Have you heard about ‘London Bagel Museum’, South Korea’s most hyped cafe chain? It was the NUMBER 1 most queued-for cafe chain in Korea based on the latest 2025 ‘Catch Table’ restaurant queue app stats.
Recently there has been a London Bagel Museum scandal and workplace allegations (which we will detail) but based on our latest visit in 2026, there are still queues out the door! We thought we’d see if this Korean bagel shop is worthy of the buildup…
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We wouldn’t usually suggest going all the way to Korea for a bagel (and traditional Korean food is so tasty) but young Koreans and families love it so we thought we’d try it ourselves.
We have eaten at both the original London Bagel Anguk branch and also their newer cafe in Suwon.
This article was originally published on 21 June 2025.
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What is the London Bagel Museum 런던베이글뮤지엄?
The London Bagel Museum 런던베이글뮤지엄 only began in 2021 but last year, it sold over $55 million USD worth of bagels – now that is a lot of ‘dough’!
It is a well-known Korean bagel chain with several branches and over 110,000 followers on Instagram – “But it’s only a bagel” you may cry. Not according to the long lines of people wanting to get into the various branches of the London Bagel Museum.
Literally every time we go past one (especially the original London Bagel Factory Anguk near Bukchon Hanok), the queue is always massive – and we always see their bagel filled bags being carried by hungry locals around Seoul (pretty much that and Olive Young bags).
In 2025 / 2026, the London Bagel Museum had been in the headlines but for all the wrong reasons – there have been accusations of it breaching labor rules and workers rights, and of overworking employees, including the recent death of a young employee.
Every time we mention London Bagel Museum in our South Korea Travel Tips and Planning Facebook group, at least one local will utter ‘boycott it” but based on our latest visit after the scandal died down, this bagel brand is still very popular.
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How many London Bagel Museums are there?
As of August 2026, there are currently six branches of the London Bagel Museum 런던베이글뮤지엄, six in and around Seoul (including a Suwon Starfield branch), plus a cafe in Jeju.
London Bagel Museum Korea Locations and opening hours
The five stores, their locations and opening hours are as follows:
London Bagel Museum Anguk (the original store) – 8am to 7pm
London Bagel Museum Jeju – 8am to 6pm
London Bagel Museum Jamsil – 10:30am to 10pm
London Bagel Museum Suwon – 10am to 10pm
London Bagel Museum Yeouido – 10.30am to 8:30pm
London Bagel Museum Dosan – 8am to 6pm
All branches are open seven days a week – hours may vary on public holidays.
Our experience
So far, we’ve been to two London Bagel Museums – the original Seoul Anguk London Bagel Museum in April 2026 and the much bigger Suwon branch in 2025.
Anguk
We visited the Anguk London Bagel Museum after exploring Bukchon Hanok Village – there were hordes of people waiting by mid morning but we scanned a QR code outside the door to enter a virtual queue and then went to explore nearby Anguk.
We then regularly checked the app to see when our turn in the queue was and walked back when we were 10th in line – queue times can sometimes be 2 hours+ so we recommend going there first to get in the queue and then explore nearby.
Anguk London Bagel Museum is always packed so if you don’t want to queue for a long time, maybe head to another branch in Seoul – this one always has a queue given its close proximity to Bukchon Hanok Village.
You order your bagels and drinks downstairs, pay at the counter and then either staff will bring them to you – or you are given a buzzer to go and collect them.
This branch has around 20 or so tables (large and small) upstairs and it is very cute and cosy, with rustic furnishings.
Suwon
Whilst spending a few days in Suwon (an easy day trip from Seoul), we went to see the famous Suwon Starfield Library and saw lots of people carrying London Bagel Museum bags.
Honestly, the London Bagel Cafe Suwon was just out of this world – the interior felt a bit like you’d imagine a bakery at Harry Potter’s Hogwarts, and yep, you can get countless London Bagel Cafe souvenirs too!
Seriously, the amount of London Bagel Museum merchandise 런던베이글뮤지엄 was madness – you could buy everything from postcards to pencils, plushes to tote bags.
They also have their own mascots like a tiny horse (Pogry) and the ‘Hillsbury Dark Horse’ (no, we aren’t sure either).
Food, drink and London Bagel Museum prices 2026
Most basic bagels cost around the 4,000 Won mark to 6,000 Won then toppings or fillings cost a bit more eg in 2026, a cheese honey bagel or garlic bagel is 5,300 Won, an onion bagel is 4,700 Won.
As well as Korean, all of the bagel flavours and sides are labelled in English. In Suwon, you are shown your table then you head over to the counter to be greeted by a cornucopia of bagel choices.
Some of the London Bagel Museum flavours we spotted included Bacon Potato Sandwich (the most expensive one at 14,800 Won), jambon beurre, onion, red bean rice, truffle butter, sausage jalapeno cheese, black olive and also basil bagels. There were about a dozen more bagel types on top of that!
We went for a pre-made cream cheese and onion bagel (8,500 Won) plus a garlic Bagel (5,300 Won) with a side of bacon & jalapeño cream-cheese (4,300 Won) with a Americano (5,000 Won) – total bill 23,100 Won.
Their other popular dish is warm soup to dip your bagels in – bliss!
And you know what? It was really good – the bagels were really delicious (better than many others we’ve had recently in the UK) and their choice of flavors was huge – plus garlic and jalapeño cream cream worked surprisingly well.
How to (possibly) beat The London Bagel Museum queues
At both London Bagel Museums we visited, we used the virtual queuing system via CatchTable, a popular Korean app. These are some more Korean / travels apps you might want to download before you travel >
At Suwon, we had a 30 minute waiting slot but the virtual queue meant we could explore Starfield Suwon mall then head back to the cafe once we were at the front of the queue. At Anguk, it was over 1 hour.
So if you don’t mind queuing, consider checking out Korea’s London Bagel Museum cafes next time you visit.
We used a Korean eSIM to make this booking so you don’t need a Korean phone number to use CatchTable – check out our guide to buying Korean SIMs and eSIMS here >
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