Lou's Chicken Shop — Restaurant in Moraga

This is my 2nd time getting food to go at Lou’s Chicken Shop. Glad to have such a versatile chicken place that offers so many different styles of chicken!

The menu is deceptively short, but you can have a lot of different combinations for whatever food fix you are craving. It’s quite varied: Asian-Style (Korean, Chinese, Japanese); southern fried chicken, slaw and fixings; and Hawaiian-style Lunch plates!!

If you like strong Asian flavors, Garlic Soy Glaze Chicken is the way to go! Carmel Fish Sauce Chicken is also a strong 2nd if you want a little less aggressive flavor but like the hit of umami and savory.

I got the Garlic Soy Glaze Chicken sandwich and plate. Both were extremely filling. I enjoyed both. The Sandwich was large and packed with flavor because of the strong flavors of the chicken, kimchi and garlicky cucumber!

If you’re in the mood for Hawaiian style plate lunch, the rice and macaroni deliver that experience and you have a lot of choices. The plates are filling and versatile. May initially seem like a lot of choices, but that’s what I like about it!

I choose Teriyaki chicken plate with Spicy Sesame Slaw, which came with scoop of rice and macaroni salad; Chicken Karaage plate with Jalapeno slaw, came with scoop of rice and macaroni salad. Teriyaki chicken was a bit sweet for my taste since I generally favor savory tastes. The Chicken Karaage with aioli was crispy and delicious.

*The new menu item Carmel Fish Sauce Sticky Wings were excellent. Even after the ride home, it was crispy and delivers on flavor! I would get this every time!

Next time I will try a straight up Buttermilk Chicken Sandwich and a Kalua pork plate or sandwich! Wait, they have...

We don't eat out too often, so I didn't even realize that this place had been around for about a year. My SO had a craving for a fried chicken sandwich and we decided to give them a shot, and we are so glad we did!

I would call this the best fried chicken sandwich in Lamorinda, and it's a reasonable price for a big sandwich. Sort of Bakesale Betty style, with a sweet soft bun and a lightly acidic slaw over breaded and seasoned chicken. Very little spice but it doesn't suffer for that.

We also got the smoked fries which were delicious and very generously portioned/seasoned.

Next time we're going to be sure to visit during happy hour which starts at 4:30 on weekdays. One of the offerings on the happy hour menu (as of our visit) was a "chicken bite" and fries combo for $8. Seems like an amazing deal on paper.

They have plenty of other food options including some Asian cuisine. They also have beer on tap which included a few good quality local microbrews. Not a massive selection or anything, but worth noting.

All in all, a great spot in Moraga that I can't believe we didn't know about before now. Definitely...

This is arguably the best price to quality ratio of all of the restaurants in Moraga. Then, stepping outside of this town, the chicken sandwich and tater tots are still top tier. It’s delicious and you should give these people your business and try something new. Next time you’re asking which of the three surrounding pizza places you’re going to pick from, just try Lou’s and you’ll be happy. I promise. Also I think they have $2.50 PBRs.

DONT SLEEP ON LOU’S. We need more places like this in town, and they are setting the bar where...