Pororo Cafe (South Korea)

 

Today the family ventured off on a mission to find this Pororo Cafe. If you don't know what Pororo is, its a Korean cartoon that is actually pretty cute. My girls love LOVE love the cartoon. Pororo is a penguin and he is the main character of the cartoon. Pororo is well know here just as much as Hello Kitty is.

So we drove and drove to find this place. It is about an hour away from where we live which is close to Seoul. It was a little difficult to find the place. Korean addresses are not the easiest things to type in the GPS. When we got to the destination it was this HUGE mall that looks brand new in the middle of no where pretty much. The mall is outdoors but it was beautifully built. Most of the stores are high end brands.

Pororo cafe is located on the 3rd floor of Building A. We were able to find parking right away. Then again it was early on a Sunday morning (the best time to really do anything in Korea it seems). The place is so brand new that they have not built parking garages yet so there is a designated gravel area where you park. The food court was also located on the 3rd floor. It all looked delicious and they have tons of options. We saw a Jamba juice, Cold Stone, Krispy Creme just to name a few of the American-ish places. There obviously is American, Korean and other choices are there for your picking. Also TONS of coffee places. If you know my husband and I well enough when we are out in the Korean world of our life we like to try new Korean foods. I totally forgot to take a picture of what we got. He got cheese stuffed breaded pork cutlets, and I got beef and tofu soup. Yum yum! Our oldest is not a fan of Korean food but the lil monster loves trying new things and she approved. We defiantly will go back here for the food.

Prices

After eating lunch we strolled through the outdoor play ground they have. To bad it was FREEZING or we would have stopped and played for a bit. If you keep walking past the playground to the right a little ways is the Pororo cafe. You can tell its the cafe because of all the Pororo toys sitting in the window. The girls got revved up with excitement. For the four of us to go it cost 32,000 won which is a little less than $30. Personally I feel that the cost was a little steep for what they offered. There was only 4 choices for the kids to play on.  There was a train that only "departs" every 20ish minutes. Its a small train too. Also there is the Pororo house and a ball pit and an inflatable jumping ship. The cafe did not have a whole lot to choose from other than coffees, teas, desserts, and little bite sized food. Of course over priced. There was also Cold Stone Creamery inside of there as well. I am defiantly glad we ate before we got inside because the food did not look appetizing at all. Well, other than the ice cream that is hahaha!

The girls played for 2 hours which was enough for them. Their attention span is very limited and for the most part they stayed in the ball pit. Overall I would say it was a good experience because we got out of the house on a cold day, got to spend it together as a family and had a pretty good time with laughter. I just wish the prices were more decent. Oh well - it is what it is and the girls are more than worth it. Below I included the link to the website where you can find Pororo cafe and it has the address on there. I would not be able to tell you driving directions. Sorry. GPS would work best here because if you dont know where your're going it is REALLY easy to get lost when trying to find this place.

This is what the Mall looks like from the freeway. Not the best picture but it helps to know what it kinda looks like...

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