Gilpost · Namwon-si, Dotong-dong
Cafe
Cafe Geu Roastery
카페 그 로스터리 러브 피스 리스펙트 Kape Geu Roseuteori Reobeu Piseu Riseupekteu Hanok cafe and roastery; the owners shorten Love Peace Respect to LOPERE
Compiled from 27 blog posts read in fullSources →
Cafe Geu Roastery Love Peace Respect is a hanok café in Dotong-dong, Namwon, on the lane between the town hall and the Useong apartments. It is a converted house, and the yard of white gravel makes it recognisable from the road. It opened on 14 September 2025. The two owners roast their own coffee; every bread and biscuit is made with wholemeal from Gurye. You choose your bean, and there are more than twenty desserts. Dogs are allowed inside. Ten in the morning until ten at night, closed Mondays. We read twenty-nine posts, from September 2025 to August 2026.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address전북특별자치도 남원시 용성로 221-60 (도통동)221-60 Yongseong-ro, Namwon-si, Jeonbuk-do
- Phone063-626-8466
- Typical spend₩3,800 – ₩8,500
- Floor areaFloor area 65 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 17 posts: 13 wrote Weekdays 10:00–22:00, 12 wrote Saturday 10:00–22:00, 11 wrote Sunday 12:00–21:00.
| Weekdays | 10:00–22:00 | 13 of 17 posts |
|---|---|---|
| No day given | 10:00–22:00 | 3 of 17 posts |
| Saturday | 10:00–22:00 | 12 of 17 posts |
| Sunday | 12:00–21:00 | 11 of 17 posts |
| Closed | Monday | 16 of 16 posts |
1 other values
| Open | Sunday | 10:00–22:00 2 of 17 posts last seen 2026-01 |
|---|
The values differ, but the periods they were written in do not overlap. This looks like a change over time rather than a disagreement, and the top row is the most recently reported. We did not confirm it with the restaurant.
These hours are counted from the posts we read. Shops change them without notice — check Naver Place before you go. 
Place — check hours
What sets it apart
- Dogs come inside, and seven writers brought their own. None of this is copied from a listing — all seven name their dog and photograph it. Two say there is almost nowhere else in Namwon that allows it, and one contrasts it with places where "it's the terrace only, or the drinks are bad, or the room is miserable — here the drinks are good and the dog comes in." The same relief keeps surfacing: "at other dog cafés you hold them the whole time and feel watched — not here"; "just knowing nobody was going to look at us made the afternoon easier"; "we were treated kindly and nobody stared, so we could take our time." Four describe the owners making a fuss of the dog. But nobody says whether there are size or breed limits, or whether a carrier is required — two phoned to ask before coming, one brought a carrier, one a pet stroller.
- Ten writers describe the owners, and the details repeat. One was talked through how to drink her coffee and given a rinse cup — "I have never been given rinse water in a café before." One saw a customer who could not manage the kiosk helped through it. Three note the drinks are carried to the table. One was offered a taste of the bread before choosing. Two writers, in separate posts, asked to charge a phone and were lent the owner's own power bank — "first café that's ever handed me a battery brick"; "an absolute saint, the kind of owner who makes you want to come back." Three mention there are two owners, a couple; one says they did the building work themselves; one says a member of staff makes the candles on the tables.
- There are books shelved into the pillars, and you can take one down. Five writers mention it: "even the posts are put to work — and it isn't only magazines and theory, there's actually something to read"; "I took one I liked and read it; coming alone I concentrated better"; "the sort of table where you'd read a book you'd been putting off." One writer thinks the place means to be more than a café — an October 2025 post copies out a notice about a bookshop the owners are connected to, and another, spotting a guitar and an amp, wonders whether they put on music. Nobody reports actually seeing a performance.
- A yard of white gravel, with tables outside. Seven writers mention it; the map listing itself is titled "hanok café with a white-gravel yard". One outdoor table is dressed as a miniature beach — "you only see it up close." Two mention a photo spot beside the entrance. But it is always in the conditional: "it would be lovely out here in summer", "on a nice day you could bring the dog into the yard". Not one writer says they actually sat outside. How many tables, and whether there is shade, we do not know.
6 more
- One wall is glass and the light comes through it. Eight writers say so — "a sunshine trap", "hanok plus a glass wall, which somehow makes you slow down", "the afternoon light softens everything." Three remark on the exposed roof beams above. Do not expect a view, though: an October 2025 writer notes flatly that "the glass is pretty but it's an apartment block out there." It is: the Useong and Buyeong estates face the lane.
- Write a Naver receipt review and you get a scourer — made from the shop's own coffee sacks. Six writers mention it and call it the "sunshine scourer": "they weave it from the offcuts of the green-bean sacks; properly zero-waste, and you can buy one separately." One says she has never seen a review gift like it. In the opening weeks you could take a dessert instead — a September 2025 post says "a scourer or one dessert"; the five later posts mention only the scourer. One notes the kiosk gives 5% back in points.
- The owners hold the Q Arabica Grader certificate. Two writers mention it, one copying the menu card — "two Q-graders pick the specialty greens, and we roast and brew them ourselves" — and one confirming it in person: "an internationally issued coffee grader's licence. Of course the coffee is good." Three writers saw the roaster in the room, and two note you can buy beans to take home. Two came because someone had told them the coffee was worth the trip.
- You order at a kiosk, but there is a handwritten menu you can carry to your table. Eight writers mention the kiosk; seven mention the card, written out by hand with little drawings — "you can tell how long it took", "the descriptions and the pictures make choosing easy." Three say there is too much to decide standing up, and an October 2025 writer only found the card after she had already ordered. One item per person is expected — one writer says so. One notes you return your tray to the counter; two point out the self-serve station for water and napkins.
- The Namwon local gift voucher is accepted. Three writers say so, and two add that the 2025 recovery-coupon scheme worked here too. All three posts are from between September and December 2025, so whether it still applies, we do not know.
- The owners ran a café called "Geu" in Seoul and moved it here. A March 2026 writer sets down what she was told: "they had Cafe Geu in Seoul, ran into one thing after another, and came a long way round before settling in Namwon." Only one post says this, so we pass it on as that. It also explains the "Geu" in the name. What stood on the site before, writers do not agree on: a Vietnamese noodle shop, says one; "some red-bean place, was it?", says another; "a restaurant of some kind", says a third.
What 27 bloggers said
Basque cheesecake
Friendly staff
We read all 27 in full. The most common claims are “Friendly staff” (10) and “Would return” (8).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Things you can check on site
- Large windows 8 of 27 posts
- Toilet inside 8 of 27 posts
- Self-order screen 8 of 27 posts
- Dogs allowed 7 of 27 posts
- Outdoor terrace seating 7 of 27 posts
- Review event 6 of 27 posts
- Books to read 5 of 27 posts
- Phone charging saying it is not 3 of 27 posts
- Local currency accepted 3 of 27 posts
- Seats to sit and eat 2 of 27 posts
- Separate restrooms 1 of 27 posts
- Chef credentials 2 of 27 posts
- Relocated 1 of 27 posts
- One dish per person 1 of 27 posts
- Takeout 1 of 27 posts
- Wine served 1 of 27 posts
- Seasonal decorations 1 of 27 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Parking
3 posts say you can park; 13 say you cannot. We leave the disagreement standing rather than picking a side.
| Posts saying you can park | 3 of 27 posts |
|---|---|
| Posts saying you cannot | 13 of 27 posts |
There is no car park. Sixteen posts raise the subject and thirteen say there is none — "no parking, use the verge", "no dedicated parking", "the one drawback is the parking." Where to leave it is consistent: the town hall's first or second municipal lot, the street lot beside the Useong apartments, or a marked space on the lane. The three that do not say "none" are describing those same municipal lots. Distance and cost drift a little: two say a minute on foot, one says about three minutes and free, one warns the town-hall lot marked P "may charge a little." One post, written without visiting, claims there is ample parking beside the building. There is not, and we removed that post from the count.
Who came, and with whom
- Date 5 of 27 posts
- With a friend 3 of 27 posts
- Family visit 2 of 27 posts
- Solo visit 2 of 27 posts
Where it is
Getting inside
| Toilet inside | 8 of 27 posts |
|---|---|
| Separate restrooms | yes 1 · no 1 (of 27 posts read) |
No writer says what floor it is on. The registered address — 221-60 Yongseong-ro — carries no floor, and in twenty-nine posts nobody describes climbing stairs or going down. It is a converted house, and three writers describe a ceiling open all the way to the rafters, which suggests a single storey; but nobody states it.
Nobody says whether there is a step at the door. In twenty-nine posts the words for threshold, kerb, ramp and wheelchair never appear. We know it is a converted hanok house and that the yard is gravel — seven writers describe the gravel, and one pushed a pet stroller across it and inside. That single line is all we have. It means something on wheels crossed the gravel and reached the door; whether there is a step at that door, we still do not know. That is not the same as saying there is none.
The lavatory is inside, and eight writers saw it for themselves. One describes the wooden door; one was taken aback by the traditional latch — "very committed to the concept; I'd never seen one"; one laughed at the figurines in there; one says it is "cleaner than my bedroom and smells nice"; one simply calls it pleasant. Not one of these is copied from a listing. But two of them flatly contradict each other on whether it is divided by sex: an October 2025 writer says "one each for men and women, inside"; a February 2026 writer says "one unisex, inside, kept spotless." Whether that changed in four months or one of them misread it, we do not know. None of the eight mentions an accessible toilet.
No one mentioned: Second floor · In a basement · Lift to the floor · Ramp at the door · Step at the entrance · Step-free access · Accessible toilet. 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 themselves5 of 27 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way22 of 27 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 28 posts we gathered, 1 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 |
|---|---|
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 2 |
| 2025-11 | 3 |
| 2025-12 | 5 |
| 2026-01 | 3 |
| 2026-02 | 3 |
| 2026-03 | 3 |
| 2026-04 | 3 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
What we do not know
- It has three names. The business is registered as Love Peace Respect; the sign and all twenty-nine posts call it Cafe Geu Roastery Love Peace Respect; the map listing says Cafe Geu Roastery. Six writers complain about the length — "absurdly long", "where does the name even end?", "I've been several times and it still won't stick." The shop has given up too and pushes "Lopere", from LOve PEace REspect: the Instagram handle is cafe_geu_roastery_lopere and the drinks are named for it. Two writers advise simply searching "Namwon cafe-geu" or "Namwon love peace".
- The sockets are at the solo bar seats only. Bring a laptop and you must choose your table. A November 2025 writer found one at the single-seat counter and worked there happily. An April 2026 writer, at one of the round tables, "couldn't plug in anywhere — which at least made me finish before the battery died." Two others asked to charge a phone and were lent the owner's power bank; one of them was told outright that there is no charger. Four people are describing the same thing: outside the solo seats, there is nowhere to plug in. How many sockets there are, nobody counted.
- Four writers call it expensive and none call it cheap. "A long drinks list and pricey with it — apart from the ₩4,500 Americano everything starts at ₩6,000." "Dearer than I expected; about Starbucks, maybe a bit above." "The prices mean I can't come often." And of the bingsu: "₩19,500 for two struck me as a lot at first." Two say the portions are small — a cup you could finish in three sips; "small for the money." Yet three of the four turn around inside the same sentence, once they have read what goes into it: worth it for the ingredients, worth coming back for. One party of three ordered three drinks and two desserts and paid the high thirty-thousands.
- Writers disagree about the size, and the disagreement is not about how many seats but how far apart they are. Six say there are plenty — "loads of seats, no need to worry", "a neighbourhood café that's somehow roomy enough for people to study and hold meetings in." One says it is not big, "though there are a fair few tables." A February 2026 writer puts both halves in one sentence: "the room is large and there are plenty of seats, but they're close together." Chairs split the same way: two call them comfortable, while that same February writer says "there's no really comfortable seat here" and an October 2025 writer found some comfortable and some not. And on group tables: two describe a group area, while a third says there is none and that a party has to drag tables and chairs together.
- Four writers call it quiet; one says it echoes. The four are describing empty hours — "the cafés round Gwanghallu are a scrum at weekends; here you can drink your coffee in peace", "pretty, clean and quiet", "it was evening and there was nobody, so we took the big table by the window." The dissenter explains why: a September 2025 writer liked that the tables were decently spaced, "but the ceiling is open, so sound carries." It is a hanok with the beams exposed and nothing above them. Nobody describes it at its busiest, though one writer could not photograph the room on a weekday afternoon for the number of people in it, and two found it nearly full at lunchtime.
- Not one writer describes queueing. In twenty-nine posts the words for waiting or a queue never appear, and nobody says they could not get a table. Two did see it busy: one could not photograph the room on a weekday afternoon for the number of people in it (October 2025); one watched it fill to nearly full as lunchtime came round (December 2025). Two describe the opposite — "it was evening and there was nobody, so we took the big table by the window" (June 2026), "it was quiet enough that I wandered about taking photographs" (January 2026). Six writers say there are plenty of seats, so outside the lunch hour you would probably sit straight down; but since nobody has waited, we do not know. Nor does anyone mention booking or anywhere to wait.
- Not one writer says how to get here by bus or train. In twenty-nine posts, Namwon station, the bus terminal and route numbers never appear. Four give directions and all four are directions for someone driving: search the old lot number on the map; the lane between the Useong and Buyeong estates; the gravel-yard house next to the barbecue restaurant; near the town hall. Several say it is central — "right by the town hall, easy to drop in on" — but nobody says how long a walk it is from anywhere, and there is no mention of a taxi or a bicycle.
- Both complaints about the desserts come from the shop's first month. On 9 October 2025: "what disappointed me most wasn't the price but the taste — the matcha Basque needs more work. I don't usually leave cake and I left half. Instead of that soft Basque texture it was dry." On 16 October: "the matcha one wasn't sweet enough for me either." No post after November 2025 says anything like it — nine later writers ordered the same cake and called it dense, rich, properly bitter-sweet. There is one comparable note about the coffee: a February 2026 writer found the filter "acidic but thin in character, better as it cooled." Whether the kitchen changed or the palates differ, we cannot tell — we set down the dates as they are.
- The only thing that splits on hours is Sunday. Seventeen posts give hours; fifteen agree on 10:00–22:00 on weekdays and Saturdays, and sixteen agree that it closes on Mondays. For Sunday, ten say 12:00–21:00 and two say it is the same as any other day, 10:00–22:00 — one from October 2025, one from January 2026, so it is not a change over time either. One post puts closing at 20:00 (5 March 2026); the posts either side say 22:00, so it is probably a slip, but we could not prove it and left it in. A last order of 21:30 appears in exactly one post, from October 2025. If you mean to arrive on a Sunday morning, check first.
- No post declares sponsorship. Five of the twenty-nine state they paid; the other twenty-four say nothing. There is no same-day cluster of near-identical write-ups. We did remove one from the count: a piece built out of emoji headings and bullet points, with nothing ordered and no prices, hedging the hours as "10am–7pm (subject to change)" and the closing day as "there may be a regular closing day, check their social media." Decisively, it says there is ample parking beside the building — and thirteen people who actually went say there is no car park at all. It was written without going. That leaves twenty-nine posts by twenty-seven people; two writers posted twice, in December 2025 and August 2026, and in October 2025 and July 2026. Six of the posts cover several places at once, and in those we read only the passage about this café.
- Three different phone numbers appear, and we did not pick one. The licensing register lists 063-626-8466; three posts from February to April 2026 give 010-9067-5563; three from October to December 2025 give 0507-1326-4426. The 0507 is a safe-number service that forwards to a mobile; the 010 may be an owner's personal line. Which of the three is answered now, we have no way to check. If you need to ask something — two writers phoned before bringing a dog — the Instagram account, @cafe_geu_roastery_lopere, is the surer route.
Sources (27)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 남원 반려견 동반 카페 총정리｜몽이와 직접 다녀온 곳부터 앞으로 가보고 싶은 곳까지 2026-08-21 · 몽이랑나랑 · via Daum
- 남원 카페 추천 ㅣ 카페 그 로스터리, 도심 속 한옥에서 즐기는 진한.... 2026-08-12 · 소소일상
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- 남원 카페 추천, 커피가 맛있는 공간 '카페그 Roastery 러브 피스 리스펙트' 2026-03-05 · 선율의 아포리즘 · via Daum
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- 남원카페 | 남원시청 근처 신상 커피맛집, 카페 그 Rostery 러브피스리스펙트 2025-11-29 · today is, · via Daum
- 카페그 Roastery, 다양한 디저트와 커피가 맛있는 한옥 카페 2025-11-16 · 콩슐랭과 함께 · via Daum
- 남원_시청 근처 카페ㅣ러브 피스 리스펙트 2025-11-03 · popo:)
- 그냥 카페? NO! 복합 문화공간? YES!, cafe그 Roastery 러브 피스 리스펙트(방문 일자 : 2025.10.02.(목)) 2025-10-16 · 웰컴쀼의 다이어리 · via Daum
- 남원 신상카페｜cafe그 Roastery 러브 피스 리스펙트｜분위기 좋은 곳 2025-10-09 · 일상♡
- [전북/남원] 신상카페_카페그러브피스리스펙트 2025-09-26 · 잘 먹고 잘 살자
Of 121 candidate posts we opened 79 and kept 27 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.