JJ Fish & Chicken

I’ll just start and end by saying I ordered 4 wings. I opened the bag and there were wings. Ok so the wings were so small there was nothing on them. I didn’t even get one bite because under the fried skin was nothing. 6.00 wasted, I should’ve went to the Harolds food truck.

Pretty near perfect. Stopped in for liver and wings combo. Got my food quickly, server was friendly and didn’t begrudge me 4 containers of hot sauce. The place seemed like a decent value, although I would have preferred more wings and less liver (or at least ⁵⁰⁄₅₀), but that might just be personal preference. Overall, solid South side style wings in a bit more convenient location with better service than you might get in other chicken shacks.

The worst customer services ever .
Mean cashier with mood based menu and prices. I don’t like his sauce so I asked for tiny cole slaw he ignored me and after I asked him for the fourth time gave it to me frowning like I killed his son!
Didn’t gave me the drink with my meal though I had the time before with same order lied and said he didn’t give me a drink that time.
I will not come back again

Decent deep, fried, salty, greasy chicken, fish, shrimp with fries and everything else in between that will probably cause bad things to happen to your health if you ate there every day. It’s also reasonably priced. Nothing less. nothing more.
It’s a solid spot to get your fried fish and chicken fix in the area. It’s not the best, but it’s exactly what you’d expect. I recommend getting the hot sauce. The service is pretty decent too.

The chicken wings is little salty and i found out 1 of chicken wings uncooked… yet. If you have time, just walk down a few blocks to Harold’s chicken shack. They cook the same but much more delicious…

Word of advice: if a rapper names themselves off of a restaurant and goes on Tosh.0 to get made fun of for it, we’re looking at a winning establishment. Luckily, it’s right around the corner from where I work and it’s a welcome alternative to McDonald’s and other nearby sad excuses for lunch. I’d suggest going for the catfish nuggets and shrimp lunch combo special they often have, for about $ 7 with soggy fries to meander through for the last 45 minutes of your American mid-​day break. Their mild or hot sauces are a must, and the actual fish/​seafood and chicken options are delicious.

I ordered the jumbo shrimp which was ok along with the perch dinner. The perch dinner I had an issue with because it tasted too fishy and wasn’t what I thought it would be. Will I go back? Probably not, I will try my luck at Lawrence.

The food was ok, the prices reasonable, could have been better if everything didn’t taste like it was fried in old grease. The breading on the fish and chicken was very nice and crisp and tasty otherwise.

If anyone gives this awesome place anything below 4 stars then thwy don’t know seafood… I love this place any truck driver that sees this… its a must stop. …shrimp are huge and delicious… really good flavor… and they have lemon pepper anything. If I’m in a hundred miles radius if this place I’m going out of route for some good seafood.

We ordered through grubhub and got the tilapia and catfish. They were both fried so much they tasted exactly the same. They called and said they were out of the peach cobbler so we got the double chocolate cake instead. Should have just skipped it. The best part of the meal was the ginger ale. I had a bad day at work and wanted some comfort food, but now I feel worse and kinda wanna die.

24 hours later and I’m still having diarrhea from my catfish nugget dinner. It tasted like fried, which wasn’t too unexpected but I felt gross the whole night. brb gotta poop
Anyways, the fries were okay. Nothing to return over. The man who was working was friendly. The hot sauce was okay. Actually the fish wasn’t too bad, but my insides disagree. Earlier today I drank a liter of Gatorade hoping it would calm down my queasiness. It did– about 20 min later i had some pretty good vomits at Trader Joes. I walked past JJ on my way to work and the smell of fried fish made me uneasy. You get the picture.
The 2^nd star is for their hours being better than everything else in the loop and for the decent customer service, but I don’t think I’ll be coming back anytime ever.

I went to the J J Fish downtown because I had a craving for cat fish, I still have a craving, What ever they served me did not taste like cat fish the cole slaw was old they put the 1 slice of bread under the fish and it was grease soaked. I also ordered hush puppies OMG what a disappointment. I will never go back. It was awful!!!

Deep. Fried. Everything. Seriously, every food item here is beige.
Had fried chicken gizzards for the first time. This place gets points just for serving that, I think. They were appropriately chewy. For $ 7, you get a styrofoam box bursting with fried batter-​coated gizzards and chicken livers on a slice of bread, with fries. Getting the prescription for Lipitor is your responsibility.
The self-​serve Louisiana hot sauce from an industrial-​size jug is good.

Nope! I tried, I really tried but their food is so bland and soooo not tasty! i had some catfish and chicken tenders and it was like eating greasy construction paper. :(

Make sure you look at your food before you leave if you’re doing take out, I asked them to fry my food hard so it’d be crispy and they burned it. My onion rings were so burnt, they were dried out.

Tasty fries, but overcooked and gross whitefish. Def not going back.

Literally almost threw up. I thought I liked fried fish and chicken.

Fried fish, gizzards, okra, shrimp… anything fried, they have it… yummy! And, it being close to work makes it even better. Is it on the cleanest street? No way! Is it at times sketchy walking in there? Of course! Is the food delish? Oh yeah baby!
When I have an itchin’ for some fried catfish nuggets, I’m at JJ’s. Plus, on Tuesdays, there’s a special for catfish nuggets, bread, coleslaw, and fries all for $ 5.99. Sounds good to me!
For the low expectations, this place beats all of them. Not the classiest joint at all, but the food is consistent and reminds me of home…

Nothing like a walk out the office down the street to JJ Fish. The block smells of garbage left out in the street for several days. It was a toxic odor, worthy of making Oscar the Grouch reel in agony!
We got in and saw a menu of fried tilapia, fried catfish, fried shrimp, fried chicken wings, fried liver, fried gizzards, fried cat nuggets, fried chicken nuggets, you get the picture. My ex-​roommate helped himself to a small tilapia combo. I helped myself to a small shrimp and wing combo.
After a short wait, we were awarded our food and helped ourself to some hot saurce. We rolled out to the Art Institute less than a block away, but the garden was closed. We walked up a block to Millennium Park and helped ourselves to some magical JJ Fish goodness.
Battered fries, crunchy shrimps, and chicken wings were in my box of eats with a helping of cole slaw. Come to think of it, it was six shrimps, and three chicken wings and a load of battered fries. We ate, discussed the economy, and headed back to our offices.
I am down with JJ Fish, are you?

Everything is deep-​fried here. EVERYTHING.
And some days, that is exactly what you want to eat for lunch. I remember seeing my co-​workers walking to the employee lunch room with J & J to-​go bags. The smell of fried fish and wings tortured me (in a good way). After a few weeks of this, I had to try it for myself.
They have fried catfish, whitefish, perch, shrimp, and oysters. Don’t like fish? Go for the chicken wings. Huge wings, breaded and deep-​fried. The hot sauce is from the large plastic container, pump included. Fast-​food, indeed. Those of you who are fond of the chicken’s *other* parts, fried chicken livers and gizzards are on the menu as well (they are delicious!)
Sides include fries, onion rings, hush puppies, and fried okra. If that isn’t enough food, they also have peach cobbler and banana pudding for dessert. There aren’t any tables at J & J Fish, with the exception of a few stools along the wall. Your best bet is to take your food to-​go, since it does get pretty crowded here during the lunch rush.