Coffee shops and dessert cafés registered in Gangneung.
Gangneung has 238 cafés licensed and operating, as of 2026-08-11.Source: business-licence data published by Korea's Ministry of the Interior and Safety. Updated daily; closed businesses excluded.
An east-coast city known for two things: the coffee strip at Anmok Beach, and Chodang sundubu — tofu set with seawater instead of brine, made only in this area.
Korea has one of the highest café densities in the world, and cafés are used as workspaces as much as for coffee — long stays are expected and Wi-Fi is standard. Iced americano is the default order in any season. Dessert cafés are a separate category from coffee shops and often specialise in one thing.
Ordered by how complete each public record is and how long the licence has been held — not a popularity ranking. Opening hours, prices and ratings are not in this data.