Stroller-friendly Suwon cake café: fruit cake slice at Café Diaz

A cake craving in my last month of pregnancy brought me to Café Diaz

Café Diaz (카페디아즈) is a cake café on Nahyeseok Street in Ingye-dong, Suwon, and this time I stopped by with my kid for cake slices and drinks. Maybe it's because I'm in the last month of pregnancy, but I've been craving desserts so badly, especially a really good slice of cake, so I wanted to write down my dessert time at Café Diaz.

What are the cakes at Café Diaz made with?

Café Diaz says it uses only 100 percent animal-based Seoul Milk fresh cream. On top of that, they say they use French Président butter, Madagascar vanilla beans, French Kiri cream cheese, Elle & Vire mascarpone, and sweet seasonal fruit delivered from farms every morning.

Getting to Café Diaz: a 10-minute walk from City Hall Station

Café Diaz is tucked inside an alley off the main road, across from Dongsuwon CGV on Nahyeseok Street in Ingye-dong. It takes about 10 minutes on foot from Exit 9 of City Hall Station on the Suin-Bundang Line.

• Cross the crosswalk across from the CGV main entrance
• Turn into the alley between Banapresso and Cordez Combine
• Pass Twosome Place, and the building next to Starbucks, 4th floor, is Café Diaz :)

Is Café Diaz okay with kids and strollers?

The café has lots of tables with wide spacing, so it was great to visit with a child, and it would be a good space for bringing a stroller too. It has a rooftop vibe but clean-looking, with a white-toned interior and high ceilings that feel open. The lighting is warm and the interior is stylish, so for a photo-taker like me it doubled as a photo zone.

Kiosk ordering was easy, even on a weekend

You order from a kiosk at Café Diaz, which was convenient. Even though it was a weekend and crowded, I could order without any stress.

Cake varieties and the signature at Café Diaz

The signature at Café Diaz is said to be the strawberry fresh cream cake. Beyond that, there were plenty of tasty desserts, like the fruit cake slice! There were lots of cake types, and honestly you can't talk about Diaz without cake. Looking at the showcase, the cakes looked great, and you could tell at a glance that the fruit was fresh.

For drinks, there's coffee, bingsu (shaved ice dessert), ade and tea, plus handmade teas, just so you know!

How was the fruit cake slice? The cream wasn't heavy

That day at Café Diaz I ordered a fruit cake slice, an Americano and a green tea latte. The fruit cake slice was packed with fresh fruit between the layers of cream, and the whipped cream was clean, milky and barely greasy.

The fruit included strawberries, kiwi, banana and blueberries, so it was bright and fresh, and the sponge was moist and just melted in my mouth. The fruit's fresh sweetness met the nutty richness of the cream, and I never got tired of it. Each bite melted away and went so well with coffee. I even wanted to try it as a whole cake next time.

My kid must have loved it, because they inhaled it… haha

The green tea latte is sweet and smooth, a good match for cake

The green tea latte at Café Diaz blends plain milk, coffee and matcha, and the bitterness was mellowed by the milk. With sugar and syrup added too, every sip was sweet, and the smooth milk went really well with the cake.

A pretty cake café that's easy to enjoy

Café Diaz has a lovely interior that's great for photos, and the coffee, with a deep bean aroma, was so smooth it practically melted next to the cake. It was truly a perfect pairing with dessert.

The fruit cream cake especially was a great match of fresh fruit and whipped cream that follows it, and the freshness in my mouth made it so delicious. Just eating in a pretty space away from the hectic day felt like healing. The fruit was fresh and the café is spacious, so it's good for dates or for visiting with a child :)