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Came here because of a recommendation. I wanted to taste new ways to have fried chicken. Starbird is creative in their use of flavors: their food is mildly spicy. We came in a tried their tacos, the California Taco with avocado, tangy slaw, and fried chicken with wasabi aoli for spice. The taste was very good. We also had a Seoul Mate taco with sriracha mayo and kimchi as well as slaw for some acid zing. It was a good flavor combo with some spice. The chicken was fried in a corn meal and flour coating that was crispy but tended to hide the flavor of the chicken. It was like a crust more than a coating. The chicken tender was hot and juicy but it lacked flavor. I could tell it was chicken, but the meat needed something. They did have a cool wrinkle, your order, by your name, was listed on a TV screen that showed it was cooking or ready. It was good because you might miss your name with the conversation noise; it was loud. Not quite standing by a jet loud, but tough to hear well loud. The drinks were great, cane syrup soft drinks using no HFC. Very good. As I said, the place was a tad noisy: music, loud conversations may make you want to take your food and run.
John TaliaferroJohn Taliaferro
10
Visited the Foster City location twice on a weeknight. Overall the meals were OK and not up to the hype others are making it out to seem. While the chicken is supposed to be the "star" of the show it was lackluster of flavor and at times mainly batter. The first time we went they were out of bread at about 7pm and it would be bout 30min until they baked more. I got the Korean taco, which was fried chicken with diced kimchi, green onion, sesame seeds, and hot sauce. The chicken was mainly batter. Overall this gave it a potato-like taste. The next time with the starbird sandwich the chicken was a larger piece and moist, not dry. Yet, the chicken itself was tasteless and the sauce and kale super salad had to carry the flavors all the way. The star at this location was actually the sodafountain. They had a large selection of small batch made sodas and lemonades. I would probably not go back, but with a lack of choices in Foster city you never know. I cannot recommend a better place in the Peninsula for now, but if you ever travel to San Diego I would recommend the Crack Shack for your chicken needs.
Jason LJason L
10
I work close to this starbird location and one time when I was going for Taco Bell I decided to give them a try and I'm glad I did. First time I used their kiosk outside to place my order and it was simple. Once order is ready you'll get a text and go pick it up. You can also order online for pickup or at the cash register by the door (due to pandemic). Staff are friendly and restaurant looks clean and nice. It's right off of highway 92 and super close to 101. I've bad few chicken sandwiches and they were all really delicious and juicy. If you like some spicy food then try their Nashville Hotbird. Also their Nashville fries is pretty fire! So far I've only had their sandwiches but they also have salads, chicken tenders, tacos, and wings. All in all, starbird is one my favorite places to get my chicken fix. Definitely recommended.
Top 10 Farsi (۱۰ تا از)Top 10 Farsi (۱۰ تا از)
20
The concept is sound. The chicken strips are better than Cane's; and so are the sauce options. Where they dropped the ball is with the part of my order that mattered most. It's mostly simple to count chicken when ordering a X-piece combo. But I also ordered the chicken katsu salad and what they gave me left some things to be desired; like all the ingredients I was promised (see attached photo). I ordered it as it came, with grilled chicken. Also, for the price, it could stand to have a bit more chicken. The presentation could use some work as well. I understand it might not look like the picture, but if you advertise it coming in a bowl, don't just toss some lettuce in a box because it is for takeaway. Salad items may be secondary but I can just go to McDonald's if I wanted one phoned in.
C.Q. The GreatC.Q. The Great
20
We got wings with slaw and fries, Szechuan Hotbird sandwich. Nashville Hot wings are spicy, very juicy and got a really good crunch. 5 out of 5 Lemon pepper wings were really good. Good amount of lemon pepper not overly spicy, juicy and good crunch. Szechuan Hotbird sandwich loved the pickled veggies, made it really fresh. Chicken had really good crunch. Very tasty bite with the bun, aioli sauce, crunchy chicken, and pickled veggies. Only issue was the bottom bun was soggy but took care of that problem by eating it faster. 5 out of 5. Interestingly, eventhough all the chicken was really good, the fries were pretty much meh. They were a bit on the soft side, not hot when we received the food. Fries were petty disappointing. 1 out of 5
Dave WangDave Wang
00
The restaurant has a caption "best fried Chicken in Bay area", jus for that caption I wanted to test whether it does Justice for it, yeahhh it did..!!! The tenders were super juicy, crispy and it was finger licking..!!! It was worth the money as it comes as a combo with fries and slaw. The fries were good but the slaw had a lot more of spinach than other veggies. The Korean sandwich was also too good ,same tender and juicy filled with much flavours. SERVICE - it was good, no complaints AMBIENCE - Normal nothing spectacular, the AC wasn't working (a notice was already stuck) TASTE - 5 STAR
Saranya ChandrasekaranSaranya Chandrasekaran
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1141 Triton Dr, Foster City, CA 94404
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attractions: Costco Wholesale, Leo J. Ryan Park, Crowne Plaza Foster City-San Mateo, The Home Depot, Bridgepointe Shopping Center, MetroCenter, Hilton Garden Inn San Mateo, Hobby Lobby, Courtyard San Mateo Foster City, India Cash & Carry, restaurants: Crumbl - Foster City, Chez Xue, Penelope's Coffee and Tea, Happy Lemon Foster City, Tpumps, Mumu Hot Pot, Falafel Tazah Foster City, Chuan Chim Thai Cuisine, The Sandwich Monkey, Foster City Library

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