K Town Chicken & Hof

This is my go to place in ktown for a low key, chill hangout kind of nights. They have a great happy hour Monday to Saturday for Korean fried chicken. I used to go to this place every week for the chicken because it’s just that good. Try the ktown flavor which I would describe as a combination of spicy and garlic flavors.
Other than the chicken, I would also recommend the mussel soup (great cure for hangovers), seafood pancake, and the corn cheese. The drink specials for happy hour are reasonable as well. I like ordering the lychee soju because it comes blended with actual lychee. The service is usually attentive and fast and I’ve never had to wait too long for food. Great spot for casual hangouts if you are in ktown.

One of my go to spots in k town for happy hour. Average noise level, but what do you expect in a bar? Pretty good selection for Korean bar food. Service can be a bit slow sometimes, but only because they get so busy. Be ready to flag down a waiter or waitress if you need something.

I’ve been coming here for years and i always love it. In fact, i took my now-​bf here on our first date and i’m pretty sure that won him over. Honestly i didn’t bring him to impress him, i literally just wanted Korean chicken…
Nothing is funnier to me and my friends than «Chicken and Hof», we have no idea what hof is. We like coming here to end the night or just have a casual drink and snacks after work
Listen, this place is not gourmet but if you want a range of Korean food, pitchers of beer or soju, and to just keep it super casual, this is the place for you. I personally like the chicken wings and kimchi pancake. We’ve tried some things that rocked my world and other things that i could survive without.
They play Korean music videos which is pretty entertaining and they are big on baseball which is great since they’ll play the games.
The happy hour is where it’s at

This place is nothing special. It was just OK. Â The wings were decent but everything else was blah.
The service was nonexistent. Our waiter was kinda awkward and weird. He brought out our food and didn’t came back to check on us. In fact, when we looked around for him, he was too busy eating at a table with what looked like a friend? LOL… nice!
Anyways wouldn’t go back. There’s a million other spots in K town. they need to step it up if they want repeat business. Â
Oh and another con; I had zero cell phone reception was which annoying cause I like to be on my phone a lot :)
The end.

came here several times this will probably be my last… the guy who served us was incredibly awkward and made all of us feel just so weird. We asked what the sauce was and he said «im sorry i cant tell you» like as if its some SECRET recipe that will ruin their business if he tells us what it is? get a life… we were just complimenting you. Â he served us our food and just vanished, next time we saw him he had sat down to eat his own dinner… :-!
we came just when they opened, the food wasnt bad, i wouldnt say is the best korean but was O K. we had big plate of chicken wings and the cripsy rice cake skewer.
apparently the skewer was a «game» whoever gets the extremely spicy one is the unlucky one. last time I was the unlucky one only i wish that they would have gave me a heads up of what kind of spicy this was… it was dangerous on the level where i felt i choked and couldn’t breathe. I can tolerate spicy, i eat jalepenos whole no problem but this was a super concentrated capstan oil extract. i was so upset because I am a regular person wanting to eat and i get food which i felt could have killed so  I downed cups of water which didn’t help as clearly this wasn’t a regular spice but some super concentrated custom mix from one of those hot sauce shops.  They are so lucky i didn’t sue their asses. I was appalled.
aside from that today s experience i told the guy to not make it as spicy and they didn’t so the crispy cakes were great.
We ordered a dish of reeboki with noodle, it was great and all but they cheaped out the noodles. Â There were enough noodles for 1, and there were 3 of us… so there were a lot of rice cakes and cabbage left over.
we also ordered the wings and what bothered me is how un-​flexible they were, you can choose one or other you cant have a mix. the fried wings were rock hard thick batter no flavor. the house special were great but they were over fried and a bit on the burned side. the meat was juicy but overall i wasn’t impressed on their non happy hour.
this is a spot you would go to for happy hour and get the most out of your experience.

Always a spot I hit up anytime I’m in K-​town.
Staff knows the crew and food never fails to amaze.
Consistency really keeps me from moving my business to other bars.
Their beer towers and sojus help make the night smooth. Everything taste great so you dont need to worry about having nasty tasting hard liquor to get woozy!
Ambiance is definitely very modernity-​korea themed
It is in the basement and spacing is relatively big!
Recommend their wings and fries/​fries with cheese!
I’ve got to say that sometimes this is my pregame-​turnup-​passout location because its just that good.
Their happy hour from
4 – 9 offers great food deals (especially wings)
they also have a special happy hour on alcohol from 11pm-​2am. Now isn’t happy hour at that time just music to your ears?!
ALSO** if you come to pay with cash, you get more discounted on the total bill!

Located in the central area of Koreatown and downstairs, this is a spot I would definitely check out during happy hour for the discounted drinks and chicken wings. Â Once you go downstairs, what you may notice is that depending on your cellphone service, you may have low or no signal. Â People who rely too much on their phone beware!
Anyways, many of the Korean dishes I’ve had were average at best. Â The peanut flavored fried chicken is pretty good as it does have a sweet taste to it, along with their seafood pancakes. Â I thought some other food I have had here was just okay, as dishes like the Kimchi Fried Rice was nothing special, and I was not a fan of their mussels.
However, if you are looking to get some soju, my favorite ones here were lychee, watermelon, and yogurt. Â I would definitely recommend just coming here for their happy hour for discounted prices to get the best experience and money’s worth. Â Service here can be spotty at times depending on the night, so just make sure you keep them attentive to your table!

came here with my lady after dinner. However, we were in high spirits so figured we would order some mussels with our giant watermelon filled with watermelon juice (shocking, right), ice and soju. Except the soju was lacking. So we ordered another bottle of soju. Couldn’t taste a thing. So it felt like drinking just strained juice from a watermelon. Which was cool but … Different.
Service was very attentive. However the mussels had a ton of sand in it. No thanks. So we returned it and got clams. Which they did. But meh. And my lady who refused to let me pay for this part of our evening had to disputed the bill. No issue as k town agreed to the dispute for the mussels
Overall meh. Would I go again. Anywhere with my Hunny. But it was okay. I do wonder how their other stuff is?

I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to try a place that calls itself K Town within K Town — it should be the K Town rep right? Wrong. This place isn’t all that great. It’s like a slightly pricier ShikGaek.
We already had dinner and were bar hopping. We came down here since I hadn’t been before, and … since we sat at a table (only option like any other Korean hofs), we ordered the mussels broth to share. O M G. DO NOT EVER ORDER THAT. In fact, stay away from shell broths, period. I WAS EATING SAND… I felt like I landed face first in a dirty beach… and I was still grinding some sand until we got home and engaged in some serious teeth brushing sessions. VERY UPSETTING.
I told the waiter that the mussels was all sand — he said «…they’re all like that.» REALLY. I beg to differ. WHO THE HELL WOULD EVER EAT THAT THEN? I don’t have a sand pouch reserved for crappy mussels. Anyway, he then offered to replace it with clams. We got that. that was slightly better, but still had some sand in it. Koreans order broth/​soup to compliment soju. That was totally unnecessary and we should’ve just ordered some chicken instead (but were totally stuffed to the brim already).
The watermelon soju was super duper sweet as expected — I also always wonder how much soju they put in there. Instead of asking that question, I asked for another bottle and poured a whole cham bottle in there. Still didn’t taste the soju — AWESOME. Left unbuzzed, somewhat phased, and with a crunchy mouth.
It’s still a good spot for chilling with some friends on the DL. Down to earth place for some cocktail soju.

The food was delicious. Came in here during happy hour with a few friends and we were immediatelay seated. Their chicken wings were very crispy, savory, and tender. The only thing I don’t like is the space between seats. There was not much room for personal space. We all had to cram in to a tiny table and when ever someone had to get up all of had to get up and let them out. The bathroom was also very small, definitely not handi cap friendly. This is my second time here and there will be many more to come.

Not as great in terms of taste for the korean fried chicken when compared to other places. They fry the chicken very differently here. But everything is priced really low. And the watermelon soju is pretty good. Good place for happy hours with friends.

Hands down my favorite place to go to for soju (especially for first timers– yogurt soju is my favorite here)! Affordable prices for NYC especially during happy hour. Their wings are clutch as well. I’ve been here multiple times with either one person or a group and always had a blast! Staff understand if you/​friends don’t speak Korean.
Note: place is literally a hole in a wall and in a basement, but don’t let the adventurous entrance fool you!

My date and I came here for dinner because she was craving fried chicken. They offer a great happy hour special Mon-​Sat. Pretty much you can order cheap pitchers of beers (coors light or Killians), tonkatsu, fried chicken, etc… We ordered a pitcher of coors light, 10 chicken wings, and an order of tonkatsu. For the happy hour, you have to order a minimum order of 7 wings ($ 1/​wing), and you can only order 1 type of sauce. We tried the regular style which is a sweet sauce with peanuts. The wings are meaty. THey are not your average wings… the chicken were probably on steroids in fact. The sauce was okay, but I wish it was spicier. Maybe next time I will order the spicy wings.
The tonkatsu was the bomb. It was pounded really thinly, so it was crispy perfection. The sauce on top of it wasn’t too sweet, and it didn’t make the tonkatsu too soggy.
Overall, the food here isn’t bad. You can definitely get your money’s worth when you go during happy hour. Their menu looks pretty interesting where I Â would be willing to come back and try other dishes.

I like this place. Décor is nice, atmosphere is nice, music is bumpin’ and the music videos they play put a smile on my face. However, service leaves much to be desired and the last time I went, they rounded up my bill after tax by 50¢. Which, yeah, what’s 50¢? That’s half of a whole dollar. Not only that, it was completely unwarranted because math doesn’t work that way.
The chicken wings are good and the pork chops will leave you full for days.
But that rounding up of the bill bothered me. Can’t recall if it happened the last few times I went as I never scrutinized the bill when I went with a group of people.
And I don’t think any other reviewer has mentioned it. I’ll visit again and see what happens. In the mean time, three stars and a pending phone call to the attorney general.

Another Korean Fried Chicken spot probably popular for their happy hour specials or late night specials (20% alcohol if you pay with cash). The food came out relatively quickly and the service was friendly. Try their flavored Soju (I had lychee which was pretty good). On a Friday night at 11PM we were seated immediately without a problem.
PS. My friends and I were carded when we ordered our drinks.

Great place to get drunk and a little trashy while eating awesome Korean food. Â The only problem is that they don’t seem to have many items that are usually on the menu at other Korean restaurants.
Went for a friend’s birthday party a while back: the main seating area is underground, with low lighting. Â The servers were incredibly patient and forgiving – we were ordering family style, but took forever to decide on what we all wanted.
I couldn’t tell if it was because this place was TOO Korean, or not Korean enough, but I noticed that a lot of the items I generally order at other Korean restaurants weren’t on the menu. Â I was honestly a little disappointed, but the quality of the food when it came made up for most of that.
Also, if you have a large group of people, try the watermelon soju. Â It’s pretty fun, and super unique.

Came here multiple times just for the beer and yogurt soju’s. It’s a convenient place for large and small parties with a pretty good happy hour deal. I usually come with my friends after 11pm, so we take advantage of the 20% off deal (cash only). There Killian tower is enough for a group of 3 – 4 people and add in a Lychee yogurt soju to that and you’re at a good buzz.
Service is okay, waiters are there when you need them. Drinks and food come out within a reasonable time.

This is a go to place for happy hour and fried chicken! Their chicken comes with different flavors and they’re huge. I came here for a birthday party and the waiter was great. He gave us free dishes due to taking the wrong order and he was very friendly. We ordered japchae, seafood pancake, kimchi fried rice, and pork belly wrap. The food was great and definitely worth coming back for. Their yogurt soju and watermelon soju was good too. The place is underground and had a very lounge like atmosphere. They also have a 30 percent off alcohol on Sundays.

My friend and I decided to have dinner in K Town one night. We were roaming around and were about to head over to Izakaya Mew, when we saw a sign outside of K Town Chicken for happy hour. It was from 4 – 9 (even on a Saturday) for $ 3 beer and discounted wings. I forgot how much the wings were because there was a minimum you had to order in order to get the deal, and I just remember that us two girls wouldn’t be able to finish that many.
So we settled on two dishes — fried dumplings and japchae.
The fried dumplings were meh. It tasted like your run of the mill frozen Chinese supermarket dumplings. But at least the japchae was good. It had thinly sliced beef (and a good amount at that), onions, carrots, and scallion.
I feel like this place would be a great happy hour place for groups — that way you can take advantage of that wing special. So I’ll deffo be back for that, the japchae, and some beers!

Came here with some friends and ended up having a great time. I don’t know if it was the alcohol or what, but I had a better time than I had anticipated. The music gradually became louder and more intense as the night went on. I almost felt like I was in the club or something LOL
This was my first time trying Korean fried chicken and it was awesome. It’s slightly different from your normal fried chicken. I’m not sure how they make it but it’s really good. We got the K-​town flavor with peanuts & the mild flavor. I really liked the K-​town flavor. My group also ordered some spicy pork belly but I didn’t like it that much. #1 it didn’t come with a lot of pork belly, #2 i feel like they put too much of that spicy sauce to hide the fact that there wasn’t a lot of meat and #3 the pork belly pieces were extremely tiny.
We also got the beer tower. I don’t know if you end up saving money or what but I think its a funny gimmick. It wasn’t that expensive and that is what started all the fun. We also got regular and yogurt soju. The yogurt soju was really tasty; really sweet that I almost am suspicious of the alcohol content. One thing that did kind of annoy me was when our waiter tried to tell us he had given us yogurt soju when it was definitely lychee soju. His co-​worker corrected him right in front of us. I just don’t like to be shrugged off as if we didn’t know what we were talking about.
All in all, the fried chicken was great and I would come back.