Stay Restaurant is a modern French restaurant on level 81 of the tallest hotel in Seoul : the Signiel Seoul. The hotel sits at the edge of Seokchon Lake (picture below) which is a popular viewing spot during the South Korean cherry blossom season.
Seoul Michelin Guide Hotel : Stay Signiel
The restaurant is currently listed in the Seoul Michelin Guide but was once a one Michelin Star restaurant in the Seoul Michelin Guide Seoul 2019 ~ 2021. The restaurant features the special French cuisine of Michelin 3-star chef Yannick Aleno whose restaurant empire stretches worldwide including the Alléno Paris restaurant, a three-Michelin-starred restaurant located in the historic Pavillon Ledoyen in Paris.
Stay by Yannick Alléno on Level 81 Signiel Seoul
In Seoul, the Stay is a modern restaurant with an almost minimalist white interior. Perhaps this was wisely done to keep our focus on the wonderful views from the full-height windows. Also located on the 81st floor is one Michelin Star Korean fine fining restaurant Bicena restaurant which we visited on a previous trip.
Stay Modern Restaurant with Free Flow of Desserts
In addition to its modern and spacious interior, the other thing that caught our eye was the long marble counter running down one side of the restaurant. On it were desserts such as ice cream, macaroon, canele and cookies. We will show you more of these later.
Stay Restaurant Menu
Dining at Stay Signiel was easy. There were only two options available. The Fun menu that costs KRW135,000 (approx SG$120 at current rates) and the Emotion menu that costs KRW165,000. They are identical except for the main course. In the Fun menu it was duck whereas the Emotion menu gets a pasta and lobster. We chose to have one of each. There were options to upgrade to pricier items which we did not do.
Wine List at Stay Restaurant Signiel
A good selection of wines by the glass is available at the restaurant. A longer list of wine by the bottle is also available. Here is a picture of a sample page from the Stay Restaurant wine list. For our lunch, we picked a bottle of French white wine from the Loire Valley.
Lunch : Amuse Bouche Bread and Starters
Lunch at Stay restaurant started predictably – a couple of small snacks and box of two types of butter and bread. Both were very good. What we should also point out is the beautiful table setting. The table linen was thick and crisp and dinnerware were elegant.
Next was a potato salad hidden under a delicate squid ink tuile (picture above) and a creamy scallops ‘souffle’.
Main Courses
The main course for the Fun menu was duck with orange sauce, crispy potato, carrot & ginger purée. We had half expected a basic dish for the lower priced menu but this was better than expected. The duck was moist and cooked just right. More importantly it did not have any strong gamey flavour. The orange and ginger tones in the sauce balanced the duck flavours very well.
For the Emotion course, there was an extra pasta dish – agnolotti with ox tail confit, sea urchin soup (picture above). It was a tiny dish with a rich flavour. The lobster is the real reason to opt for the more expensive Emotion course at Stay restaurant at Signiel Seoul. This lobster was superb and compared favourably with the best lobster we had tried, such as in Odette Singapore and Le Taillevent Paris. This will be the menu of choice on a future visit.
Stay Restaurant Signiel Seoul – Desserts !
Here are some pictures of the dessert options at the end of our lunch at Stay by Yannick Alléno in Seoul. We could have eaten a lot of these, but restrained ourselves. At this restaurant, we observed that diners were well-mannered and did not pick up the desserts in large quantities. Perhaps the small plates provided also had a part to play in it. In the circumstances, we also conformed and behaved just as well.
This was our humble haul from the dessert table. Coffee was included as part of the meal (and refillable also). An extra dessert was served at the table to mark the 9th anniversary of the Signiel Seoul Hotel. That brought our exquisite lunch at the luxurious Stay Modern Restaurant to a sweet end. Next stop – walk off the calories while viewing the cherry blossoms along the Seokchon Lake next to the building.
Ratings:
Food: 5
Service: 3
Value: 4
Atmosphere: 5
Overall Rating: 4 TOPs 
Stay Restaurant
81 Floor SIGNIEL SEOUL
LOTTE World Tower 76F-101F, 300 Olympic-ro, Songpa-gu
Seoul, Republic of Korea
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