
Cafe
Pâtisserie Décidé
파티스리 데시데 Patiseuri Desíde Pâtisserie is French for a pastry shop and décidé is French for 'decided' — one writer noticed it is spelled like the English word 'decide'.
Compiled from 25 blog posts read in fullSources →
Pâtisserie Décidé is a small French-style dessert shop in a Sagan-dong alley just behind the MMCA Seoul. You choose petit gâteaux (9,700–11,000 won each) and financiers, madeleines or tigrés (3,000–4,100 won) from the display case and eat them with an Americano (5,000 won) or tea. The cakes change with the seasons; Baekseol and Joeung stay on and are what most writers call the signatures — 11 of the visit posts ordered Baekseol. We read 30 posts from December 2024 to October 2026, 25 of them from people who actually went.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 종로구 삼청로 22-31, 1층 (사간동)22-31 Samcheong-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul
- Phone02-733-9092
- Typical spend₩2,800 – ₩65,000
- Floor areaFloor area 25 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 15 posts: 14 wrote 12:00–18:00, 10 wrote Saturday 12:00–19:00.
| No day given | 12:00–18:00 | 14 of 15 posts |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday | 12:00–19:00 | 10 of 15 posts |
| Closed | 화요일·수요일 | 14 of 14 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
- Inside is tight; there is more seating out front. Eleven posts said the shop is small and twelve mentioned the outdoor tables. Six described the interior as four or five tables for two — about ten seats. Two found the room echoey with conversation, one found it quiet down its alley. In July, one writer found it too hot to sit outside; another found the air-conditioned inside far too cold.
- Six posts waited for a table; one, arriving right at opening, did not. The waits recorded were 15 minutes at a weekend lunch and 10 minutes at 1:30 pm on a Monday. Three posts describe writing your name or phone number on a list and getting a call when a seat frees up — one writer went to a nearby gallery meanwhile. Two posts said seating is limited to 90 minutes when the room is full.
- Tables cannot be reserved, but cakes can. Four posts reserved or saw others collecting pre-orders. One explains: call (02-733-9092) or DM on Instagram, get a text, pay by transfer, and do it before 2 pm on the day. Christmas whole cakes are also pre-order. The reason is sell-outs — one December 2025 visitor found Baekseol and the chestnut cake gone by early afternoon and watched the rest of the cakes go within an hour.
- Nine posts mention getting a free baked item — a financier, madeleine or tigré — for promising a receipt review.
2 more
- Seven posts are from repeat visitors ('three times in two weeks', 'three times in February alone'). One said they would not return, citing the cramped room, the cold interior and a disappointing summer pavlova.
- Three posts found the cakes less sweet than expected; one noted Baekseol tasted mild to them but sweet to their friend.
What 25 bloggers said
baekseol
Returning customer
We read all 25 in full. The most common claims are “Cramped” (11) and “Returning customer” (7).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Things you can check on site
- Coffee served 12 of 25 posts
- Outdoor terrace seating 12 of 25 posts
- Review event 9 of 25 posts
- Seats to sit and eat 6 of 25 posts
- Takeout 4 of 25 posts
- Takes reservations 4 of 25 posts
- Time limit on the table 2 of 25 posts
- Toilet inside 1 of 25 posts
- Seasonal decorations 1 of 25 posts
- Air conditioned 1 of 25 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Parking
1 posts say you cannot park. None say you can.
| Posts saying you cannot | 1 of 25 posts |
|---|
Only one post speaks from experience: parking in the alley is hard, so they always park at the MMCA and walk over. Four other posts list 'no parking' in copied info blocks, which we did not count.
Who came, and with whom
- With a friend 6 of 25 posts
- Solo visit 3 of 25 posts
- Came by car 1 of 25 posts
- Date 1 of 25 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
| Toilet inside | 1 of 25 posts |
|---|
No one described the floor level or any steps from experience — only the '1F' in the address. That means no one mentioned it, not that there are none.
No one mentioned an entrance step or getting in with a wheelchair or stroller. Several said the interior is small with tables close together, and one May 2026 post found the frontage behind a construction hoarding.
Only one post mentions the toilet: through a door to the left of the counter. No one said whether it is separated by gender or how big it is.
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 themselves7 of 25 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way18 of 25 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 30 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 |
|---|---|
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 3 |
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 3 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 4 |
| 2026-09 | 3 |
| 2026-10 | 5 |
What we do not know
- Prices have changed. Joeung was 9,100 won in posts up to March 2026 and 9,700 won from April. A long-time visitor recorded Baekseol at 9,500 and the summer pavlova at 8,800 won; 2026 posts give 11,000 and 10,500. Four posts found it expensive for the size; one called the baked goods reasonably priced.
- The menu changes by season. July 2026 posts ate the summer pavlova, melon-salt-milk and apricot ricotta; a September visitor found the summer items gone, and later posts ate the fig tart and Pistachio Hill. Check the shop's Instagram for what is on now.
- Nine posts give the same opening hours: Mon, Thu, Fri, Sun 12:00–18:00, Sat 12:00–19:00, closed Tue and Wed. Four list only 12:00–18:00, one says Thu–Sat until 19:00, and one says Saturday closes at 18:00. Nearly all are copied listings; all fifteen agree on the Tuesday–Wednesday closure.
- No one described the walk from the subway first-hand; '655 m from Anguk Exit 1', '8 minutes' and '12–14 minutes' all come from copied info blocks. One writer warned the alley spot is hard to find the first time; another said it was under five minutes from the MMCA.
Sources (25)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
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- 8월 (3) 2026-10-05 · 일기장 · via Daum
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- [파티스리 데시데 décidé]서울 종로구. 안국에서 필수로 가봐야할 디.... 2026-04-27 · 미식과 여행의 Table & Dining
- 안국역 파티스리 데시데 디저트 카페 후기 2026-04-09 · 태쁘로그
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- [파티스리 데시데]안국역/삼청동/북촌에서 수준급 디저트 카페를 찾.... 2026-02-08 · Fiesta
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Of 264 candidate posts we opened 50 and kept 25 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.