Gwangjin specialty coffee café for financiers and scones: Wonz Coffee

Where is Wonz Coffee Children's Grand Park Main Branch?

Wonz Coffee Children's Grand Park Main Branch is a café at 32 Jayang-ro 32-gil, 1st floor (Guui-dong 232-67), Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, between Guui Station and Children's Grand Park Station. I went because it's a good spot when you want really good coffee near Guui-dong. It's also only about a 7-minute walk from the Children's Grand Park rear gate, so access is pretty good.

• Address: 32 Jayang-ro 32-gil, 1st floor, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul (Guui-dong 232-67)
• Hours: weekdays 08:00-22:00 / weekends (Sat-Sun) 09:30-22:00 (last order 21:00)
• Parking: there's space for about 2 cars beside the shop.

If the spots at Wonz Coffee are all taken, you can use the nearby Children's Grand Park Guui Gate public parking lot. It costs ₩150 per 5 minutes and ₩1,800 per hour, so it's not much of a burden.

A Gwangjin specialty coffee shop run by a national-team barista

I heard that at Wonz Coffee, a national-team barista does the roasting and the extraction personally, making it a specialty coffee café in Gwangjin. They apparently run it with high-end professional equipment worth tens of millions of won, like a Slayer and a Robot S.

The menu at Wonz Coffee is varied, too.

What is the atmosphere like at Wonz Coffee?

The overall mood at Wonz Coffee Children's Grand Park Main Branch is really calm and clean. There are seats for coming alone and quietly sipping coffee, and tables that are great for chatting with friends or a partner.

Iced Americano with a financier and scones at Wonz Coffee

At Wonz Coffee I ordered a cold Americano and had a financier (small almond butter cake), a plain scone and a raspberry scone for dessert.

There's a wide range of coffee on the menu, and the staff brought the drink to my seat and kindly explained the bean's character and the extraction method.

An Americano with the espresso served on the side

The most impressive thing about the Americano at Wonz Coffee was that they serve the coffee concentrate separately, so you can pour it yourself to your own taste. It's fun to adjust the ratio as you go, and since the barista set it up, the flavor really was clean and rich.

How do the plain scone, financier and raspberry scone taste?

The plain scone and financier were nutty outside and moist inside, true to the basics, and the raspberry scone was pleasantly tangy and went really well with the Americano.

What perks and events does Wonz Coffee offer?

Wonz Coffee has quite a generous set of perks: a free refill when dining in, prepaid points, a receipt-review gift, takeout and tumbler discounts, and a 50% off revisit draw. Let me go through them.

1. One free refill when dining in

If you drink in at Wonz Coffee, you get one free refill of either an Americano or cold brew. Getting to enjoy another cup of good coffee is a real plus, I think.

2. Prepaid point bonus

If you come often, the Wonz Coffee prepaid event is worth using.

• Pay ₩30,000 and get 33,000 points
• Pay ₩50,000 and get 57,000 points
• Pay ₩100,000 and get 120,000 points

3. Receipt review event

Write a receipt review after your visit and they give you free dutch coffee concentrate worth ₩2,500 as a gift.

4. Takeout and tumbler discounts

Takeout gets ₩1,000 off as standard, and if you bring a tumbler, another ₩1,500 off stacks on top.

5. 50% off revisit draw

If it's your first visit, or you're a student, pregnant, or have promotion news, they're also running a 50% off revisit draw to invite you back.

Final verdict on Wonz Coffee Children's Grand Park Main Branch

I heard Wonz Coffee also has a strong dessert lineup, like a cream latte made with handmade vanilla bean and a special syrup, and Basque cheesecake. They apparently also do takeout in a handmade canned-coffee format that keeps the flavor well.

With the free refill, the solid events and the excellent coffee, it was a very satisfying visit overall. If you're looking for a café that does coffee properly near Guui-dong or Children's Grand Park, do stop by!