes with what the kitchen can source. At ₱2,400 for two it is the most expensive dinner on this list, and the only one where you need to book at least a week ahead.
There is no B-ticket offer here and the owner told us there will not be one — the room fills without it. We are including it because readers asked for a Korean restaurant that works for a conversation, and this is the one.
The other seven, in brief
Each of these is worth a visit for one specific reason. Hours and offers are on each store page.
Gogi Lab
Single-seat grills along a counter. The only place here we would eat alone without feeling odd.
Seorae Alley
Open until 2am on weekends. Loud, cheap soju, decent fried chicken.
Bap & Banchan
Rice bowls from ₱280. Fast enough for a 45-minute lunch break.
Jinju Noodle Bar
Cold naengmyeon that holds up in April heat; small room, no reservations.
Chimaek House
Fried chicken and beer sets for four. Ask for the half-and-half sauce.
Tteok Street
Takeaway tteokbokki counter. Two seats only; best eaten in the park opposite.
Hyodo Kitchen
Family-run, ten tables, the most generous banchan refills we found.
What to know before you go
Service charge is not always included
Six of the ten add 10% at the till. Where a B-ticket coupon takes a percentage off the total bill, the discount is applied before service charge — so the saving is slightly smaller than the headline figure.
Parking is the real constraint
Only Sonjip and Hanok Table validate parking, and only for the building they sit in. On a Friday evening the Forbes Town car parks were full from 6:45pm onwards on both of our visits.
Coupons need to be collected before you pay
Every offer we redeemed had to be open in the app before the bill was closed. Two restaurants told us they get several requests a week from diners who ask after paying, and the till cannot reverse it.
Gogi Lab, at ₱980 for two in July 2026, followed by Mapo Sikdang at ₱1,150. Both figures include everything we ordered; Mapo Sikdang does not add a service charge.
Four of the six live offers are free to collect. The other two are marked "Free to collect with your subscription" and need a Solo or Family plan, from ₱79 a month.
Hanok Table is reservation-only. Chimaek House and Hyodo Kitchen take bookings for groups of six or more by phone. The rest are walk-in.
We re-check prices, hours, and offers every quarter, and sooner if a reader reports a change. The date at the top of the page reflects the most recent check.
- 1.Firsthand visits to all ten restaurants, 2–18 July 2026. Receipts retained by the B-ticket editorial team.
- 2.Interview with Ji-woo Park, owner, Mapo Sikdang, conducted in person on 12 July 2026.
- 3.Interview with the general manager of Sonjip Korean Grill, by phone, 15 July 2026.
- 4.Merchant-supplied menus and operating hours, confirmed by B-ticket merchant verification on 21 July 2026.
- 5.Taguig City business permit register — used to confirm trading names and addresses.
Editorial standards
This blog was researched on the ground and reviewed before publishing. We update it when prices, hours, or offers change.
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Collect the offers from this blog
Six of the ten restaurants above have a live coupon. Collect them in the app and redeem in store.
