After the Garden Walk — A Bakery Café 6 Minutes from Seoul Forest

After the Garden Walk — A Bakery Café 6 Minutes from Seoul Forest

One hundred and sixty-seven gardens have opened across Seoul Forest. After an hour of walking through them, one step into the alley brings you to our place.

2026 Seoul International Garden Show — The Basics

The 2026 Seoul International Garden Show (SIGS 2026) runs for 180 days, from May 1 to October 27, across nine hectares of Seoul Forest and into the surrounding Hangang riverside and Seongsu-dong neighborhood. The theme is "Seoul, Green Culture." Admission is free, and the show is open daily from noon to 7 p.m. The main flow of visitors moves naturally from the gardens into Seoul Forest 4-gil, the quiet alley that begins where the park ends.

From the Show's Exit to Our Doorstep

Millab Seongsu sits inside that alley. From Exit 4 of Seoul Forest Station (Suin–Bundang Line), the walk takes about six minutes — a short, almost straight line through residential blocks. The same six minutes also work from the show's eastern exits. The building has four levels: a small terrace on the ground floor used for seasonal pop-ups, a bakery café on the second floor, thirty-two seats on the third floor with wide tables, and a rooftop on the fourth that will open as a popup space.

Ovens On at Five in the Morning

The ovens start at five in the morning. Five kinds of salt bread — plain, myeongnan (Korean spicy roe), garlic, spicy mayo sausage, and olive cheese — come out in sequence through the morning. Five varieties of financier, two of cannelé, and a signature Cookie Box (with five distinct lévain cookies) follow. On the drink side, the ube latte is a house signature using house-simmered purple sweet potato, and the strawberry matcha latte pairs unusually well with a piece of fresh salt bread.

Multilingual Menu and Hours

The café opens daily from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. The garden show closes at 7 p.m., but the alley itself stays awake well into the evening — and Millab Seongsu stays open three hours longer than the show. The menu is available in Korean, English, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese. All major credit and debit cards work, as do mobile payments like Samsung Pay and Apple Pay. You won't need a translator with your friends.

A few practical notes. The walk from KWANGYA at SM Entertainment headquarters, also reachable directly through Seoul Forest Station, takes about ten minutes. If you've come for the garden show and plan to visit Seoul Forest itself afterward, the route works well in either direction: park first, then café, or café first as a base before entering the park. The third-floor seats are the most comfortable for a longer stay; the second floor is better for a quick coffee and a takeaway loaf.

Tap to Stay Updated

During the garden show season, a few signature items rotate weekly. The cleanest way to keep up with changes is to search "Millab Seongsu" on Naver Map or Kakao Map and tap the notification button on our place page. From there, weekly updates arrive directly.

There is no entrance ticket needed for the garden show, and there is no minimum order at the café. If you've walked enough for one afternoon and want a slow window seat for an hour, the third floor is ready for that.