Ordering Food Delivery in Korea as a Tourist: Baemin, Coupang Eats, Yogiyo

Without a Korean phone number, start with Baemin. Its official page for foreign visitors says you can order without a Korean number. The app accepts foreign credit cards, WeChat Pay and Alipay+, and can be switched to English, Japanese or Chinese. Coupang Eats and Yogiyo also work in English, but on different terms. Below: how the apps differ, how to enter your accommodation's address, and what to do when an app won't cooperate.

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   Baemin — download from your home App Store and switch the language

   Baemin is listed not only in Korea but also in the US, Japanese, Chinese and Taiwanese App Stores, so you can install it before you fly. It appears as "Baemin" in the US, Japanese and Chinese stores, and under its Korean name, 배달의민족, in the Taiwanese store. Since February 2026 the app can be set to English, Chinese or Japanese. When that was announced, the languages covered food delivery only; grocery and shopping were to follow later. The translations use generative AI, and Baemin said in February 2026 that it would keep improving their accuracy and naturalness, for example with a menu-name dictionary.

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   Baemin — order without an account, using an overseas number

   Baemin's page for foreign visitors states that no Korean phone number is required. According to July–August 2026 reports, you can order food without signing up, just by verifying an overseas phone number by SMS. That means your home number has to be able to receive texts — if you switch it off and use only a data eSIM, the code won't arrive. See the eSIM and SIM guide for how to keep your number reachable.

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   Baemin — how to pay

   Baemin takes foreign-issued credit cards, plus WeChat Pay and Alipay+ (added for food delivery in September 2025). From 2 June 2026 you can also pay with Apple Pay linked to a foreign-issued Visa, Mastercard, JCB or Amex card. For which wallets fall under Alipay+, see the Alipay and WeChat Pay guide; for Apple Pay setup, see the Apple Pay guide.

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   What about Coupang Eats and Yogiyo?

   Coupang Eats is in the US App Store but not the Japanese or Taiwanese ones, and its store listing shows English and Korean. Switch the app to English in settings, and menu categories and individual restaurants' menus appear in English. Reports say it has accepted foreign cards such as Visa and Mastercard since late July 2025. Yogiyo's US App Store description pitches delivery to where you're staying on a trip, and the app supports English. For neither app did we find an official statement that you can sign up and order without a Korean number (Coupang's official FAQ says phone identity verification happens at the first purchase). Without a Korean number, Baemin — which says outright that none is needed — is the safer choice.

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   Your address — the Korean road address plus building and unit

   Searching with an English address or the property's name often lands on the wrong spot. Before check-in, get the Korean road address and the building and unit number (동·호수) from your host and paste them in as is. In an Airbnb-style apartment or low-rise residential building, the building's front door is often locked, so also ask whether you may give the entry code to the rider or should meet them outside or on the ground floor.

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   When the app won't cooperate — pickup, or ask the front desk

   Baemin and Coupang Eats both offer pickup (takeout) orders that you collect from the shop yourself, and Coupang Eats says pickup orders have no minimum order amount. If delivery to your address keeps failing, pick a shop near where you're staying and switch to pickup. Both apps also deliver from supermarkets and convenience stores, though Baemin's language support covered only food delivery when it was announced. At a hotel, ask the front desk first whether riders can come up to your room or whether you should collect at the front desk or lobby.