CM Chicken — Restaurant in Lake View Township

This must be a pop up CM Chicken because it is nothing like the other one I have been to. For starters, there is no button to call for service as I’ve seen in the other one (and that I heard they have in Korea), so there is no way to call the waiter/waitress when they’re in the back.

There are no public toilets.

We ordered the Garlic Soy Chicken because it is the least spicy of all the options. When I tried it, I noticed it was decently spicy. Not too overwhelming for me, but we ordered it for others in the group that are sensitive to spicy things. We called the waitress over to ask for a different flavor that’s less spicy and she told us that they batter them in spicy batter so every flavor comes spicy no matter what. I thought that was extremely odd. However, I enjoyed the chicken. It’s really delicious but the others I was with couldn’t enjoy it.

The waitress was friendly and attentive though.

The atmosphere was ok, just no public bathroom.

They charge for the radishes when the one I went to gives them as a free starter.

All in all I’m just disappointed with...

While I have been to a few CM chicken branches and am generally happy with the food, today’s experience was disappointing.

We placed a scheduled delivery order at 3:21 PM, to have it delivered by 6:00 PM. The order arrived just on time, but we found that everything was soggy and cold. Come on, this is fried chicken. What is the point of ordering one if it were to arrive in this condition?

Based on the receipt, we suspect that they messed up the scheduled delivery part of the order. It says ‘takeout’ order, placed at 3:22 PM. If the food was prepared more than 2 hours before the delivery time, no wonder it was in such bad condition, and I would even worry about whether it is OK to eat this.

I hope the restaurant learns how to manage scheduled delivery from this incidence. Please start preparing the food with the delivery time in mind, instead of making it right away and let it sit for hours. Or, if you cannot manage scheduled delivery, consider not offering it...

Nice little Korean fried chicken joint. Food came out pretty quickly. We got the soy garlic tenders and hot snow onion wings. I was very disappointed in the tenders. The soy garlic marinade was flavorful and the chicken was juicy, but there was no crisp. This textural component made me reluctant to go back for more. While the tenders weren’t my favorite, the wings were much better. The snow sauce which was a mayo based sauce was very tasty and coated the chicken well. The onions provided another crunch and mixed with the snow sauce to make a slaw. The chicken was super crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside. I couldn’t stop eating these. Unfortunately I couldn’t taste a spice with these and wonder what the regular wings taste like. Overall, it was a mixed bag with some good and bad. Next time I return I will definitely be getting the hot snow onion...