Gilpost · Mapo-gu, Donggyo-dong
Cafe
Golden Keurema
골든크레마 Golden crema is the golden-brown foam that sits on top of a shot of espresso.
Compiled from 9 blog posts read in fullSources →
Golden Crema is a café near exit 9 of Hongik University Station, taking up the second to fourth floors and the rooftop of 121 Eoulmadang-ro. There is no ground-floor space: you climb the stairs to the second floor, order at the counter and collect your drink when the buzzer goes. An americano was 5,000 won in a February 2025 post and 5,500 won from April 2026 on. The building often hosts game collaboration cafés and K-pop birthday cafés, and four of the nine first-hand visits were made during such events. We read 17 posts dated February 2025 to October 2026; nine describe an actual visit.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 마포구 어울마당로 121 (동교동, 2층,3층,4층)121 Eoulmadang-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul
- Phone02-322-6748
- Typical spend₩4,500 – ₩11,000
- From the station3 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 157 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 3 posts: 2 wrote Daily 09:30–23:00.
| Daily | 09:30–23:00 | 2 of 3 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
- Outside events the place reads as calm. Two posts call it quiet: one went on a packed day in Hongdae and found very few people even at peak time, with the person next to them working on a laptop for ages; the other found it calm at weekend lunchtime. A February 2025 visitor at 9:30 pm found no other customers on the second floor.
- All three posts that mention queuing were written during collaboration events: about 20 minutes during the April 2026 Trickcal event, and a long line and a moderate line during the May event. One ordinary visit found it nearly empty even at peak time, and one October 2026 event visitor was told to expect 30 minutes but walked straight in on returning later.
What 9 bloggers said
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Quiet
We read all 9 in full. The most common claims are “Had to wait” (3) and “Quiet” (2).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Where they disagree
| Roomy | yes 3 · no 2 |
|---|
Things you can check on site
- Second floor 8 of 9 posts
- Reachable by transit 3 of 9 posts
- Seats to sit and eat 3 of 9 posts
- In a basement saying it is not 2 of 9 posts
- Large windows 2 of 9 posts
- Toilet inside 1 of 9 posts
- Rooftop seating 1 of 9 posts
- Takeout 1 of 9 posts
- Signed celebrity photos 1 of 9 posts
- Foreign customers in the room 1 of 9 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Who came, and with whom
- Came with children 1 of 9 posts
- Family visit 1 of 9 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
3 posts say it is walkable from the station.
Getting inside
| Second floor | 8 of 9 posts |
|---|---|
| In a basement | yes 0 · no 2 (of 9 posts read) |
| Toilet inside | 1 of 9 posts |
Eight of the nine visits note that the café starts on the second floor. One writer says there is no ground-floor space and you climb the entrance stairs; another notes the ground floor of the building is a photo-booth shop. One was told after ordering on the second floor to go up to the third, and felt the second floor stays closed until the third fills up.
Three posts describe climbing stairs from the entrance to the second floor; none says whether there is a lift. Nobody wrote about getting in with a wheelchair or pushchair, so we do not know. Copied listing reviews mention steep stairs, but we did not count them.
One post puts the toilet near the entrance of the third floor and another found it fairly clean. No one says whether it is separated by gender.
No one mentioned: Lift to the floor · 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 themselves1 of 9 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way8 of 9 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 16 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 |
|---|---|
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 1 |
What we do not know
- Opinions on space split three to two. Both writers who called it small or cramped went during crowded collaboration events.
- On price it is one post against one: a February 2025 writer found the 5,000-won americano on the pricey side, while a September 2026 writer, paying 5,500 won, did not find it expensive for a main-street café. Bread-and-coffee sets were 9,000 and 9,500 won on the April 2026 menu.
- Staff split one to one: one post found friendly staff on every floor, another found the apparent owner couple unfriendly.
- Only one post says who they came with (their children). We have no gathered first-hand view on coming with friends, a partner or alone.
- Three posts give opening hours of 9:30 am to 11 pm daily, all copied from listing blocks. A February 2025 visitor was told the café closes at 11 and can be used until 10:40 pm. Collaboration events ran on their own 10 am to 10 pm schedule.
- The phone number 02-322-6748 appears only in one post's info block. One post describes reservations for the May 2026 collaboration event; nobody says whether the café takes bookings otherwise.
- Two May 2026 posts were generated from Naver listing data on the same template — identical phrasing, review counts and checklist — so we did not count them.
Sources (9)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 3주년 기념 트릭컬 리바이브×골든크레마 콜라보 까페 in 홍대 2026-10-06 · 어느 멋진 날 · via Daum
- 홍대입구역 대형카페 넓고 쾌적한 공간에서 맛있는 커피를 즐긴 홍대 카페 추천 [골든크레마] 2026-09-01 · 오늘만 사는 남자의 에너지 · via Daum
- "나이트메어 가든 티파티"리뷰 2026-05-05 · 팝업스토어 & 이벤트 Log
- 카오스 제로 나이트메어(카제나) 가든 티파티 홍대 골든 크레마 콜라보 카페 2026-05-01 · 미두의 일상 블로그 · via Daum
- 홍대 트릭컬 리바이브 × 골든 크레마 팝업 후기 | 무료 음료 제공 콜.... 2026-04-07 · 조각이의 일상
- 홍대입구역 9번 출구 근처 카페 골든크레마 내돈내산 방문 후기 2026-04-07 · Colorize my life
- 홍대 대화하기 좋은 카페 골든크레마 2026-03-22 · 이린일기 · via Daum
- 홍대 방탈출 이스케이퍼스 2호점 테라포밍마스 부터 장한평 홍대 건대에서 먹부림 2025-11-23 · 오늘도 먹고 보고 즐기는 리 · via Daum
- 홍대입구역 밤 11시까지 하는 카페 골든크레마 2025-02-11 · 화졍로그
We opened all 285 candidate posts and kept 9 as evidence.