Coffee in South Korea - 142 Restaurant Picks | Page 6

The ground floor of this large building on Itaewon-ro is all display cases of bread, cakes, tarts and sandwiches, and i…

Starbucks stores on Jeju skip disposable cups, so drinks come in a reusable cup or your own tumbler, and empties go bac…

From outside, the weedy gray cement warehouse looks almost abandoned, but inside, two floors are set up like a library,…

An old factory building on a Hapjeong back street now houses a specialty coffee roastery, one of the early names in Kor…

Apart from the main seating, a listening room for one or two puts you facing the speakers and the window for quiet list…

Full-length windows face Hagosudong Beach and keep the sea in view from inside, while a terrace with artificial grass a…

Only Reserve coffees and branch drinks are poured; the standard Starbucks menu is not available. Lavender cafe breve le…

Waffles are baked as soon as you order, crisp outside and soft within, and only lightly sweet, which leaves room for a…

Staff warm the bread you pick and slice it for easy eating, salt bread included. Beyond garlic baguette, salt bread and…

The long window counter and the terrace all face Daecheong Lake and Oksabong Peak, and in season a fountain shoots up f…

Families settle on the first floor or outside, since the second floor is kept as a no-kids zone. Rocking chairs sit by…

A large maple in the middle of the courtyard spreads over the outdoor seats and changes the color of the space with eac…

Roasting actually happens inside this valley building, and the two-story open interior still feels like a working coffe…

Often called the largest Terarosa in the country, the Seojong branch stacks two open floors under a lofty ceiling. The…

A drive-thru on Hasinbeonyeong-ro, by the Eulsukdo riverside, hands coffee through the car window. The menu is the fami…

Among the independent cafes on Anmok Beach's coffee street, many priced for tourists, this branch shows the same sea at…

Big loaves fill several rows of shelves, and the garlic baguette is crisp outside with a strong garlic flavor. Everythi…

Pines surround the cafe, and Sunpo Beach is just across the road for a walk on the sand after coffee. On rainy days the…

Orders are taken on the first floor and drinks are handed out one level up, a split that briefly confuses first-time vi…

From the top of a hill in Buam-dong, the view takes in the Inwangsan ridge, the Seoul city wall and downtown. The build…

For the sea view, go before sunset and sit by a third-floor window; after dark you can barely see anything through the…

From the street, this Blue Bottle between Gangnam and Yeoksam stations barely shows itself, with a small sign and a roo…