Cafés in Apgujeong & Cheongdam

Getting around Apgujeong and Cheongdam

Apgujeong station is on Line 3, Apgujeongrodeo station on the Suin–Bundang Line sits on the eastern edge of Apgujeong-dong near Cheongdam, and Cheongdam station is on Line 7.¹⁵ The subway is faster than a taxi at rush hour, 08:00–10:00 and 17:00–19:00, and Naver Maps or Kakao Maps work best for transit directions.³

Dosan Park and its lanes

Dosan Park opened on 9 November 1973 in honor of Ahn Chang-ho, the independence activist whose pen name was Dosan, and it is free and always open.³⁴ The Dosan Ahn Chang-ho Memorial Hall inside opens 10:00–18:00 and closes on Sundays and on the Lunar New Year, Chuseok and Christmas holidays.⁴

The park's address is Dosan-daero 45-gil 20.³ The lanes around it carry cafés: 마당 at Dosan-daero 45-gil 7, Blue Pola (블루폴라) at 49-gil 23 and 자연도소금빵in도산, a salt-bread bakery, at 49-gil 41. A little east, Standard Bread Dosan at Dosan-daero 53-gil 13 was opening at 08:00 in late 2025.³

Cheongdam's cafés

10 Corso Como opened its shopping and dining complex on Cheongdam Fashion Street in 2008; its café is at Apgujeong-ro 416.² Galleries arrived around 2011, forming a gallery street near the Galleria Department Store.²

On Seolleung-ro 152-gil (선릉로152길), Fermata is at no. 7, 기욤 at 17 and Tea Collective (티 컬렉티브) at 33. Earnings Surprise Cheongdam terrace (어닝 서프라이즈 청담 테라스) is on Samseong-ro 135-gil, and 홍차가게 청담, a black-tea shop on Samseong-ro 120-gil, opens at 12:00 and closes at 21:00 on most days, 18:00 on Mondays.

All-night and afternoon coffee

Apgujeong Rodeo Street faces the Galleria Department Store, and the Hyundai and Galleria department stores both keep their flagships here.¹ The Caffè Pascucci in Apgujeong was a filming location for the 2001 drama Beautiful Days, and SM Entertainment kept its original headquarters in the east of the neighborhood until it moved to Seongsu in 2021.¹ Cheongdam itself was once Chungsutgol, "clean water valley", for a pond of the Joseon period, and joined Seoul on 1 January 1963.²

For pastries, Syoto (쇼토) on Apgujeong-ro opens 12:00–20:00 and is known for strawberry cakes, and Flink (플링크) at Eonju-ro 173-gil 23 opens 08:00–20:00 for pain au chocolat.³ CAFE'in24 on Nonhyeon-ro 136-gil is open 24 hours. Welcome to Utopia (웰컴투유토피아) at Seolleung-ro 145-gil 4 opens daily 12:00–20:30, and gute Leute (구테로이테) on Seolleung-ro 131-gil has Wi-Fi, outdoor seats, air-conditioning, toilets and takeaway. Rpm seoul (Eonju-ro 172-gil 64) and ground 8 (Eonju-ro 164-gil 33) both offer Wi-Fi.