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어니언 Eonion Onion is simply the English word for the vegetable, written in Hangul; none of the posts explain the name.
Compiled from 24 blog posts read in fullSources →
Onion Myeongdong is a bakery café that opened on 18 September 2026 on Myeongdong 10-gil, one alley off the main shopping street and across from Hamheung Myeonok. You pick bread on a tray and pay on the ground floor, order drinks separately at the second-floor coffee bar, then sit on the third floor, styled as an old Korean dabang tea room. Breads mostly run KRW 3,500–8,000; an Americano is KRW 5,500, sujeonggwa or omija sparkling KRW 10,000, leaf tea KRW 20,000. We read 30 posts dated 18 September to 9 October 2026, set aside 3 about other places (Onion's Mia branch, a Starbucks notice, a burger joint), and 24 describe an actual visit — all within the first three weeks of opening.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 중구 명동10길 35-18, 지하1,2층, 지상1,2층 (명동2가)35-18 Myeongdong 10-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul
- Phone070-7776-3264
- Typical spend₩2,500 – ₩20,000
- From the station1 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 805 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 12 posts: 7 wrote Daily 10:00–20:00, 4 wrote 10:00–20:00.
| Daily | 10:00–20:00 | 7 of 12 posts |
|---|---|---|
| No day given | 10:00–20:00 | 4 of 12 posts |
| Last order | 19:30 | 6 of 6 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
- Three posts say they did not wait: 'plenty of seats' around 5 pm on a Friday, 'no queue' after a weekday lunch, 'not crowded'. One found the third floor full at a weekday lunch. A claim that weekends have long waits was not first-hand, so we did not count it. All of this is from the first three weeks.
- Prices split between bread and drinks. Four posts call it expensive, three of them about drinks — KRW 20,000 leaf tea, KRW 10,000 sujeonggwa, non-coffee drinks from KRW 10,000; the fourth found the bread pricier than a regular bakery. Two say the bread is reasonably priced, and one balked at a KRW 12,000 brownie while calling prices middling overall.
- The bakery is on show: six posts watched dough being shaped and baked behind the ground-floor counters or through glass, and several were handed baguette samples at the door.
- Four posts describe friendly staff: a chef handing over the last half of a sold-out baguette, a barista making a latte stronger on request, bakers happy to slice bread. One post was asked whether a takeaway cup was fine because glasses had run out.
1 more
- One post writes that it is a 5–7 minute walk from exit 8 of Myeongdong station; two more give 3 minutes in info lines. Posts note the alley entrance and small sign are easy to miss, and that early on map apps did not list the shop, so people searched for Myeongdong Hamheung Myeonok across the lane.
What 24 bloggers said
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We read all 24 in full. The most common claims are “Roomy” (6) and “Friendly staff” (4).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Where they disagree
| Expensive | yes 4 · no 2 |
|---|
Things you can check on site
- Second floor 20 of 24 posts
- Seats to sit and eat 12 of 24 posts
- Takeout 8 of 24 posts
- Open kitchen 6 of 24 posts
- In a basement saying it is not 3 of 24 posts
- Foreign customers in the room 3 of 24 posts
- Reachable by transit 1 of 24 posts
- High ceiling 1 of 24 posts
- Wi-Fi 1 of 24 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 24 posts
- Date 1 of 24 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
One post writes that it is a 5–7 minute walk from exit 8 of Myeongdong station; two more give 3 minutes in info lines. Posts note the alley entrance and small sign are easy to miss, and that early on map apps did not list the shop, so people searched for Myeongdong Hamheung Myeonok across the lane.
Getting inside
| Second floor | 20 of 24 posts |
|---|---|
| In a basement | yes 0 · no 3 (of 24 posts read) |
| Lift to the floor | yes 0 · no 1 (of 24 posts read) |
Each floor has a job. Twenty posts went up to the second floor, which is mainly the coffee counter; several say seats there are few (stool-height tables, 'only a handful'), and point you to the third floor for a longer stay, where the patterned sofas turn out to be covered in cats' faces. One post, by contrast, found the second floor roomy and comfortable.
No one mentions a step at the entrance or getting in with a wheelchair or stroller — we simply don't know. The entrance and bread are on the ground floor, but seating is on floors two and three. There is a lift, but a 23 September post says it was not yet working and they carried trays up the stairs, and a 6 October post still couldn't tell whether it was in use.
No post describes where the toilets are from experience. One said they could be cleaner. 'Toilets inside, separate for men and women' appears only in one post's info block, so we treat it as copied and did not count it.
No one mentioned: 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 themselves8 of 24 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way16 of 24 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 27 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 |
|---|---|
| 2026-09 | 17 |
| 2026-10 | 7 |
What we do not know
- Few posts say who they went with: two with a friend or roommate, one with a husband, none with children.
- Opening hours appear in 12 visit posts: 11 give 10:00–20:00, and six add a 19:30 last order. One post (9 October) gives 08:00–20:00. Two opening-week posts listed closing at 22:00 as 'planned' or 'undecided'; we did not count them. One post says there is no regular closing day.
- We did not total a typical spend. Posts mention about KRW 16,000 for three breads (two posts), KRW 21,000 of bread for two, and drinks from KRW 5,500 to 20,000. Bread and drinks are paid for separately on different floors.
- Two posts give the phone number 0507-1346-3264. Whether reservations are taken, nobody says.
- Every post dates from the first three weeks. During the soft opening only floors one to three were open, floors four to seven were being prepared, and the lift was still under construction, so seating, lift access and hours may change. One promotional post that only describes the floors, with no first-hand detail, was not counted.
Sources (24)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
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- 빵 때문에 다시 찾았다, 명동 베이커리 카페 어니언 명동점 2026-10-06 · 나미살롱
- [명동] 빵순이의 빵DAY 어니언 명동점 2회 방문후기 2026-10-04 · 향기를 팔지 않는 것들에 대한 기록
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- 명동 카페 어니언 명동점 전통의 대형 베이커리 카페 오픈 2026-09-23 · 라라의 맛있는 공간
- [명동 신상 카페] 성수동 핫플 베이커이리 카페 어니언(onion) 내돈내.... 2026-09-23 · 회사원의 신나는 소비생활 + 독립일기
- 명동 가볼만한 곳 ｜어니언 카페 북촌 성수에서 핫한 대형 베이커리 카페, 1층부터 3층까지 샅샅히... 2026-09-22 · *॰ॱ*॰ॱ*॰✍️ॱ솔네 · via Daum
- 명동 핫플 카페 어니언 명동점 내돈내산 방문 후기 메뉴추천 2026-09-22 · 소중아띠 · via Daum
- 어니언 명동점 - 명동, 종로 2026-09-19 · make it simple · via Daum
- 사회복지사가 다녀온 주말 맛집 명동카페 어니언 명동점 2026-09-19 · 일하며 사랑하며, 예리의 기록 · via Daum
- 어니언 명동_다녀온 후기(가오픈기간) 2026-09-19 · 오늘도 원샷엔딩 · via Daum
- 성수에서 명동까지 입점한 "카페 어니언"을 직접 가봤어요 2026-09-18 · mddream123님의 블로그
- 어니언명동 5년만에 오픈 2026-09-18 · 명동부동산 엠케이MK공인중개사
Of 449 candidate posts we opened 91 and kept 24 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.