Gwangju brunch café: shrimp sandwich & mushroom soup at Eat Sandwich

Today I'm introducing Eat Sandwich Cheomdan Hospital branch (잇샌드 첨단병원점), a brunch café with a great vibe in Cheomdan. Eat Sandwich has more than 10 branches in Gwangju alone and is loved across the country 🥤☕️ I've already eaten here many times, both as takeout and delivery, so this is a brunch spot I'm happy to put my own blog name behind 🤗🤗 The food is made with healthy, tasty ingredients and the menu is wonderfully varied 🙇🏻‍♀️

Eat Sandwich Cheomdan Hospital branch hours and parking

The shop is open every day from 07:30 to 22:00, with last order at 21:50. You can park for free in the lot behind the shop.

• Address: 31-16 Cheomdanjungang-ro 152beon-gil, Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju (ground floor)
• Hours: daily 07:30-22:00, last order 21:50
• Parking: free lot behind the shop

How to get to Eat Sandwich in Cheomdan, Gwangju

By public transport, get off at Cheomdan 1-dong Community Service Center and walk about 5 minutes. It's a ground-floor shop right across from Cheomdan Hospital, so patients and their families seem to use it a lot, and hospital staff come here too.

The bright green sign makes it easy to spot 💚

The outdoor terrace is prettily decorated, so on a sunny day like these you could sit outside and relax. Healthy salad and sandwiches while soaking up the sun ☀️ = total wellness life, don't you think? >_<

Eat Sandwich seating: is it good for groups?

Near the entrance are the display case, counter and kitchen, and a wide hall stretches out behind, so it's a great café for visiting with a bunch of people ➰

There are many seat types, from tables for 2 up to 6 and 8, with both sofa seats and chair seats, so you can stay comfortably for a long time 👍🏻

What impressed me was the wide age range: young customers in their 20s like me, all the way to people in their 50s and 60s~ I guess that means it's a café everyone likes, men and women, young and old 🥰🥰

There are baby chairs too. Separate men's and women's restrooms are inside the café, so it's super convenient to pop out and back ˃̵ᴗ˂̵

How big is the Eat Sandwich menu?

The best thing about Eat Sandwich!! There are countless things to choose from 😜 It might be a bit tough for the staff, but as a customer I love it ⸝⸝⸝•_•⸝⸝⸝ Here's the menu ↓ ↓

Coffee and healthy drinks at Eat Sandwich

Coffee comes in many kinds: americano, honey americano, cappuccino, vanilla latte, dolce latte and more. The drink lineup is dazzling too, with fresh fruit juice, ade, yogurt smoothies, frappés, teas and so on ✨

You can order easily at the kiosk :) Besides the usual café coffee, ade and smoothies, they sell cold-pressed juice, jangkkureuteu (장꾸르트, a drink said to help digestion), granola yogurt and protein shakes, drinks that are both healthy and tasty. I'd call it a very trendy café for a wellness-minded generation 🌟🌟

Eat Sandwich sandwich options and salad dressings

For the sandwiches you can choose options like the amount of vegetables, the type of bread, and extra sauce, which I liked!

Salad dressings are varied too: oriental, yogurt, sesame, balsamic, spicy mayo and Cheongyang chili mayo, so you can pick to your taste ꈍꈊꈍ They also sell Greek yogurt and croquettes >_< Honestly, is there anything they don't have? 😋😋

Eat Sandwich dessert, bread and cake prices

It's not only the sandwiches and salads that come in many kinds; the desserts do too, so it's perfect to stop by when you're preparing gifts or party food.

• White chip / peanut butter / dark chocolate cookie ₩2,200
• Strawberry jam mammoth bread (a big soft jam-filled loaf) ₩5,900
• Bagel / salt bread / croissant ₩3,900

• Honey cinnamon cake ₩5,500
• Honey cocoa cake ₩5,500
• Savoy tiramisu ₩6,900
• Tiramisu gâteau chocolat ₩6,900
• Sweet potato cake ₩6,900
• Basque cream cheese cake ₩8,500

They reheat the bread in the oven for you, which is a thoughtful touch 🫡

What I ordered at Eat Sandwich Cheomdan Hospital branch and what it cost

I ordered the Plump Shrimp Sandwich, Protein Mushroom Soup and an iced americano for ₩15,900 in total.

• Plump Shrimp Sandwich ₩8,900
• Protein Mushroom Soup ₩4,500
• Iced americano ₩2,500

A brunch spread that makes your mouth water 🤤🤤🤤 It looks too good to eat alone ✨

How is the Eat Sandwich iced americano?

The iced americano has a clean taste with no sourness, so even people who don't drink much coffee can have it without trouble!! First, to open up my throat, I gulped down a cold iced coffee 🥤🥤

How filling is the Plump Shrimp Sandwich?

The Plump Shrimp Sandwich is stuffed to bursting with freshly fried shrimp, lettuce, tomato, ranch sauce and mustard sauce 🥪

It's cooked as soon as you order, so the shrimp fry stays crispy 👍🏻 Maybe because Eat Sandwich says it only uses premium vegetables, the veggie quality was outstanding too~ The crunch was addictive, and even I, who hate leafy stuff, wolfed it down ₍՞ • 🐽 • ՞₎

The whole-shrimp patty was as thick as a major textbook from my college days, haha. McDonald's and Burger King should take a look at Eat Sandwich's sandwiches and reflect 😘 It's so hefty that it was incredibly filling; I ate it at lunch and was still full at dinner ＾∇＾ I ended up skipping dinner, a rare day for me, haha.

What does the Protein Mushroom Soup taste like?

The Protein Mushroom Soup 🫕 comes with croutons, shredded cheese and crispy onions, so it's even saltier, nuttier and more flavorful >_< It's thick like porridge, and with the croutons and crispy onions to chew on, the nutty flavor doubled 🤍🤍

It's creamy and smooth, so I think even young kids would eat it well :) It has a faint butter aroma too, the kind of taste that keeps you reaching for another spoonful 💘

Is Eat Sandwich Cheomdan Hospital branch worth a return visit?

There are fresh-flower vases on every table, so even in a neighborhood spot you feel like you're at a fancy brunch restaurant, and I came away full of endorphins after a lovely time. The menu is so varied and overflowing that I don't think I'd get tired of it even if I came often!

You can easily eat a high-protein, low-fat meal made with good-quality, healthy ingredients, which makes Eat Sandwich the best café for busy modern people 💓💓 Besides the mushroom soup and sandwich I had, there are salads, croquettes, sarada bread (a Korean bread filled with potato salad), brown rice ball poke, It's Wraps and more, so I highly recommend you visit 🫡