I have only been to Pints Empire once, and that was to specifically get their KFC or Korean Fried Chicken(not to be confused with Colonel Sanders). I only discovered this place after having heard it from a Korean co-worker of mine. Restaurants like these are hard to come across, unless it is by word of mouth. When you arrive there, just by looking at it from the outside, you would not think it was a Korean restaurant/lounge. You cannot see the inside of the place through the windows. However, they now have some pictures of Korean food placed on their windows to indicate to people that there is indeed Korean food here. Going in, you’ll here Korean music playing. On one side of the restaurant is the dining area, and on the other, it is more of a lounge, where you’ll here people talking loudly and drinking. If you cannot stand it being noisy, then this may not be for you. We were greeted by the staff who gave us a menu and sat us down. We told them that we were planning on ordering take-out. The menu is small, and by looking at the menu above, it looks like they’ve expanded a bit more. We ordered a whole Chicken, but cooked two ways: original and spicy(yangnyeom). The best thing about Korean Fried Chicken is that it’s not overly battered and it is double fried, to attain that crispy outside and juicy on the inside. While we were waiting for our food to be cooked, they gave us water and some snacks to eat while we waited(now that’s customer service)! Once we went home, the chicken was still crispy. Both were very delicious, and they also give you some pickled white radish, which always comes with Korean Fried Chicken, and was really good as well. Overall, fried chicken was very good, customer service was excellent, and price wise, a bit expensive, but totally worth it in my opinion. I plan on returning to try their other dishes, especially the pork belly, and definitely to order the fried chicken again.
