Orangerie, Yangju: Mont Blanc and Latte in a Botanical-Garden Café near Majang Lake

Orangerie (오랑주리) is a botanical-garden café in Baekseok-eup, Yangju, where you can order a latte and a Mont Blanc (몽블랑), a dessert of piped chestnut cream, among subtropical plants. Elle Korea said in December 2020 that the French name means orange garden and that the space covers 650 pyeong (평), a Korean unit of area, or roughly 2,150 square meters.

The stove, the plants and the pond

In my photos from February 2022, a black conical stove with a log fire stands inside an iron railing, logs are stacked nearby, and a red neon sign reading Orangerie hangs on a speckled block wall. In October 2020, Local Naeil (지역내일), a regional paper, described a wood-fired brazier (화로), a walking path and a stream with goldfish at Orangerie. Elle Korea lists Hong Kong palms (홍콩 야자), monsteras and banana trees, and says the pond is fed by valley water drawn from a nearby mountain.

My photos also show an iron arch covered in green vines over a flagstone path, with big leaves, a small white statue and skylights in the roof overhead, and a pond where orange fish swim beside a bank of ferns.

Orangerie sells plants too: Elle Korea says you can adopt a companion plant (반려 식물), and a Polle reviewer from about four years ago notes that plants are for sale next to the counter.

Mont Blanc and latte at Orangerie

The Mont Blanc in the photo at the top of this page sits on a tart shell over gold paper, with light-brown cream wound around the cone in thin strands and what looks like a dusting of powdered sugar. The gray cup beside it holds a latte with a tree-shaped pattern in the foam. A Polle reviewer calls Orangerie's coffee pricey but not a waste if you think of it as the admission fee to a botanical garden.

Orangerie prices, hours and crowds

Mont Blanc costs ₩7,000 on Polle's menu list, checked on November 14, 2026, where a café latte is ₩9,000 and an Americano is ₩8,000. Local Naeil listed Orangerie's hours as 11:00 to 22:00 in October 2020 and said a drink order came with a free parking ticket. A Polle reviewer from about three years ago says Orangerie's own parking lot is free for the first three hours and, as far as the reviewer could tell, charges after that.

Reviews suggest crowds depend on the day and the hour. One Polle reviewer found weekends loud and crowded and suggests a quiet weekday. Another arrived an hour before closing and had the place almost to themselves. The reviewer from three years ago adds that it is very humid inside.

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