Late Night Korean Food With Soju and a Club-Like Downstairs Room

Late night Korean food gets a downstairs party room at K-town Pocha, tucked below 34 W 32nd St in Manhattan. The room is loud and fast paced, with quick, polite service and a club-like pulse that suits a group sharing plates over specialty soju.

Start with the kimchi fried rice with cheese or the pork belly Deopbob, two dishes visitors rate highly in a kitchen that gets mixed reviews. Daily specials are posted on a menu out front, worth a glance on the way down the stairs.

The Korean restaurant opens at ten past five PM most days and ten past four PM on Friday and Saturday. Those two nights run until 3 AM, while the rest of the week closes at half past one AM. Each table works within a strictly enforced 90-minute seating limit, even with empty tables nearby, and the plan for the next round should start with that clock.