Coffee in South Korea - 142 Restaurant Picks | Page 5

Beans are roasted in house, even the Americano is ordered by bean, and the second floor holds the roaster and a barista…

Trees along the Wawoo Bridge stretch of the Gyeongui Line Forest Park press right up to the second-floor windows, and d…

A blue grand piano and a book-cafe corner sit inside this roughly 300-pyeong space, and outside, a terrace with Fermob…

The terrace tables have an exotic shape that feels closer to a campsite than a city cafe, and when the sun drops toward…

Several red-brick buildings sit on a broad lawn that runs down to the Bukhangang River, and on fine days people spread…

A Joseon-era hanok, restored after once facing demolition, now serves coffee among a tea tree over 300 years old, old p…

Each floor serves a different purpose. The third has the clearest sea view; the second is partly screened by pine trees…

Arcade cabinets, consoles and home computers from the 1970s and 1980s, MSX machines among them, take up most of the roo…

Fritz Dohwa occupies an old detached house whose mother-of-pearl cabinets and antique vanity make the room feel like a…

Seats at Gisan Reservoir split across a main building, an annex, outdoor terraces and a rooftop, and the rooftop and ou…

A narrow, bumpy lane climbs through rice paddies near Seogyeongju Station, and just when it starts to feel like a wrong…

The blue-and-white building copies the Greek island of Santorini, and the murals and photo corners in the yard are set…

British royal-style cups, plates and porcelain figures are on display all through the building, and afternoon tea has a…

Across the Sapgyo estuary, Seohae Bridge and Haengdamdo Island stretch out with nothing in the way. The cafe building s…

Set back from the road, the room stays quiet, and wide gaps between tables give it the calm of a hotel lounge. Most out…

Coffee Libre and the bakery Owolui Jong share one room inside the former office of the Gyeongseong Spinning company, a…

Wood and exposed brick line the indoor room, a terrace sits outside, and at the brew bar each cup is made one at a time…

Each autumn the outdoor garden turns pink with muhly grass and pampas, with photo spots scattered between the plantings…

Two buildings of a former textile factory hold this bakery cafe, with high ceilings and enough floor that finding a sea…

Sea-facing windows and a terrace look out over the East Sea from this cafe in the oceanside annex of Sol Beach Samcheok…

Partitions and furniture split the room into separate zones, and reading alone or working on a laptop never feels expos…

From the 17th floor of the Yuwon Building by City Hall Station, the windows face Bukhansan straight ahead with Inwangsa…

A big work counter takes up much of the small second-floor room in an older commercial building on Taejong-ro. The shop…

Sanbangsan's sheer back face rises right behind this cafe, and the sand dunes of Hwanguchi Beach run down to the sea in…