Reviews ‪kpopchicken‬

this restaurant is in Mina Al Arab community, on the marina side. they serve nice, crispy chickens :) service is good. Nice dine out with family, especially kids were very happy. highly recommend.

I've been to KPOP a few times now, and yesterday my husband and I went for lunch between meetings. To be honest, it's the lunch special that put it over the edge for me to review this place.

At 32 AED with great portion sizes and, most importantly, really great flavors, there are few places you can get a better lunch. It comes with a drink, soup (a delightful savory miso-esque broth with scallions), and a main (you can choose between a variety of fried rice, curries, rice bowls, Korean roll combos, and salads-- maybe even one more thing. Suffice it to say, there are a lot of options). They also give you some really good homemade pickled radishes and cucumbers (so just, normal pickles ;)) that, true confession, I finished before we even ordered. They're mildly sweet pickles, unlike the extreme saltiness of pickles you usually get at Lebanese and other Arab restaurants, which was really refreshing.

Not sure which dish to pick? 

If you're there for the lunch special go for the Chicken Bulgogi Fried Rice. The flavor of the rice is subtly savory, cooked to moist, sticky perfection, and the chicken has the classic bulgogi sweet-savory marinade that complements the rice really well. When I first got the chicken I thought it looked a bit dry, but discovered quickly that those first impressions were just the results of being marinated and then cooked in the marinade. The chicken is really tender, and the perfect amount for a bit of chicken with every bite of rice. 

If you go for dinner (or just want to order off the lunch special menu) go for La Galbi Ramen. Its slightly more expensive (something like 52 AED, if I remember right), but definitely worth it. If you've had La Galbi (Korean savory-sweet marinated strip steak) before, I'm sure you've also developed that craving that won't be satisfied by anything else. This combines those flavors with great broth and delicious noodles. You can't go wrong with a high-quality ramen, and since you won't find a pork ramen in this city (maybe country... anyone know?), this gets my vote for BEST RAMEN in the UAE. 

The lunch special gets 4 stars for the combination of deliciousness, affordability, and portion sizes. Other than that, I'd give it 3-3.5 stars for the slightly elevated prices.

KPop is located in Mina Al Arab and they specialise in Korean cuisine.

I like how they've decorated the place and it has a decent vibe. My wife and I were the only ones the only ones in there at 8.30pm on a Thursday night. We asked our server for recommendations and he suggested the Koko ramen with chicken for me and my wife went for the Kpop bibimbab with crispy chicken. For drinks I ordered a sparkling water while she went for the Apple Mojito.

The Mojito was Tasty but I found it overly sweet. The food came in and the first impressions are that the portions were quite generous. The broth of my ramen was light and flavourful it had noodles, grilled chicken breast and vegetables which still retained their crunch. I added a bit more soy sauce and some bibimbab sauce for a little extra kick.

My wife's dish was a big bowl of rice with loads of veggies and some excellent boneless Fried chicken on top. They served the condiments on the side like bibimbab, soy and a sesame paste. I felt we needed to add most of the soy and bibimbab to the bowl for the best flavour. I must say the Fried chicken was excellent.... Moist... Juicy and crunchy. Maybe we should have just ordered a big plate of the Fried chicken.

Overall the food was good and different from the usual and Kpop is quite good. Service in fine but I did feel that the prices are all a little on the high side by about 10 to 15%. KPop and their neighbouring Vietnamese restaurant makes Mina Al Arab the place to go for some authentic far eastern cuisine.

My go to place to satisfy my korean food cravings!
Love their tteokbokki and fried chicken. Perfect amount of spice that everyone can tolerate it

Celebrated with fambam hir many times...the staff are very accommodating and friendly. The food was really good..especially the chicken was absolutely delicious and beef bulgogi superb..😬😬overall,great experience👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Had a lovely dinner last night at KPOP. Truly a hidden gem of RAK.

Loved the food and the location. Waiters need to be trained a bit more to be able to answer questions about the menu

Food could be a bit better spiced as well and seasoned but that can be rectified at the table.

The restaurant is very very good . The place has a good design and a good organization. The food is so delicious . The toilet is clean . The staff are so amazing , they serve the food really well , they are polite , they get along really want well with the customers and they work really hard .The destination is great and well chosen . The Tables were so clean as well the chairs . I hope the staff don't change and i hope i can see more developments in the restaurant . Thank you , i love you

جلسة جميلة ورائعة يستحق العودة الية 🥰

(تمت الترجمة بواسطة Google.) مطعم صغير يطل على مرسى ميناء العرب ، يديره زوجان كوريان ودودان ودودان وموظفوه المرحبون / المتعاونون. حصلنا على: 1) بولجوجي الذي جاء مع طلبين من الأرز المطهو ​​على البخار والسلطة بالإضافة إلى السامجانغ (الصلصة الحارة) 2) 8 قطع دجاج مقلي (صويا حلو وحلو وحار) مع بطاطس وكيمتشي مع بعض المخللات منزلية الصنع. 3) كمثرى برودة الكل في الكل تجربة طعام كورية جيدة! سوف يأتي مرة أخرى! (التعليق الأصلي) Small restaurant overlooking the Mina Al Arab Marina, run by a endearing and friendly Korean couple and their welcoming/helpful staff. We got the: 1) bulgogi which came with 2 orders of steamed rice and salad as well as ssamjang( spicy sauce) 2) 8 piece (soy sweet and sweet and spicy) fried chicken with fries and kimchi accompanied with some homemade pickles. 3) Pear cooler All in all a good Korean food experience! Would come again!

(تمت الترجمة بواسطة Google.) ينصح به بشده!! كنت شغوفًا بالطعام الكوري منذ فترة وقررت إعادة زيارة K Pop RAK. كانت المرة الأخيرة التي ذهبنا فيها رائعة حقًا ، كانت هذه المرة أفضل. منظر جميل للبحر من المطعم ، السيدة الكورية التي تولت العمل مؤخرًا لطيفة ورائعة حقًا مع العملاء بما في ذلك الأطفال. لقد طلبنا من K Pop جميع الأنواع المميزة عندما يمكنك اختيار ثلاث نكهات ، واخترنا دجاج K الأصلي المقلي ، ودجاج K الحلو بالفلفل الحار ، ودجاج K الصويا الحلو ، وطبق لحم البقر والأرز وطبق آخر من المأكولات البحرية والأرز. كان الطعام لذيذًا ، وكانت الأجزاء سخية وملء تمامًا. جميل وموصى به للغاية. (التعليق الأصلي) Highly recommended!! Been craving Korean food since a while and decided on revisiting K Pop RAK. It was really lovely the last time we went, this time was even better. Lovely sea view from the restaurant, the Korean lady who has recently taken over the business is really nice and great with customers including children. We asked for the K Pop all variety special when you can choose three flavours, we selected the K original fried chicken, K sweet chilli chicken, K sweet soy chicken, a beef and rice dish and another seafood and rice dish. The food was delicious, portions were generous and quite filling. Lovely and is highly recommended.