Church’s Chicken

Very tasty chicken, but their side dishes weren’t so great. The corn on the cob tasted sour and the okras were burned and had a bitter taste.

If your heart is seeking for a good piece of fried chicken, this is the best fried chicken joint in town.
Sinful mouth watering tender fried chicken.
The service was ok, but their great taste fried chicken will make up that.

Best fried chicken, for the best price. Fast service. Delicious, tender and moist. Best that money can buy.
I’ve been a fan of Church’s chicken since my days in southern California. They used to have a special on Thursdays, $ 1.99 for 3pc. Not sure if they have this anymore.
Now that I’ve moved to the PNW, experiencing Church’s this past summer was amazing. The establishment is not fine dining. The eatery’s tables and chairs feel sticky, the floor is probably less than ideally clean and the décor is reminiscent of early 2000s fast food restaurants. But if you’re coming here, you’re not wanting décor and cleanliness right?
After being fried in oil in temperatures beyond the thriving conditions for germs and other concerns, the fried chicken is delicious! A nice flaky crust wrapped around soft, tender and especially moist chicken meat. I always get dark meat pieces in classic/​traditional batter. I’ve found spicy batter to be too spicy in the wrong ways for my taste preferences.
After I’ve had my fill of dark meat chicken pieces and soft drink, I would not have even broken then bank whereas compared to Seattle staples like Ezells — albeit good tasting, are often higher priced and meat come out a bit more dry.
My only wish was that there were more Church’s locations closer to the Greater Seattle area. Federal Way /​Tukwila are a bit far for a fried chicken run. But when you make the trip, it is well worth the efforts.

To the Franchise Owner:
Date of Occurrence: 6÷23÷2015
Time of Occurrence: 9:05 PM
Employee: Older Hispanic Lady @ the drive through window.
I walk into your restaurant and I was the first one there. A young latino and an older latino employee were working up front. The younger latino employee was power walking front and back of the fryer area. The older latino was working in the drive through window.
Including myself there were about 4 people behind me and your older latino employee made us wait in silence for a good 10 minutes. My father inquiring about possibility of ordering our food, then your classless older latino employee snapped at my father in aggressive pit bull like manner.
Thanks to your older female worker working at 9:05 PM 6÷23÷2015 you lost our business, so we went to your competitor Chipotle.
Just so you know you have an employee throwing sour grapes at her customers.

Read all of the reviews, prior to going there & I expected this dirty pit, that served «okay» chicken. (I STILL had to try it though, cuz thatz just me.) ;)
As I entered, I was greeted w/​smiles & welcomes! They answered all of my chicken & seafood questions, very nicely, & gave me recommendations. The store was also fairly clean (I didn’t go use the bathrooms though, so I can’t speak for that part.)
I got the 3 piece & extra biscuits ~ deeelish!!!

Ordered lunch for few guys at work on 02.20.15 now I’m out of staff… Almost everyone has food poisoning. Be ware of under cooked chicken.

This place is horrible! As a brand I really like their chicken, but this location RUINS all of that. I went through the drive through one evening and got a chicken sandwich. First off they said there would be a wait, ok not fun but can’t be helped. I’ll always wait extra time for fresh chickie at places like this. Waiting over 10 minutes… ok. I drove home and started to eat my sammich. Didn’t taste so good, got halfway through and looked down. It was PINK and undercooked, almost RAW! YUK. So I wrapped up the sandwich, I was almost home so I decided to take it back to the store the next day.
Went the NEXT day, early, like 11am to ask for a new sammich. POLITELY asked to speak with a manager. Showed him the sandwich and requested a new one. He REFUSED based on the fact that I ate half of it… IT WAS RAW IN THE MIDDLE! Of course I didn’t notice to I got to the middle. I mean c’mon it’s not like I ate half and tried to give it back because I didn’t like it. IT WAS RAW!!! After some arguing he did give me a new sammich. I checked it, it was cooked, I ate it at home.
Staff is just rude as mentioned… not even worth detailing.
The interior is filthy, one of the tables was all messed up and loosely had hazard tape wrapped around it. So there was no where to sit. Floor was filthy in dining room. The bathroom was THE GROSSEST I’ve ever seen. Feces on the wall and around the toilet, urine everywhere. I opted to NOT use it and go home. Avoid at ALL COSTS!

2.99 two chicken and one biscuit combo for quick lunch wasn’t bad.
Problem is that they don’t clean the tables and it’s all oily and nasty.
¹⁄₃ of the tables are occupied by the workers there chilling and talking loud, may be they are on their break but I hope they can wipe the table before the break at least… And manager seems doesn’t care much later he was joining their table and talking and letting drive though people on hold for long time.

Chicken was bomb, biscuits were bomb, mashed potatoes were bomb, macaroni and cheese was bomb… HOWEVER, worst experience. I went with 2 friends. While we were ordering, the female who was working there acted like we were taking up all her precious texting time and ruining her greasy chicken vibe. Her eye rolls were on point though, I can only wish to learn that skill of epic eye rolling. Anyways, we sit down to wait for our order and this man came in. He sat at a table next to us (I guess ordering food here is not the «in thing» to do). Instead of minding his own business, he decided to bother us for 10 minutes, asking if we were artists. (back story on this man, he was on his phone, cropping a random woman’s head on different bodies and wondering if the proportions looked right) — did he know her? No. We went up to the register and changed our orders «to go» instead since we were all emotionally scarred by this man. I swear this woman’s eyes rolled so far back into her head, her pupils slightly grazed her brain. Meanwhile, she was leaning over the counter the whole time this strange man was bugging us, looking as amused as ever. She practically threw the to go bags at us. No, «Have a nice day!» or anything. There should be emergency absent days for women on their period. Being cranky is not cute. We left. If I were to ever have this
chicken again, I will pay someone to go get it for me.

This place is like the others. Just realize that the drive thru can take a minute though but I’ve noticed the same at other Church’s chicken as well.

I didn’t want to give this place any damn star, but I had to for a review. This place is disgusting to say the least. The amount of money you pay for the little amount of food you get for one is ridiculous, the customer service was horrible, the women’s restroom had an odor that was unbearable and the sink was dripping through the bottom. I will never go to ANY church’s chicken again. Sticking with QFC for my fried chicken.

Service was fine. Probably wont go back here because the chicken didn’t agree with me or my husbands stomach.
The mac and cheese was good
Chicken wasn’t bad *had us running to bathroom later
Corn on cobb was HORRIBLE. i mean, juicy and big but so tasteless, i didn’t finish it, not sure how you mess up on corn
Biscuits were great! little sweet on the top. Loved them.
Probably wont go back because we got such bad stomach aches from it. Not food poisoning. just maybe greasy. .

The chicken was good, but I’ve had better tasting chicken that is closer to my house and it’s a lot cheaper for what you get (Ezell’s chicken). My husband and I were surprised that we have to pay so much! This is personal but I prefer yeast bread over biscuits.
The place is also not clean. We should have just took it home instead of eating there.
We went there because my husband remember from 12 years ago that it was really good. Haha I mean it’s still good, but we have tasted better. Now at least we have gone there once so no more wondering about it. Will not come back.

The chicken was good but man it took forever to get it. You would think drive through would be fast. There was customers inside and only one car in front of us and it still took like 30 min. They must be slaughtering the chickens fresh to take this long.

I Love Some Church’s! The seasoning on the chicken is Amazing! This location isn’t the best (don’t come to this one for your first experience~ you will probably be disappointed), but it definitely satisfies your cravings once you are already a fan.

First time and last time we’ll eat here. Chicken was greasy and taste-​wise (seasonings), Church’s Chicken doesn’t come close to Ezell’s or Popeye’s. And, the prices are rather high.

WHY did it take me so long to realize that there are Church’s Chicken locations near Seattle!!! I LOVE these biscuits. I’m not a huge fried chicken fan, but theirs is pretty good. Mashed potatoes also get a thumbs up. Coleslaw, not so much.

Best thing about Church’s is you can squeeze the oily lard out of each piece and get a quart or two of motor oil for your car.

I’m down with Church’s.
Their biscuits are probably one of my top five cravings of 2011 — they are perfection with the honey baked right in! Their mashed potatoes are reminiscent of Boston Market’s, which is always a good thing in my book. And they have fried okra! I haven’t tried it at Church’s yet, but you can never go wrong with fried okra.
I don’t think I’m crazy about their chicken though. One time when I went, I ordered chicken strips and when I bit in, a bubble of hot oil burst all over my tongue. I think the trust is gone.
Go for the sides, but pass on the chicken.

«Mmmmmm… Fried chicken. I want some fried chicken!»
Off to Church’s we go! I get the number one which is two pieces, a side of potatoes and gravy, and that delicious honey biscuit. The Boy got a number 2 which is three pieces in spicy and he also orders a side of macaroni and cheese.
Both our chicken is done perfectly crispy and hot (not the I’ve been sitting under the heat lamp hot either.) The mash potatoes and gravy are so wrong and yet so right. And his mac is tasty as well. We both saved the Paula Dean approved biscuit for last.
They serve Texas Pete hot sauce in packets which I love because it reminds me of my time in the South when Hardee’s still served chicken.
As for the strange taste in their soda– I think it has to do with their mix and the fact that there is Strawberry Fanta running through those lines.