Gilpost · Seongdong-gu, Seongsu-dong 1-ga
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BUOY
부우이 성수 Buui Seongsu Buoy is the English word for a floating marker at sea; the Korean name 부우이 spells it out, and the sign reads BUOY.
Compiled from 21 blog posts read in fullSources →
An Italian restaurant on the second floor of a converted house in a lane beside the Seoul Forest tennis courts. It serves pasta and risotto such as truffle gnocchi (21,000 won), butter vongole (21,000 won) and octopus ink risotto (22,000 won), plus salads around 18,000 won. The room is small, the window looks onto the park and the courts, and you order from a tablet at the table. We read 30 posts from March 5 to September 28, 2026; 22 describe a visit. Seven were about the Samsong branch in Goyang or other places and were set aside, and one was a list post written without a visit.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 성동구 서울숲2길 16-12, 2층 (성수동1가)16-12 Seoulsup 2-gil, Seongdong-gu, Seoul
- Phone0507-1380-5986
- Typical spend₩10,000 – ₩22,000
- From the station3 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 58 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 11 posts: 11 wrote 11:30–21:00.
| No day given | 11:30–21:00 | 11 of 11 posts |
|---|---|---|
| Break | 15:00–17:00 | 10 of 10 posts |
| Last order | 14:00 | 4 of 4 posts |
| Closed | 매주 월·화요일 | 9 of 10 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
- Seven posts mention the large picture windows, which look out on Seoul Forest trees and the tennis courts; one writer went specifically for a window seat. Another said not to expect much, since the view is mostly the tennis courts.
- Seven posts say the room is small: one guessed it fills with eight or nine parties, another counted seven tables including the window seats, a third estimated 15 to 20 people. Two noted a large mirror that keeps it from feeling cramped.
- Six posts booked ahead through Naver or Catch Table. No one wrote about queueing; three walked in or found no line and sat straight away. One weekend visitor saw the room fill up and a foreign customer turned away for lack of a table.
- Four posts say portions are small. One pair ordered a salad and two mains, then added a third main before it felt like enough.
2 more
- Three posts say you order from a tablet at each table.
- Two posts mention celebrity autographs at the entrance; one photographed actor Jung Hae-in's.
What 21 bloggers said
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No wait
We read all 21 in full. The most common claims are “Cramped” (7) and “Portions are small” (4).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Where they disagree
| Heavy / greasy | yes 3 · no 3 |
|---|
Things you can check on site
- Second floor 9 of 21 posts
- Large windows 7 of 21 posts
- Takes reservations 6 of 21 posts
- Open kitchen 3 of 21 posts
- Reachable by transit 3 of 21 posts
- Self-order screen 3 of 21 posts
- Wine served 3 of 21 posts
- Signed celebrity photos 2 of 21 posts
- Separate restrooms 1 of 21 posts
- Review event 1 of 21 posts
- High chairs 1 of 21 posts
- Beer served 1 of 21 posts
- Rooftop seating 1 of 21 posts
- Foreign customers in the room 1 of 21 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Who came, and with whom
- Date 4 of 21 posts
- Group visit 4 of 21 posts
- With a friend 4 of 21 posts
- Came with children 3 of 21 posts
- Family visit 3 of 21 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
| Second floor | 9 of 21 posts |
|---|---|
| Lift to the floor | yes 0 · no 1 (of 21 posts read) |
| Step-free access | yes 0 · no 1 (of 21 posts read) |
| Separate restrooms | 1 of 21 posts |
Nine posts say the restaurant is upstairs, reached by a blue staircase from the lane. Four call the stairs steep; one says they were manageable.
One post says the steep outdoor staircase is the only way up, and another thought the stairs would be hard for older people or strollers. No one wrote about a step at the door or arriving by wheelchair.
One post says there are separate single-stall toilets for men and women, and that they were clean. No one said whether they are inside the restaurant.
No one mentioned: In a basement · Ramp at the door · Step at the entrance · Toilet inside · Accessible toilet. 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 themselves6 of 21 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way15 of 21 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 22 posts we gathered, 1 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 |
|---|---|
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 3 |
| 2026-06 | 6 |
| 2026-07 | 5 |
| 2026-08 | 4 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
What we do not know
- Posts split three to three on whether the cream and butter dishes are heavy. On salt, three found dishes a bit salty and one found them mild.
- The bottarga pasta divides people: one writer stopped after a bite because of the fishiness, another said it was not fishy at all.
- The rooftop and terrace are unconfirmed: one post says there is a rooftop but sat inside because of the cold, another was told it is not in use, and a third thought there was a terrace but did not see it.
- Eleven posts give the same hours — 11:30 to 21:00, break from 15:00 to 17:00, closed Mondays and Tuesdays — all copied from the listing. Four mention a 14:00 last order, which looks like the lunch cutoff; no one gave the dinner cutoff.
- Prices did not vary across posts from May to September 2026: salads 18,000 won, pasta and gnocchi 19,000 to 21,000, risotto 22,000, and corkage 15,000 won a bottle. One pair's salad and three mains added up to 79,000 won.
- Seven posts give the same phone number, 0507-1380-5986. People booked through Naver and Catch Table, and one party of seven called the same morning and got a table.
- Two regulars say the menu changed: an April 2026 visitor wrote that the signature dishes were gone, and a June post missed a dish she called a 'potato pancake'. Truffle gnocchi and butter vongole still appear through September, so we don't know exactly what was dropped.
Sources (21)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- [성수 서울숲 맛집] 부우이 성수 | 아기랑 서울 숲 점심식사 추천 2026-09-28 · 문어지지마요
- [서울숲] 데이트 맛집 부우이｜동화 속 작은집 같은 감자뇨끼와 파스타 2026-09-23 · 단발머리 언니 · via Daum
- 서울숲 부우이 이탈리아 레스토랑, 분위기 좋은 데이트 코스로 추천.... 2026-08-29 · 행복한 두둥
- 7월 일상(집밥, 강화도카페 , 우트우트,곧은, 정해인데뷔카페 등등..) 2026-08-14 · 도리 일기장 · via Daum
- 부우이 성수ㅣ서울숲 성수 맛집 이탈리안 레스토랑 솔직 상세후기 2026-08-12 · 함께 하고픈 맛집 · 여행 · 핫플 가이드
- 서울숲 맛집 성수 부우이 서울숲뷰 파스타 맛집 2026-08-05 · 오늘도밍밍
- 5월동고동락독서모임/할매/부우이성수/서울숲 2026-07-30 · 코발트블루의 소소한이야기들
- [26.07.23] 성수맛집｜성수브런치｜부우이성수｜파스타맛집｜분위기.... 2026-07-28 · 이면정
- [20~21주] 성수 부우이 / 서울숲 플래드카페 / 공릉 매치 2026-07-10 · 알콩달콩 밤토리네
- 서울숲 부우이성수 내돈내산 솔직후기 2026-07-09 · le bonheur · via Daum
- 성수 부우이 서울숲 데이트하기 좋은 브런치 파스타 맛집 2026-07-07 · 혜피한 이야기
- 26년 반 일상 2026-06-22 · 보 로그
- 성수｜서울숲 데이트코스 분위기 좋은 파스타 맛집｜부우이 성수(내돈내산) 2026-06-20 · 우리베어스 · via Daum
- 서울숲 파스타 양식 맛집 추천, 서울숲 뷰가 매력적인 ㅣ부우이 성.... 2026-06-17 · 평범하지만 조금은 특별한 ming diary ෆ
- 서울숲 트러플뇨끼 성수동맛집추천 ‘부우이성수’ 뇨끼와 파스타.... 2026-06-08 · 부동이네
- [성수 맛집] 부우이 성수 솔직후기 | 아보카도구이 샐러드 추천 2026-06-07 · 좋은 순간의 기록
- 서울숲 프렌치 이탈리안 맛집 부우이 성수 | 서울숲뷰 테라스 데이.... 2026-06-03 · 일단 살아보는 중
- 성수동 파스타 맛집, 합리적인 콜키지로 즐기는 아늑한 데이트 부우.... 2026-05-28 · 몽글동글의 사부작사부작
- 外祖母大人 敬愛 2026-05-07 · JU · via Daum
- 성수 서울숲역 부우이 파스타 데이트 맛집 2026-05-05 · 공간여행. 창의적인 생각들 · via Daum
- 부우이 성수 2026-03-05 · 심심할 때, 끄적끄적 · via Daum
Of 347 candidate posts we opened 86 and kept 21 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.