Cheonan café with injeolmi cream salt bread: Pino Cafe Cheonan

A garden café in Cheonan that looks different every season: Pino Cafe

I visited Pino Cafe, a garden café in Cheonan I want to come back to every season because it looks so different each time. This roughly 3,000-pyeong space is made up of a main building, an annex, and a garden.

What is the main building at Pino Cafe Cheonan like?

The main building is made of brick and captures Pino Cafe's own warm atmosphere really well.

Once you go further into the main building, there are so many photo zones you simply can't leave without taking pictures — great for kids' cute smiles or as a couple's date-course proof shot. Pino Cafe in Cheonan really seems like the go-to café for pleasing both grown-up hearts and children's.

Same annex, but such a different mood, right?! Every corner of Pino Cafe feels different, so even though it's one café it feels like visiting several different ones.

Forest views through the annex's floor-to-ceiling windows

Pino Cafe's annex — simple, with a huge window looking out onto the forest

The annex suited my taste even more than the main building — I gasped. I walked in thinking, wow, this is exactly my style.

It's simple, but the view through the big window would probably look completely different with each changing season, which makes me want to come back more often.

Being right by Taehaksan Natural Recreation Forest, the air is great and you can capture real nature scenery in your photos — this place is more than just a garden café.

Pino Cafe Cheonan's garden and yellow cosmos photo spot

Pino Cafe, like a page out of a storybook

The exterior was so pretty I didn't know where to look — my eyes kept turning into little hearts. My kid and I went wild together, squealing 'so pretty~~' like a dolphin, haha.

Summer already looks lovely, but these spaces seem like they'll be even more spectacular in autumn. I wanted to take it all home with me.

If I'd known it would be this pretty, I should have brought dresses for the whole family — next time I'm definitely wearing one.

The yellow cosmos field is genuinely beautiful. This is a space full of romance no matter the season — spring, summer, fall, or winter. And of course the garden has its own photo zone too — maybe the hottest photo spot at Pino Cafe.

I'm definitely coming back to Pino Cafe. Next time I want to bring the kids in white dresses and make a whole storybook-world photo album.

Where are dogs allowed at Pino Cafe Cheonan?

Pino Cafe's dog-friendly outdoor space

Want a café date with your dog?! This is the place. Pino Cafe in Cheonan welcomes dogs, and the space is spacious too.

If you're with a dog, you use the garden terrace; if not, you use the indoor main building and annex — the spaces are clearly separated, so everyone's comfortable.

Dogs get to be comfortable in their own space, and their families get to enjoy the café comfortably too. There are shade covers set up as well. Dogs are going to love this place.

Romantic Camp-Picnic rates and how to book

Pino Cafe's Romantic Camp-Picnic lets you use a space like a campsite. All prices below are for 4 people.

• 2 hours: ₩30,000
• 4 hours: ₩50,000
• Bookable via Naver Reservation or on-site; a discount applies when booked through Naver

The mood inside is even nicer. There's air conditioning and heating, so it can be enjoyed regardless of the season. Even though it's the same café, using this space feels much more private.

Pino Cafe Cheonan menu: brunch, bakery, bingsu, pizza and drinks

Pino Cafe has everything. From bingsu (shaved ice dessert) that fits the season to hearty platters, risotto, pasta, and pizza — now I understand why it's also famous as a brunch café.

You have to check the Naver event, because the coffee is delicious and so is the tart. The tart melts the moment it hits your mouth, haha.

The salt bread is genuinely delicious, and if you order 4 they can gift-wrap them for you. It's tasty enough that you'll want to wrap it up as a gift.

Salt bread, reinvented with cream fillings

Nobody knows what's inside Pino Cafe's salt bread until they take a bite.

Salt bread is everywhere these days, right?! So I had pretty low expectations, but once I ordered and tried it, my expectations completely changed.

The gourmet butter one is the basic salt bread — that alone is probably delicious, but I'd recommend the milk salt bread and the injeolmi (sweet rice cake) cream salt bread.

When I tried it, it was so good. Now I'm genuinely curious about the mocha salt bread, the sweet corn cream salt bread, and the jambon-raclette salt bread. Next time I'll definitely try other flavors too, haha.

What we ordered at Pino Cafe Cheonan and what it cost

• Injeolmi cream salt bread ₩5,000
• Milk cream salt bread ₩5,000
• Special lunch ₩15,000
• Pino Shupeneo ₩7,000
• Mango yogurt smoothie ₩7,500
• Vanilla latte ₩6,500

You know how salt bread usually has a little hole?! But was the hole always this big?! It's stuffed with an insane amount of cream.

But the milk cream and injeolmi cream are the real deal!! I'm someone who normally likes a classic salt bread, but somehow these cream-filled ones are genuinely delicious. Wow... sure, you lose that crispy outer texture of a regular salt bread, but you don't need it, haha. Pino Cafe's salt bread is so good it tastes like something you'd want to pack up and gift to someone.

What comes with the ₩15,000 special lunch

The special lunch tasted great. The dish arrived looking exactly like the photo — the seasonal salad was packed with olives, the scrambled eggs were tasty, and the toasted croissant was good too. The fries paired really well with the sauce that came with them.

How big is the signature Pino Shupeneo?

Signature drinks are usually palm-sized, but Pino Cafe doesn't hold back. The portion is really generous. The vanilla latte and mango yogurt smoothie were both large too, but I honestly had no idea the signature Pino Shupeneo would be this big.

Big portion, not too sweet, and genuinely~~ delicious. The cacao topping crunching in your mouth alongside it — I can confirm this is a signature drink you can only get at Pino Cafe!

Final verdict on Pino Cafe Cheonan

This is a place worth visiting once every season for sure. From zero parking stress thanks to the big, multiple parking areas, to the space and the food itself, everything was satisfying.

Adults have their own fun, kids have their own fun, and families with dogs have their own fun too — I fell completely for Pino Cafe's charm. It's a café that fully delivers on expectations, so I really want to go back.