Olive Chicken

the best fried chicken in town! you have to try it for yourself! i love it so much! enough said!

Love their chicken, best so far. We always go with their classic with sweet and spicy sauce on the side.
Though would like to have more spicy sauce. If they could elevate more. ;-)

Yummy I would recommend the extra hot and sweet with onion rings and you would be in love forever

The only other fried chicken place I have been to in Calgary was KFC, so Olive Chicken definitely trumped that by a lot.
Having read about its rave revues in Avenue Magazine I had to try it. I opted for the 10-​pieces of chicken combo for $ 22.00. Not a bad deal for the amount you get. I got 5-​pieces of the regular fried chicken and 5-​pieces of the «Hot and Sweet». I also received a free container of daikon.
Now driving home with the fried chicken in the passenger seat was not an easy task but the patience paid off. Both types of the chicken were equally delicious and a good compliment to one another. The batter was light and crispy, and the hot and sweet sauce was addicting.
This meal is a messy one but a real crowd pleaser.

Alright so this is a corner shop for some KFC (Korean fried chicken). Now they keep it simple with having 2 types of fried chicken: the regular crispy fried chicken or having it smothered with sweet spicy sauce… This is kinda cheating I would say for variety. …but hey that’s just me.
So this also comes with various sides, some fries or onion rings… Some nicely cubed pickled radish. I don’t believe there was alcohol sales… my mind can’t remember. Please correct if I am wrong.
Alright so flavor… you know what, this really beats out the colonels recipe and Church’s. This would be a place I would come from time to time. Try the sauce, it is a bit overwhelming when they drench the chicken in this red sauce. But hey, it tastes pretty good. Myself, it would have gone perfect with a bowl of white rice.
It was a fun night with friends sharing chicken at the table.

Here for a weekend trip, love how it’s downtown vicinity. Located in a Korean strip mall.
Delicious, great atmosphere.

I made the trip after a particular craving one day, and some great Unilocal reviews. I went for the regular crispy and hot & sweet. The lady at the front was very friendly.
The hot & sweet was tasty and very messy. I felt like I needed to wash my face after eating them. The regular crispy were indeed crispy, with a great flavor and juiciness. Good pricing and good portions added to the value of it. I look forward to returning again. And maybe again after that. Possibly a few more times after that.

brought my mom here for lunch yesterday, and we shared the 2 piece (sweet & spicy) with rice & salad, and added on Fries & onion rings.
Service was fast & the staff was nice. Food was delicious! Mom said to ‘tell Unilocal your mom gives Olive Chicken two thumbs up!’

Love the chicken here! It is never too greasy and always tastes great. The inside of the place has few sit down spots but I would stick with take-​out. If you like the traditional Korean fried chicken, ask for the spicy-​sweet one for the extra spice.

Being a southern gal I’ve always been on a quest for truly good fried chicken. Olive Chicken has so far been the best fried chicken in Calgary for me. It’s always hot, fresh and juicy.
The staff are very friendly and the service is fast. I have found myself craving their chicken on most days. Keep up the great work!

Olive chicken is the best deep fried chicken in Calgary.
Taste so good! Not greases at all!!!
People are really Nice!
Highly recommend !!

I love this place! It’s very small, only a few tables, mostly take-​out and seems to have a great lunch crowd from the businesses around it. We’ve always had a great meal from there and we’ve recommended this place to several others. We were thanked once for telling someone about Olive Chicken who in turn gave us a gift card for there.
The menu is simple and basic and over the years more items have been added. Another addition we have recently discovered is that
delivers food from there and our order just showed up…

This place delivers on its promise of yummy chicken. I ordered the 3pc combo which came with fries and a pop. Not going to lie-​I devoured the whole meal! The cashier was nice enough to offer to make 2 pcs hot and sweet and 1 crispy. I enjoyed the plain but loved the saucy kind! Just the right balance of heat and sweet!

Do you love fried chicken? Because olive (fried) chicken hahaha
But seriously though, with all the new KFC (Korean fried chicken) places popping up all over Calgary, it’s hard to keep up.
With an order of chicken, fries and tempura veggies in tow, we met up with my parents for a quick dinner. Even after a 20 min drive, all the food still stayed hot and most importantly — crispy. The tempura veggies were really good, not oily at all. The crinkle fries held the seasoning salt well and the chicken was crispy and juicy. As usual, we ordered too much food but it was still as good the next day when we warmed it all up in the toaster oven.
If you enjoy fried chicken as much as I do, do yourself a favour and try out Olive Chicken. You get all the things you love about fried chicken, but not the heavy gross feeling afterwards.

AMBIENCE: Small place with a handful of small tables. Staff were cheerful and attentative.++
FOOD: Had a large order of hot&sweet (21.99) and yam fries (5.99?). Chicken was freshly fried then dipped in their delicious hot&sweet sauce. Would have preferred if the chicken was actually marinated in a hot and sweet marinade then fried with a spicy of seasoning, but it’s still pretty damn good for how simple it is. Yam fries were served with aioli and were as expected.++

Pretty small restaurant (only 4 small tables) and simple menu but it’s just as good as advertised. I don’t usually like fried chicken because of the saltiness but this place had just the right amount of seasoning.
Ordered the half and half small which came with 5 pieces. Pretty big meal, next time if I come here alone I will just get a 3 piece. The hot and sweet pieces were decent but the original crispy was perfect. Added some ginger soy sauce to the original and I had to stop for a moment of silence (and picture) to salute this masterful meal.

Very nice service and delicious chicken!
They have variety of different kinds and anyone can enjoy it.
I suggest this place to everyone!

Cluck yeah!
Lately, I’ve been living my life in pursuit of fried chicken. (A truly noble pursuit.) With the help o’ Unilocal I found myself walking through the doors of Olive Chicken and also found what could be my new favourite!
Crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. That’s it, right? That’s what makes fried chicken so good, and doing this so well is what makes olive chicken so good. So good.
All fried chicken is salty and greasy, says Dale as the polygraph needle goes flying across the chart. This is a lie! Olive Chicken is crispy and moist and wouldn’t you know it, they seem to manage to keep the oil in the fryer without saturating the chicken pieces. How do you do it, Olive Chicken? Tell me your secret! Now, I’m sure there are still healthier, even less greasy ways to do chicken, so if that’s what you’re looking for, just remember it is still deep fried, but that’s what makes it so darn satisfying.
Their chicken tastes really… clean. Is that a thing? It just doesn’t taste like years and years of deep fryer. Don’t get me wrong, I love that too, but the Olive Chicken style was eye opening.
I got the small Half and Half order which comes with 3 pieces of regular, and 2 covered in their sweet spicy chilli sauce which I now want to put on everything! Chicken, steak, cereal, everything.
Honesty time — I licked the remaining sauce off of the tinfoil it came in, and I’m ashamed of it. And the polygraph flies off the rails for one part of that sentence. Can you guess which?

Fried chicken is just one of the things I crave ALL the time, especially crispy fried chicken. I have this love love relationship with fried chicken, there really isn’t anything special about it… it’s just that I love the crispy skin and then the tender chicken (mostly the skin). MMMMMM.
So I’m weird, and I when I’m craving something, sometimes I send a mass message out to friends and ask where the best _​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​is. This time, obvi it was fried chicken so I asked a few people. KFC, Chicken-​on-​the-​way, Fritou Chicken, Yum yum BBQ and Olive chicken were some of the places mentioned. Olive chicken caught my eye. I read reviews about this place, heard that it’s Korean style fried chicken and really good so I decided to drag my sister and make the stop.
Olive chicken is downtown on 10^th avenue SW, in a Korean strip mall area. Parking is chaos as there is a grocery store nearby and some of the spots are reserved. I parked on the street right across from Olive chicken as it was after 6PM. When you walk in, there are menus displayed and the specials are written on a chalk boards. There is a visible seating area but it is quite small. I would imagine it gets busy and tight during the lunch hour! Dani and I decided to go with the small hot & sweet sauce chicken (5 pieces) and went with the sauce on the side as some Unilocalers suggested. I reallllly wanted to try the poutine but we decided to go with the «healthier» alternative and ordered veggies… that are deep fried ;) haha ANYway, we were the only customers so our batch was hot and fresh straight from the fryer. We took a seat, grabbed the fried chicken and took a bite. *CRUUUNCH*…mmmmmm that’s exactly what I like to hear when I bite into fried chicken! I found Olive chicken to be less greasy than some other places and I really enjoyed the crispiness of the chicken. I’m happy I opted for the sauce on the side as it was OK… sweet with a hit of spiciness, some would enjoy but I like plain fried chicken (or with ketchup… See! Weird I know…). Dani mentioned it wasn’t too greasy and the chicken was juicy… she enjoyed it. For the deep fried vegetables, they were lightly battered, slightly salted and very crispy. The vegetables included onions, broccoli, carrots and kabocha squash, very tasty!
Olive chicken is a great place to get your fried chicken fix! Next time I will try an Olive special with a side of poutine! Head over to Olive chicken if you’re in the area… you won’t be disappointed! OH! Rumor has it, they are opening another location on 17^th avenue SW in the near future… YUM YUM YUM!
Mouthing OLIVE CHICKEN = I LOVE CHICKEN! Not sure if they were going for that but I thought it was so clever ^_^

YUM! Can I say more? We came here after the lunch rush, but parking was still a challenge in the little strip mall (we had to park on the street).
The boys ordered two combos that included 3 pieces of lightly battered, crispy chicken, fries and their choice of pop/​water for $ 7.99. I decided to try the small Half And Half: 3 pieces of regular fried chicken and 2 pieces of chicken in Hot and Sweet sauce. The service was fast and efficient; in less than 10 minutes, our dishes were brought to our table. Mmmmm… I loved that crunch on my first bite – not greasy at all and not too salty (like the Colonel’s…)! I couldn’t get over how juicy the breast meat was! I think because the whole chicken breast was cut lengthwise (not your regular cut), the frying time would be shorter. Quicker frying time=juicier chicken (less chance of it drying out)? The Hot and Sweet sauce is quite addicting; it’s not as spicy as that sweet chili sauce most Thai restaurants serve. Hubby and son were dipping their fries in my sauce…
One important note: this is more a take-​out than a dine-​in place. There are tiny tables inside (which can seat 3 or 4 people) and one or two tables with outside overlooking the street. The washroom is pretty much for the staff, although they did allow us access to it. I felt really awkward since I had to go through the kitchen where a couple of ladies were prepping chicken and the others were eating a late lunch. What else could I do? My hands were sticky from the Hot and Sweet sauce and I needed to wash them. ;)
We didn’t have room for the poutine or pickled daikon, we’ll have to try it next time…