Cup Bingsu is our Korean style slush dessert, and it costs $4.99 in store. Each cup is layered with red bean paste, fruit cocktail, mini rice cakes, yakgwa and roasted grain powder, with matcha available. We serve it from open to close, 10am to 10pm, including at the drive-thru.
That is the short version. The longer version is worth a few minutes, because bingsu is one of those foods that sounds simple on a menu board and then arrives looking like nothing you have eaten before. Here is what is in the cup, what it costs, and why the price surprises people who have shopped for bingsu elsewhere.
What Cup Bingsu is
Bingsu is the dessert Korea eats in the heat. It shows up the week the weather turns and it stays until fall. The classic cafe version is a mountain of ice in a wide bowl, piled with toppings and set in the middle of a table for two or three people to dig into with long spoons.
Ours is the portable version of that idea. We build it on a Korean style slush base and serve it in a cup you can hold in one hand, which means it fits a cup holder, it goes through the drive-thru, and it does not require a table or a second person. The flavors are the ones a Korean dessert menu would recognize. The format is the one a burger counter can actually run at speed.
If this is your first bingsu, you are meeting the real set of toppings rather than a simplified version of them. We keep the build the same every time.
What is inside the cup, layer by layer
There are five things on top of the slush, and each one is doing a different job.
- Red bean paste. Sweet, earthy and a little savory at the edges. In Korea this is the anchor of a traditional bingsu, and it is the flavor that tells you the dessert is not a snow cone.
- Fruit cocktail. The acid. It cuts the red bean and keeps the whole cup from going flat and sweet halfway down.
- Mini rice cakes. Small, soft and chewy. They are the texture most first timers comment on, because nothing in an American dessert eats quite like them.
- Yakgwa. A traditional Korean honey cookie, dense and glossy. It softens slightly against the cold and gives the cup something to chew besides the rice cakes.
- Roasted grain powder. Nutty and toasty, dusted over the top. It is the reason the last few spoonfuls taste like something roasted rather than something frozen.
Eat it the way we do and you will get a bit of everything in most spoonfuls. Push the spoon down the side of the cup rather than skimming the top, and stir once at the halfway mark so the grain powder works into the base.
What it costs, and why bingsu usually costs more
Cup Bingsu is $4.99. The prices in this post are our in-store prices as of September 2026 and they can change.
| Item | In-store price | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| Cup Bingsu | $4.99 | 650 |
| Shake It Fries | $3.79 | 450 |
| Soft Drinks | $2.49 | 0 to 280 |
2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice, but calorie needs vary. Additional nutrition information available upon request.
Now the question people actually type into Google, which is why a bingsu at a dessert cafe usually costs about twice what our cup does. A cafe bingsu is a different product with a different cost structure. It is built to order in a large bowl, it often carries fresh fruit or a scoop of ice cream, it arrives with its own serveware, and it occupies a table for the half hour it takes two people to finish it. All of that is priced into the bowl. For a local reference point, Floe Cafe here in Fullerton lists bingsoo starting at $9.99, as listed on floecafe.com on September 12, 2026.
We are not running a dessert cafe, and we are not pretending the two things are the same. Our cup is single serve, it is assembled to one spec, and it comes out of the same window as a Shrimp Burger. That is the whole reason it can sit at $4.99 next to a burger instead of standing alone as a shared dessert centerpiece. Different format, different job, different price.
Matcha or original
Matcha is a choice on the same $4.99 cup. The original leans warm and nutty, driven by the red bean and the grain powder. The matcha version brings a green tea bitterness in over the top of that, which balances the sweetness of the red bean more aggressively and reads a little more grown up.
If you are ordering for a group, get one of each and trade spoons. If you are ordering for a kid, the original is the safer bet. If you drink matcha lattes on purpose, you already know which one you want.
How to order it, and how it travels
You can order Cup Bingsu at the counter, at one of our kiosks, or at the drive-thru window, any time we are open. We are at 150 W Orangethorpe Ave, Fullerton, CA 92832, open 10am to 10pm daily, and the full lineup is on our menu page.
A few practical notes. The cup fits a standard car cup holder, which is the main reason we built it this way. It is a slush base, so it softens as it sits, and it is at its best within about the length of a drive home rather than an hour later. If you are picking up burgers for a group, order the bingsu last so it spends the least time waiting.
For pickup, our ordering page has the current options.
What guests have said
Over the last 12 months we have taken 311 Google reviews. Most of them are about burgers, which is fair. Here are two on the overall experience.
“Cool and quiet dining room, kind service, and tasty Korean burgers and chicken sandwiches.”
Daniele F., Google, Jul 2026
“So glad to have Lotteria here in Fullerton! The food tasted amazing and super fresh. Absolutely loved it.”
Youngki H., Google, Aug 2026
If you have been meaning to try bingsu and have been put off by the price of a full cafe bowl, this is the low stakes way to find out whether you like it. One cup, $4.99, no commitment.
Questions
How much is bingsu at LOTTERIA Fullerton?
Cup Bingsu is $4.99 in store, and matcha is available on the same cup at the same price. That is the in-store price as of September 2026 and it can change. Delivery platforms set their own prices, so a cup ordered for delivery will cost more than a cup ordered at our counter.
Is bingsu just shaved ice?
Not quite, and the difference matters. A traditional bingsu is built on finely shaved ice in a bowl. Our Cup Bingsu is built on a Korean style slush base in a cup, which is why we describe it as a slush rather than shaved ice. The toppings, red bean and rice cake and grain powder, come from the same tradition.
What does bingsu taste like?
Sweet but not one note. The red bean paste is earthy and mellow, the fruit cocktail adds acidity, the rice cakes are chewy and almost neutral, the yakgwa is honey sweet, and the roasted grain powder gives the finish a toasted, nutty edge. It tastes less like candy than most American frozen desserts.
What is yakgwa?
Yakgwa is a traditional Korean honey cookie. It is dense, glossy and deeply sweet, and in Korea it is a holiday and celebration sweet more than an everyday one. On our bingsu it sits on top, softens a little against the cold slush, and gives the cup a chewy, honeyed bite.
Is bingsu from Korea or Japan?
Bingsu is Korean. Several countries in East Asia have their own iced desserts and they get compared often, but the combination that defines bingsu, red bean paste with rice cake and roasted grain powder, is Korean. The version we serve in Fullerton comes out of that tradition.
How do you pronounce bingsu?
Two syllables, BING soo. You will also see it written bingsoo, which is the same word with a different romanization, and you will see our cup called Cup Bingsu on the menu board. Any of them will get you the right dessert at our counter.
Sources
- floe cafe, Order Online, bingsoo menu pricing, as listed September 12, 2026
- Eater LA, All the Juiciest Details on the Bulgogi Burgers Primed to Take Over Orange County, August 20, 2025