Awesome Talk Cafe - International Language Exchange Cafe in Sinchon

Awesome Talk is an international language exchange cafe that is open five days a week in Sinchon.  It is closed on Monday and Thursday, but every other day you can go and there tend to be people there.  I haven't been in recent times, but each day is made for to study a specific language, or for other special events like parties and making friends.

This is a great place for expats to hang out when they want to speak English.  There are all types of English meet up groups in Seoul, but this one in particular is quite nice because it is always there and always open.  The reason that this makes Awesome Talk stand out as opposed to other meet up groups is because you often see the same faces in the cafe and therefore you get to know the people well and make friends.  At other meet up groups it can be a crap shoot.

If you are looking to practice Korean, then Sunday is the day for you, but this is not the greatest cafe for Korean practice in my opinion.  This is a great place when you want a break from speaking Korean and to speak English.  There are also days dedicated to other languages, and some of them tend to be quite studious.

Awesome Talk is a bit hit or miss in terms of how many people show up at the place.  At times the cafe is completely full with really cool people, and at others there are few people to talk to.  However, if you have time to go consistently, you can make friends with a lot of people including the workers and the owner so it is fun even on slow days.

Awesome Talk Sign

The Entrance to Awesome Talk

Old Address System: 서울특별시 서대문구 창천동 52-119

New Address System: 서울특별시 서대문구 연세로7안길 32

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Additional Information about Awesome Talk

Official Awesome Talk Meetup Page

Korea Bridge Article about Awesome Talk

Awesome Talk Facebook Page

Ping Pong Cafe - Sinchon

In Korea there are all kinds of specialty cafes, rooms and other types of establishments where you can play games or do some other special activity.  There is a place right next to Sinchon Station where you can play Ping Pong in an indoor room.  It costs 5,000 won for two people for half an hour and 8,000 won for two people for one hour.  They offer special types of discounts for groups of four people.

This is a really nice place.  There is not much to say about it apart from that.  It is a large room with several ping pong tables and they have a variety of different kinds of rackets.  When you enter they give you a ball and then you can go play.  You pay by the time you were there when you leave.  This is a great spot to go with friends or on a date.

Sinchon Ping Pong Cafe

This is a cool place to go if you want to do something different.  These places are all over the place in Korea so if you live in a different area you can probably find one near your house as well.

Directions: Walk out Sinchon Station exit 3 and it is a block and half down on your right.  It is in the same building with Cafe To The Different on the fourth floor.

The name of this place is 복지탁구장

New Address System: 서울특별시 서대문구 연세로 8

Old Address System: 서울특별시 서대문구 창천동 18-31

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Love Indoor Fishing Cafe - Gaebong

Love is an indoor fishing cafe that is close to Gaebong Station.  This is an extremely fun and unique cafe, and the people who work here are extremely nice.  If you want something different and interesting to do, I highly recommending giving love a try.

This place seems to be quite popular.  I don't know if this is normal, but when I went I had to wait about an hour before I was able to fish.  There is a huge pool in the middle of the cafe, and people are sitting all around it.  They give you a fishing pole and some bait when you are ready to start.

They give you instructions on how to fish, it may be helpful to have a Korean speaker here, but it doesn't seem essential if you know the basics of fishing.  Then you being fishing.  There are so many fish in the pool, that your bait gets eaten basically as soon as you drop it in the water.  You have to try to pull the fish out almost immediately.

The hooks are not that strong so it is a bit difficult to catch a fish, especially at first.  To be honest I was getting a little frustrated when I first got there because it was so difficult.  Once I got the hang of it, it got a lot easier.  In the end, I caught about five fish and my friend caught a similar number.  We were fishing for about an hour and half which literally flew by.

If you catch a fish you have to get it in a net, then take the hook out of it.  Then you put it on a scale that weighs the fish.  You are wearing a wristband that adds up your total number of points that you earned based upon all the fish that you caught.  In order to earn points, the fish must weigh more a certain amount of weight.

When you are leaving the cafe, you receive a prize based upon the number of points you earned.  I won some hand cream.

This place is not that cheap, it costs 10,000 per an hour, and time flies by, so it is easy to stay longer than you think.  That being said it is a lot of fun and definitely worth a try.

Indoor Fishing Cafe

Indoor Fishing Cafe

This is an incredibly unique cafe, and I highly recommend giving it a try.

Directions: Exit Gaebong Station exit 2.  Go to the end of the road and make a right at the T intersection.  Go to the big road and make a left at the light.  Make your first right and it is a few blocks down on the right (about one or two blocks after the school).

New Address System: 서울특별시 구로구 경인로35길 56 의당빌딩

Old Address System: 서울특별시 구로구 개봉동 464-9 의당빌딩 지하 1층

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