A Café Crawl
A lazy day · 6 stops
Seoul's café culture is a destination in itself — raw-concrete roasteries, hanok courtyards and gallery-like dessert bars. This easygoing crawl tastes the best of them; spread it across a lazy day and come off-peak for a seat.
- 1
Play · Seongsu
Seongsu Café Street
Start in Seoul's 'Brooklyn' — brick warehouses reborn as roasteries and pop-ups.
- 2
Café · Seongsu
Café Onion Seongsu
The café that defined Seongsu — a raw factory piled with pastries and good coffee.
- 3
Café · Yeonnam-dong
Layered Yeonnam
Cross town to leafy Yeonnam for the English-cottage café and its giant scones.
- 4
Café · Mapo
Fritz Coffee Company
Nearby in Mapo, the seal-mascot roaster pairs serious coffee with great bread.
- 5
Café · Anguk
Café Onion Anguk
Back in the old city, sip among tiled eaves in Onion's beautiful hanok branch.
- 6
Café · Apgujeong
Nudake (Gentle Monster)
Finish in Apgujeong with Gentle Monster's sculptural, gallery-style desserts.