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Daeho Kalbijjim & Beef Soup, San Francisco: Braised Short Ribs and Stone-Pot Bibimbap

A black pot on a wooden board, heaped with glossy braised meat on the bone, onion wedges, carrot chunks, yellow cubes that look like potato and pale sesame-sprinkled pieces that look like rice cakes in a dark red-brown sauce, with small side dishes at the right edge.
A pot of what looks like kalbijjim in April 2022, with meat on the bone, onion, carrot and rice-cake-like pieces.
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Daeho Kalbijjim & Beef Soup (대호) is a Korean restaurant at 1620 Post Street in San Francisco's Japantown, and the first dish on its April 2022 menu board was kalbijjim (갈비찜), braised beef short ribs. My photos from that visit show a pot of what looks like kalbijjim, a cheese-topped stone-pot bibimbap and three small side dishes.

The kalbijjim pot at Daeho

The cover photo shows a black pot of glossy braised meat on the bone, onion wedges, carrot chunks, yellow cubes that look like potato and pale pieces that look like rice cakes, in a dark red-brown sauce. Daeho's website describes kalbijjim as braised beef short ribs once reserved for the kings and royal families of the Joseon Dynasty, and says Daeho uses only prime-grade beef. A July 2023 review by Matthew Wang in the San Francisco Scoop newsletter says each kalbijjim stew at Daeho is meant to be shared by three or four people.

The cheese-topped stone-pot bibimbap

A black stone pot on a wooden board under melted cheese with brown blistered spots, with shredded carrot on one side, green strips that look like zucchini in front and dark flakes that look like seaweed at the left, and small side dishes at the right edge.
The stone pot under melted cheese with brown blistered spots, with shredded carrot and green strips beside it.

The stone-pot bibimbap (dolsot bibimbap, rice and vegetables in a heated stone pot) is covered in melted cheese with brown blistered spots, with shredded carrot, strips that look like zucchini and dark flakes that look like seaweed showing around it. Daeho's menu board in April 2022 listed cheese as a $5 extra topping for its hot stone bibimbap, but the photo cannot show which of the three versions this was.

A closer view of the stone pot, with blistered cheese across the top, pale cheese pooled along the inside wall at the left, and green strips, shredded carrot and dark flakes around it.
A closer shot: pale cheese pools along the inside wall of the pot on the left.

Three side dishes

Three small stainless-steel dishes on a black speckled table: red-seasoned napa cabbage kimchi in front, orange-red chunks that look like radish kimchi behind it, and a seasoned green side dish with carrot strips at the right.
Cabbage kimchi, what looks like radish kimchi and a seasoned green side dish.

Three small steel dishes of banchan (Korean side dishes) hold red-seasoned napa cabbage kimchi, orange-red chunks that look like radish kimchi, and a seasoned green side dish mixed with carrot strips.

The menu board in April 2022

The framed menu board in April 2022, with the brush-lettered name 대호 and a red seal reading 大虎 above DAEHO KALBI JJIM & BEEF SOUP and four addresses, then sections for kalbijjim, suyuk, hot stone bibimbab, kalbitang, seolleongtang and drinks, with prices in dollars.
The menu board in April 2022. Prices have probably changed since.

Daeho's menu board in April 2022 listed kalbijjim at $75 for a regular pot and $85 with extra meat, with spice levels from 0 to 3. Daeho's hot stone bibimbap cost $22 to $26 on that board, depending on whether it came with grilled beef ribs, calamari and shrimp, or vegetables and egg.

Before you go

  • WhatNow, a restaurant, retail and real-estate news site, reported on Sept. 8, 2025 that Daeho said on Instagram its Japantown restaurant would be temporarily closed until further notice, with no reason or reopening date given. Pearl's guide page for Daeho, with details dated October 2026, lists the restaurant at 1620 Post St and does not mention the closure, and Daeho's website lists its Post Street restaurant with regular hours (checked Nov 14, 2026), so call (415) 563-1388 before you go.
  • A July 2023 San Francisco Scoop review says to expect a wait of an hour or more at Daeho at any time during the week.

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