Seongnaecheon stream café with red bean butter ciabatta: Grid Cafe

A Seongnaecheon café, a Songpa dessert café — Grid Cafe.

Grid Cafe: a good coffee stop after a Seongnaecheon stream walk

I took a light stroll along the Seongnaecheon walking path and then stopped by Grid Cafe. It's close to the Seongnaecheon Mulbit Plaza, so it's the perfect course for a walk followed by brunch!

• 146 Macheon-ro, 1st floor, Songpa-gu, Seoul, Grid Cafe
• Hours 09:00–18:00
• Closes early once the bakery items sell out

What the inside of Grid Cafe feels like

Stepping inside Grid Cafe, the vintage white interior felt clean and tidy. There's even a pretty mirror photo zone.

Why Songpa locals come to Grid Cafe for salt bread and egg tarts

The display case at Grid Cafe was packed with tarts, scones, salt bread, ciabatta, and even loaf bread — so many kinds it was genuinely fun just picking what to get.

When does fresh bread come out at Grid Cafe?

• 09:00 Tarts, scones, plain salt bread, plain/olive/fig/sunset arugula/jambon-beurre ciabatta
• 10:00–10:30 Streusel, mocha, pollack roe gat kimchi, garlic butter salt bread, quattro formaggi and ambeoteo ciabatta
• 11:00 Crack, melon, and cream salt bread, basil pepperoni sandwich, pizza ciabatta
• 12:00 Fresh loaf bread

I got there diligently just after 11am, but wouldn't you know it — the popular jambon-beurre sandwich was already sold out, so I didn't get to try it ㅠㅠ Guess you really do have to hustle for the good stuff. Ordering is easy though, done at the kiosk.

Grid Cafe drink menu and prices

The coffee menu: nutty cream shot, grid cream shot, vanilla cream cold brew, Americano, café latte, vanilla bean latte, caramel macchiato, café mocha, cappuccino, cold brew.

Non-coffee options: strawberry latte, choco latte, organic Boseong matcha latte, vanilla milk, Earl Grey tea latte (milk tea), mugwort latte, lemon tea, grapefruit tea, lemonade, grapefruit ade, chamomile, peppermint, peach iced tea (zero sugar & decaf).

There are also frappes and shakes. Double chocolate chip frappe, pure milkshake, coconut smoothie, Greek yogurt smoothie (plain/strawberry/blueberry).

What we ordered at Grid Cafe: red bean butter ciabatta, egg tart, salt bread, decaf Americano

What I picked at Grid Cafe: Americano (decaf), salt bread, egg tart, and ambeoteo chiabatta.

It happened to be raining, and I sat at a window seat looking out at it — eating while watching the rain outside made the mood so much better.

Angbeoteo chiabatta (red bean butter ciabatta), 4,500 won

The ambeoteo chiabatta was ₩4,500. Crisp on the outside, with sweet red bean paste and a thick slab of butter tucked inside the Italian bread — chewy, mild, and easy to eat.

Egg tart, 3,700 won

The egg tart was ₩3,700. I cut it right in half — you can see the golden filling packed all the way through, right? One bite in, it was so soft and delicious that I finished the whole thing in no time.

Salt bread, 3,000 won

The salt bread was ₩3,000. Salty yet savory, absolutely full of flavor! Crisp outside, really moist inside — a perfect match with the Americano.

Decaf Americano at Grid Cafe

A mellow yet clean Americano. I'm sensitive to caffeine so I ordered it decaf. It went really well with the salt bread, egg tart, and ambeoteo chiabatta.

After a walk along Seongnaecheon, I spent a leisurely day soaking in the damp, sentimental mood of a rainy day, enjoying delicious bread and a fragrant decaf Americano. Next time I'll move even faster so I can finally get that sandwich!