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Cafe Unplugged

Cafe Unplugged

언플러그드 홍대

Cafe Mapo₩₩₩ 4.7 · 306 reviews · via Google

About

Indie live music cafe in Hongdae where local artists perform nightly; grab a hand-dripped coffee in the listening room or book a table for the full stage experience.

Café Unplugged splits Hongdae's live-music economy into humane halves: a second-floor café where hand-dripped coffee comes with the performance hall's sound bleeding through gratis, and the stage room proper where new indie artists play most nights — the stairwell posters or a call carrying the week's lineup. The format democratizes the scene: order from the café side and eavesdrop the sets free, or commit to the hall for the full experience. The extras run generous — weekday afternoon board games free with dessert (2-5:30), vegan menu options, pet-friendly policy — making it the district's rare venue that works as daytime café and night stage both. Four minutes from exit 7, daily noon-midnight. Hongdae's indie pipeline needs rooms like this: where the next names play at coffee prices.

Local tips

  • 4-minute walk from Hongdae Station Exit 7; venue is on the second floor
  • Space splits into cafe + performance hall—order from cafe and hear live music without entering the stage area
  • Weekday 2–5:30 PM: free unlimited board game access with any dessert purchase
  • Pet-friendly with vegan menu options available
  • New indie artists perform most nights; check posters on the stairwell or call ahead for that week's lineup

Details

Address
26 Wausan-ro 33-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Nearest station
Hongdae Station

Opening hours

Sunday
12:00–00:00
Monday
12:00–00:00
Tuesday
12:00–00:00
Wednesday
12:00–00:00
Thursday
12:00–00:00
Friday
12:00–00:00
Saturday
12:00–00:00

Daily 12:00–24:00 (last order 23:20)