Cafe Onion Anguk

Café Onion Anguk is a well-known café located in Bukchon Hanok Village, right between Gyeongbokgung Palace and Changdeokgung Palace. The café is set inside a beautifully preserved traditional Korean hanok, complete with a charming inner garden, which makes the atmosphere very special and photogenic. They offer a good selection of pastries and drinks, and everything looks beautifully presented. However, despite the large seating area, the café tends to be extremely crowded. Long queues are common, and many people start lining up even before opening time. Personally, I don’t think it’s worth the long wait, but it is worth experiencing at least once—mainly for the unique setting and the chance to enjoy pastries and drinks in a traditional hanok environment.

We went there between late afternoon and the queue was short. Just 2 -2 people groups which was less than 10 minutes. It is understandable why there is a queue as it takes a moment to clean between guests if they order pastries. The crumbs can get all over the place. While you wait, look at the drink menu. If you are able take a look at the patries. Once a spot is available, someone should go order drinks and pastries. This way if you are sitting in the tatami section, you just need to take off your shoes once. I ordered the signature milk tea. It was nice but a little more sweet than I would like but unique with the dill. The dark chocolate scone was excellent.

Unique setting. Typically long queues. Pastries are quite tasty! Pricing is reasonable. In winter you have to queue in the cold. I’m not sure if it’d be worth queuing for a long time. We were lucky when we went and only queued 15 minutes. There is a good selection of baked goods and they were all pretty delicious. There was a garlic cream filled bun that we really really enjoyed. Setting is pretty from the outside, from the inside I guess it’s nice… it’s definitely unique. I think, if you can find a time to visit when the queue is short, this is worth it.

This spot is trendy and it tends to get busy. I don’t really get the hype on it, but I did try one of their famous Pandoro cake and it was very delicious. It was the only tasty item along with one other pistachio croissant. Their chocolate covered croissant wasn’t as good nor were their other baked stuff. It was average. As for their drink selection, it’s so limited and such a rip off. I got their vegan drink, asked for less ice and I got almost half a cup(see photo).. when I asked them why it’s not filled, they’re like because you wanted less ice.. I clearly got scammed. It was ridiculous and not worth it. I honestly wouldn’t go back.. only to get their Pandoro cake if I’m craving it.

Sooooo disappointed, not worth the hype... the 2 stars are for the aesthetic of the place, the nice staff and the one edible item that I got. I bought: matcha and white chocolate scone, cheese flavoured cake, hazelnut cream choux. Matcha white chocolate scone - delicious, really nice texture and matcha flavour, not too sweet and very balanced. Cheese flavoured cake - I love savoury sweet combinations, but Korea's obsession with this orange artificial cheese flavouring has to stop. I really wanted to like this, I love bold, weird baking choices, but this was so gross. The cake was extremely dry, the rosemary made everything quite acidic, and the cream cheese/orange cheese frosting was nasty but provided some moisture. How did this cake win an award?! Hazelnut choux - FROZEN SOLID. I read other reviews and they said the same thing... I get that I could have just waited to eat this but I had no idea it would be frozen and I don't think anyone really expects that when buying these things. Flavour was ok but nothing special.

We really loved this tucked away coffee hanok house, housed in an old traditional Korean house. The atmosphere is sooo cool! The coffee is really good, we had Cappuccino and Chocolate Latte. The pastries were very good, strawberry one and a chocolate one. It is a super popular place so be prepared to line up! But it’s worth the wait! I loved the music too. We stopped by for afternoon coffee and pastry. Highly recommend!

Coffee was good. Croissant and bread was average. I actually couldn’t finish the croissant because it was too crispy (crumbs) to eat. The dining area, in the beautiful hanok building, was freezing cold despite the AC heat (wasn’t powerful enough). Basically guests were in their winter coats while sitting indoors having food, not very easy to eat. Recommendations: get only coffee.

This cafe was unique in that it’s located in a historic Korean home. Very cool indoor seating and an outdoor area to sit as well. The pastry’s looked and tasted amazing! As did the Earl Grey signature milk tea. We enjoyed the seasonal special croissant with a yummy creamy cheese filling and fresh figs. There was a quicker pick up or seat outside line than the inside seating line.