Two-Dimensional Cartoony Cafe in Seoul

This café will make you feel like you stepped into a comic book or if being more precise – a webtoon.

This Korean 2D cafe is called Yeonnam-Dong 223-14 and located right in Seoul. Flat mugs, chairs, tables, and flattened shirts on the laundry line – every little detail in this cafe reminds you of a comic book.

The cafe’s owner , J.S. Lee, was inspired by pop culture and Korean cartoons especially W, a web cartoon fantasy about a man caught between real life and a cartoon. While that show lasted only 16 episodes, Lee’s cafe, though still young, seems to have staying power. That’s partly due to his another reason: the cafe was designed to be as Instagrammable as possible.

It’s hard to imagine but the cafe is just a 20-seater managed by only one person.

The menu is quite lean, with signature drinks such as the W Salty Latte (6,000 Won), W Coffee (6,000 Won), Green Tea Latte (5,000 Won), Choco Choco Latte (5,000 Won) and Vanilla Café Latte (5,000 Won).

That is between $4.50 and $5.40.

People really like the concept idea of this cafe. You can see it from the pictures they upload on Instagram:

The cafe is quite popular with citizens and tourists. It also has 19.6K followers on Instagram.

Know Before You Go

If you made your mind to visit the cafe, please be warned that the cafe is open daily from 11 am to 9 pm.  The entrance might be a bit crowded with people clamoring their photo on the unusual background.

223-14 카페, Yeonnam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul (10 – 15 min from Hongik University Station Exit 3)
Tel: +82 10-7252-8633