Food was delicious. Especially the Korean fried chicken. It was out of this world delicious. Ambiance was lovely and they were really busy! The tables move slower after 9:00pm because it's a popular late night drink spot. Very popular in Korea and happy it made it to irvine! Def give it a try

The place is relatively new restaurant owned by Paik Jong Won as in Korean Chef TV celebrity. He has several different franchises including the Korean Chinese restaurant at the H. Mart. This one is located in the posh clean shopping center owned and operated by the Irvine Company at the Shady Canyon. The neighborhood restaurants include BBQ Chicken and other Korean restaurants next to the anchor tenant that is usually a large grocery store. This place is mainly for evening beer and soju cafe with decent food options that go well with the libations. The service and prices are by far above average but not five stars. They also have several gaffes in their website which needs immediate attention but the waitress was not very helpful. One is the $8 special dumplings with photo showing dozen potstickers but they offer eight pieces for the $8 special that misleads you. If you order them they bring out 12 pieces and charge you $15 regular price. There are other mistakes with discrepancies that will affect your final price but doesn't seem worth the argument with staffs who are obviously clueless or not very interested in knowing the details. Overall if you press the button one of the two servers will show up immediately and serve you whatever you order. All of the foods have sugar in them making attractive to younger customers. For me the foods are too sweetened. Absolutely clean and nicely decorated upper class drinking and eating place for you to take your close friends to unload and downright have a good time without pressure. I would definitely go back once.

I really like this place! I could truly enjoy the time here with my friend!! The ambience, especially at night time was good:) The food I got was Jjamppong soup and IT IS BOOM The service is amazing and supportive which made the time here even better:) Definitely recommend!!

Went here for my sister's birthday dinner and it was a solid choice. We were worried we wouldn't find a place to seat 15 people but they allowed us! They also held the cake we brought while we were eating dinner. At first you would think it's a small place but they had more space towards the back. The place really gave the night life vibe but also very chill/fun with the music. Food was delicious, definitely consider choosing a combo instead of choosing individual items for the price unless you want something specific. Overall, really enjoyed our time here.

Finally! A pocha in Irvine I honestly hate commuting to go to pocha with friends so when I heard this place just opened, I was ecstatic. We came at around 10:30 pm and there was a wait so be mindful of that. They have a variety of dishes and drinks however since we were there for the vibes and drinks we didn't get that much food. I did want my friend to try the chicken with cheese because there's not many places down in OC that have it. It was really good! The chicken was nice and flavorful and was not spicy! My friends got 4 bottles of soju I believe and they were pretty pricey but they gotta make money somehow

Came here late on a Sunday there wasn't much of a wait and got seated right away. Employees here is very attentive and nice you wouldn't really need to get their attention but if you really have to there is a bell you can ring. We got the chicken and cheese plate it was around $25 which wasn't bad and the portion was enough to feed 2. Drinks here is decently price like every other restaurant or pub. Would want to come back to try their other dishes! Our server also gave us both a pink frog keychain so cute.

Came here on a Sunday right when they opened and there was no line and got seated right away. I've been to another Hanshin Pocha location (Rowland heights), but this one is newer, bigger, and cleaner. I ordered the whole fried chicken and the chicken mozzarella cheese fondue. The fried chicken was super crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside. The mozzarella was super cheesy and added an extra flavor to the chicken. I also got the diy rice balls and it's the perfect combo to any item you get. Their soju ball cocktails are creepers! Really good, but they hit lol in a good way though. Definitely check them out!

This is for the late night drinkers and food cravers. Mostly comprises of street food best with beers, soju or whatever your alcoholic preference is. I could sit all night and order drinks and there small portion dishes. Ambience creates the atmosphere for drinking. Clean and quick service.

For a party of 4, we waited about 15min around 8pm on a Friday. We had: 1) grilled squid - 5/5. Loved the flavor and felt like it was somewhat healthy compared to other stuff we got. 2) fried chicken (whole) - 4/5. Rather small so we each had a quarter. Pretty juicy and flaky. 3) egg cheese roll - 3/5. Kind of boring. 4) ddokboki - 3/5. Watery version and it didn't have much ddok in it. 5) rice balls - 5/5. Delicious combo and fun to make. We'd go back!

Such a fun place to hang after work or in the weekend for Korean food and drinking! Highlights of the menu: 1. Pork mozzarella cheese fondue 2. Kimchi jeongol 3. Fried chicken 4. Fried rice 5. DIY rice ball - they give you gloves to mix the rice with seaweed and sesame oil by yourself 6. Soju ball cocktails: peach and blue ade Just what I need, casual and fun. They open late hours too, perfect!!