Gwanghwamun café for Greek yogurt and butter bars: Center Coffee

Center Coffee Gwanghwamun after a Cheonggyecheon walk

I visited Center Coffee Gwanghwamun, a great dessert spot you can come across while walking along Cheonggyecheon Stream. Located on the B1 level of SFC Mall by Exit 5 of Gwanghwamun Station, Center Coffee Gwanghwamun is easy to reach for all kinds of meetups.

You can park free in the building for 90 minutes, so just ask to have your parking registered. Center Coffee Gwanghwamun has received an impressive eight Blue Ribbons; it opens at 7:30 and closes at 21:00 Monday through Friday, while weekend hours are 11:00 to 21:00.

An interior busy with all kinds of guests, even in the evening

This is the interior of Center Coffee Gwanghwamun, a Cheonggyecheon café and dessert spot by Gwanghwamun Station. It has all the advantages of being inside a building, and even in the evening it was full of people. I don't know how they knew, but there were lots of international visitors too—families, business visitors, and building employees all enjoying Center Coffee Gwanghwamun's menu and atmosphere.

What is on the Center Coffee Gwanghwamun menu?

Center Coffee Gwanghwamun has a kiosk ready by the entrance. The menu includes:

There are several categories, from coffee drinks where you can choose your espresso to cold brew, non-coffee drinks, tea, brewed coffee, and Greek yogurt.

A few desserts were displayed too, so I picked out my favorites.

There was a Greek yogurt menu perfect for an evening meal, so I ordered it. I was curious about the many coffee flavors at Center Coffee Gwanghwamun by Cheonggyecheon Stream, but since it was evening, I decided to come back another time to try them.

A light dinner of Greek yogurt and a butter bar

Our order came out quickly: two Greek yogurts and a butter bar! I had eaten a heavy lunch and was thinking of keeping my diet light, so I loved that there was Greek yogurt that could work as a simple dinner. My companion loved it too.

The Greek yogurt was generously topped with three fruits—green grapes, banana, and blueberries—plus granola with cranberries and nuts, so it had a lovely chew too! It was not so thick that it felt overly dense, which made it pair well with the fruit; smooth yet satisfyingly thick, exactly my taste.

The butter bar had such a nice buttery flavor! Dense and rich, it really showed off that irresistible sweet-and-salty charm. We spooned it up bite by bite, then mixed the last piece into the Greek yogurt—and it went beautifully together.

Coffee-bean gift packages chosen by scent

The gift-worthy packages

You can smell the beans yourself and choose ones that suit your taste. If you have a coffee-loving friend, they would make a nice Chuseok gift too.

If you are looking for a great coffee spot near Gwanghwamun Station, or a quiet, restorative café after a Cheonggyecheon date or walk, Center Coffee Gwanghwamun is worth a visit: the coffee is good, and so are the desserts.