Cafe
SAMUL
사월의물고기 Sawolui Mulgogi Sawol-ui mulgogi reads as 'April's fish', but the window lettering spells it '4 WALL FISH' — sa (four) and wol (wall) — a pun one visitor linked to the differently coloured walls inside.
Compiled from 19 blog posts read in fullSources →
A salt-bread bakery café on the ground floor of the Chunghun Building, right where Insadong-gil begins off Anguk Station exit 6. People come for the mugwort cream latte (7,800 won) or the black-sesame latte with a plain salt roll (3,800 won); an Americano was listed at 5,000 or 5,100 won. Posts up to July 2025 describe the old shop on the second floor of the same building, and posts from October 2025 on describe the ground-floor shop it moved into. We read 24 posts dated 16 February 2025 to 14 October 2026; 21 of them describe an actual visit.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 종로구 인사동길 62-5, 충훈빌딩 1층 (관훈동)62-5 Insadong-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
- Phone02-733-8520
- Typical spend₩3,800 – ₩7,800
- From the station10 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 130 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 7 posts: 3 wrote Daily 08:30–22:00.
| Daily | 08:30–22:00 | 3 of 7 posts |
|---|---|---|
| Last order | 20:30 | 2 of 2 posts |
1 other values
| Open | Daily | 12:00–21:00 2 of 7 posts last seen 2025-11 |
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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.
What sets it apart
- It is close to the subway. Ten posts describe walking from Anguk Station exit 6; some say one minute, some say right outside, and one puts it at 120 metres and four minutes toward Insadong-gil. One post adds that a bus stop is also close by.
- There is outdoor terrace seating, noted by four posts. One family parked their stroller beside an outside table so their child could nap while they had coffee, and wrote that other couples with strollers soon took the tables next to them.
- Since the move downstairs there is a range of seating. Seven posts mention it; one lists four-seat and two-seat tables, window seats looking onto tiled roofs, and a bar counter for solo visitors, and another saw people studying at the large tables.
- The windows are large. Five posts mention them; one says the walls are almost entirely glass, and two describe a view of traditional tiled roofs outside.
What 19 bloggers said
amerikano
Roomy
We read all 19 in full. The most common claims are “Roomy” (6) and “Returning customer” (3).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Things you can check on site
- Reachable by transit 10 of 19 posts
- Seats to sit and eat 7 of 19 posts
- Large windows 5 of 19 posts
- Outdoor terrace seating 4 of 19 posts
- Beer served 1 of 19 posts
- Foreign customers in the room 1 of 19 posts
- Relocated 1 of 19 posts
- Takeout 1 of 19 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Who came, and with whom
- With a friend 4 of 19 posts
- Date 2 of 19 posts
- Family visit 1 of 19 posts
- Came with children 1 of 19 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
It is close to the subway. Ten posts describe walking from Anguk Station exit 6; some say one minute, some say right outside, and one puts it at 120 metres and four minutes toward Insadong-gil. One post adds that a bus stop is also close by.
Getting inside
| In a basement | yes 0 · no 1 (of 19 posts read) |
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No post describes a step at the door or getting in with a wheelchair. One copied 'wheelchair-accessible entrance' from Naver Maps, but that is the shop's own listing, so we don't rely on it. The only stroller mention involves parking it by an outdoor table.
We don't know where the toilets are or what they're like. Two posts list separate men's and women's toilets, but they copied that from the shop's listing; nobody describes using them.
No one mentioned: Second floor · Lift to the floor · Ramp at the door · Step at the entrance · Step-free access · Toilet inside · 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 themselves9 of 19 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way10 of 19 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 22 posts we gathered, 3 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 |
|---|---|
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-04 | 2 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 8 |
| 2026-10 | 2 |
What we do not know
- Comments about the space depend on the period. In March 2025, when the café was still upstairs, one post said the tables were close together and the room was noisy. Since the October 2025 move to the ground floor, six posts called it roomy and one called it calm. Don't read the two periods together.
- The café moved within the same building. Posts up to April 2025 describe climbing to the second floor of the Chunghun Building; an October 2025 post says it had moved to the ground floor and reopened after a refit. That is the only post that confirms the ground floor first-hand. One August 2026 post still says second floor, but it conflicts with everything else from that period, so we treat it as copied old information.
- No post mentions waiting. That doesn't mean there's never a wait, only that no visitor wrote about one. A list post claims 30-minute waits on weekend afternoons, but it was compiled from other sources, so we didn't count it. One visitor found it easy to get a seat in the morning, and another said weekends are busy and weekdays quieter.
- Opening hours depend on when the post was written. Two posts from October and November 2025 give 12:00–21:00 daily with last orders at 20:30; four posts from July 2026 on give 08:30–22:00 daily. One September 2026 post alone gives an 08:00 opening. One visitor found it still open after 8 pm when other cafés nearby had closed, and another went early in the morning.
- Opinions on price are split. One post called it a bit pricey, one called it reasonable for the area, and one said it was slightly high but fine by Anguk standards. The Americano appears at both 5,000 and 5,100 won, and the figures don't line up by date, so we can't say whether the price went up.
- Five posts give the same phone number, 02-733-8520. None says whether the café takes reservations.
Sources (19)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
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- 인사동 사월의 물고기 카페 솔직 후기 힐링 맛집으로 추천 2025-11-16 · 샘돌이의 여행지도
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We opened all 508 candidate posts and kept 19 as evidence.