NeighbourhoodJongno and Insadong
HoursDaily 07:00-22:00

Location

Address: 58 Saemunan-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul

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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.

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Artist Bakery Anguk ★ 4.5

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Fritz Bakery (Dohwa) ★ 4.6

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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

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

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Cafe Onion Bakery (Seongsu) ★ 4.3

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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.

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Weirdough ★ 4.5

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Weirdough in Seongsu is a small-batch vegan bakery renowned for seaweed sourdough and plant-based pastries, rated 5.0 on HappyCow across 28 reviews.

Worth the queue: Seaweed sourdough loaf

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