Afternoon beer and pizza at a Hapjeong pizzeria: Hongdae Hwadeok Pizza

📍 A restaurant with great atmosphere for a Hongdae date course — chewy Napoli pizza fresh out of the wood-fired oven 🍕

Met up with a friend in Hongdae for day-drinking, but it was way hotter than I expected ㅜ.ㅜ So we went for cold beer and wood-fired pizza as our first round :) I used to eat wood-fired pizza all the time, but these days with so many American-style pizza places popping up, it's gotten harder to find the real thing. I had no idea a place like this existed in Hongdae. Let me introduce it right away 🐰

Where is Hongdae Hwadeok Pizza, and what are its hours?

• 📍 5 Dokmak-ro 7-gil, 1st floor, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea
• ⏰ Wed–Mon 11:30–22:00
• Break 15:30–16:30 (weekdays only)
• Closed Tuesdays / closed September 25 for Chuseok
• 📆 Naver Reservations (check for coupons)
• 🅿️ No parking available

Visiting at 3pm on a weekday, the quietest hour

I visited Hongdae Hwadeok Pizza around 3pm on a weekday, and since it was such an awkward hour to eat, we were the only ones there, so we ate very comfortably 🤭 Can you feel the antique vibe from the exterior too? It looked like there was room for maybe 2 cars to park out front, but with no official info on parking it seems it's technically not allowed haha. Probably worth asking before you visit 😅

Interior and seating at Hongdae Hwadeok Pizza 🪑

Inside, Hongdae Hwadeok Pizza feels warm and cozy, like an Italian restaurant. Wood-tone interior plus photos on the walls give it a slightly vintage feel. Less of the loud, buzzing Hongdae vibe and more of a quiet place to eat, so it'd be great for a date or a blind date spot 👍👍

You can actually see the wood-fired oven on one side of the restaurant, so you get to watch the pizza being baked, and each table has a warmer to keep the pizza hot, so we could eat it warm all the way to the end haha

What's on the menu? 🍴

Centered on wood-fired pizza, with a wide lineup of pasta, salads, drinks and alcohol too!! There's a pretty wide variety of wood-fired pizzas, and the pasta comes in cream, oil, or tomato base so you can pick to your taste — but the best part is you can order halves or even go full quattro (four flavors on one pizza) 👍👍

The owner's pizza principles written up, so cute lol

What I ordered: Quattro Stagioni and a Terra draft 🐰

• Quattro Stagioni pizza ₩24,500 (Quattro Formaggi + Croccante + Margherita + Diavola)
• Terra draft beer ₩5,000

When you order, the beer comes out first, and it's poured almost like art,,it's so smooth it goes down easy haha. Beer really does go with pizza, right? 🤭 For day-drinking, pi-maek really is the truth,,

Ranking the four flavors of the Quattro Stagioni

We ordered the four-flavor quattro. Perfect for when you can't decide on just one flavor 🥰 From the rich, savory taste of the cheese to the crunchy flavor of shrimp and garlic, the clean tomato sauce, and the slightly spicy Diavola — each flavor is so different that it's fun to pick one slice at a time. Especially the wood-fired dough, crisp outside and chewy inside, made even the dough itself taste great beyond just the toppings, so dipping the crust ends in honey went perfectly with the beer ❣️

As for which one I liked best, my ranking was Quattro Formaggi > Croccante > Margherita > Diavola. I'm not usually a fan of cheese-loaded pizza or gorgonzola, but even so I'm giving first place to Quattro Formaggi, no contest :)👍👍

Service and what comes with the table 🙋‍♀️

The staff were friendly overall and attentive in service. They explained the pizza menu well and also told us how to eat it properly 👍

A great pizza spot for the fun of enjoying four flavors on one pie, with chewy wood-fired dough done right 🍕