My friend had been wanting to visit this cafe for some time because according to her it looked a bit posh from the outside but I have to say that once we went inside it was a bit disappointing. It was too big (for my taste) with harsh lighting and not at all cosy. The only upside of Justins cafe was that they had several desktop computers that you can use but this isn't particularly unusual in Seoul as other cafes have computers available as well. The other good thing about Justins is that it opens at 7am and doesn't close until midnight. It can be quite hard to find coffee shops that are open early in the morning in Seoul, at least near my home.
My friend ordered a Kopi Luwak coffee which she said didn't taste very good but I don't know if this was because she was not used to the taste or because the coffee bean comes out of the rear end of an animal (sorry but there really is no delicate way of saying that). My friend is somewhat or a coffee connoisseur so I tend to believe her if she said it wasn't good. I would have had a taste of it myself for investigative purposes (basically for this blog and whoever is out there reading it) but I was not feeling well that day and it couldn't work up the motivation to try it once I was told by my friend that it really wasn't very good.
I ordered a cranberry cake and my friend ordered a cheesecake to see whether the cakes were any better than the drinks. Unfortunately, she took one bite of her cheesecake and said it was mediocre and I agreed that both her cake and my cake were both mediocre after having tried them both. All in all the cafe was just ok. If you don't mind or even prefer being in huge cafes packed with people with not much atmosphere then this is the place for you.
How to get there:
Seoul National University Station, Line 2, Exit 2, walk straight out of Exit 2 for about 5 minutes, it will be on your left.
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Sunday, 22 May 2011
Thursday, 21 April 2011
Snail's Coffee
I found this cafe purely by chance when I was walking between Soongsil University station and Seoul National University station in search of a supermarket. What got my attention was the name of the cafe; Snail's Coffee.For those of you who live in Korea you may have heard of Cat Cafes and Dog Cafes so I thought it was another one of those gimmicky cafes. I mean if you can have Cat Cafes and Dog Cafes why not a Snail Cafe?
Luckily, for me it seems that its only a Snail Cafe by name and not because they have snails crawling around everywhere. Phew! The Korean friend who I was with at the time shouted "Oh my god, it says there are snails in the cafe on that sign!" She got me, good and proper.
Once inside, my first impressions of the cafe were good. The decor was nice with hand painted designs on the wall, lots of cute decorations on the tables and all around the cafe. The cafe has lots of books that you can pick off the shelf and read. One side of the cafe houses manga books (in Korean). The other side of the cafe has a big book shelf with lots of Korean books both fiction and non fiction. I spotted 2 books on my table that were in English. Interestingly, this cafe also has some sketch pads and crayons on one of the book shelves that I assume you can use.
I suppose that's enough about the inside of the cafe.
What is the coffee like you say? Snail's Coffee has one of the widest selections of drinks I have ever seen. They have about 6 pages of the menu dedicated to the different kinds of coffee that they have on offer and a few pages at the back for their waffle menu, tea and juices. The other great thing about this particular cafe, apart from the wide selection of coffees is that it is quite cheap. Most of the coffees are between 3,500 won-4,500 won. Their most expensive coffee is the Dutch coffee which is hand dripped at 8,000 won. Snail's Coffee doesn't have any point card system, but their cheap prices and relaxing atmosphere more than make up for this.I tried their Affogato for 4,500 won which was superb ^^
This cafe is located on the 2nd floor of a building so if you were not looking for it, you could easily miss it. It's only about a 10 minute walk from Seoul National University station (Exit 7, walk towards Soongsil University) but it's far away enough from the station that not a lot of people seem to know about it. If you want to sit in a quiet coffee shop to get some work done or to just have some peace and quiet in this busy city then this is the place to go. Snail's Coffee doesn't open until 1pm which may be a drawback for some but it stays open until 1am according to the sign on the door. Obviously I didn't visit the cafe at 1am but for those of you who love to drink coffee late at night then this would be a great place to do it. It has a great ambience and I would urge anyone who happens to be around Seoul National Univ. area to visit it.
How to get there: Seoul National University station (Line 2) Come out of Exit 7 and walk approx. 10 minutes towards Soongsil University OR Soongsil University station (Line 7) Come out of Exit 4 and walk approx. 20 minutes towards Seoul National University.
Add: Snail's Coffee
2nd Floor
36-21 Haengundong
Gwanak-gu
Seoul
Tel: 070 7569 4841
E-mail: kdhljp@hanmail.net
Luckily, for me it seems that its only a Snail Cafe by name and not because they have snails crawling around everywhere. Phew! The Korean friend who I was with at the time shouted "Oh my god, it says there are snails in the cafe on that sign!" She got me, good and proper.
Once inside, my first impressions of the cafe were good. The decor was nice with hand painted designs on the wall, lots of cute decorations on the tables and all around the cafe. The cafe has lots of books that you can pick off the shelf and read. One side of the cafe houses manga books (in Korean). The other side of the cafe has a big book shelf with lots of Korean books both fiction and non fiction. I spotted 2 books on my table that were in English. Interestingly, this cafe also has some sketch pads and crayons on one of the book shelves that I assume you can use.
I suppose that's enough about the inside of the cafe.
What is the coffee like you say? Snail's Coffee has one of the widest selections of drinks I have ever seen. They have about 6 pages of the menu dedicated to the different kinds of coffee that they have on offer and a few pages at the back for their waffle menu, tea and juices. The other great thing about this particular cafe, apart from the wide selection of coffees is that it is quite cheap. Most of the coffees are between 3,500 won-4,500 won. Their most expensive coffee is the Dutch coffee which is hand dripped at 8,000 won. Snail's Coffee doesn't have any point card system, but their cheap prices and relaxing atmosphere more than make up for this.I tried their Affogato for 4,500 won which was superb ^^
This cafe is located on the 2nd floor of a building so if you were not looking for it, you could easily miss it. It's only about a 10 minute walk from Seoul National University station (Exit 7, walk towards Soongsil University) but it's far away enough from the station that not a lot of people seem to know about it. If you want to sit in a quiet coffee shop to get some work done or to just have some peace and quiet in this busy city then this is the place to go. Snail's Coffee doesn't open until 1pm which may be a drawback for some but it stays open until 1am according to the sign on the door. Obviously I didn't visit the cafe at 1am but for those of you who love to drink coffee late at night then this would be a great place to do it. It has a great ambience and I would urge anyone who happens to be around Seoul National Univ. area to visit it.
How to get there: Seoul National University station (Line 2) Come out of Exit 7 and walk approx. 10 minutes towards Soongsil University OR Soongsil University station (Line 7) Come out of Exit 4 and walk approx. 20 minutes towards Seoul National University.
Add: Snail's Coffee
2nd Floor
36-21 Haengundong
Gwanak-gu
Seoul
Tel: 070 7569 4841
E-mail: kdhljp@hanmail.net
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