Cafeography
Seoul · Yangjae & Dogok

Cafés in Yangjae & Dogok

The café street along Yangjaecheon from Yangjae to Dogok, office-coffee roasters and bean importers around Maebong station.

Photo: Constantine Kim, Pexels License

Yangjaecheon (양재천) is the greenway that sets this neighborhood's pace, a stream running 5.5 km from Gwanaksan through Seocho, Gangnam and Songpa into the Tancheon, with bike and walking paths on tiered ledges and 3.75 km of it named a Seoul Future Heritage.1 Benches, flower beds and public exercise equipment line the banks.1

The path from Yangjae toward Dogok was once famous as a café street. Allure wrote in 2013 that it no longer had its old glamour, but that people still came for a walk, a glass of wine or a plate of pasta, among older buildings that had outlasted the fashion.2 The stream still draws the visitors, and behind it the coffee trade runs to wholesalers, machine rental and green-bean importers as much as to tables.

Local tip: Walk the stream first and stop for coffee second: leave Maebong station by exit 4, take the path along Yangjaecheon, and climb to Room Service 301's rooftop on any day but Monday.

At a glance

100Cafés listed
1With opening hours
08:00Earliest opening
21:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: 경남커피, from 08:00 (Mon–Fri 08:00–21:00 · Sat–Sun 10:00–21:00).
  • Most listed streets: Yangjae-dong" (4), Dogok-dong" (2), Dogok-dong (2).
  • Most common features: specialty (8%), wi-fi (4%), card payment (1%).

경남커피

Gyeongnam Coffee

  • 언주로 110
  • Mon–Fri 08:00–21:00 · Sat–Sun 10:00–21:00
  • +82 2-578-6766
MapIs this you?Report

Nothing matches those filters here. See all cafés in Seoul.

Coffee chains in Yangjae & Dogok

Chain

Mega MGC Coffee 메가커피

Show 18 locations
Website Instagram Facebook

Room Service 301 and the stream-side street

룸서비스301 (Room Service 301), on the third floor at Yangjaecheon-ro 193, is the café a local reporter chose in November 2025, along the street you reach from exit 4 of Maebong station.3 Big windows, gallery-style posters and a fourth-floor rooftop over the stream are what it offers.3 It is known for matcha, and its signature cream latte, made with Kyoto matcha, cost ₩8,000 at the time; it closes on Mondays.3

Decaf drinkers get handmade Jeju green-tangerine and omija ades, and whole cakes for three or four people need ordering ahead.3 Hours at the time were 11:30–21:00, or 22:00 on Fridays and Saturdays.3 Go when the trees turn, because the view is the point: that report was filed on 20 November with the autumn color at its height.3

Specialty scores and office machines

에이티플러스커피 (80+ Coffee) at Yangjaecheon-ro 21-gil 25 takes its name from a rule: it uses only coffee scoring 80 or more on the Specialty Coffee Association's scale, the standard threshold for the word "specialty".4 Its range includes drip bags, sold in daily packs of Brazil, Colombia and Ethiopia.4

Gentle Coffee, based on Nonhyeon-ro 30-gil in Dogok-dong, is a different sort of neighbor: alongside its specialty beans it rents coffee machines, supplies offices and advises people opening cafés.5 리플렉트(Reflect Coffee Roasters), on Hyoryeong-ro 72-gil, roasts specialty coffee, as do Fabrique Coffee Roasters and 핸드크라프트 Handcraft Specialty Coffee.

Green beans and a Paris arrival

커피플랜트 (Coffee Plant) at Dogok 1-dong brings in green coffee from around the world and sells it on to the Korean trade.6 브라이언스커피 (Brian's Coffee), at Nonhyeon-ro 26-gil 46, sells single origins such as Kenya Kiangoi AA and Colombia Aponte Honey by the 200 g and 1 kg bag, along with a Social Club blend and subscriptions.7

The international names noticed the neighborhood too. On 1 November 2022 the French specialty house Terres de Café opened in Yangjae, its first shop in Korea and in Asia.8 this place again, on Mabang-ro 6-gil, shortens its name to TPA and has a ground-floor room in Yangjae-dong.9

Sources

  1. Yangjaecheon, Wikipedia, accessed November 2026
  2. 서울 유랑 – 양재천을 따라서, Allure Korea (June 2013), accessed November 2026
  3. 양재천 카페거리 감성 카페 '룸서비스301', Local Naeil (November 2025), accessed November 2026
  4. 에이티플러스커피, 80+ Coffee, accessed November 2026
  5. 젠틀커피, Gentle Coffee, accessed November 2026
  6. 커피플랜트 생두몰, Coffee Plant, accessed November 2026
  7. 브라이언스커피, Brian's Coffee, accessed November 2026
  8. 유럽 유명 카페들의 서울 1호점, W Korea (November 2022), accessed November 2026
  9. tpa 카페, this place again, accessed November 2026
Keep exploring

More of Seoul

Seochon

113 cafés

Bukchon & Samcheong-dong

114 cafés

Ikseon-dong & Insadong

108 cafés

Hyehwa & Daehak-ro

95 cafés

Euljiro & Chungmuro

120 cafés

Myeong-dong & City Hall

173 cafés

Huam-dong & Haebangchon

84 cafés

Mangwon-dong

114 cafés

Sinchon & Ewha

113 cafés

Hongdae & Yeonnam-dong

587 cafés

Itaewon & Hannam-dong

135 cafés

Seongsu-dong

213 cafés

Sinsa & Garosu-gil

117 cafés

Apgujeong & Cheongdam

150 cafés

Seocho & Seorae Village

96 cafés

Gangnam & Yeoksam

289 cafés

Dongdaemun & Sindang-dong

100 cafés

Konkuk University & Gunja

107 cafés

Jamsil & Seokchon Lake

132 cafés

In Yangjae & Dogok, also browse: Specialty coffee Wi-Fi

FAQ

Yangjae & Dogok cafés: questions

What is the Yangjaecheon café street in Seoul?

The path along Yangjaecheon from Yangjae toward Dogok was once famous as a café street. It runs beside a stream with bike and walking paths, and 3.75 km of the stream is a Seoul Future Heritage. The café stretch is reached from exit 4 of Maebong station.

Which café has a rooftop over Yangjaecheon in Dogok-dong, Seoul?

룸서비스301 at Yangjaecheon-ro 193 has a third-floor room and a fourth-floor rooftop over the stream. It is known for matcha, and its Kyoto matcha cream latte cost ₩8,000 in November 2025. It closes on Mondays and is reached from exit 4 of Maebong station.

Where can you buy specialty coffee beans around Yangjae and Dogok in Seoul?

에이티플러스커피 on Yangjaecheon-ro 21-gil uses only coffee scoring 80 or more and sells drip bags. 브라이언스커피 on Nonhyeon-ro 26-gil sells single origins in 200 g and 1 kg bags, and Gentle Coffee in Dogok-dong supplies beans alongside machine rental.

For café owners

Own a café in Yangjae & Dogok?

Free listings are free for good. A featured page gives you photos, a menu and your own URL, in your café's own design, for less than a coffee a day.

Get listed, free See a page in its own design