Gilpost · Mapo-gu, Seogyo-dong
CafeWestern
MY EX
마이엑스 Maieksseu My Ex is simply English for 'my ex' — the house plays on it with a dish called 전여친떡볶이, 'ex-girlfriend tteokbokki'.
Compiled from 3 blog posts read in fullSources →
A brunch café in a side street between Hongik Univ. station and Yeonnam-dong, serving sandwiches, open sandwiches, capellini and a tteokbokki named after the house ('ex-girlfriend tteokbokki'); nearly every post leads with its early opening. We read 6 posts from April to September 2026; three describe actually eating there. The five April posts read like one promotional brief repeated, and two of them disclose sponsorship.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 마포구 월드컵북로5가길 17, 1층 (서교동)17 Woldeukeopbuk-ro 5ga-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul
- Phone0507-1477-0215
- From the station1 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 97 m² · Status In business
What sets it apart
- All three visiting posts call the room clean and tidy, though they disagree on its colours — one says white and wood, another pastel pink and white.
- Two of the three visiting posts found it quiet; the September post puts that down to its spot off the main strip, and noted a few foreign groups on a weekday morning.
- One post said the food took a little while to arrive.
What 3 bloggers said
keopi (amerikano)
Clean
We read all 3 in full. The most common claims are “Clean” (3) and “Quiet” (2).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Things you can check on site
- Coffee served 2 of 3 posts
- Outdoor terrace seating 1 of 3 posts
- Foreign customers in the room 1 of 3 posts
- Reachable by transit 1 of 3 posts
- Large windows 1 of 3 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Who came, and with whom
- Solo visit 1 of 3 posts
- With a friend 1 of 3 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
1 posts say it is walkable from the station.
Getting inside
No post describes which floor it is on; only the address says ground floor.
No one mentions a step at the door or getting in with a wheelchair or pram — unknown, not absent.
No post says where the toilet is or whether it is 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 disclosing payment1 of 3 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way2 of 3 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 6 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.
| 2026-04-17 | 2 posts in one day |
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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 |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
What we do not know
- Opening hours differ between the two posts that list them: 08:00–17:00 with Sundays closed (September 2026) versus Mon–Sat 09:00–18:00 (April). Both are copied listings; four other April posts just say it opens at 8.
- No post gives a single price; the September post only says it is on the pricier side. We do not know what a meal costs.
- No post mentions queuing — that means nobody wrote about it, not that there is never a wait.
- Only one post covers the walk: within ten minutes from Exit 1 of Hongik Univ. station.
- Who people came with does not add up to a pattern: one post came alone, one with a friend, one did not say.
- Only one post lists the phone number (0507-1477-0215), and none says whether bookings are taken.
Sources (3)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- [홍대 브런치 카페] 마이엑스(My ex), 홍대/연남 아침 일찍 여는 브런.... 2026-09-12 · dmslqmffhrm님의 블로그
- 홍대브런치카페 마이엑스에서 여유롭게 시작한 연남동 아침 식사 2026-04-27 · olive의 일상 이야기 · via Daum
- 홍대 브런치 카페로 즐기기 좋은 마이엑스 주차까지 편안한 분위기 좋은 나들이 2026-04-06 · 달.달 dal.dal · via Daum
Of 462 candidate posts we opened 10 and kept 3 as evidence. We have not seen them all yet; another pass would add more.