Songpanaru Station bakery café for mango cake to go: Okuku Bakery

Okuku Bakery Jamsil Main Branch: location and opening hours

Okuku Bakery Jamsil Main Branch (오쿠쿠베이커리 잠실본점) is at 459 Baekjegobun-ro, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138 m from Exit 2 of Songpanaru Station. It is open Monday to Friday 09:00–21:30 and Saturday to Sunday 10:00–22:00. It's a handy spot to combine with a Songridan-gil café crawl, the cafés around Seokchon Lake, or the bakery cafés in Bangi-dong.

What kind of bakery café is Okuku Bakery?

Okuku Bakery Jamsil Main Branch is a bakery café close to Songpanaru Station in the Songridan-gil area. It's a large café where you can enjoy all kinds of baked goods and drinks, and its salt bread (a buttery roll with a salted crust) is the signature. The salt breads come in many types, from plain to milk cream, baguette and Lauge, and the chewy texture goes beautifully with the buttery flavor.

Okuku Bakery is famous for its salt bread, but a friend told me the cakes are great too and said to try the mango cake if I was ever nearby. I happened to have errands in Bangi-dong, so I stopped by and tried the mango cake from Okuku Bakery near Songpanaru Station. And wow, wow! I fell head over heels for a properly made mango cake 😉

It melts in your mouth so softly, with a sweetness that isn't overdone and the flavor of real mango. Nothing to complain about, and perfectly balanced. This is Okuku Bakery's mango cake.

What does Okuku Bakery look like from outside?

Okuku Bakery Jamsil Main Branch is a yellow building, so it stands out and is easy to spot. Looking up at the railing of the 2nd floor, the exterior has a relaxed, exotic feel.

An elderly gentleman walked into the café just ahead of me, and he looked like he lived in the neighborhood. If the older folks in the neighborhood love a place, doesn't that mean it's the real deal?

What breads does Okuku Bakery have?

Wow! One look at the breads on the shelves at Okuku Bakery and I got a feeling right away. This is a proper bakery, I thought!

There are lots of breads you don't often see elsewhere. I was curious how they'd taste. Of course, you only know once you try, right? ^^

Baguette salt bread and jambon-beurre salt bread

This is a baguette made in the shape of a salt bread. Even the salt bread looks special at Okuku Bakery.

There are croissants and jambon-beurre (ham and butter) salt bread too. Ham, butter and the baguette salt bread seem like a harmonious combination. A collab of jambon-beurre and baguette salt bread, I can already feel it!

Milk salt bread and the classic plain salt bread are on display as well.

You can tell the quality just from how the breads look. Okuku Bakery Jamsil Main Branch offers a really wide range of baked goods at a high level of polish, which is probably why it's so popular with people around here.

Sausage pastry, egg shrimp croissant and desserts

The sausage pastry and the egg shrimp croissant look quite appealing, each with its own sauce, main ingredient, cheesy flavor and the harmony of the base bread.

But you'd be sad to miss out on something sweet! There are sweet lemon madeleines and rose madeleines, and egg tarts are ready too.

The pain au chocolat and the chewy rice cake (jjonddeok) café croissant look so delicious too.

And bagels too! It's a café full of bakery items so classy-looking you simply can't walk past them.

Are there seats at Okuku Bakery Jamsil Main Branch?

Okuku Bakery Jamsil Main Branch has seating on the 2nd floor. Grab some bread and drinks and spend a nice time upstairs with good company.

Is Okuku Bakery's mango cake okay to take away?

I carried Okuku Bakery's mango cake all the way home by public transport and it kept its shape without a single thing out of place. I bought the mango cake I'd planned on and headed home, wondering, since this bakery makes such good bread, how the cake would be. I carried it back full of anticipation.

Mango cake shape and cross-section

It's such a cute mango cake. The center is packed with mango cut into squares, and cream wraps around it.

Here's the side view: sponge, cream, sponge, mango, cream, sponge, and cream on top. It's stacked neatly in a nicely balanced shape. With a build like that, how could it not be soft? The mango is well ripened too, sweet and tender. Everything about it is soft. It tastes really good.

Is Okuku Bakery a recommended mango cake spot in Songridan-gil?

Okuku Bakery Jamsil Main Branch is a large café near Songpanaru Station where you can try all kinds of baked goods and drinks, starting with the salt bread. I'd heard it was a great cake spot, so I tried the mango cake, and the moderate sweetness and soft texture left me satisfied with everything. If you're looking for a bakery café or a great mango cake in Songridan-gil, I recommend Okuku Bakery.