If you look for a crazy, wacky place to visit here in South Korea, one of the places you will find will be The Poop Cafe! Yup, you read that right. The Poop Cafe! Lol. The first thing I thought when I came across this was ‘Who in the world would come up with this?’ Followed by ‘Who in the world would go there, and why?!’ The answer is simple. Curiosity. It piqued my interest enough that my mom, the kids, and I just had to go.
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This photo of Ssamji-gil is courtesy of TripAdvisor
Since the kids had no school today, I decided to take the family out and search for this mysterious and intriguing place. I had been hearing about this cafe from a few families that I meet during the kids’ events, but never had the time to take them there. Today seemed the perfect day to go try this place out, so we did. We decided to take a cab there since we were not exactly sure of where this place was, and whether or not there might be parking available for a van. Good thing we did.
This photo of Ssamji-gil is courtesy of TripAdvisor
Location
This place is located at 44 Insadong-gil, Gwanhun-dong, Jongno-gu, 서울특별시. I recommend that you have this address handy when talking to a cab driver, as well as having Waze up on your smartphone showing the way. I had to flag down 2 cabs before we finally got one that was willing to drive us to our destination. The first cab driver refused us, waving us away as soon as I started speaking, despite showing him the address to the cafe on my map. Boo! The Poop Cafe is located in a busy shopping area, with narrow roadways which is pretty common here. The route that our cab driver took us required him to drop us off a short distance away because no vehicles could pass between the buildings.
This photo of Ssamji-gil is courtesy of TripAdvisor (plaza where Poop Cafe located)
One thing that you will quickly learn here in South Korea is that you will never be surprised at what you find and where. If the driver had never dropped us off at our current location and assured us that the place we were looking for was straight ahead, I would never have moved forward.
The urinal in the picture below is located by the table we decided to sit at. My clumsy butt did not look down when I was exploring that area. So I discovered this gem by tripping on it. Lol. Just letting you know so that you don’t do it too.
The Verdict
The Poop Cafe is interesting, in a weird/gross-themed way. The kids and I learned that we have pretty weak stomachs when it comes to trying to eat something out of a toilet-shaped bowl. It didn’t help that what we were eating tasted like the worst spaghettios ever. I tried to eat the spaghetti with meat sauce that Gabe and I were supposed to share. Something about trying to scoop up that mushy, brown, greasy ‘goodness’ out of a toilet-shaped bowl just was not working for me. Poor Gabe he was gagging right along with me. Lol. Mom, as usual, has a cast-iron stomach and had no problem with the white spaghetti. This was for my family, one of those been there, done that kind of places. I can honestly say that we shall not be making any future trips to toilet-themed places.
