General comments:  
\* Solo-dining reservations are available via CatchTable. It’s arguably one of the hardest restaurants to book in Korea right now (excl. membership-based omakase places) due to Chef Son’s popularity.  
\* I’ll post my CatchTable tips down below (I’ve managed to secure resos 4 months in a row!)  
\* Dinner was 370,000 won. 5-drink non-alcoholic pairing was 80,000 won.

Notes on the restaurant:  
\* Located on the 36F of Josun Palace, it has a really beautiful interior - one of my favourite restaurant interiors  
\* If you want get the window-facing seats and want to see the sunset during dinner, I’d recommend booking for \~ 7:00 (around this time of the year). They opened the blinds for the sunset at around 7:30.  
\* Solo-diners will be seated on the counter table.  
\* Chairs look comfortable, but they don’t have the best back support.

Notes on the food:  
\* Fantastic meal overall. I think Michelin’s description of “Korean Contemporary” really fits Eatanic Garden as many of the dishes felt like a modern take on traditional Korean dishes like Japchae, Samgaetang, and Bulgogi.  
\* I enjoyed most of the dishes, with the standouts being the aralia shoots, hamyang onion, and bulgogi.   
\* Aralia shoots are one of my favorite spring vegetables in Korea and the fried aralia shoot with shrimp was excellent. The batter was really light which suited the dish perfectly as I feel like it highlighted the vegetable as opposed to overpowering it.  
\* Hamyang onion was probably my favourite dish of the night. The charred green onions brought sweetness and smokiness to the dish which was complimented by the saltiness of the caviar. The only complaint was that I would’ve liked a larger portion.  
\* Some dishes that weren’t my favourite were the dumpling soup dish and samgyetang.  
\* The dumpling soup dish was just due to preference because I prefer a beef bone broth base as opposed to the crab broth they used.  
\* I really think the samgyetang dish would benefit from an addition of a sauce. A broth is served a little after the dish, so maybe that can be refined to be added onto the dish as a sauce?

Notes on service:  
\* I really enjoyed the service, tied for my favourite service in Korea along with L’Amant Secret (also led by Chef Son). The servers are so warm and welcoming, their interactions felt natural - not forced. Chef Son also takes time for photos and autographs with everyone which was nice to see.

TL;DR:  
\* Eatanic Garden is a solid restaurant with a modern take on Korean food with excellent FOH staff. It’s currently my 2nd favourite dining experience in Korea, behind Mingles.

CatchTable Tips:  
\* Use a phone/tablet - no matter how fast you are with a mouse, it can’t beat the speed of coordinated hands on a touch screen.  
\* Go to the catchtable page for the month the resos are opening for and click on a random date you aren’t going - when resos open, you’ll refresh the page by clicking on a diff date (date you want to go to the restaurant)  
\* Have any digital clock site/app open with the seconds included.  
\* (Left hand) Have your finger over the date you desire, when it’s XX:XX:59 get ready and when it turns XX:XX:00 click the date & it’ll refresh the page (ideally you’d click a little before it turns to xx:xx:00 as it takes like 0.1-0.2s to refresh, but I found this too risky)  
\* (Right hand) When the page is refreshing, spam tap below the 4, 5, 6 party size buttons (align the party size UI so you can’t scroll any more left than the ‘1’ button) so you don’t waste any time. (THIS SELECTS FOR A DINNER TIME)  
\* Careful with some restaurants that have 3+ lunch time options (e.g., 12/12:30/1) - you may have to shift a bit towards the right to select dinner.  
\* Click through the remaining options ASAP until you get to the page with the 10 min timer. Once you get there, you’re good to slow down and finish the rest of the process.

Dinner at Eatanic Garden* (31/05/2026) - Seoul, Korea (+ tips for CatchTable reservations)