Cafe
Chaseonchaek
차선책 Chaseonchaek means 'the second-best option' — a plan B; one post ties the name to its flour-free, sugar-free cakes.
Compiled from 10 blog posts read in fullSources →
Chaseonchaek is a café on the third floor of the Theme Tower on the Gwangalli beachfront in Busan (237 Gwanganhaebyeon-ro, unit 301). Its picture windows look straight at the Gwangan Bridge. Inside it's wood and bamboo, and it sells gâteaux at 9,500 won a slice, signature coffees (injeolmi latte, corn miel, Himalayan salt coffee) at 7,500 won and americano at 5,500 won. Two posts by pairs who ordered two drinks and one cake come to 21,500 and 22,500 won. You get a buzzer when your order is ready, and water is self-serve. We read 20 posts from March to October 2026. Eleven of them, from May to October 2026, record an actual visit. We set aside two that used the name only as the ordinary word for 'plan B', and did not count seven listicles or write-ups.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address부산광역시 수영구 광안해변로 237, 3층 301호 (민락동, 테마타워)237 Gwanganhaebyeon-ro, Suyeong-gu, Busan
- Phone051-756-5016
- Typical spend₩5,500 – ₩9,500
- Floor areaFloor area 158 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 4 posts: 2 wrote 11:00–22:00, 2 wrote Daily 11:00–22:00.
| No day given | 11:00–22:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Daily | 11:00–22:00 | |
| Last order | 21:30 | 4 of 4 posts |
Rows without a count: 2 of 4 posts.
Counted from what bloggers wrote in their posts; we did not confirm it with the restaurant. Where the values differ, it may be a change over time rather than a disagreement, so we show when each one was written.
What sets it apart
- The window is why people come, and it's where they compete. Nine of the eleven visit posts say they could see the Gwangan Bridge through the glass. One post counted exactly four front-row window seats. Five posts got a window seat. Two of those are the same blogger writing up one visit twice; they arrived right at opening. One couple moved over the moment a seat freed up, and one solo visitor happened to find one free at 6:30 pm. Three posts sat further back but said the full-height glass still gave them the sea. One post saw customers turn around and leave when the window seats were taken.
- It's one item per person. Three posts mention it: one saw the notice at the top of the menu, one called it mandatory, and one ordered a coffee and a black-sesame cake because of it.
What 10 bloggers said
americano
Comfortable seating
We read all 10 in full. The most common claims are “Comfortable seating” (1) and “Roomy” (1).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Things you can check on site
- Large windows 9 of 10 posts
- One dish per person 3 of 10 posts
- Toilet inside 1 of 10 posts
- Lift to the floor 1 of 10 posts
- Cooked to order 1 of 10 posts
- Phone charging 1 of 10 posts
- Foreign customers in the room 1 of 10 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Parking
1 posts say you cannot park. None say you can.
| Posts saying you cannot | 1 of 10 posts |
|---|
One post says the building offers no parking. Both posts that came by car parked in public lots and walked: one walked 20 to 25 minutes from a lot near Suyeong Station, the other used the public lot next to the Millak raw-fish market.
Who came, and with whom
- Date 3 of 10 posts
- Came by car 2 of 10 posts
- Solo visit 1 of 10 posts
- With a friend 1 of 10 posts
Where it is
We could not find this shop’s own listing on Naver Map, so the link searches for its Korean name around this spot instead.
Getting inside
| Lift to the floor | 1 of 10 posts |
|---|---|
| Toilet inside | 1 of 10 posts |
The café is on the building's third floor; one post followed the lobby directory and another took the elevator. No post mentions seating on another level or a basement.
Nobody wrote about a step at the entrance or getting in with a wheelchair or stroller. One post says they took an elevator from the ground floor to the third. That means no one recorded it, not that access is impossible.
One post says the restroom is inside the café and well kept. Nobody mentioned whether it is split by gender.
No one mentioned: Second floor · In a basement · Ramp at the door · Step at the entrance · Step-free access · Accessible toilet · Separate restrooms. That is not the same as there being none — it means we could not confirm it. Worth calling ahead, and do tell us: we will put it here.
How to read these posts
- Posts saying they paid themselves2 of 10 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way8 of 10 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 17 posts we gathered, 7 went up on a single day right after a TV spot and show no sign of a visit. They retell the broadcast, so we left them out of the counts.
We do not discard them. That a TV spot produced a burst of posts is itself something worth knowing about a place, and a star rating will not show it.
When the posts appeared
Month by month
| Month | Posts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 5 |
| 2026-10 | 3 |
What we do not know
- No visit post describes getting there by subway or bus. The line '10 minutes on foot from Gwangan Station on Line 2' comes from one post's copied info box, so we don't rely on it.
- No post describes a line at the door. One blogger couldn't get in on an earlier trip because it was full, and a June post found it very crowded. A weekday 1 pm visit found it not too busy. The waiting seems to be for window seats rather than for entry.
- Six posts give the opening hours as 11:00 to 22:00, and five of them put last order at 21:30. Most of these are copied info boxes or listicles. Only one post says there is no regular closing day.
- Two posts list the phone as 0507-1356-0286 and one as 010-2553-0286. No one reserved a table. One write-up, not a visit, says whole cakes can be ordered by phone.
- Opinions on the gâteaux differ. The three posts that ate one each said something different: dense and mildly sweet, filling for hours; a dry, crumbly chocolate base; tastes nothing like cake, more like a very plain rice cake. The 'six promises' (zero sugar, no wheat flour, gluten-free and so on) are the café's own claims, which posts repeated, so we didn't count them.
- Several Gwangalli drone-show and ocean-view café listicles include 'review' quotes about this place. They aren't visit records and look invented, so we left them out.
Sources (10)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- [부산 광안리 카페] 광안대교 뷰 맛집, 제로슈가 갸또가 맛있는 "차.... 2026-10-05 · 해보고 싶었던 것들
- 부산여행 일정 :: 뉴시즈남포 부평시장 카페해방 부산타워 이재모피.... 2026-10-03 · 모이다모이 ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
- 광안리 데이트마다 꼭 가는 카페 차선책 소개해드려요 2026-10-02 · 감자씨와 토마토씨 · via Daum
- 광안리 오션뷰 카페 차선책 데이트 코스 | 주차, 메뉴, 콘미엘 후기 2026-09-29 · 윤유유의 여유로운 기록
- 차선책 본점 광안대교가 한 눈에 보이는 오션뷰 광안리카페 추천 내.... 2026-09-25 · 모이다모이 ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
- 부산 광안리 1박 2일이면 진짜 충분할 줄 알았지 2026-09-21 · 제태크에 빠진 20대 야친자
- 22. + 부산 혼자 뚜벅이 2026-09-13 · ･•˚‧｡♥
- [부산 2박 3일 여행] 광안리 오션뷰 카페 차선책부터 요트투어, 료칸.... 2026-09-04 · 돈으로 행복사기
- 🌊 광안리에서 시작하고 광안리에서 끝나는 부산 뚜벅이 1박2일 여행(켄트호텔 광안리) 2026-06-30 · 湞 · via Daum
- 차선책 본점 : 광안리 오션뷰 광안대교뷰 카페 추천 저당 초코말차갸또 후기 2026-05-02 · 일단 먹고 보자 · via Daum
Of 363 candidate posts we opened 120 and kept 10 as evidence. We have not seen them all yet; another pass would add more.