The best hidden spots in Koreatown, NYC

Ready for your super-star moment? Alert the squad, rent a room ($30 an hour) and get comfy on a red leather sofa, while you and your friends belt out some choice numbers. Gagopa’s got a generous BYOB policy, and its own soft selection of booze (no liquor) stocked in a cooler behind the bar. Moreover, it’s open till 5am, so there’s plenty of time to get down in this down-and-out K-town spot.

If you’re into K-pop culture at large, this is where you should throw your Gangnam-style birthday party (invite us). Whatever kind of obscure merch you’re into (say, a notebook with Goo Hara plastered on the cover), they’ve got it in stock. They even carry actual CDs, DVDs, and actual books, which in 2016 seems downright quaint (even for a K-pop bookstore).

If you need to relax, unwind at this misty main lounge, furnished with modern white chairs and nature-scenes projected on the wall. Find your zen in the meditation room, repose in the rooftop hydro-pools, laze in the jacuzzi-laden spas (which vary by temperature) or do whatever strikes your tranquilizing aims inside this soothing oasis.

This wacky pool hall would seem out-of-this-world weird anywhere but K-Town. Where else can you eat steamed vegetable dumplings (10 for $10) and shoot pool under neon lights and the twirling glint of disco balls? But beware: It might have “space” in the name, but this place can get crowded quick.