El Pollo Loco

Hit and miss with this location. The two piece chicken whatever you call it deal I got tastes like it was saved from the previous day. Chicken super dry. Mashed potatoes too hot to eat. The corn, well it's corn. I could have opened a can and gotten the same taste. Saddens me because Ive always loved eating here.

They decided to close the dining room an hour early. They do this almost every night but there is no sign letting customers know this. I live across the street and decided to walk over there because I had been drinking and when I got there the door was locked. I had already paid online so I knocked on the door/window. A woman came and yelled through the window, "The dining room is closed. You have to go through the drive-thru." I tried explaining that I had already ordered online and paid but she just shook her head "no" and walked away. I knocked on the window again and she finally came over and opened the door a tiny bit, peeked her head through the gap and said, very rudely, "I told you you'll have to go through the drive-thru!" Again, I tried to explain that I already paid online, live across the street and walked over to pick up my food. She sighed, rolled her eyes, and said, "Fine. What's the name on the order?" I gave her my name and asked for some lemons and two roja sauces with my order. As I was asking for the lemons/sauce she closed the door before I could finish asking. When she came back and shoved the bag of food into my chest I asked if she had included the roja sauce since that was the main reason I wanted El Pollo Loco; the spicy roja sauce is so delicious! She said, "The salsa's in the bag," and shut the door quickly. Of course, there was no roja sauce in the bag, and no lemons, just avocado sauce and the chunky, mild red salsa (pico de gallo maybe?). I have had many issues with the employees here over the years. Rude, unprofessional attitudes seem to be commonplace amongst the staff here. The only reason I kept going back is because I can literally see it from my apartment so it's a short walk. However, I have decided that I will never return to El Pollo Loco if this is how they train their employees to behave. Seriously, the management here needs to get their act together.

The restaurant makes very good food. I’ve come here for chicken during the rush in traffic while going out shopping for groceries and other necessary items. El Pollo Loco is a real treat; they give fire-grilled chicken and lots of sides for the money and it gets fun to have a burrito just filled with stuff. Awareness is a factor to the restaurant’s honesty in terms of conduct, preparation, and kind behaviors. Of course, I’ll have to provide them with enough information when receiving my order because their awareness may not get involved in our communications. Sometimes I find missing things in life and get required to inform them of my situation. I’m a customer, tea-taster, and let them know of my experiences with plenty of relations at hand. Eating nice, fresh chicken is a plus. There’s also a good variety of sides which act as a bonus for their burritos in the works near the clean lobby. Food comes quickly. What El Pollo Loco really specializes in is their salsas, recipes, combinations which go hand in hand between chef and the dining patrons who pardon themselves for less cooking at home on a note of relaxation and ease of mind. A restaurant like this has pretty colors inside that help add onto the experiences I share with family and friends; I’ve already got remarks from a couple strangers and we’ve shared chips and salsa in our talks for food and delight. Bakersfield is a big catch for the chicken-oriented restaurant since the heat of the day can waken our senses for such food on those plates. Macaroni and cheese is excellent due to the sharp flavor within the side-course meal. I’ve added rice on the side. Getting a full meal is no problem when I’ve been figurative about sauces during lunch hour with friends in need of appeal for their devotion to safety in traffic. It’s decorated inside the building and my family knows exactly what they need based on mood and interrelated demands. Picking up something to go is a piece of cake- from the restaurant to my home I’ve relished on avocado in each burrito I order throughout the understanding shared between myself and the involved workers. Everything is clean inside; I can tell, so many counters are practically flawless and many occurrences are so rare that we might as well have never seen them in negative perception. Mom really likes this place, dad has managed himself for the food when hunger is needed in tasteful moods. Honestly I’ve found a lot to like about El Pollo Loco.

El Pollo Loco now has meatless chicken substitute they call it, drum roll please, all caps meatless chicken. Four Harold trumpets sound a fanfare. It's good a little on the hot side for this white boy but some sour cream or green salad dressing makes it real good. I can't sync El Pollo Loco enough for this chicken let's meatless. I hate to admit it but I think I've eaten there at least three times in the last week. Before it was about once a month. And I do to get a couple of kids cheese quesadillas and load them up with hot sauce. But now there's New Hope For Us vegetarians