Yullyang-dong rice cake café group seating for 8: Tteokmama Cheongju

Where is Tteokmama Cheongju Yullyang Branch? Parking and hours

Tteokmama Cheongju Yullyang Branch sits right on the Yullyang-dong corner at 94 Gonghang-ro, 1st floor, Cheongwon-gu, Cheongju, Chungbuk. It's open daily from 9 AM to 9 PM, so it's great for an early morning stop too.

Having visited in person, I immediately got why everyone ranks this as the top pick for gift tteok (rice cakes) in Cheongju. Honestly, from the name alone I pictured a tiny neighborhood rice cake mill, but the actual storefront was huge and spotless, so I found it right away. It sits exactly on the Yullyang-dong corner, so it really stands out as you approach the intersection.

Parking is available right beside the building or behind it. Since the entrance is right off the main road, I'd actually recommend drivers who aren't confident in traffic just park in the alley behind instead.

Inside Tteokmama: white-and-wood interior and the group table for 8

Tteokmama Cheongju Yullyang Branch feels like a tteok café, decorated in white and wood tones. There are several large tables, plus a private group table for 8 or more, walled off with glass partitions.

The moment I walked in, my first thought was: this is a totally aesthetic tteok café. The interior is so clean it felt genuinely pleasant to be in. Usually you think of rice cake shops as cramped spots where you just grab your order and leave quickly. But here, the tables are spaced out wide and there are a lot of them. It's the kind of place that works well for bringing your parents or gathering with friends to chat.

What fruit goes into Tteokmama's fruit chapssaltteok?

The fruit chapssaltteok (fruit mochi rice cake) at Tteokmama Cheongju Yullyang Branch is filled with fresh, high-sugar fruit like strawberry, tangerine, and shine muscat grape, tucked inside chewy chapssaltteok. These days a single fruit mochi at a café easily runs ₩4,000 to ₩5,000.

I couldn't pass up the trendy fruit chapssaltteok either — the look alone is genius. But since Tteokmama is a dedicated rice cake shop, the chewiness of the rice cake skin is on another level while the price is far more reasonable, so the value is excellent. The balance of tangy fruit, sweet red bean paste, and chewy rice cake is perfect — this would make a great gift for friends.

Picking sulgi by the tray and 100g injeolmi packs

Tteokmama Cheongju Yullyang Branch works like a bakery — you grab a tray and tongs and pick out whichever rice cakes you want. The lineup of basic tteok was really solid too.

From fluffy plain sulgi (steamed rice cake) to honey sulgi, pumpkin castella sulgi, chocolate sulgi, and mugwort sulgi — there's a version for every taste.

You have to try my personal favorites — the pumpkin injeolmi and castella injeolmi. They come neatly portioned into 100g packs, which is exactly the right amount for one sitting.

Usually when you buy a whole tray of injeolmi, you end up freezing the leftovers, and by the time you thaw it later, the bean flour coating has fallen off and it's a mess to clean up. Here, they're individually packed in small portions from the start, so you can pop one into your bag and eat it neatly — genuinely touching.

Colorful mini bite-sized rice cakes, cute little fish-shaped jeolpyeon, nutty tricolor dutteok, and sweet-bean jeolpyeon — the whole display is so pretty it left me happily agonizing over what to pick.

Drinks to go with rice cakes: sikhye, sujeonggwa and coffee

The drink menu at Tteokmama Cheongju Yullyang Branch ranges from basic coffee like americano and café latte to icy gamdong sikhye (sweet rice punch), pumpkin sikhye, sujeonggwa (cinnamon punch), fresh juice, smoothies, and patbingsu (shaved ice dessert). The drink variety is bigger than most dessert cafés I've been to.

I was also struck by the drink menu made to go with the rice cakes — especially the Pororo drink for kids, and a simple cup of sikhye for just ₩1,000. It felt like they'd really thought this through.

Custom 100-day, first-birthday and thank-you tteok sets

The real strength of Tteokmama Cheongju Yullyang Branch is in the custom rice cakes. The baek-il (100-day) and dol (first birthday) tteok set lineups in Cheongju are well thought out, with fixed pricing clearly listed, which cuts down a lot of the guesswork.

I've seen plenty of people around me stress over quantity and composition when preparing tteok for a baby's 100-day or first birthday, a work promotion, a store opening, or daycare snacks. Here, you can build a beautiful table set from No.1 to No.4, starting with a base of sulgi and combining colorful five-color songpyeon, honey tteok, guseul tteok, dutteok, and four-color gyeongdan — it's a solid pick for gift tteok in Cheongju. Gift box wrapping is available, and so is upscale bojagi (wrapping cloth) packaging, perfect for more formal occasions.

I'd also strongly recommend it to anyone looking for a special Cheongju rice cake cake instead of the same old bread cake for a parent's birthday, hwangap (60th), or chilsun (70th) — they even make a premium chapssaltteok sandwich cake that's tailored to older generations' tastes.

How long is the same-day wait, and what delivery perks apply?

You don't need to book days in advance at Tteokmama Cheongju Yullyang Branch — just visit same-day and wait 15 to 20 minutes for a beautifully wrapped order, which is genuinely handy when you need something last minute. If you book at least 3–4 days ahead through Naver Reservation, you can pick it up freshest and warmest, with no waiting.

They also offer friendly custom consultations for wedding or funeral gift tteok, corporate event tteok, ibaji tteok (wedding gift rice cakes for in-laws), and gosa tteok (ritual rice cakes), tailored to your purpose and budget — worth checking out if you need any of these.

On top of that, orders over ₩69,000 get free delivery anywhere in Cheongju, plus a free 1L bottle of slow sikhye as a bonus — a great deal for group orders. They were also taking reservations for the upcoming Chuseok holiday songpyeon, with five-color sesame, bean, and moshi songpyeon available in neat 1kg and 2kg gift packs, more than presentable as a holiday gift.

Is Tteokmama Cheongju Yullyang worth a visit?

There's also a good spread of snacks worth grabbing on the way — handmade yakgwa (honey cookie), homemade orandae, and crumbly yugwa (rice puff snack) — great for a light kids' treat. It's also a nice spot to stop for coffee and a pretty fruit mochi or pizza sulgi when a dessert craving hits, and a place I'd trust for important celebrations or gift tteok — I'd recommend it for gift tteok in Cheongju.

From flavor to visuals, atmosphere, and friendly service, Tteokmama Cheongju Yullyang Branch didn't fall short anywhere — definitely worth a visit whenever you're craving good tteok.