Party Princess Dress-up Cafe in Seoul

Restaurant Overview

Location: Central Seoul 2
Cuisine: Cafes

The Good:

It's fun...if you are a teenage girl or in a really wacky mood.

The Bad:

The coffee and food is not so great.

The Bottom Line:

3 / 5 - Above Average

Reviewed by: Daniel

Review

Party Princess

Party Princess

Soooo…at Party Princess, you can get a cup of coffee or drink and then you are invited to go to one of the dressing rooms to try on any number of different dresses, suits, hats, and other outfits and then either lounge around in their velvet furniture or enjoy a fashion shoot on their stage. They have a wide selection of outfits from tuxedos, hanboks, kimonos, evening wear and much more. While I was there, the guests are having fun mixing and matching different styles. Sure, it’s bizarre to see marriages taking place in the afternoon, but it is the norm at Princess Party Cafe. Luckily commitments are non-binding.

Of course, if you would like to just sit and get a cup of coffee or a juice, they have that as well. I can’t say they use anything special. It is your generic coffee, fruit juice and waffles. Then again, you don’t go here for the food or drink.

Note, there is a dress rental fee at the cafe that start at 10,000 won. There are some dresses that cost more.

Party Princess

Hours: 11:30am-10:30pm

Jong- gu Myeongdong 1ga 55-5

02-6361-8520

http://cafe.naver.com/partyprincess/

Directions: It is on the first floor of the Ibis Hotel across from Lotte Department store in Myeongdong.

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About the Author

Daniel

Daniel Gray is a Korean adoptee that returned to Korean in 2005 because he wanted to try and find his birth mother and to learn about Korean culture. He started a restaurant review blog in 2007, www.seouleats.com, that became a local and international hit. He and his blog has been featured in the New York Times, Monocle Magazine, The Kimchi Chronicles, Bizarre Foods, Rudy Maxa, Olive Magazine, Euronews and much more. He now is a partner at O’ngo Food Communications (www.ongofood.com), which is a culinary tourism and consulting company that offers Korean cooking classes and restaurant tours to travelers. Their food tours and cooking classes are ranked as one of the top attractions in Seoul according to tripadvisor.

Central Seoul 2