Prost and Itaewon love

I just love this place. Prost at Itaewon; they both just feel like home. For party people looking for a posh yet good place to chill out in Seoul, I highly recommend Prost Grill and Pub. This place offers good crowd, a variety of booze, upbeat music, good vibes, and loads of good-looking oppas and unis; Koreans and westerners alike.

During my short but sweet 5-day holiday in Seoul last week, Prost instantly became my favorite pub wherein me and my tour group friends spent 3 nights straight just chilling out there. The autumn just ended and the bitter cold prompted my friends and I to go drinking almost every night after our strenuous day tours, and Prost always ended our day with a bang. Even after downing a couple more shots and beers, just like the lively Itaewon district, we found ourselves still very much alive, kicking and partying at Prost.

While the other bars and pubs look quite deserted on weeknights, Prost is beaming with cheerful crowds capping their nights. From the richest to middle class party-goers like us wanting to enjoy the night partying and drinking, Prost is there to welcome everyone. Worried because you can't dance? No problem. The folks dancing on the dance floor obviously lack the moves but who cares, no one mocked anyone anyway.

On our first night, we came down to Prost from Glam Lounge, a fancy, high-end lounge just a floor above Prost. After a couple of frozen margaritas, I started to feel like dancing so I headed to the dance floor. While hooked on instagram and dancing, a young Korean guy approached me and asked if he can buy me a drink. I declined but because he has limited English vocabulary he did not understand and ended up buying me a drink anyway. It was a struggle communicating with him. We had to use our phones and google translators. Haha. The only thing I understood was when he thought I am only 22, and with his finger he showed me the 22 sign. On our second night, he was there again but I was not really in the mood to waste my time on my phone to use a google translator just to talk to him when I am already enjoying myself drinking, chatting with my friends and watching the crowd.

The Korean oppas are generally very polite and generous. I felt safe while inside Prost even though I had my fair share of unexpected proposals from some of these sought after Korean hotties. On our third night, while walking back to my friends' table after a quick trip to the restroom or smoking area, two affluent-looking, educated and disturbingly handsome Korean oppas on separate occasions suddenly threw their hands around my waist or shoulders saying, "Where are you from, baby?" or "You look really pretty. I like your face. Come dance with me." However, my friends and I were about to leave already so I declined twice. I just blew away my chance. Haha! Just kidding. With my arms crossed shielding my small boobs, I told them I'm sorry my friends and I were leaving. They instantly backed off, were both very apologetic, and even cleared the way for me. Seems like I am quite a Korean oppa magnet yet zero appeal to my bet, the westerners. Haha! Hard truth.

The Korean men and women partying at Prost are aesthetically pleasing. No. That is an understatement! They honestly look like perfect and flawless models yet I could not help but imagine that they all went through drastic under the knife procedures just to achieve that perfection. The idea puts me off but I do not discriminate those who undergo plastic surgeries. If plastic surgery is no big deal for you, then just grab the invitation and dance with these gorgeous Korean oppas.

A major downside for me is that, the drinks are really pricey. It costs almost P500 or $10 for a bottle of Corona beer. With the unforgiving cold, believe me, your alcohol tolerance will certainly rise an all time high you will need to drink a dozen before you even get drunk. But then again, it pays to have an awesome partying experience at Itaewon, the party capital of Seoul.