Gilpost · Seongdong-gu, Seongsu-dong 2-ga
Cafe
CaféCité
카페씨떼 Kape Ssitte Cité is French for 'city' — the café bills itself as a rest stop for city travellers, and its signature drinks are named after cities (Seattle, Sapporo, London, Valencia).
Compiled from 20 blog posts read in fullSources →
CaféCité is a glass-walled dessert café at 71 Seongsuiro, on the shopping strip opposite Musinsa Seongsu; two writers say it is tied to the shoe brand Cueren. The main building, where you order, has a ground floor and a second floor, and three posts say you can also sit in the annex next door (the Tannery). You grab a seat first, then order at the ground-floor counter. An americano is 6,000 won (four posts), the signature Seongsu Brick Latte 8,500 won (two posts), and cakes run 9,500 to 10,500 won. There is a monthly drink and a seasonal dessert. We read 30 posts dated 15 June to 5 October 2026; 22 describe a visit. Five turned out to be about other shops, and three (the café's own blog and a listicle) were not counted.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 성동구 성수이로 71, 지하1층,1층,2층 (성수동2가)71 Seongsui-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul
- Phone02-465-0811
- Typical spend₩5,500 – ₩10,500
- From the station1 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 324 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 12 posts: 9 wrote Daily 10:00–22:00, 2 wrote 10:00–22:00.
| Daily | 10:00–22:00 | 9 of 12 posts |
|---|---|---|
| No day given | 10:00–22:00 | 2 of 12 posts |
| Last order | 21:20 | 6 of 7 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
- The glass is what drew people in: 12 of the 22 visit posts mention the floor-to-ceiling windows and daylight. One writer liked watching the Musinsa store and passers-by from a window seat; another went at night and said the lit interior looks different from outside. Five posts mention the high ceiling.
- Eight posts describe the planted front terrace — one counted more than six tables, and in summer there were beach-style loungers. It depends on the weather, though: one group had rain pour down ten minutes after sitting and ate under an umbrella, one couldn't use the terrace because of rain, and one found it too hot to sit outside.
- The building looks big, but no one called the seating comfortable. Four posts say the chairs are uncomfortable: benches with no backrest, seats so close you might bump heads with the person behind, low tables upstairs, seats that are neither roomy nor comfortable. Posts split 3 to 2 on whether the place is spacious — the two dissenters expected a big café and found few, tightly packed tables, one comparing a full main building to a chicken coop. One writer said there are too few sockets for laptop work.
- Five posts call it expensive and one says the price was fair. Four agree on 6,000 won for an americano, and one of those writers ordered the signature drink instead after seeing it. Several point to dessert size versus price: a 10,000-won cake smaller than a fist, a 5,500-won pound cake that was quite small. One felt an 8,500-won drink they disliked was money thrown away. The lone dissenter thought the latte was big enough to justify its price.
What 20 bloggers said
Americano
Clean
We read all 20 in full. The most common claims are “Expensive” (5) and “Uncomfortable seating” (4).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Where they disagree
| Roomy | yes 3 · no 2 |
|---|
Things you can check on site
- Large windows 12 of 20 posts
- Second floor 11 of 20 posts
- Outdoor terrace seating 8 of 20 posts
- High ceiling 5 of 20 posts
- Air conditioned 2 of 20 posts
- Separate restrooms 1 of 20 posts
- Toilet inside 2 of 20 posts
- Reachable by transit 1 of 20 posts
- Self-order screen 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 4 of 20 posts
- Date 2 of 20 posts
- Came with children 1 of 20 posts
- Family visit 1 of 20 posts
- Group 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
1 posts say it is walkable from the station.
Getting inside
| Second floor | 11 of 20 posts |
|---|---|
| Toilet inside | 2 of 20 posts |
| Separate restrooms | yes 1 · no 1 (of 20 posts read) |
The registered address lists a basement level, but no post mentions going down there. That doesn't mean there isn't one — nobody wrote about it.
No post mentions an entrance step, ramp or lift, so we don't know whether it works for a wheelchair or pushchair. Stairs do come up: upstairs seating means carrying your drinks up after the buzzer goes (one writer nearly spilled a hot coffee), and annex customers have to collect drinks at the main counter and climb back to the third floor.
Two posts place a toilet inside, but describe it differently: one found separate men's and women's toilets on the main building's second floor, very clean; another, during the summer pop-up, found a single stall hidden behind a white wall by the stairs. We can't tell whether they mean the same toilet.
No one mentioned: In a basement · Lift to the floor · Ramp at the door · Step at the entrance · Step-free access · 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 20 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way14 of 20 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 23 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.
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 |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 5 |
| 2026-08 | 5 |
| 2026-09 | 6 |
| 2026-10 | 3 |
What we do not know
- Air-conditioning reports split by building, not by date. Two posts from June and July 2026 found the annex's third floor well cooled; two from August said the main building's second floor wasn't cool enough, or that the glass walls kept it warm despite the AC. One writer found the ground floor very crowded and noisy; two posts in all call it loud.
- '312 m from Seongsu Station exit 3' is copied across several posts. Only one writer actually described the walk: out of exit 3 and straight south.
- Only one post, from August 2026, describes waiting: the café was full, staff managed a waitlist, and a seat opened after about ten minutes. Others call it packed, especially at weekends, without mentioning a queue. A September post's three-hour wait was for a different shop and isn't counted.
- Twelve posts give opening hours, nearly all copied: 10:00–22:00 daily in eleven, 10:00–21:00 in one; last order 21:20 in six, 21:30 in one. One copied block says it never closes. The house rules (one drink per person, no outside food, card only, pets on the terrace only) are also copied from the shop's sign, and we don't treat them as first-hand reports.
- Several posts copy the phone number 02-465-0811, but none says whether you can book.
- The menu rotates monthly: posts mention a London Fog Earl Grey cold brew in February 2026, a Seattle cold-brew shakerato in June, a Sapporo snow matcha latte in July, a peach oolong tart in August and a fig pavlova in September. A summer Granita Bar pop-up with Cueren ran from 10 July to 31 August and has ended. We didn't count the two descriptions on the café's own blog.
Sources (20)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- [26.09.28~10.04 주간 일기] 카우룽카우룽🍂 2026-10-05 · 맛탕쓰 라이프 · via Daum
- 성수 카페 추천｜통유리 감성이 예쁜 카페씨떼, 무화과 파블로바까지 먹어본 후기 ☕️🌿 2026-10-03 · 성수 핫플 여기 미쳤다 · via Daum
- 서울 성수 테라스 있는 카페 '카페씨떼' 사람 구경하기 좋은 곳 2026-10-02 · 은뇸뇸의 맛집기록 · via Daum
- 성수동 카페 거리 통창으로 보이는 예쁜 하늘과 테라스가 매력인 카페씨떼 성수 2026-09-29 · 하루 · via Daum
- 낭만은 불꽃놀이에서부터 2026-09-29 · ♪
- 9월의 이일저일 <28살의 마지막 달> 2026-09-26 · 나홀로 삶 · via Daum
- [26.9.4.금~9.21.수] 2026 프리즈, 수제비 먹방과 애증의 LG 트윈스 직관 2026-09-25 · sweetory · via Daum
- 성수 카페 씨떼 성수점 내돈내산 솔직후기｜성수역 분위기 좋은 카페, 성수 브릭라떼 2026-09-25 · 운동하는 맛집파덕 · via Daum
- [성수 카페 씨떼 : 힙한 성수느낌 그대로_내돈내산 솔직후기 ] 2026-09-01 · Nevertheless,
- 성수 l 카페씨떼 2026-08-28 · Bely's daily._.
- 서울 성수동 카페 | 해외감성 테라스 있는 카페 ‘카페씨떼’ 2026-08-25 · 秀
- 카페씨떼 성수 : 테라스 있는 통창뷰 카페 2026-08-17 · 천방지축 빙글빙글 말랑이 세상
- 성수라떼맛집 성수카페 웨이팅해서 다녀온 카페씨테 (성수) 2026-08-16 · 일상을 기록하다
- 성수동 8월 아이랑 가볼만한 팝업 리스트 '하우스 오브 토이스토리 .... 2026-08-04 · 윤이네 하루하루
- [성수] 쿠에른 썸머 클럽 팝업 카페 씨떼 내돈내산 주말 방문 후기 .... 2026-07-30 · 일상모먼트
- 서울 성수 통창뷰 테라스 대형카페 “카페시떼 성수” 내돈내산 후기 2026-07-24 · YEBIN_♡_zip · via Daum
- 성수 카페씨떼 CafeCite 성수_세련된 인테리어에 맛난 퀸아망과 커피.... 2026-07-16 · 재미있는 청춘의 방!
- 성수소품샵,가구쇼룸 투어 2026-07-16 · 써니멀티의 멀티라이프 · via Daum
- 성수 카페 추천 카페씨떼 성수, 먼슬리 메뉴가 기다려지는 감성카페 2026-07-14 · 묭묭 생활 (˵ •̀ ᴗ - ˵ ) ✧
- 성수동 카페 커피 돈 주고 버린 곳, 대림창고 앞 카페씨떼 2026-06-15 · 두바이모찌들의 여행로드
Of 286 candidate posts we opened 41 and kept 20 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.