Wonju Korean beef BBQ, brisket to ribs: 600g aged cow set at Hanmaeum

On a trip through Gangwon-do, I was looking for somewhere to load up on protein, and I spotted a BBQ place that looked high quality: Hanmaeum Jeongyuk Sikdang Wonju Enterprise City Branch (한마음정육식당 원주기업도시점). In we went~!

• ⏰ Daily 11:30-22:00
• 📍 Star Seven building, 211 Sinjijeong-ro, Jijeong-myeon, Wonju, Gangwon, units 201-205 (5 minutes by car from Seowonju IC)
• 🗒️ Naver reservations available
• 🅿️ Free parking for 4 hours
• 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 Groups welcome

How do you get to Hanmaeum Wonju Enterprise City and park?

The restaurant uses the Star Seven building parking lot, and parking is free for 4 hours. The lot starts on the 3rd floor; take the elevator down to the 2nd floor and cross the sky bridge to reach the wing where the restaurant is.

If you search the restaurant's name in your navigation app, it guides you to the Star Seven building parking lot. The lot starts on the 3rd floor and the spaces are really roomy, so even a bad driver like me parked with no trouble, easy~

From the building where you park, take the elevator down to the 2nd floor and cross the bridge(?) between the buildings, and you've arrived at the wing with Hanmaeum~

What's the atmosphere and what facilities does Hanmaeum Wonju Enterprise City have?

At the entrance there are waiting seats and a Catch Table waiting machine, and inside there are roomy tables, separate rooms and a self-serve banchan (side dish) bar. Outside, there's seating for quite a lot of waiting parties, plus the Catch Table waiting machine~

Inside, there are roomy tables and separate rooms, so even big groups can be handled with no problem~ There's a fridge that shows off the meat quality, and a self-serve banchan bar*!!

* There's sesame oil at the self-serve bar, so if you want oil dipping sauce, pay attention here!

Hair ties, dental floss, even glasses/lens cleaners~ the consideration for guests is crazy good!

Kids' playroom and the playroom camera screen

Hanmaeum has a really spacious kids' playroom, so families with young children can eat without worry!!

The touching part!! A playroom camera screen is installed so parents can check that the kids are playing safely and having fun while they eat in peace.

What are the menu and prices at Hanmaeum Wonju Enterprise City?

The signature items are the aged whole cow set, 600g for ₩76,000, and the aged whole pig set, 1.0kg for ₩74,900. Highballs are ₩5,000, and there's a separate kids' menu.

• Aged whole cow set 600g ₩76,000
• Aged whole pig set 1.0kg ₩74,900 (pork belly + neck + jowl + gabrisal)
• Premium Korean pork stone ribs 250g ₩18,900
• Mul/bibim naengmyeon (cold noodles) ₩9,000
• Mom's fried rice (2 servings) ₩7,000
• Beef brisket doenjang sulbap (soybean paste rice pot) ₩8,000

The menu is full of very reasonably priced, great-value dishes, and I was impressed that they sell kids' jajangmyeon (black bean noodles), kids' seaweed soup and Pororo drinks haha

Highballs for only ₩5,000 is shocking too...! I couldn't drink one because I was driving, which is my only regret...

Are the basic side dishes refillable?

Except for the marinated raw crab (yangnyeom gejang) and the sprout jjolmyeon (chewy noodles, ordered separately), the basic side dishes can be refilled for free through the self-serve bar and so on. Even the doenjang stew (soybean paste stew) is refillable, which is the killer point.

The basic banchan come in a generous spread: potato salad, green onion kimchi, mustard leaf kimchi, cheongpomuk (mung bean jelly) salad, salad, doenjang stew and more. Everything except the marinated crab and the sprout jjolmyeon (ordered separately) can be refilled free via the self-serve bar, easy~ The killer point is that the doenjang stew is refillable too~ We ordered the whole cow set and mom's fried rice!

The meat is delivered by a cute little robot haha

In what order did we grill the aged whole cow set?

The aged whole cow set consists of prime rib finger meat, rib meat, bone-in rib, chuck flap and beef brisket. We started with the quick-cooking brisket, then the chuck flap, then the three rib brothers.

The meat quality was top-notch as expected, and we wolfed it down, greasing our bellies for the first time in ages haha We kicked off with the quick-cooking brisket, then went chuck flap → the three rib brothers (let's go~! heave-ho!)

It's clearly aged meat: even we, who know nothing about beef, could taste the deep beefy aroma and tenderness.. I want it again.. (drool) The minari (water dropwort), pineapple and mushrooms we grilled alongside were excellent supporting actors too!

Mom's fried rice, self-fried

Mom's fried rice (2 servings, ₩7,000) is one you fry yourself, and the taste? Need I say more, super delicious carbs...!

Dessert coffee and yogurt ice cream

There's also dessert coffee and ice cream to cleanse your palate, and the twist with the ice cream is that it's yogurt, not vanilla~

Want good-value, high-quality meat in Wonju but worried about the little ones? Then head to Hanmaeum Jeongyuk Sikdang Wonju Enterprise City Branch, no hesitation~