Attending birthday cafes in Seoul for NCT Johnny (How to find birthday cafes, what to expect)

Posted on by Regine

I booked this trip last July because I wanted to experience attending birthday cafes in Seoul. Johnny’s birthday is usually near Chinese New Year or Lunar New Year, and during that time I have to be at home with my parents.

For 2025 though the Chinese or Lunar New Year was far from his birthday so I told myself that I had to push through with this year.

Before my trip, there were accounts already posting about his birthday cafe so I took notes and did my own thing of which ones to go first or which ones were near each other.

Nearing my trip, I saw someone share a link about birthday cafes being hosted for K-idols or famous people in South Korea.

I wasn’t able to take a screenshot of what it looks like but luckily I sent it to my friend! Visually it can help you plan on which ones to go or how you’ll schedule it. The first website is https://www.saengcaday.com/.

It’s not hard to navigate the page, you just need to select who artist, group, etc you want to check.

you’ll have to click the third line
for you to be able to see this
once you click the one you want to see and then the button with 🔍
this is what you’ll see!

The second website you can check is https://www.offmate.kr.

I think this is easier to navigate, you just need to look for the date and your group / bias
and the number of cafes are also listed here
clicked Wonbin as an example, you can see how many events are happening depending on the area
you can find better details if you zoom it per area!

I’ll be sharing photos from the birthday cafes I was able to go to! I was able to go to the ones hosted by @jxhnny_walker at 디엠 합정점 dm_hapjeong, @hbdjohnny_30th at 타만 디 우다라, and @apricity_J at 시즈니(SEASONY). The bonus was being able to spot the bus ad done by @Everglow_Johnny near Seoul Forest.

There are rules per cafe on how to get the gifts they prepare. The staff would usually explain it or give you options, don’t be shy to ask!

very excited!

bonus : SIGNED BIG BANG STILL LIFE ALBUM???????

I know it’s hard to prepare and fix a birthday cafes so I really took the time to look around

we went to the one that served drinks first 🫣 would have been better if we went during the night though, my mistake

seated near the area where they share freebies, was able to snag this hat for the grumpy kid 🥹

very cute, they had a special menu for Johnny 🥹

peak fangirl moment was watching his birthday live with other Johfams 🥹

ngl it was one of the best days, I really had fun!

all photos were taken using an iPhone 13 Pro Max / Fujifilm X-T20 18-55 mm

I also shared what happened and how I felt on X or Twitter! If you guys are waiting for a sign to go experience a birthday cafe, this is the sign! Go enjoy your fangirl life and I hope those who want to experience this get to do this as well 💚.

Watch my Seoul travel film here!

💚, R

Read about my other Seoul adventures

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