Eating Out

Eating out in Ulsan is not too bad at all with many major cuisines of the world available. Though the main drawback seems to be that often there is only the one restaurant representing that cuisine.

Indian, Mexican, American, Italian, British and a number of western eateries both chain and homemade are all there. All you can eat buffets. Sushi buffets. Japanese restaurants and of course the fast food restaurants. Ulsan does have it if you know where to look as most of these places do business on word-of-mouth alone.

There is even the option to have a fancy a western breakfast at the Lotte Hotel in Samsan-dong if you so desire. Though a little pricey it is worth it once in a while.

The western chains provide a great taste of home but it is a taste that comes with a price. T.G.I. Fridays, Bennigans, and Outback Steakhouse all have fantastic menus all at western prices.

The foreigner bars in the city serve up a delicious selection of homemade western foods and be heartily reccomended. Their ability to do Cost-Co runs to Daegu means that they have the freshest ingredients for their dishes too.  They are not pricy and are certainly fair for the portion size received.

Fast food restaurants include the usual suspects found anywhere else. Mcdonalds, Pizza Hut, Dunkin' Donuts and of course the Korean chain Lotteria. The frozen yoghurt chain Red Mango has two locations in the city.

Chinese food isn’t the Chinese food we know in the west. It comes with a Korean twist which you will have to try to find out.

Moving away from the centre, on the outskirts there are a number of terrific restaurants surrounded by nothing more than mountains and rice fields. The Herb Castle, out in the north of city almost to Gyeonju is one of the most notable places restaurants.

There is of course always Korean food on every street and every little stall you pass.

Thus eating out in Ulsan can be a gastronomic delight. Though those with more specific tastes would be better to look elsewhere (e.g. south to Busan) for the more exotic or minority cuisines.