Raw fishKorean
Cheongchosu Mulhoe
청초수물회 Cheongchosu (靑草水, 'green-grass water') echoes Cheongcho Lake, which the building faces; mulhoe is Korean cold raw-fish soup.
Compiled from 16 blog posts read in fullSources →
A mulhoe (cold raw-fish soup) house occupying a whole four-storey building right on Cheongcho Lake in Sokcho. The ground floor is a café and lobby; dining is on the second and third floors. Basic mulhoe is 19,000 won per person, the haejeon mulhoe with live abalone and sea cucumber 27,000 won for one or 48,000 for two, seopguk 15,000 and abalone porridge 16,000. Several posts describe taking a number from a ground-floor kiosk, being called by number and floor over a loudspeaker, and having food delivered by a robot. We read 30 posts dated 11 June to 21 October 2026: 4 were about other businesses, 10 were introductions or list entries without a visit, and 16 describe a visit (two of them written up late, from visits in August and November 2025).
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address강원특별자치도 속초시 엑스포로 12-36, 2~4층 (조양동)12-36 Ekseupo-ro, Sokcho-si, Gangwon-do
- Phone033-635-5050
- Typical spend₩15,000 – ₩48,000
- From the station1 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaStatus In business
When it opens
Of 10 posts: 5 wrote Daily 10:00–20:50, 3 wrote 10:00–20:50.
| Daily | 10:00–20:50 | 5 of 10 posts |
|---|---|---|
| No day given | 10:00–20:50 | 3 of 10 posts |
| Last order | 20:00 | 6 of 6 posts |
| Closed | None | 2 of 2 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
- Weekend lunch means a wait, but not a long one. Eight posts say they waited and four say they did not. One arrived at 12:40 on a Saturday with 87 parties ahead and got in after about 20 minutes; another waited 20 minutes at 1:30 on a Saturday; a third had six parties ahead at 12:30 on a weekday and waited under ten minutes. The no-wait visits were during the Chuseok holiday, at 7 pm near closing, at 4 pm on a weekday, and on a weekday. Eight posts mention a waiting area — a tented seating area and chairs beside the ground-floor entrance — and two note the number announcements can only be heard outdoors.
- Five posts say food came quickly — one timed it at ten minutes — and one notes that because robots serve the aisles, a high chair cannot be placed on the aisle side.
What 16 bloggers said
mulhoe
Roomy
We read all 16 in full. The most common claims are “Roomy” (8) and “Food comes quickly” (5).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Where they disagree
| Had to wait | yes 8 · no 4 |
|---|---|
| Large portions | yes 2 · no 3 |
Things you can check on site
- Parking capacity 10 of 16 posts
- Waiting area 8 of 16 posts
- Second floor 8 of 16 posts
- Large windows 7 of 16 posts
- Coupon 5 of 16 posts
- Signed celebrity photos 4 of 16 posts
- Lift to the floor 3 of 16 posts
- Review event 3 of 16 posts
- High chairs 2 of 16 posts
- Takeout 2 of 16 posts
- Free refills 2 of 16 posts
- High ceiling 1 of 16 posts
- Separate restrooms 1 of 16 posts
- Toilet inside 1 of 16 posts
- Photo booth 1 of 16 posts
- Origin labelling posted 1 of 16 posts
- Reachable by transit 1 of 16 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Parking
10 posts say you can park. None say you cannot.
| Posts saying you can park | 10 of 16 posts |
|---|
Ten posts mention parking and all call it ample. Besides the lots behind the building, three posts say the model-house lot across the road can be used when full, one specifying two hours free with a receipt. Three posts mention attendants directing cars.
Who came, and with whom
- Family visit 6 of 16 posts
- Came with children 3 of 16 posts
- Date 2 of 16 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
| Second floor | 8 of 16 posts |
|---|---|
| Lift to the floor | 3 of 16 posts |
| Toilet inside | 1 of 16 posts |
| Separate restrooms | 1 of 16 posts |
Eight posts say dining is on the second and third floors; the ground floor is the Merry-Go-Round café and lobby, and one post copied a sign saying the fourth floor is offices and a VIP room. Three posts mention lifts, though one walked up because of the crowd. Seven posts describe floor-to-ceiling windows over Cheongcho Lake and Seorak Bridge; posts note window seats go by queue number, must be requested separately, and you cannot move once seated.
Three posts note wheelchairs can be borrowed on the ground floor, but no one said whether the entrance has a step or ramp. That is not the same as there being none — no one wrote about it.
Only one post describes the toilets: on both the second and third floors, separated by sex. Another mentions toilets and a nursing room on the building's outer ground floor.
No one mentioned: In a basement · 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 themselves4 of 16 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way12 of 16 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 26 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.
| 2026-10-21 | 3 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 |
|---|---|
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 4 |
| 2026-10 | 10 |
What we do not know
- Portions divide opinion: two posts found them generous, three found them modest ('exactly one serving'), and one says the author and companion disagreed. One post found the side rice and noodles very small.
- Views on price split one to one: one post found it fair for a tourist spot, another paid over 80,000 won for two bowls and found them small. Squid mulhoe is market-priced — 35,000 won in both August and September 2026. One post gives a bill: 64,000 won for a two-person haejeon mulhoe plus abalone porridge.
- Only one post arrived without a car: about a 15-minute walk from Sokcho Express Bus Terminal, noting most customers came by car.
- Nine of the ten visit posts that give hours agree on 10:00–20:50 with last orders at 20:00; one gives a 21:00 close. Two August 2026 posts show a 9 am opening, which one explains as an early-opening period until 17 August. Two posts say it opens every day of the year. Most of these hours are copied from the restaurant's listing.
- On reservations and phone the posts differ. Seven copy the number 0507-1425-5051; one says no reservations, another copies Naver booking and a group line, 033-635-5050. One post notes it is not on remote-queue apps and only takes walk-in numbers. Group bookings of 30 or more come from the restaurant's own notice.
- Four posts mention many celebrity autographs on the stairs and walls; the TV appearance claim comes from the restaurant's own display. Three introduction posts published on 21 October 2026 with the same title pattern and hashtags describe no visit, and we did not rely on them.
Sources (16)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
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- [속초] 청초수물회 속초본점 식당 후기 7개월아기랑 강원도 속초맛.... 2026-10-15 · 다밀기 ✍️(◔◡◔)
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- 추석 명절연휴 영업하는 속초 맛집, 청초수물회 속초본점 2026-09-25 · 야니로그 · via Daum
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- 청초수물회 속초본점 | 강원도 속초 물회 맛집 포장 솔직 후기 2026-09-20 · 취향을 얹은 여행 · via Daum
- 속초 맛집 | 청초호 뷰가 멋있는 " 청초수물회 " 엑스포공원 근처 속초 여행 맛집 내돈내산 후기 2026-09-10 · 또담또담 하는 내 Blog · via Daum
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Of 478 candidate posts we opened 44 and kept 16 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.