Grill houseKorean
Minso Hanu Jeongsang
민소한우 정상 Hanwoo is Korean native beef, and Jeongsang (頂上) means 'summit' — a sign at the entrance explains it as the place where the strictest standard is kept rather than the highest point.
Compiled from 10 blog posts read in fullSources →
A Hanwoo beef grill in the basement of 34 Jong-ro, between Jonggak and Gwanghwamun stations. Every seat is in a private room and staff grill the beef from start to finish. The weekday lunch Minso Special is KRW 49,000 per person, from two servings, and ends with doenjang stew and rice cooked on the grill plate. The restaurant moved here from a nearby site in spring 2026 and added Jeongsang to its name. We read 30 posts from 2 May 2025 to 9 October 2026; 10 describe an actual meal, all at the new site between May and September 2026 — three office dinners, plus one family meeting, one friends' night and one couple.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 종로구 종로 34, 종로 한국빌딩 지하1층 (서린동)34 Jong-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul
- Phone0507-1336-5400
- Typical spend₩8,000 – ₩299,000
- From the station4 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 579 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 3 posts: 2 wrote Weekdays 11:00–22:00.
| Weekdays | 11:00–22:00 | 2 of 3 posts |
|---|---|---|
| Break | 14:30–17:00 | 2 of 3 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
- Eight of the ten meal posts sat in a private room, several saying every seat is one. One notes spare plates, cups and a coat cupboard by each room's door; a family-meeting post says staff let them hide gifts in the next room and set no time limit on the room.
- Seven posts say staff did the grilling — greasing the plate with beef fat, adding rosemary, then turning the heat to warm once the beef is done. The same plate is then used for doenjang stew with rice; one table of four was told a plate takes at most two, so they split two stews and two cold noodles.
- Two posts, from May and July 2026, got free beef tartare for joining a review event; one says beef pancake was the other option.
- One post brought its own champagne and whisky under corkage; two mention wine displayed at the entrance.
What 10 bloggers said
doenjang sulbap
Quiet
We read all 10 in full. The most common claims are “Quiet” (4) and “Not expensive” (3).
What they liked
Things you can check on site
- Private room 8 of 10 posts
- Staff cook it at your table 7 of 10 posts
- Reachable by transit 4 of 10 posts
- Takes reservations 3 of 10 posts
- Relocated 3 of 10 posts
- In a basement 2 of 10 posts
- Review event 2 of 10 posts
- A minimum number of portions on the first order 2 of 10 posts
- Wine served 2 of 10 posts
- Beer served 1 of 10 posts
- Corkage free — bring your own drink 1 of 10 posts
- Waiting area 1 of 10 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Parking
1 posts say you cannot park. None say you can.
| Posts saying you cannot | 1 of 10 posts |
|---|
One post says there is no parking and recommends transit; another's listing block says parking is available, which we did not count. Two posts put it a two-minute walk from Jonggak Station exit 6.
Who came, and with whom
- Group visit 3 of 10 posts
- With a friend 1 of 10 posts
- Family visit 1 of 10 posts
- Date 1 of 10 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
4 posts say it is walkable from the station.
Getting inside
| In a basement | 2 of 10 posts |
|---|
Two posts describe going down to the basement entrance, one by stairs. Nobody mentions a lift or wheelchair and stroller access — that is unknown, not absent.
One post found the restroom spotless, but nobody says whether it is inside the restaurant or in the building; separate restrooms appear only in a copied listing.
No one mentioned: Second floor · Lift to the floor · Ramp at the door · Step at the entrance · Step-free access · Toilet inside · 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 themselves1 of 10 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way9 of 10 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 17 posts we gathered, 7 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.
| 2026-05-20 | 2 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 |
|---|---|
| 2026-05 | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 4 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
What we do not know
- Prices vary widely: three posts agree on KRW 49,000 per person for the lunch set, while one five-person dinner with extras came to about KRW 1,000,000. One post calls it expensive, three say it is fair for what you get. À-la-carte prices come from an info post nobody verified by eating.
- The restaurant moved from a nearby site to this address in spring 2026; its own blog announced an April opening and a diner says it is now a minute further toward Jonggak. All ten meal posts are from the new site; none describe the old one.
- Opening hours appear in three meal posts, all copied from listing blocks: all say 11:00–22:00, but the break ends at 17:00 in two and 17:30 in one, and only one lists weekend closure and a 21:30 last order. No post describes a weekend visit.
- No post reports waiting; three booked ahead. One warns that the waiting area at the basement entrance has no air conditioning, so book.
- The phone number 0507-1336-5400 appears in the restaurant's blog and one diner's listing block. Three diners booked; the restaurant asks for party size when booking so it can assign a room.
- Of the 30 posts, three are the restaurant's own promotions, two are from the company that installed its table hoods, and one is a compiled info page — none were counted. Claims such as 1++ grade and 720-hour aging are the restaurant's own wording.
Sources (10)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 민소한우 정상 광화문점｜광화문 점심메뉴 추천, 민소스페셜 후기 2026-09-19 · My Daily Log · via Daum
- 광화문 민소한우 정상 평일 런치 스페셜 세트 후기 대한민국 최정상 한우를 맛볼 수 있는 곳 2026-08-29 · 초록 펭귄 · via Daum
- 광화문 민소한우 | 다음회식 또 여기로 와주시술 ? 2026-08-04 · ⊂(ᴑ╹.╹ᴑ)੭ · via Daum
- [광화문 맛집 추천] 루드베키아 브런치부터 민소한우·우하나 한우 맛집까지 후기... 2026-07-24 · 호치민주부 미영 · via Daum
- 종각 한우 가성비 좋은 런치 회식 ' 민소한우 정상 광화문점 ' 2026-07-14 · 츠리의 트립 톡톡♪ · via Daum
- 종각 한우 맛집 민소한우 정상 광화문점, 점심 회식으로 찾은 민소스페셜 후기 2026-07-10 · 유모차 끌고 세계여행 · via Daum
- '26.6월 일상 #종강 #행운거북이 #덕클 #슬랑이 2026-07-01 · 자유로운 INTP생활
- [W.06] 상견례 후기_민소한우 정상 광화문점/ 상견례 식당, 상견례 선물 추천, 상견례PPT(D-186) 2026-06-30 · 옹아의 드디어 블로그 · via Daum
- 종각역 소고기 맛집｜민소한우 정상 광화문점 프라이빗 룸식당 후기 2026-05-25 · 꿀링이로그 · via Daum
- 1주년 웨딩스냅 2026-05-17 · 모든 것을 살아볼래
Of 428 candidate posts we opened 94 and kept 10 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.