Coffee in South Korea - 142 Restaurant Picks

At the far end of Bosu-dong Book Street, a yellow gate opens onto a steep staircase leading up to a cafe in a renovated…

Pick a single-origin pour-over here: the Yeonnam branch of Kunes Brewing Spot, whose original shop is in Haengsin-dong,…

The bagels are dense and chewy in the New York style, and so many come stuffed, with scallion bacon cream, egg mayo or…

Concentrated drops of coffee fall into the cup and roll like glass beads in the marble coffee brewed at the counter. Fo…

A Linea PB espresso machine backed by E80+, Scody 2 and EK43 grinders makes for serious equipment in a small alley cafe…

Beans come from Dukes Coffee of Melbourne: filter coffee shows off their aroma, while the cafe latte brings out the nut…

Coffee is roasted on the ground floor of this dark-green two-story building on the lane from Nakwon Arcade into Insa-do…

A few perilla leaves stand in the kkaennip smoothie, which hits first with lemon and lime brightness before the herbal…

Though it sits half below street level on a side street off Garosu-gil, the entrance and large windows open outward, an…

Run by a green coffee importer, the shop opens only Thursday through Saturday. A key handed over at the entrance carrie…

Batch-brewed coffee pours straight from a tap and reaches the table quickly, with fruit-like acidity and sweetness that…

The coconut coffee adds coconut aroma and flavor to espresso. For something more filling there is a grilled ham and che…

Thin, barely sweet cream sits over espresso and milk in the Tonti Baby, and the idea is to drink the layers together ra…

Upstairs in the Tongin building, a shop that has stood on Insadong-gil since 1924, Taegeukdang's breads, cookies and dr…

About 350 m from Myeong-dong Station, in a Toegye-ro alley, the owner makes vegan donuts in an open kitchen with roughl…

Bread is baked on site with a natural starter. Salt bread (sogeumppang), a buttery roll, also comes split and filled wi…

From the outside the building makes you hesitate, but the second-floor door opens onto a clean, gallery-like room with…

Two house blends anchor the bar: Jungle Espresso, roasted for nutty aroma and milk-chocolate sweetness, and Mary Jane,…

Brownies are baked in the shop, and one straight from the oven is moist and deeply chocolatey. Warm dangyuja tea, made…

Tucked one alley off Insadong's main street, a hanok has been fitted with white walls and spare furniture, with the cou…

From a three-story building on Sokgol-ro near Jungmun, the view runs past a flowing stream to the open sea. Every guest…

An old house on Itaewon-ro 49-gil has been turned into a four-floor cafe, with indoor rooms, terraces and a rooftop spl…

For about 20 years the building was a judo gym, and the outside still carries its gold Gyeongju Gymnasium sign and the…

Inside the red-brick, three-story building, a half flight of stairs leads up to the counter, and seating continues thro…