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    Hongdae Pocha Korean BBQ

    3.2 (43 reviews)
    ModerateKorean
    Closed 5:00 pm - 1:00 am (Next day)

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    HONGDAE POCHA KOREAN BBQ ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Loud
    Casual
    Good for groups

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    Beef rice cake
    Jiaqi Z.

    Good is good, actually pretty good. Fried chicken is very juicy and flavour is amazing. Other dishes were pretty authentic as well. Servers were pretty fast. The reason for four star is due to the fact that there were one bowl of kimchi served for table of three. It's the only Korean restaurant I been to that doesn't serve kimchi. Maybe it's a Vancouver thing, back in Toronto, always at least 4-8 dish of kimchi served

    2 orders of pork belly cooked
    David C.

    I was a little hesitant about going here due to the reviews, but I found my experience at Hongdae to be positive. My girlfriend and I weren't too hungry but were craving something late at night and Hongdae seemed to be calling our names. The servers were nice and quick even without using the service bell. We ordered 2 orders of the pork belly (their most popular menu item, check out my pics attached to this review) and the waiter kept asking if that is all we wanted to order. There was a feeling of pushing to order more even though we thought that ordering 2 full food items for 2 people was sufficient so we stood our ground. The servers cooked the meat for us so we did not have to do much besides enjoy! I do want to take a half star off for the constant nudging we received to order more but also a half star for no rice coming with our orders. We had to purchase a side of rice on top of the ~$70 we spent on the 2 orders of pork belly. Overall, I would recommend checking this place out if you are looking for a late night Korean BBQ run!

    This is apparently the seafood pancake...
    Sarah Y.

    $20 for the seafood pancake with barely any batter and all just green onions? No thanks. And the pancake was not good at all. Never coming back. If you want a Korean bar, go somewhere else. Literally across the street. With reasonable prices and service.

    Frances C.

    I had major Korean cravings and I remember that Hongdae Pocha Cafe had 50% for students, so what better place to go than here? The food was pretty good, I think some of the dishes just had too much sauce. It's quite dark inside with loud music. My friends and I ordered three dishes, the chicken with rice (bibimbap style), ddeokbokki, and the spicy noodle (jajangmyeon style). My personal favourite had to be the noodle dish because it was just so addicting. The sauce coated the noodles perfectly. I had to get ddeokbokki because it is one of my all time favourite dishes. The time around, it's not as spicy as most places I've had, but it still tastes great. Lastly, the chicken with rice, it was alright. I personally am not the biggest fan of how loud the music is, but it's not horrible. I'd definitely come back. The 50% is a deal too hard to pass. Even without the 50% off, the price of each dish is very reasonable.

    Chair is a bit disgusting as well
    Dong Kyu K.

    Food was fine .. Ive tried chicken runner, fried chicken, soondae, and chive pancake. Chive pancake was too oily. Other foods were fine.. I want to write about service. There has two female servers and one male server. It seems he works everything. Other two female servers were acting like they are working and they were talking very long time. I was waiting for order 40 mins. I visit counter, but she kept saying we will be there. Also, they threw foods away on table. I understand its heavy and they are tired. It seems not right. Hope this place should educate their servers well, and they shouldnt order newbie server like slave.

    Manoka M.

    I ordered 2soju and I soy chicken. A portion of soy chicken is tooooo much for 2people. I wanna eat another dishes but so full 1 plate.

    Tofu soup with sujebi
    Kevin B.

    I had a craving for Korean streetfood/ homemade cooking. Fulfilled my cravings at the Korean plaza located at the west end of Robson st. I found Hongdae pocha cafe. Its related to Sura restaurant. Specifically, I wanted to have sujebi - dough flakes in soup. Hongdae had them and even allowed me to custom add it to their tofu jigae (soup). It was good! Sujebi is simple home food, so it's difficult to find in Korean restaurants. But they had it here! I have to come again. The soju and alcohol prices are a little high, but food is reasonable (not cheap). Pretty busy and happening place, especially on weekend nights.

    Rice cake and Korean noodles
    Kate W.

    Super great restaurant to satisfy my Korean cravings! We had a large party of 10, and one of the servers was super sweet, and she set up a large table for us ahead of time even though they technically do not take reservations on Saturday. The food came out quickly and the portions were huge!!! I especially love the Volcano Chicken and the Chicken Galbi. They were so tender and delicious, and the sauce was amazing! The atmosphere was very fun, and we had such a great time! The best part is the price. Gratuity, tax and soju included, it was only $13 per person. Such great value for excellent food!

    Drinks menu
    Elisa L.

    So I don't usually do reviews but I decided to do this for the public good coz its new...and my friend and I thought it would be hilarious. As I saw their advertisements on Facebook, my friend and I decided to check them out. The place was spacious with 2 floors. They had booths but also open round tables with stools. The lighting was dark (potentially romantic?). My friend and I were very amused with the wall shelf completely filled with ketchup and sirarcha bottles. Their menu is pretty limited with 8 items. We went for the bbq tray and the egg pancake roll. While we were waiting, the servers came out with some side dishes, which included kimchi soup, shredded cabbage with mayo, seaweed and croquettes. I think it is service because they are so new still (4 days since opening?) After a while, our food came. The bbq tray had assorted meats on it. It included grilled sausages, pork belly, squid, beef patties, ribs and shrimp in addition to some veggies. I especially liked the ribs. The egg pancake was very visually appealing but my friend didn't think it was worth it. We also ordered cokes and rice to go with the food. Overall it was pretty good. The service was great - maybe because we were one of the only customers there at the time the server could be more attentive. He checked on us several times. Our bill came to around 65$ excluding tip. We decided to take one star off because it was a little pricey. But its still good so I would recommend giving it a try :)

    Jelizatin E.

    3.5. Hongdae Pocha is a great place for drinks and sharing food. We ordered the chicken, chicken gizzard, and tofu kimchi. The tofu was our favourite, kimchi was fresh and had lots of flavour. It is very dark and very loud inside, and tables are very small, so the atmosphere might not be for everyone. We would maybe come back if in the area, but would not go out of our way.

    Matt W.

    One of my favorite Korean places in Vancouver located on Robson (Denman area). One of my favorite dishes has to be the black bean Ramen.

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    11 months ago

    Fried chicken and grilled fresh pork belly are amazing! Service was also great, even though we were the only table seated upstairs.

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    Nice spot to hang out in the evening to have a few drinks + snacks--good atmosphere, attentive staff, and solid food

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    5 years ago

    Our server edward went above and beyond. absolutely the best service we've ever had. 5 stars top notch

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    The food is really good! And the price is also good specially for students!!! I recommend!!!

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    They have really good deal on Sun/Wed/Thur 3pm-8pm. Food is authentic Korean with K-pop playing in the place.

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