Jay Bird's | Long Beach

Chicken restaurant · Long Beach

Jay Bird's | Long Beach

Chicken restaurant · Long Beach

4150 McGowen St #4, Long Beach, CA 90808

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Fiery fried chicken is served with waffles or sides at a stand inside the LBX Hangar food hall.

4150 McGowen St #4, Long Beach, CA 90808 Get directions

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@infatuation

"Hot chicken usually comes with a side of bread, pickles, and a creamy dish like mac and cheese, but Jay Bird’s in Long Beach decided to spare us the extra effort by throwing them all together into one chicken sandwich. The Macdaddy is not to be reckoned with, and consists of a juicy fried chicken breast topped with warm mac and cheese inside a brioche bun. The chicken here comes in six levels of spiciness with an extra crispy skin to balance out the mac. The vinegar-based slaw also adds a great acidic twist that cuts nicely through the hefty sandwich. But the Macdaddy still wouldn’t be complete without its tangy mayo-based Comeback sauce or Jay Bird’s cayenne-heavy “Big Sexy Sauce.” There’s no question that there’s a lot going on with this sando, but don’t assume the mac and cheese will save you if you go too hot. Yes, the creaminess helps curb the chicken’s heat, but think twice before going “Reaper Hot.”" - sylvio martins

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@infatuation

"Hot chicken usually comes with a side of bread, pickles, and a creamy dish like mac and cheese, but Jay Bird’s in Long Beach decided to spare us the extra effort by throwing them all together into one chicken sandwich. The Macdaddy is not to be reckoned with, and consists of a juicy fried chicken breast topped with warm mac and cheese inside a brioche bun. The chicken here comes in six levels of spiciness with extra crispy skin to balance out the mac. The vinegar-based slaw also adds a great acidic twist that cuts nicely through the hefty sandwich. But the Macdaddy still wouldn’t be complete without its tangy mayo-based Comeback sauce or Jay Bird’s cayenne-heavy “Big Sexy Sauce.” There’s no question that there’s a lot going on with this sando, but don’t assume the mac and cheese will save you if you go too hot. Yes, the creaminess helps curb the chicken’s heat, but think twice before going “Reaper Hot.”" - Sylvio Martins

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@eater

"Jay Bird’s Nashville Hot Chicken, Long Beach’s first Nashville fried chicken joint, is making its entry to Long Beach Exchange (LBX) in early 2019." - Mona Holmes

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andi nicpon

Google

I love me a good chicken sandwich and Jay Birds is great. The chicken is lightly breaded but still with plenty of flavor. The fries have more seasoning than I personally prefer but they are still good. If you are craving a good chicken sandwich Jay Birds is a great destination. I would recommend checking them out if you are already at the LBX Hanger.

Sam Hosein

Google

Located at The Hanger LBX. Plenty of free self parking. Great out door area for families. Love the atmosphere. The restaurant is located inside the food court. Line moves very quick. Very friendly service. Plenty of indoor and outdoor seating. The menu is very simple. I got the two strips with fries and they're delicious. Been here before and will continue to return.

david gunderman

Google

We ordered 2 chicken tenders with fries, $11.99ea. The food was good. It was the service that wasn’t right. The total for the 2 tenders was $26.46 and we charged it to our card. Today the bank is saying that we were charged $30.04. So what happened? How was my card charged an extra $3.58? For tip? I never put tip on my card. We always give them cash for tip. Did they go back in and charged us for tip? So we just tipped them twice. That’s not right. Watch your wallet when you dining at this place.

Fei Yu

Google

Cool food hall, quick service. The extra hot spice level is no joke!! Proceed with caution ⚠️ The tenders are hefty and fresh. Great seasoning and there's no shortage of menu options - chicken sandwiches, tenders, loaded fries, etc. Ordered two tenders. Came with a slice of bread and pickles.

Jesus Moran

Google

First time here, and I'm blown away. The Mac Daddy chicken sandwich is on POINT! They have perfected that juicy chicken, and their sauce combined is a true chicken sandwich I would love to eat over and over. The waffles are perfected as well, nice and fluffy, just how momma used to make it. If you haven't tried Jay Bird, you're missing out. The staff is very friendly and welcoming. The ambiance is modern with a twist of hip. #FOMO.

Man-E Cortez

Google

Another hot chicken review, ok great location at the hangar in Long Beach, clean, and great service, so I tried the chicken sandwich & fries, the chop, and blazing fries. The chop is one chopped chicken tenders spiced with your choice of heat in a mix of coleslaw, chopped pickles, comeback sauce, and Big Sexy sauce I got a hot level tender which was exactly what I been expecting to eat at a hot chicken spot, good idea but execution was off, vinegar on slaw overpowered the taste of everything else, more black pepper to compensate and chicken was scarce with only 1 tender, would recommend you add extra tender for 3 bucks. Next the blazing fries which is one chopped chicken tender, spiced with your choice of heat, mixed with spicy fries, mac n' cheese, comeback sauce, and Big Sexy sauce. I got medium level, great mixture of fries, mac and cheese, comeback sauce, big sexy sauce, but with only 1 chicken tender, definitely good but again will leave you wanting to add another tender if you want good amount of protein to level out all the carbs of fries and Mac and cheese. Finally the chicken sandwich, great sandwich, big and juicy breast breading was just right for me not that crazy breading with just crispy oil in it, medium level was not spicy at all good amount of slaw nothing too overpowering, come back sauce is good but I had better from other places, brioche bun complements everything between them buns, fries are good too, crinkle cut nice and crispy! One of my favorite chicken sandwiches I've had, would recommend the sandwich first and foremost as a real meal everything else as a snack unless you add extra chicken... overall great place for a chicken sandwich would recommend. 😋

Alyssa K

Google

We were staying at the Hampton inn and the front desk recommended this place. The fried chicken was great and so were the fries, but the potato salad was just okay. We loved the sauces that came with the chicken. We went around lunch on a Friday and waited about 20 minutes for our food. There was a constant line the whole time we were eating and seemed like the most popular place in the venue.

Kristina Parsons

Google

Line was super long but totally worth it. I ordered the chicken sandwich medium heat / mac n cheese, chicken strips med heat with fries, fresh lemonade and was gifted a waffle with ice cream and mango puree. It was all delish and best of all NOT DRY!!. The staff was busy but still looked up at the customers and smiled and gave friendly service.

@infatuation

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@infatuation

"Hot chicken usually comes with a side of bread, pickles, and a creamy dish like mac and cheese, but Jay Bird’s in Long Beach decided to spare us the extra effort by throwing them all together into one chicken sandwich. The Macdaddy is not to be reckoned with, and consists of a juicy fried chicken breast topped with warm mac and cheese inside a brioche bun. The chicken here comes in six levels of spiciness with extra crispy skin to balance out the mac. The vinegar-based slaw also adds a great acidic twist that cuts nicely through the hefty sandwich. But the Macdaddy still wouldn’t be complete without its tangy mayo-based Comeback sauce or Jay Bird’s cayenne-heavy “Big Sexy Sauce.” There’s no question that there’s a lot going on with this sando, but don’t assume the mac and cheese will save you if you go too hot. Yes, the creaminess helps curb the chicken’s heat, but think twice before going “Reaper Hot.”" - Sylvio Martins

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@eater

"Jay Bird’s Nashville Hot Chicken, Long Beach’s first Nashville fried chicken joint, is making its entry to Long Beach Exchange (LBX) in early 2019." - Mona Holmes

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andi nicpon

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Jesus Moran

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