Bicena Seoul

Bicena sits on the upper floors of the Lotte World Tower & Mall in the Songpa District. This location places it well above the city’s standard street-level dining. The restaurant holds a Michelin star.

While the surrounding Songpa area often favours busy, casual storefronts, the room here runs smart and elegant. The draw is the elevation; eating modern Korean fusion here means looking down at the city sprawl rather than participating in the street-level rush. It makes for a sharper, more focused experience than the restaurants clustered around Seokchon Lake. The kitchen treats its ingredients with a formality that matches the height of the floor, creating a quiet distance from the tourist pulse of the mall below. For those who want the technical precision of a Michelin-starred kitchen without the frantic energy of the capital’s smaller rooms, this is the trade-off.