Korean
Hansik Wangbijip Myeongdong-jeom
한식왕비집 명동점 Wangbijip means 'the queen's house', and hansik means Korean food — this is the Korean-meal branch of the Wangbi-jip barbecue group.
Compiled from 16 blog posts read in fullSources →
A Korean restaurant in a basement off Myeongdong 6-gil, next to the Hello Kitty café. It serves porridge and seaweed soup from 7:30 to 10:30, bibimbap and short-rib soup trays from 11:30 to 17:00, and charcoal barbecue in the evening. Traditional bibimbap is 13,000 won, or 16,000 won as a tray with Korean-beef bulgogi. We read 20 posts from March 2025 to October 2026, 16 of them from people who went. Fifteen ate the rice-and-soup meals; only one grilled meat. One post about a different branch (Wangbijip Myeongdong No. 2) was set aside.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 중구 명동6길 15, 지하1층 (명동2가)15 Myeongdong 6-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul
- Phone0507-1410-7031
- Typical spend₩3,000 – ₩43,000
- From the station5 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 126 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 13 posts: 8 wrote Daily 07:30–23:00, 3 wrote 07:30–23:00.
| Daily | 07:30–23:00 | 8 of 13 posts |
|---|---|---|
| No day given | 07:30–23:00 | 3 of 13 posts |
| Break | 10:30–11:30 | 8 of 8 posts |
| Last order | 22:00 | 8 of 8 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 line at lunch. Five posts saw people waiting, all at lunchtime. One arrived around 11:40 and said the people right behind had to wait; another found people queuing on the stairs on the way out. Six posts booked ahead or advised booking, and those who booked walked straight in. One early-evening visit found no wait.
- Food comes quickly despite the line: seven posts said so, one putting it at about ten minutes. No post said it was slow.
- The bibimbap sauce is mild: five posts said it was not hot, one likening it to something between gochujang and ssamjang. One post described it as spicy-tangy. Seven said the seasoning was not salty.
- Many of the diners are foreign visitors. Six posts said so from what they saw, one guessing eight foreigners to two Koreans; a 2025 post went in around 8 a.m. after seeing tourists file in. Posts noted the menu is printed in English, Japanese and Chinese.
What 16 bloggers said
jeontong bibimbap
Not salty
We read all 16 in full. The most common claims are “Not salty” (7) and “Food comes quickly” (7).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Things you can check on site
- In a basement 12 of 16 posts
- Step at the entrance 6 of 16 posts
- Foreign customers in the room 6 of 16 posts
- Takes reservations 6 of 16 posts
- Reachable by transit 5 of 16 posts
- Staff cook it at your table 1 of 16 posts
- Waiting area 1 of 16 posts
- Air conditioned 1 of 16 posts
- Separate restrooms 1 of 16 posts
- High chairs 1 of 16 posts
- Origin labelling posted 1 of 16 posts
- Free refills 1 of 16 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Parking
3 posts say you cannot park. None say you can.
| Posts saying you cannot | 3 of 16 posts |
|---|
No post arrived by car. Eight touched on parking; three said in their own words there is no lot and to use nearby public car parks, while the other five copied a 'no parking' line. Five posts walked from Myeongdong Station (exit 6).
Who came, and with whom
- Family visit 3 of 16 posts
- With a friend 2 of 16 posts
- Came with children 1 of 16 posts
- Date 1 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
5 posts say it is walkable from the station.
Getting inside
| In a basement | 12 of 16 posts |
|---|---|
| Step at the entrance | 6 of 16 posts |
| Toilet inside | yes 0 · no 1 (of 16 posts read) |
| Separate restrooms | 1 of 16 posts |
The dining room is one floor down. Twelve posts described going down, six of them mentioning stairs; one said it is only a few steps from the entrance and does not feel like a deep basement.
We don't know whether a wheelchair or pushchair can get in. No post said, and none mentioned a lift; six described taking stairs down from the entrance.
The toilets are outside the dining room: one post said the separate men's and women's toilets are half a flight up from the basement and you need a key from the counter. This is the only first-hand mention; other posts merely copied a listing line.
No one mentioned: Second floor · Lift to the floor · Ramp at the door · 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 themselves1 of 16 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way15 of 16 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 19 posts we gathered, 3 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 |
|---|---|
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 3 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 4 |
| 2026-10 | 2 |
What we do not know
- Only one post ate the evening barbecue: a mixed pork platter (two portions, 300 g, 43,000 won), with staff grilling from start to finish. That single post is all we know about dinner.
- Eleven posts gave opening hours as 7:30 to 23:00; one said it opens at 7:00 and one that it closes at 23:30. Eight gave a 10:30-11:30 break and eight a 22:00 last order. A March 2025 post said there was no break. Most of this was copied from the listing.
- Prices were identical in every post from May to October 2026 (traditional bibimbap 13,000 won, raw-beef bibimbap 17,000, short-rib soup 18,000). The 2025 post gave no prices, so we can't say whether they rose. No post listed drink prices.
- Six posts gave the phone number 0507-1410-7031; one said bookings can also be made through Naver Booking and CatchTable.
- More than ten of the sixteen visit posts carry the same block of hashtags in the same order, and one blogger posted identical booking links for this and another branch. None disclosed sponsorship; one said it paid its own way. Read the uniform praise with that in mind.
Sources (16)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 명동 한식 맛집 한식왕비집 명동점 | 전통비빔밥 반상 내돈내산 후.... 2026-10-13 · 영이의 Chilling
- 명동 점심 맛집 ♡ 한식왕비집 명동점 ♡ 명동 비빔밥부터 고기까지.... 2026-10-13 · Sally’s Lovely Day♡
- 명동 점심 맛집 한식왕비집 명동점｜육회비빔밥·전통비빔밥 반상 2026-09-30 · 오늘의 컷, 부지런히 담아 낸 주말과 일상
- 명동) 한식 왕비집 솔직 후기, 갈비탕과 전통 비빔밥, 명동 점심 맛.... 2026-09-22 · Kate Garden
- [명동/을지로입구] 한식왕비집 명동점 - 왕갈비탕 육회비빔밥 명동 .... 2026-09-18 · 광화문 LIFE
- 명동 점심 맛집 한식왕비집 명동점 2026-09-02 · JU__log
- 명동 점심 맛집 한식왕비집 명동점 비빔밥 갈비탕 정갈한 한식집 2026-08-15 · 선정쓰의 일상
- [명동역] 한식 왕비집 명동점 ㅣ 명동 점심 맛집 명동 고기집 명동 비빔밥 추천 2026-07-22 · Sunna · via Daum
- [명동] 명동 고기집 찾는 분, 한식 왕비집 명동점에서 돼지 한마리 .... 2026-07-14 · 기록 하나 기록 둘, 그리고
- [명동 점심 핫플] ‘한식왕비집 명동점’에서 즐긴 한식 2026-07-03 · 피치의 일상과 미식탐구
- 명동 점심 맛집 추천, 정갈한 한상차림이 일품인 명동 고기집 '한식왕비집 명동점'에서 즐긴 명동... 2026-06-27 · Even miracles take a little time · via Daum
- 명동 비빔밥 맛집 ‘한식왕비집 명동점’ | 명동 점심 맛집, 명동 직장인 맛집 2026-06-23 · 방방곡곡 누비는 방이모 · via Daum
- 서울 명동 한식왕비집ㅣ웨이팅 필수 명동 점심 맛집 2026-05-19 · 태자의 여기저기 · via Daum
- 명동한식ㅣ명동 점심 맛집ㅣ한식왕비집 명동점에서 점심메뉴 먹은 솔직후기 2026-04-13 · 바쁘다 바빠 우리일상 · via Daum
- 정갈한 한정식을 즐길 수 있는 명동 점심 맛집 추천, 한식왕비집 명동점 2026-03-26 · 월급은 쥐꼬린데요 여행은 하면서 살고 싶어요 · via Daum
- 명동 아침식사 가능한 점심 맛집 한식왕비집 명동점 2025-03-31 · ⠀ · via Daum
Of 337 candidate posts we opened 120 and kept 16 as evidence. We have not seen them all yet; another pass would add more.