Cafes in Jongno: Paul Bassett Gwanghwamun & More - 36 Local Picks | Page 2

This ground-floor counter shares the Heungkuk Life building with the Cinecube art-house cinema, making it an easy stop…

Photographs and writing by the poet Park Nohae fill the permanent exhibition upstairs, while the ground floor works as…

From the second-floor terrace and window seats on Insadong-gil, you look down on the pedestrian street and the tiled ha…

Wooden tables, potted plants by the window and soft classical music set the mood in a small room tucked off Seosulla-gi…

Honey from hives in the backyard goes onto the croffles and into the honey coffee. The cafe sits at the top of a Buam-d…

Across the lane from Seonggok Art Museum, this pour-over cafe has been brewing in the same spot for more than twenty ye…

Open since 1974 near Nagwon Arcade in Jongno, this café spreads over floors 3 to 5, each with a different use. On the l…

Tucked in an alley between Gyeongbokgung and Seochon, this small cafe serves brunch. The carrot rapee sandwich layers c…

The rooms and wooden maru floor of a hanok, a traditional Korean house, in a Hwa-dong alley serve as the seating, split…

From the third-floor windows, the roofs of Changdeokgung Palace and the Gyujanggak area spread out below. Reaching the…

Behind Gyeonghuigung Palace, one building holds an independent and art-house cinema, a cafe and a gallery. After a scre…

Two things anchor this tiny Seochon bar: Portuguese-style espresso and pastel de nata, an egg tart with crisp pastry an…