Gilpost · Taebaek-si, Hwangji-dong
Korean
Gimseobangne Dakgalbi
김서방네닭갈비 Gim Seobang-ne means 'Mr. Kim's place' — seobang is an old, familiar way of addressing a married man or a son-in-law — and dakgalbi is chicken galbi, here cooked the Taebaek way in broth.
Compiled from 6 blog posts read in fullSources →
A single-dish shop in an alley across from Hwangji Free Market in Taebaek, serving Taebaek-style chicken galbi in broth: a lidded pot heaped with crown daisy, noodles added, and fried rice to finish. In 2026 a portion cost 11,000 won. The current shop has only four or five tables, and people book ahead. A March 2025 post describes the old shop at Sijangnam 1-gil 7-1, which had heated-floor seating and eight four-person tables; a September 2026 post says the owner moved the year before. We read 21 posts from March 2025 to October 2026, and 6 of them describe actually going to the shop.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address강원특별자치도 태백시 시장북2길 5-2 (황지동)5-2 Sijangbuk 2-gil, Taebaek-si, Gangwon-do
- Typical spend₩3,000 – ₩11,000
- Floor areaFloor area 35 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 4 posts: 4 wrote 12:00–20:00.
| No day given | 12:00–20:00 | 4 of 4 posts |
|---|---|---|
| Break | 15:00–17:00 | 3 of 4 posts |
| Last order | 18:30 | 2 of 2 posts |
| Closed | Tuesday | 4 of 4 posts |
Counted from what bloggers wrote in their posts; we did not confirm it with the restaurant. Where the values differ, it may be a change over time rather than a disagreement, so we show when each one was written.
What sets it apart
- Since the move, getting a reservation is the main thing. Four of the six visit posts mention booking. One booked a month ahead, and another phoned the evening before to reserve lunch. One couple arrived right as the Saturday 5 p.m. break ended and was turned away because the reservations were full. Another got in just after the break, before the evening bookings arrived. Two posts saw walk-ins sent away.
- Guests watch the pot, but the house does the stirring and the fried rice; four posts say so. When it starts to steam the owner comes over to stir and tells you to eat the vegetables first. At the end the staff spread the fried rice across the pot to crisp. The old-shop post describes a how-to-eat sheet on the wall that starts by telling you to call someone over once the lid steams.
- After the meal you get a slushy sikhye (sweet rice drink) at no charge. Three posts received it, including one takeout order that came with a bottle.
- The current shop is small. Three posts say so, and two of them put it at four or five tables. That is a different room from the old shop's eight four-person tables on a heated floor, described in March 2025.
What 6 bloggers said
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Friendly staff
We read all 6 in full. The most common claims are “Cramped” (3) and “Friendly staff” (2).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Things you can check on site
- Takes reservations 4 of 6 posts
- Staff cook it at your table 4 of 6 posts
- Complimentary tea or drink 3 of 6 posts
- Beer served 1 of 6 posts
- One dish per person 1 of 6 posts
- Relocated 1 of 6 posts
- Takeout 1 of 6 posts
- Free refills 1 of 6 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Parking
2 posts say you cannot park. None say you can.
| Posts saying you cannot | 2 of 6 posts |
|---|
There is no parking at the shop, according to both posts that talk about parking a car. One used the Hwangji Free Market public lot. The other used a free lot at Hwangji-dong 39-10 and walked around by the main road into the alley. A third post says the public lots around the market made it easy.
Who came, and with whom
- Came by car 2 of 6 posts
Where it is
We could not find this shop’s own listing on Naver Map, so the link searches for its Korean name around this spot instead.
Getting inside
We don't know what floor the current shop is on or whether it is below ground. That doesn't mean there is an issue, only that nobody wrote about it.
We don't know whether there is a step at the entrance or whether a wheelchair or stroller can get in; nobody wrote about it. Two posts say the shop sits down a narrow alley.
We don't know whether the restroom is inside or split by gender; nobody mentioned it.
No one mentioned: Second floor · In a basement · Lift to the floor · Ramp at the door · Step at the entrance · Step-free access · Toilet inside · Accessible toilet · Separate restrooms. That is not the same as there being none — it means we could not confirm it. Worth calling ahead, and do tell us: we will put it here.
How to read these posts
- Posts saying they paid themselves1 of 6 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way5 of 6 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 16 posts we gathered, 10 went up on a single day right after a TV spot and show no sign of a visit. They retell the broadcast, so we left them out of the counts.
| 2026-09-13 | 2 posts in one day |
|---|
We do not discard them. That a TV spot produced a burst of posts is itself something worth knowing about a place, and a star rating will not show it.
When the posts appeared
Month by month
| Month | Posts |
|---|---|
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 3 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
What we do not know
- Saltiness is split. The old-shop post found it salty enough to ask for more broth. A February 2026 post found both spice and salt about right. Another only says it gets saltier as it cooks down.
- No post gives the exact move date. The March 2025 post is at the old shop, and from February 2026 on posts describe the new one. The old address, the floor seating, and the 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. hours belong to the earlier period, and we did not count them as current.
- Only the March 2025 old-shop post describes queuing: a few groups ahead, a bench out front, and a shorter wait than expected. Posts since the move talk about full reservations, not lines. Nobody says whether you can wait outside the current shop.
- No post describes getting there by bus or train; visitors either drove or didn't say. One post notes Hwangji Pond is right in front.
- Who people went with doesn't add up to anything: two posts drove, but too few say whether they came with friends, family, or alone.
- All four post-move visit posts list hours of noon to 8 p.m., closed Tuesdays, but each copies them in a header block. Three give the afternoon break as 3 to 5 p.m. and one as 2 to 5 p.m. One visitor confirms last order is 6:30 p.m.
- No visit post since the move gives a price. The 11,000-won portion comes from a post about takeout eaten at home and from a TV-roundup post. The March 2025 old-shop post paid 10,000 won and noted it had just gone up. A full meal also needs a noodle add-on and fried rice, which are priced only in a 2025 listing.
- Five posts give the phone number as 033-553-6378 (one has a digit off). Two say reservations are by phone, and one says takeout can be ordered by phone from 10 a.m.
Sources (6)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 태백 맛집 |김서방네닭갈비 너무 맛있어서 가방 두고온 후기 2026-09-03 · 마크's Mark · via Daum
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- 태백 대표 맛집/황지연못 근처/김서방네 닭갈비 2025-03-10 · 어제와 다른 오늘 · via Daum
Of 431 candidate posts we opened 120 and kept 6 as evidence. We have not seen them all yet; another pass would add more.