Pocha Korean Restaurant — Restaurant in Sheffield

As a big fan of K-dramas since C-19 hit three years ago I’ve been wanting to try some of the cuisine I see so often. So for my 69th birthday my friend took me to Pocha. So glad she did. Unlike another reviewer, I was enamoured with it. Firstly the name says it all. Pocha is Korean slang for comfort food. That’s why ramen noodles are on the menus, it’s a staple of many dishes. The restaurant is in the heart of the student district, I noticed several Korean students in there having a meal and a catch up with each other. The food was great. I had the fried chicken in sweet soy sauce, kimchee vegetable pancake and a taste or two of what my friend had. Don’t remember the name but it was hot soupy with soft tofu. I’ll get that next time. Loved the atmosphere, the World Cup with Korea vs Portugal was on the TV and we cheered along with the crowd. All in all it was great. It was a touch of Seoul in Sheffield. If you’re looking for tablecloths, and women in traditional clothing, giggling behind a fan...

Food was tasty and filling. But I don't have any other Korean food experiences to compare it with.

We had gimbap, tteok-bokki and KFC. There was no kimchi so couldn't try the fried rice and no twisted donuts.

The wait times was longer than usual but everything was piping hot so I assume cooked to order. Had to ask for our drinks which was disappointing since it should have been served at the start.

Place had 2 other customers when we arrived and another 2 joined halfway through our meal so not busy. The gentleman serving had to be waved at several times to get his attention when we needed something, which wasn't good.

Love the coziness of the place and thanks to Shazam, we now have some new K-pop to add to our playlist.

The place looks like a start up and we missed it because the sign isn't clearly visible.

We will be back and hopefully we can practice...

Absolutely loved our experience here. Everybody was lovely - the older gent who seated us, the waitress and the chef were all so warm and welcoming. I don't like the taste of fish, so I did ask for some changes to my meals. I asked for no fishcakes in my gimbap and in my tteokbokki. I thought that the staff would be a little annoyed about this, but they were super understanding. The chef even added bacon to my gimbap to replace the fishcake, and gave me some fried root vegetable (not sure exactly what it was but it was delicious!) to replace the fishcakes in the tteokbokki. She really didn't have to do this - I was expecting to receive the meals just with the fishcakes omitted - and it really shows how kind she is and how much she cares about her food. Plus, everything tasted delicious! I can highly recommend this restaurant and I would definitely...