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Jeolbyeok
절벽 Jeolbyeok means 'cliff' — several posts say the pub took the name from its old spot below a real cliff across the road, before it moved into this building's basement.
Compiled from 7 blog posts read in fullSources →
Jeolbyeok is a long-running indoor pocha in the basement of the Gwibin wedding-hall building at 130 Pyeongchang-munhwa-ro, Pyeongchang-dong. The signature is flame-grilled marinated pork (15,000 won), and one post that copied the menu lists over forty drinking dishes — stews, pancakes, grills, noodles. Raw cabbage with chili sauce lands on every table, and drinks come out of a fridge you help yourself from. One bill — pork, black-bean noodles, four bottles of soju and beer, two sodas — came to 45,000 won. We read 29 posts from 8 June to 16 October 2026; 19 were about other places that merely share the word 'cliff' (a hillside village, a view café, autumn-foliage lists) and were set aside. Of the 10 left, 8 are from people who went and ate.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 종로구 평창문화로 130, 귀빈빌딩 (평창동)130 Pyeongchangmunhwa-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul
- Phone02-379-8484
- Typical spend₩4,000 – ₩23,000
- Floor areaFloor area 132 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 5 posts: 5 wrote Mon–Sat 16:00–02:00.
| Mon–Sat | 16:00–02:00 | 5 of 5 posts |
|---|---|---|
| Last order | 01:00 | 4 of 4 posts |
| Closed | Sunday | 5 of 5 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
- Seven of the eight who ate here wrote about the free cabbage and chili-vinegar sauce — several called the sauce the real draw, and one said they refill it every time.
- Four posts note an indoor smoking room. One non-smoker said the smell drifts out when the door opens, though in four visits they never actually saw anyone use it.
- Three posts call the prices reasonable and none call them high: pork 15,000 won, black-bean noodles 6,000, soju 5,000.
- Of the five who ate the pork, three describe the marinade as sweet with a light smoky note. On salt, one found the pork pleasantly salty for drinking; another found the potato pancake just right — different dishes, so no single verdict.
2 more
- Two posts come from repeat visitors — a neighbourhood regular of about ten years and someone on a fourth visit. The regular insists on the pork but rated the seafood egg soup (15,000 won), tried for the first time, a must; the other says three of their four visits were for that soup alone.
- Two posts single out the staff's warmth — one near the 1 a.m. close, another when the owner sent over a free fried egg. Orders are tallied by hand in a notebook at the counter.
What 7 bloggers said
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Not expensive
We read all 7 in full. The most common claims are “Not expensive” (3) and “Sweet” (3).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Things you can check on site
- Complimentary starter 7 of 7 posts
- Smoking room 4 of 7 posts
- Takes reservations 1 of 7 posts
- In a basement 1 of 7 posts
- Meat arrives fully grilled from the kitchen — no grill at the table 1 of 7 posts
- Free refills 1 of 7 posts
- Step at the entrance 1 of 7 posts
- Foreign customers in the room 1 of 7 posts
- Toilet inside 1 of 7 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Who came, and with whom
- With a friend 4 of 7 posts
- Group visit 1 of 7 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
| In a basement | 1 of 7 posts |
|---|---|
| Step at the entrance | 1 of 7 posts |
| Toilet inside | 1 of 7 posts |
Only one post describes the level from experience: closer to a half-basement than a full one. The 'basement' in the address we did not count.
One post shows a step down at the entrance. No one wrote about getting in with a wheelchair or stroller — not that it's impossible, just that nobody said.
One post places the toilet inside; another couldn't tell whether it was split by gender. On cleanliness, one called it usable in a pinch and another advised looking the other way.
No one mentioned: Second floor · Lift to the floor · Ramp at the door · Step-free access · 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 they paid themselves3 of 7 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way4 of 7 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 9 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 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 3 |
| 2026-10 | 1 |
What we do not know
- Four posts mention the old site beneath a real cliff across the road and a history of 40-plus years, but all of it is hearsay or undated, so we did not count it. Every post we read is from the current location.
- No one described getting here by subway or bus. One group took a taxi; another simply advised public transport while admitting the spot is not easy to reach.
- Nobody reported waiting. One group arriving around 4:15 on a holiday found it empty but the inner partitioned tables already reserved; another found it fairly busy at 8:30 on a Monday.
- Hours: five posts give Mon–Sat 4 p.m.–2 a.m., four of them with last orders at 1 a.m., but all of it is copied listing text. Two writers saw the 'closed Sundays' sign themselves. One says it usually closes at 1 a.m., so the closing time is uncertain.
- The phone number 02-379-8484 appears only in one post's copied listing. Phone booking is likewise only in listing text — nobody wrote that they booked.
Sources (7)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 평창동 노포 감성 실내포차 '절벽', 돼지구이부터 계란탕까지 내돈.... 2026-10-15 · 꿀꿀이의 돼지런한 일상
- 평창동 맛집 절벽｜불향 제대로인 돼지구이와 얼큰한 김치찌개 2026-09-25 · 김파리도 블로그 한다 · via Daum
- 맛집 ] 종로 노포 술집 N번째 방문한 실내 포장마차 평창동 절벽 내돈내산 후기 ( + 해물계란탕 강추! ) 2026-09-18 · ღ 쩝쩝박사 도닝 ღ · via Daum
- 평창동 술집 '절벽' | 4번째 방문한 노포 포차, 진짜는 해물계란탕 2026-09-10 · 일단 살아보는 중 · via Daum
- 우리 술은 마시고 살자 2026-08-10 · :o · via Daum
- 서울 평창동 노포 술집 포장마차 절벽 후기 2026-07-31 · my name is hyeon ji · via Daum
- [평창동] 절벽 2026-06-08 · noiceee · via Daum
Of 386 candidate posts we opened 120 and kept 7 as evidence. We have not seen them all yet; another pass would add more.