Goyang bakery café near flower farms with salt bread: Mulguri Bakery

You have to drive a little way in, but once I arrived I thought, "I'm so glad I came all this way!" This is my visit to Mulguri Bakery (물구리빵집), a bakery café in Goyang.

The bread and coffee were both good, but what I loved most was the view through the floor-to-ceiling windows. I ate my bread in a space full of green plants, then went outside to see the geese and gaze at the stream for a bit of water-watching (what Koreans call "mulmeong")~ I only meant to grab a coffee, but it turned into a café where I wanted to stay much longer than expected.

Where is Mulguri Bakery, and what is the parking like?

Mulguri Bakery is on Wondang-ro 458beon-gil in Deogyang-gu, Goyang, and it's a little out of the way, so driving was the easy option. The parking lot was big and roomy. It was still worth the drive.

By my standards, the location feels a bit of a hassle if you don't have a car. It suits a day when you have time to spare and make a drive of it, more than a quick stop in the middle of the city.

On the plus side, the parking lot was large and roomy when I arrived. I didn't have to worry about parking at all when I visited, which made things easier from the moment I walked in.

Inside, each area had a slightly different mood. Looking around to decide where to sit was oddly fun. I kept scanning the room because I wanted to pick a pretty spot.

Which bread should you pick at Mulguri Bakery?

There were so many kinds of bread on display that picking just one wasn't easy. That's why choosing the bread was the hardest part!

Looking at the display, I just couldn't settle on one. I want this, and I'm curious about that~ It's always like this at a bakery, but here my steps got even slower.

After trying several breads, the biggest thing I felt was that this is a place where the basics are delicious. When familiar breads like the plain loaf and salt bread (a buttery roll with coarse salt) taste this good, you naturally reach for the other breads too. Every bread I tried was good, so I was in a great mood the whole time.

If you can only pick one? Salt bread, and the plain loaf!!

My personal favorite at Mulguri Bakery is the salt bread, and I couldn't leave out the plain loaf either.

I enjoyed several breads, but if I had to pick one best for my taste, it's the salt bread! Even among fancy breads, it's these basic items you end up thinking about again. The loaf was good too, but next time at Mulguri Bakery I'd pick the salt bread again. If it's your first visit and you can't decide what to eat, I'd recommend starting with the salt bread.

And the loaf, again! The plain loaf was sooo good!! The top is sweet and the inside is so soft... I enjoyed it so much!!

How is the coffee at Mulguri Bakery?

The coffee at Mulguri Bakery was neither too bitter nor too sour. To my taste, there was no excessive bitterness or acidity, and the aroma lingered with depth.

I liked the coffee as much as the bread. A bite of bread, a sip of coffee, then a glance out the window~ Even without doing anything special, that time was lovely. When you come for the bread and the coffee is great too, you feel extra satisfied, right? That was exactly how this day went!

The floor-to-ceiling window view made me want to stay longer

What I'll probably remember longest about Mulguri Bakery is the big window. The window opens wide, so even sitting indoors I felt like I was resting with the scenery right next to me.

The indoor spaces are varied too, so looking around was fun. The view and mood differ from seat to seat, and I thought I'd like to try sitting on another side next time.

Come when it's quiet and you could open a book and read slowly, or sit across from someone and talk for ages. It's a place where I'd want to allow plenty of time, rather than hurry through my coffee and leave.

Browsing the plants makes time fly too

Maybe because there's a flower and plant market district nearby, the plants and flowers inside the café really stood out. The area where the pots are gathered has yet another mood, and it felt like a shame to just walk past.

With plants in such a spacious room, my eyes felt relaxed, and just wandering around slowly refreshed my mood. Having something like this to look at in a place for bread and coffee made my stay even more enjoyable.

Seeing the geese and gazing at the stream~

Outside Mulguri Bakery, you can watch the geese and gaze at the stream nearby.

Watching the geese outside was fun too. Just watching them quietly, I found myself smiling for no particular reason. Eat bread, then go out and see the geese? It turned out to be a much fuller café outing than I expected.

There's a stream nearby, so it was nice to rest for a bit looking at the water. It felt different from sitting in front of the big window, and looking around outside felt relaxing.

Next time, in summer or a snowy winter!

One regret: I visited at the tail end of autumn. I became curious about the greener view outside the windows in summer, or the scenery when snow piles up in winter.

It was great now, but I kept imagining what it would be like in those seasons. I haven't seen them yet, but I'd love to come back and see a different view.

It's a little remote, but the tasty bread and coffee, the big-window view and the varied spaces made me happily forget the effort. If you're looking for a bakery café in Goyang, think of Mulguri Bakery on a day you want to relax. Next time I'll start with the salt bread again and look for a window seat!

Mulguri Bakery store info

• Address: Wondang-ro 458beon-gil, Deogyang-gu, Goyang, Gyeonggi (the original post lists 111-1)
• Parking: Very large lot, plenty of room when I visited