Coffee in Jongno: Blue Bottle Samcheong Cafe & More - 18 Local Picks

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…

A two-story house off Gyedong-gil has been dressed up like something out of My Neighbor Totoro, with storybook rooms on…

A creaking wooden staircase leads up to this 1950s-era dabang, an old Korean tearoom of wood paneling, fabric sofas and…

Although it fronts a busy road near Gyeongbokgung Station, several layers of glass doors keep this renovated hanok almo…

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

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

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…

Real railway tracks run across the floor of this Ikseon-dong hanok, styling the room after a small 1960s and 70s countr…

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

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

Shaped like roof tiles, the Sinan salt rice financiers use rice flour for a dense, chewy crumb. The Icheon rice chestnu…

The timber frame of a traditional hanok stays exposed, wrapped in a contemporary interior, in an Ikseon-dong alley a sh…

The first sip of the Black Bronze Cappuccino is sweet from dark chocolate shavings on its fine milk foam, and the finis…

The cafe occupies the third and fourth floors of a building in the alley between Gyeongbokgung and Gyeonghuigung, with…

Run by Nostalgia Hanok Stay, this Bukchon-ro 11-gil cafe seats guests in the rooms and courtyard of a traditional house…

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