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Around the corner from the White Box Theatre and near pleasant Hyochang Park is this
spacious, comfy travel-themed cafe, its walls decorated with arresting photo images and
shelves lined with books.
MOWMOW
(Itaewon; 11.30am-2am; Line 6 to Itaewon, Exit 1)
There are usually a lot more brands of
makgeolli
(staring from
₩
4000) to choose from than listed on the menu at this airy bar
and eatery up the hill from the main Itaewon dining alley. Try one of the
makgeolli
cock-
tails (
₩
9000).
BAR
ON THE HILL
Squished between 'Hooker Hill' and the Little Arabia strip by the Seoul Mosque, 'Homo Hill' (
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)
is a
50m alley so called because of its cluster of gay-friendly bars and clubs. Most hardly have room to swing a
handbag, so on warm weekends the crowds often spill into the street. All genders and sexual persuasions will
feel welcome here.
At the bottom of the hill on the left is
Trance
OFFLINE MAP
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(
http://cafe.daum.net/trance
;
admission ₩10,000; 11pm-5am), a basement club with pouting drag queens
and late-night shows; the entrance fee includes one drink. Next door is the eternally popular
Queen
OFFLINE
(
www.facebook.com/queenbar
;
8pm-5am Tue-Sun), which offers sit-and-chat zones though it usually gets
very crowded with most everyone dancing.
Flirty friendly staff, low-playing music and a cosy style mark out
Always Homme
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GOOGLE
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(admission ₩10,000; 8pm-6am), a dance club across the alley with lights and lasers; expect
plenty of K-pop. On the same side of the street, higher up the hill is
Soho
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GOOGLE MAP
(
7pm-5am), one of the roomier places on the strip and the main competition to Queen; most customers spend the
night shuttling between the two. Finish up (or start) the night at
Eat Me
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(
6.30pm-4am), a convivial joint that serves Asian nibbles all night long.
