Busan

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.

Miller Time

Order pitchers of miller genuine draft and eat some hof style snacks.

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.

Elune
중앙동 100-1

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Basement

An ultra smokey bar with pool tables and plenty of expats and food.

Ol'55

A usually quiet western style bar with a free to use billiards table and dart board. sometimes live music. (http://pusanweb.com/dongh...)

Maktum

A bit of a flashy dance club that brings in foreign djs (http://maktum.co.kr/). very busy on weekends. expect to pay a cover.

Crossroads

A chilled out sit-down bar with an excellent music selection

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.

Soultrane

A dancey, loud place.

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.

In Gwangalli:

Moe's

A funkier atmosphere, sometimes live music

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.

Thursday Party

Much akin to the other thursday parties in town, one of the most popular places for koreans and westerners to intermingle.

Wolfhound Irish Pub & Restaurant
Haeundae
051-746-7913
from 4900
From 5PM weekdays, 11AM weekends
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.

A recently opened proper pub serving a large variety of premium draft beers and western food at reasonable prices. Great place for a mid week dinner and pint or to party on the weekends. Good mix of Koreans and westerners. Check out the reviews of the place online.

Camel Bar

Miniature billiards and rarely a second customer in the place.

Thursday Party

Gwangalli classic. on a good night the foosball table area becomes a dancefloor and in summer the party spills onto the beach.

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.

302

Small, but there's pretty good live jazz on the weekends.

Cowboy Bar

There's a cheesy wild west theme going on, but it has a good selection of drinks.

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.

Seomyeon also has a lot to offer:* Foxy's, Formerly Hollywood Star. There are two floors, three bars, and a balcony.

PNU:

In Haeundae:

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.