Reviews K-pocha

I've mentioned this in an earlier post before, but there is a serious lack of options in Mississauga other than tons of chains. I was craving for some fried chicken one night, and my options were either Popeyes, or K-Pocha. Of course, I chose K-Pocha, as I wanted to try a new place. K-Pocha is a late night Korean restaurant & pub in Mississauga that specializes in Korean style chicken. I have been a fan of Korean fried chicken since I first had it at The Fry. The menu was of course heavily concentrated on fried chicken, but they do offer some standard Korean dishes like bulgogi, rice cakes, pork belly, etc ... In regards to the prices, I would say that their food was fairly priced, as it was definitely cheaper than both The Fry, and Home of Hot Taste.

In order to ensure the crispiness of the skin, Korean fried chicken are deep fried twice. This way of deep frying also creates a lot less grease all over the chicken. Looking through the menu, we decided to order the half spicy, half fried option ($21), and an order of crispy french fries ($5). The chicken took a bit of time to come out, but that was understandable as they are made fresh to order. In terms of presentation, both chicken were plated together with a few pieces of crispy fries. Nothing too special, but it was piping hot (just the way I like it). The fried chicken at K-Pocha had a nice crispy skin, and the meat itself was juicy. It wasn't heavy, or greasy at all, which was a great alternative to the greasiness of western chicken. I preferred the fried chicken over their spicy chicken, which I didn't think was spicy enough. I liked the taste of the sweet glaze, but I wished that it had provided a little more kick.

The overall atmosphere was good for large groups, and they also had a few private booths on the side for a more intimate dining experience. The one thing that surprised me most was that they don't refill the kimchi at all. I have never been to a Korean establishment where they don't refill the bachan, or this case ... just a tiny bowl of kimchi. I just thought that was super stingy of K-Pocha, cause it was something that was unheard of. However, this doesn't deter me from returning to K-Pocha, as I did liked their fried chicken, and they are one of the few options in Mississauga that offers it.

Love this place. There are ton of Korean pub/soju bang in Toronto but almost none in Mississauga, and I am so glad that we have this place now.
Atmosphere is great - very close to what you'll get in Korea.
Food is pretty darn good - obviously they specialize in the fried chicken but I recommend some of their other menus such as Spicy Jok-Bal (hog's feet), Don Katsu (fried pork cutlet), and Japanese style chicken fingers.
Great servers - they are almost always kind, very well trained.
Price is on the medium to medium high range, but that is expected when you are the lone establishment in the neighborhood.
To experience anything similar, you have to drive up to North York or down to K town in Christie station, both are just too damn far for anyone living in Sauga/Oak/Burlington area.

Great place to go on Friday nights.
Also have Karaoke next door, which is a bonus.
Hope this place lasts a long time.

Awesome. Last night, I went there with my friends from work. I never had Korean style Chicken wings before but wow, they were great. They were cripsy, the sauce was delicious (We tried the soy & garlic and the spicy sauce), the meat was tender. It was quite busy when we went there. I got draft beer which tasted fresh. We also ordered cheese eggroll later on which was good as well! I highly recommend this restaurant. The service was good, the atmosphere I really liked. I think it'd be suitable for family AND friends!

Food is GOOD! Waiter is Polite!. I went there a week ago! it was so nice!
Food was delicious! and THE Waiter was so kind and polite!
Hope you guys enjoy in there!

Went there with my co-workers and tried spicy chicken bbq, green onion chicken, spicy snail and rice cake with chicken. All the foods were so delicious especially the green onion chicken! Its super crispy! Oh, and the waiter was so nice enough to come to our table routinely to check if our beer is warm, and replaced all warm beers into new ice cold beers!! I will definetly visit there again soon!