Gangnam salt bread café, rice cake & choco latte: Selected Nicks
In short
Selected Nicks is a large rooftop café and bakery near Gangnam Station in Seoul, on Teheran-ro 4-gil, with six floors from B1 to 3F, the 8th floor and the rooftop. The writer ordered a vanilla bean latte, a chocolate latte, a rice cake salt bread (₩4,800) and a plain salt bread. The writer called the rice cake salt bread, packed with lightly sweet chewy rice cake for a sweet-and-salty bite, the best salt bread they have ever had. Selected Nicks is a Gangnam Station bakery café worth a return trip for the salt bread alone.
Good to know
- Getting there
- Gangnam Station Exit 3 · 5-min walk (store listing, Oct 2, 2026)
- Location
- 1F, 37 Teheran-ro 4-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul (Yeoksam-dong 827-13)
- Opening hours
- Weekdays 08:00–24:00 / weekends 11:00–23:30
- 8th floor hours
- Weekdays 17:00–24:00 / weekends 17:00–23:30
- Floors
- B1 to 3F, 8F and the rooftop (6 floors in total)
- Parking
- Free mechanical parking at Yeoksam-dong 827-83 (sedans up to a Genesis G80 only); other vehicles use nearby paid lots
- Nearby paid parking
- Sisa Building lot ₩1,000 per 10 minutes / J's Tower lot ₩2,000 per 10 minutes
- Other
- Space rental available; decaf +₩1,000
- Vanilla bean latte
- ₩7,500
- Chocolate latte
- ₩7,000
- Rice cake salt bread
- ₩4,800
- Salt bread
- ₩3,800
- Price reference
- ₩4,800 ≈ $3.6 · ₩1,000 ≈ $0.7 · ₩2,000 ≈ $1.5 (2026-10-18)
as written by the visitor on Jun 15, 2026
Selected Nicks
A rooftop café I found near Gangnam Station 🌇 Selected Nicks is a big six-floor café, and the bakery is seriously good too 🥯
Where is Selected Nicks and what are its opening hours?
Selected Nicks is at 827-13 Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul (37 Teheran-ro 4-gil). It's open 08:00–24:00 on weekdays and 11:00–23:30 on weekends, with free parking and space rental available.
How does parking work at Selected Nicks?
Park at 827-83 Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul. It's mechanical parking, so only sedans up to a Genesis G80 fit. Any other vehicle needs to use a nearby paid lot.
- Sisa Building lot (₩1,000 per 10 minutes)
- J's Tower lot (₩2,000 per 10 minutes)
How many floors can you use at Selected Nicks?
Selected Nicks is a big café with six levels: B1 to 3F, 8F and the rooftop. The study-room café on 8F opens from 17:00.
There's outdoor seating at the entrance, and if you keep walking in you'll find the ordering counter on the 1st floor.
Selected Nicks menu and bakery selection
The menu starts with the coffee list. You can switch to decaf for an extra ₩1,000.
They sell lots of baked goods too, from chocolate financiers to lemon madeleines.
The breads range from salt bread to croissants and more. But Selected Nicks is really a salt bread place 🥨🥨 I especially recommend the rice cake salt bread.
The tiramisu here is apparently really famous. Prices run from the ₩7,000s to the ₩10,000s.
What is each floor of Selected Nicks like?
B1 through 3F feel like a gallery café. The mood is nice, and I liked that it wasn't too noisy.
The 8th-floor study room at Selected Nicks
The 8th floor is open 17:00–24:00 on weekdays and 17:00–23:30 on weekends. Lots of people were studying there, and it had a relaxed, study-café feel.
Rooftop view over Gangnam
The rooftop is so good I'd call it the highlight of Selected Nicks. You can see the Seoul skyline all at once, and it's wonderfully open ✈️
What we ordered at Selected Nicks and the prices
Here's what we ordered at Selected Nicks ᰔ 🫧
- Vanilla bean latte ₩7,500 (+₩1,000 for decaf)
- Chocolate latte ₩7,000
- Rice cake salt bread ₩4,800
- Salt bread ₩3,800
How do the vanilla bean latte and chocolate latte taste?
Both the vanilla bean latte and the chocolate latte at Selected Nicks were tasty. The chocolate latte is rich, and the vanilla bean latte isn't overly sweet, just pleasantly sweet.
Is the rice cake salt bread at Selected Nicks really that good?
Did you know Selected Nicks is a great bakery? The rice cake salt bread was honestly so good. It was the best salt bread I've had so far.
True to its name, it's packed with chewy rice cake (tteok) inside. The rice cake is slightly sweet, so the sweet-and-salty combo was really delicious. Highly recommended 🙂
Verdict: is Selected Nicks worth it for salt bread near Gangnam Station?
Among Gangnam Station rooftop cafés, Selected Nicks is one I was happy with and recommend. The bakery is especially good, so it's a fine pick if you're hunting for a Gangnam Station bakery. The salt bread is delicious and good value, so I'd visit just for the salt bread.
Where it is
37 Teheran-ro 4-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea서울특별시 강남구 테헤란로4길 37 1층
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