Busandang, Brown Hands Baekje and the North Port at night — on the left is Busandang in a newly built building, in the middle is Brown Hands Baekje in a 1920s building, and on the right is the North Port lit up at night.
With a few hours to spare before your train or ferry, here are pork-soup and noodle restaurants, a bakery, a café in an old building and a sunset walk at the North Port — all within reach of Busan Station.
As of October 7, 2026 — please check hours and prices on Naver Map before you go.
Busandang, Brown Hands Baekje and the North Port at night — on the left is Busandang in a newly built building, in the middle is Brown Hands Baekje in a 1920s building, and on the right is the North Port lit up at night.
There are times when you have three or four hours before a train at Busan Station or a ferry at the International Ferry Terminal. That is too short to go far. So this guide is built around a meal and a café, with a short walk on the side.
The restaurants and cafés here are clustered in Choryang-dong, in front of Busan Station, and Bukhang (North Port) Waterfront Park (북항 친수공원) is on the sea side of it. If you are taking a ferry from the International Ferry Terminal, you can use the same route. Check directions from the terminal in a map app.
None of these restaurants or cafés paid to be here. They are places the site's owner likes, or places Korean travelers in Busan really do go to. That is why we list the number of Naver Map reviews (as of October 2026).
Dragging a suitcase between restaurants and cafés wastes time. At Busan Station you have two options.
Busan Station subway lockers — 78 extra-large lockers on the first basement floor (B1), toward exits 3, 4 and 6. At busy times they may already be full.
ZimCarry, Busan Station branch — inside KTX Busan Station exit 5, open daily 09:00–22:00.
A dwaeji gukbap (pork and rice soup) restaurant in Choryang-dong, in front of Busan Station. It has about 14,000 reviews on Naver Map and is a popular stop for Korean travelers in Busan. The site's owner likes it, which is why it is here.
The kick of this place is the geotjeori (fresh-tossed kimchi) and buchu (garlic chives). Add them to your soup and the broth turns much cleaner and fresher.
Bonjeon Dwaeji Gukbap — the fresh kimchi, chives and salted shrimp served with the soup.
About the sauce. The dwaeji gukbap does not come with soy sauce — you get saeujeot (salted shrimp) instead. The suyuk baekban (boiled pork set meal) does come with a soy dipping sauce. If you ordered the soup but are curious about the soy sauce, ask for it and dip the pork from your soup into it.
If you say "soy sauce" in English, the staff may not understand. Say it in Korean: "간장 소스 주세요" (gan-jang so-seu ju-se-yo).
Dwaeji gukbap is a Busan dish of pork and rice in a milky broth made by boiling pork bones for a long time. If you cannot decide where to go, see our list of 20 spots chosen by Busan locals.
Address — 1200-6 Choryang-dong, Dong-gu, Busan (부산 동구 초량동 1200-6)
Naver Map reviews — about 14,000
As the name says, this place serves both dwaeji gukbap and milmyeon. It has about 18,000 reviews on Naver Map. In the photos you can see the soup, suyuk (boiled pork slices) and milmyeon.
Milmyeon is a Busan dish of wheat noodles in a cold broth. On a hot day it goes down more lightly than a hot soup.
Yeongdong Milmyeon & Dwaeji Gukbap — soup or noodles, under one roof.
Address — 12 Jungang-daero 209beon-gil, Dong-gu, Busan (부산광역시 동구 중앙대로209번길 12) — Choryang-dong 472-1
Naver Map reviews — about 18,000
Go here when you want a full set meal instead of soup. The concept of Bokgyeok is cooking with Korean herbal (hanbang) ingredients. The sign reads "한방 보쌈백반 15,000" (herbal bossam set meal, 15,000 won). Prices can change, so check before you go.
It has about 2,400 reviews on Naver Map. On the day the photo was taken, several suitcases stood at the entrance. That means some guests stop in while carrying luggage — it does not mean the restaurant stores bags for you. Drop your bags first (see section 1).
Bokgyeok — the entrance and the table.
Address — 1196-2 Choryang-dong, Dong-gu, Busan (부산 동구 초량동 1196-2)
Naver Map reviews — about 2,400
Busandang is a bakery-café in front of Busan Station. It opened in July 2025 on the site of Baekjo Bakery, which began in 1983. There is another branch in Udong, Haeundae. It has about 900 reviews on Naver Map, rated 4.27.
The café is on the first floor only, and there are no tables. Bread and coffee are takeout only. There is a wide range of bread, priced around 1,800–5,500 won. Hours are 08:00–20:00. The building is newly built, not old, but it is the easiest place to grab bread for the train.
Busandang — a newly built red-brick building. The first-floor shop is full of bread.
The second floor is Jeongjitgan. On the second floor of the same building is Jeongjitgan (정짓간), a gukbap restaurant selected by the Michelin Guide. So above a bakery, you can sit down to a bowl of gukbap. Check hours and reservations before you go.
Jeongjitgan — the gukbap restaurant on the second floor of Busandang.
Address — 11 Jungang-daero 209beon-gil, Dong-gu, Busan (부산광역시 동구 중앙대로209번길 11) — Choryang-dong 470-1
Busandang hours — 08:00–20:00
Busandang Naver Map reviews — about 900 (rating 4.27)
Busandang (1F) and Jeongjitgan (2F) are in the same building, so they share the same map links.
A café across from Busan Station, in the former Baekje Hospital, built in the 1920s. The outer walls, frame, window frames, tiles and wooden ornaments remain, and the high-ceilinged, multi-level space makes the building fun to look around. It has about 7,200 reviews on Naver Map and is still in business.
Prices from guide sources: americano 5,800–6,300 won, café latte 6,500–7,000 won, the signature Brown Latte 8,900 won (a latte topped with house-made cream), cake 8,900 won, baked sweets 4,900 won. These can change, so check before you go.
Brown Hands Baekje — the brick exterior, the arched entrance and the exposed brick inside.
Some reviews say drinks are a bit pricey and the taste is average. Think of it as a place to see an old hospital building, not a place for the coffee, and you are more likely to be happy. If you are short on time, one drink and a photo or two is enough.
Bukhang Waterfront Park, on the sea side of Busan Station, opened in November 2023. It has a wide lawn, a waterway and pedestrian bridges over the water. The opening announcement gave hours of 05:00–24:00 daily. North Port redevelopment is still under way, so there are construction zones around the park.
What was the North Port? It used to be sea. After the port opened in 1876, the sea was filled in and piers were built through the Japanese colonial period (reclamation and harbor works are said to have continued from 1902 to 1944). With Piers 1–4, the North Port was once the center of Busan Port — the name used to mean the whole port — and Korea's first container terminal opened here in 1978. When Busan New Port opened in 2006, container work moved there, and from 2008 the North Port began redevelopment to become a seaside space for citizens. For a long time it was port property closed to the public; the waterfront park is what has opened there.
The North Port is best at sunset and at night. You can watch the sun go down over the sea and harbor, then see the night view with Busan Harbor Bridge and the city lights.
Bukhang Waterfront Park — at sunset. A waterway and pedestrian bridges ring a round lawn.
The North Port at night — Busan Harbor Bridge and the arched pedestrian bridge lit up.
| Time | What to see | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Before sunset | Open sea and harbor views | Check the entrances and your way back |
| Around sunset | The sunset, park lights coming on | Take photos from the pedestrian bridge |
| Night | Busan Harbor Bridge and city lights | Sit on a bench and enjoy the night view |
Park lights are said to come on around sunset, and the landscape lighting runs until midnight. Times can change with the season.
If your train or ferry is in the late evening, eat first, then head to the North Port around sunset. The way back is dark, so leave yourself about 30 minutes of buffer before your departure.
Location — on the sea side of Busan Station, in the North Port redevelopment area
For the walking route and time from Busan Station, check walking directions in a map app.
| Time left | Plan | Best when |
|---|---|---|
| About 1 hour | ① Buy bread at Busandang | You have luggage or very little time |
| About 2 hours | ① Drop your bags ② One of gukbap, milmyeon or a bossam set meal ③ Buy bread at Busandang | You want a solid meal before your train |
| About 3 hours | ① Drop your bags ② One meal ③ Coffee and a look at the building at Brown Hands Baekje ④ Buy bread at Busandang | A good meal plus an old building |
| About 4 hours | ① Drop your bags ② One meal ③ Coffee and a look at the building at Brown Hands Baekje ④ A walk at Bukhang Waterfront Park around sunset | You are on an evening train or ferry and want the sunset and night view |
Times are K-Rambles' estimates. They vary with restaurant waits and your walking pace.
Pick just one restaurant. Three or four hours is too short for Bonjeon, Yeongdong and Bokgyeok. Bonjeon if it is your first gukbap, Yeongdong if you want cold noodles, Bokgyeok if you want a full set meal.
Subway lockers cover most luggage storage in Busan. If you cannot decide where to have dwaeji gukbap, see the list of 20 picked by locals, and if you want to know how milmyeon differs from naengmyeon, read the milmyeon guide.