Mangwon Market bakery café with kids: tree photo spots, The Bakerst

What is The Bakerst, the bakery café inside Mangwon Market?

The Bakerst (더베이커스트 망원) is a newly opened bakery café inside Mangwon Market, and it uses the whole building from the 1st to the 3rd floor. It's a great place to stop when you're wandering the market and suddenly want bread and coffee, so I went. The space is more generous than I expected, and browsing all the different baked goods was fun. There are trees decorated all around the shop, which made it a great spot for photos too.

I heard it's a new space from Bakerst Brown in Gangnam. You can run into this bakery café while walking the market alleys, so it would fit nicely into a Mangwon outing. Since it just opened, the whole place felt clean and pleasant. The owner also welcomed us kindly, so even on a first visit I could look around comfortably.

The Bakerst opening hours and visitor info

• Address: 20 Poeun-ro 8-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul, all floors
• Hours: daily 11:00-20:00
• Last order: 19:45
• No parking
• No pets allowed

What bread and pastries does The Bakerst Mangwon sell?

The signature items at The Bakerst in Mangwon include stone croissants, salt bread and sandwich cookies. As a bakery café should, it has a really wide range of breads, and with so many to choose from by taste, I struggled to decide. The desserts look absolutely stunning.

Visiting with kids? Let them pick their own bread

I went with my child and let them pick whatever they liked. Egg tarts, salt bread, Pepero, bungeoppang madeleines... there were so many treats they loved that my child was thrilled.

Where are The Bakerst's Christmas tree photo spots?

The Christmas trees at The Bakerst are on the 1st and 3rd floors. The tree decorations that add to the Christmas mood were what stood out most in the shop, and everywhere felt like a photo spot. It's not a place where you just buy bread and leave; it's a nice space to look around and take pictures. I especially liked the warm, cozy feeling, which is different from the lively energy of Mangwon Market.

Order on the 1st floor, sit on the 2nd or 3rd

At The Bakerst you order drinks and bakery items on the 1st floor, then head up to the 2nd or 3rd floor to find a seat. Upstairs you'll see a big open space. It's pleasant and airy, and it looked like a great place for a date too.

Since we mostly had the child's picks, the menu was all sweet stuff, and for a moment I wondered if I should have gotten an americano. But I'd already had a coffee, so I held off that day.

How does the bread at The Bakerst taste?

The Bakerst bakes its goods in-house, so the variety was even better, and the taste was really good too. Since I'd picked mostly for my child, next time I want to choose breads for myself. Now I have a reason to go back!

Egg tart: my child's favorite

My personal favorite at The Bakerst was the egg tart. Crispy outside and moist inside, I think that's the textbook egg tart. My child said it was the tastiest too.

Desserts with cream that isn't too sweet

And every single dessert is so pretty. They look good and taste good too. The cream is soft and not very sweet, which is just right for grown-up tastes.

Bungeoppang madeleine: a winter treat

It's winter, so there were even bungeoppang (fish-shaped pastry) madeleines, which are cute and tasty, the whole package. The Bakerst, a Mangwon bakery café full of winter mood.

Pepero: rich chocolate outside, crunchy inside

There was even a Pepero (chocolate-coated biscuit stick) that seemed to use fancy chocolate. Rich chocolate outside, crunchy inside, it was good inside and out. The newly opened Bakerst in Mangwon lets you enjoy tasty bread and coffee in a pretty space, which made it even more satisfying.

Is The Bakerst good for a Mangwon date or day out?

The 3rd floor of The Bakerst has a tree with a Christmas feel like this, too. It's a great photo spot, right? Located inside Mangwon Market, The Bakerst Mangwon let me soak up the Christmas mood. Full of atmosphere and delicious bread and desserts, it's a perfect Mangwon date spot, so I'd really recommend visiting.