# Best Cafes in Seoul

Specialty roasteries and destination cafes spanning Seoul's Mapo and Seongdong coffee districts. · community starter list

A list of the 6 best cafes in Seoul, including Anthracite Coffee Roasters (Hapjeong) (Hapjeong-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul). No votes cast yet — ordered as entries were added, and voting decides the order from here — last updated Aug 20, 2026.

**Where:** [Third Platz](/.md) / [South Korea](/south-korea.md) / Seoul
**Updated:** 2026-08-20 06:07:51

1. **[Anthracite Coffee Roasters (Hapjeong)](/e/988.md)** (cafe) — Roastery cafe in a converted shoe factory in Hapjeong, one of the founding names of Seoul's third-wave coffee scene, with beans named after authors. — score 0
2. **[Fritz Coffee Company (Dohwa)](/e/989.md)** (cafe) — Flagship roastery cafe in a converted 1960s house in Mapo, a pioneer of Seoul's specialty coffee movement known for house-roasted single origins and bakery. — score 0
3. **[Coffee Libre (Yeonnam)](/e/990.md)** (cafe) — Original branch of the specialty roastery founded by Korea's first licensed Q-Grader, opened in Yeonnam-dong in 2012 and known for direct-trade single origins. — score 0
4. **[Cafe Onion (Seongsu)](/e/991.md)** (cafe) — Original Cafe Onion location in a renovated industrial building in Seongsu, opened in 2016 and known for its bread program and outdoor seating. — score 0
5. **[Blue Bottle Coffee (Seongsu)](/e/992.md)** (cafe) — Blue Bottle's first Korean cafe, opened in Seongsu in 2019 with an on-site roastery, designed by architect Jo Nagasaka in a multi-storey industrial building. — score 0
6. **[Center Coffee (Seoul Forest)](/e/993.md)** (cafe) — Light-roast pour-over specialist near Seoul Forest, run by 2013 UK Brewers Cup champion Sang-ho Park, known for single-origin hand drip and a mugwort latte. — score 0

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