Jongno 3-ga bakery: sliced ₩6,800 garlic bread & coffee bread, Munhwa
In short
Munhwa Bakery (문화제빵) is a bakery on Donhwamun-ro in Jongno, Seoul, near Jongno 3-ga, known for its garlic bread. The writer and her husband took home Munhwa Bakery's signature garlic bread (₩6,800), which comes sliced into easy-to-eat pieces, and a coffee bread filled with coffee cream (₩5,800), and her husband declared Munhwa Bakery's garlic bread the number one. Munhwa Bakery's garlic bread is a familiar taste that still keeps you coming back for more.
Good to know
- Getting there
- Jongno 3-ga Station Exit 7 · 3-min walk (store listing, Oct 6, 2026)
- Location
- 1st floor, 65 Donhwamun-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul
- Entry
- Up to 2 people in the shop at a time
- Garlic bread
- ₩6,800 (sliced for takeout)
- Coffee bread
- ₩5,800 (coffee cream filling)
- Other breads
- Sweet potato bread, white bean paste bread, walnut bread, rice flour loaves, bagels, condensed milk bread
- Event
- Free salt bread for posting a receipt review (at the time of the visit)
- Price reference
- ₩6,800 ≈ $5.1 · ₩5,800 ≈ $4.3 (2026-10-16)
as written by the visitor on Oct 16, 2026
What kind of bakery is Munhwa Bakery in Jongno 3-ga?
Munhwa Bakery (문화제빵) is a bakery on Donhwamun-ro in Jongno 3-ga, famous for its garlic bread. If you love bread, you've probably heard of it at least once!
The bread is delicious, and I hear they donate leftover bread to elderly people living alone. Among the bakeries in Jongno 3-ga, it's a must-stop on any bread pilgrimage. . 🍞
Location: 65 Donhwamun-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul (1st floor)
How many people can enter Munhwa Bakery at a time?
Up to 2 people can be in the shop at a time. Right behind the counter you can watch the bread being made, and while the shop isn't big, it was easy to look around and pick from the many kinds of bread.
Munhwa Bakery's signature garlic bread and the coffee bread
The first thing that comes to mind with Munhwa Bakery is, of course, the garlic bread. It's so famous that I already know the taste,, but it's good enough that I wanted it again, so here I came. 🫢
What other breads does Munhwa Bakery sell besides garlic bread?
Besides garlic bread, Munhwa Bakery had a wide variety of breads. From sweet potato bread, white red-bean paste bread and walnut bread to rice flour loaves, you can pick to your taste, and there were familiar options like bagels and condensed milk bread too.
Munhwa Bakery receipt review event: free salt bread
The shop was also running a receipt review event. I heard that joining gets you a Munhwa Bakery salt bread too, so if you visit, it's worth asking in the shop how to take part.
Taking Munhwa Bakery bread home to share with my husband
That day my husband and I picked out bread to eat at home from Munhwa Bakery. This time we packed up the signature garlic bread and the coffee bread I'd been curious about.
Munhwa Bakery garlic bread, ₩6,800: how does it taste?
The garlic bread is ₩6,800, and they slice it for you when you buy it, which made it easy to take out one piece at a time. The garlic flavor and the sweet-yet-savory taste blend together so well that I thought, no wonder this one is famous!
My husband tried it too and admitted that for garlic bread, Munhwa Bakery's is number one. 👍❤️
Munhwa Bakery coffee bread, ₩5,800: what is it like?
The coffee bread is ₩5,800 and has coffee cream inside, so it worked well as a sweet dessert. It's honestly a perfect match with an iced Americano ("aa" in Korean slang)! Pick the coffee bread when you want a different charm from the garlic bread.
Looking for a famous bakery in Jongno, Seoul?
If you're looking for a great bakery in Jongno 3-ga, or a famous bakery in Jongno, stop by Munhwa Bakery and look over the breads. 🥖🥐🥨 From the signature garlic bread to the coffee bread, rice flour loaves and bagels, there are plenty of choices, so picking to your taste is half the fun.
Where it is
65 Donhwamun-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea서울특별시 종로구 돈화문로 65 1층
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