Chicken Loco

I will actually review on food when I actually get one. But I intended to get a pupusa from here and when I tried to order there was a paper sign that said «No card today!» I was so disappointed and the associate just shrugged his shoulders.
Maybe next time…

Wow! I can not believe how many people suffer from taste depravity. I have eaten here three times. Twice for breakfast and once for a quick lunch. I came three times to get a whole chicken and twice they really lived up to their name. A chicken place that has no chicken is very Loco! How the hell do you run out of rotisserie chicken at a rotisserie chicken shack? I can spell moronic! That’s a start. When I finally got a chicken it was no better than one you get at Giant or Safeway. It had been sitting in a bin and was dried out.
The breakfast was worse! I got pupusas and a tamale and the tamale was a soggy disgusting mess having sat in a water tray– WTF? The pupusas were cold.
Really do yourself a favor for chicken and go to Chicken Polo a mile down the road. Real hardwood mixed with the charcoal and the chicken is fresh off the skewer. Far… far better and worth the wait since you almost always have to stand in line but well worth it and you can see your chicken being pulled off the skewer and cut up right in front of you. Cant get much fresher and juicier than these!

Delicious food and decent price. The owner and the ladies who work at this place are super efficient and friendly. My disappointment is when I run into the weird looking guy with pencil eyebrows, it makes me not want to buy my meals from this place anymore.

I have my favorites in terms of Peruvian chicken places, but I was pretty okay with Chicken Loco. I’ve always been curious about this place when I pass it frequently to get to H-​Mart :P The place seemed to be recently renovated. When we walked in, the place was pretty busy in terms of people dining in as well as some coming in to pick up take-​out orders. My husband and I shared the ½ Chicken combo, which came with 2 sides. We opted for fried rice and french fries (steak fries). The chicken itself had great flavored skin, and the meat itself was extremely juicy (like, really juicy!). The aji sauce was more on the mustardy side, which actually complemented their meat. The sides were okay — the fries could have been more fresh, and the rice itself was forgettable. The staff was friendly, and the guy who helped us out wasn’t too stingy with the sauce, either! There is also a bottle of hot sauce on tables, so you can use that. You have to ask for packets of ketchup if you want that for your fries. Right when you enter, there is also a casing to your right with some breads/​pans.
+extra juicy Peruvian chicken
+aji sauce is more mustard-​based

I have been coming here for over two years now and have never been disappointed. The pollo a la brasa is excellent. They have a wide variety of sides from which to chose to compliment the pollo specials. It is fast service and the food is always consistently good. Try it out if you have not. You won’t be sorry!

My shortest review ever: Meh!
The chicken is okay, but besides that, there is very little to justify the «Peruvian» Chicken label as little of their menu is made up of peruvian dishes.
I should also mention that my first visit here, they had RUN OUT OF CHICKEN. How does that happen?
There are better options. Use them!

This was just okay. Like, if you were right next to it and wanted chicken, you could eat here. The place was clean and inviting to sit in (compared to some real divey pollo a la brasa places around here).
The chicken was adequate. The sauces were bland. The sides were okay. It looked like maybe other things on the menu were better than the chicken, but we didn’t try them.
I’m reluctant to give it three stars, because honestly I’m not coming back. But the experience was okay.

Great for breakfast (wide selection of cheap pastries), lunch or dinner. Usually get a half-​chicken and a couple sides, which is enough for two people. MMM plantains!!!

Delicioso! We always get the bone beef broth, which is rich and flavorful. I’ve enjoyed the papusas and other entries from here as well. The place looks clean and service is very good — the head cashier was very accommodating on resolving a small discrepancy in the order today, which has won loyalty from me as a customer beyond the food. Solidly recommend.

I HAD to have Peruvian chicken the other night, so I decided to check out Chicken Loco after passing it millions of times on 236. (Little River Turnpike) I ordered a ¼ chicken which came with 2 sides, (I chose white rice and veggies) and my boyfriend and I split a large order of yucca. My boyfriend attempted to order food, but everything he wanted was «out» (tacos, burritos, pupusas…) for some unexplained reason. The chicken was juicy and well cooked, and they were generous on their portions of sides and yucca… but it wasn’t anything super special compared to Super Chicken or El Pollo Rico.
Hopefully, next time I’ll be able to try the pupusas that everybody raves about!

Gotten a couple items from here and they have all been good.

This place has the best Pupusas in the northern VA area. I’m Salvadorean and this place surely make their pupusas as good ass the ones in El Salvador. I haven’t try their chicken yet but it seems like they have a variety of dishes. I took off one star just because they are slightly ($ 0.25– $ 0.50 cents) overprice compared to the other places around. But its worth it!

Absolutely 100% awesome place. If you’re there with a friend, get the half a chicken with two sides, and two plates.
The bakery is also amazing. The alfajores are to die for.

Pollo a la cream for the win!!! This is awesome and the chicken rotisserie is a burst of flavor with every bite.

This place is alsome I have been there twice and you need to check it out. I had lunch there and then took home dinner. But the lunch will more then fill you up. I will be back to try something else.

I ordered half chicken meal — with fried yucca and plantains. The purchase included a free canned soda and came to about $ 8.00. Overall, it was a great deal, but the chicken was dry. The yucca and plantains were the best I’ve had in this area.
They also have a HUGE selection of other sides and menu items. I’m sure I’ll be back.

Aight! Its a chick up!
On my continuous conquest to try every pollo place in sight, I went with the one-​reviewed Chicken Loco. I pass by this place everyday on my way to work and decided to give it a whirl. Overall, it was aight. Ordered half chicken which comes with two sides. The sides I got were the steamed veggies and plantains. Let’s start with the chicken. A bit dry, a little underseasoned and for being a panaderia/​pollo/​asian bistro the meat was formidably average. The veggies were steamed too long leading to its soggy appearance and mushy taste. The plaintains were ok in small quantities, but they get old real fast from the burnt aftertaste.
All in all. A somewhat tame showing from the self-​proclaimed loco restaurant.

In general I’m a big fan of Peruvian Chicken, and this place, like so many other places, makes me wanna come back for more, and to borrow a line from the colonel, it really is «finger lickin good» too.
We ordered two whole chickens for carry-​out to split between 4 people. Whole chickens with 2 sides was $ 13. Sides of corn on the cob, cooked vegetables, rice, and something else, honestly were not that great. Rice was rather bland (compared to Super Pollo), veggies were mushy from being overcooked, corn on the cob was just okay, and the other side dish was sooo forgettable… I forgot what it was.
As for the chicken, it had a healthy amount of seasoning rubbed into it so it tasted great, however, I can’t speak to the texture or moistness of the chicken as my wife reheated it in the oven for a little bit, so it wasn’t as moist as I had hoped… but it wasn’t dry either. I suspect it would have been nice and juicy had we eaten it right away. I think we’ll definitely be back, especially to try according to my wife, some kind of stew with peruvian chicken similar to Korean sam-​gye-​tang.
Annandale is slowly becoming a place to go for more than just Korean food. Now we’ll be coming here for good Vietnamese and Peruvian Chicken.