Chestnut Basque cheesecake and grapefruit apple tea in Mapo: Ieo
In short
Ieo Coffee Roasters Gongdeok Branch is a roastery café tucked in an alley toward the Gyeongui Line Forest Park, between Gongdeok and Daeheung stations in Mapo, Seoul. On a weekday afternoon visit, the order was an iced americano with a choice of beans (₩4,300), grapefruit apple tea (₩5,000), and a chestnut Basque cheesecake loaded with a whole chestnut (₩6,800). Pet-friendly and selling its own beans, it's the kind of Mapo café made for spending an afternoon with a book.
Good to know
- Location
- Alley toward the Gyeongui Line Forest Park, between Gongdeok and Daeheung stations
- Iced americano
- ₩4,300 (choose your beans when ordering)
- Grapefruit apple tea
- ₩5,000
- Chestnut Basque cheesecake
- ₩6,800
- Signature coffees
- Almond latte / cream almond / basil milk tea
- Pets
- Pet-friendly café
- Beans
- Coffee beans sold in-store
- Price reference
- ₩4,300 ≈ $3.1 · ₩5,000 ≈ $3.6 · ₩6,800 ≈ $4.9 (2026-09-21)
as written by the visitor on Sep 21, 2026
Ieo Coffee Roasters Gongdeok Branch, a café along the Gyeongui Line Forest Park in Mapo
Tucked between Gongdeok and Daeheung stations, in a cozy alley leading toward the Gyeongui Line Forest Park, is a roastery café filled with the smell of coffee beans — Ieo Coffee Roasters.
Visiting Ieo Coffee Roasters Gongdeok Branch on a weekday afternoon — what's the seating like?
I went on a weekday afternoon and — this crowd?! Why was I the only one who'd never been here before! I thought "nice-vibe cafés" weren't for us, and that's why us old folks were staying away... but this place was that good! There are just the right number of tables inside, laid out really well — good for coming alone, good with friends, and even better for a date.
The menu — signature coffees and desserts
It's a pet-friendly café, so well-behaved dogs and cats are welcome. Here's the Ieo Roastery menu! It's organized into coffee, other drinks, and signatures — the signature coffees are almond latte / cream almond / basil milk tea, so start checking them off the list.
And a solid dessert lineup. The Basque cheesecake and cookies pair perfectly with coffee for a sugar boost!
Seeing how thick the cookies are baked, you can tell this place is well-made and doesn't skimp on ingredients.
What I ordered, and the prices
I ordered a drink, a coffee, and the chestnut Basque cheesecake!
Iced americano, ₩4,300 — you can choose your beans
Iced americano (₩4,300)
An americano where you get to choose the beans when you order. That's rare, and not for nothing that this is a roastery café. I prefer a sour, acidic taste over a nutty one, so I ordered beans with acidity!
Grapefruit apple tea, ₩5,000
Grapefruit apple tea (₩5,000)
Grapefruit syrup and refreshing apple tea 🌟
Chestnut Basque cheesecake, ₩6,800
Chestnut Basque cheesecake (₩6,800)
Inside the Basque cheesecake is a whole chestnut, in season right now and at its most delicious — a generously portioned chestnut Basque cheesecake 👏
Dipping it in the cream served alongside makes the flavor even richer, and this Basque cheesecake was so well made that I wanted to box some up as a gift for people nearby.
Who Ieo Coffee Roasters Gongdeok Branch is for
Plenty of people were getting coffee to go, but just as many were buying only cookies and cakes — proof that word has already spread about this Ieo Roastery café. It's a flavor with no strong dislikers, one you'd want to gift to someone you care about. If you're nearby, come feel the café's atmosphere. Since they also sell their own beans, it's the perfect loop: try it, then buy the beans — that's Ieo Coffee Roasters! Bring a book, add good music and the smell of coffee beans, and it's a great Gongdeok café to spend some time in.
Where it is
9 Baekbeom-ro 24-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea, 1st floor서울특별시 마포구 백범로24길 9 1층 이어커피 로스터스
