Cafe
Paul Bassett
폴 바셋 교보문고합정점 Pol Basset Gyobomungo Hapjeongjeom Paul Bassett is a personal name used as the brand; Gyobomungo Hapjeong-jeom marks this as the branch by the Kyobo Bookstore in Hapjeong.
Compiled from 5 blog posts read in fullSources →
A Paul Bassett coffee and ice-cream café on the second basement level of Delight Square, right in front of Kyobo Bookstore and linked to Hapjeong Station by an underground passage. We read 27 posts from January 2025 to October 2026; 16 were about other shops on the same floor (Shabu in Seoul, VIPS, Tempo Coffee and others) and were set aside. Nine posts describe a visit here, mostly an ice cream or a drink after browsing the bookstore. Prices mentioned: milk ice cream cup 4,300 won, sweet-corn ice cream 4,800 won, berry ade 6,900 won.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 마포구 월드컵로1길 14 (합정동, 지하2층폴 바셋 B201-1호,2호,3호,4호,5호일부)14 World Cup-ro 1-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul
- TodayToday
- Phone02-332-3730
- Typical spend₩4,300 – ₩7,500
- From the station3 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 198 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 3 posts: 2 wrote Monday 10:00–21:00, 2 wrote Tuesday 10:00–21:00, 2 wrote Wednesday 10:00–21:00.
| Monday | 10:00–21:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday | 10:00–21:00 | |
| Wednesday | 10:00–21:00 | |
| Thursday | 10:00–21:00 | |
| Friday | 10:00–22:00 | |
| Saturday | 10:00–22:00 | |
| Sunday | 10:00–22:00 |
Rows without a count: 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
- You get here without going outside. Three posts describe the underground walk: one stayed dry on a rainy day by keeping to the passages, another says that from the Exit 8 side you take the escalator down toward Kyobo and the café is straight ahead.
- There are many kinds of seats. Four posts describe them: two- and four-seaters, a bar table, large tables good for laptops, soft sofas, and a wooden table wide enough to spread out a phone, bag and book. Two posts call the room large and two say the seats are comfortable. One plugged in a charger and stayed a long while.
What 5 bloggers said
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Comfortable seating
We read all 5 in full. The most common claims are “Comfortable seating” (2) and “Roomy” (2).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Things you can check on site
- Seats to sit and eat 4 of 5 posts
- In a basement 3 of 5 posts
- Reachable by transit 3 of 5 posts
- Phone charging 1 of 5 posts
- Self-order screen 1 of 5 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 2 of 5 posts
- Solo visit 1 of 5 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
| In a basement | 3 of 5 posts |
|---|
It is underground. Three posts describe going down to it. One post's info card says B1, but its own text, the other posts and the check-in address all put it on B2.
Nobody mentions a step at the door or coming in with a wheelchair or stroller. Posts mention the escalator down, but none describe a lift route. That means we don't know, not that there is none.
No post says whether there is a toilet inside the café or whether it is split by gender. We don't know.
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 themselves1 of 5 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way4 of 5 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 7 posts we gathered, 2 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 |
|---|---|
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 3 |
What we do not know
- Seats can run short. One post waited a little for a table on a weekend evening; another found it nearly full until people left for lunch. Nobody says how many minutes.
- Two posts went with friends and one alone; the rest do not say.
- The only prices posters paid and wrote down are 4,300 won for a milk ice cream cup, 4,800 won for sweet-corn ice cream and 6,900 won for a berry ade; one post called the price wicked. Lungo 5,300, latte 5,900 and ice-cream latte 7,500 won come from a copied listing.
- Opening hours are all copied. Two posts list Mon-Thu 10:00-21:00 and Fri-Sun 10:00-22:00; one lists 08:00-22:00 daily. No one says they checked.
- Posts about Shabu in Seoul on the same floor say its receipt gets 10% off drinks here, but no post about this café reports using it, so we did not count it.
- The phone number 02-332-3730 appears only in two copied info blocks; no post says whether they take reservations.
Sources (5)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 합정역 폴바셋 노트북 작업 카페 추천 + 커피큐브 우바아쌈밀크티 후기 2026-09-17 · 취미 많은 소비러의 경험 기록장 · via Daum
- 합정역 카페 추천 | 폴바셋(Paul Bassett) 신메뉴 유자그릭요거트 아이스크림 내돈내산 솔직후기 (합정... 2026-09-16 · 일상의 조각, 데이로그 · via Daum
- 서울 마포구 합정 카페｜폴 바셋 교보문고 합정점, 찾아오는 길, 밀크 아이스크림과 초당옥수수... 2026-09-01 · DIDI의 행복 탐방기 · via Daum
- 합정역에서 시간 애매하게 남았다면 여기 가세요, 폴바셋 교보문고 합정점 2026-08-19 · 파람의 문화공간 · via Daum
- 서울 합정동 - 샤브인서울에서 오랜 친구들과 속 편한 저녁 그리고 폴바셋 2026-02-20 · 민트초코칩 · via Daum
Of 452 candidate posts we opened 120 and kept 5 as evidence. We have not seen them all yet; another pass would add more.