Bucheon pet-friendly Korean pub: chicken feet, bean sprouts — Yeongpo

Let me introduce Yeongpo, a Sinjungdong bar that is great for a drink with lots of Korean-style snacks. Yeongpo is a Korean pocha (street-tent-style pub) inspired by the Yeongdong Pocha vibe of Gangnam, and instead of meal kits you get dishes cooked on the spot after you order. From light bites to hearty, meal-worthy dishes, the menu is wide enough that it works for a first round or a second stop :)

Yeongpo opening hours and parking

Yeongpo is open 18:00–06:00 Monday to Thursday and Sunday, and 18:00–08:00 on Friday and Saturday, and it has no dedicated parking lot. Dogs and groups are welcome, and there is Wi-Fi.

• Address: 46 Jomaru-ro 291beon-gil, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon, Gyeonggi (1st floor)
• Hours: Mon–Thu and Sun 18:00–06:00 / Fri–Sat 18:00–08:00
• Parking: not available
• Dog-friendly
• Groups welcome, Wi-Fi available

Since Yeongpo has no parking of its own, if you drive you can use a nearby public lot or street parking. The closest is the Jungdong Meokjagolmok (food alley) street parking lot.

• Operates weekdays 09:00–18:00
• First 30 minutes ₩900 / ₩400 for every extra 10 minutes
• Free on weekdays after 18:00 and on public holidays
• 50% discount for compact and low-emission cars

How to get to Yeongpo from Sinjungdong Station, and the patio seats

Yeongpo is about a 5-minute walk from Exit 3 of Sinjungdong Station, so it is easy to reach by public transport, and with restaurants and cafés nearby it's a handy spot to meet friends.

There are patio seats right in front of Yeongpo, so on a cool day you can sit outside with a nice breeze and a drink. Because it sits in the Sinjungdong patio-bar street, outdoor tables stretch out all around, which gives you the full pocha feel.

Inside Yeongpo: atmosphere and private hire for groups

The inside has a retro feel, and since the shop is newly opened it was clean overall. The windows are open, so it felt airy rather than stuffy.

You can also book the space for 15 to 40 people, so it looked like a good choice for group gatherings and company dinners, haha.

Can you bring your dog to Yeongpo in Bucheon?

Yeongpo is a dog-friendly bar in Bucheon that allows dogs indoors. Only small dogs are allowed inside, while large dogs can use the patio seats, so if you're coming with a dog, it's worth checking this before you visit.🤍

Yeongpo menu and complimentary side snacks

True to a Korean pocha, Yeongpo has plenty of dishes that work as a meal with a drink on the side, such as braised pork rib kimchi stew, blue crab soup, boiled pork slices (suyuk), and webfoot octopus with pork belly! I was even more excited to hear that every dish is cooked to order, with no meal kits.

After ordering, they bring out honey twist snacks (kkwabaegi) as a free starter to whet your appetite before the main dish. They're sweet and crunchy, perfect to nibble on one by one while you wait.😋

What we ordered at Yeongpo

• Chicken feet soup (boneless) ₩23,000
• Udon noodles add-on ₩3,000
• Sweet condensed-milk melon ₩10,000
• Draft beer 300cc ₩2,900

Yeongpo chicken feet soup with bean sprouts on top: how is it?

The boneless chicken feet soup (₩23,000) we ordered as the main was soaked in red sauce and looked delicious just to look at. You can choose between bone-in and boneless, and the sauce is spicy yet rich in savory depth, so I kept reaching for more.

When you order chicken feet, a bean sprout soup comes with it. The broth is cool and clean, so it was great for soothing your mouth between bites of the spicy chicken feet.

I fished out just the bean sprouts from the soup and piled them generously on top of the chicken feet. It added a nice crunch and calmed the heat, so it was a perfect combination.

Adding udon noodles to the chicken feet soup

And of course we added udon noodles (₩3,000), which you can't skip with spicy sauce..!

The chewy udon soaked up the spicy broth and was great slurped together with the chicken feet, and picking through the egg and rice cakes that come in the pot was fun too.

Yeongpo draft beer price and sweet condensed-milk melon dessert

Yeongpo's 300cc draft beer is only ₩2,900, a great-value price that makes it easy to order without worry, so a light drink each is a good idea.🍺

Last, we ordered the sweet condensed-milk melon (₩10,000): cool melon with sweet condensed milk, easy to pick at piece by piece, and perfect for cleansing your palate after spicy chicken feet. I highly recommend it as a dessert.

Yeongpo, the Sinjungdong bar where you can enjoy lots of Korean-style snacks, serves dishes cooked to order and pairs them with good-value draft beer, so it was a lovely place for a drink. It's close to Sinjungdong Station and allows dogs indoors, so if you're looking for a dog-friendly bar in Bucheon, I hope you'll give it a visit :)