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Nowon Station board game café for 3: Looping Louie, Kart Rider at Hero

Hero Board Game Cafe Nowon Branch is a board game café near Exit 9 of Nowon Station in Nowon, Seoul, with free Nintendo, PlayStation and arcade machines plus a group room. The writer visited as a party of three with a child and played Looping Louie, La Cucaracha and the Kart Rider board game while watching tutorial videos on the table tablet, and 2 hours flew by. Hero Board Game Cafe Nowon Branch is an all-weather indoor activity in Nowon, worth it for the weekday teen rate and its events.

Written May 26, 2026Sponsored

PlaceNowon, SeoulRestaurants

Nowon conveyor sushi right at opening: free cold soba, Sushi Ianen

Sushi Ianen Nowon Station (스시이안앤 노원역점) is a conveyor belt sushi restaurant near Nowon Station in Seoul where every plate costs ₩1,990, whatever the plate color. The writer arrived at 11:40 a.m., just after the 11:30 opening, ate engawa (flounder fin), yukhoe tataki and the gamtae seaweed shrimp sea urchin sushi, and got a free cold soba topped with shrimp tempura through the opening-time event. For a weekday lunch, Sushi Ianen Nowon Station is a good-value sushi spot where you can also collect a Paik's Coffee coupon.

Written May 31, 2026Sponsored

PlaceNowon, SeoulThings to do

Nintendo café in Nowon with game chip rental: Hero Board Game Cafe

Hero Board Game Cafe Nowon Branch is a board game and Nintendo café on Sanggye-ro 3-gil near Nowon Station in Seoul. On a summer-break visit with a child, the writer was shown to a separate Nintendo room, rented game chips, and had an americano, a strawberry latte and chapagetti (black bean instant noodles) in the same spot. At 3,000 won an hour, Hero Board Game Cafe is a cool, all-weather indoor date and play spot in Nowon.

Written Aug 10, 2026Sponsored