# Gwangju bakery café for salt bread and lattes: La Cuesta - By Dohee (https://superchart.com/en/@cream-glass-log/) - Written Sep 7, 2026 - Local places › Cafés › Gwangju, Gyeonggi - Sponsored: This post was written with support for a visit to the café. - English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@cream-glass-log/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte/ - Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@cream-glass-log/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte/index.md) ## In short La Cuesta Gwangju is a large bakery café in Gwangju, Gyeonggi, near Gonjiam Resort. After looking around the roomy parking lot, terrace, and wide bread selection, I enjoyed salt bread, canelé, and the cream-topped signature latte. A great pick for families or groups before or after a Gonjiam trip. ## Good to know - **Hours**: Daily 10:00–22:00 - **Last order**: 21:30 - **Parking**: Plenty of parking in front of and below the café - **Seating**: First-floor seating, second-floor seating, and an outdoor terrace - **Menu**: Coffee, ade, smoothies, pasta, sandwiches, bakery items, bingsu, and brunch - **Brunch**: Set for two - **Event**: Discount event when buying two meju loaves *as written by the visitor on Sep 7, 2026* Last Sunday, I went to Gonjiam Resort. We had a late breakfast at home and headed straight to Gwangju, but had quite a bit of time before check-in, so we thought, shall we go to a café? That’s when we found La Cuesta Gwangju. It’s not far from Gonjiam Resort, so it makes for an easy stop before or after a trip. Hours are daily from 10:00 to 22:00, with last orders at 21:30. ![La Cuesta café exterior with its opening-hours sign](https://img.superchart.com/images/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte-01-mgfyj-900.webp) ## What are the parking and entrance like? As you’d expect from a large café, there is plenty of parking in front of the building and down below, so you can come in comfortably without worrying about parking. ![Ample parking in front of La Cuesta](https://img.superchart.com/images/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte-02-3gy0i-900.webp) Green trees and a lawn line both sides of the stairs to the entrance, so it feels a little like walking up a forest trail 🌿🌲 ![Café entrance stairs with trees and a lawn](https://img.superchart.com/images/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte-03-1ojor-868.webp) There’s even a mini waterfall(?) with a lovely rushing-water sound~ ![Mini waterfall at the café entrance](https://img.superchart.com/images/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte-04-h3ixm-869.webp) Follow the stairs up to the second floor and you’ll find outdoor terrace seating, too! It would be perfect to sit out there with coffee on a nice day, haha. ![Outdoor terrace seating connected to the second floor](https://img.superchart.com/images/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte-05-1hzcz-879.webp) There’s also a cute little artificial pond(?), with water trickling down from above. ## From brunch to dessert As soon as I walked in, the bingsu (shaved ice dessert) and brunch banners caught my eye. ![Bingsu and brunch information banner inside the café](https://img.superchart.com/images/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte-06-x1h0p-900.webp) ![Bingsu and brunch information banner inside the café](https://img.superchart.com/images/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte-07-28jyz-900.webp) ![Bingsu and brunch information banner inside the café](https://img.superchart.com/images/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte-08-8fr2o-900.webp) At La Cuesta, you can finish everything from a meal to dessert. There are lots of drinks, including coffee, ade, and smoothies, plus a good variety of pasta and sandwiches, so it looked like a nice place for a full meal, too! ![Menu information for drinks, pasta, and sandwiches](https://img.superchart.com/images/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte-09-12ht0-900.webp) The good-value brunch set for two also looked nice, so I think plenty of guests visiting for a meal would choose it. ![Information on the brunch set for two](https://img.superchart.com/images/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte-10-1jyxe-900.webp) ![Information on the brunch set for two](https://img.superchart.com/images/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte-11-1wdbb-900.webp) ![Information on the brunch set for two](https://img.superchart.com/images/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte-12-5jwjp-900.webp) ![Information on the brunch set for two](https://img.superchart.com/images/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte-13-1btfs-900.webp) ![Information on the brunch set for two](https://img.superchart.com/images/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte-14-p6o93-900.webp) ![Information on the brunch set for two](https://img.superchart.com/images/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte-15-khrbx-900.webp) ![Information on the brunch set for two](https://img.superchart.com/images/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte-16-17cmc-900.webp) ![Information on the brunch set for two](https://img.superchart.com/images/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte-17-12ywe-900.webp) ## The bakery and meju bread The bakery display is packed with variety: canelés, campagne loaves, cream bread, melon bread, corn bread, croissants, kouign-amann, and even bagels. Bread lovers will lose their minds~ Everything looked delicious, so choosing was hard ⚆_⚆ ![Bakery display with a wide variety of breads](https://img.superchart.com/images/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte-18-12z90-900.webp) ![Bakery display with a wide variety of breads](https://img.superchart.com/images/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte-19-1jpby-900.webp) The one that caught my eye most was La Cuesta’s signature meju bread! Shaped into squares just like meju, fermented soybean blocks, this loaf is made with black sesame and squid ink for a savory dough. Peas and kidney beans are dotted throughout, giving it a mild outer layer and a sweet, nutty center. (I don’t like beans, so I didn’t buy it ^^....) There was also a discount event for buying two, so it looked good as a gift. I actually saw customers packing up three or four loaves at a time! It would make a perfect gift for older relatives or anyone who loves beans. ![La Cuesta’s signature meju bread and discount information](https://img.superchart.com/images/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte-20-1dwnr-900.webp) ## A space that’s nice to visit with kids Maybe because it was Sunday, the café was fairly busy. I wanted to sit upstairs, but it was full, so I settled in on the first floor~ If it hadn’t been drizzling, I would have sat on the terrace, which was a little disappointing, haha. (Though with all the trees, I imagine there might be lots of mosquitoes..!) There are lots of no-kids cafés these days, but the first floor has an area where children can color and draw, so it looked like families with kids could enjoy themselves comfortably, haha. ![First-floor area where children can color and draw](https://img.superchart.com/images/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte-21-15bai-900.webp) There were also stacks of books by the window beside the stairs to the second floor, and they seemed to be free for anyone to read. ![Books available to read by the window next to the second-floor stairs](https://img.superchart.com/images/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte-22-grhoj-814.webp) There was even a photo booth, similar to Life Four Cuts, on the second floor, which looked like a fun little way to make a memory. 📸 ![Photo booth area on the second floor](https://img.superchart.com/images/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte-23-1aqbt-873.webp) ## Salt bread, canelé, and the signature latte We had ramen at home before leaving, so I couldn’t go for the more tempting, heavier breads. Instead, I chose the easy, not-too-heavy options: salt bread and a canelé! 🤤 They were those reliably familiar flavors, and so delicious with coffee!! ![Coffee served with salt bread and canelé](https://img.superchart.com/images/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte-24-n5b9v-900.webp) For drinks, we had the signature La Cuesta Latte and an iced Americano. As you can see, the La Cuesta Latte comes topped with a generous layer of soft cream, so it was a proper sugar boost. The iced Americano was nutty without any acidity, which I liked. ☺️ La Cuesta is a café worth visiting at least once when you’re heading to Gonjiam. I recommend it for families or group get-togethers! 🙃 ## Where it is - La Cuesta Gwangju (라꾸에스타 경기광주점) - 278 Gyeongchung-daero, Gonjiam-eup, Gwangju-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea - 경기도 광주시 곤지암읍 경충대로 278 라꾸에스타 - 37.3360668, 127.372023 - Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%EB%9D%BC%EA%BE%B8%EC%97%90%EC%8A%A4%ED%83%80%20%EA%B2%BD%EA%B8%B0%EA%B4%91%EC%A3%BC%EC%A0%90/@37.3360668,127.372023,17z --- Superchart · https://superchart.com/en/@cream-glass-log/gonjiam-bakery-cafe-latte/ · https://superchart.com/llms.txt