Chicken King Restaurant — Restaurant in Mount Holly

Good fried chicken.

The process is either call ahead or show up, walk to the counter, place your order and then be seated, or stand around and wait if it is to go (or in my case, for the call ahead too).

The fried chicken was good. We opted for chicken tender box/dinner and some chicken wings. The buffalo sauce was good. But, they must not make wings often we were told to pick up the order in 10 to 15 minutes, and were still waiting specifically for the wings to cook long after we had arrived. Bit they were cooked well - we're glad they weren't undercooked. The bbq sauce for the tenders tasted like someone added too much liquid smoke to it. The fries weren't bad either. The "cole slaw" was pre-prepared or purchased more than likely out of a large plastic container and served with an ice cream scoop. Alas, we knew we were here for the chicken as it is in the name of the place.

The décor.. It is very purple. The staff was really nice. I'm not sure I was the staff's "baby" though, and I felt bad listening to one of their staff stating she had so many more hours to go before she was done with work. I'm also not sure that an off joke about everyone giving her their credit cards so that she can go out to the club later was in good taste either. But, you could tell they were in good spirit.

The crowd here seemed older, but we could tell they frequent often as the staff knew a couple of guests by name. That's always good sign seeing repeat guests.

Overall, it was ok. If you are local to the area and do not want to drive to Stanley for Bojangles or KFC in Belmont for fried chicken,...

I live locally but haven't been here in years because last time I visited, the food didn't taste well to me. Today I decided to give it another shot because I was really craving some chicken and didn't want to drive farther away. Not only was I rudely spoken to by the lady at the front who was taking my order (dirty look and very snippy; I work in customer service so I get a bad day but not when I greet you with a smile), she was also rude bringing me my food (I ordered take out) and tossing it on the table in front of me, while already walking away and throwing me a snarky "have a good day". I mean, perhaps she didn't like my outfit since she continued to look me up and down with disgust (I was rocking the ole basketball shorts and tshirt with my rainbow pride glasses lol) I was very happy that I ordered my food to go and I headed to the car, where I snuck some fries on my way back home. Fries were pretty good, the chicken tenders on the other hand were not seasoned well at all and the breading came off in one big chunk leaving a very sad piece of plain chicken underneath. Even my Chick-fil-A sauce couldn't save these tenders! Two stars, one for the sweet tea and the other for the sake of not wanting to give a one...

Really enjoyed my trip to this restaurant. I was craving seafood and wanted it close by. This was the first time I have tried this location. I ordered the fried whiting with jumbo shrimp. Both came to the table cooked perfectly. Much to my delight the breader used on both the fish and the shrimp was crispy and tasty. No oily, soggy seafood at this restaurant. The menu covers a wide range of foods. So many tasty looking things to try. Gonna have to make several more trips to this location. So much to look forward to. This restaurant has plenty of seating and provides a for comfortable dining experience. I can only think of two things that would have made this experience better

1. sliced lemon for the tea (they were out)
2. the addition of "Green" shrimp to the menu. All in all it was well worth my time and money. I will be returning. My gratitude to the staff for a tasty meal. Job well done. Thank...