NeighbourhoodHongdae and Yeonnam
HoursThu-Tue 11:00-19:00, closed Wednesday

Location

Address: 12 Wausan-ro 29-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul

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Fritz Bakery (Dohwa) ★ 4.6

Hongdae and YeonnamMon-Fri 08:00-21:00, Sat-Sun 10:00-21:00Walk-in onlyCroissants, cream-filled doughnuts, and sourdough

Fritz operates its bakery counter from the same Dohwa building as the roastery, and the baked goods match the coffee programme in seriousness.

Worth the queue: Fritz croissant and konpeito cream doughnut

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Paris Baguette (Gwanghwamun) ★ 3.7

Jongno and InsadongDaily 07:00-22:00Walk-in onlyKorean bakery staples: cream bread, red bean pastries, garlic butter loaf

Paris Baguette is the ubiquitous Korean bakery chain that appears on every high street, but the Gwanghwamun branch is the right flagship to experience.

Worth the queue: Cream-filled sweet bun (soborobang)

Tartine Bakery Seoul (Hannam) ★ 4.7

Itaewon and HannamMon-Sun 07:00-22:00Walk-in onlySan Francisco-style sourdough and laminated pastries

The Seoul outpost of Chad Robertson's San Francisco bakery, in Hannam-dong since 2018, quickly setting the standard for open-crumb sourdough in Korea.

Worth the queue: Country loaf sourdough and morning bun

Artist Bakery Anguk ★ 4.5

Bukchon and SamcheongDaily 08:00-20:00Salt butter bread variations in a restored hanok bakery

Artist Bakery is the salt-bread sister project to London Bagel Museum, set in a restored hanok off Yulgok-ro with more than 20 versions of the viral salt butter loaf, from plain to truffle pretzel and basil pesto.

Worth the queue: Classic salt butter bread with truffle pretzel and squid ink cheese variants

Fritz Bakery (Dohwa) ★ 4.6

Hongdae and YeonnamMon-Fri 08:00-21:00, Sat-Sun 10:00-21:00Walk-in onlyCroissants, cream-filled doughnuts, and sourdough

Fritz operates its bakery counter from the same Dohwa building as the roastery, and the baked goods match the coffee programme in seriousness.

Worth the queue: Fritz croissant and konpeito cream doughnut

Passion5 ★ 4.4

Itaewon and HannamDaily 10:00-22:00French patisserie and Korean-inflected cakes

Passion5 is the patisserie arm of Paris Baguette's parent company SPC, but it operates on an entirely different level from the parent chain.

Worth the queue: Saint-Honore and yuzu tart

Cafe Onion Bakery (Seongsu) ★ 4.3

Seongsu and DongdaemunMon-Fri 08:00-22:00, Sat-Sun 09:00-22:00Walk-in onlySourdough, layered pastries, and oversized toast

Cafe Onion's Seongsu warehouse space runs a bakery counter with honey butter thick-cut toast that draws a pre-opening queue on weekend mornings.

Worth the queue: Honey butter thick-cut toast

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