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Lucero

Name: Lucero
Address: 서울특별시 성동구 서울숲6길 13, Forest Seongsu 3층 (성수동1가), 성동구, 서울특별시, KR
Telephone: 02-6671-2225

루쎄로 Russero A Spanish restaurant on the third floor beside Seoul Forest, where a chef from Malaga cooks paella and honey cod

Other · Seongdong-gu, Seongsu-dong 1-ga

Updated 2026-09-24 · Published 2026-09-27

Lucero is a Spanish restaurant on the third floor of a red-brick building beside Seoul Forest. The chef came from Málaga and cooks the food himself — twelve posts say so, and seven watched him work through the kitchen window. Azulejo tiles and cut flowers, hall tables and a bar, one small private room, and a terrace. The two dishes ordered most are the seafood paella and the honey cod. People book, through Naver or the Catch Table app. It opens at 11:30 and closes on Mondays. What we read spans a full two years, from the soft opening in October 2024 to September 2026.

The basics

Address	서울특별시 성동구 서울숲6길 13, Forest Seongsu 3층 (성수동1가) 13 Seoulsup 6-gil, Seongdong-gu, Seoul
Phone	02-6671-2225
Typical spend	₩2,000 – ₩37,000
Floor area	92 m²
Status	In business

4 posts say it is walkable from the station.

When it opens

Open		11:30–22:00 14 of 18 posts last seen 2026-09
Open	Friday	11:30–22:00 2 of 18 posts last seen 2026-02
Open	Saturday	11:30–22:00 2 of 18 posts last seen 2026-02
Open	Sunday	11:30–21:30 2 of 18 posts last seen 2026-02
Open		11:30–21:30 2 of 18 posts last seen 2025-11
Break		없음 2 of 2 posts last seen 2026-07
Last order		20:30 8 of 11 posts last seen 2026-09
Last order	Friday	20:30 2 of 11 posts last seen 2026-02
Last order	Saturday	20:30 2 of 11 posts last seen 2026-02
Last order	Sunday	20:00 2 of 11 posts last seen 2026-02
Closed		월요일 16 of 16 posts last seen 2026-09

The values differ, but the periods they were written in do not overlap. This looks like a change over time rather than a disagreement, and the top row is the most recently reported. We did not confirm it with the restaurant.

What sets it apart

Six writers say it is hard to find. From the street there is only a small board reading "Lucero 3F", and the building entrance is a long way in behind it — one walked past it twice, another warns you will miss it if you are not looking. Inside there is a lift, and the third floor opens straight onto the restaurant — thirteen writers took it. Two landmarks help: the red brick, and the sushi restaurant on the ground floor, which three posts name as the thing to look for.
Ten posts mention the terrace, and it is small — one says two tables, another three. They keep it usable in cold weather: two April visitors found blankets waiting, and one was offered a small heater on request. Being three floors up, one writer likes the view; another calls the sunlit terrace the best thing about the room. Two reserved a terrace table specifically through the booking app.
The kitchen is behind glass, and seven writers say so — it made them trust the place, it looked clean, it was interesting to watch. Two identify the man at the stove as the chef from Málaga and one names him. Another watched the paella being worked over the heat by what she describes as Spanish cooks.
Write a review from your receipt or the booking app and a plate arrives — six writers took it. The choice is two pieces of *pan con tomate* or two glasses of peach cava; one got Iberico sausage and crackers instead. One remembers the offer being per person rather than per table. One writer draws the obvious conclusion out loud: the high rating on the listing site is probably the review promotion at work. Worth knowing when you read those ratings. We treated this differently from sponsorship, since what changes hands is one dish, not the post.
The paella is started when you order it, so it takes a while — two writers say twenty to thirty minutes, one says fifteen to twenty. An office worker with an hour for lunch ordered it while sitting down; another advises asking for it to be timed with the rest of the table. One found it faster than expected. One writer also waited a long time for the honey cod, and guessed it is cooked slowly at low heat.
One party brought a dog — seven people and one dog, seated in the private room. Two other posts say pets are welcome, but one says it only in the title (the body never mentions a dog) and the other in a copied information block, and neither brought an animal, so we counted neither. Whether a dog can sit in the main room, we do not know. Ask when you book.

What 27 bloggers said

We read all 27 in full. The most common claims are “Friendly staff” (5) and “Clean” (4).

What they liked

Friendly staff5 of 27 posts

Clean4 of 27 posts

Roomy1 of 27 posts

Quiet1 of 27 posts

Returning customer1 of 27 posts

What they struggled with

Food comes slowly1 of 27 posts

Where they disagree

Expensive	yes 4 · no 3
Large portions	yes 2 · no 2

Things you can check on site

Takes reservations	15 of 27 posts
Lift to the floor	13 of 27 posts
Wine served	12 of 27 posts
Outdoor terrace seating	10 of 27 posts
Large windows	10 of 27 posts
Open kitchen	7 of 27 posts
Review event	6 of 27 posts
Reachable by transit	4 of 27 posts
Beer served	3 of 27 posts
Cooked to order	3 of 27 posts
Seats to sit and eat	1 of 27 posts
Foreign customers in the room	1 of 27 posts
Dogs allowed	1 of 27 posts

These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.

The prices here are what bloggers wrote down in their posts, and they may have changed since. Check Naver Place for the current menu and prices. This list is not a menu board — it counts what bloggers actually ordered and ate. Check on Naver Place

해물 빠에야 (파에야 데 마리스코스)22 ate it
Paella de Mariscos₩30,000 · ₩34,000 · ₩36,000
Rice cooked in a stock of crab, prawn and mussel simmered a full day, with lemon aioli on top. **A small scraper comes with it for the crust stuck to the pan** — five writers mention the tool
**The price rose twice inside the two years we read.** ₩30,000 at the soft opening in October 2024; ₩34,000 for the two who ordered it in December 2024 and January 2026; ₩36,000 for the eight who ordered between February and September 2026. **It takes time** — two say twenty to thirty minutes, one says fifteen to twenty, and one ordered it while sitting down. Nine writers describe scraping the crust. Two found the flavour unlike other paella they had eaten
꿀대구 (바칼라오 알 미엘)18 ate it
Bacalao a la Miel₩25,000
The dish ordered most often here: cod cooked soft over a honey sauce, finished with pine nuts. A Catalan dish; one writer explains that *bacalao* means salt cod
Eight writers say it falls apart at the touch of a spoon. **Two found it strange** — one is not used to fish under a sweet sauce, another felt the fish and the sauce never met. Writers disagree on what is in the sauce: two say raisins, four pine nuts, two tomato, one jujube. One found a bone. Eight posts spanning December 2024 to September 2026 all give ₩25,000
식전빵 · 올리브 · 올리브 오일 (기본) · 올리브 추가13 ate it
sikjeonppang · olive₩2,000
Comes to the table at no charge. **The olives are not plain** — one writer asked on the way out and was told they come from Spain and are dressed with garlic and chilli oil. ₩2,000 buys a generous refill
**Nine writers praise the olives** — not too salty, faintly spicy, one tasted Greece in them — and five paid for more. **The bread divides them**: four found it crisp and garlicky, two were disappointed enough to leave it. Two warn the olives have stones in
샹그리아 — 레드 · 화이트 · 로제 (잔 · 병 · 저그)9 ate it
sangria₩9,000 · ₩10,000 · ₩12,000 · ₩29,000
The drink ordered most often here: a sangria heavy with citrus
**Four prices, but they are sizes, not a disagreement**: a glass at ₩9,000 in December 2024, ₩10,000 in January and July 2026, a rosé glass at ₩12,000 in September 2026, and a jug at ₩29,000 in July 2026. **Opinions split**: four call it generous and dangerously easy to drink; one who prefers dry wine found it sweet. Two warn it is stronger than it tastes
판 콘 토마테8 ate it
Pan con Tomate₩8,000
Garlic-and-tomato paste on oiled baguette toast. **Write a receipt or booking-app review and you can pick this (two pieces) or a peach welcome drink** — six writers took it that way; only one paid for it
**The writers split cleanly.** Three are delighted — one stared at it wondering whether there was salmon under the tomato. Four found it soggy, flat or forgettable. The axis of the split is the tomato: those who describe large fresh chunks found the bread damp, while the one who describes finely chopped tomato loved it. The one writer who paid gives ₩8,000
엔살라다 뽈뽀 (문어 샐러드)7 ate it
Ensalada Pulpo₩18,000
Octopus with rocket, cherry tomatoes, olives and cheese
**Writers name the dressing differently** — one says raspberry vinegar, three say citrus; the menu text may have changed, but we do not know. One calls the cheese feta, another ricotta. One says the plate comes full; one found the rocket hard going. Four give ₩18,000
하우스 와인 · 글라스 와인 (레드 · 화이트)6 ate it
house wine₩9,000 · ₩10,000
Wine by the glass. One writer notes bottles start in the forties of thousands of won, and **two say corkage is allowed**
Two give ₩9,000 (August and September 2026); one paid ₩20,000 for two glasses (February 2026). Two describe it as light and easy alongside the food
기념일 디저트 — 크림 카탈라나 · 츄러스 (서비스)6 ate it
crema catalana · churros
**Note an anniversary when you book and a dessert and a card arrive** — six writers got one, free. Four describe crema catalana, the Spanish crème brûlée; two who went on White Day got churros instead
One describes cracking the sugar to find lemon cream underneath; two were surprised by the size. Two mention the card. **Nobody says whether it comes on an ordinary day**
뿔뽀 알라 가예가 (갈리시아식 문어)5 ate it
Pulpo a la Gallega₩37,000
The Galician octopus dish, made here over **sweet-potato purée instead of potato** — two writers point out the swap
Four say the octopus is not tough; two say the portion is generous. One writer ranks it second in the house. Three give ₩37,000
이베리코 스테이크 (플루마 이베리카)5 ate it
Pluma Iberica₩30,000
Iberico pork steak with a cream sauce, button mushrooms and asparagus
One writer mistook it for beef; two mopped the sauce with the garnish. One table ordered a second round. One says it arrives as two or three thick slices. Two give ₩30,000
크로케타스 — 갈비 크로켓 (4개)5 ate it
Croquetas de Galbi₩18,000
Four Spanish croquettes filled with braised pork rib
Three call the filling dense and sweet-salty, and one table picked it as their favourite of the night. One did not like the coating. Three give ₩18,000, one of them from October 2024 — **unchanged across the two years**
파타타스 브라바스5 ate it
Patatas Bravas₩15,000
Fried potatoes over sofrito and under a cap of aioli foam
Two describe a spicy sauce under a soft cream; one calls it the best thing they ate. One shouted at the plating. Three give ₩15,000
비키니 — 이베리코 · 하몽 · 초리조 · 트러플 (스페인식 그릴 샌드위치)4 ate it
bikini₩22,000
A pressed Spanish sandwich with cheese and either jamón or Iberico pork. One writer lists it as a brunch-only item (11:30–14:00)
One found it crisp outside with the cheese and ham melting together; two set expectations lower — think of good toast, thin rather than stuffed. One gives ₩22,000 for the Iberico version
감바스 알 아히요3 ate it
Gambas al Ajillo₩20,000
Sous-vide prawns finished with garlic
Two note how plump the prawns are; two ate them with bread. One was surprised the sauce is red rather than golden — and not spicy; they thought they tasted yuzu pepper. One gives ₩20,000
오스트라스 아호블랑코 (아호블랑코 소스를 얹은 굴, 1개)2 ate it
Ostras Ajoblanco₩5,000
A single cooked oyster under ajoblanco — almond and garlic cream — served on an oyster-shaped dish
**Two writers say opposite things.** One recommends it — warm cream over a cooked oyster — while noting it is gone in a spoonful. The other found it plainly fishy and says not to order it. One gives ₩5,000
가즈파초 (차가운 토마토 수프)1 ate it
Gazpacho₩17,000
Chilled tomato soup. **This is the dish that put the restaurant on a KBS food programme about tomatoes in September 2026** — and yet among the visits we read, only one person ordered it, at the soft opening in October 2024
That writer paid ₩17,000 for a "Gazpacho Kimchi" and found requesón cheese stuffed inside the tomato. A menu photographed in February 2026 reads ₩18,000, but that writer did not order it. **The kimchi is in the dish's name and in one description; nobody who ate it writes about tasting it**

Who came, and with whom

Date	7 of 27 posts
With a friend	5 of 27 posts
Group visit	2 of 27 posts
Family visit	2 of 27 posts

Getting there

Naver Map has a full English mode — Settings → Language → English. In Korea it gives better walking and transit directions than Google Maps.

Getting inside

Lift to the floor	13 of 27 posts

No post says whether there is a step at the door or inside, or whether a wheelchair or a pushchair can get through. Across all thirty posts the words for wheelchair, pushchair, ramp, level change and threshold appear not once — we checked by machine. Thirteen writers saw the lift, but a lift is not the same as a level path: nobody describes the long approach to the building entrance, or the doorway on the third floor.

No one mentioned: Second floor · In a basement · 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 themselves11 of 27 posts
Posts saying nothing either way16 of 27 posts

Posts that followed a TV spot

Of the 30 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.

2026-09-14	2 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

10120610110102030406070809

Month by month

Month	Posts
2024-10	1
2024-12	1
2025-06	1
2025-10	2
2025-11	1
2026-01	1
2026-02	3
2026-03	3
2026-04	3
2026-06	1
2026-07	4
2026-08	3
2026-09	3

What we do not know

We collected thirty posts and counted twenty-seven. The three we dropped all came out of a September 2026 television broadcast about tomatoes: one lists nine restaurants featured that week in a table, one gathers the twelve locations filmed that day (restaurants, a bus terminal, a market, an island, a hospital), and one covers only this restaurant but opens by crediting its photographs to the venue's own listing and then copies the menu, prices and all. None of the three says what anyone ate. The third one's prices agree with the visits we read, and we still did not use them: a correct number from somebody else's database is not our number.
The registered address and twenty-two posts say the third floor; three say the second. All three of those also print the address with "3F" in the same post. We cannot settle it — no post explains whether the terrace sits a floor below or whether three writers simply mistyped. Thirteen posts say to press 3 in the lift, so press 3.
One writer saw the toilet and did not say where it is. She calls it very clean and photographs it; that is all we have — inside the restaurant or shared on the floor, we cannot tell. One post's header runs "group seating / bookable / wi-fi / separate men's and women's toilets / corkage" in a single line, which is a copied amenities list, so we did not count it. We did not count the wi-fi on that line either.
Nobody records queueing. This place runs on bookings, not a line — fifteen writers reserved through Naver or the Catch Table app. Two walked in and both got a table, one at half past five on a Saturday, straight onto the terrace. Another found only three tables occupied at half past two on a Saturday. One post's bullet warning that the wait "can be long" at weekends is a guess, so we did not count it. Since it takes bookings, the question is not how long the line is but whether a seat is left — one writer says the terrace is only two tables, another says three, and two say you can pick your seat when you book.
Writers disagree about the price: four call it dear, three call it fair — and the axis is how much they ordered. The cheerful ones paid ₩88,000 for four dishes between two, found the bottle list starting in the forties reasonable, called it sensible. The others put it at ₩30,000–40,000 a head, warn that two people eating properly reach ₩100,000, and note that even a light meal came to over ₩60,000. Three writers give a total for two: ₩88,000, ₩111,000 and a little over ₩60,000.
They disagree about portions too: two found them generous, two short — and both of the latter had ordered only two or three dishes. One suggests an appetiser, a main and a small dish for two; another says the kitchen does not compete on volume and you should add something starchy. On the other side, one found the paella more than the stated two servings and another called the cod portion large. One writer transcribes the menu as marking the paella 1.5 servings. Two say three dishes were enough for two people; two ordered four and finished them.
Sixteen writers say who they came with, and fourteen came as a pair — seven of those for an anniversary: two wedding anniversaries, a first year of marriage, a birthday, a 1500-day, and two unspecified. Two parties were larger than two: four couples and a child, seven people and a dog, seated in the private room; and a birthday lunch for three. Nobody came alone. The phrases about group seating come from copied information blocks, and the suggestions that it would suit a gathering are guesses, so we counted neither. One writer says the room holds seven at most.
Only the closing time is in doubt. All nineteen posts that give hours open at 11:30, and sixteen say it shuts on Mondays. For closing, fourteen say ten at night and four say half past nine — and all four of those were written between December 2024 and February 2026, while all nine posts from March 2026 onward say ten. It looks like a change, and we cannot say that it is one: every one of the nineteen is a header information line, and nobody writes about being there at closing time. Two posts, from January and February 2026, split it by day: half past nine Tuesday to Thursday and on Sunday, ten on Friday and Saturday. So Sunday may close an hour early. Two say there is no afternoon break. And one post alone gives the phone number as 0507-1498-5770 where five others give 02-6671-2225 — the first is the proxy number the listing site attaches, and that post's hours look copied from the same place.
No post declares itself sponsored. Eleven say they paid their own way; the other sixteen do not raise it. Six did take the review-for-a-dish promotion, which is worth holding in mind when you read them. And twenty-seven posts are twenty-seven people — no blogger wrote twice. One of them mentions going back on another day for the honey cod alone, so twenty-seven posts cover twenty-eight visits.

Sources (27)

Every number above was counted from the posts below.

[루쎄로] 성수 서울숲 유럽분위기 소개팅 인기 스페인요리 맛집 루쎄로 내돈내산 후기 2026-09-18 · 먹깨비 일기 · via Daum
서울숲 맛집 스페인 음식점 루쎄로 기념일 데이트 후기 2026-09-12 · 맛집·뷰티·여행 기록
성수동 맛집 서울숲 루쎄로｜꿀대구와 해물 빠에야 먹어본 스페인 음식점 후기 2026-09-07 · 좋아하는 게 많아 얕고 넓은 인간 · via Daum
서울숲 스페인 음식 맛집 루쎄로｜에스프레소 맛집 에빠까지 다녀온 후기 2026-08-21 · hoos.moment님의 블로그 · via Daum
성수 l 루쎄로: 스페인에 오면 이런 기분일까? 빠에야 맛이 좋다 2026-08-13 · 세상구경 · via Daum
서울숲 루쎄로 스페인음식점 데이트추천 맛집 2026-08-11 · 초록나무 옆 자리
서울숲맛집 스페인요리와 상그리아 테라스 데이트는 성수 루쎄로 Lucero 2026-07-31 · 맛따라 패션따라 · via Daum
[서울숲/성수동 맛집] 루쎄로 2026-07-26 · Flower Song · via Daum
[서울 성수 스페인식당 맛집] 서울숲 루쎄로 내돈내산 2026-07-20 · ssulaw
[서울 성수동] 외국인도 반하는 성수동 맛집, 루쎄로(LUCERO) 스페인 .... 2026-07-07 · 안작가의 퇴근후 놀이터
성수 맛집 추천 데이트 기념일 가기 좋은 스페인 식당 루쎄로 Lucero 2026-06-14 · 쭈쭈바월드 리빙홈&신혼일상 · via Daum
서울숲 맛집 루쎄로/ 테라스 감성 미친 스페인 식당 (ft. 꿀대구, 빠에야) 2026-04-18 · 샤붕의 정보 여행 · via Daum
[성수]지중해식당 같은 빠에야 맛집 ‘루쎄로 LUCERO’ 2026-04-12 · 아우디는 오우디❣️
서울숲 데이트, 분위기 좋은 스페인 요리 루쎄로 Lucero 2026-04-06 · Life is Guma, Guma's Life · via Daum
성수 맛집 루쎄로 서울숲 맛집 스페인 음식점 데이트 추천 2026-03-30 · 기록되는 온기 · via Daum
[성수/서울숲] 한끗 차이로 특별한 매력을 발산하는 스페인 레스토랑 루쎄로(Lucero) 2026-03-21 · 맛있는 기록, 앙도레 · via Daum
성수 애견동반 스페인 레스토랑 루쎄로 (Lucero) 2026-03-15 · 먹고 놀고 즐기는 홍크리 Life
[생일기념] 성수동 스페인 음식 맛집 루쎄로(LUCERO) 2026-02-22 · duddj97v님의블로그
🍷뚝섬 루쎄로 | 꿀대구+이베리코 스테이크+해물빠에야 감성 스페인 레스토랑 후기 2026-02-12 · 초록이의 일상 · via Daum
성수 스페인 레스토랑 :: 루쎄로 2026-02-07 · * Dailylog
[서울숲] 루쎄로 : 꿀대구 무조건 먹어야 한다 / 뽈보·빠에아·굴까지 스페인 요리 풀코스 2026-01-10 · 종종 추억팔이하는 공간 · via Daum
성수 스페인 맛집 루쎄로(Lucero)│뚝섬·서울숲 분위기 좋은 스페니.... 2025-11-18 · ONF MY LIFE
[성수 맛집] 분위기 좋은 스페인 요리 전문점 루쎄로 (Lucero) 2025-10-21 · 파밍
[서울숲/성수동 맛집] 스페인 요리 먹고플때 "루쎄로 LUCERO" 2025-10-03 · chez BROFE
[성수동 맛집] '루쎄로(Lucero)', 서울숲 스페인 셰프의 현지 그대로의 .... 2025-06-25 · 준끼리뷰
성수동 루쎄로 | 서울숲 스페인 요리 맛집 2024-12-05 · 말벌이 블로그
[서울 성동] 루쎄로 스페인출신 쉐프가 선보이는 스페니쉬레스토랑 .... 2024-10-07 · Lucy.zip (ง •̀_•́)ง

Of 204 candidate posts we opened 51 and kept 27 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.