Halal Food King — Restaurant in Upper Darby

For a sign that says "food king" the food was very subpar. And to be halal with no formal certification from a school of knowledge to confirm this, is haram on many different levels. I've gotten a spicy chicken sandwich, a chicken sandwich, fries, cheese fries, potato wedges and chicken over rice on different occasions. The chicken sandwiches are very disappointing, a thin chicken patty with basic greens (lettuce tomato) and mayonnaise. The spicy chicken sandwich is the same with the cheap Chinese packet sauces on it instead. The cheese fries and fries are passable, not all of them are crisp most of them were soggy and oily. The cheese fries were the same fries with a basic cheese sauce. You would expect them to use at least salt and pepper but nothing was added. Potato wedges were an absolute disappointment. Dry, burnt around the edges, bland and oily as ever. They look seasoned but taste like burnt potatoes. The biggest disappointment was their chicken over rice. Portioning is terrible compared to competition in the surrounding area and the bland chicken and rice added nothing. Rice was slightly undercooked and the chicken was cooked well but barely had seasoning. White sauce compensated for the seasoning but these ingredients should be good...

Yo. Real talk. I don’t leave reviews unless I go through a culinary transformation, and today? Halal Food King turned me into a certified flavor disciple.

I ordered: • 2× Chicken & Lamb over rice (extra green + white sauce) • 1× Nashville Chicken Sandwich • 1× Philly Cheesesteak • 1× Small Cheese Fries • 1× Cheesecake

Every. Single. Thing. SLAPPED.

The rice platters? Built like royalty. The sauces? Sacred. The cheesesteak? Tender, gooey, perfect roll-to-meat ratio. The Nashville sandwich? Gave me attitude in the best way. The cheesecake? I blacked out and came back licking the wax paper. I literally started chewing the red-checkered paper wrap by accident because the flavor didn’t stop at the meat — it soaked into the materials 💀💀💀

The aftermath? It looked like a flavor crime scene. Nothing survived. I wiped every box. I gave the paper a second chance at life.

This isn’t just food. It’s emotional therapy with a spice profile.

If you’re within 100 miles of Drexel Hill, make the pilgrimage. And if you’re reading this review still deciding?

You’re wasting time. Order it....

The food is good, and the service isn’t bad. However, make sure to check how much they’re actually charging you whether you’re paying with card or cash. I ordered a chicken over rice and a soda and it came out to $8.47. I gave him a $20 bill and he gave me back $10.55. When I asked him about it he said sorry and gave me another 5 cents. So I asked him the total again and he told me $8.47 and I had to do the math myself and tell him that I was supposed to get back $11 and change, not $10. I would say it was probably an honest mistake, but after reading a review posted about a month ago and seeing that they were saying that their card was charged more than what they were told, I don’t think that this was an accident. Be careful when paying here because they’re clearly doing some...