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Southside Parlor

Seoul, South Korea · Casual Tex-Mex cocktail bar · Asia

A relaxed fourth-floor Seoul bar serving Tex-Mex and regularly changing cocktails made with fresh juices, house syrups and sodas.

Description source · Checked 2026-09-09

Plan Your Visit

218 Noksapyeong-daero, Yongsan District, Seoul, South KoreaItaewon / Gyeongridan

Style
Casual Tex-Mex cocktail barChecked 2026-09-09 · Source
Hours
Monday closed; Tuesday–Thursday 18:00–00:30; Friday 18:00–02:00; Saturday 17:00–02:00; Sunday 17:00–00:00.Checked 2026-09-30 · Source
Booking
The owner Linktree designates ordinary reservation links to Catchtable for domestic and overseas guests.Checked 2026-09-30 · Source
Menu
View the venue’s menu ↗Checked 2026-09-30 · Source

Hours and menus can change. Check the venue’s latest details before visiting.

The score & its evidence

Seven signals. One score.

31.5 / 100

The composite combines the seven weighted signals and the published adjustments. The chart shows each signal before weighting.

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Signal / 100Score
Guest ratings
72.9
World's 50 Best
—None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
Top 500 Bars
—None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
Spirited Awards
—None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
Regional Recognition
48.2
Serious press
8.8
Social Vibes
63.0

Weights: Guest ratings 23% · World's 50 Best 12% · Top 500 Bars 10% · Spirited 12% · Regional Recognition 18% · Press 10% · Social Vibes 15%

Missing evidence, confirmed none and evidence outside a scoring window each contribute zero. We do not redistribute their fixed weight to other signals.

Social Vibes

Score read updated:

positive2 undated source-displayed customer accounts· high confidence

Sentiment score

90/ 100

Historical proprietary score; this source-role check does not revalidate its number or confidence.

Score context

Airial displays two undated firsthand drink accounts by Martin Garrihy and Serena Gao, alongside generated travel guidance. They praise the cocktails; Martin also criticises the glassware. The selected accounts do not establish a broad customer consensus.

Guest sources checked:

Selected saved sources clarify who is speaking and what was readable. They do not constitute a new representative customer survey.

Guest score details

What the selected sources say

  • Two selected accounts praise the cocktails.

Reservations in the selected sources

  • Martin Garrihy criticises the glassware.

The stored sample joins clauses attributed to Martin Garrihy. It is omitted because it does not exactly match the stored evidence excerpt.

Review & discussion links

  • airial.travelCustomer text shown on Airial

    Airial displays Martin Garrihy and Serena Gao’s firsthand drink passages beside generated summaries and tips. Posting dates and underlying platforms are unverified. Food/shisha-only material is excluded.

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Crowd signal

Google 4.6★ across 598 reviews.

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Awards

Results from the three global systems scored separately in our formula.

No recorded global awards in the scored window.

Regional Recognition

Regional and national lists, local awards and bartender peer picks considered for this room's Regional Recognition score. The strongest result from each program and year scores; assessed guides use the latest accepted dated status once.

Reviews & press