The Fry

Been here a few times and I really enjoyed the food. However, I will not be coming back to this location. Usually you get 2 free appetizers: the platter with coleslaw, pickled radish and lettuce salad, and corn on a hot pan. Well, this time we didn’t get the corn. When I asked the lady working there, she had the audacity to lie to me and tell me that only tables that order alcohol get it. All the times I’ve been here before, I’ve gotten the corn without ordering the alcohol and so have my friends, who I have spoken to after this incident. It seems petty to be angry over a free appetizer but it was the fact that she flat out lied to me because I saw plenty of tables without alcohol getting the complimentary corn. If she didn’t lie, I wouldn’t have cared. But since she did… goodbye.

Ambiance/​décor-​3
Service-​5
Food-​4
Strikeouts-​0/​3
This place is a bit dark for my taste, but still good enough to take pictures. We ordered a whole array of chicken, and fries and before that arrived we had complimentary appetizers. This included this delicious buttered up corn on a platter. Since I didn’t order, I don’t know what most of the chicken was called, but none were that special. It tasted maybe a bit better than your traditional popeyes chicken or KFC chicken, but really stoodout and made me want to go back was the garlic fries. I’ve never tasted anything like it, and it was amazing. These garlic fries are must! Another notable dish was the rice cakes with mussels, I know my girlfriend thoroughly enjoyed these little bites!

I’ve had korean fried chicken once before, and it was amazing. This time, I decided to try The Fry due to the buzz. I found The Fry far from excellent but better than average.
Their hot chicken is very spicy and tangy, making it hard to taste the chicken. The infamous fried chicken with green onion was overpowered by the five spice. However, The Fry has the best batter in terms of fried chicken of any culture. The garlic butter fries was very interesting; it tasted like sweet popcorn with french fry texture.
The vibe and music did not suit the restaurant. Heavy EDM and electronic music was playing loudly. Had to carry out a conversation with such demanding music.
Overall, pleasant experience and food enjoyment will vary by taste buds.

Great service especially if you bring a Korean-​speaking friend. We ordered a combo of half chicken — Spicy fried chicken and soy garlic chicken. We also had the delicious green onion boneless chicken. Definitely recommend the green onion chicken.
They also serve an appetitizer of pickled radish, lettuce and coleslaw. Overall their chicken is crispy and flavoured. You’ll definitely feel the heat as you eat more of the Spicy chicken. The serving sizes are large. This place is well worth a try!

The chicken here is pretty good. Came in a large group (10 ppl) and we ordered large sizes of the (1) boneless chicken with green onion, (2) fried chicken in spicy sauce, (3) fried chicken in sauce, and (4) garlic butter fries.
My favourite item of the evening was the fried chicken in sauce. I found that this one had the right amount of flavouring, whereas green onion one was sparce on seasoning, and the spicy one was way spicy. The overall texure of the chicken was nice, with crispy breading and tender chicken. Garlic butter fries weren’t my thing — they had a good texture (crispy outside), but they had a sweet taste which was weird. As for the appetizers, the lettuce salad was average, but I enjoyed the coleslaw and the cubes of pickled something (not sure what it was). The corn kernels on the pan were awesome!
We were seated near the door, and we were cold for most of the time, because the door was left open whenever anyone exited or entered. Someone from our group had to keep getting up to shut the door.
Best thing about the meal? Came out to about $ 12 per person, including tax and tip. Good place to go for groups. Also good service.

Best garlic butter fries ever! Then again, I’m not sure of another place that has garlic butter fries but their regular fries are just as good too. Nice and crispy.
Although I’m not a fan of fried chicken, but the fried chicken here is really not that bad. I just can’t have a lot of it. However, the boneless bbq chicken is decent and they have plenty of appetizers at the beginning to keep you eating while you wait for your food.
This place does not take reservations, so if you have a big group (ie. 6 or more), expect to wait a while. It’s a really small restaurant and I must say I was not pleased with the wait at all but we only waited because of the garlic butter fries. One of my friends arrived first and was just waiting at the back, and then I saw another group of 6 (whom I thought came after us) and they sat down before us because they walked to the front. Had to be a bit aggressive because as soon as I noticed people after us sit down before us I gave the wait staff a hard time. After a while, they said those people came «before» us (which I was a bit skeptical of) and eventually I just let it slide. We had a table 10 minutes later still. The size and the wait would probably be the only reason why it’s a 3 star and the over use of green onions on the green onion chicken. There’s just too much of it in my opinion.

3.8÷5
You can’t call yourself fried chicken enthusiast if you haven’t tried korean fried chicken!
Korean fried chicken is nothing like your typical sour & sweet thick battered chicken wings. It’s crunch, JUICY and tender. Can be VERY spicy so read the menu carefully.
My go to is half crispy chicken (not the usual classic fried one) & half spicy fried chicken. It’s the typical classic set to order in Korea, and this is the only way to make me and my sister happy lol. Their soy garlic is crispy garlicky yumminess as well.
Now the service… I will recommend you to forget about the service. These newbie (ish) servers don’t really know what they are doing so their system is very disorganized and lack in staff doesn’t help the situation as well. Just go for the food or do take out. When you order a set manu, usual there is a coupon on their special delivery box that allows you to get a free fried chicken when you collect certain amount of coupons.
This is the most authentic korean fried chicken I ever tried in Toronto. I’ll love to give them 4 stars for the food but because of their lack in service and few other complains, I’ll give them 3.8.

Had a great meal at the Fry and I have been a frequent customer here coming on various occasions. I always ordered the Boneless Fried Chicken with Green Onion which is their signature dish here. It is always so delicious and awesome to try for anyone coming here for the first time. Also tried the corn dish and simply loved it. These are two dishes that I would recommend getting here. Service is quick and the staff are quite friendly. The place is quite small though and sometimes it can quite busy on the Friday evenings and weekends. Overall, I would highly recommend this. Can’t wait to be back again!

Just had a great meal at The Frys for Korean fried chicken. Ordered the fried chicken with green onion and boneless fried chicken with spicy sauce.
The meal comes with complementary 3 flavour vegetables, along with sizzling cream corn.
The chicken came hot and quickly, service was great overall. If you’re looking for some unhealthy fried chicken, this place comes recommended!
Things to improve: bathrooms can be cleaner

Decent fried chicken, but the menu can be a little confusing for people not well versed in the Korean language. My friend and I ordered one of the combo, and the server wasn’t able to fully explain to us what was included. Oh well, I guess sometimes you just have to take a chance. At least the chicken was pretty good!

Love the spicy wings! Very crispy wings and great balance on the spice. Can’t beat a beer and wings here. Fair price. I go after 9 weekdays and it’s busy, but not crazy. Coleslaw is great too, they add a hint of dill.

The chicken is really good, a decent place for friends gathering and casual night out. However, it is kind of dark inside. It is hard to read the menu. There is not much to read anyway, the selection is kind of limited.
We ordered larger fried chicken with green onion and fish cake soup. They comes pretty quick after order. The food portion is pretty good. A large dish can serve around people. The fish cake soup is average.
The service is so so. The server tends to ignore you after you ordered. The overall experience is good, and would definitely come back

Love it!!! They have great appetizers and fried chicken. I ordered the fried chicken with green onion. The portions are huge! Three of us shared a large size and was super full. The chicken meat tastes juicy and delicious. It’s also a great place to hang out with friends :).

Came here on a Friday night and it was pretty packed. Luckily we got an empty table.
There’s no bar with stools or anything. You can order beer and soju but I don’t remember seeing much of anything else.
We got the half and half on recommendation which was $ 1 cheaper than what we were originally interested in. So score one for the server looking to take care of the customer.
We got 2 dishes of appetizers with that. A dish of corn. An a dish with 3 types of salads.
Maybe a spoon would help with the corn as we were picking one or two of them at a time. But everybody else was eating that way. So maybe it’s a Korean thing?
Chicken was delicious. We got a couple of fried skins but over all it’s wings, legs and some boneless hunks. Not sure what part they belong to, sorry.
Will come again to try it.
Thank you

Omg… Koreans really know how to fry their chicken! Came here on a wednesday night and it was pretty packed. Once we got in and asked for a table, she looked at me like she didn’t understand what I was saying in English and walked away. I had to request for her to put our name down on a waiting list and to call us when there was a free table while we walked around for an hour and went for drinks. Things got better when my korean speaking friends came and our requests were acknowledged.
Lesson: go with a Korean speaking friend!
Anyway, despite all the initial troubles, the food was delicious. Highly recommend the one w green onions and the sweet and spicy one. Soooooo crispy and soooo good! I’ve had a lot of fried chicken and this was the crispiest and one of the better ones. :)

The fry has so much more to offer than what you’d think. It looks dingy from the outside and one of the photos on this Unilocal page said ‘dark and uninviting’. I almost didn’t want to go into it– however, I’m glad I did.
I love korean bars and as soon as I saw the menu, I knew this would be no exception. Extensive menu of chicken, made in all different ways. makes me hungry just writing about it now. The service was super quick and friendly. We ordered the best fried chicken I had ever tasted– step aside, dakgogi. There’s a new chicken king in town. Breaded to perfection and seasoned to an even higher level of perfection. Damn! Also had the spicy rice cake with chicken and that was made incredibly because I died of happiness within one bite. Spicy and sweet level was JUST right and the chewiness of the rice cake… wow. The korean appies were yummy, loose corn is one of my favourite things and a whole plate of mayo loose corn… heart attack! (From happiness and yummyness) We also had the calamari, which was breaded perfectly and the squid rings had the perfect texture. Yum!
Honestly, the venue was not even bad nor uninviting– it’s dimly lit, just like any korean bar. I don’t think anyone would enjoy a korean bar with bright fluorescent lights, right?
The Fry. let me go exercise again and then I’ll be back for you.

The Fry is one of the newest restaurants in the Yonge and Sheppard area. I am not sure why they would open up to two locations within walking distance from one another, but there’s a second location on Yonge/​Finch. The Fry specializes in Korean-​style fried chicken, which is basically a fried chicken dish prepared in a Korean style.
After we ordered our food, our server brought us a plate of side dishes of green salad, white radish, and macaroni salad. We were also given a hot plate of seared corn. We ordered the special half & half chicken ($ 27.99) — fried chicken, and fried chicken in spicy sauce, as our main dish. I’d say that this dish was more than enough for two people, as we left with a few leftover pieces. The fried chicken in spicy sauce was true to its name, as it was rather spicy and flavorful. Additionally, I liked that the chicken pieces were evenly coated in the sauce.
The second chicken dish that came with the combo was the fried chicken, which was a generous portion of pieces. Korean Fried Chicken is fried twice, and this results in the skin being crispier. The chicken skin was indeed crispy and perfectly spiced, and the meat was juicy on the inside. This way of deep drying also creates a lot less grease all over the chicken. Lastly, as a side, we got the crispy French fries ($ 6.99. I loved these lightly battered fries, as they were very crispy, and not oily at all. Overall, The Fry was a great introduction to Korean Fried Chicken for me, as I have never tried it before. I enjoyed our meal, and left pretty stuffed until the next morning.

The Fry! I get so weirdly excited about The Fry’s Korean fried chicken it makes me write in exclamation marks nonstop. Nonstop!
Open only for dinner starting at 5pm, the busiest hours are when people are ready for beers: ~7−10pm. Korean fried chicken is made for beer and soju — something I’ve learned from reading their reasonably priced soju/​beer + fried chicken combo menus that cost roughly $ 28. Oh, and also from Korean dramas, cause those are real-​life, obviously!
Picking just a basket of fried chicken, regardless of small or large, will have you starting your meal with a sizzling foil-​lined cast iron skillet of corn. I’m pretty sure it came out of a can, but whatever, the sizzly factor makes it tastier. What is this stuff called anyway? Loose corn? Corn bits? (I think what I mean is kernels).
Batter is mixed with corn starch so it’s a lighter and fluffier batter than the American style of fried chicken. Whole, dark pieces of meat contain the bones still in, and those to me are the tastiest parts. Sometimes not a whole lot of meat on those ones, but who cares? The most important part is dat chicken skin! Oh, yes! That crispy exterior is like breaking the burnt sugar layer of a crème brûlée.
The meat is moist, flavourful from keeping the bones in. I like to ask for a spicy sauce and a regular sauce on the side, so maintain the height of crispy chicken but still able to dip in the meat. Ordering extra sauce on the side means you get less sauce in the small container plus an additional $ 1 per container, but I think it’s a worthwhile cost to prevent soggy fried chicken. Sogginess is fried chicken suicide!
Green onion chicken has a minimal amount of sauce on top, but is covered with a heaping mound of shredded green onions. I’ve been told that this is a popular way to eat fried chicken in Korea. Why? I dunno, but I shovelled in mouthfuls of green onion after each chicken bite anyway.
Garlic soy sauce is my hubs’ least favourite. He says it just tastes like sweet soy sauce and it makes the chicken soggy.
The spicy sauce is truly quite spicy, so have some drinks on handy. Some beer or soju perhaps?
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There is hype I know, but it really IS THAT good!
Been here several times, and starting from the overall service, which is always super friendly, makes it a highlight for every visit, regardless if we had two people or six people.
Plenty of parking off Elmhurst street, which isn’t free, but it’s reasonably easy to park.
Store kept clean, though décor is very simple.
Music is all good, with a mix of Korean pop and Korean EDM?
Food! O! M!f!Chicken! How is something so simple taste so amazingly addictive. I am speaking from a «why is this shiet $ 25» perspective before eating it, to «holy shiet we Are coming here again without having dinner next time». It’s magical.
Like all Korean establishments, there’s always the free appetizers beforehand, and did I mention their fried chicken dish is amazing?!
Tip well — we unfortunately learned that a lot of customers don’t tip at all, which isn’t nice.

Great Fried Chicken! Light and crispy!
Came here with a friend to try their Korean fried chicken, I’m new to this. Order the Soy Garlic fried chicken. It was really tasty, full of flavour. The batter was light and fluffy and didn’t give me that gross feeling when I eat KFC. They also fry different parts of the chicken, breasts, thighs, wings and cut them up into small pieces so it’s easy to eat.
However, if you don’t eat spicy food there are not that many choices on the menu. I did try their egg roll and corn cheese. The egg roll is exactly what the name says it is, it’s like scrambled eggs pan fried to a flat sheet and rolled up. There might have been something inside maybe a bit of meat? But not noticeable. They put this ketchup-​like sauce on top, which gives it a tomato flavour. This dish was a bit plain to me, not that exciting. The corn cheese was a bit weird to me. It was tasty but it is basically some frozen corn on a hot plate with some cheese.
This place is also notorious for the bad service! I have been here once before and waited a long time and was not seated. The waitress don’t really pay attention to the people when they are trying to get her attention. Simple stuff like if customers sat for a long time you should go over and see if they are ready to order, you should ask if they want something to drink, you should know your menu well enough to explain each item, also after people ask for the bill you should go back to get them change or process credit card payments etc. They obviously had zero training to be in the food service industry. So I will take off a star. Therefore come for great Fried Chicken and Zero service!