CafeKorean
Sosohambak · Kkachiseom
소소함박·까치섬 Soso means small and modest and hambak is the Korean word for hamburg steak; Kkachiseom, 'magpie island', is the upstairs café, which says it took the name from the magpies in painter Chang Ucchin's work.
Compiled from 27 blog posts read in fullSources →
A two-storey hanok at 21 Sonhyoja-gil, at the start of Hwangnidan-gil facing Cheonmachong tomb in Gyeongju. Downstairs, Sosohambak serves charcoal-finished hamburg steak, soy-marinated abalone-and-shrimp rice, raw-beef bibimbap and cold buckwheat noodles on one-person trays; upstairs, Kkachiseom is a café selling monaka and cream-topped lattes and doubles as the restaurant's waiting room. Most single dishes are 15,000 won; the Soso set for two (two mains, one side) is 44,000 won. We read 30 posts from 15 June to 25 October 2026; 27 describe an actual visit (17 ate downstairs, 11 went to the café, one did both).
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address경상북도 경주시 손효자길 21, 1,2층 (황남동)21 Sonhyoja-gil, Gyeongju-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do
- Phone0507-1469-0457
- Typical spend₩2,500 – ₩52,000
- Floor areaFloor area 206 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 16 posts: 10 wrote Daily 11:00–21:00, 4 wrote 11:00–21:00.
| No day given | 11:00–21:00 | 4 of 16 posts |
|---|---|---|
| Daily | 11:00–21:00 | 10 of 16 posts |
| Break | 15:30–17:00 | 9 of 14 posts |
| Break | Weekdays 15:30–17:00 | 5 of 14 posts |
| Last order | 20:10 | 9 of 9 posts |
| Closed | None | 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
- Expect a long wait at lunch. Eight posts waited, one did not. October posts arrived at 11:30 to find 20 groups ahead (45 minutes), at 11:45 to find 29 groups (1 hour 15 minutes), and at dinner faced 25 groups and an hour. An August post waited under 10 minutes behind two groups on a Sunday at 11:30, and a July post walked in at Monday opening but saw the room full half an hour later. You sign up on the Tabling device at the door and get a KakaoTalk message when your turn comes.
- The waiting area is the upstairs café: seven posts waited there or described it as the waiting room, and one was glad not to stand outside in the heat. Twelve posts note that showing your meal receipt or Tabling number gets 20% off at the café.
- The big windows are the point: ten posts describe looking out over the pond, fountain, Daereungwon wall and Cheonmachong. One weekend post found the window seats taken and sat in the middle of the room.
- Each table carries instructions: dip the hamburg steak in the poached egg and sauce, then mix the rest into the rice. Seven posts called it juicy, four thick, and three said it had no gamey smell.
3 more
- All eight posts that commented on the fried items — fried shrimp, menchi katsu, yuringi chicken salad — called them crisp.
- Most found the portions generous: six posts (the cold noodles were 'almost one and a half servings', the fried-shrimp side large), against one that said they were not.
- Four posts came with children and five mention high chairs. One says baby tableware was provided; another says the child crossed the pond's stepping stones again and again.
What 27 bloggers said
sutbul hambak
Roomy
We read all 27 in full. The most common claims are “Roomy” (8) and “Crispy batter” (8).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Things you can check on site
- Second floor 19 of 27 posts
- Discount offered 12 of 27 posts
- Large windows 10 of 27 posts
- Coffee served 10 of 27 posts
- Waiting area 7 of 27 posts
- Review event 5 of 27 posts
- In a basement saying it is not 5 of 27 posts
- High chairs 5 of 27 posts
- Self-order screen 3 of 27 posts
- Outdoor terrace seating 3 of 27 posts
- High ceiling 3 of 27 posts
- Shared restroom 2 of 27 posts
- Open kitchen 2 of 27 posts
- Beer served 1 of 27 posts
- Takeout 1 of 27 posts
- Foreign customers in the room 1 of 27 posts
- Air conditioned 1 of 27 posts
- Toilet inside 1 of 27 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 27 posts |
|---|
There is no parking at the restaurant. Two posts say so from experience, and the five that drove parked at nearby lots such as the Jjoksaem temporary lot or the free Seorabeol Cultural Center lot and walked about five minutes.
Who came, and with whom
- Family visit 9 of 27 posts
- Came by car 5 of 27 posts
- Came with children 4 of 27 posts
- Date 3 of 27 posts
- With a friend 1 of 27 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
| Second floor | 19 of 27 posts |
|---|---|
| In a basement | yes 0 · no 5 (of 27 posts read) |
| Toilet inside | 1 of 27 posts |
| Separate restrooms | yes 0 · no 2 (of 27 posts read) |
The restaurant is on the ground floor and the café upstairs: 19 posts describe the upper floor and five say the restaurant is on the first floor. Three mention a railed terrace upstairs, and one post walked up by the stairs.
No post says whether there is a step at the entrance or whether a wheelchair or pushchair got in — we simply don't know. One post climbed stairs to the café, and none mentions a lift.
Accounts of the toilets differ. The two posts that described them said they are shared by men and women (one placed them upstairs); two posts copied 'separate men's and women's' from an info listing, which we did not count.
No one mentioned: 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 disclosing payment3 of 27 posts
- Someone else paid1 of 27 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way23 of 27 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 29 posts we gathered, 2 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.
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 |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 7 |
| 2026-08 | 4 |
| 2026-09 | 5 |
| 2026-10 | 10 |
What we do not know
- No post arrived by bus or train; one simply notes the express bus terminal is about 15 minutes' walk away.
- The two floors keep different hours. Most posts give the restaurant as 11:00-21:00 with a 15:30-17:00 break and last order at 20:10; five say the break applies on weekdays only, and two give a 10:30 opening (one of them a 20:30 close). The café runs 10:30-19:00; five posts give Tuesday and Wednesday as closing days and three Tuesday only — two posts from 10 July said Tuesday, posts from 24 July on said both. Most of this is copied from listings, so check before you go.
- Prices: from July to September 2026 the charcoal hamburg steak was 15,000 won, the beef version 19,000 and menchi katsu 15,000; from October, 'NEW' stone-plate versions were added at 17,000 (pork), 21,000 (beef) and 17,000 (katsu). Highballs appear at both 7,000 and 8,000 won. One couple paid 49,000 won for the Soso set and a drink. On value, two posts called it good value and two hedged ('on the high side, but').
- Eight posts give the phone number as 0507-1469-0457 and two give 010-3627-0070. On reservations they disagree: one says to book ahead on CatchTable, another was told bookings are by phone only; the rest only describe joining the on-site Tabling queue.
- Many posts carry the same search keywords in their titles and tags and repeat the shop's own lines — beef 'two or three days after slaughter', sauce 'simmered 12 hours from 17 ingredients and aged 72 hours' — in the same order. Three disclose sponsorship and one says it was not paid for by the writer. We treated those lines as copied and did not count them.
Sources (27)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 경주 가족 외식 추천 소소함박, 아기와 함께 다녀온 맛집 후기 2026-10-25 · 삶은 생각대로 굴러간다
- [경주] 황리단길 대릉원 뷰 카페 추천 I 조용하고 여유로워서 더 좋.... 2026-10-23 · 딘기쟝
- 경주한식맛집 소소함박 황리단길점 숯불함박이 맛있는 경주저녁맛.... 2026-10-21 · 하루하루, 일상이 모이는 자리~♡
- 푸릇푸릇 대릉원뷰에 사람 많지 않은 한옥카페 ‘까치섬’ (가족여행으로 추천!) 2026-10-16 · 기밍디의 공간 · via Daum
- 경주 황리단길 간식 먹거리 황남쫀드기 과일산도 등 추천 2026-10-10 · 집 비우는 집요정, 도비민서
- 경주 한식 맛집 경주 한정식맛집 경주 황리단길 맛집 추천 경주 황.... 2026-10-09 · uarmyhope| 열정가득 알림장
- 경주 황리단길 숯불함박 맛집 소소함박 황리단길점 메뉴 주차 정보 2026-10-08 · 모월모일의 모과
- 경주한식맛집 정말 이쁜 소소함박 후기 2026-10-06 · 돼미 블로그
- 경주 황리단길 맛집 소소함박 경주한정식맛집 아이랑 데이트 무료.... 2026-10-06 · Sunny Days!
- 경주 황남동 맛집 황리단길 추천 맛집 경주한식맛집 경주 관광 필수.... 2026-10-04 · 줄팍의 리빙 스토리
- 경주한식맛집 추천｜황리단길 소소함박 숯불함박 한우육회냉모밀 .... 2026-09-29 · 제美 있는 일상✨
- 경주 황리단길 점심 메뉴 맛집 추천 대릉원 능뷰 소소 함박 2026-09-18 · "역맛살"의 부비trip
- 대릉원 뷰 경주 황리단길 한옥 카페 까치섬 2026-09-06 · 여행그리고맛
- 경주한정식맛집 [소소함박] 황리단길맛집에서 즐기는 한옥 연목뷰 맛집ㅣ테이블링 웨이팅 2026-09-02 · 새벽이의 일상과 취향의 기록 · via Daum
- 경주한정식맛집 한옥 연못과 천마총뷰 소소함박 가족나들이 2026-09-01 · 느린이 일상의 작은 쉼표 ,,한 땀 공간 · via Daum
- 경주 소소함박 | 황리단길 한정식 맛집 추천 주말 웨이팅 후기 2026-08-25 · 푸링의 웨딩 기록️️❤️ · via Daum
- 경주 황리단길 카페 추천 대릉원뷰 한옥카페 까치섬 2026-08-10 · 수림이의 재미난 하루
- 경주 황리단길 카페 추천 ‘까치섬’ 쉬어가기 좋은 한옥뷰 카페☕.... 2026-08-05 · 기록하는 습관을 들이자
- 경주 한정식 맛집, 경주 한식맛집, 소소함박 솔직후기 2026-08-05 · yellowpeach’s daily ო̤̹ · via Daum
- 경주 황리단길 디저트 카페 '까치섬' 대릉원뷰 모나카 맛집 2026-07-30 · 지구방위대 미각지부 ᯓ★
- 경주 황리단길 한식 맛집 '소소함박' 수제 함박스테이크 가격 솔직 .... 2026-07-29 · 지구방위대 미각지부 ᯓ★
- 경주 황리단길 디저트 카페 황남동 대릉원 뷰 까치섬 2026-07-24 · VISIONCARE(비전케어)
- 경주 한정식 맛집 소소함박 황리단길 정갈한 한상 2026-07-21 · 볼빵빵 솜솜이네️ ♥️ · via Daum
- 소소함박 | 가성비 경주 한식 맛집 예약방법 주차 카페 할인 받는 법 2026-07-17 · 취향의 공간
- 경주 황리단길 한옥뷰카페 '까치섬' 2026-07-10 · 한의대생의 종잡을 수 없는 blog
- 경주황리단길 한옥감성 대릉원뷰 편안한카페 맛있는카페 찾는다면 .... 2026-07-10 · 아벨라
- 제리의 일기장 | 2026년 3월 경주 여행이라 쓰고 체험단 투어라 읽는다 2026-06-15 · 제리의 일기장 · via Daum
Of 328 candidate posts we opened 53 and kept 27 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.