Sinsa terrace café lunch date: choco butter sand at Butter & Shelter

Today it's a short-but-sweet Sinsa Station date for the two of us ➿ Butter & Shelter's butter sands were all over Instagram and I'd been curious, and there happened to be a branch at Sinsa Station, so my husband and I ate in as a little date ☕️ The deep butter flavor is fantastic and the texture is great too. I fell for it with the first bite, so I'm recommending it for May, when there are so many gifts to give 🎁

Butter & Shelter Gangnam-Sinsa: location and terrace

Butter & Shelter Gangnam-Sinsa is at Exit 8 of Sinsa Station, across from Emart Everyday, and the green interior makes it easy to spot. It's open daily 10:00–22:00.

Butter sand, the dessert I was so desperate to try! Lots of places sell butter sands as a local specialty these days, but Butter & Shelter's flavor is overwhelmingly rich 🧈

And there are terrace seats, perfect for this weather 🏡 These days I always want to sit on a terrace, and coffee outdoors is just the best, right? ☕️

Is it a good Sinsa Station café for laptops and studying?

Butter & Shelter Gangnam-Sinsa has plenty of seating inside, and the sofa seats each have an outlet. I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a quiet café near Sinsa Station to work on a laptop or study.

Best of all, the ceiling is high, the sofa tables are comfy, and the table height feels stable, see? ✨

The group table for 5 or more is set apart like a split-level loft, so the mood is nice too ➿

Butter & Shelter menu and prices

Butter & Shelter's butter sands are ₩24,800 for 8 original and ₩29,500 for 8 choco, and the baked-goods set is ₩13,500.

• Original butter sand, 8 pieces: ₩24,800
• Choco butter sand, 8 pieces: ₩29,500
• Baked-goods set: ₩13,500

It's such a hot dessert brand that I was curious about everything from the butter sands to the baked goods 🧈 I'd never tried Butter & Shelter's butter sands, so we ate 2 butter sands right there in the café and got the baked-goods set to go!

The gift packaging is so classy too 🎁 May is full of people to thank, from Children's Day to Teachers' Day, and dessert is a gift nobody dislikes, so I grabbed a 3-piece baked-goods set myself ➿

• Dubai strawberry cup: ₩8,500
• Pistachio cream latte: ₩6,500
• Dubai chewy cookie: ₩4,200
• Dubai butter sand: ₩4,500
• Butter rice cake (beoteotteok): ₩2,500

A Sinsa Station café full of the trendy desserts of the moment, with a wide coffee menu too, so it's a more relaxed place to drop in than other branches ✨

How was the coffee at Butter & Shelter?

We ordered an iced Americano, an iced café latte, a choco butter sand and a crème brûlée butter sand. The coffee at Butter & Shelter comes in a generous size and has a lovely nutty richness.

• Iced Americano
• Iced café latte
• Choco butter sand
• Crème brûlée butter sand

Iced Americano and iced café latte, and the coffee itself is delicious too, how great is that ➿ The café is quiet and has terrace seats, so just staying there is healing, and the coffee is generous and tasty ☕️

Above all, that nutty flavor is the real deal ☕️ I had work during lunch today, so we gulped it down in a rush and left!! But next time I want to stay for a long, long while.

Choco butter sand vs crème brûlée butter sand

Of the two butter sands at Butter & Shelter, my top pick was the choco butter sand, while the crème brûlée butter sand was the softer, sweeter one. Both impressed me with the soft, luxurious texture of the butter cookie.

Finally, the butter sand! Honestly, I didn't expect much before eating it, but the moment I took a bite, the soft, luxurious butter-cookie texture won me over right away 🧈

Each butter sand looks great too! The crème brûlée is tasty, but the choco butter sand is my top pick 🍫

The thickness, flavor and texture of the butter cookies on both sides made me instantly understand why it was such a craze on Instagram 🧈 Maybe because the cream inside is slightly chilled, it goes perfectly with coffee.

The crème brûlée butter sand was a bit softer and sweeter 🍨 With the crème brûlée on the surface added to the butter flavor, the sweetness was even more pronounced.

A baked-goods gift set to go for May

At Butter & Shelter Gangnam-Sinsa, I packed one baked-goods set (₩13,500) in a gift case.

What do you think of the gift case? 🎁 If you need a gift for May, Gajeong-ui Dal (Family Month), dessert packed at Butter & Shelter shows real care.