Cafes in Jongno: Onion Anguk & More - 36 Local Picks

A former Korean set-meal restaurant in a traditional hanok now houses this bakery café, keeping a wide courtyard and a…

Stepping stones over a pool and a stretch of bamboo lead into this hanok bakery cafe in Ikseon-dong, where the innermos…

Set in the ground-floor lobby of K-Twin Tower B, the cafe has high ceilings and enough tables that ordering and finding…

Right beside the Seoul branch of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, this tea house fits neatly before…

A salt pond modeled on a sea-salt farm fills the courtyard of this Ikseon-dong hanok, and a waterwheel stands in the mi…

Rock cliffs and forest on the slope of Inwangsan rise behind the terraces, which look out over Namsan Tower, the roofs…

Fresh flowers, Union Jacks and British-style displays fill this scone shop near Anguk Station, run by the same group as…

Croissants and other laminated pastries crowd the counter from early morning, which makes this three-floor bakery near…

Through a glass wall left of the entrance, bagel makers can be seen at work in this ground-floor shop next to Kyobo Boo…

Inside a renovated hanok more than a century old, the seats wrap around a courtyard left open to the sky. Rafters and w…

On the ground floor of the Arario Museum, a courtyard with a stone pagoda sits between an ivy-covered gallery, a glass…

From the top of the Naksan fortress wall trail, a long row of outdoor seats looks down over hillside homes toward downt…

Water drips from the eaves into a hanok courtyard in Ikseon-dong even on clear days, so the sound of rain carries to th…

Timber posts and roof lines of an Ikseon-dong hanok frame an open central ceiling, so daylight falls on the plants and…

The two floors of this Buam-dong roastery, right in front of Changuimun Gate, feel like different places. Downstairs is…

White walls, white furniture and fairly dim lighting give the interior a different feel from the tiled hanok alley outs…

The butter scone looks noticeably bigger than those at most dessert cafes, with a crisp shell and a soft crumb, and clo…

Behind a tiled roof and wooden gate, a courtyard opens onto a hanok that keeps its original pillars and roof framing, w…

Inside, the cafe looks like a Nordic attic or a storybook room, with small props placed in every corner. Several kinds…

Near Jonggak Station, the coffee order in this tall-ceilinged, Bean Brothers-run room begins with picking the beans, an…

A few steps off the crowded main street of Bukchon, a compact hanok holds this cafe, about 150m from Anguk Station in a…

One Insadong hanok holds a tearoom, a tea-leaf shop, and a free exhibition of teaware. The shop stocks over 110 teas fr…

Wooden shelves in this Insadong teahouse hold Jidaebang Ilgi, a run of yearly guestbooks, and old handwritten notes sti…

With room for a 30-person program and still space left to prepare, this cafe works more as a rentable community venue t…