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The food and the rooms at SEOLYA GALBI Cheongdam — 88 seats across two floors, three private rooms, and a charcoal brazier set into every table, tended by a dedicated server.

Sliced marbled Hanwoo beef with egg sauce, shredded scallion and mushrooms, set out before grilling
The table before the fire — sliced Hanwoo for the grill, served with egg sauce, shredded scallion and mushrooms.
Raw beef scored in a cross-hatch pattern, arranged on a wooden tray
Beef scored by hand in a cross-hatch. Each cut gets its own scoring interval so the heat travels through evenly.
Marinated galbi over glowing charcoal, basted with a brush
Seolya Marinated Galbi over charcoal, basted by brush. KRW 57,000 per 100g.
A tenderloin sando — grilled beef between two slices of toasted bread
The 23mm Tenderloin Sando — tenderloin cut to twenty-three millimetres, grilled, then set between bread. KRW 23,000 for two.
The black steel staircase connecting the first and second floors
The stair between the floors. Seolya occupies both levels — 88 seats in all, 58 upstairs and 30 down.
The ground-floor entrance and reception desk, with a blue painting on the wall
The ground-floor entrance and reception. Valet parking is available.
A cut of Hanwoo grilling directly over glowing charcoal
Straight over charcoal. You never grill here — a dedicated server works the fire at your table.
A four-seat private room with three vertical windows, bench seating on both sides and a built-in brazier
The four-seat private room. Seolya has three private rooms in all — one for four, two for six.
A six-seat private room hung with a calligraphy work, six white leather chairs
A six-seat private room. A KRW 40,000 room charge applies to parties of two or three; in the six-seat rooms it is waived above KRW 500,000.
The main dining room, tables along the window line, each with a charcoal brazier set into it
The main dining room. A charcoal brazier is set into every table.
A gloved server working a scored cut of beef over the charcoal
The scored face meets the fire first; when it is done the meat is portioned onto your plate.
A cocktail being poured from a shaker into a stemmed glass at the counter
Poured to order. The drinks list runs to some sixty labels across champagne, wine and whisky.
The second six-seat private room, hung with a landscape painting
The second six-seat room. With the door closed nothing carries in from the next table — it is the room for business dinners and family meetings.
A red cocktail garnished with herbs, standing on a wooden counter
Corkage is free for the first bottle of wine and KRW 30,000 from the second; whisky is KRW 50,000 a bottle.