Gilpost · Jongno-gu, Ikseon-dong
Cafe
Cheongsudang
청수당 Cheongsudang can be read as 'hall of clear water' (cheongsu, clear water; dang, hall), which fits the bamboo path, pond and stepping stones visitors walk through.
Compiled from 10 blog posts read in fullSources →
Cheongsudang is a hanok bakery-cafe deep in the Ikseon-dong lanes off Donhwamun-ro 11na-gil, across from Oncheonjip. You walk in along a bamboo path and stepping stones over a pond, and two posts say to claim a seat before ordering. Prices visitors wrote down: matcha fromage cake 15,800 won, strawberry fromage cake 19,800 won, stone drip coffee 6,500 won, stone drip egg coffee 7,800 won, volcanic-stone matcha ice cream 9,800 won. We read 30 posts dated 29 September to 9 October 2026; 10 of them describe an actual visit. We set aside 4 posts about the Aewol, Gimpo and Changwon branches and 2 posts that were really about other businesses.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 종로구 돈화문로11나길 31-9, 1층 (익선동)31-9 Donhwamun-ro 11na-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
- Phone0507-1318-8215
- Typical spend₩6,500 – ₩19,800
- Floor areaFloor area 92 m² · Status In business
What sets it apart
- There are fish in the pond. Five of the ten visits mention them — koi and goldfish under the entrance stepping stones, and more koi in the pond along the path from the main building to the annexes.
- It is crowded but large. Three visitors called it big, one noting a seat 'comes up soon' because the place is so roomy. One Saturday visitor at about 3:30 pm found the main building full but two annexes with two or three two-person tables free each. Another mentioned sunny floor seating.
- Of four posts that touch on waiting, two say they waited for a table to free up; neither gave a time. One visitor on a weekday afternoon before the Chuseok holiday found every seat taken.
- Two of the three posts that discuss price found it high — one groaned at 19,800 won for the strawberry cake, another said prices run 'a bit high'. A slice of cake and a drink comes to roughly 22,000 to 30,000 won.
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- Three visits were with family — one with an 85-year-old grandmother, one with a younger sibling, one with an older sister. Two were with friends and one was a date.
What 10 bloggers said
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Roomy
We read all 10 in full. The most common claims are “Roomy” (3) and “Sweet” (2).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Things you can check on site
- Coffee served 7 of 10 posts
- Resident dog or cat 5 of 10 posts
- Foreign customers in the room 1 of 10 posts
- Floor seating 1 of 10 posts
- Outdoor terrace seating 1 of 10 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Who came, and with whom
- Family visit 3 of 10 posts
- With a friend 2 of 10 posts
- Date 1 of 10 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.
Getting inside
No post says what floor the seating is on or whether there are stairs — not that there are none, just that nobody wrote it down.
Nobody reports getting in with a wheelchair or stroller. The entrance is a path of round stepping stones over water, and the visitor who came with her 85-year-old grandmother warned to watch your footing. No one mentioned a step at the door.
No post says where the toilets are or whether they are separated by gender.
No one mentioned: Second floor · In a basement · 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 themselves2 of 10 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way8 of 10 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 24 posts we gathered, 14 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.
| 2026-10-08 | 4 posts in one day |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-06 | 3 posts in one day |
| 2026-10-04 | 2 posts in one day |
| 2026-10-02 | 3 posts in one day |
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 |
|---|---|
| 2026-10 | 10 |
What we do not know
- Not a quiet spot: one Saturday visitor described it as buzzing and noisy, and no one called it quiet.
- One visitor complained the wooden chairs have a bolt-upright back; no other post mentioned the chairs.
- None of the visitors described the walk from a station or bus stop; the 'near Jongno 3-ga station' line comes only from list posts.
- Two visitors copied opening hours, and they disagree on closing: 19:00 (last order 18:30) versus 20:00 (last order 19:30). Both say it opens at 10:30. List posts add 18:30 and 21:00 to the mix.
- Two posts copied the number 0507-1318-8215. No one said whether reservations are taken.
- Nearly half the posts about this place are neighbourhood or cafe round-ups by people who did not visit, copying hours, prices and parking from listings — one still carries its AI image captions. We did not count them.
Sources (10)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 익선동 온천집 내돈내산 후기, 세 번 만에 성공한 웨이팅·익선동 데.... 2026-10-09 · A Kind Couple
- 서울 종로3가 나들이 1편｜85세 할머니와 함께한 탑골공원·익선동·.... 2026-10-09 · 2025년 고객만족 대상 금강보청기 계양센터
- 오늘도 익선동 2026-10-08 · 낯선 길 위에 서면...
- [익선동 맛집&카페] 온천집 샤브샤브부터 맞은편 청수당 디저트까지.... 2026-10-07 · Don’t Worry Be Happy
- 04. 다시, 다시 만나(with. 버블냥) 2026-10-06 · Eternal Archive
- 힙지로에서 익선동 청수당, 청계천 지나 광화문까지 2026-10-06 · econnomad님의 블로그
- 익선동 화덕피자 존맛집, 한옥카페, 산책 | 지오쿠치나, 청수당, 서.... 2026-10-05 · 돈 잘 쓰는 사람의 돈 쓴 기록
- 익선동 한옥카페 [청수당 베이커리] 내돈내산 솔직 후기 2026-10-03 · 유애의 이모저모
- 서울 | 종로3가역 | 자연과 함께 커피한잔 "청수당 베이커리" 2026-10-03 · log:
- 9월달 일기를 씁시다 2026-10-01 · 블로그를 써요 · via Daum
Of 297 candidate posts we opened 92 and kept 10 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.