Fried chickenBarKorean
Ppopai Chikin
뽀빠이치킨 Ppopai is the Korean spelling of Popeye, the spinach-eating cartoon sailor, so the name simply reads Popeye Chicken.
Compiled from 24 blog posts read in fullSources →
An old chicken-and-beer joint at 48 Huam-ro, Yongsan, near Huam Market. It opens at 4 p.m.; people come for wet-batter old-style chicken (fried 18,000 won, half-and-half or sauced 20,000 won) with seafood tteokbokki (14,000 won), washed down with Terra draft (5,000 won for 500 ml) or draft Guinness (12,000 won for 580 ml). Popcorn-style corn snacks arrive when you sit, and many posts report a wait in the evening. We read 30 posts from June to October 2026; 25 describe an actual visit. Two were set aside as being about other places (a second-round restaurant, and a delivery from a different Popeye Chicken branch).
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 용산구 후암로 48 (후암동,(지상1층))48 Huam-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul
- Phone02-754-7853
- Typical spend₩5,000 – ₩42,000
- From the station7 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 26 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 14 posts: 12 wrote 16:00–24:00, 8 wrote Sunday 16:00–22:00.
| No day given | 16:00–24:00 | 12 of 14 posts |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday | 16:00–22:00 | 8 of 14 posts |
| Last order | 22:30 | 11 of 12 posts |
| Last order | Sunday 20:30 | 7 of 12 posts |
| Closed | Monday | 11 of 11 posts |
Counted from what bloggers wrote in their posts; we did not confirm it with the restaurant. Where the values differ, it may be a change over time rather than a disagreement, so we show when each one was written.
What sets it apart
- Seventeen posts call the batter crisp — one says it is crunchy enough to hurt your hand, another that you can hear the next table biting into it. Thickness is disputed: three posts call the batter thick and lumpy, two call it thin, two call it medium. One warns that people who like a soft coating may find it a little hard.
- Twelve posts say the sauced chicken or the tteokbokki is spicy. The sauce is repeatedly described as an old-fashioned mix of gochujang and ketchup. Sweetness is split: four posts call it sweet, two say it is more hot than sweet. One post notes that visiting Japanese friends found the sauce a bit spicy.
- Expect to wait in the evening. Eight posts experienced or saw a queue, and two more only just got in. One waited almost an hour on a weekday evening; another saw a queue from 6:40 p.m. on a Tuesday; another had two parties ahead at dinnertime but got in quickly. One arrived at 6:40 on a Saturday with no wait and found a queue on the way out; another took the last table at 8 p.m. on a Saturday. Two posts describe a handwritten waiting list at the door, with the staff phoning you when a table frees up.
- Two posts say tables are limited to two and a half hours when people are waiting; one watched a staff member politely tell a long-staying table.
6 more
- The room is small. Seven posts say so, and the table counts they give are five four-seaters, six or seven, seven (three posts), about six four-seaters, eight parties at most, and close to ten parties. Posts mention tables packed tight and overhearing the next table. Only one post felt otherwise, saying the high ceiling of the single-storey building gave a bit of distance.
- Eleven posts saw celebrity autographs on the walls and ceiling, most pointing out those of Shin Dong-yup and Sung Si-kyung. One post saw the actor Kwon Yul at the next table last year; another says they have run into celebrities there twice.
- Six posts say a bowl of puffed corn comes free while you wait, along with pickled radish, salt, mustard and a dipping sauce.
- Seven posts say the portions are large. One says the birds are big enough that two people could not finish one; another had leftovers packed in a black plastic bag.
- Seven posts say it is reachable by public transport. Estimates from Seoul Station exit 10 range from 7–10 to 15 minutes on foot; one post notes that route is uphill and took a bus from Sookmyung Women's Univ. Station that stops right outside. Another says about two bus lines run to the door.
- Seven posts went with friends and three with a larger group or work party. A local regular suggests half-and-half or tteokbokki for two, both for three, and the whelk salad on top for five.
What 24 bloggers said
banban chikin
Crispy batter
We read all 24 in full. The most common claims are “Crispy batter” (17) and “Spicy” (12).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Where they disagree
| Sweet | yes 4 · no 2 |
|---|
Things you can check on site
- Signed celebrity photos 11 of 24 posts
- Beer served 10 of 24 posts
- Reachable by transit 7 of 24 posts
- Complimentary starter 6 of 24 posts
- Seats to sit and eat 4 of 24 posts
- Time limit on the table 2 of 24 posts
- Shared restroom 2 of 24 posts
- Open kitchen 2 of 24 posts
- Toilet inside 2 of 24 posts
- Takeout 2 of 24 posts
- Step at the entrance 2 of 24 posts
- Foreign customers in the room 2 of 24 posts
- High ceiling 1 of 24 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Parking
2 posts say you cannot park. None say you can.
| Posts saying you cannot | 2 of 24 posts |
|---|
Two posts say there is no parking; one adds that the market street makes even stopping outside difficult, and a takeout customer pulled over briefly in the alley above. The suggestion to use the nearby Huam market public car park comes from copied info blocks.
Who came, and with whom
- With a friend 7 of 24 posts
- Group visit 3 of 24 posts
- Came by car 1 of 24 posts
Where it is
We could not find this shop’s own listing on Naver Map, so the link searches for its Korean name around this spot instead.
From the station
Seven posts say it is reachable by public transport. Estimates from Seoul Station exit 10 range from 7–10 to 15 minutes on foot; one post notes that route is uphill and took a bus from Sookmyung Women's Univ. Station that stops right outside. Another says about two bus lines run to the door.
Getting inside
| In a basement | yes 0 · no 1 (of 24 posts read) |
|---|---|
| Step at the entrance | 2 of 24 posts |
| Toilet inside | 2 of 24 posts |
| Separate restrooms | yes 0 · no 2 (of 24 posts read) |
The door opens onto the kitchen, and the tables sit higher up. Two posts say so: one describes a narrow passage and three or four steps up to the seating, the other a slight split level with the kitchen below and tables above. One post describes it as a single-storey, ground-floor building.
No post mentions a wheelchair or stroller. We only know there are a few steps up to the seating, so we cannot say whether a wheelchair user could get to a table.
Two posts say the toilet is inside the shop, and both call it shared — we read that as unisex. One found it clean.
No one mentioned: Second floor · Lift to the floor · Ramp at the door · Step-free access · Accessible toilet. That is not the same as there being none — it means we could not confirm it. Worth calling ahead, and do tell us: we will put it here.
How to read these posts
- Posts saying they paid themselves4 of 24 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way20 of 24 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 27 posts we gathered, 3 went up on a single day right after a TV spot and show no sign of a visit. They retell the broadcast, so we left them out of the counts.
We do not discard them. That a TV spot produced a burst of posts is itself something worth knowing about a place, and a star rating will not show it.
When the posts appeared
Month by month
| Month | Posts |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 5 |
| 2026-08 | 3 |
| 2026-09 | 7 |
| 2026-10 | 8 |
What we do not know
- One post waited 30 minutes for chicken at the evening rush and found it too long; two others simply say it takes about 20 minutes.
- Fourteen posts give opening hours, all copied from listings. Most agree: Tuesday to Saturday 4 p.m. to midnight (last order 10:30), Sunday 4 to 10 p.m. (last order 8:30), closed Mondays. One post lists Monday to Saturday with a 10 p.m. close on Saturday instead. Two posts note early closing when ingredients run out, and one arriving near 10 p.m. on a Friday was the last table served chicken before it sold out.
- Four posts call it cheap or good value and none call it expensive; one says only the Guinness was pricey but worth it. Just one post gives a per-head figure — about 15,000 won including draft beer. One post copies a menu note that the first order must be at least 15,000 won in food.
- No post says whether reservations are taken — that is unknown, not a no. Four posts give the phone number 02-754-7853; one ordered takeout by phone 30 minutes ahead, and another joined the waiting list by phone before going.
- Two things changed. Draft Guinness and a Guinness set first appear in posts from June 2026 as newly added. A September post says the interior was recently remodelled and the sign replaced, so earlier descriptions of the room may not match today. We also could not tell from the posts how this shop relates to the Geumho-dong original or the Geumnam Market 'No. 1' branch.
Sources (24)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 용산 후암동 맛집 후암시장 맛집 후암동 맛집 추천 [뽀빠이 치킨] 2026-10-23 · JJUN LIFE
- [용산구 후암동] 뽀빠이치킨 - 노포옛날치킨 무뼈닭발 생맥 맛집 ! 2026-10-22 · record1000님의 블로그
- 용산 어린이정원 피크닉(with 후암동) 2026-10-14 · 오늘도 감사하게
- 용산 - 맛집｜후암동 치킨 맛집 뽀빠이치킨 / 서울역 치킨 맛집 / 숙.... 2026-10-05 · 내 블로그
- 단정한 삶을 위하여! 2026-10-04 · 리니의 생각체계 · via Daum
- 후암동맛집 뽀빠이치킨 내돈내산 반반치킨 존맛 | 서울역 노포 옛날.... 2026-10-04 · 다욘로그♪(´ε｀*)
- 회피하면 해피Happy해진다 (용산 맛집 모음 zip) 2026-10-03 · 토페마의 나라의 오신걸 환영 박치기! · via Daum
- 9월은 외향인의 달 2026-10-02 · Happily ever after
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- 후암동 치킨 맛집 뽀빠이치킨, 신동엽 성시경도 찾은 서울 노포 치.... 2026-09-23 · 느린하루 중 어느날
- 만남과 야장의 계절 2026-09-21 · .. _ ... has.
- [용산 후암동] 후암동의 찐찐맛집 뽀빠이치킨(금호동 본점 뽀빠이치.... 2026-09-15 · 공주부의 일상(∗❛⌄❛∗)ᕗ
- 후암동 | 서울역 치킨 찐맛집, 성시경도 인정한 후암동 뽀빠이치킨! .... 2026-09-11 · Antifreeze
- 26년 09월 회고1 | 한 달 회고는 양이 너무 많아서 나눠보기로 했다 2026-09-09 · 우당탕탕 여행가, 정호랭 · via Daum
- 후암동 뽀빠이 호프치킨 (후라이드, 양념, 해물떡볶이) 후기 2026-09-06 · 도리뷰 (도리의 리뷰)
- 서울역 후암동 뽀빠이치킨 솔직후기｜옛날 치킨호프 분위기의 로컬.... 2026-08-18 · songpicklog님의 블로그
- 후암동 맛집 노포 치킨집 뽀빠이 호프 2026-08-10 · hozng 일기장
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- 뽀빠이치킨 / 후암동맛집 2026-07-26 · 머호
- [이번주 기록]후암동 뽀빠이치킨 회식, 클라우드 쿨러백, 미쯔 황치.... 2026-07-18 · 일상에서는 짱구처럼 살래
- 내돈내산 서울역 맛집 <뽀빠이치킨> 신동엽 왔다간 후암동 술집 2026-07-10 · 지또의 성수 뚝섬살이
- 망할듯 망하지 않는 것 2026-07-08 · Smultronställe
- 후암동 치킨 맛집 뽀빠이치킨, 노포 감성 치킨 추천 2026-07-06 · 써머러브즈
- [용산/후암동] 노포 뽀빠이 치킨 호프 빠삭한 후라이드 꾸덕한 양념 .... 2026-06-28 · Just Do Eat.
Of 282 candidate posts we opened 111 and kept 24 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.