Gilpost · Seongdong-gu, Seongsu-dong 2-ga
Cafe
Bokado Beoteo
보카도버터 Bocado is Spanish for 'a mouthful' or 'a bite' — the shop's thin butter crisp is itself called a bocado, and butter is its main flavour.
Compiled from 19 blog posts read in fullSources →
Bocado Butter's Seongsu flagship is a small dessert café on an alley off Yeonmujang-gil. Its one product is the bocado, a paper-thin folded butter crisp you dip into coconut, butter-caramel, coffee or cacao cream. Eight cost 7,500 won, eight with a coffee 10,000 won, and each cream 1,200 won. People either eat in or take a yellow box away. We read 21 posts from 28 August to 5 October 2026. We set one aside because it never actually covers this shop, which leaves 20 firsthand visits.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 성동구 연무장7가길 11, 1층 101호 (성수동2가)11 Yeonmujang 7ga-gil, Seongdong-gu, Seoul
- Phone0507-1393-1399
- Typical spend₩3,500 – ₩15,000
- From the station1 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 30 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 14 posts: 5 wrote 10:30–22:00, 4 wrote Wednesday 13:00–22:00, 3 wrote Daily 10:30–20:00.
| Daily | 10:30–20:00 | 3 of 14 posts |
|---|---|---|
| No day given | 10:30–22:00 | 5 of 14 posts |
| Wednesday | 13:00–22:00 | 4 of 14 posts |
1 other values
| Open | Daily | 11:00–20:00 2 of 14 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
- There is a hand-washing sink at the back of the room, and nine posts mention it. You eat the bocados with your fingers, so writers appreciated being able to wash first. One said it is exactly what you need when wet wipes aren't enough.
- The room is small. Thirteen posts call it cosy or not very big, and none call it spacious. There is still somewhere to sit: posts keep describing a bar counter along the wall plus tables further in. One writer counted a bar table, one two-seater and one four-seater.
- You can watch the bocados being made. Seven posts describe seeing them cooked one at a time on a wide griddle at the front or just inside. Several add that the smell of butter carries down the alley.
- Seven posts took their order away. The ten-piece order comes in a yellow box, and one writer noted the bocados were vacuum-sealed to keep them from going soft.
5 more
- Two posts say the order came out quickly, packed straight off the griddle. Nobody complained of a slow wait.
- Most writers found it only mildly sweet. Six posts say the bocado or the creams are not very sweet. One post disagreed: that writer found the bocado almost tasteless, said you were really just eating the cream, thought the coffee was too weak, and left disappointed.
- Four posts mention power outlets, and two of them say every table has one. Writers found it handy for recharging a phone during a day out in Seongsu.
- Four posts mention a review event: leave a review and you get one dipping cream free.
- No one calls it expensive. Four posts say the prices are fair, and one singled out the iced Americano as especially cheap. One writer gave the price of four marshmallow sandwiches, 5,000 won, and wondered how anyone could sell them. That post doesn't conclude whether the price is fair.
What 19 bloggers said
diping keurim
Not sweet
We read all 19 in full. The most common claims are “Cramped” (13) and “Not sweet” (6).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Things you can check on site
- Coffee served 14 of 19 posts
- Seats to sit and eat 13 of 19 posts
- Hand-wash sink in the dining area 9 of 19 posts
- Takeout 7 of 19 posts
- Open kitchen 7 of 19 posts
- Phone charging 4 of 19 posts
- Review event 4 of 19 posts
- Self-order screen 2 of 19 posts
- Wi-Fi 1 of 19 posts
- Reachable by transit 1 of 19 posts
- Foreign customers in the room 1 of 19 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Who came, and with whom
- Family visit 2 of 19 posts
- Date 2 of 19 posts
- With a friend 2 of 19 posts
- Solo visit 1 of 19 posts
- Came by car 1 of 19 posts
- Came with children 1 of 19 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
We don't know what floor it is on. The address says ground floor, but no writer describes the floor or any stairs from their own visit.
Nobody says whether there is a step at the entrance or whether a wheelchair or pushchair gets in. That doesn't mean there is a problem, only that no one wrote about it. Many posts call the room small, so we can't say how easy it is to move around in a wheelchair either.
We don't know about the toilet. One writer praised a stylish restroom, then said straight afterwards that the shop only has a hand-washing sink. We can't tell whether there is a toilet inside.
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 saying they paid themselves2 of 19 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way17 of 19 posts
When the posts appeared
Month by month
| Month | Posts |
|---|---|
| 2026-08 | 3 |
| 2026-09 | 13 |
| 2026-10 | 3 |
What we do not know
- The opening hours change depending on when the post was written, and every post copied them from the shop's own listing. Three posts up to 8 September say 11:00–20:00. Six posts from 11 to 18 September say 10:30–22:00, and four of those add that it opens at 13:00 on Wednesdays. Four posts from 20 September on say 10:30–20:00 daily. One post from 4 September says 10:00–22:00. No post mentions a closing day. The latest figure is 10:30–20:00 daily, but it is worth checking before you go.
- Most directions in the posts were copied from the listing: about 230 m from Seongsu Station exit 3, or about 500 m straight from exit 4 and then left into the alley. Only one writer says they actually came by public transport and walked.
- No one reports queuing. That isn't proof there is never a queue, only that nobody wrote about one. One writer went on a weekday afternoon because they expected weekend queues to be long, but that is a guess, so we didn't count it.
- Several posts copied the phone number, 0507-1393-1399. One post copied a line saying Naver booking is available, but no writer says they booked.
- The same phrases appear across many posts, almost word for word: an unforgettable feeling from a single bite, a one-of-a-kind shop found only in Seongsu, the 'happy box', a picnic in Seoul Forest. We treated these as the shop's own promotional copy and didn't use them as evidence. No post discloses sponsorship, and two say the writer paid their own way.
Sources (19)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
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- [성수동 카페] 한 입의 행복 보카도버터 성수본점 코코넛아이스크림.... 2026-10-05 · 냠냠의 맛있는 일상 가이드
- 성수 카페 디저트 맛집 보카도버터 성수 본점, 바삭고소한 보카도 .... 2026-10-04 · SUN WATER
- [성수] 성수 카페 디저트 '보카도버터 성수본점' 보카도 10개+크림2종 세트 구매 후기 2026-09-20 · 하이호의 여행,맛집 이야기 · via Daum
- 성수동 카페 어디 갈까 고민될 때, 보카도버터에서 만난 특별한 디저트 2026-09-20 · 라임 일상기 · via Daum
- 성수동 카페 디저트 보카도버터 2026-09-18 · ☆wons log☆ · via Daum
- 성수 카페 디저트 보카도버터 | 바삭하고 담백한 태국식 버터크리스피 2026-09-15 · day off · via Daum
- 성수동 카페 디저트 보카도버터 성수 본점 2026-09-15 · 먹길동의 미식여행 · via Daum
- [성수 카페] 성수 보카도버터 버터롤 맛 왜이래^^... 2026-09-11 · 소식좌의 식욕을 돋운 찐 맛집 · via Daum
- 성수동 카페 디저트 맛집 보카도버터 별미야! 2026-09-11 · 코코다니 패션 블로그 · via Daum
- 성수카페 보카도버터｜왜 자꾸 손이 가지? 바삭한 성수디저트 2026-09-11 · 나만의 놀이터 · via Daum
- 성수동 카페 디저트 추천 '보카도버터' 팝업 돌아다니며 간단히 한입 먹는 이색디저트 후기 2026-09-08 · 일상을 담다 · via Daum
- 재방문한 보가도버터 성수 카페 디저트 맛집 2026-09-07 · 소소한 일상, 소소한 행복 · via Daum
- [성수 카페 디저트 추천] 바삭달콤 이색 디저트 맛집 '보카도 성수' 세트메뉴 꿀조합 2026-09-06 · 여니로운 하루 · via Daum
- 성수동 카페 디저트 [보카도버터 성수 본점] 보카도 이색 디저트 맛집 2026-09-04 · 연의 이야기 · via Daum
- 성수 카페 디저트 보카도버터 성수본점 보카도 포장 후기 2026-09-02 · 도토리하우스 · via Daum
- 성수 카페 디저트 전문점 보카도성수 색다른 한입 디저트 보카도 2026-08-31 · som · via Daum
- 성수이색디저트추천 성수에서특별한 디저트를 맛보고 싶다면 보카도버터 성수 본점 2026-08-31 · 소소의 소소한 일상 · via Daum
- 성수동 맛집 추천! 보카도버터 성수 본점 포장 후기, 성수 카페 디저트부터 완벽했던 성수동데이트 코스 2026-08-28 · Miya · via Daum
Of 382 candidate posts we opened 120 and kept 19 as evidence. We have not seen them all yet; another pass would add more.