# Seoul café near Hongdae with three sand cookies: Butter & Shelter - By Minae (https://superchart.com/en/@seoul-tumbler-pages/) - Written Aug 20, 2026 - Local places › Cafés › Mapo, Seoul - Sponsored: This visit was sponsored by the business. - English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@seoul-tumbler-pages/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies/ - Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@seoul-tumbler-pages/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies/index.md) · [日本語](https://superchart.com/ja/@seoul-tumbler-pages/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies/index.md) ## In short Butter & Shelter Yeonnam is a sand cookie dessert café on the Yeonnam-dong café street in Mapo, Seoul, open daily from 10:00 to 21:00. The order was three sand cookies — raspberry cream cheese, chocolate and crème brûlée — with an iced americano, each cookie served cold straight from the fridge case. With its European-style interior and outdoor terrace seats, Butter & Shelter Yeonnam is an easy dessert café stop near Hongdae for both the cookies and the photos. ## Good to know - **Hours**: Daily 10:00-21:00 - **Location**: 170 Seongmisan-ro, Unit 102, Mapo-gu, Seoul (Yeonnam-dong café street) - **Ordered**: Iced americano; raspberry cream cheese, chocolate and crème brûlée sand cookies - **Seating**: Indoor wooden tables and outdoor terrace seats - **Pets**: Allowed on the terrace only; no eating with pets inside - **Wi-Fi**: Wi-Fi details posted in the café *as written by the visitor on Aug 20, 2026* Today I'm posting about a Yeonnam-dong sand cookie spot with great vibes and even better dessert — Butter & Shelter Yeonnam! ![First photo from the visit to Butter & Shelter Yeonnam](https://img.superchart.com/images/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies-01-1hkxs-900.webp) ## Where is Butter & Shelter Yeonnam, and when is it open? Butter & Shelter Yeonnam is a Yeonnam-dong dessert café famous for sand cookies, located right on the Yeonnam-dong café street. Hours were 10am-9pm daily. ![European-style exterior of Butter & Shelter Yeonnam](https://img.superchart.com/images/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies-02-1l09r-900.webp) *Exterior* This is the exterior of Butter & Shelter Yeonnam — it had such a charming, exotic feel, like being in Europe. ![Store entrance with the Butter & Shelter sign](https://img.superchart.com/images/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies-03-13tf0-900.webp) *Entrance* There's a sign out front reading 'Butter & Shelter,' so it was easy to find. ![Exotic full view of the Butter & Shelter Yeonnam exterior](https://img.superchart.com/images/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies-04-1k9ku-900.webp) *Exterior* Even before going in, the exotic exterior and interior design were so pretty. ![Outdoor terrace seating](https://img.superchart.com/images/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies-05-16qr3-900.webp) *Terrace* Outside there were plenty of terrace seats, great for enjoying on a nice day. ![Sign with pet policy information](https://img.superchart.com/images/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies-06-7mckh-900.webp) *Pet policy* ### Are pets allowed? Terrace seats only For reference, Butter & Shelter Yeonnam is a pet-friendly café — but the sign noted that while pets are welcome on the terrace, eating inside the store with pets isn't allowed. ![Café interior with wooden tables](https://img.superchart.com/images/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies-07-1x1zl-900.webp) ![Cozy indoor seating area](https://img.superchart.com/images/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies-08-1bevu-900.webp) ![Quiet, calm interior of the café](https://img.superchart.com/images/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies-09-t0dl9-900.webp) ## Inside Butter & Shelter Yeonnam: European-style interior and terrace The interior felt cozy and warm, with wooden tables and seats that made it feel relaxed and unhurried. The overall mood was quiet and calm. ![Café space decorated in European style](https://img.superchart.com/images/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies-10-e2ffe-m-900.webp) ![Interior decorated with cute small details](https://img.superchart.com/images/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies-11-2gjr9-900.webp) The decor evoked Europe, which made it great for photos too — such a cute, pretty interior. ![Sign with the café Wi-Fi information](https://img.superchart.com/images/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies-12-1ga88-900.webp) *Wi-Fi* They also provide Wi-Fi info you can use in the café, handy for borrowing for a bit. ## Dessert and drink menu at Butter & Shelter Yeonnam Butter & Shelter is known for its desserts — from butter tteok (rice cake) to original levain cookies, red velvet cream cheese cookies, choco s'mores cookies, hwangchi cheese cream cookies, Earl Grey lemon cookies, Matilda cake, and a variety of butter sands — everything looked delicious and pretty. ![Cookies and desserts displayed in the showcase](https://img.superchart.com/images/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies-13-1k42w-900.webp) ![Levain cookies and other cookie menu items on display](https://img.superchart.com/images/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies-14-y4vty-900.webp) ![Matilda cake and butter sands on display](https://img.superchart.com/images/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies-15-giq8i-900.webp) ![Display case with butter tteok and desserts](https://img.superchart.com/images/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies-16-178hp-900.webp) Next to the counter was a fridge case with even more desserts — sand cookies in raspberry cream cheese, glacé butter sand, crème brûlée butter sand, chocolate butter sand, and plain butter sand, plus Dubai chewy cookies, mango white cream cake, Victoria cake, chocolate chip butter cookies, and plain butter cookies. ![Fridge case beside the counter holding sand cookies](https://img.superchart.com/images/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies-17-n839w-900.webp) *Fridge case* For drinks there was a coffee menu of butter sepon, shelter sepon, espresso, crème brûlée espresso, americano, café latte, vanilla latte, and cappuccino; sweet non-coffee drinks like choco latte, matcha latte, royal milk tea, and strawberry latte; ades like lemon, grapefruit, and green grape; and a tea menu of honey lemon matcha, rooibos vanilla, peach oolong tea, royal chamomile, fruit dream, and genmaicha. ![Drink menu board listing coffee and tea](https://img.superchart.com/images/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies-18-1tm0r-900.webp) *Menu* ## Three sand cookies compared: raspberry cream cheese, chocolate, crème brûlée I ordered an iced americano along with three sand cookies. ![Table setting with iced americano and sand cookies](https://img.superchart.com/images/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies-19-cls0s-900.webp) *Butter & Shelter* I got the raspberry cream cheese, chocolate, and crème brûlée sand cookies. They were served cold, straight out of the fridge case — a cookie that's clearly meant to be eaten chilled. ![Plate with three flavors of sand cookies](https://img.superchart.com/images/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies-20-1sb1s-1200.webp) *Sand cookies* Each sand cookie was packed full of cream between the cookie layers. The cookies themselves were rich and buttery, and with all that cream, they were really delicious. The raspberry cream cheese sand cookie had a great balance of tangy raspberry and cream cheese, while the crème brûlée sand cookie was loaded with vanilla cream and had a caramelized top like actual crème brûlée — sweet and delicious. ![Cross-section of a sand cookie packed with cream](https://img.superchart.com/images/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies-21-1ez56-900.webp) *Sand cookies* ![Close-up of the raspberry cream cheese sand cookie](https://img.superchart.com/images/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies-22-9my6q-904.webp) ![Chocolate-coated chocolate sand cookie](https://img.superchart.com/images/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies-23-k36u5-900.webp) Lastly, the chocolate sand cookie had half of the cookie coated in chocolate, so you could taste chocolate in the cookie itself, plus the cream was chocolate cream too — sweet and delicious. Each type of sand cookie had its own charm, which made it so fun to taste them all — different creams, different cookies, different personalities. ![Table at Butter & Shelter Yeonnam after finishing dessert time](https://img.superchart.com/images/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies-24-1npbw-900.webp) *Butter & Shelter* ## Is Butter & Shelter Yeonnam worth a stop in Yeonnam-dong? I had a sweet dessert time at this Yeonnam-dong café known for sand cookies, enjoying three sand cookies with an americano. The americano had a lovely nutty flavor, and each sand cookie had its own distinct charm — all delicious. If you're looking for a good Yeonnam-dong café or a Yeonnam sand cookie dessert spot, I'd recommend giving Butter & Shelter Yeonnam a visit! ## Where it is - Butter & Shelter Yeonnam (버터앤쉘터 연남점) - 170 Seongmisan-ro, 102-ho, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea - 서울특별시 마포구 성미산로 170 102호 - 37.5641717, 126.9245885 - Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%EB%B2%84%ED%84%B0%EC%95%A4%EC%89%98%ED%84%B0%20%EC%97%B0%EB%82%A8%EC%A0%90/@37.5641717,126.9245885,17z --- Superchart · https://superchart.com/en/@seoul-tumbler-pages/butter-and-shelter-yeonnam-sand-cookies/ · https://superchart.com/llms.txt