Wow Chicken

Went there for the first time today and ordered the spicy wings. Didn’t like it because the spicy glaze was rather sweet and salty and not spicy. The sauce was too complex and it ruined the wings. I had imagined spicy to be like the KFC hot wings but no they’re more like a sticky glaze.
But the wings themselves were of excellent quality and very fresh, so I’ll still give this place a second chance as I think the original flavored wings are better than the flavored ones.

Don’t be fooled by their hours, their kitchen closes an hour early so forget about getting late night munchies; if you close at 10 that means you’re functional until 10, not last order at 9.

Over priced, small chicken pieces, batter tastes like nothing. I tried for the second and last time tonight, I just don’t get what people see in the chicken here. To the people here who think this is 5 star chicken go check out KFC, you’ll probably want to give it the Michelin Star!

I ordered half chicken extra crispy last week and it was horrible. The chicken was still raw inside and we got really sick. I will never order from this place again

Wow Chicken is awesome.
I came here with one of my friends on Friday, the 9^th of October and was really impressed. Not a lot of people because we avoided the lunch/​dinner rush but it’s a really cool place with an okay atmosphere and it’s awesome that they play Korean music videos on the TV while you eat, haha.
We both got the boneless chicken meal which comes with fries, salad, and your choice of dressing. The fried chicken was fresh and tasty and awesome, the salad was good, and the fries. Holy crap. The fries are AMAZING here. You HAVE to get them. I know this is primarily a chicken place but you have not truly experienced Wow Chicken until you get their fries. Genuinely some of the best fries I have ever had in my life, if not THE greatest. I was craving those fries hours later still.
Portion size is big and I saw everyone who was eating there on Friday needed a box to do takeout for the rest, but whatever, it’s so good. You’ll be glad you took it home, even if the fries get soft in the box after.
This place’s service is seriously fast too. We got our food (gigantic meal) in like 10 minutes max. Kinda wish they’d pour out the soda in glasses, but just in the can was adequate enough for me. Oh, and it’s so cheap and affordable. The boneless chicken meal together with pop for me was around 11 dollars! That’s insanely inexpensive.
I recommend you try this place out if you love fried chicken and fries. I definitely wanna come back!

If you are in the mood for fried chicken — you can’t do any better than WOW! Chicken!
This place ONLY makes fried chicken. (fries and a few pickles and things on the menu as well).
There is original recipe (think KFC but crispier, and more tasty), and their Korean spicy/​sweet chicken as well as a few other flavours.
No nonsense, straight to the point restaurant that specializes in fried chicken!
Once you taste it, you’ll be back again and again.
Décor is very nice. Trendy asian café style, service is pleasant.
I’ll be back again and again!

Ordered half chicken Sat 5 pm, service was pretty fast, 10 minutes wait only!
Absolutely overpriced & undervalued comparing to the real Kentucky Fried Chicken. So heavily breaded, very dry, can’t taste chicken at all. Quite disappointed!

Set up cafeteria style, you place your order (in my case, crispy chicken wings and my friends got the Gang Jeong and we shared a large fries) and take a seat while you wait for your food. K pop music videos keep you entertained, as do their unique drinks (frozen bubble beer anyone?).
The chicken comes out super crispy (not greasy at all!) and moist at the same time. Even though it’s fast food, the staff still checks up on you to make sure you’ve got everything you need.
This place is a win in my books!

I love the chicken here :) Would recommend if you are in the mood for some Korean fried chicken! My personal favourite is the fried chicken with the shallot on top and also the chili sauce one. I opt out to get the half half so I can eat both flavours: D
I don’t particularly recommend the fries or the veggie tempura. Not that they are bad but I don’t think they are anything amazing and I would rather fill my tummy with more chicken instead: D
I like the cute little interior inside the restaurant. I also like that they serve Korean beer here. My only wishes are that they delivered and/​or stayed open a bit later. Beer and chicken would be a pretty good late night meal with friends!
Street parking in Kensington, it’s always a bit of a struggle finding any but if you get lucky, you can park right in front of the restaurant.

The chicken was gross. Tasted like dried up, frozen, rubbery, pop corn chicken garbage.
The fries were alright.
Pricey for what you get…

Looking for something different yet the same to nom on this blistering hot summer day. I’ve been trying to go to wow chicken for a while now.
I got me a Lunch Special; this consisted of 5pc wings with fries and a pop ($ 8.99). I opted to «upgrade» my fries to seasoned fries, I went for the bulgogi ($ 0.5) flavour. Service was quick as I was the only person there at the time, the restaurant was very clean and modern looking. Totally in love with their WOW chicken logo on… EVERYTHING. To me… its always the small details that count, and that’ll always bring be back. I did find it a bit awkward to be sitting in the corner waiting for my food when there were so many empty seats around; I was happy enough watching the Korean MVs playing on the television there as a distraction though.
The food was steaming hot when I got in my car. The chicken was crispy and tender with every bite I could get down without burning myself. The coating of the chicken was very crunchy, but there was little to no seasoning to the chicken at all; quite bland. I think it would’ve tasted much better if it had sauce. Loved the bulgogi flavor on the fries, it was sweet and was a great change from «unseasoned» fries”.
Would come back on a regular basis if could find better free parking in the area…

Looking for some quick deep fried chicken that’s a bit different from your regular KFC? Well, that’s what wow chicken is for. Just ordered a boneless chicken meal with fries and pop. Worked out to be just under $ 10. Pretty good deal (ignoring twoonie Tuesdays at some other chicken vendor). The taste isn’t for everyone though. It’s a bit light on the flavor, and it’s best to come with more than one person to order a bit more and share (though there really isn’t any argument to leftovers). Personally, I prefer the spicy gang-​geong wings with a bit more flavor, but I don’t mind the original recipe.
They seem to put a lot of time in the esthetics of the place including place mats, plates, wet naps branded with the wow chicken logo. I would be surprised if the bathroom also had toilet paper with the branding. (Kidding!)
This place seems to see people in waves and can be a bit busy so just depends when you come by. The Korean music videos are a nice touch and a nice change from Taylor Swift. With the loss of Lido Café, it’s nice to see another Asian establishment in the neighborhood.

Great restaurant facilities. Clean and modern. Service is prompt. Food came out quick. The fries are awesome. The chicken is good also but the fries are the star.

Compare to other fried chicken places out there, this restaurant offers good korean style fried chicken. I don’t understand why bad review. Anyways, I like this restaurant and I hope it lasts long enough that I can stop by when I feel like eating Korean style fried chicken.
I hope my review doesn’t annoy others since I am not one of those professional reviewers out there: p

Had the Original recipe chicken — half and half so one half that was just the plain recipe with no sauce and the other half with soy garlic. Original recipe tasted and had texture
of Popeyes chicken. Me who enjoys lots of sauce and flavour, I enjoyed the soy garlic. It wasn’t drenched in sauce, just lightly dipped in it. Also tried their gang-​jeong chicken which were very saucy and were popcorn chicken (boneless). They’re spicy and sweet and a thick crispy layer of batter.

I decided to check out WOW Chicken for lunch today and i ordered the shallot chicken and a small garden salad and fries in bulgogi flavour. the chicken was not as crispy as i was hoping and the flavour was a little weak. they pour a spicy mustar sauce on the chicken, but i could barely taste the mustard. The fries was pretty tasty, it was not really crispy but the bulgolgi seasoning made the fries taste sweeter and the seasoning was good. Overall i had better chicken at Yum Yum, but the atmosphere at WOW was more loungy and hip a great place to hang out with friends, they should expand their menu with more sharing apps and tapas style, that would give the place a ultimate hang out foody lounge type feel.

Solid 3.5 stars.
Seems to be a Korean tradition, they sure know their fried chicken, even better than those Taiwanese nuggets at the bubble tea places, but I digress.
For $ 7.99, you sure can’t beat the value, comes with regular fries and a can of pop, but feeling generous, I upgraded to the sweet chili fries, which was a terrific choice. A good tang to it.
but of course, the highlight is the chicken; it’s not as hard-​crispy as KFC or Church’s…a bit more tendier breaded skin…
Good atmosphere for a Sunday lunch, casual atmosphere with a bit of a modern décor.
no amex.
Friendly service, nice Korean server even asked how was it ;)
Liked the bench seating.

It’s a shame to what I’m going to have rate this place. To start off with the positives is that this place make some killer chicken. Probably one of the best I’ve had from a fast food restaurant. Unfortunately the place isn’t well maintained. Tables were sticky and dirty and the service takes forever .
Another thing to point on that really irritated me was how rude the waitress were. And they expected a big tip. I ordered food that was worth 60 dollars with a group of friends and she literally straight up said” that’s it ?” You have to give us more and I gave a 6 $ tip. That was way to generous considering what we got from the workers.

I was in Calgary for the weekend in Oct. 2014. I was disillusioned with all of the suburban sprawl and icky American style corporate restaurants. So I went to Kensington and stumbled on Wow Chicken.
This has got to be fried chicken nirvana. I had the Original wings one evening and they were so good I went back for lunch the next day! The 2^nd time I had the breast strips. Also original, they were juicy, juicy inside and crunchy crispy outside. I don’t know how they do it but the best fried chicken of 2014!
You can sit inside in a comfortable and tasteful dining room or do take-​out. I think they also have some Korean staples on the menu but let me tell you, the chicken is what knocks it out of the park. You gotta try it if you are in Calgary. (Plus, Kensington is a cute older, leafy neighborhood that is enjoyable to walk around and window shop.)

This two star rating is based on the premise that this is a fried chicken joint, which despite the signage may not actually be the intent (details to follow). Off the bat, the half chicken (~$ 11) seemed pretty small… I polished it off and was still looking around for something to eat.
The chicken itself seemed not to be marinated in any noticeable way. The coating was very crunchy, but not seasoned at all. Unlike at Olive Chicken (another Korean fried chicken spot in town), a sprinkling of salt did not bring it to life. Another subtle distinction is that the skin at Olive is crispy (a satisfyingly delicate hardness that yields once bitten), whereas at Wow it’s just thoroughly crunchy (hard after each chew).
I had to douse the Wow chicken with Frank’s Red Hot to make it becoming, and noticed that it remained pretty crunchy. I’m going to give them the benefit of the doubt here and assume the lack of seasoning and the crunchy coating are designed to accommodate pungent sauce (like chicken wings, or the elusive Nashville hot fried chicken). The chicken can be ordered tossed with a sweet, hot, or garlic ginger sauce, and I’m suggesting this is the way to go. Maybe they were inspired by Anju’s much fêted gojuchang wings? As I mentioned at the start, this is a two-​star fried chicken place, but may be a higher starred place if you go in expecting and ordering wing style chicken.