Preston Chicken Shack — Restaurant in Melbourne

REVIEW 2024: I came back for their charcoal chicken and chips a year later. 🍟➕ It was a pleasant surprise to see HOW GENEROUS they are with their chips! They literally give you a big bag and there's plenty to take home. The chips are fried in fresh oil (you can taste how crispy and new they are). What a steal. What partner loves this place.

🥗 In terms of salad, I went for their pasta salad (delicious and refreshing) while the scallops salads was served warm. It was the perfect amount of creaminess. I would avoid the Greek salad still. 🙅‍♀️

Highly recommend Preston Chicken Shack (updated 4 stars to 5 stars!). ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ORDERED 2023: 🍗  1/2 Chicken Charcoal Pack: chicken, chips & choice of 2 salads ($17.90) 🥣  Medium Gravy ($3.50)

REVIEW: Generous delicious portions. The chicken has one of the crispiest skins I've EVER had on charcoal chicken, and chips that are so plentiful and salty that it was fantastic. It was somehow crispy, but had a fluffiness in the centre. Absolutely freshly fried. The stuffing in the chicken was also delicious. Highly recommend their Chicken and Chips!

Would avoid the salad. It's cut too thick and the flavours aren't there. The Greek salad has all the ingredients, but no tanginess or pepperiness that's iconic of a greek salad. The Coleslaw lettuce is sliced too large, which makes it quite average to eat. Considering there's a Woolies next door, you should get salad from there instead. The gravy was a bit too gloopy for me as well, but it's great in adding moisture.

Service was great. Truly local owned, friendly Asian lady at the counter. We wanted to dine in, but with the abundance of birds around there was bird poop on the table. She offered to send her employee to clean it, so we could still dine in! We also wanted to go for a large gravy ($1 difference) but she recommended against it. Thank goodness for the advice. Although it's a $1 difference, the size is almost DOUBLED. Overall,...

This shop is a family owned shop, I always see the same Asian lady at the counter serving people working with her husband, I don’t think they have taken a day off in years because I use to go to school down the street, I’ve done back over 3 years later and it’s still the same couple working, very hard working and honest. They have some of the best and most fairly priced charcoal chicken I’ve come across in Melbourne, there’s a reason they are on many lists of the top charcoal chicken in Melbourne. This isn’t a place to go if you’re looking for a fancy dinner date, this is a place you go to get good quality food for a cheap price, and an overload on chips- there’s never been a place where they put as many chips as they do here in Melbourne. Amazing place,...

Was super excited to try this place out after seeing rave reviews online including on sites like broadsheet. Disappointed it didn’t hit like I was expecting it to - portions for chips were great, the man who filled our order filled the medium chip box to the top, popped it in a plastic bag and continued to shovel in more chips. Unfortunately the chips were cold and quite oily, I can imagine they would’ve been tasty if hot. Chicken was okay, really salty but had a nice charcoal flavor. Was expecting more at $18.50 a chook. We also picked up a gravy - this was the worst part of the meal. No flavor at all, tasted like I was eating glue. Overall prob won’t be back to this...