Sinnonhyeon café, lemon cake & matcha pistachio latte: Upper and Under
In short
Upper and Under is a large three-floor café in Gangnam, Seoul, tucked into the alley behind Gangnam CGV between Sinnonhyeon and Gangnam stations. On a late weekday evening, Upper and Under was still full; at the 2nd-floor counter the writer ordered an einspänner, a matcha pistachio cream latte, lemon cake and a matcha canelé, then enjoyed them in the warehouse-style seating on the 1st floor. With six cream lattes and cakes at 8,500 won, Upper and Under is a well-rounded Gangnam dessert café.
Good to know
- Location
- Inside the alley by Gangnam CGV, between Sinnonhyeon and Gangnam stations; 10-minute walk from the subway exit
- Address
- 28 Gangnam-daero 102-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
- Hours
- Daily 11:00–22:00
- Layout
- Basement, 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors; ordering counter on the 2nd floor
- Cakes
- Tiramisu, lemon cake, raspberry cake and yangzhi ganlu (mango-pomelo-sago) cake, ₩8,500 each
- Peach pie
- ₩8,300
- Chodang corn madeleine
- ₩4,500
- Financiers
- Plain ₩3,800 / hwangchi cheese (aged yellow cheese) ₩4,500 / hojicha pecan ₩3,700 / pistachio ₩4,500
- Canelés
- Matcha and Earl Grey, ₩4,500 each
- Cream lattes
- Six kinds: einspänner, salted caramel, pistachio, matcha oat, matcha pistachio, coconut matcha
- Event
- One free financier for leaving a Naver receipt review, first 10 groups only
- Price reference
- ₩8,500 ≈ $6.3 · ₩8,300 ≈ $6.2 · ₩4,500 ≈ $3.3 (2026-10-05)
as written by the visitor on Aug 3, 2026
Upper and Under is a great café to visit near Sinnonhyeon Station. It has lots of coffee options and plenty of desserts, so I spent a sweet time at this big Gangnam café.
Where Upper and Under is near Sinnonhyeon Station, and how the floors work
Upper and Under is tucked inside the alley by Gangnam CGV, between Sinnonhyeon and Gangnam stations. Walk up the alley and it's about 10 minutes on foot from the subway exit.
The 1st floor is seating only, with an old-warehouse feel, and the counter is on the 2nd floor, so you order up there. The café goes up to the 3rd floor, so think of it as a very large Gangnam café. Even late on a weekday evening it was full of people, which shows how popular it is.
Upper and Under drink menu: six cream lattes
Here's the menu board. The café must get a lot of foreign tourists, because the menu is written in both Korean and English, which I thought was a nice touch.
The signature drinks are cream-topped lattes, six kinds in all: einspänner, salted caramel, pistachio, matcha oat, matcha pistachio and coconut matcha, so you can pick to your taste. If you join the Naver receipt review event, you get one free financier, but only for the first 10 groups, and I kind of thought that was too few.. haha
Gangnam cake case: cakes at ₩8,500
Here's the dessert menu. The tiramisu and the lemon cake are both ₩8,500, and they sit in the fridge case.
The raspberry cake and the yangzhi ganlu (mango-pomelo-sago) cake are the same price, ₩8,500!
The baked goods are displayed on the other side haha. There are cheesecakes too, but when we went only the hwangchi cheese (aged yellow cheese) one was left. The ube Basque cheesecake looked so good, what a shame...!!
Baked goods prices: financiers, canelés and more
The peach pie (₩8,300) stands quite tall, and on the chodang corn madeleine (₩4,500) you can slightly see the corn kernels haha
There are also plain financiers (₩3,800) and hwangchi cheese financiers (₩4,500)!
Financiers are usually little rectangular bricks, but the hojicha pecan (₩3,700) and pistachio (₩4,500) ones are long stick-bar shapes, which I found fun.
The matcha canelé and Earl Grey canelé are both ₩4,500, and they're quite a bit bigger than they look in photos, so keep that in mind!
Einspänner, matcha pistachio cream latte and lemon cake: how they tasted
I ordered at the 2nd-floor counter, came down to the 1st floor and took photos of the coffee and cakes from Upper and Under.
We ordered two drinks and two desserts, all different, haha
The einspänner comes in a glass engraved with the café name, UPPER AND UNDER. The cream is generously dusted with cocoa powder, so good!!
The matcha pistachio cream latte has a lovely texture from the nutty pistachio bits, and you can really taste matcha's signature bitterness.
The lemon cake is piled with tangy lemon cream, and the canelé is filled with plenty of bitter matcha cream. I thought it was an excellent choice not to pick only sugary desserts haha
The tart lemon cream went well with the soft, crumbly sponge.
Upper and Under is a big café near Sinnonhyeon Station that's great for good coffee and desserts. Next time I'll try other coffees and desserts! haha
Upper and Under info
- Address: 28 Gangnam-daero 102-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
- Hours: Daily 11:00–22:00
Where it is
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