Gilpost · Jongno-gu, Gahoe-dong
Cafe
LOW ROOF
로우루프 Rourupeu A four-storey cafe in Bukchon whose back door opens onto the courtyard of Hwigyeomjae, an early-modern hanok.
Data as of · Published ·
Low Roof — the name means what it says — is a cafe on the main road below Gahoe-dong cathedral in Bukchon. It occupies one whole white box of a modern building, and behind it stands Hwigyeomjae, an early-modern hanok (the Han family house, a Seoul folk cultural property) whose courtyard and side rooms belong to the cafe too. You order at a kiosk on the ground floor and sit on the second or fourth; two writers note that the third is staff space, not seating. Coffee and tea, and desserts built on Korean ingredients — black sesame, mugwort, sikhye rice punch, yakgwa. Ten to eight, closed Mondays. The posts we read run from November 2025 to September 2026.
The basics
| Address | 서울특별시 종로구 북촌로 46-1, 1,2,4층 (가회동) 46-1 Bukchon-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul |
|---|---|
| Phone | 02-767-0709 |
| Typical spend | ₩3,200 – ₩12,600 |
| Floor area | 292 m² |
| Status | In business |
2 posts say it is walkable from the station.
When it opens
Of 7 posts: 6 wrote 10:00–20:00.
| Open | 10:00–20:00 6 of 7 posts last seen 2026-09 | |
|---|---|---|
| Last order | 19:30 6 of 6 posts last seen 2026-09 | |
| Closed | Monday 7 of 7 posts last seen 2026-09 |
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.
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
- People come here for the hanok courtyard at the back. Six posts write about the outdoor seats, and two of those never sat indoors at all. Two writers went into the rooms and sat on the floor; one, visiting in winter, describes the ondol — hot floor, cold nose. But Hwigyeomjae is frequently booked out for exhibitions, pop-ups and weddings. Two writers found it closed on the day. One of them said beforehand that without the hanok the prices would not be worth it; a wedding was being set up, and they took a table outside the wall instead.
- Seven writers describe the windows. What you see changes with the floor: the second looks onto the lane and the courtyard, and one writer reports that the fourth opens on three sides — Bugaksan to the west, the Han family house to the east. Another calls the interior unremarkable, then says that seems to be the point: nothing inside competes with what is outside.
- The ground floor is for ordering. Four writers mention the kiosk; one says the buzzer still reaches you out in the hanok courtyard. Whether there is seating down there is disputed: one says a few seats, another says none at all — just the counter.
- Three writers noticed foreign visitors. One, there in deep winter, says the street was thick with them; another describes a tour group and their guide filling the ground floor with noise for a while.
- Two writers call it on the expensive side. The coffee is not out of line for Bukchon at 5,300 won, but the desserts run 9,000 to 12,600. One suggests sticking to drinks rather than forcing a dessert; another says the real draw here is the space and the view, not the plate.
What 21 bloggers said
We read all 21 in full. The most common claims are “Quiet” (4) and “Roomy” (4).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Things you can check on site
| Large windows | 7 of 21 posts |
|---|---|
| Outdoor terrace seating | 6 of 21 posts |
| Self-order screen | 4 of 21 posts |
| Foreign customers in the room | 3 of 21 posts |
| Reachable by transit | 2 of 21 posts |
| Floor seating | 2 of 21 posts |
| Toilet inside | 2 of 21 posts |
| Open kitchen | 1 of 21 posts |
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
What people order
The most ordered dish is americano (아메리카노) — 5 of 21 posts.
The prices here are what bloggers wrote down in their posts, and they may have changed since. Check Naver Place for the current menu and prices. This list is not a menu board — it counts what bloggers actually ordered and ate. Check on Naver Place
Sweet things
To drink
Who came, and with whom
| Group visit | 3 of 21 posts |
|---|---|
| With a friend | 2 of 21 posts |
| Family visit | 1 of 21 posts |
| Date | 1 of 21 posts |
| Solo visit | 1 of 21 posts |
Getting there
Getting inside
| Toilet inside | 2 of 21 posts |
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One building, but the cafe is spread up it. You order on the ground floor and sit on the second or the fourth; two writers say the third is staff-only — though two others say they sat on the third, so people count the floors differently. Not one post says whether there is a lift. The only movement anyone describes is up and down the stairs.
Not one of the twenty-nine posts mentions a threshold, a ramp, a wheelchair or a pushchair. The only thing close is a line about stone steps up through the hanok garden. We do not know whether you can get in — that is not the same as saying you cannot. It is that nobody has written it down.
All we know is that the toilets are inside. One writer only went in because she needed one, and stayed; another says a member of her party found the ground-floor toilet busy and went up to the fourth — so there is more than one. The claim that they are separated by sex appears once, copied straight off a Naver facilities list, and nobody checked it with their own eyes.
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 · 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 themselves3 of 21 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way18 of 21 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 26 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 |
|---|---|
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 2 |
| 2026-02 | 3 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 11 |
What we do not know
- How full it is depends entirely on when you come. Three posts address seating and they do not contradict each other: one arrived around lunch, found the second and fourth floors full and left without ordering; one found no empty table outside; one came on a weekday afternoon and had the room largely to themselves. Another writer got a seat just before noon and watched it fill up right after. Nobody describes queueing — it seems to be a place where, if there is no table, people move on.
- Only two writers describe their own way here. One took a village bus to the Gahoe-dong community centre and walked the short rest; the other came along the Changdeokgung wall on foot. The rest copy a map — 429 metres from exit 2 at Anguk, about eight minutes' walk. We have not checked those numbers ourselves.
- What is listed and what one person met are not the same. A post that copies Naver's facilities list includes wi-fi — and the same writer, sitting by the window, says she could not get online and gave up on working. Whether it works on other days we cannot say: this is the only post that mentions the internet at all.
- No post here discloses sponsorship; three say they paid their own way. The other nineteen say nothing either way. Of the twenty-nine posts, we dropped seven from the count: four are round-ups of Bukchon cafes and walks, one is a palace-opening guide whose cafe photos are labelled in its own text as supplied by the business, and two are template-written. One of the templates answers its own questions — pets are fine on the terrace, no reservations, first come first served — and none of the other twenty-eight posts mentions pets or reservations at all. It sounds right. We did not check it.
Sources (21)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 로우 루프, 오설록 티하우스, 그리고 북촌 이야기 2026-09-28 · ♬ 세상을 담자~ · via Daum
- 종로/북촌, 로우루프, 코코넛 크로와상 2026-09-26 · Suits me FINE · via Daum
- 급 춘천행 > 국현미 전시 > 여의도 불꽃축제. 아직 갈곳이 많아 📂 2026-09-22 · 얌후지게 (Yamhujigae) · via Daum
- 산책단쌤들과의 만남♡ 2026-09-21 · My Pensive · via Daum
- 경복궁 2026-09-19 · Happy ending is mine · via Daum
- 로우루프☕️안국카페 종로카페 휘겸재 이쁜카페 2026-09-19 · 나뇽쓰 _ 인생일지 · via Daum
- 안국역 한옥카페 로우루프, 가을에 더 좋은 창덕궁길 테라스카페 북촌한옥마을 내돈내산 2026-09-14 · 김탐정의 수사일지 · via Daum
- 주말은 조금 느리게 흘러도 좋다, 안국 로우루프 2026-09-14 · 햇님이의 일상
- 국현미근처카페 추천 북촌 카페 로우 루프(LOW ROOF) 2026-09-12 · 참새로운 블로그 · via Daum
- 주말 데이트 북촌 나들이 갤러리 전시구경 2026-09-10 · 미 로 그 ✨ · via Daum
- 안국 맛집 추천 대장장이 화덕피자 로우루프 2026-09-03 · 도카이의 일상 재테크 기록 · via Daum
- 서울 종로 가볼만한곳 북촌 데이트 북촌한옥마을 코스 3 2026-08-10 · Today's trip 오늘의 여행
- 종로 북촌 [로우루프 ] 2026-07-31 · 똥꼬발랄명랑
- [북촌 카페] 로우루프 — 더티초코 뺑오쇼콜라, 딸기 라테 2026-07-20 · 기억의 언저리쯤
- 안국역 북촌 카페,로우루프 LOW ROOF휘겸재 한옥뷰 감성 카페 내돈내.... 2026-04-14 · 60대, 오늘도 우아하게
- 안국역 야외공간에서 즐길수 있는 운치, 현대와 전통이 만나는카페 .... 2026-02-26 · lake의 라이프ㅡ인생을 여행처럼
- 북촌 카페 로우루프 | 창밖으로 한옥뷰 보이는 미술관 감성 카페 2026-02-23 · 삼송댁이야기 · via Daum
- 가회동 카페 | 로우루프 - 북악산 보이는 예쁜 카페 2026-02-08 · Rest / Sip / Vibe
- 안국역 북촌 한옥카페 로우루프 휘겸재 테라스 후기 2025-12-06 · 참새들의 방앗간
- 삼청동 한옥카페 추천, 북촌 로우루프 휘겸재 솔직리뷰 2025-12-01 · Hey의 리뷰리뷰
- 한옥 감성 가득한 북촌 로우루프카페, 가회동 한씨가옥 휘겸재 감성.... 2025-11-24 · 행복의 유효시간은 지금
Of 337 candidate posts we opened 69 and kept 21 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.