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Best Coffee Shops In Seoul

Seoul has a large, district-based specialty coffee scene, with notable clusters in areas such as Anguk/Ikseon-dong, Gangnam, Seongsu-dong, Hongdae, and Itaewon. The strongest candidate shops are independent cafés and roasters that are explicitly described as specialty coffee destinations rather than chains.

  1. 1
    Anthracite Coffee Roasters
    Seoul, South Korea
  2. 2
    Blue Bottle Coffee
    Oakland, California, United States
  3. 3
    Fritz Coffee Company
    Seoul, South Korea
  4. 4
    Coffee Libre
    Seoul, South Korea

Also mentioned

Names that came up in our research for this list but are not yet in our directory, so we have no profile or write-up for them.

  • Low Key Coffee, Seoul
  • MAAT Specialty Coffee, Seoul
  • Perception, Seoul
  • Milestone Coffee Roasters, Seoul
  • Cafe Onion, Seoul
  • Nudake, Seoul
  • Dotori Garden, Seoul
  • Upstanding Coffee, Seoul

Editorial selection by PremiumRoast.Coffee. Disagree with a pick? Suggest a roaster and we’ll consider it for the next revision.

Published: May 28, 2026.