Unidentified Flying Chickens - JH — Restaurant in New York

AWFUL!! DO NOT GO!! A, VIOLENT; &, DANGEROUS PLACE! Some Pros: Can get only some orders w/: no VERY BAD contents, like: peppers; onions; garlics; chilis; hot spices; cilantros; mints; &, pots of warm tea, w/out: sugar; &, milk! Some foods Ok; some portion sizes good; there's an ok toilet downstairs. ONLY 1 table here w/: working power outlet; &, a, few tables here. Food sometimes can come to table quick; but, all is VERY In-Consistent; &, lastly; at least here, u don't get forced to use chopsticks! Some Cons: TALK ABOUT MANY WAYS TO BE: BAD! VERY HIGHLY RAGE-FILLED: THEY DESPISE NEARLY ALL of the cstmrs here!! DO NOT: BE, SURPRISED, IF U END UP, FOOD POISONED; DIARRHEA-ED; SICK; NAUSEOUS; VOMITING; &, IN: LOTS OF PAIN; HERE!!! Too many items w/: cheese inside them!!; &: too much focus on serving beers there; in: a, Very In-Authentic Korean Food items place; yet, sadly, authentically Korean to some of the worst Korean cultural elements;...&: this, place IS very CLEARLY: A, RIP-OFF! Totally Empty when entered; the staff forces u to tiny tables, in an, already, overly Cramped place; &: without asking: staff quickly blares; overly Loud; jarringly DISRUPTIVE; ANNOYING; ARROGANT; AGGRESSIVELY: BOOMING; &, blasting music. Totally un-needed; &, they won't turn it off; let alone: turn it down!! That's: a, HORRIBLE ASSAULT, of: NOISE!!!!! that: 100%: RUINS: ANY meal !!!! ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING!!!! Plus, the, TINY portions of; rice, that're served; &, Very Tiny pots of hot water in the teapots; are just WAY too small; &: ARE MEANINGLESS!! PLUS: the, Sec. u enter the hostess Shouts, at u: "TO GO-??!!; OR: TO STAY-??" ; &, nearly INSISTS U to go!!! Cstmrs get rushed out! MOSTLY, a, takeout joint: where people; &, drivers, picking up; crowd all tables; roam back & forth in the tiny; BADly set up; &, designed eating space; wait staff barely visits for finding out any table's needs; &, are located "miles" away from the tables; back area, near counter, is way too bright; back area near door, is too dark, cold; &, dangerous. Folks going in & out, back & forth, over & over, all the time. ARROGANT; High Tension; &: ANGRY; DEMANDING; HARSH; LYING; COLD; ROUGH; gruff; &: VERY RUDE: staff; &: RUDE deliverers, too; there!!; RUDE Biz-Self-Destruction IS Their best Ability!!. Not enuf servers; &, power outlets; cheap, low quality napkins, also, in: Lo-Supply Constantly; no standard knives for foods; un-comfortable seats; no desserts; delivery scooters stacked up right in front; &, UN-SAFELY: blocking entrance way; &, exit way areas, of the front door. Food menu choices too few. They REALLY ONLY want cash via Large Tons of boozers; which partly explains the vomit bucket by the front door; &, they heavily Over-care about takeout orders; &, hardly care at all, except, indifferently: about eat-in orders; &, drinking in: big-tippers; w/: niteclub; type: LOUD music, shaking walls, the floor; human bones; ears; stomachs; digestion; peace of mind; relaxation; rest; &, meal times, to Complete destruction!! Too Many: fried; Slimy; fatty; &: UnHealthy foods on menu. Windows; walls; All glass surfaces; table surfaces; stairways; sidewalk storefront areas; floor; benches; chairs; etc.; are: Filthy. MOST seating areas Only have uncomfortable; &, ridiculously hi-leveled stools!! Waitresses interrogated: every order decision, like cops investigating!. It's: too chilly; drafty; Narrow; Cramped; Up-Tight; Small; DARKLY-Mooded; &: the, biz model here, Is: ABUSE ur customers, Spit on them; Always use: EXCUSES; Dis-respect; DISMISS; dis-regard; neglect; insult; attack; &, REVILE: all ur cstmrs; &, see how much fun they have being: MEAN!; utterly: Despicable; Nasty; CRUEL; PUSHY; undesirable; well hated savages; BAD; &, HATE-LOVING; &: added on, to all that TRASH; Is: awful: shouting, screaming; &: yelling; from: the, kitchen; &, back & forth between kitchen & counter staff; too! This place, here, Is: Wrong; TRULY: SICK!!!; Horrid!!; Poison!!; &, NOT RIGHT!!. A. - [Up-Dated:...

3.5

This place touts itself as the "#1 korean fried chicken by NYTimes". As a fan of fried chicken, I cannot resist paying a visit.

Decor The exterior is rather unassuming; I almost walked past it if I didn't check google maps before coming. The interior decoration is hip; it is reminiscent of the places in east village. The wall is custom painted; there is witty custom writing on the back rest of the seats. Basically, the ambients are excellent.

Beer The first thing I noticed is the giant chalkboard with ~11 types of beers. They sell pint, 32oz, and 64oz. The 32oz cost is generally in the teens and the 64oz is generally $20. They also sell glasses in pint, as well as 32/64oz glass growlers. They also sell plastic "recyclable" growlers. Growlers are around $5-6. On the wall next to the counter there is also a shelf of bottles of beer on display. Again, this feels like a east village place.

Food Having been introduced to the fried chicken sandwich in Fuku in east village, I have been trying to find out if other places have sandwiches of similar quality.

Unfortunately, I have to say that the fried chicken sandwich at this place is pretty mediocre. There's the option to add cheese and bacon for extra cost, which, as far as ingredients go, is unnecessary for one to savor the chicken, if the chicken is good. They also put lettuce and tomato in the burger as vegetable/condiments, which is about as creative as...every other place that sell burger. The burger is also very thick due to the lettuce + tomato + fried chicken patty folding on itself one or two times, making it rather hard to chow down.

The fried chicken patty is rather dry (overfried), too thin to retain juice, and feels too salty. It does not have the layered crunchy texture one would expect from an expertly fried piece, nor was it juicy. Basically, I did not feel much texture with my tongue, not much crunch with my teeth, and it just felt a bit awful.

I checked the menu and it appears that there are more fried chicken in the form of wings and drumsticks. So perhaps that is their specialty? I might have to come back and try those. But, so far, I am not...

I used to go here all the time before the pandemic and the food was really good and so was the general atmosphere. But I went again after a years-long hiatus only to find the place to be somewhat different, and not for the better. It feels like management changed because the standards simply aren’t what they once were. They used to serve pretty big pieces of chicken, but they’re much smaller now. The wings are probably 2/3 of the size they used to be, which is disappointing. I used to get full off a small order of 6 wings but found myself still hungry for more. The flavor is definitely still there, but the portion size left me wanting more. The fries are also now shoestring instead of thick-cut, and there’s hardly a difference between small and large fries. Something else that bugged me was that I asked for all drums and they end up giving me a single flat for some reason. It was 5 pm and we were the only customers inside, there is no way they ran out of drums 4 hours prior to closing.

Something else that bugged me was that the tables used to have call buttons — they had buttons on each table that would call the waiter or give you water. Those are all gone now for some reason. And to top it off, the water was warm.

Another thing that really bugged me is the garbage smell from the downstairs area that seeps into the restaurant when the wind blows. You have to go downstairs and cross a smelly area swarming with flies to use the bathroom, which is located on the ground floor. It was very unpleasant to smell garbage every few minutes. That area needs to be cleaned ASAP.

Overall the food still tastes good, but it’s nowhere near the value it once was and the little things, like the call buttons and lack of bad odors,...