This is a great little shop full of K-pop gifts! They don't have a wide selection of every K-pop group, just the popular ones. However, of the merch they have it is abundant. It's not a big store size wise but they do pack a lot of punch. Service is kind and friendly, often times they can get busy due to the demand but they manage. Items are priced slightly above par, but that's pretty common when it comes to K-pop memorabilia. read more

Koryo Books is a Korean bookstore and K pop merchandise shop in Koreatown on 32nd Street, and it occupies a small footprint that gets crowded quickly once a few people are inside at the same time. I walked into a store that is essentially one large room, and the density of product on display meant navigating it during a busy period required some patience, but the selection within that compact space was broader than the size suggested. The Korean literature section covers both Korean language and English language editions across a range of genres, which makes it genuinely useful for anyone studying the language or looking for titles that are difficult to find at general bookstores in the city. I saw children's books in Korean, well stocked. The K pop side of the store covers albums, photocards, posters, keychains, stickers, and merchandise across a wide range of artists, with BTS having a particularly strong presence historically alongside newer groups. Pricing runs higher than what I would pay ordering online or finding the same items at a larger retailer, which is the standard trade off for a specialty shop in Manhattan. Album prices in particular can be steep, though sale events bring them down to more competitive territory. Individual accessory items like stickers and bookmarks are priced at a premium relative to their size, so going in with a sense of what I am willing to spend helps avoid sticker shock at the register. The store is a reliable stop for anyone looking for Korean books or K pop merchandise in a physical retail setting in New York, with the caveat that the pricing and the crowd level are both factors worth knowing about before I go. read more

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This storefront was interesting since the store shares half the store with a k beauty store. At half the size theres a lot of k pop merchandise here. The items in the store are okay priced I guess. read more

Koryo is a Korean bookstore located in the heart of Koreatown - they have a selection of books, games, toys, plushies, and K-pop paraphernalia. The place isn't really set up for navigating around, and it just seemed super disorganized and tight. There are definitely better bookstores with higher quality gift items; this place seem to cater more towards the generic K-pop fans and tourists. Note that this place is not connected to the beauty store next door! +unorganized +low quality of items read more

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If you are a K-pop fan, this is the shop you need to go to for all of your mugs, stickers and cards. Since they do not have a website and I live out of town, I relied on Instagram and tagged photos to find exactly what I was looking for and sent my parents in to purchase what I wanted. I've stopped in a couple of times while I was in town and I can get lost in the store for hours because they have so many books and items to look at. This is definitely a K-pop lovers dream. read more

If you are into K-pop, K-Dramas, or just Korean things, then this might be the place for you. They have items like books, mugs, and pins, among other things of your favorite bands from BTS, Black Pink to K-Dramas like Attorney Woo, Crash Landing on You, and Business Proposal. Yes, we watch K-Dramas as well as other Asian ones, too. Do you want to learn Korean? They have books to help you learn. You want traditional items like wedding ducks, jewelry boxes, chopsticks, and so on. They have a whole cabinet in the back of the store. This place was so packed that they had to make a line to get in. You know it's legit when you see and hear people speaking Korean and girls getting all giddy looking at all their so-called idols. read more

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When I was here, they were having a 50% off sale on a lot of k-pop albums! This is a great deal, but keep in mind that the original prices were more than usual to begin with. A lot of them ranged from $28-$40. As you enter the store, it looks like all they sell is kpop albums and merchandise... but they actually have books in Hangul too! My boyfriend likes to read Korean novels, so we spent a lot of time here! We price checked a couple of the books and it seems a lot of them are $2 less what you'd find on Amazon! Good deals! Reasonably priced. If you're looking for Korean books or books translated into Korean, this is a great place to checkout. read more

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Welcome to K-Pop Heaven! My daughter is a huge K-Pop fan (Stray Kids is her favorite group) so when I saw this store, I had to stop in. They sell all kinds of merchandise: albums, posters, t-shirts, mugs, tumblers, keychains, stickers, calendars, books, charms, etc. I spent nearly $100 and got 2 tumblers and a keychain. read more

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If you're a Kpop fan, you're going to want to check Koryo out. Given the location at Ktown, you'd probably guess they've got Kpop books and albums, and guess what? You'd be spot on! They've got the goods, and you might just find something that's been missing from your collection. The place is pretty small, but it's packed with potential Kpop treasures. It's also right next to a Korean skincare and makeup store, which is super convenient if you're into pampering your skin while jamming to your favorite tunes. Funny thing, there used to be no wall between the two stores, so you could just stroll from one to the other like you owned the place. But now, it looks like they've decided to block it off - guess they're trying to keep the skincare fanatics and the Kpop stans from forming some sort of unstoppable alliance. read more

If you are a BTS fan and/or Korean books + culture fan, look no further, Koryo is the spot where you can find most of those you want. They have a large selection of BTS merchandise, Korean books, and other cute things. Pricing are mostly reasonable. The cashiers are mainly gathered behind cash register so we didn't request any service. The interior of the store is pretty clean and very well organized. Definitely check this place out when you are in K-town. read more

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Amazing selection of items. Usually a little more pricy than KPOP NARA's selection or other retailers, but still at a good price point plus they carry a wider selection of items like Japan KPOP albums, magazines, official plushies/pickets/calendars and other official merchandise that KPOP NARA doesn't carry. Recently stopped by because I saw on their insta that they had the BBNEXTDO plushy collection at their store and was excited to grab some. I will say that some prices are on the higher end and some of the workers are a bit standoff-ish and could work on their customer service skills, but if you get pass that and come just for the items you'll have a great experience. read more

This place is great if you love Kpop or have a Kpop lovin kid in your life. They have a huge selection of merch and albums. While BTS is clearly the popular favorite, you can find many lesser known groups here as well. A win for me because she dislikes BTS. Books to the left. Merch to the right. Albums in the back. The stuff is a little pricey, but hey, you're in NYC and this isn't Amazon read more

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It has a nice selection of Korean books and magazines (in Korean) but also offers a larger selection of items dedicated to K-pop groups. If you love K pop culture, this might be a stop for you. read more

A perfect spot to find all the Kpop items. You will find all kinds of books, music, magazines and more. You will also find a TON of K-pop items and gifts including calendars, keychains, Posters, music albums, mugs, posters, notebooks, stickers and more. They have a decent selection of BT21 items as well. I was here last weekend and went TWICE because I needed Christmas gifts and didn't want to regret not having purchased enough items. Line moves fast. I love that they play K-Pop. Prices were average/high but you are supporting a business and it's amazing just to browse what they have! I can't wait to come back here again on my next trip to Korea Town! read more

This bookstore/K-pop shop has plenty of well stocked merchandise for any fanatics of the Korean wave. From the popular BTS to Black Pink items to K-drama memorabilia. I found my BT21 key chain here (So Cute!), very pricey for a small key chain- but I liked it. Store also has a wide range of Korean comics and books- easy to breeze through at a glance. I didn't really browse through the other aisles, since I was overly excited to see my favorite Korean dramas' cups all stacked together in a row- the inner fandom in me gave a little shout. Overall, a great store to find popular K-pop items. read more

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One stop shopping for your K-pop fan. Lots of stickers, banners, and stuff, oh my! If you stan BTS, this is your place. They had offerings from other K-pop groups, but I didn't notice anything featuring Lay who was in town for the Metamoon festival. read more

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There's a ton of kpop merch and that's obviously what caught my eye! I walked in just expecting to see some albums and maybe a few bt21 items but no...they had a huge assortment of albums, lots of posters, puzzles, pins, keychains, slogans, etc. It was like Kpop heaven! I could've spent my life savings inside this store. Lol it's dangerous. But, the prices are much higher here. Keep in mind, it's basically a resell store. So albums were priced any where from $5-$15 more than retail and so were other items, like a calendar that cost me $10 elsewhere was $19.99 here. It's a great place to stop as a fan, but make sure you look at the prices before checking out! read more

I love this store because it have such a variety of Kpop albums and books at such an affordable price. You also can buy really cute accessories there too. I love to come here to go album shopping read more

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I'll Karyo books for you if you want... but I won't Koryo Books, unless I have a lot of spare money. Super adorable Korean bookstore in Koreatown Manhattan which is one of my favorite little stops when I'm wandering around the most exciting street in Manhattan (arguably) and need a change of pace. I could eat a lot of food and drink a lot of drink on this street, but this bookstore is a nice place to relax and chill out. I don't read Korean or Mandarin or anything like that but I really appreciate having a totally different culture right before my eyes - and that's what New York City is all about. So the only reason I don't give 5 stars is because of the prices. read more

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Koryo Bookstore is a big shop in K-Town of Manhattan. This bookstore has been here forever and back in my day was filled with Fly to the Sky, Brown Eyes, Yoo Seung Jun and FinKL. Long gone are the days of my youth and now there is a ton of BTS merchandise for all you young KPop fans. It's overpriced but such if life when this music memorabilia is imported into the states. This shop is just completely filled with books in Hangul which is great when buying books for friend's parents or friends' kids! I ended up buying a board book on my latest trip to NYC for my friend's daughter. It was $13 and I swear it was the cheapest children's book I could find - eek! We had gone in hoping to find Obama's books in Koreans for some people in our lives but didn't have any luck. Can you find books & memorabilia cheaper online? Sure! But in a pinch and in terms of a brick & mortar store, Koryo gets the job done. read more

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Very cool and have latest Kpop albums! Got very good albums at low prices and I got 12 pcs for 50$! Very nice service!

Great K-Pop place in NYC. Large inventory, and most importantly, lots of BTS and BP.

I visited this Koryo bookstore which is smacked right in the middle of 32nd st in K-town. The prices here are very expensive, if you are familar with the price of albumns. Nearly every item is $10-30 higher than other cities like Los Angeles, Atlanta, or Vegas. If you know, you know. I get it the rent here is much higher than the cities listed above, but I think the owner will get more sales if they are only $5 more expensive than the cities listed above. I am very familar with albumns of various group and the prices, and I also know how much similar aespa and twice albumn cost in South Korea and Taiwan. read more

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Great bookstore with a huge selection of kpop albums and korean books as well as others. Place is usually packed with people. Their albums and other stuff like notebooks, pens, and plush toys are alittle overpriced. Bought an IU album for about $40 when u can find one for $28 on amazon. Still a wonderful place to just go and admire kpop stuff. read more

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Nice Korean bookstore w/ lots of sound tracks for K-pop stars and cute cards and no air conditioning in the hottest part of summer!!!! What's up with that? Sales reps are super friendly and kind. My friend keeps telling me that if we ever went to S. Korea they'd be mean to us because we're fat. But even the little boutique on the second floor was super nice.... and saying that all of their clothes are one size fits all.... I stretched one out to see and it didn't expand indefinitely, so that's obviously a white lie. But they weren't harsh as I was expecting them to be. On the other side of the bookstore is a makeup / beauty area... I don't think it's safe to have the A/C off when selling those goods. A lot of them need to be a tad cooler, especially the gels that state on their packaging - best used when refrigerated..... I like Korean stores because they always have a lot of cute things. I was hoping to get cooled down but instead I was warmed up right before I had to get to a gym class. Oi! Happy shops! read more

Good service. I wanted to ask you what they had of albums from txt. They are really nice and I love albums.i wanted to ask for they're txt bias but to scared. read more

I got my cellphone case here and other things in the past. It's a store filled with kpop goodies, Korean facial products and cute Asian stuff in general. Kpop post-it notes and kpop calendars. Helpful staff. I enjoy this store a bunch. read more

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It was alright. Got a few good items, but very small overall. I feel like maybe the location is off, and if it was in LA Koreatown, it would be more enjoyable. It was just too small, crowded, and limited. The atmosphere is cute though. read more

I got a butter album(peach ver.) from here today but it's missing the poster but the other album skool luv affair was fine.

I have never been racially discriminated in my entire life until I entered this store. I entered this store looking for an album and this rude employee was following my family and I all around the store and even looking in our bags behind us to see if we were stealing anything. I would not recommend anyone to go into this store. read more

Stopped by here while exploring Koreatown just because I have heard a lot about this particular bookstore. It is a neat little place that is well kept. ATMOSPHERE/ARCHITECTURE: 8/10 Clean, well lit and rather spacious on the first floor. There is a second floor but it is really small and has a tiny selection of clothing. On the first floor there is an entire beauty care section with a lot of products. They seemed rather expensive but I know very little about that. There is another section that is full of books, posters and Kpop albums. This is the meat of the store and for any fan of this stuff, this would be pretty much heaven. For me, who knows nothing, it was mildly interesting. SERVICE : N/A/10 Didn't require any service. PROBABILITY OF RETURN: 7/10 I guess I'd stop back to check things out. However the books here pretty much are all in Korean as expected, and seeing as I can't read any of it, I don't think there is much for me here. It makes a nice pitstop for walking around though. OVERALL: 7/10 read more

I put this place on the list of places I wanted to go in KTown NYC. If you are fan of Kpop or Kdramas, this place will be your heaven...so many albums and merch in general. While prices were high, $20-30 up, this is still a fun store to go into and window shop! What is cool about this shop is that it's also connected to a Kbeauty store! read more

Went here for vacation in late July 2021, knowing that there would be a Kpop store in Koreatown in New York City, sure enough, there was. Better part, our Airbnb was actually 5 minutes away from Koreatown, so it was convenient for us to go to this Kpop store nearby our Airbnb. For the store itself, lots of albums and other Kpop merchandise. Price wise, a little bit steep, but still affordable by all means. I would highly recommend coming to this Kpop store if you are visiting New York City and it's located in Koreatown. read more

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This place has everything you'd need from albums to little trinkets. You can find any member from any idol group you're a fan of. It's also got a makeup store directly next to it that had a lot of stuff to choose from. I've been here twice now and each time I find something new read more

If you are a K-pop fans and especially BTS Stans, this is real life heaven for ARMYs. They have all kind of BTS-related merchandise to albums since BTS debut. Stuffs are pretty expensive but window shopping is also very satisfied read more

An amazing place for all things Korea! Not only do they have K-pop items, but they have educational resources for how to learn Korean. They have a lot of K-pop albums and memorabilia and Korean learning books as well as stickers, phone cases, clothes ,and other random items. The only downside is that it's very expensive. The BTS love yourself album was $35 there. Which I understand if there's not a lot of stores around like theirs and they're a local business (and also if things are imported) it makes sense! I say pick and choose your battles as a consumer, it's up to you what you want to spend your money on. For example, I saw some NCT U pop up stickers and thought "do I want to pay $9 for this?" And the answer clearly was yes lol that's all I'll say about that. I definitely say check this store out if you are interested and love Korean culture! read more

I highly recommend that you go to this place they have a lot of albums and other kpop merchandise!!

Definitely an amazing stop for all kpop lovers. They have a nice range of merch and albums, (calendars, posters, masks, keychain, mini posters, cards, standing cutouts, stickers, etc.). They also have Kakao friends items which are a nice plus. Of course they also have translated books, toys, possible clothing section, and a combined section of makeup and skincare. I'm mainly reviewing the kpop side of this store. I've been to this store twice now, and I'm honestly looking for a cheaper version of it. When I first came here everything seemed reasonably priced bc I had never bought merch of any kind before this place. So I bought almost $200 dollars worth of merch, but looking back I could have gotten these items for little over a hundred. The prices for the albums are outrageous, amazon jacks up the prices for their kpop albums as well but not up to 10+ $. Some albums online have similar prices but they include freebies like posters and cards. Only certain albums have free posters in the store. If you're desperate to get an album in person then I guess do so. The have a wide range of merch in the store , all of which seemed quite over priced. The enamel pins were a real kicker over almost $10 for one small pin, however enamel are already expensive so. During my second visit I noticed that most of the unofficial merch was BTS (60%). Not a bad thing, just sayin that if you're part of the army then you got a lot of choices. Of course most of the merch is dominated by bigger groups, so smaller artists and groups have less items. They also have a lot of kakao friends stuff so check them out. Despite the overpriced merch and albums I still recommend going to the store and browsing if you're a kpop fan. Along the same road and next door they have nature Republic and the face shop so you can browse some beauty items after or before you visit Koryo. As a heads up for people, most of the albums I checked the prices for were $30 and up, I rarely saw an album that was "cheaper". I picked up an album that was released two years ago and wasn't hard back but for some reason it's the same price as a new hardback album, why? If you have time to browse check this place out, but if you only really need to buy something then take the time to find a store with better prices. read more

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My go-to kpop store! They have all kinds of albums. Even the groups you think you won't find. It's a little pricey for what you can get online, but I always prefer to buy them in person, so that's definitely a plus! You won't be disappointed. They also have posters, books, beauty products, shirts and many accessories if you're into that, though. The staff is also very nice, you can ask them anything. And they get the new albums really fast! read more

I LOVED THIS PLACE. It was my first trip to Koreatown and I did lots of research and decided to come here. My objective was to satiate my desire for SHINee and SS501 posters. Once you walk into the place you're greeted by the well-loved cutout of Kim Hyun Joong and directly to the right of it is the CD display. I picked up SHINee's Romeo and First Live Concert "SHINee World" albums. They both were marked up quite a bit because on YesAsia Romeo was $11.99 but at Koryo it was $22.00. On YesAsia the First Live Concert album was $21.99 but at Koryo it was $35.00. They had four copies of Romeo left. Two had Onew's picture and the other two were Minho and Key. Ideally I'd go for Taemin's but they didn't have it :-(. By the way if you come looking for Exo albums I heard the owner say they get new shipments on Fridays. Around the corner there are the posters hanging high up on the walls. They're not the standard big size that one would expect. They're 12cut posters meaning they're maybe 1/3 or 1/4 the size of the big ones but they come in packs of 12. I think Koryo had maybe 8 sets of them and per group they only had one pack. Besides SHINee and SS501 I remember seeing Super Junior, 2AM, MBLAQ, 2NE1, and SNSD too. Anyway the 12cut posters were like $24.95 per pack. All in all I spent $116 including tax (8.875% - watch out!). The man at the counter was very friendly and he answered all the questions I had about where things were. Even when I was confused and walked right past the posters, the lady in the back (drama section) kindly told me where they were. Because I spent quite a bit of money the man at the counter gave me a free Kim Hyun Joong poster. "You like Kim Hyun Joong, yes?" YES I DO. When I recover from that dent in my pocketbook and feel another urge to go kpop shopping I'll check back here for more SHINee stuff but I'll also check other stores for cheaper albums. It's worth a visit, though! read more

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