Gilpost · Taebaek-si, Hwangji-dong
Grill houseKorean
Joseonok Silbi Sikdang
조선옥실비식당 Joseon-ok is a house name meaning 'Joseon house'; silbi means 'actual cost' — the Taebaek name for beef restaurants that sell meat near butcher-shop prices and grill it over briquettes.
Compiled from 6 blog posts read in fullSources →
A briquette-grill hanwoo place inside Taebaek's Hwangji Jayu Market, in front of the market office. The owner also runs the butcher shop next door; you grill the rib-finger cuts and marinated jumulleok yourself over coal briquettes and finish with doenjang stew and rice. The only price we have, from one blogger's info block, is 34,000 won a portion. We read 13 posts from August 2025 to August 2026; six record an actual meal, one was about another restaurant, and the rest are TV recaps or listings.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address강원특별자치도 태백시 시장안1길 18-2 (황지동)18-2 Sijangan 1-gil, Taebaek-si, Gangwon-do
- Typical spend₩34,000
- From the station1 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 24 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 4 posts: 2 wrote 10:00–21:00.
| No day given | 10:00–21:00 | 2 of 4 posts |
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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
- With so few tables, booking matters. Four visitors wrote about reservations. One who came at 2 p.m. on a Sunday in August 2025 found no other diners but tables already reserved; one on a Tuesday evening in August 2026 saw many walk-ins turned away. A February 2026 post says Saturdays are first come, first served, and to book for other busy times.
- The room is small: three posts say so, and two counted five tables. A February 2026 post even suggests another silbi restaurant if you want space.
- One August 2026 visitor came by city bus No. 7 from Danggol Square to the market for dinner, then walked to Taebaek Station.
What 6 bloggers said
doenjang jjigae
Not salty
We read all 6 in full. The most common claims are “Cramped” (3) and “Not salty” (2).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Things you can check on site
- Takes reservations 4 of 6 posts
- Reachable by transit 1 of 6 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Parking
3 posts say you can park. None say you cannot.
| Posts saying you can park | 3 of 6 posts |
|---|
Three posts parked at the market's public lot. An August 2025 visitor says the restaurant is just left of the market entrance once you step out of the lot; two February 2026 posts say parking was free at the weekend and that the owner handed over a one-hour free ticket. Nobody mentions parking at the door.
Who came, and with whom
- Came by car 3 of 6 posts
- Family visit 1 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.
From the station
1 posts say it is walkable from the station.
Getting inside
No post says which floor it is on or mentions stairs — only that it sits near a market entrance.
We don't know about steps at the door or wheelchair and stroller access; no one wrote about it either way.
No post says whether the toilet is inside the restaurant or a shared market one.
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 nothing either way6 of 6 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 12 posts we gathered, 6 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.
| 2025-08-22 | 4 posts in one day |
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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 |
|---|---|
| 2025-08 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
What we do not know
- Seasoning is split: one post found the stew fairly salty, two found the marinade and side dishes not salty — though they were talking about different dishes.
- No one wrote about queuing. One 2 p.m. visitor walked straight in; another saw walk-ins leave rather than wait. Talk of long peak-time lines appears only in a TV-recap post, which we do not count.
- Company is barely recorded: one family of four adults; the other posts don't say who they came with.
- Four visitor posts list opening hours: three say 10:00–21:00, one February 2026 post says 11:00–21:00 daily. All come from copied info blocks, and none gives a closing day.
- Prices come from just one blogger (34,000 won a portion for the rib-finger mix or jumulleok, 2026); the other visitors give none. One May 2026 visitor reckons the same quality would cost far more in Seoul.
- Five posts give the owner's mobile, 010-3355-8836, for bookings; two list a landline, 033-553-1911.
- Four posts from 22 August 2025 recycle the same KBS TV-segment copy and are not counted as visits. Claims like 'century-old store', 'second generation' and 'slaughters its own cattle' are hearsay and not used.
Sources (6)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 여름 태백여행(왕추천)현지인 맛집, 해바라기 축제 2026-08-07 · ❣️맛집 그리고 산❣️(노포러버) · via Daum
- 태백 당일치기 후기 (뚜벅이 여행, 대중교통, 태백산 등산) 2026-08-06 · 외롭지 않은 세상 (Unlonely Planet)
- [태백 맛집] 태백 한우 갈비살 특수부위 맛집 조선옥 실비식당 (태백.... 2026-05-04 · 픽픽리뷰PickPickReview
- 연탄에 구워먹는 한우, 태백 '조선옥실비식당' 2026-02-28 · 큰날개의 소소한 이야기
- [강원도/태백 맛집] 황지자유시장 “조선옥실비식당” 광부들의 기력을 책임졌던 진짜 한우 연탄구이 2026-02-28 · 룩스의 맛집,여행 blog · via Daum
- 강원도 태백 하이원리조트 근처 소고기 맛집(1)_조선옥실비 2025-08-12 · Memory Storage · via Daum
Of 419 candidate posts we opened 120 and kept 6 as evidence. We have not seen them all yet; another pass would add more.