Anthony N.
Yelp
Overhyped and underwhelming.
I don't know if I got a bad batch or the chicken/fried food was the last day before they replaced the oil, but this chicken tasted horrible for a place that is considered the "best fried chicken in the AV area." If it is... god bless.
To start, there's no seating -- which is fine, incredibly inconvenient, but acceptable... if it didn't take an hour to get our food. Yup. An hour.
We were told food would be done in 30 minutes, so we went around the area, chilled in the car, and what'd you know it, 30 minutes passed, the person said to wait another "12 minutes." ... yup. You guessed it. 12 minutes passed, and another 5 minutes were told. So we waited. And after 10 minutes, the food was finally done. It's one thing to say there's a wait for the food, but to continually undercut the estimated time is absurd.
With that, the chicken is advertised to be "freshly fried," which it is, but I think that's an excuse or coverup to the amount of delays and time it takes to cook it. It's not like this place is dead, there were at least 5 people waiting inside or in their cars, so it doesn't make sense to just load up and keep some warm.
This, again, would be SLIGHTLY tolerable if there was seating, but nope. Just chilling in the car.
As for the fried chicken itself... I seriously hope I got a bad batch because of how big of a disappointment it was. It was crispy and juicy yes, but the flavor was ... off. Tasted like some very bad oil, and it was incredibly salty. Like saltier than KFC salty.
If I were to compare this to fried chicken joints
Jollibee's/Popeyes = 5/5
KFC/Church's = 4/5
Supermarket fried chicken = 3/5
This place is a 2.5/5.
I wouldn't come again, but if I were, it seems I'll need to call an hour ahead of time. Which is unfortunate, because the server/cashier was incredibly nice as well, even gave a tip, so I wanted it to be good.