Kanpai Restaurant

Kanpai is a good Japanese restaurant. It is conveniently located in the back alley behind the Hamilton hotel, you can find simple yet mouth-watering Japanese dishes served in a friendly atmosphere. The Japanese food here is known for its simplicity and fresh taste. Kanpai has a minimalist yet inviting atmosphere with its soft accent lighting and bare stone walls.

The menu is simple and uncomplicated. You can choose from a variety of meats which includes chicken, different cuts of beef, lamb and seafood. There are 5 different sauces which come with the meats and the chef can recommend which dip accompanies which meat the best. As an accompaniment to the main dishes, you can get grilled mushrooms or mixed veggies and they also served steamed egg with your main dish. They also offer soba noodles and Japanese dumplings. The other typical Japanese style teriyaki or noodle based dishes are good too. The sushi is reliable. They have a terrific breaded chicken dish which is new on the menu. The wine list has a few quality choices and wine can only be purchased be the bottle. However, a better accompaniment to your barbeque meal would be sake, of which they have several different kinds. It all adds up to reasonable value for reliable, okay food- for a meal.

The ambience is good and it is a place where also the customer has become one member of the family. If you really want to have a conversation and stay for a couple of hours think again. This place is good, and very popular, and it can be very noisy and cramped. If that's your thing, go for it.

If you are looking for other Japanese restaurants in Seoul then you can try Tani Nomadic Bistro Restaurant, Seoul, Kong Restaurant, Seoul and Tani Restaurant, Seoul.