2 Best Bars in Gangnam, Seoul

With scores of great craft beers on tap and a full menu of Italian food, Beer Room is one of Gangnam's best spots for a pint and a bite. The decor of the two-story space adds to the ambience, with concrete floors, acres of glass, and outdoor tables where you can sip a hearty ale and watch the night unfold. They also play music of the mellow techno and jazz variety, which is a rarity in an otherwise sea of K-pop. 

This Chicago-based company was one of the first foreign brands to make headway into Korea's emerging craft beer scene, and their Gangnam location is their mothership. It's an ultra-modern, immaculate complex with myriad beers on tap and a full food menu featuring Western pub favorites such as pork ribs and Buffalo wings. It also houses a brewery with stainless steel tanks, tubes, and valves visible right behind the long bar. The net result is a shiny piece of the United States in the midst of Seoul, so if you're homesick, perhaps this will cure it. Just don't don't expect too much in the way of service.