Busan is a very spread out city with a lot of time required to get from one sightseeing area to another. Even though it’s the second largest city in Korea, I really didn’t expect to find it so lively and fascinating dotted with numerous cafes and food places. We found a number of lovely cafes here, although the distances between the areas of the city are huge, so it’s very difficult to check everything out. I compiled this list of cafes according to various Busan neighbourhoods to make it easy for you to navigate cafe hopping.
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For general tips on visiting cafes in South Korea and the cafe culture, check out this article.
Best Cafes in Seomyeon and Jeonpo Café Street
Seomyeon is actually one of the centers of Busan (the city doesn’t have one center, just a few central areas). Many travelers stay here while visiting, especially because the areas nearer Haeundae and other beach areas, as well as Nampo are more expensive.
Vintage 38 Jeonpo (Naver link)
The cafe is located in a huge warehouse type of space and decorated with old furniture. You will find all sorts of items here from old vinyl record player to Singer sewing machine. The environment is dimly lighted, so when we first looked into it on a rainy and gloomy day, we thought we wouldn’t like it, but in fact it turned out cozier than we thought. They had tasty cakes. This is the only café we encountered, which says it works 24 hours. We never checked late at night, but that would be very convenient, when you are hungry at 2am 😊
Seosangho Syokollattie (Naver link) (no Google link is available)
Seosangho Syokollattie has a lovely interior – it’s beautiful with the flower decor and pink vibes. But what we particularly loved about it was the friendly staff. We came here on a very rainy morning (about 12ish I guess). I think they were going to open in a little while (Naver actually says opening time is 12.30). But we were let in and the barista was very welcoming. We ordered coffee and a cake and got the complimentary small chocolate cake, which was delicious. Definitely do check out this cute café while in the area.
I know the name sounds strange and it probably is pronounced differently, but that’s how the café is listed on Naver.
Momochi (Naver link) (no Google link available)
Modern Table (Naver link) – their cakes look so good
Pollia (Naver link) (no Google link available) – I like the interior of this one.
Best Cafes in Gamcheon Culture Village
This cute village situated on the hill is dotted with a number of colorful and lovely cafes. I actually had a list of them, as usual, but we stumbled upon some other cute ones, while exploring. All of these cafes have one thing in common – they all provide views of the Gamcheon village.
Check out my detailed guide to visiting Gamcheon Culture Village.
This café painted in pink from outside is a little bit to the left from where you get off the bus to visit the Gamcheon village. You will immediately notice its pink exterior. On the top floor they have an open area, where you can sit with your coffee and take pictures. Keep in mind you find only chairs there, no tables. The “one person – one drink” rule applies here too and if you don’t order something, you can’t go upstairs. We grabbed coffee, as we didn’t have our morning fix yet.
Coffee Wooin (Uin café on Naver)
One more café with a view not too far from where you enter the village. There are signs directing you up the stairs towards the café.
Gamcheon village clearly has no shortage of cafes with a view. This is another café nearby the bus stop, from where you access the village.
Duf Coffee (Deopeu coffee on Naver)
A quirky place you can have fun at.
This café is located next to the painted stairs, where you find tons of people taking pictures. It also has nice views of the village.
Best Cafes in Huinnyeoul Culture Village
This lovely area is also full of cafes – you find them up on the main bus road, as well as on the pedestrian road (mid hill). Most of them have the sea views.
Want to visit the Huinnyeoul Culture VIllage? Here are my tips.
Huinnyeoul Beach Cafe (Naver link)
This café is up on the main road, meaning the road where buses pass. It has a pink exterior and not difficult to find. You can either come here directly by bus, or walk up from the seaside. It has 3 floors – outside spaces upstairs, very cute inside sitting on the level of the road the buses pass, while downstairs you find both inside space and the balcony with umbrellas giving a feeling of a beach. I tried their cake, which was quite nice. One bonus – they thankfully don’t have a “one person – one drink” rule, so I could happily order my cake, when I didn’t want coffee – I was already too caffeinated 😊
This is a very popular café, which is accessible from the pedestrian way – middle strip of the Huinnyeoul village. It has cute interior, where you also find books to read. The balcony provides nice views towards the sea. The outside area was crowded, when we visited in the late afternoon, while inside there were tons of available seats. Their coffee was good and no “one person – one drink” rule 😊
Café Healing House (Naver link) (no Google link available)
We checked this café out. It was open but totally empty, we didn’t even see any waiters. We were lazy to wait around, so left. But can say, the interior is pretty cute and it has cool views, as most cafés in the area.
Gureume (Naver link) (no Google link available)
This café is known for its ice cream and, of course, its views 😊
One more cute place with lovely seaside views.
Best Cafes in Haeundae, Dalmaji-gil and Cheongsapo
These areas are very popular among tourists, especially given the existence of Haeundae Sky capsule and beach train.
Snowing Cloud (Seunoing Cloud on Naver)
Snowing Cloud is a gorgeous cafe on Dalmaji-gil road with amazing views over the sea. Grab the seats outside on the terrace, if you can to enjoy the views. But their interior decor is also very beautiful.
Dongbaek Dessert Cafe 104 (Naver link)
This cafe keeps changing the name, but it’s still there. We noticed it from the Sky capsule and liked it. It has cool views of the passing Sky capsules and the beach train.
This café is located near the beach train and Sky capsule Cheongsapo stop. As the name tells you, it’s known for its roof. I checked it out and it was worth it only for the views. Firstly the elevator was old, the café itself is in dire need of a renovation (I do like cafes done in old style, but this felt like it needed to be cleaned up). The view, of course, is wonderful.
Old style café along the seaside in Cheongsapo. We just didn’t have enough time to walk around the whole area, but it would be very nice to take the beach train and hop off at every stop to explore.
Cute cafe near Haeundae metro station.
Bee Coffee (Bi Coffee on Naver)
Lovely cafe with cute bee sign. It’s located near Haeundae metro station.
Other Areas of Busan
Brown Hands Baekje Café (Naver link)
If you are looking for a cafe near Busan station, this one has a quirky interior.
Café Cheek to Cheek (Chiktuchik on Naver) – along the Oncheoncheon stream
Melbourne (Melbeoreun on Naver) – also Oncheoncheon stream area
Maison de Dawl (Maison de Dawol on Naver)
Café Itti (Naver link)
Waveon Coffee (Wave on Coffee on Naver)
This cafe is very far from any of the central areas of Busan, but it has a very cool modern design.
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