Cheonan café with free 2-hour tent zone and kimchi pilaf: Pino Cafe

A vibey café where the scenery and photo zones change with the seasons.

Pino Cafe 📍Address: 99-23 Hyuyangnim-gil, Pungse-myeon, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si ⏰️Hours: Daily 10:00–20:30 (open year-round) ❗️Parking, baby chairs, picnic tent reservations available

Today's café: PINO CAFE. I visited a few years ago during the Christmas season and the photo zone was so pretty. Pino Cafe is a place where the flower scenery and photo zones change with the seasons — 🌸daisies, barley fields, hydrangeas, cosmos, and Christmas concepts🌼. Two years later, I came back.

What's on the menu at Pino Cafe Cheonan?

Reason to recommend Pino Cafe #1: the menu is massively, massively varied.

Pino Cafe has an enormous menu. Pasta, risotto, salad, pizza, platters, coffee, drinks, sandwiches — so many categories that just looking at the menu board makes you agonize over what to order.

Since it's summer, they had bingsu (Korean shaved ice) too, and café guests get a benefit of 2 free hours in a private tent zone (dogs allowed, paid rental otherwise). A great private space for families or dates!

There are plenty of meal options and desserts overflowing too — there's a reason this place is so busy. Too many delicious things..❤️

⬇️ Pino Cafe usage guide ⬇️

Pasta, kimchi pilaf and croissant set: prices and how they tasted

Out of so many options, here's what we picked 🍽 Mom got the tomato-loaded pasta, Dad got the kimchi pilaf, and I ordered the croissant sandwich set. We went in the late afternoon but brunch was still available, which was great, and the prices were fair.

Tomato pasta: ₩16,000

Kimchi pilaf: ₩13,000

Croissant sandwich set: ₩17,000

Prices aren't steep — overall, good value for the menu. I photographed each dish separately, so here's the full spread too.

The tomato-loaded pasta had plenty of shrimp 🦐, the kimchi pilaf was, as expected, an upscale kimchi fried rice 🌶, and the croissant had potato salad tucked inside 🥔 too — more delicious and more filling than expected for brunch 🧡it hit the spot🧡 (is that too old-fashioned a phrase, haha)

After the meal, there's always room for dessert, so we ordered bingsu and coffee too. The rice cake was chewy, and it stayed sweet all the way to the bottom — delicious.

Photo zones and a walk through the windmill garden

Reason to recommend Pino Cafe #2: the pretty, dreamy scenery and photo zones.

It really has beautiful scenery. Pure nature-friendly vibes, and the air is so fresh. This is the café's signature outdoor photo zone and view — spots made for couples and families. A sparkling photo zone, bright and summery.

A charming little space that just makes you happy to look at.

Behind the photo zone there's a whole area full of quiet happiness — a park set up separately. A path that makes you want to take a stroll without even thinking about it.

The flowers change with the seasons, and there's a windmill too. So stylish. An incredibly aesthetic place🌼 (a view you can't help but photograph)

Even from a distance it looks like a scene out of a fairy tale, and staring at it quietly gives you a peaceful feeling — that's the Pino Cafe view.

Inside the dog-friendly private tent zone

Climb a slight incline and you'll find the private tent zone, which allows dogs. There's wide lawn space where both kids and dogs can run around freely! A private space where you can play board games too, with heating and cooling — I wanted to stay there as long as time allowed.

Indoor seating and atmosphere at Pino Cafe Cheonan

Reason to recommend Pino Cafe #3: an interior with a variety of moods.

The interior mixes a modern feel with a classic atmosphere. Different areas have different vibes, so the crowd is a mix of families, couples, friends, and solo visitors. Lots of seating and a wide range of moods — I loved that.

There are even moving flowers inside the café. Both inside and outside, there are aesthetic little accent points everywhere that make the whole visit pleasant to look at.

It only appears briefly, but there's a cute little photo zone here too — snap! Adorable little photo spots everywhere. So cute.

A few years ago, when my son was still a little baby, we came here around Christmas. It was so crowded we had to line up to take photos at the photo zone. Even at night, Pino Cafe has that dreamy atmosphere.

To think, years later, I'm here with my second child, my daughter. And the mood fits the season, cute and bright to match summer — it made me feel all nostalgic (?) again.

Is Pino Cafe Cheonan worth the trip?

• ✔️The photo zones and outdoor scenery are famous, making it a great spot for dates, families, and kids alike.
• ✔️Such a wide menu that you can handle both a meal and drinks in one place — and the food is genuinely tasty.
• ✔️The private tents mean you can enjoy all sorts of little highlights around the grounds while you're at it.

Pino Cafe is an aesthetic café that's a treat for both the eyes and the mouth — near a recreational forest, so the air is fresh, and it's a great café to recommend for an outing 👍👍 I'll have to come back in autumn 🍂