The Dog

Originally posted by:Morgan Milani

Location: Located between the thumb and first finger (right hand) behind AK plaza in Pyeongtaek, down the street from Moti Mahal.It’s on the right hand side, second floor, and has a yellow roof with yellow beach umbrellas on top and pillows in the window. You can usually hear the dogs when you’re close.

Price:You must order at least one drink. Drinks are around W6,000.

It’s very similar to the cat cafés that people are familiar with, only dogs! There are dogs that live there, and it’s also BYOD (bring your own dog). We saw both big and small dogs, but they must be/are all vaccinated. You have to order at least one drink – they have a selection of iced teas, smoothies, and basic coffees – around $6. The drinks are ok, but let’s face it, we’re not really there for the beverages. They have snack items like muffins and pretzels, and they have some dog supplies for sale as well. Honestly, I enjoyed it more than the one in Myeongdong.

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The red pin is Moti Mohal and the purple pin is the dog cafe.

Kitty Cat Cafe

Originally posted by: Erin Wipper

Directions: Outside of AK Plaza in Pyeongtaek, looking at the 5-way intersection, head right (The pinky finger road when using your right hand as a guide). Go past a parking lot on your left and then turn left at the first left past the parking lot. The cafe is on the third floor, yellow sign with a cat on it.

Alternative Directions posted by: Tiffany Wheeler

If you are looking at the bus terminal turn to your right and walk down Topresso (its a cafe) the cat cafe on the street directly across from Topresso on the second floor. It has a yellow sign with a cat picture on it.

Hours: 12noon-10pm daily.

Price :(includes drink… coffee, tea, or smoothie!): 7,000W per adult, 5,000W per child.
2,000W to feed cats small can of wet Fancy Feast cat food.

We got 2 Caramel Macchiatos (YUM) and 2 strawberry smoothies for the kiddos. They had 10 cats there for the time we were there. They have board games (mostly Korean, but they have Korean Jenga, who doesn’t like Jenga!?) It is clean.

Playing with the cats

Drinks

Food for the cats

Board games available

Menu

Kitty

Posted by: Teena Marie

I had a coffee drink that you have to pay for once you walk in. I’m not sure of any foods.

You do smell the cat smell when you first walk in, but it quickly fades away once you are engulfed with the furry kitties everywhere. It’s very therapeutic and just neat and different.

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Cafe C.F.

Originally posted by: Jennifer Wright

Location: Walk straight out of the Main Gate of Osan Air Base and continue a few blocks. The Nike store that is orange and two stories tall is on your left, the café is on your right. There is a stationary, sock, and purse store downstairs, the café is on the second floor.

The menu here is super cute! It is made like a scrap book. We really enjoyed everything and we will likely go back. There are tables, comfortable chairs, and bar stools. We had the Choco Ice which had chocolate cereal pieces, cookies, nuts, whipped cream, and delicious ice cream. We also had a Vienna coffee, which was essentially a cup of coffee with a scoop of ice cream, delicious! We also ordered a cherry-aid and waffle with ice cream. I think the waffle was 3,500 won, it was the best value. The cherry ade was huge and delicious. The cafe was comfortable and inviting.

Exterior, Cafe CF is on the second floor

Choco Ice

Cherry aid and waffle

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Cute Menu

Cafe CF outdoor sign

Vienna Coffee

Cafe Mandolin, Go-sung Mountain and the Sarang Center Museum

Originally posted by: Jennifer Wright

Location: Take HWY 45NE to HWY 23, this is the Chilgok overpass (as a side note, You will see a tunnel straight ahead, do NOT go there! Take the exit to the right, which is 23.) Stay on the main road, you will be driving towards Yangseong. The road goes straight, then off to the right (there is a traffic light or two). As you climb the hill, you will see a large parking lot on top- this is the place to stop and hike, there is a museum across. For the cafe and other restaurants, stay on the road, the Mandolin Cafe is on your right about half a mile further, towards the bottom of the hill.
Posted by: Monica Dronet
Address: 576 Donghang-ri, Yangseong-Myeon, Anseong-Si, Gyeonggi-Do

Hours: 11:00AM – 11:00PM

Phone: (031) 673-9914

Posted by: Jennifer Wright
This cafe is kind of out of the way, though it is with-in a 35-40 minute drive of Camp Humphreys.There is a terrific place to hike on Go-sung mountain which is off to the right before reaching the cafe. I found the hike to be very challenging but worth the effort. This cafe is about half of a mile from where we hiked. It is nice but a little more expensive than other cafes. There was not much English spoken and the menu is in Hangul, however you can easily order because coffee drink names are the same in English and Hangul. Coffee bean roasting is done on site. Our coffee was 8,000 won for a small cup, it was hand drip. The atmosphere was super nice! If I go back, we will not take our kids. We had three adults when we went and our bill was 30,000 for 3 coffees and an ice cream. On Go-Sung Mountain, I hiked to the temple and beyond. The hike lasted for many hours,we even lost a member of our group when we all became spread out. He had to hike an extra three miles and get picked up by a car. That day was my most challenging hike ever. It is a lovely location and we will hike it again.

Posted by Monica Dronet
You can get a free refill of Americano. I love this place!

Posted by Chris Fletcher: The museum near the parking lot to begin hiking is a memorial to the 1st March independence movement.

All photo’s by Jennifer Wright

Lovely cups at Cafe Mandolin

On site roasting at Cafe Mandolin

Cafe mandolin decor

Ice cream at Cafe Mandolin

Outdoor seating at Cafe Mandolin

Sign for Cafe Mandolin

Outside of Cafe Mandolin

Jump Nori

Originally posted by: Marie Smith

Location: Gyeonggi-do, Pyeongtaek-si, Paengseong-eup, Namsan-ri, 98-68 Beonji

Go out the main gate of Camp Humphreys, to your right.
All the way to the stop light, turn left at the gasoline station.
Straight down that road to Beverly Hills then right on that intersection once you see the car wash on your left.
Turn left on your first left.
You’ll see it on your left BEFORE you get to the rotary.
I park at either BIG KMART or Brick House.
GPS:https://www.google.com/maps/place/36%C2%B057%2747.7%22N+127%C2%B003%2751.5%22E/@36.9632595,127.0643,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0

Opens at 10:00am

Prices: ₩1,500 30mins
₩500 for 10mins additional
₩ 2,000 for adults and you get to choose your drink (lemon iced tea, peach tea, iced coffee, etc.)

Originally posted by Euna Taylor Only children under 8 year old and under 120cm can play this play house.

From me Jump Nori is a great little kids cafe located close to Humphreys in Paengsong. It can get crowded during certain times of the day, but usually there are only a couple of people. It is located on the second floor of the building, next to K-mart and Brick House restaurant. You will take off your shoes before going into the cafe, slippers and shoe lockers are provided. When you go in, go straight to the counter and they will give you a numbered bracelet to put all of your charges on. You will pay the balance at the end, when you leave. Inside, they have two trampoline rooms, which my children love, especially my two year old daughter. They also have a selection of Korean children’s books, a few riding toys, a play house, a play kitchen, a section with blocks, and a “sand” room filled with little wooden beads and sand toys. At the top of one trampoline room is a little clubhouse playroom set up like a tiny house, with a play bed, kitchen, etc. Parents can relax and enjoy a drink (their lemonade is great) while their kids play. You can also buy snacks and drinks for the kids and order hot meals from the menu.

Pictures by Marie Smith

Jump Nori has two trampoline rooms.

There is a lot of seating for parents while the kids play, you can watch your children on the cctv

You can buy little snacks and drinks as well as hot food from the menu

The menu. They also have an english version

They have a “sand” play area that is full of little wooden beads,

Beans and Vine

Gps to Beans and Vine coffee and wine shop in Paengsong near Lotteria: http://maps.google.com/?q=36.9655,127.06216

This was a cute little coffee shop with a very quite atmosphere and a friendly woman on staff. The menu is all in Korean. I thought the prices were a bit lower than most other coffee shops. We ordered the waffle, which was smaller than most places but good and a lemon ice tea for the kids to split which they enjoyed. I ordered a mint chocolate frappachino which was amazing. I’m pretty sure they also serve wine.

Yum! Waffle, lemon tea and mint chocolate frappechino!

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Beans and Vine

Kaffa

Originally posted by Jennifer Wright.

This cafe is straight out of the Camp Humphreys drive thru gate, turn right at the light where the Korean post office and “I’m your fan” restaurant is located. At the first real road about a block down, turn LEFT. There is parking besides the cafe and in front.

The front of Kaffa

My kids ordered an ice cream dish to share that had fruit on it. The dessert was very tasty and cost 3,500 won. Two family members ordered Bubble Tea but they were NOT impressed. I was happy to find a neat option for coffee locally, but I doubt I will go back. The park across the street makes for a neat place to hang out with the kids. There is a C+U practically next door where you can buy inexpensive ice creams for the kids while you enjoy a coffee.The seating in this cafe is terrific. There is even a HUGE U shaped booth for groups. The menu is totally in Korean and the staff speaks very little English. They do serve food meals at this place, but I did not try any of them.

Ice cream and fruit dessert at Kaffa

Seating at Kaffa

Kaffa’s menu

The following review was originally posted by Kaulalani Randolph

I have been to Kaffa several times in the past few weeks and have found it very pleasant on each occasion. They now have a handwritten menu in english, which is helpful. I’ve had the iced mocha with yummy whipped cream, honey bread, an affogato and a bingsu. The bingsu is smaller and can be a single serving compared to the big bowl most places give you. All were delicious.

Affagato at Kaffa

Iced Mocha and Bingsu

Honey bread

The following review was originally posted by Kate Hubbard:

This place has four different burgers, all come with a sweet sauce and are very messy but pretty tasty and less than 6,500w ea. Roma burger, Hawaiian, chilli (hot), cheeseburger.

Handwritten English menu posted by Esther Duvall Smith

Messy Burgers at Kaffa

Ro. M Coffee

Originally posted by Becke Haas. You can find her blog about cafe’s in Korea here.

Directions: Outside the Humphreys Walking gate, across from the new seoul clinic on the left side.

Prices are comparable to other coffee shops, it is within walking distance of Camp Humphreys. I could tell the baristas were fairly new, as it took four of them to make one drink. Everything was in Korean and English and was easy to understand. They have the typical coffee house items minus honey break and cream cheese pretzels. I had a Green Tea Latte which I thought was average. The stairs to the second floor are EXTREMELY steep. So be careful!

Posted by Kelly Mendoza: They are VERY nice there. We’ve sat and hung out like we were at Starbucks. I will say though that if you are tea drinker, the drinks are on the expensive side.

Inside of Ro. M Coffee

Counter of Ro. M Coffee

Ro. M Coffee menu

Outside of Ro. M Coffee

Oeam Folk Village and Restaurant

Originally posted by Jennifer Wright

Directions: Take a right out the Camp Humphreys CPX gate and get on 45 towards Asan. When you get to 39, follow it to Oeam Folk Village (there are brown signs).

This is a living history museum with very old homes. Some of the homes are even available for an over-night stay. We visited the Folk village today, then we stopped for dinner by the entry point. We also splurged on coffee, tea, and hot cocoa. It takes about 45 minutes to get there from Camp Humphreys. We were caught in a traffic jam for a few minutes, but coming home the roads were clear. The village cost our family W5,000 to enter. We have 2 kids and 2 adults.

Oeam Folk Village

Oeam Folk Village

Oeam Folk Village

Outside, the tea and coffee shop is on the left. The restaurant is on the right. You can see the noodle image on the window of the restaurant. We enjoyed a seafood pancake, kimchi, and three bowls of noodle soup for 27,000 won at the restaurant. The menu was in Korean, no English was spoken I pointed at the picture of the noodles on the window (5,000 won) and I ordered the bibim-something since I know how to read bibimbap. It was a delicious!! A plate was taken by a young man from an older gentleman to show us the seafood pancake. It turns out the older man was the owner! His photo is on the wall (in black and white). I am so gad we ordered one.

Korean seafood pancake (pajeon) and kimchi at Oeam Folk Village Restaurant.

Inside of the Oeam Folk Village restaurant

Noodles at Oeam Folk Village Restaurant

Outside of the Oeam Folk Village restaurant, you can see the picture of noodles on the window.

Bibim-something at Oeam Folk Village restaurant

At the cafe next door to the restaurant, you can order drinks through a window and take them to go. There are only TWO tables on the inside of the place that seat four each.

The menu for the Folk village cafe.