Samcheongdong 삼청동

Cafe Jinsun is ideally located just next to Gyeongbokgung Palace, overlooking the intersection of Samcheong-ro and Cheongwadae-ro. It is a great place to chill and take a break from your sightseeing and people watch at the cafe.

The spacious cafe includes an outdoor garden terrace, nicely decorated indoor section with plants and paintings, art gallery and small terrace on the 2F and rooftop on the 3F. Their menu includes cakes, pecan pies, waffle with ice-cream, panini, pizzas, oven baked camembert cheese with honey, wine, cocktail, beer and drinks.

Hwangsaengga Kalguksu is a famous restaurant listed in Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand yearly since 2017. It is located next to Blue Bottle Samcheong Cafe, 4 mins walk from Gyeongbokgung Palace's side gate or 10 mins walk from Anguk Station (exit 1). The restaurant is famous for its handmade noodles and dumplings. Other menu items include cold soybean noodle soup (summer only), hot pot with mushrooms, pancakes and sliced boiled pork/beef with kimchi wraps.

💡You can expect quite a queue at this popular restaurant. Thankfully, the restaurant provides proper seats for people in the queue (i.e. sit in the order of your arrival). Generally, the queue moved fast as the restaurant has 2 floors and you can take a well-deserved break from your sightseeing too.

Blue Bottle Samcheong Cafe is a 3-storey cafe with full glass-windows and nice zen interior. Orders are made at the counters on the 1F and pick up on the 2F. There are more seats on the 3F with gorgeous view of the mountain range afar and hanok rooftops.

💡There are limited seats on the 1F and 2F.

Dot Blanket Samcheong Hanok Branch is a popular cafe that offers all day brunch from salad, sandwich, snacks, wine, beer, cocktail and drinks.

There is another Dot Blanket Anguk Branch along Yunposun-gil near Anguk Station (line 3, exit 1, 2 mins walk). Comparatively, Dot Blanket Samcheong Hanok Branch is bigger and set in a beautiful hanok.

💡You can do an online waitlist on Catchtable app