Historical version 6 of Po Cha, WC2H 8LH (view current version)
- 020 7379 3781
- 56 St Giles High Street, WC2H 8LH (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview)
Part of a row of three Korean restaurants round the back of Centre Point (the others being Woo Jung and Assa).
The Polo (the sign seems to be left over from a previous incarnation of something in this building) offers a good range of Korean food, including cooked at the table BBQ. They do a bunch of different food, including the normal bibimbap and bulgogi as well as barbecue food, soups and a good range of side dishes. They also do big hot pot bowls that are enough for two or more to share. Prices range from about £2 for a bowl of kimchi up to £15 for a hot pot, with most things coming in at about £6. The portions are substantial, but for a good-sized meal you will probably need three portions to share. They also do a lunch set menu with four or five choices, each coming in at £5.50.
Food was good with three portions of barbecue, a plate of noodles, some kimchi and a kimchi pancake happily filling up three hungry people. The pancake was especially a favourite of Billy's. Staff are friendly and polite and as the place is quite small are very attentive. They have metal chopsticks, which is nice if you like that kind of thing (and which is normal for Korean chopsticks).
They do Hite and OB beer as well as Soju and soft drinks.
They have a couple of barbecue tables and as such don't always have space to let you cook the food at your own table. They also have a bar that you can eat at.
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