Gilpost · Samcheok-si, Namyang-dong
Kimssine Makgeolli
김씨네막걸리 Kimssine means the Kim family's place: an old makgeolli house in central Samcheok whose potato pancake is grated by hand, to order, from nothing but potato.
Beer and fried chicken · Samcheok-si, Namyang-dong
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Kimssine Makgeolli is an old drinking house in central Samcheok with five or six round tables and nothing else. One writer puts its age at about fifteen years; a husband and wife run it between them. It sells makgeolli and the dishes that go with it — and all twenty-six posts we read ordered the same thing, the hundred-per-cent potato pancake: no starch, only potato, grated by hand on a metal grater after you order and fried thick. It comes to the table whole and the owner cuts it with scissors, a dish of soy sauce and green chilli in the middle. There are two makgeolli, and they arrive in a kettle rather than a bottle. The walls are covered in customers' graffiti, and the poems and drawings of a child of the house are hung up to read while you wait — five writers mention them. The posts run two years, from September 2024 to September 2026.
The basics
| Address | 강원특별자치도 삼척시 척주로 59 (남양동) 59 Cheokju-ro, Samcheok-si, Gangwon-do |
|---|---|
| Phone | 033-573-2918 |
| Typical spend | ₩15,000 – ₩35,000 |
| Floor area | 39 m² |
| Status | In business |
2 posts say it is walkable from the station.
When it opens
Of 11 posts: 9 wrote Weekdays 17:00–22:30, 4 wrote Saturday 17:00–22:00, 4 wrote Weekends 17:00–22:00.
| Open | 17:00–22:00 2 of 11 posts last seen 2026-09 | |
|---|---|---|
| Open | Weekdays | 17:00–22:30 9 of 11 posts last seen 2026-08 |
| Open | Saturday | 17:00–22:00 4 of 11 posts last seen 2026-08 |
| Open | Weekends | 17:00–22:00 4 of 11 posts last seen 2026-08 |
| Closed | Sunday 5 of 6 posts last seen 2026-09 |
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.
These hours are counted from the posts we read. Shops change them without notice — check Naver Place before you go. 
Place — check hours
What sets it apart
- Getting a seat is the hard part. Seventeen of the twenty-six posts record a full room or a wait. Not one says there was space. The times are specific: full by six even on a weekday; a Wednesday when the room filled the moment they sat down and two or three parties were turned away behind them; half six on a Saturday, full; eight o'clock, full as expected. Arriving at opening does not always work. Two writers were there at five and found it already taken by earlier arrivals and reservations. One made an opening run on a rainy Friday and found every table booked. Three record how long they waited — five minutes, thirty minutes, and one who braced for an indefinite wait and got in sooner than she feared. There is nowhere to wait, so one of them sat on the edge of a flower bed outside. One party got their seat only to find the kitchen out of everything — they ate in the end because the next table invited them to join.
- You more or less have to book. Eleven posts raise it, and nine of them say the same thing: phone first. What they were told differs post to post. One rang from lunchtime and got through only after four, and was told eight o'clock was unavailable. Another was told booking is impossible at busy hours — call ten minutes before you come. One was given a single slot and no choice: half six, that is it. Another was told bookings run five to six, same-day is fine, and warned to be punctual or hear about it. A writer in February 2025 rang and found an automated system on the other end: say the time and the number of people, and it books you in. One writer, in August 2026, was told there were no bookings at all and waited outside instead. When it works and when it does not, the posts cannot tell us.
- The potato is grated after you order, and by hand. Ten posts record it; seven of them record it as a sound — the rasp from the kitchen, one writer hearing the care in it, another noting mainly that the rasping went on a very long time. You can also see it. One watched the owner grating as though his arm would come off. One writer noticed the changing of the guard: order the pancake and his wife comes out of the kitchen as he goes in. So it is slow. Seven say so — the room is full, and a pancake that thick has to cook through to the middle. One party finished the free side dishes and a bottle of soju waiting for it; four read the poems on the wall. Nobody holds it against the place. Worth the wait, says one. Another: when it arrives, you understand why it took so long.
- Five tables, six at the most generous count. Nine posts call the room small. Four of those who counted say five; two say six — a June 2025 post and a February 2026 one. They are all round. Nobody describes a counter. One writer notes that a larger party gets two tables pushed together. One puts the consequence plainly: the room is too small to take many people, so turnover is everything. The floor area on our licence record is 39 square metres.
- The free plates are half the story here. Thirteen posts mention them, naming between them shredded radish salad, soy-simmered black beans, stir-fried anchovies, seasoned sea-stem, green laver salad and young radish kimchi. Two note they are never quite the same twice. The radish salad is the one people name. One calls it makgeolli's other half. One admits it was all she ate. One is still thinking about it months later and wishes they would sell it by the tub. The owner tells you how to eat it — four writers pass on the same instruction: treat the pancake as rice, and pile the radish and the green chilli on top. One was given a second helping without asking. One writer says the free plates alone would have kept her drinking.
- You cannot order it to take away, but they will box what you cannot finish. Three writers draw exactly that line: no takeaway orders; leftovers, yes. The boxing-up comes up far more often. One asked them to wrap what was left and ate it the next day. A party of three could not finish and was rescued by an owner who told them to go and eat more at home. Another was told not to worry about the remainder before she had even asked. One post says otherwise — a March 2026 header line reads "booking and takeaway available", with nothing in the body to support it. We did not count a header line.
- Twelve posts praise the couple who run it, and not one complains. What they mean by kindness is usually something specific. · A party travelling through asked to light birthday candles quietly and got the full treatment, lights and all — in a pancake house, she writes, of all places. · Another was let stay half an hour past closing and walked to the door on the way out; they had joined the next table only that evening. · A pancake that thick can need going back on the heat, and they will take it back mid-meal. · One writer reports you can ask for less heat if you say so when ordering. The words people reach for: kind but gruff with it; kind and unbothered; warm and entirely firm about the rules. One was told they will sometimes make things that are not on the board.
- The potato pancake went up. Posts from June and September 2025 put it at ₩20,000; every post from February 2026 on says ₩25,000. Not a disagreement — a rise. Whether it is dear divides people. A February 2025 writer thought the prices high for a makgeolli house, and said so again in her summary. A June 2025 writer went the other way: she thought them steep until the food came, and ended up asking the owner whether he makes anything on it at all. From the August 2026 board: skate ₩35,000, steamed pollack ₩25,000, pork-and-kimchi stir-fry ₩25,000, pork kimchi stew ₩25,000, spicy tofu stew ₩25,000, potato pancake ₩25,000, tofu with kimchi ₩20,000, grilled mackerel ₩20,000, rolled omelette ₩15,000, grilled tofu ₩15,000. The steamed whole squid, a blackboard dish, is ₩35,000. Not one post gives the price of the makgeolli, the soju or the beer.
- It is walkable — though only two writers actually say so. One, in May 2026, puts it ten minutes on foot from Samcheok's central market and nine from the express bus terminal, and calls it easy to reach. Another, in November 2025, measures it from the bus station: three minutes by car, about ₩5,000 in a taxi, twelve minutes walking. Two more give landmarks — opposite the public health centre, and diagonally across from the agricultural co-op. Two mention a Topten clothing shop across the road. One party walked the fifteen minutes back to their hotel; two arrived by taxi. One writer notes that the taxi drivers all know the place.
What 26 bloggers said
We read all 26 in full. The most common claims are “Had to wait” (17) and “Friendly staff” (12).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Where they disagree
| Returning customer | yes 6 · no 7 |
|---|---|
| Heavy / greasy | yes 2 · no 2 |
Things you can check on site
| Complimentary starter | 13 of 26 posts |
|---|---|
| Takes reservations | 11 of 26 posts |
| Cooked to order | 10 of 26 posts |
| Has tables | 6 of 26 posts |
| Shared restroom | 4 of 26 posts |
| Toilet outside | 4 of 26 posts |
| Open kitchen | 3 of 26 posts |
| Takeout | 3 of 26 posts — saying it is not |
| Beer served | 3 of 26 posts |
| Reachable by transit | 2 of 26 posts |
| A minimum number of portions on the first order | 1 of 26 posts |
| Free refills | 1 of 26 posts |
| One bottle per table required | 1 of 26 posts |
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
What people order
The most ordered dish is gamjajeon (100% 감자전) — 26 of 26 posts.
The prices here are what bloggers wrote down in their posts, and they may have changed since. Check Naver Place for the current menu and prices. This list is not a menu board — it counts what bloggers actually ordered and ate. Check on Naver Place
What to order
Sides, and what comes with it
To drink
Parking
6 posts say you cannot park. None say you can.
| Posts saying you cannot | 6 of 26 posts |
|---|
There is no car park. And exactly one writer says she actually parked. Six posts raise it, and five of those are reporting what they saw: no lot, park on the shoulder; roadside and tight; a shopfront on a main road with nowhere of its own; kerbside in front. Two more said only "no parking" and nothing else, and we did not count those. The one account of actually parking is from February 2025: there are marked kerbside bays in front, they were taken, so she drove on, turned right into a side lane and found a marked bay there instead, in front of a seafood restaurant. So this is the whole of what we know: the shop has no lot, there are a few marked kerbside bays outside it, and in the evening they may be full. How many, whether they are paid, and from what hour — no post says.
Who came, and with whom
| With a friend | 8 of 26 posts |
|---|---|
| Date | 5 of 26 posts |
| Group visit | 3 of 26 posts |
| Came by car | 2 of 26 posts |
Getting there
Getting inside
| Toilet inside | yes 0 · no 4 (of 26 posts read) |
|---|---|
| Separate restrooms | yes 0 · no 4 (of 26 posts read) |
Not one post says what floor the shop is on. Nor whether there are steps up to it, nor how many. Our licence record leaves the floor blank, and across twenty-six posts the words ground floor, first floor and basement never appear once. Several people photographed the front, one captioned a picture "the entrance" — and still there is no floor in the text. We will not guess. There is talk of an old drinking house on a main road and of marked kerbside bays right outside, but that does not settle it. One thing is settled: the toilet is out of the shop.
No step, no ramp, no door width — nothing, in any of the twenty-six posts. Whether you can get in with a wheelchair or a pushchair, we do not know. That is not the same as there being no barrier. It means nobody looked. There are plenty of photographs of the front and plenty of remarks about how well it hides itself, and not one line about whether there is a step at the door. The one thing that is certain is that the toilet is outside, and no post describes the route to it either. What we do know: 39 square metres, five or six round tables. How much room that leaves between them, nobody says.
The toilet is outside the shop and shared between men and women. Four writers saw it for themselves, and two count it as the place's one real failing. · One warns the squeamish outright: it is outside, it is shared, and she is not going to pretend otherwise. · Another found it worse than that — shared, and the outer door does not lock properly, which left her uneasy the whole time she was in there. · A third records that it is a pit toilet, and adds, to be fair, that it was clean. · A fourth simply logs it: outside, shared. One post says the opposite. An August 2026 header line lists an indoor toilet, with nothing in the body about it. We did not count a header line, and we leave the disagreement standing. A fifth writer skips the question and offers a workaround: if you are particular, the Topten clothing shop directly across the road has a clean one.
No one mentioned: Second floor · In a basement · Lift to the floor · Ramp at the door · Step at the entrance · Step-free access · Accessible toilet. 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 themselves3 of 26 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way23 of 26 posts
When the posts appeared
Month by month
| Month | Posts |
|---|---|
| 2024-09 | 1 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 2 |
| 2025-09 | 3 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 2 |
| 2026-02 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 5 |
| 2026-09 | 3 |
What we do not know
- Twenty-six posts are not twenty-six people — they are twenty-five. One blogger wrote twice, in August and September 2026. Six had been before: a second visit; a return after two weeks; a return after a year; one who says the place is a once-a-quarter necessity; one who calls it a regular haunt; and one who came back for the pancake and the makgeolli. Seven say plainly that it was their first time. The other thirteen say nothing about their own history with the place, and we have counted them neither way. One more thing. Ten of the posts we read are by visitors from outside Samcheok; three identify themselves as local. One writer, looking round the room, noted that the other tables were not tourists like her but local people meeting friends. Who is in the room and who writes the posts are not the same population.
- Seventeen posts report a full room — but twelve of those writers had booked, or got a table anyway. What we can count is only this: on that night, at that hour, there was no space. The people who were turned away are barely in our denominator at all, because people who go home do not write it up. What survives is secondhand: two or three parties arriving behind one writer and leaving again; the group after another who found the pancake sold out; and one writer's memory of her own failed attempt at five o'clock on an earlier trip. There is no waiting app and no ticket. There is nowhere to wait either — one writer sat on the edge of a flower bed outside. How you would know how many parties are ahead of you, no post explains.
- Over two years, one writer describes the pancake being made a different way. Ten posts say the potato is grated raw — on a metal grater, not in a blender, the moment the order comes in. One post, from February 2025, says the potatoes are boiled first and then grated. Boiled and grated is not the same dish as raw and grated. Everything else points to raw, and the long rasping people hear fits that. But we have never seen the kitchen, so we record only that one account differs. The number of potatoes differs too. Two writers asked the owner: one was told about fifteen, the other five or six large ones, or up to ten small. Same question, different answers.
- Only two posts say anything about heat, and neither is about the pancake. One is the spicy tofu stew: sharp enough, she writes, that anyone who cannot take heat should say so when ordering. The other is the pork-and-kimchi stir-fry, which a self-described weakling found pitched exactly right. The soy sauce that comes with the pancake has green chilli in it. Six posts mention it. None of them says how hot it is. You can, at least, leave it — it is served separately, in the middle of the plate. One writer reports that if you say something in advance they will adjust. That is the whole of what we have.
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