Actual visit 2/14.
NOT THE CORRECT NAME FOR THIS STORE--I'M WAITING TO SEE IT LISTED. COME ON STARBUCKS (U.S.), LIST THIS BABY!!!
Starbucks in South Korea
| OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 15 February 2011 Actual visit 2/14. NOT THE CORRECT NAME FOR THIS STORE--I'M WAITING TO SEE IT LISTED. COME ON STARBUCKS (U.S.), LIST THIS BABY!!! |
Bucheon Jjamzone, Bucheon | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 25 February 2011 |
Bucheon State Mall, Bucheon | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 25 February 2011 |
Bucheon-yeok Mall, Bucheon | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 25 February 2011 |
Hyundai Jungdong, Bucheon | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 25 February 2011 |
ICN Airport - Air Side, Incheon | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 25 February 2011 |
ICN Airport - Airside center, Incheon | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 25 February 2011 |
ICN Airport - Land Side, Incheon | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 11 February 2011 The first Starbucks I visited in Korea!!! |
Anguk-yeok, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 15 February 2011 |
Apgujong 2, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 19 February 2011 This store has an extremely unique feature, a rose tinted window that causes part of the store to be bathed in pink light if the sun is at the right angle. |
Apkujong, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 19 February 2011 This store has a cool curved stone staircase painted in a very soothing shade of light blue. I dunno--there's something about that staircases that eases my psychotic urges. I may need to hang out there more. |
Apkujong Rodeo, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 19 February 2011 |
Apkujongyuk Station, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 20 February 2011, ORIGINAL VISIT: 19 February 2011 |
Apkujungyuk, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 20 February 2011, ORIGINAL VISIT: 19 February 2011 |
Baengbaeng, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 22 February 2011, ORIGINAL VISIT: 21 February 2011 Given the name of this store, I was expecting some kiss kiss when I arrived, but all I got was a sample coffee. |
Bangbae, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 21 February 2011 |
Bangbae Cafe Street, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 20 February 2011 |
Bangbang Sageori, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 22 February 2011, ORIGINAL VISIT: 21 February 2011 |
Banpo-yeok, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 20 February 2011 |
Boramae Town, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 24 February 2011 |
Capital Tower, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 22 February 2011 |
Chungdamdong Station, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 19 February 2011 This store, in the toniest part of Seoul, is the flagship store in the city. All the furniture and lights are unique, and Korean artwork is displayed on the walls. Also, be sure to check out the back wall on the floor floor, which is composed of stone slats. |
Chungjeong Tower, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 14 February 2011 |
Cinecity, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 19 February 2011 One of several stores in cinemas, something I have only seen in Seoul. |
City Cinema, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 11 February 2011 This store in the posh Gangdam district, classified as a "megastore", has some cool features, like an unusual curved bar that is wide like a table but uses stools. |
COEX II, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 23 February 2011 |
COEX Terminal, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 23 February 2011 |
Court Samgeori, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 21 February 2011 |
Daehan Cinema, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 20 February 2011 One of several Starbucks in or attached to cinemas, something I have only seen in Korea. |
Daemyeong Street, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 23 February 2011 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 17 February 2011 |
Daewoo Securities, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 17 February 2011 This Starbucks, like many in Seoul, does not actually have a bathroom, but shares one with the building. Be sure to check it out, because it has HEATED TOILET SEATS!!! |
Dangsan station #2 line, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 18 February 2011 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 18 February 2011 |
EDAE, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 16 February 2011, ORIGINAL VISIT: 13 February 2011 THE FIRST STORE IN SOUTH KOREA!!! |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 16 February 2011 This school is all-female, except for exchange and graduate students, so basically every male allowed here is one of the luckiest male in the world! |
Gangnam Samsung Town, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 22 February 2011 |
Gangnamdaero Banpo, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 11 February 2011 This store looks simple from the outside, but the interior design is really cool! |
Garosu-Gil - Shinsa-Dong, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 20 February 2011 This store has a conference table made of a piece of wood that has a more natural shape and appearance. |
Gasan Digital Complex, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 24 February 2011 |
Gasan Great, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 24 February 2011 |
Gasan V-Tower, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 24 February 2011 |
GS Tower, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 22 February 2011 |
Guro Ace Twin Tower, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 24 February 2011 |
Guro High End, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 24 February 2011 This store enhances its modern design with a cool window-like decoration, resembling a checkerboard pattern, on the left-hand wall. |
Gwangkyo, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 15 February 2011 Actual visit 2/14. |
Gyeonggidae, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 14 February 2011 |
High Tech City, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 18 February 2011 |
Hongdae, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 13 February 2011 |
Hongdae Gallery, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 13 February 2011 |
Hongdae Rodeo, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 13 February 2011 VIDEO |
Hyundai Mokdong, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 13 February 2011 Yes, believe it or not, Hyundai doesn't just produce cars--it operates department stores too!!! |
Insa, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 13 February 2011 Aye yo, this might be the only store in the world without the "STARBUCKS COFFEE" sign in English--only in the native language. Besides this, the facade uses traditional Korean architecture, and upstairs you will find artwork (that I presume is Korean). |
Itaewon 100, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 18 February 2011 This store is in Itaewon, a well-known touristy district where foreigners like to congregate. |
Itaewonipgu, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 18 February 2011 |
Jewelry City, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 15 February 2011 |
Jonggak, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 15 February 2011 Actual visit 2/14. |
Jongro 3Ga, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 15 February 2011 This store has no seating downstairs, rather just a long counter with no stools. But you should go upstairs regardless of whether you want to sit or not, to check out the cool tile on the wall along the staircase. |
Jongro YBM, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 15 February 2011 |
Juksun, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 16 February 2011 |
Kangnam II, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 11 February 2011 |
KB Yoido, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 17 February 2011 You never know what you'll find at a Starbucks in Korea. Though just a small store attached to a bank, if you look at the wall to your right, you'll see that it is actually a HUGE stone carving! |
KEB Uljiro, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 13 February 2011, ORIGINAL VISIT: 12 February 2011 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 22 February 2011 |
Kuenkil Tower, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 22 February 2011 |
Kwanghwamun, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 16 February 2011, ORIGINAL VISIT: 14 February 2011 The biggest store in Korea! |
Kyodae, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 21 February 2011 |
Lotte Castle Yoido, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 17 February 2011 |
Mapo Acrotower, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 17 February 2011 |
Mapo Iljin Bldg, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 17 February 2011 |
Mapo Trapalace, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 17 February 2011 |
Marronnier Park, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 23 February 2011 When you visit this store, look for the framed sign explaining that the red brick building was designed by a famous Korean architect, Kim Soo Geun. |
Mokdong, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 13 February 2011 |
Mokdong Hyperion, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 13 February 2011 |
Mokdong Paragon, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?? November 2010, PHOTO: ? February 2011 |
Montessori, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 11 February 2011 |
Mookyo-dong, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 15 February 2011 |
Mullae, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 18 February 2011 |
Munhwa Daily, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 14 February 2011 |
Myeongdong Noon Square, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 12 February 2011 |
Myeongji Bldg., Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 14 February 2011 |
Myungdong - Mirae Bldg., Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 12 February 2011 This store large and is wicked cool, with funky lights, seats, and windows! |
Myungdong II, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 12 February 2011 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 13 February 2011, ORIGINAL VISIT: 12 February 2011 This store is tucked away up on the 4th floor of a shoping center but offers an outdoor patio for those who don't like to be cooped up (like moi). |
Myungdong V, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 13 February 2011, ORIGINAL VISIT: 12 February 2011 FOUR STOREYS BABY!!! |
Myungdongseongdang, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 13 February 2011 |
Nambuterminal, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 21 February 2011 |
Nambuterminal 2, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 21 February 2011 At first blush, this store looked no more special than any of dozens of similar stores in Seoul. Then I went into the bathroom (shared with the building), and I was treated to a band of coffee blend stickers pasted along three of the four walls! See, you never know what you'll find when you visit some random Starbucks. |
Namdaemoon, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 14 February 2011 |
Namsan Danam, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 15 February 2011 This store displays several old photographs of the surrounding area from a few decades ago, and it also displays what appear to be Korean-style window frames on a wall. |
Newcore-Banpo - 1st Floor, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 20 February 2011 |
Nonhyun, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 19 February 2011 This store is unique because to get to the lobby after walking in the doors, you have to pass next to a table and doorway belonging to Il Mio Sogno, an Italiann restaurant. I'd have to say that makes this one of the best stores for a romantic dinner and coffee date. |
Omokgyo, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 13 February 2011 Modern design, unusual furnishings, curved facade make this smallish store pretty cool. |
Posco, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 23 February 2011, ORIGINAL VISIT: 22 February 2011 |
Sadang-yeok, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 21 February 2011 |
Sae Jongno, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 15 February 2011 |
Samseong-yeok Sageori, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 23 February 2011, ORIGINAL VISIT: 22 February 2011 |
Samsung, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 22 February 2011 Sweet storefront! |
Samsung 2, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 23 February 2011 |
Samsung Hillstate, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 23 February 2011 |
Samsungyuk, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 23 February 2011 |
Sangmyeong Art Hall, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 23 February 2011 |
Seocho-yeok, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 21 February 2011 |
Seolleung, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 22 February 2011 |
Seolleungyuk, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 22 February 2011 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 20 February 2011 |
Seorae Village-Entrance, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 20 February 2011 Oh wow, this store is in a French enclave, something I would have never suspected exists in Seoul!!! |
Seoul Arts Center, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 21 February 2011 |
Seoul Cinema, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 15 February 2011 The first Starbucks I have ever seen in a movie theatre! |
Seoul Gyodae, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 21 February 2011 |
Seouldae, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 24 February 2011 |
Shillim, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 24 February 2011 |
Shillim PODO Mall, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 24 February 2011 |
Shinchon, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 11 February 2011 |
Shinchon 2, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 16 February 2011, ORIGINAL VISIT: 13 February 2011 |
Shinchondaero, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 16 February 2011, ORIGINAL VISIT: 13 February 2011 |
Shinchon-Myungmul Steet, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 16 February 2011, ORIGINAL VISIT: 11 February 2011 This store is way cool because it has FOUR STOREYS!!! And a cool elevator with glass walls! |
Shindorim Technomart, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 18 February 2011 |
Shinsa 2, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 20 February 2011 |
Shinsegae Bonjeom, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 12 February 2011 This store, on the ELEVENTH FLOOR of an upscale department store, enhances its decor with a display of shelves holding bottles full of coffee beans. |
Shinsegae Gangnam 5F, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 20 February 2011 |
Shinsegae I & C, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 24 February 2011 |
Shinsegae Main B1, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 12 February 2011 |
Shinsegae Yeongdeungpo B, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 18 February 2011 |
Sinsa Garosugil, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 20 February 2011 |
SKT Tower - Euljiro - Lobby, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 15 February 2011 Though just a small kiosk, this store is still worth visiting because of its location inside the SKT Tower. If you have a reservation, you can participate in a tour, but if that doesn't work out you can still play with the media tables in front of the kiosk, and you DEFINITELY have to check out the electronic fish pond. I was told that the program that controls the fish is so sophisticated that the fish actually grow and get old. VIEW |
Sogangdae, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 13 February 2011 |
Sogong, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 13 February 2011 This is a seriously cool store. Besides the ancient-looking tile in the exterior, as soon as you walk in you see a wall-size display about Korea with old photographs and captions (which I can't read). Much of the decor and furniure is reclaimed, and there are labels indicating this--for example, a soffit was made from reclaimed roof shingles from a decommissioned house. |
Sookdae, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 17 February 2011 |
Soonhwadong The #, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 14 February 2011 |
Sosomun, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 14 February 2011 |
Spacebon, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 16 February 2011 |
Starbucks COEX Mall, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 23 February 2011 |
Starbucks Seoyoido, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 18 February 2011, ORIGINAL VISIT: 17 February 2011 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 23 February 2011 |
Susongdong, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 15 February 2011 |
Taepyongno, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 14 February 2011 |
Timesquare, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 18 February 2011 What is this, like the fifth or sixth Starbucks I've visited in a place called Times Square??? |
Tomato Building, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 22 February 2011 Yes, this store is as cool on the inside as it looks from the outside! |
Ulijiro1Ga, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 15 February 2011 This newer store has some stools with a circular pattern on the seat--I like to call them "swirly seats". |
W Mall, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 24 February 2011 |
Woosung Sageori, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 22 February 2011 |
Yangjaeyuk, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 22 February 2011, ORIGINAL VISIT: 21 February 2011 |
Yeoksam-yeok, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 22 February 2011 |
Yeongdeunpo Bondong, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 18 February 2011 |
Yoido, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 17 February 2011 |
Yoidoeuisadang, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 18 February 2011, ORIGINAL VISIT: 17 February 2011 |
Yoksam, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 22 February 2011 |
Yoksam E-Mart, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 23 February 2011 |
Yoksam Gukkiwon Sageori, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 22 February 2011 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 23 February 2011 |
Yondaejungmun, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 16 February 2011, ORIGINAL VISIT: 11 February 2011 |
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 16 February 2011 |
Youngpoong bookstore, Seoul | ||
 | OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 14 February 2011 |
Stores Not Visited
Stores Closed Before I Could Visit
