The best cafes to visit in Seoul, South Korea

The veritable Seoul city, capital of South Korea, is touted for many things. For starters, its thriving scene of entertainment, which has birthed the behemoth force that is K-pop. In the same vein of arts, cool conceptual stores can be found peppered around the city’s charming enclaves, injecting modernity to a place enshrined in tradition. The food will tell you this much, not to mention, the majestic palaces that had once housed royalty.

While assimilating in a foreign city’s culture might prove daunting for some, there is but an easy way to indoctrinate oneself: by ordering an iced Americano. Believe it or not, it’s the unofficial national drink, commonly spotted in hand amongst locals, even endured during Seoul’s wintry season. Coffee is a huge part of the city’s lifestyle; you would know this instantly just by spotting one of their many local cafe franchises like A Twosome Place, Ediya Coffee and Tom and Toms Coffee just a stone throw’s away from one another. 

No surprise then that there’s plenty of potential for specialty coffee to bloom in this place. Add to that, the creative entrepreneurial minds, who have dreamt up novel and picturesque cafes in Seoul, to the delight of both locals and foreigners alike. These are the spaces that have been designed to inspire, soothe and for one to linger. 

Below, Vogue Singapore presents our shortlist of the best cafes to visit while in Seoul.