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Home » Mexican Food » Taco Bell In Seoul, South Korea…
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Taco Bell In Seoul, South Korea…

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 9, 2024August 9, 2024 22 Comments

a building with a sign on the front

While palling around Seoul, I could not help but to give the Taco Bell a try. Come on, you know I could not resist.

Taco Bell – Seoul, South Korea

I guess it has become the new tradition…Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, London, Tokyo…I’ll seek out Taco Bell when I find it.

Here, the goal wasn’t to have dinner at Taco Bell, but just a snack. Taco Bell has now opened several locations in South Korea.

I stopped by before dinner at one of the Seoul branches and ordered a quesadilla.

a group of posters on a window

a machine in a restaurant

a menu on a computer screen

a room with tables and chairs

a person behind a counter

Like in California, Taco Bell has cut labor costs by installing machines from which you must order the food. That made it very easy for me, though, since there was an English language option.

a screen with a menu on it

The chicken quesadilla was fine.

a paper napkins with a bell and a burrito

a quesadilla on a tray

a quesadilla on a paper bag

Then it was onto a Korean restaurant for dinner…see I can try the local food.

a group of people sitting at a restaurant

a room with blue walls and a chalkboard

a chalkboard with figures and math equations

a room with tables and chairs

a bowl of food on a table

This was a dish with noodles and eggs and was decent…though I walked away still a bit hungry.

So I went back to Taco Bell up the street for one more quesadilla and a burrito…yeah, it’s a good thing I exercise indeed or else I’d be as fat as a zeppelin.

people walking down a street with cars and buildings

a tray with food on it

a plastic cup of soup next to napkins

Comfort food in Seoul…one Taco Bell at a time.

Do I recommend you give up Korean BBQ or bibimbap for Taco Bell? No, I don’t. But if you do find yourself in need of a tolerable taco or burrito, Taco Bell will work.

It wasn’t crowded, though….you have to wonder if this sort of place can last if its just dull Americans who visit it…

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Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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22 Comments

  1. Chi Hsuan Reply
    August 9, 2024 at 4:36 pm

    I have come to leave nasty comments and chew bubble gum, and I’m all out of bubble gum.

  2. Robert D Reply
    August 9, 2024 at 4:38 pm

    I went to Taco Bell in Tokyo and it seemed more similar to Chipotle to me. Only a few menu items, such as tacos, burritos, etc and then you selected from several protein options. It was tasty. Taco Bell, in Madrid, however, was much more U.S.-styled.

  3. Joe Park Reply
    August 9, 2024 at 4:46 pm

    I’m living in Korea currently and for some reason, Taco Bell has never really caught fire here like some other American long standing fast food joints like McDonald’s, KFC or Burger King. Shake Shack and Five Guys do seem to be doing quite well here. It’s not because Koreans don’t like Mexican food (even though Taco Bell is actually Tex-Mex)… they do. I’m seeing more and more small Mexican restaurants open up around the city, so there is a definitely a demand for it, especially among younger generations. But Taco Bell has always had trouble gaining a foothold here and I don’t see that changing anytime soon.

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      August 9, 2024 at 5:06 pm

      Any Mexican recommendations for me for my next trip?

      • B Reply
        August 9, 2024 at 7:27 pm

        In Seoul? Piggy’s Taco, Villa Guerrero, Cuchara.

        By the way, where was that Taco Bell you went to, exactly?

        • Matthew Klint Reply
          August 10, 2024 at 1:53 am

          Gangam-gu

    • Aaron Reply
      August 10, 2024 at 3:24 pm

      Maybe the Koreans are wise to Taco Bell being garbage?

  4. Willem Reply
    August 9, 2024 at 4:50 pm

    I have literally never been hungry after a meal in Korea. Don’t you eat the banchan?!?!?

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      August 9, 2024 at 5:15 pm

      I have an odd stomach.

  5. derek Reply
    August 9, 2024 at 6:06 pm

    It’s more fun to try to order at the kiosk using the native language.

  6. Santastico Reply
    August 9, 2024 at 9:23 pm

    You cannot pay me enough to eat Mexican food.

    • Dave W. Reply
      August 10, 2024 at 2:30 pm

      Not for a million? Plug in Churchill line.

  7. Maryland Reply
    August 9, 2024 at 9:49 pm

    Twice Taco Bell in one day? This may qualify for an intervention. Probably there are support groups. Or an Tex-Mex emotional support animal?

  8. NedsKid Reply
    August 9, 2024 at 10:41 pm

    I admit I’ve been waiting for this post. I will say that the Taco Bell looks a lot more visually pleasing (the store, that is) than any I’ve seen anytime recently in the US. Interesting to see the translation of “shell” to “bread” and back.

    Nothing wrong with a snack from a US export once in awhile. Usually it’s fascinating to see the localized differences. I heard recently the McDonald’s HDQ at Chicago has a restaurant attached or nearby that offers menu items from around the world.

    I unfortunately eat one or the other on occasion as it’s often the only thing open at 11pm in small town America.

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      August 10, 2024 at 4:12 am

      The bread is nasty – can’t stand the flatbread items. And those new Cheez-It things? Who comes up with this crap…the Doritos tacos are bad enough!

      Give me a cheese quesadilla with extra creamy jalapeno sauce and I’m a happy guy. I will say the new Cantina Bell menu is to my liking.

      • Jerry Reply
        August 11, 2024 at 12:35 pm

        I agree the cheeze-it stuff is bad, but back in the early 2000s the crunchwrap was but a temporary innovation. Remember the “good to go commerical?” Where would we be today without the crunchwrap supreme?! Taco Bell innovates so society may improve for all.

  9. Johardigans Reply
    August 10, 2024 at 2:00 am

    Taco Bell has been in Korea for about 15 years.

  10. Dave W. Reply
    August 10, 2024 at 7:17 am

    A $3.60 crunchy “bread” taco. I’m always amazed at lousy menu translations. How cheaply could you hire a Korean student studying in the US to proofread? Occasionally in France, they try to give me an English menu. My French isn’t fantastic, but I can translate food items perfectly. The literal translations they offer are usually ridiculous.

  11. Don Draper Reply
    August 10, 2024 at 10:01 am

    I don’t know anything about Taco bell in Seoul, Bangkok, or anywhere in the world.
    But I do know the one in Vegas.
    Everything in Vegas was so expensive, I was so comfortable eating at Taco bell.

  12. Billiken Reply
    August 10, 2024 at 10:58 am

    I confess that that Korean dish doesn’t look very appetizing to my unsophisticated, non-foodie, palate.

  13. PM Reply
    August 11, 2024 at 6:37 am

    As a huge fan of Korean cuisine, I didn’t really appreciate certain staples of it until my third visit to the country. I suppose it’s not easy to get super excited about Korean fried chicken when there’s similar stuff available all over the world, but the pork knuckle (jokbal) is an extremely popular dish that tastes amazing and seems to get very little traction in Korean restaurants abroad. The similarly delicious omelette/pancake hybrid (jachaejeon) is often/usually reduced to a simple starter abroad when there are places in Korea which build their menus around it (full portions, huge variety of toppings etc).

  14. Christian Reply
    August 12, 2024 at 1:52 am

    Try a bulgogi burger at McDonalds in Korea. It seems almost a tragedy to eat it in a country with such great food but it’s super yummy. For the Korean restaurant you ate at, I’d go with #2.

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