4 Famous Entertainment Agencies Cafes in Korea You Should Visit

South Korea’s current popularity cannot be separated from the development of K-Pop culture. Korean boy bands and girl bands have successfully won the hearts of music fans in various parts of the world. From the Gen 1 like H.O.T to the Gen 4 like Newjeans, K-Pop surely attracts more fans each year with their talented artists. 

Apart from the talents and abilities of the members, the success of all music groups is due to the big role of the agency company. There are a lot of entertainment agencies in South Korea, like SM Entertainment, HYBE, JYP Entertainment, and many more.

Interestingly, these agencies not only popularized artists, but also started their business by opening cafes and restaurants. Here are some cafes owned by Korean entertainment agencies you should visit while in South Korea: 

1. The Street and Soul Cup

Both of these cafes are owned by JYP Entertainment. This well-known and successful agency debuting TWICE, Stray Kids, to ITZY has a restaurant located near the building area, namely The Street, while JYP’s second cafe is named Soul Cup which serves organic food. Uniquely, JYP gives freedom to artists who are currently trainees at their agency to enjoy organic food for free. The Street Cafe is located in 125-18 Cheongdam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea and Soul Cup is located in 205, Gangdong-daero, Gangdong-gu, Seoul 05407, South Korea

2. Samgeori Pujutgan and YG Republique

These two YG culinary businesses are located in areas visited by many tourists and young people, so many YG artists also stop by this place quite often. YG Entertainment is one of the big entertainment companies in South Korea. YG Entertainment is better known for debuting many idol groups, such as BIGBANG, iKON, WINNER, BLACKPINK, to TREASURE. Samgeori Pujutgan is located in 361-10 Seogyo-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea and YG Republique is located in Seoul, Yeongdeungpo-gu, IFC THREE 1, South Korea.

3. Cube Entertainment Cafe

If you are a fan of the groups Pentagon,(G)I-Idle, and BTOB, surely you know Cube Entertainment. Cube Entertainment is one of the agencies in Korea that has many genius idols in it. This is evident from the many of their artists who participated in song production and were even recorded as song writers. 

So, as a big fan, you really have to visit the Cube Entertainment cafe! Cube Entertainment Cafe has a very comfortable interior to relax with sweet dishes like cake and coffee. Drinks and food are also priced at affordable prices. Cube idols often hang out here! You can visit Cube Entertainment 1st floor building, Seongdong-gu, Seoul.

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4. SMT Seoul and SUM Cafe

After being successful in the entertainment world, SM Entertainment has also ventured into the culinary world since early 2016. Starting from a restaurant called ‘SMT Seoul’ which is located in the Cheongdam-dong area, Seoul. Not only restaurants, SM Entertainment also has a cafe in the middle of Seoul called SUM Cafe. This cafe also provides several merchandise accessories from various idols and is quite busy being visited by KPopers. If you’re lucky, you can meet idols in person! SMT Seoul is located in 58 Apgujeong-ro 79-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea and SUM Cafe is located in 1, Digital-ro33-Gil, Seoul, South Korea.