Gilpost · Seongdong-gu, Seongsu-dong 1-ga
Cafe
refreshment
리프레쉬먼트 Ripeuresyumeonteu The name is the English word 'refreshment'; the house glosses it as 'the giving of fresh mental and physical strength or energy' and calls itself a 'ventilation for daily life'.
Compiled from 20 blog posts read in fullSources →
A brunch restaurant on the ground floor of a residential block on Sangwon-gil, between Ttukseom and Seongsu stations. The signature is a spaghetti of bracken fern, perilla seed and perilla oil; the rest of the menu is a barley-rice bibimbap, salmon poke, a salmon bagel sandwich and a hummus salad, with coffee, tea, juices and natural wine. Posts from August–September 2026 give 14,000 won for the fern pasta, 13,000 for the bibimbap and 11,000 for the paprika-and-cheese sandwich. Two posts say you order and pay at the counter first, then sit. We read 30 posts dated 21 June 2025 to 12 September 2026; 28 are about this place and 22 record an actual meal.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 성동구 상원길 77, 성수동우방아파트 생활편익시설동 1층 101호 (성수동1가)77 Sangwon-gil, Seongdong-gu, Seoul
- Phone0507-1312-9041
- Typical spend₩3,000 – ₩14,000
- From the station4 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 63 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 8 posts: 8 wrote 11:00–20:00.
| No day given | 11:00–20:00 | 8 of 8 posts |
|---|---|---|
| Last order | 19:30 | 5 of 5 posts |
| Closed | 일요일, 월요일 | 8 of 8 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
- Small portions are the most repeated remark. Six of the 22 meal posts say the servings are small — one asks why they are so tiny, another calls them absolutely small, a third says their companion complained of still being hungry. One post found the salmon poke surprisingly filling, and one said the fern pasta was not small. One post notes a double-size bibimbap.
- Five posts describe the seating: a small room with both tables and a bar counter. One lays it out as two four-person tables at the back, one large table for about eight in the middle and a bar along the opposite side; another mentions a window bar. Two posts say the room is not large, one says it is spacious, and one says seats are few but the room felt roomier than expected. Both posts by solo diners mention the bar seats.
- No post mentions waiting. Three say the room was empty or they walked straight in — at opening time, around 11 a.m. on a weekend, and early in the day, when one writer felt the reservation had been unnecessary. Two posts booked ahead, one via Naver and one via CatchTable.
- Seven posts describe going back repeatedly — one writer has been returning for years, an office diary records two visits in a single week, and one post is titled as a place the writer keeps going back to.
2 more
- Three posts say it was quiet — very still, a calm place to eat, ideal for a low-voiced conversation.
- Six posts call it clean; one specifically mentions the counter and the partly visible kitchen, the rest the wood-and-white interior.
What 20 bloggers said
gosari paseuta
Returning customer
We read all 20 in full. The most common claims are “Returning customer” (7) and “Clean” (6).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Things you can check on site
- Seats to sit and eat 5 of 20 posts
- Has tables 4 of 20 posts
- Reachable by transit 4 of 20 posts
- Coffee served 3 of 20 posts
- Takes reservations 2 of 20 posts
- Large windows 1 of 20 posts
- Wine served 1 of 20 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 6 of 20 posts
- Solo visit 2 of 20 posts
- Date 1 of 20 posts
- Family visit 1 of 20 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
4 posts say it is walkable from the station.
Getting inside
| In a basement | yes 0 · no 1 (of 20 posts read) |
|---|
Nobody wrote about a step, stairs, or getting in with a wheelchair or stroller. One post notes the shop is at street level — that does not mean there is no step, only that no one described it.
No post says where the toilet is or whether it is gender-separated. We don't know.
No one mentioned: Second floor · 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 saying they paid themselves4 of 20 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way16 of 20 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 26 posts we gathered, 6 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 |
|---|---|
| 2025-06 | 2 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 3 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 3 |
What we do not know
- Prices have changed. A post from 3 May 2026 noted a 1,000-won rise: it paid 13,000 for the fern pasta, 12,000 for the bibimbap and 10,000 for the paprika sandwich, while August–September 2026 posts give 14,000, 13,000 and 11,000. The salmon poke appears at 12,500 won in June 2025, 13,000 in December 2025 and 14,000 in September 2026. One September 2025 post already listed the pasta at 14,000, and an April 2026 post copied 12,000 from Naver, so the timing is not exact. A meal runs about 13,000–14,000 won per dish plus 5,000–7,000 for a drink.
- Eight posts give opening hours, all copied from Naver or Instagram: 11:00–20:00, last order 19:30, closed Sunday and Monday. One lists Tuesday to Friday; the rest Tuesday to Saturday. One regular writes that there is no afternoon break, so they come for a late lunch.
- The shop advertises that pets are welcome and two posts repeat this, but no one wrote about actually bringing a dog, so we did not count it.
- Two posts mention a running discount — 1% off per kilometre logged that day. One writer had not recorded their run and got nothing; no post describes actually receiving it.
- Three posts copy the phone number 0507-1312-9041. Reservations: one post booked through Naver, one through CatchTable.
- The menu rotates with the seasons; writers note it changes a little every visit, and one list post thinks the jambon sandwich is gone. We can't confirm the current menu from posts.
- Six posts were not counted as visits: two templated write-ups pasting Naver review counts and keyword stats, two magazine-blog roundups (one admits the presenter never visited), and two neighbourhood lists. The claim that a well-known slow-ageing doctor recommends the place is hearsay repeated by two posts. A hotel-lounge post using the word 'refreshment' and a post about another cafe were set aside.
Sources (20)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- [성수] 반려동물 동반 가능한 비건 브런치 맛집 리프레쉬먼트 2026-09-12 · 개 세마리가 보는 세상
- 리프레쉬먼트 | 성수동 러닝후 브런치 카페 2026-09-12 · 후리하게
- [성수역] 리프레쉬먼트 고사리파스타 연어포케 2026-09-03 · 전국 맛집/ 여행 · via Daum
- 리프레쉬먼트 성수 뚝섬역 애견동반 브런치 혼밥 2026-08-28 · 리둥로그
- 출근로그 4 | 리프레쉬먼트 | 딤딤섬 | 블루보틀 | 2026-07-14 · ✎ꪑ행운을 찾아서 ˖◛⁺˖ · via Daum
- 뚝섬역 여모하기 좋은 브런치 카페, <리프레쉬먼트> 2026-07-09 · 유니짜장의 곱빼기 같은 일상
- 성수 브런치카페 리프레쉬먼트 2026-06-11 · 빵순이의 미식 로그
- [성수/브런치카페] 제철 친환경 건강식 '리프레쉬먼트' 후기 - 고사.... 2026-05-03 · 하뇽뇽
- 나는 노예니까 노동절에 쉬어요 2026-05-02 · 콩지의 잘먹고 잘사는 이야기 · via Daum
- [서울/성수]건강한 한상, 푸릇푸릇 제철체소 리프레쉬먼트 2026-04-30 · 나 나의일상
- 2026.04.04(Sat) 2026-04-23 · 귀여운 세상을 위해
- [성수] 리프레쉬먼트 202506 2026-01-28 · 하루종일 먹는 생각
- 성동 | 건강한 고사리 파스타, 리프레쉬먼트 2025-12-08 · 풍찬노숙 · via Daum
- 11월 | 초록 물결이 톡톡 튀는 젊음처럼 2025-12-07 · connecting the dots.
- 성수 뚝섬 가벼운 한 끼 "리프레쉬먼트" 내돈내산 후기 2025-12-06 · 여기저기 달시옹
- 9월 | 찰나의 가을 2025-10-04 · connecting the dots.
- 리프레쉬먼트 | 고사리파스타가 맛있는 성수 비건 식당 2025-09-25 · connecting the dots.
- 2025년 4월 일기 2025-07-13 · 쩡다움
- 삶의 환기, 뚝섬 ‘리프레쉬먼트’, 나만의 또또또간집 2025-06-26 · Diet records
- 뚝섬/ 내 몸을 건강하게 지키고 싶을 때 비건 맛집 “리프레쉬먼트.... 2025-06-21 · 데일리뽝쏘
Of 351 candidate posts we opened 108 and kept 20 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.