9 Best Bars, Live Music, and Nightclubs in Incheon

The Cinder Bar, where you can enjoy a variety of drinks and chat with people, is a playground for social butterflies who enjoy the nightlife. It is also a good place to make foreign friends living in Songdo. Even if you visit this bar for drinking alone, you will be with new friends when you leave. Visit this place where people from diverse backgrounds come together, form communities, and create new cultures.

As you set foot in the bar, the unique atmosphere will make you feel as if you have entered another world. Once seated, the staff will recommend a Scotch as a welcome drink. If you're from a non-English speaking country, you may feel a bit pressured to order in English; but as long as the friendly New Zealander owner and foreign staff are there to help you, you don't need to worry at all. As you enjoy meeting new people, you will soon forget about the differences in language. When you get bored with your life but don't have time for a getaway, visit the Cinder Bar instead to explore a new culture.

Incheon Brewery, where you can taste freshly brewed craft beer, is a popular spot with locals who fell into its hip, newtro vibe. The brewery, which started as a small pub in an abandoned building that had been used as a warehouse during the Japanese occupation, has now become a space representing Incheon's craft beer culture. Initially known as Caligari Brewing, the brewery has been recently rebranded to Incheon Brewery.

Sitting at a plastic table on an old, bumpy brick paved sidewalk and sipping a cool beer with your loved ones, you can have a joyful conversation in a better mood. At Incheon Brewery, you can taste and purchase various craft beers including the most popular Our Beer From Sinpo, Dr. Feel Good, Banana White, Sabzak IPA, and Sleep Walker DIPA. In particular, Gaehangro Lager has become the first craft beer in Korea to be certified as vegan, so more people can relish this beer with confidence. Don't forget to take pictures and share them on SNS, as every corner of the brewery is photogenic, full of hip vibes.

Playground Brewery Taproom Songdo, featuring a modern and trendy decor, has become many people's favourite spot for various craft beers brewed on site. Their line-up of beers including cool lagers to sweet fruity ales, IPAs, and stouts, is what makes customers visit this brewery again and again. With new beers constantly added to this line-up through collaborations, the fun of tasting new flavours is ever increasing.

Whether you choose to have an intimate talk indoors or chillax in the cool breeze outdoors, delicious beers and special snacks will bring your evening to perfection. The fine-dining-class cuisine presented by the chef, who was trained at Le Cordon Bleu, boasts an exceptional quality. In particular, various homemade style burgers and truffle fries make best accompaniments for beers. Together, they create a harmonious pair of tastes. Once you savour it, you will never forget it.

O’Malley’s Irish Pub, located in Guwol-dong, a hot place for MZers, is a pub that constantly alters its styles to appeal to the tastes of those in their 20s and 30s. The pub serves a variety of alcoholic beverages including beer, vodka, tequila, rum, bombs and cocktails, and no matter what you choose, you can have fun here. It hosts parties with various themes such as a summer cocktail party, Halloween party, and hip-hop party throughout the year, and no one gets bored as they groove to the intense music and interact with each other.

Even if you visit this pub on a day with no party, you will hardly feel awkward around strangers. The friendly staff will help you enjoy your time here to the fullest. You can play basketball, jenga, pool, or darts, or try beer pong, a game popular with drinkers. If you are bored with everyday routines, or if you need unique entertainment, visit this pub and fall into the exciting beat until dawn.

Vy Bar & Karaoke in Grand Hyatt Incheon located right next to Incheon International Airport consists of a modern bar and private karaoke rooms. A glass of Martini enjoyed at the island bar in the centre while listening to sensuous music, the sommelier's brilliant wine pairing, and the bartender's dazzling tricks maximize the attractiveness of this place.

The bar serves unique cocktails, whiskey, martinis, and beer, as well as dishes and desserts that match the level of a luxury hotel. You can have a private party in one of the karaoke rooms, and if you make a reservation in advance, you can celebrate in your preferred style. Treat yourself with a luxurious party at this special place.

Opening at dusk, Holiday Inn Incheon Songdo Touch Sky Rooftop Bar is a perfect spot to admire the beautiful night view of Songdo. Sipping a cocktail or wine with your friend or lover as you watch the sunset glow reddening the sky over the Incheon Bridge, you can feel your friendship and love deepen. It is because feelings for each other grow when having good moments together.

This bar, located in a reasonably priced hotel, features a simple interior and serves alcoholic beverages and drinks, as well as popular snacks such as fried chicken, pizza, and tteokbokki at affordable prices. Having chimaek (chicken and beer) and pimaek (pizza and beer) on the rooftop of the hotel in the cool breeze will make a memorable experience. Having a drink without a meal will also be good enough, though. The magnificent nightscape created by the skyscrapers will fill you with happiness and joy.

Liquor Burger, a trendy pub famous for its juicy meaty burgers, is a good spot to satisfy your cravings for homemade style burgers. Draft beer is as perfect to pair with a burger as it is with fried chicken; so, finishing this combination of a hearty glass of beer and a large, thick burger is not that difficult. The LB Burger, which is the signature dish of the bar, boasts impressively thick patties and buns, and other hearty fillings including bacon, hashed browns, and fried eggs. Take a big bite of this juicy burger, and enjoy its rich taste.

The Quad Burger packed with cheese melting like yellow lava, is truly an eye-catcher that you can't help but photograph before you take a bite. The pub has electronic darts and Nintendo game consoles that are popular these days, so you can have fun playing them for hours and hours. Throwing a dart with a glass of beer in the other hand, you may feel like you're in a movie. Check the business hours on its SNS pages before visiting.

Club Chroma, Asia's largest club that can accommodate up to 3,000 people at the same time, is the best party venue in Asia. The club has invited world-renowned DJs to present top-notch musical performance and various clubbing techniques, attracting many people even far away from Seoul. For these clubbers from across the nation, the club even runs a free shuttle bus that circulates around Hannam, Gangnam, and Hongik University Stations.

As the club also functions as a complex cultural space, not only as a club for dancing, the lounge on the first floor is where people can enjoy easy music and light food and beverages, while the club stage on the second floor is a place to experience an energetic club culture. The 3rd and 4th floors, which open depending on the season and occasion, are Incheon's coolest party zones that have gained recognition from clubbers from around the world. Paradise Resort where the club is situated has a spa facility, so you can enjoy clubbing to the full and relieve hangovers at one place, free from worries about drunk driving.

Hunter's Moon Incheon Nonhyeon is a dining pub with a new concept that serves dishes made with meat wholly domestically produced by Nonghyup Moguchon, Korea's premier meat brand. Moguchon supplies only quality-certified meat to its franchise restaurants, which serve dishes made with these reliable, fine ingredients. Beer served with these dishes here is crafted using domestic rice flour and barley malt in a 2:8 ratio, so it has an impressive clean aftertaste.

As a pub that focuses on beer rather than other alcoholic beverages, it features as its signature dishes Schweinshaxe and sausages, which are two representative culinary specialties of Germany, the home of beer. The crispy Schweinshaxe, made with pork shank simmered and then baked in the oven, recreates the authentic taste of this dish, and the sausage combo served with aged kimchi to reduce the greasy taste makes a perfect accompaniment for beer. The pub also offers many other dishes that pair well with beer, such as fried chicken and dakbal (chicken feet), pork ribs, and duck barbecue, so whatever your choice is, you will be satisfied with both beer and meal.