Songdo Italian brunch: truffle mushroom soup & gnocchi, Cenacolo

Hello, everyone~ Do you like Western food? I went to a restaurant in Songdo that's great for a date, or for brunch with friends or family: lovely atmosphere and really good food quality! It's called Cenacolo Artfore (체나콜로 아트포레), and you can enjoy classy Italian food here, from salad to pasta to gnocchi!! ◟( ˘ ³˘)◞ ♡

Cenacolo Artfore hours and parking

Cenacolo Artfore is at 257 Incheontawo-daero, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, in Artfore Building C, 2nd floor, Unit 211. It's open 11:00–22:00 (last order 21:00), with a break time of 15:00–17:00. On Sundays there's deep cleaning, so last order is 20:30. Keep that in mind.

• Parking: use the basement 1 parking lot of the Artfore building
• If you take the elevator in front of pillar 10, get off on the 2nd floor, turn right, then right again, and it's 30m on the left
• If you take the stairs or escalator next to pillar 4, the restaurant is straight ahead

Exterior and interior of Cenacolo Artfore

This is the outside of Cenacolo Artfore!! Isn't the exterior so exotic and pretty? We came up by elevator, and the shop is so cute and foreign-looking that it caught my eye right away!!

There's a menu board in front of the shop too, so you can look over what's on offer beforehand. Nice, haha.

And here's the inside of Cenacolo Artfore!! It's decorated with a slightly pink tone and wooden tables, and the tableware is arranged so neatly that it all looked clean and tidy. As soon as we came in, a staff member asked how many people we were and guided us kindly.

They showed us to a window seat where you can see the green, leafy road outside!!

The chef of Cenacolo Artfore has apparently won lots of awards from here and there :)

What's on the Cenacolo Artfore menu?

Cenacolo Artfore had a really wide range of dishes, from the signature gnocchi to pasta, risotto and steak.

They also had wines and beer that go with Western food, and highballs with gorgeous colors! Is a highball really allowed to be prettier than a cocktail?!

How are the bread and the shrimp mushroom salad?

Cenacolo Artfore first brought us the complimentary bread!! I think they bake it themselves! The moist, soft bread dipped into olive oil and balsamic sauce got my appetite going, and it was so delicious!

We ordered a salad, pasta and gnocchi, and for the salad we went with the shrimp mushroom salad!!

The shrimp mushroom salad was plump shrimp grilled slightly crispy and big king oyster mushrooms grilled over an open flame, piled onto fresh vegetables! It was finished with a drizzle of truffle oil, so a light truffle scent drifts up, and the whole thing felt fresh and fragrant, so it goes well with any dish!

What is the soup of the day from the review event?

At Cenacolo Artfore, if you write a review you can get the soup of the day!! Today it was a mushroom soup with a little truffle oil!!

It's not the kind of soup ordinary restaurants sell; it's a homemade soup made fresh every day, so the flavor is really good :) The bread was so delicious that I'd already finished it all, and I regretted it, hahaha.

Are the signature gnocchi and basil pesto pasta worth recommending?

And the gnocchi!! This is the signature gnocchi of Cenacolo Artfore, and there's a reason so many reviews say the gnocchi is delicious!!! The grilled, chewy potato gnocchi goes so well with finely chopped mushrooms and the richness of the cream, so I fully recommend it if you want to properly taste gnocchi.

Basil pesto pasta!! Made with house-made basil pesto and pistachios, topped with fresh cherry tomatoes and burrata cheese, and the fragrance is really good, so if you like basil, I totally recommend it!!

Overall verdict on Cenacolo Artfore

The dishes at Cenacolo Artfore overall aren't heavy-handed and feel clean, and they bring out the natural flavor of the food and ingredients, so I really felt, "Ah, so this is Italian food!!" It's great for special occasions or a cozy meal with family, friends or acquaintances, and I liked that you can enjoy it without feeling bloated. (ㅎ0ㅎ)

100% I'll go back!