Golden Bird — Restaurant in Los Angeles

I'll begin with a precursor, it was pure nostalgia that moved me in the direction to try Golden Bird! You know, the sweet memories of sitting in the backseat and grubbing on their delicious chicken after church with my grandma. That slightly sweet, crunchy coating!!! Yes, yes and yes- I drove by a few times and today was finally the day that I gave in. Well, first thing that should of deterred me was the prices!! Initially, I was just gonna grab a few pieces for the family-but a 16 piece was almost $70!!!!! I must admit that I was very insulted because what chicken costs that much??? Even air chilled, organic chicken from Whole Foods isn't that much! And even bigger, this isn't even freshly fried chicken! This chicken is prefried, sits under a heat lamp for who knows got long, and is sold on Florence and Western!! There's no great views, no wait service, no ambiance. Actually, I was pissed that I didn't see the huge pile of trash sitting next to the door when I went in because I'm sure it would've deterred me from even proceeding! Any who, I decided to grab the 2 piece with 2 sides and a corn muffin. Long story short, I wish I could've reclaimed my time, my energy and all 15 of my dollars!! Now I speak on the prices here but make no misunderstanding- I don't mind playing top dollar for good food and good service! This on the other hand was not one of those experiences tho! That chicken was super greasy and tasted old, refried, and trash ready! And the sides were just plain nasty!!! For health purposes, I couldn't even bring myself to eat the sides because watching the lady handle everybody's money, pick trash up off the floor, then walk over and scoop the food into the container with no gloves on was disgusting!! Side bar, the sides were greens and yams!! I chose those because they were the only decent looking things in the steamer! The beans and the macaroni and cheese looked tragic- like the heat lamp had completely dried them out. Ultimately, I would not recommend eating at Golden Bird! The food was awful, as were their food safety procedures!! Worst of all is the price range!! Like if you're gonna sling chicken in that area, at least freshly fry it and price it in a place where folks in the neighborhood could actually...

Typical experience with a establishment ran by my people, however when I met her with her same exact energy when I ask about the chicken bits that aren't listed on the menu she informed me that that item is a cooked to order item which I still don't understand isn't on the menu but ok I ordered it and she duly asked what sides do you want and again matching her energy I ordered the red beans and rice with the yams, also got banana pudding OMG 😃 you can tell the difference between the people cooking, so I guess as long as you know that 👍🏾 they aren't too you know 🤬🤫 then get your food 😋 because I can't control how our people are working or their professionalism because maybe in urban areas they don't get proper training, or classes or maybe because of the area they service as well, nobody really cares and that's really to bad because I do , I want good customer service and I want to be a great customer as well I think I'm positive polite and appreciative of the person fixing my meal, especially this meal it was nothing short of a soul food meal for me, I live 55 miles away from the city and I haven't been to GB in 30 plus yes and my experience with customer service was this, WOW 😳 krazy 🤦🏾‍♀️, it's not hard to be nice I work in it daily at a Dr office, so I know how to be able to help and still nice. Just a little food for thought ☺️. The food 😋 was good. But I might be better off 😜 not going back. They have other locations but I'm not willing to do all of that driving, I happened to be in the city for a bit 😆 but nah I'm over it. But maybe you might have a better experience with customer service then I did, go...

We got take out from here today and it was amazing! Such a perfect find!! I'm not sure why the reviews and ratings aren't better. I'm glad we went there despite the rating on google. I was craving some fried chicken this morning and thank God everything else was closed and we found our way to this restaurant!! Yes, they take only cash and that's not really a problem - it's not hard to get the cash from an ATM nearby or better still do your own research and come prepared with the cash. You will find the best fried fall-of-the-bones chicken ever!! The batter has a lot of flavour too and the leg and thigh pieces were the best! All the sides we got were perfect too!! Onion rings, Mac n cheese, coleslaw! The onion rings and the corn muffins do deserve special mention! Oh and the banana pudding - to die for!! The chicken sandwich was a little dry. Not the showstopper! But it's still good. Just needed more Mayo/ranch and it might work better on a different kind of bread. But it's a huge filling sandwich that you can work with. You have to get their fried chicken!! Thank you so much for the...