Tartine Bakery Seoul (Hannam) ★ 4.7
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
Paris Baguette (Gwanghwamun) is a bakery in Jongno And Insadong, Seoul.
Paris Baguette is the ubiquitous Korean bakery chain that appears on every high street, but the Gwanghwamun branch is the right flagship to experience.
Address: 58 Saemunan-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul
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 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 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 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'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
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