Pollo Riko — Restaurant in Houston

First time here. I wanted roasted chicken to-go lunch with a side and a drink, so I picked their lunch special with quarter part (leg & thigh) with a salad and drink. I also ordered similar to-go order intended to drop for my mom. As I gave the cashier my credit card (also the only one who bagged order), he pointed to the sign "cash only". Oh man. I searched my wallet and found $15. He said that was not enough for 2 orders. So I canceled one. So it was about $8 for a special lunch order. He gave me a cesar salad in a small plastic container and a can of brisk ice tea. I paid and stepped aside as all of a sudden there was a long line behind me. I checked my order and had to look twice for the 2 pieces of chicken under the 2 pieces of flour Tortilla. The chicken pieces were so small I thought that was Cornish hens. But Cornish hens I know is expensive, so it can't possibly be Cornish hens. I looked over the rotating roasting oven and saw 8 chickens on each rack being roasted. Tiniest chickens I've ever seen, I don't think even any supermarket sells them. I was wondering where did they get those tiny chickens from? Needless to say this lunch never filled me up. The 2 tortilla served no purpose but to keep you full. On top of that, the salad was old and wet. The 2 tiny green plastic containers given to me I assume one was the salad dressing. I added the thicker one into my salad and mixed it up. It was sour and soggy. The old salad and the wet & soft croutons was inedible. The chicken pieces was well marinated to almost salty, of course due to its small size. That was the worst lunch I had and still hungry. Now why the line of crowd behind me? I concluded they came from a tall office building nearby. Hence they showed up exactly at the same time. Within walking distance there are only a Jack in the Box, a small taco food truck and this chicken place so people had to walk to the closest place they could get lunch that is not hamburger and not having to wait in the sun, not much of a choice here. Needless to say, this is my first and last trip to this roasted chicken restaurant. I'd rather bring my own lunch, a much bigger quarter piece of chicken taken from a whole roasted chicken from Sam's, for $4.99, and I could always have more for dinner. I could even make my own salad getting a big box ready to eat from Sam's and my choice of salad dressing in Walmart. Thanks to this restaurant I've got my lunch ideas and so much worth it than this restaurant and their...

This place is located right outside of my office building. When standing outside, you literally could smell depression of the chicken and the chicken cooking. This place has a used seven dollar special where you get a quarter of a chicken and two side sides. You also get a drink for that. I’ve gotten the rice, corn and the potatoes. I’ve also gotten their beef soup, which is absolutely delicious. It’s really light, but also flavorful. When you come in, they only accept cash or PayPal. They do not accept card payment. So if you are looking to pay with your card, you’re gonna have to pay via PayPal. They have a QR code you could scan at the front that makes it easier. It takes 10 to 15 minutes for your order to be ready. The four times I’ve been in here. They are always busy and restaurant people placing orders to go and delivery orders. This place is always busy with families. They have a lot of Restaurant seating space for you to dine in if you choose to. Restaurant is very family oriented. There’s also seating available for large families. You will see a lot of families having lunch together or having dinner together in there. I would give this place an...

I visited the Fondren location on March 1 my bill was approximately $110 which was fine For the amount of food that I purchased. Their customer service was excellent even though my my order was large I didn’t have too much to wait was probably less five minutes Their rib soup was Out of this world it was so delicious I recommended it’s more than excellent excellent. The soup was exquisite simple, but the broth was amazing I give it five thumbs up. The chicken was slightly dry All of the side orders are wonderful Except for the Arepas those they were garbage I had to throw them all away They were dry, salty, hard as a rock The only thing I suggest, and maybe they can have a sauce not too hot, but the sauce had a wonderful flavor just a little bit too hot for me Overall, I gave...