Suwon dessert café with Basque cheesecake and Summer Latte: Hongrad
In short
Hongrad Suwon Station Branch is a dessert café on the second floor of a building at the end of the Suwon Station Rodeo Street, toward the Suwon Tax Office in Suwon, Gyeonggi. Visiting with her sister, the writer ordered a Summer Latte for 6,500 won, an Americano for 5,000 won and a Basque cheesecake for 7,000 won, and the dense, creamy cake paired well with the slightly acidic beans. Hongrad Suwon Station Branch is worth a stop on a day when you want atmosphere, coffee and dessert all at once.
Good to know
- Summer Latte
- 6,500 won
- Americano
- 5,000 won
- Basque cheesecake
- 7,000 won
- Location
- 2nd floor, 61-1 Hyanggyo-ro, Paldal-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggi (no elevator, stairs only)
- Seating
- Sofa tables for 3 to 5 people; wall-side tables for 2 with plush sofas
- Amenities
- Indoor restroom, self-bar (water, tissues), phone charger, Wi-Fi (password shown on the buzzer)
- Event
- Pin badge given for writing a review
- Price reference
- ₩6,500 ≈ $4.8 · ₩5,000 ≈ $3.7 · ₩7,000 ≈ $5.2 (2026-09-15)
as written by the visitor on Sep 13, 2026
Where is Hongrad Suwon Station Branch?
If you're looking for a café near Suwon Station with good vibes that also stays open late, I want to recommend Hongrad Suwon Station Branch. You have to walk all the way from the end of the Suwon Station Rodeo Street toward the Suwon Tax Office, so it's the kind of place you have to go out of your way to find — but the atmosphere is good enough that you won't regret the trip!
How to find the second-floor entrance
It's on the 2nd floor, but there's a standing sign on the 1st floor and the smiley logo is quite visible, so you can't miss it! It's an old building so there's no elevator, but the stairs aren't steep so you get up quickly.
Inside Hongrad: retro interior and seating
You could already feel the age of the building from the stairs up to this Suwon Station café, but the interior was even better — isn't that great? Especially this window seat, where you can see the green trees and it has a bit of a retro feel!
The entrance area looks like this — the sofa tables can be used by 3 or more people, up to a maximum of 5.
Decorated with a full-length mirror and posters, this spot had a hip vibe. I kind of wanted to sit here, but since it was just the two of us, we just took photos and left it at that.
One thing I liked was that there's a restroom inside the café, so you can use it comfortably. In front of the restroom there's a self-bar where you can freely use water or tissues, and there's also a phone charger — use it if you need to!
Along the wall there are 2-person tables — the tables themselves are small, but the sofas are so plush that they're very comfortable to use. The whole space is a bit dim overall but with soft light coming in, so it seems fine to visit anytime.
Hongrad Suwon Station Branch menu and prices
The menu at this Suwon Station café Hongrad had more variety than I expected — coffee, tea, and even non-coffee drinks. For dessert, there are types of toast, a croffle, brownie, and cheesecake! If I'd ordered based on my usual taste it would have been the croffle, but because of a certain weight issue these days, I decided in good conscience to get the cake that looked smaller (?) haha.
Pin badge event for writing a review
If you write a review of this Suwon Station café Hongrad, they give you a cute pin badge, so I took part and got some cute ones 🫢 They seem to be made from photos of the dogs and cats the owner or staff keep as pets, and they were so, so cute that I wanted to collect them all.
And you can take photos at what looks like a photo zone too?
Prop-shop displays to browse at Hongrad
Honestly the café itself was great, but I also loved the little corner decorated like a small prop shop that you can browse.
The buzzer even has the Wi-Fi password and info about the restroom, self-bar, and charger written on it!
Basque cheesecake, Summer Latte and Americano: what we ordered
Summer Latte, ₩6,500, from Hongrad, a great-vibe café near Suwon Station — I figured the signature drink here would be either the Summer Latte or the Einspänner, so I ordered it, and the visuals alone were a pass!
Americano, ₩5,000 — maybe because the beans had a slight acidity, it was extra clean to drink. This kind of clean americano is perfect when you're eating a sweet dessert!
Basque cheesecake, ₩7,000 — I went back and forth between the Ex-Boyfriend Toast and the Hongrad Toast, but figured I should order what my sister likes, so I got the dense, creamy Basque cheesecake.
Not the softness of soft-serve ice cream, but the Summer Latte was still nice and sweet to enjoy!
Can you tell it's not a dry, crumbly texture but a bit dense and creamy?
Honestly the cake itself wasn't that big, so after a few bites it was gone in no time. It was quite sweet, so one bite of cake and two or three sips of coffee and everything disappears haha.
Is Hongrad Suwon Station Branch worth a visit?
If you're looking for a café that satisfies you on atmosphere, coffee, and dessert all at once, why not visit Hongrad Suwon Station Branch and have a comfortable, good time?
Where it is
61-1 Hyanggyo-ro, Paldal-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea경기도 수원시 팔달구 향교로 61-1 2층
