[Hotel Naru Seoul] Voisin - The last Hyatt Platinum and Heritage BeMyGuest of the year 25. Lunch review at an authentic French restaurant.

Baekwonjang rating ★★★★☆

Hello.

This is Baekwonjang’s Gourmet Michelin.

I have to use BeMyGuest five times a year.

Because I have Hyundai Card the purple and KB Heritage Reserve...

This one has a position that is, in a way, half a step above regular luxury cards. Since it is an Amex brand, if you have it, you should make good use of BeMyGuest ^^ㅎㅎ

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Hotel Naru Seoul restaurant Voisin

Location: 22F, 8 Mapo-daero, Mapo-gu, Seoul

Parking: valet parking available.

If you search online, you can easily find places where BeMyGuest can be used, but I’ll kindly share the link ^^

The benefit is a 30,000 KRW discount when spending 60,000 KRW or more at the restaurant. At the bakery, you get a 20,000 KRW discount when spending 40,000 KRW or more.

As you can see, most of the options are hotel buffets.

But a 30,000 KRW discount for a buffet that costs 200,000 KRW per person... it barely makes a dent ㅠㅠ

So, to maximize the BeMyGuest benefit that comes with an Amex card!! I narrowed it down to three places:

Andaz Seoul Gangnam Jojokbo, Banyan Tree Granum Dining Lounge, and Restaurant Voisin.

So I made up my mind and headed to Banyan Tree.

What I didn’t know was that Friday, Saturday, and Sunday are only for the strawberry buffet....

On top of that, since I went without a reservation, there weren’t any seats at all ㅠㅠ (I only paid 6,000 KRW for parking ㅠㅠ)

So I decided to save the Andaz Seoul I often go to for next year, and this time I visited Voisin at Hotel Naru Seoul.

Exterior

The open view of the Han River that appears as soon as you walk in is wonderful.

The only downside is that the ceiling is low..

Actually, I wanted to take a photo of the entrance with the word ‘Voisin’ decorated for Christmas because it looked so pretty...

I’m sorry I couldn’t because the staff were working hard there.

Interior

The interior we were shown was larger than expected and had a strong European feel.

As expected from an Accor-affiliated hotel, the interior color palette is lively and the design is ornate.

And, as expected.. I was surprised that there were so many people there for a weekday lunch.

You know, right? I take Fridays off 대신 work on Sundays. No need to be jealous~

If you turn your head, the Han River view unfolds like a panorama.

It’s a place where you can spread the miracle of the Han River right in front of your eyes.

Our assigned seat.

There were about ten older ladies on the right side, so it wasn’t exactly a quiet spot...

But my wife looked beautiful in the sunlight, so I took a photo^^

After ordering food, I took photos here and there because the interior decorations were pretty. ㅎㅎㅎ

Like a traveler...ㅎ

I liked the neat table setting at Voisin.

Green seems to be the signature color.

This is the menu at Voisin, Hotel Naru Seoul.

The default seems to be a buffet-style lunch.

It costs 82,000 KRW per person, and most guests seemed to be enjoying that option.

A simple salad, dessert, fruit, and bakery items are provided, but to my eyes it didn’t seem worth spending 82,000 KRW on.

Actually, I wasn’t that hungry, so I decided to order à la carte....

I should have ordered two dishes, but worried I might still be hungry, I ended up ordering three.

(The portions are generous, so keep that in mind when ordering~)

Meal start!!!

This pre-meal bread is absolutely magical.

It comes out warm, and it’s really, really delicious!

With butter on top, it was good enough that I wouldn’t miss bread from Paris.

Lobster Salad (38,000 KRW)

This was a menu item I definitely wanted to order after reading reviews of Voisin.

Doesn’t it already look so delicious just from the photo?!

Fresh vegetables, lobster... and the egg is styled so elegantly.

The green sauce placed throughout was seriously so good.

If I go again, I think I’ll order this once more.

But honestly, at 38,000 KRW, I think it’s priced like a Signiel Lounge-level dish.....ㅋㅋ

It really is expensive.

Still, today I’m getting a 30,000 KRW discount~~ so I chose to feel good about it

and ate the lobster, which was really delicious.

Beef Bourguignon (58,000 KRW)

The second dish is Beef Bourguignon made with U.S. beef.

Oh, it was U.S. beef. Why is it so expensive ㅠㅠ

The beef is generously piled on top of a savory and salty sauce that somehow feels a bit like braised beef jerky (?!)

The beef was softer than expected, so I could cut and eat it easily with just a fork.

And the grilled vegetables and mushrooms served with it were quite tasty too.

You can eat it well with the mashed potato puree underneath and the pork and beef together.

At that moment, I realized. I should have ordered only two plates..

Then the value would have been good..

King crab meat rosé pasta (35,000 KRW)

I ordered one more pasta because I thought I’d regret it if I only ate two dishes and felt it wasn’t enough..

Actually, my husband and I don’t eat that much... but I still think two dishes would have been enough for two people.

Even with this pasta, we couldn’t finish everything.

A visual with soft-shell crab on the side, not inferior to pu pad pong curry~

It’s delicious!

It is delicious, but a little salty.

You know how it is~ when you eat in America, everything somehow feels salty~

Then I took an overhead shot as well,

and took one from the side to make a thumbnail.

But the plates for French dishes were so large that they didn’t come out pretty ㅠㅠㅋ

I ate really deliciously today too!!!

Conclusion

A place that felt a little disappointing because it was too French and not very familiar.

Actually, I had planned to eat a light Southeast Asian meal at Banyan Tree Granum Dining Lounge.

It seemed like they had rice noodle soup and pu pad pong curry....

But then I ended up eating the French dishes at Hotel Naru’s Voisin without any preparation ㅎㅎㅎ

Honestly, the pre-meal bread was really delicious. I thought it was just as good as Pierre Gagnaire Seoul.

(It’s my favorite place, after all! ㅋㅋ)

And the lobster salad was truly excellent. I’d call it one of the best salads in my life.

That said, the beef bourguignon and king crab rosé pasta had a slightly heavy feeling.

Overall, the seasoning was strong, and it seemed a bit difficult for Koreans to eat a lot.

Taste: ★★★★★

Value: ★★★☆☆

Accessibility: ★★★★★

Facilities: ★★★★★

Parking: valet parking available.

Most people were having the lunch buffet, but honestly, the menu in my eyes... made me wonder whether the bakery, dessert, fruit, and salad were worth 82,000 KRW (?!)

I’m not completely sure, but if you’re someone who signed up for Accor Plus, you’d probably be able to get a 20% ? 30% ? discount, so it might be worth enjoying... personally, I thought ordering à la carte was also a good option.

Since it’s December, there were so many people that it was a bit chaotic. Starting next year, I’ll diligently use up BeMyGuest from the first half of the year.

Thank you for reading my own-money dining review post today as well,

I’ll continue striving to be a memorable restaurant coordinator with carefully selected posts. :)

This was Baekwonjang, a dentist aspiring to be an implant master and a gourmet.

Thank you.!!