Busan has thousands if not tens of thousands of drinking places scattered throughout the city. Popular spots include Nampodong and the area around Pusan National University. Drinking spots popular with the foreign community include:
Kyungsung University area:
Currently this area has the most selections in terms of density and sheer numbers of drinking establishments of any area in Busan.
Ghetto, Probably the cheapest drinks in Busan. ₩1000 shots of your preferred liquor. The music is loud and sometimes obnoxious, but this place always draws a dancing crowd.
Vinyl Underground, A good place to meet Korean girls and act like a total douche bag. Sometimes cover. Has become more clubby lately, as opposed to pubby.
Foxy, Plays hip-hop, caters more to the college crowd. Sometimes there are live performances of locals. Cover varies nightly, can be as high as ₩15000. You will want a private room to escape the crowd, prepare to pay for that as well.
Ol'55, A usually quiet western style bar with a free to use billiards table and dart board. Sometimes live music.
Club Realize, Metal/Punk/Rock club in Kyungsung, around the corner from exit 1. (directions-walk straight out of exit one for a few meters and take the first right, walk to the end of that block and take the next right at the long tea bar. its 2 bars over on the right, above bar king king on the 5th floor) Usually open on fridays and saturdays and sometimes throughout the week (although it has been available for rental during the week/sundays). Its the ONLY place to see regular metal, punk and rock in Busan. A modest amount of beer and booze at the bar is complemented by a selection of in house cocktails. Good place to go and let it all out, scream shout and get wasted and not care how you look.
Kino-Eye, Darts and a big bar, occasionally there's dancing. Look for the creepy rabbit with the red eye. Party starts after 1am or so. Movies shown nightly.
302, Small, but there's (pretty good) live jazz on the weekends.
Thursday Party Much akin to the other Thursday Parties in town, one of the most popular places for Koreans and Westerners to intermingle. If you've been to one, you've been to them all.
In Haeundae:
Wolfhound Irish Pub & Restaurant, Haeundae (Walk out exit 5 from Haeundae Stn for about 300 meters and its on your right on the second floor just inside the fifth alley.), ☎ 051-746-7913, . From 4PM weekdays, 11AM weekends. A recently opened proper pub serving proper draft beers and western food at reasonable prices. Great place for a mid week dinner and pint or to party on the weekends. Check out the reviews of the place online.from 4900. �
Elune In the basement of Paradise Hotel. This is the "newest" club in HaeUndae and by far the most worthy of being considered a club. Elune is sizeable, attracts international DJs, and has a good sound and light system. Expect to pay a cover.
MURPII, Novotel Ambassador Busan, entirely renovated, unfortunately it is pretty dead 99% of the time: including weekends.
U2 Bar, across from the Novotel Ambassador Busan. Has live DJs and occasional live bands on weekends. Plays requests during the weekdays. Darts, pool and Hookahs available. Though not busy on most weeknights, there are usually a good mix of foreigners and koreans inside.
Starface Bar, Dalmaji Hill. Pool table and cool Americans aplenty on the weekends. Pretty sleepy during most weeknights.
Maktum, A bit of a flashy dance club that brings in Foreign DJs . Very busy on weekends. Expect to pay a cover.
Boracay In between Haeundae and the Apec Center. In the basement of a hotel. This is a Korean style booking club. It's expensive and offers the potential to meet Korean women, which are customers not employees.
Thursday Party Much akin to the other Thursday Parties in town, one of the most popular places for Koreans and Westerners to intermingle. Not as good as the one in KSU.
PNU:
Crossroads, A chilled out sit-down bar with an excellent music selection
Moe's, A funkier atmosphere, sometimes live music
Soultrane, A dancey, loud place.
The Basement, An ultra smokey bar with pool tables and plenty of expats and food.
Camel Bar, Miniature billiards and rarely a second customer in the place.
In Gwangalli:
Hollywood Star, Pool table and darts available. Talk to Jun, he's friendly and knowledgeable and speaks great English. Usually has sexy girls working there.
Fuzzy Navel, A lot of fun in summer but dead in winter. Beware of the Long Island Ice Tea, famous for its blackout-inducing potential.
Beach Bikini
Thursday Party, Gwangalli classic. On a good night the foosball table area becomes a dancefloor and in summer the party spills onto the beach.
Seomyeon also has a lot to offer:
* Foxy's, Formerly Hollywood Star. There are two floors, three bars, and a balcony.
Cowboy Bar, There's a cheesy wild west theme going on, but it has a good selection of drinks.
Miller Time, Order pitchers of Miller Genuine Draft and eat some HOF style snacks.
Thursday Party Much akin to the other Thursday Parties in town, one of the most popular places for Koreans and Westerners to intermingle.
Rock 'n' Roll Bar . ₩3000 cocktails, ₩6000 for high-end drinks. Occasional live music and a laid back atmosphere. E-dart board and Pool Table. Across the street from the Lotte Hotel (look for the large sign with Kurt Cobain down the small street perpendicular to Lotte).</drink>
Idea/Adela (Hair Cafe), Idea/Adela 2nd floor, 831-15 Mang-Mi 1Dong, Su-Young Gu. If you are sick of Starbucks coffee and bad "Americano" Coffee from Paris Baguette then you can come to this cosy, little european style cafe situated in a residential area in Mangmidong. This place has the best coffees in Busan i could find and some self-made patisseries. The place got a nice atmosphere so you can kick-back and enjoy your time there. The place is situated on the first level. �
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