Gilpost · Yeongdeungpo-gu, 당산동5가
Cafe
MANHOLE COFFEE
맨홀커피 Maenhol Keopi Manhole is the English word for a sewer access hole; posts quote the house's own explanation that you lift the manhole cover and step down into an underground world, and the café does sit in a basement.
Compiled from 18 blog posts read in fullSources →
A specialty coffee café in the basement of the B-block shopping arcade at Dangsan Central I-Park, between Dangsan and Yeongdeungpo Market stations. Down the stairs and through a green door is a room dressed as an old English house — framed pictures, chandeliers, bookshelves. You order at the counter (two posts mention a tablet) and collect your drink when the buzzer goes. Americano is 5,800 won, an einspänner 7,500 and cheesecake 9,000, so a drink and a slice come to about 16,000 won. We read 30 posts from December 2025 to October 2026; 19 describe a visit. Six were about other businesses and five were lists or scraped pages, so we did not count them. The Western, Western Bookshop and Geisha Latte branches on Yeongdeungpo-ro 27-gil are separate shops and are not counted here.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 영등포구 영신로 247, 상가비동 지하1층 B101호 (당산동5가, 당산센트럴아이파크)247 Yeongsin-ro, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul
- Phone0507-1322-9427
- Typical spend₩5,500 – ₩12,000
- From the station1 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 179 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 10 posts: 9 wrote 12:00–22:00.
| No day given | 12:00–22:00 | 9 of 10 posts |
|---|---|---|
| Last order | 21:30 | 7 of 7 posts |
| Closed | 월요일·화요일 | 8 of 10 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
- Waiting depends on when you go. Two posts waited: once briefly on a full weekend, once in a walk-in-only line (no remote queueing) that moved because people gave up. Four did not wait, including a September 2026 weekday and a Friday after 4 p.m. in December 2025, when only two or three tables were free.
- There is a review promotion, noted by five posts: a receipt review on Naver earns a box of matches, a blog review earns a free americano.
- Six posts saw beer, whisky and cocktails on the menu, but none ordered alcohol.
What 18 bloggers said
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Clean
We read all 18 in full. The most common claims are “Clean” (3) and “Roomy” (2).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Where they disagree
| Had to wait | yes 2 · no 4 |
|---|
Things you can check on site
- In a basement 12 of 18 posts
- Beer served 6 of 18 posts
- Review event 5 of 18 posts
- Seats to sit and eat 4 of 18 posts
- Books to read 3 of 18 posts
- Toilet inside 3 of 18 posts
- Foreign customers in the room 2 of 18 posts
- Self-order screen 2 of 18 posts
- Separate restrooms 2 of 18 posts
- Takeout 2 of 18 posts
- Discount offered 2 of 18 posts
- Signed celebrity photos 2 of 18 posts
- Parking capacity 1 of 18 posts
- Reachable by transit 1 of 18 posts
- Air conditioned 1 of 18 posts
- High ceiling 1 of 18 posts
- Seasonal decorations 1 of 18 posts
- One dish per person 1 of 18 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. None say you cannot.
| Posts saying you can park | 3 of 18 posts |
|---|
Three posts parked here. The arcade lot has a barrier: two say you must first fetch a remote from the café to open it, and one says there are 4-6 surface spaces and the barrier opens by itself on the way out. Another admits to circling a while before working out how to get in.
Who came, and with whom
- With a friend 6 of 18 posts
- Came by car 2 of 18 posts
- Date 1 of 18 posts
- Family visit 1 of 18 posts
- Solo visit 1 of 18 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.
From the station
1 posts say it is walkable from the station.
Getting inside
| In a basement | 12 of 18 posts |
|---|---|
| Toilet inside | 3 of 18 posts |
| Separate restrooms | 2 of 18 posts |
It is underground: 12 posts describe going down to it. One says you turn twice on the stairs before the green door; several say that from street level it looks like the wrong building.
We don't know about wheelchair or stroller access. Several posts walked down stairs, but nobody said whether there is a lift, a ramp or a step at the door — which is not the same as saying there isn't one.
Three posts place the toilets inside the café, behind a partition near the entrance, left of the piano and roaster; two say they are separate for men and women. Two posts noticed walls of celebrity autographs on the way there.
No one mentioned: Second floor · 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 18 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way13 of 18 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 23 posts we gathered, 5 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 |
|---|---|
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 4 |
| 2026-10 | 12 |
What we do not know
- Opinions on size differ: two posts found it roomy (one citing the high ceiling), one said it is not large.
- It is a walk from the subway: one post took about 10 minutes from Dangsan Station exit 9, another called it a fair walk. Nobody came by bus.
- Opening hours are mostly copied from listing blocks. Nine 2026 posts give 12:00-22:00 (last order 21:30), closed Monday and Tuesday. Two December 2025 posts gave a 21:30 close (last order 21:00), and in September 2026 one post said Thursday-Sunday with Tuesday-Wednesday off while another gave 21:30. The listing itself says closures are announced on Instagram.
- Prices are on the high side: americano 5,800 won, latte 6,300, drip 9,000, cheesecake 9,000, matcha cheesecake 10,000. One group of three spent about 50,000 won on Geisha coffee — more than dinner, they said. Takeaway is 1,000 won off; decaf is 500 won extra.
- Four posts list the phone as 0507-1322-9427 and one as 02-6398-9427. Nobody said whether reservations are taken; one post noted there is no remote queueing, only walk-in waiting.
- Six posts came with friends, the most common case; one each came alone, with a mother, or with a partner.
Sources (18)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 2026.02ㅋㅎ 2026-10-21 · 소르비
- 서울 영등포구 분위기 좋은 북카페 [맨홀커피] 2026-10-20 · 우리의 다정한 하루
- 먹짱이 되다 2026-10-15 · 뉴뉴 라이프 · via Daum
- 멘홀커피 내돈내산 후기｜미리 즐기는 크리스마스 감성 카페 2026-10-15 · 갱이로그.zip
- 카페 '맨홀커피(당산 본점) '(해리포터느낌. 영국 빈티지 감성😊) 2026-10-13 · oksusume_님의 블로그 · via Daum
- [당산역] 맨홀 커피 후기, 분위기 좋은 카페부터 곱창, 망고빙수까지 2026-10-10 · 지향저격
- [일상] 서울 나들이 더현대 서울, 당산역 맨홀 커피, 전원짚불뼈구이.... 2026-10-09 · ❤ ʀ ᴀ ᴍ s ᴛ ᴏ ʀ ʏ ❤
- 되는 대로 행복 49 🚛 (9.1-9.30.) 2026-10-08 · 친절하지 않은 블로그 · via Daum
- 당산역 카페 맨홀커피｜아인슈페너가 맛있는 영등포 혼카페 2026-10-08 · 송파탐방러 피그라미
- [당산동, 당산역 & 영등포구청역] 맨홀커피(MANHOLE COFFEE) 2026.09 2026-10-08 · 관심
- 영등포카페, 영국 느낌 물씬나는 맨홀커피 본점 (내돈내산) 2026-10-07 · 미미공간
- 월간일기 : 9월 2026-10-06 · 지글지글 · via Daum
- 영국감성 당산 카페 맨홀커피 아인슈페너 말차치즈케이크 후기 2026-09-30 · 혠니 HYENILOG
- Dec ep.1) 정기검진 | 마곡 트레이더스 | 어드벤트 캘린더 선물!! | 첫눈.... 2026-09-23 · 썬데-모닝 묻
- [영등포/당산] 지하 세계에서 만난 영국감성 카페 맨홀커피(스페셜.... 2026-09-13 · 뭉지로그
- 영등포 [맨홀커피] 당산역 감성 카페 / 치즈케이크 맛집 2026-09-09 · en mi mente
- [당산역 카페] 맨홀커피｜킹스맨, 해리포터 감성 가득한 치즈케이크.... 2026-08-27 · 휘뚜루 마뚜루 (여행,맛집,일상)
- 서울 영등포 크리스마스 카페 트리 명소 맨홀커피 당산역 커피 디저.... 2025-12-20 · 여행기록가 옐로 ✶₊˚
Of 314 candidate posts we opened 93 and kept 18 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.