Crazy Chicken & Crab

New location opened up. It was the old chino bandito location at Dobson and Chandler Blvd. They still had some of the same decorations. Very sparse and old furniture. The fried chicken was good but the sauce was awesome. For $ 9.99 for a half chicken seemed a bit high. It was more than enough to split. It does come with a bland cole slaw and some sweet relish. Not great sides but you can always order something else. Service was great. Very attentive and friendly.

What can I say! Wait I can’t. This place is amazing. Food is beyond any flavors I could of imagined. Good food and well priced. This place is well doable for a large family or group of friends, even kids will enjoy this. Make sure to order the fried rice. Huge portions too. I’m still on awwwww that I can’t find anything to complain about hahaha… They are on point at this place.

Worst service ever. Took over 15 minutes to get a water and soda. Waitress entered wrong order then forgot the rice. Asked 3 times to get 2 orders or rice and she came back with 1. 10 minutes later got the other. Multiple people complaining about service and incorrect bills. Food was descent, but service sucks. I will not be going back.

Avoid this place like the plague. I would like to rate their food, but I never got any. The two guys who sat down after I put in my order did, I never even got ice water. I finally walked out to go back to work. This place will not last long, richly deserved

Came here after a tournament with hungry kids. We were told the fried chicken may take as long as 30 minutes to reach the table. They were short of help. Luckily my hubby ordered the Dungeness crab as an appetizer. It was okay. But the chicken was delicious!!! We ordered the Padak and ½ Honey Butter with Egg Fried Rice. I smothered my Padak chicken with that side Wasabi sauce and it was certainly a mix of sweet, sour, spicy and BOOM!!! Pop of umami flavor! The pickled radish was just a nice touch to everything. My kids loved the Honey Butter chicken, I kept hearing my younger one hum…“Mmmm!” We will definitely return. Hopefully they will have enough help next on my next visit. The servers were really nice though and apologetic.

I went with a group of 5 really good friends and these dudes love food. We convinced each other to get 4 plates of chicken. We ordered: Fried Padak Chicken, Garlic Soy Sauce Chicken, Sweet and Spicy Chicken, and Extreme Spicy Chicken.
My crab loving friend also ordered the crab at $ 16.00 a pound (this is market price so the price varies).
My friend loved the crab and me and the others agreed it was cooked well. If you really like Asian steamed crab in its essence, this place is a pretty good place to get it.
Overall for the chicken, I wish the cuts were smaller (I don’t like a huge fried breast in my pile of chicken), have it a bit more crunchier, and for the saucy ones, have a bit less sauce, or have a more stickier sauce that clings to the chicken better.
It took us about an hour and a half for us to get our chicken. However, I admire the server’s resilience in dealing with this situation. Especially with a new restaurant, it’s super tough to really work out all the kinks. We know something went wrong with the kitchen but it’s really none of our business to find out. When I peeked my head through there to investigate (because I’m a jerk) it looks like they were understaffed so someone must have walked out or something. Maybe they ran out of inventory because they were so busy.
Either way, because of the wait, we got some free coleslaw, which was alright. I wish the servers gave us more napkins and filled our water better but I think they were under so much stress, that they had to let it pass.
I know it’s a new restaurant but it’s still important data to note. I was fuming mad I waited so long. However, their food is pretty darn good so I have high hopes for this restaurant and I wouldn’t want it to suffer because of long wait times. I know it will get better.
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Just tried this place for the first and last time. It was Friday night and we got there at 7. We waited over anhour for our food to come out. They never came up to our table to apologize for the wait or anything, I had to go up to the counter and ask them why it’s taking over an hour for the food to come. The response I get? «Oh, everyone is waiting over an hour. Something is wrong back in kitchen… I’m not sure why.» I asked them how much longer it will be, and explained to them that it’s not fair to keep us in the dark. Am I going to have to wait another hour? «No, it won’t be another hour.» Followed by a blank stare. No apology, mind you. So I went back to my table and we foolishly waited some more. Flash forward another 20 minutes and the food finally comes out. We got the fried Padak chicken and at this point it was mediocre to us at best. We just wanted to fulfill our hunger and get out of that place as quickly as possible. As we were paying our bill, we noticed that some of the other tables had to go and get their own water refills. There was a couple right by us who had been waiting for their food nearly as long as we have, and when they went up and asked about their order, they were told that the place had run out of chicken!!! So the restaurant was basically making people wait for food that was never going to be served to them. You can imagine how upset that couple was as they stormed out. I have worked in a restaurant, so I know that it can get busy and overwhelming and that the kitchen can get backed up at times. But all that needed to be done was communication on the wait staffs’ end. If food is going to take longer, let people know! If you’re out of something, let people know! I had high hopes for this place, but if it continues to be run like this, it will for sure fail.

First off, most the pictures I looked appeared to be chicken wings… drummettes and flats or some sort of that combo but when you look at the menu you can order by whole or half chicken. ??? Confused look. Ok, so we ordered anyway. Half of garlic honey chicken and half sweet spicy chicken. Food comes out and I now have a half chicken cut up in pieces deep fried and covered with their special sauce. It is a best to use a fork and knife to cut pieces of meat but beware you will never know when you will bite into a bone or if it will be white or dark meat. Now mind you, the food looks amazing but I was not at all impressed with the honey garlic chicken or the thought of biting into a bone or some other piece of inedible part of the chicken. When I’m eating I kinda like to know what pieces I should or shouldn’t be eating. I don’t mind working for good food but this was too much and prices were pretty expensive. Not worth it for me.

If you’re looking for Korean style fried chicken this is your place! Unfortunately in Arizona we don’t have the luxury of having places like this around so I’m super happy this place opened down the street! I got the sweet and spicy chicken and recommend that with the mu (pickled radish). They also have the cutest salt and pepper shakers.

Had family over and decided to grab some takeout and try out a new place at the same time. Ordered the whole Padak Chicken and the half Honey Butter Garlic Chicken. While the fry was decent the flavor was really lacking on both dishes. The Honey Butter Garlic Chicken lacked the most flavor but was juicy while the Padak Chicken had a decent flavor but was dry.
The family I had over really weren’t impressed at all with the taste and the way the chicken was cut up made you really have to guess whether what you were biting into had a ton of bones or none at all.
The last nail in the coffin for me was the price which was pretty high for the amount of food you get and the flavor of the chicken dishes themselves. Overall, I sadly will not be returning based on the experience.

Happy to find a korean chicken place in AZ. This is in the space that Chino Bandino used to be loved that they kept the Panda Bandit.
The Place:
When walking in its a huge venue. One could rent out the place if they wanted for a dinner party or family gathering or company luncheon. They have two flat screen TVs and a stage. Well, when we walked in there was only 1 other korean family it was pretty quiet. They really need music playing for more energy in the restaurant. The owner came out to greet us and was very nice.
The Food:
We ordered the shrimp Fried rice & Half Sweet &spicy chicken. The sweet & spicy chicken is garlicy, sweet and sticky. The portion was pretty big and we were stuffed. The hubs usually just orders mild but the wings weren’t spicy.
Shrimp Fried rice was smaller than I expected. It had a lot of butter and soy sauce. I would say skip rice for more chicken!
***They are doing a super bowl Sunday special! .50 cents per wing and they also do delivery within 5 miles of the area We are definitely coming back for a chicken fix. Support local business!

It’s ok. Nothing really to write home about here. The service leaves much to be desired but it is a dive Korean style restaurant.
You can’t get Korean food here they pretty much just make the fried chicken and chicken wings. We asked for it extreme spicy wish very rarely in this town will be a spicy dish but this one actually was. On the downside The seasoning was just over-​the-​top and really thick and cakes on. It was extremely spicy though. Which was good.
The wings were very bland and we didn’t care for those. The eggrolls were pretty horrible.

Alektorophobia is the fear of chickens. Just in case you were wondering…
As a child of immigrants from Asia, I wasn’t raised to be a picky eater so alektorophobia doesn’t apply to me. Fry it, roast it, bake it, broil it, braise it, et cetera… it’s all good! When a little bird told me [or in this case, I saw an ad in the Chinese newspaper] that there was a new Korean fried chicken place in town, I was all for it. A week later and here we are!
I saw Karen W.‘s picture of the Padak Chicken and was drooling. Two of us ordered the Mild Padak Chicken and half a Honey Butter Garlic Chicken. From what we were told, the Padak Chicken is coated in the Sweet & Mild sauce with the Padak sauce served on the side and topped with shredded, raw, green onions. Talk about potent. My breath still stinks a day later. So my thoughts?
Mild Padak Chicken: Not spicy at all which is good for you weaklings. I should have gone with spicy. While I think the base sauce of the mild & sweet sauce was good, they absolutely drenched the chicken with it. My suggestion is to ask for easy sauce because it completely overwhelms everything. So if you’re sensitive to that poultry taste like my Twinsie Nadine C. is, you’ll be safe. Now for the actual Padak sauce [a brothy sauce of garlic, vinegar, soy sauce, lemon, and wasabi] itself, woo! I took a little lick of the sauce at first to gauge how I’d like it and it was like a sharp slap to the face with a wasabi root. It was tasty! My mistake comes a few seconds later when I dipped a hot piece of chicken into it and shoved it in my mouth. As soon as I bit down, tears welled up in my eyes and I was crying liquid eyeliner. It tastes a thousand times stronger on a hot piece of meat versus a cold spoon. I didn’t make the same mistake twice. My sinuses cleared, my eyes were watering, and Wasabi made me her bitch. This stuff is strangely addicting though but definitely use a little at first to see how sensitive you are. Mmm!
Honey Butter Garlic Chicken: Delicious! The flavor fits the dish name perfectly. Once again, they were a bit heavy-​handed on the sauce which made the chicken less crispy but it was damn good. Pour me a glass of Hite Beer and I’ll be set.
All in all, Crazy Chicken & Crab is a solid place! Prices are a bit high since we’re talking chicken here but it’s flavorful and served in huge portions. You can probably split half a chicken between two people. The whole chicken can feed three to four easily. So stop in while they still have their 10% off special going. You won’t regret it!

This place is amazing! The sweet and spicy chicken is so, so good with just the perfect amount of spice. The fried rice is great too! Big portions for reasonable prices.

Dish 1: Sweet Mild Chicken
–Favorite dish. 7 out of 7 people liked this.
Dish 2: Extreme Spicy Chicken
–Spicier than what I expected but not extremely painful hot. 5 out of 7 people liked it.
Dish 3: Honey Butter Garlic Chicken
–Not my favorite but my friends loved it. 4 out of 7 people liked it.
Comparison with other restaurant: Café Agit Vs. Crazy Chicken
I like the Café Agit environment and service better. However, in my opinion, crazy chicken taste better.

Nestled in the spot behind the Brakes Plus where Chino Bandido used to be is Crazy Chicken and Crab, an ode to crispy fried chicken and seafood, Korean style!
I came here around opening time and got an order to go. Much of the interior seems to be similar to when it was Chino Bandido. They even have the giant stone panda! The menu is pretty simple and limited to, you guessed it, chicken and seafood :) I decided on the spicy padak chicken ($ 17.99).
The order took maybe 15 minutes or so to make, and was packaged very well. The chicken came with a huge bag of sliced spring onions, spicy wasabi sauce, and 2 cartons of sweet pickled radish. The smell was heavenly as it wafted through my car driving home.
Opening up the box, it was a sizable portion of chicken, definitely enough for 2 people, maybe 3. It consisted of chopped, bone-​in pieces of white and dark meat chicken (Wings, thighs, drumsticks, breast). It was perfectly crispy with an even amount of sweet/​spicy sauce on it. As instructed at the restaurant, I put the sliced onion on top of the chicken and poured the spicy wasabi sauce on top which added to the taste and texture. It was a very flavorful and strong tasting dish. Overall I enjoyed it, as the chicken pieces were well cooked. The sauce did tend to be slightly too sweet for me though.
They are currently running a 10% off special for their grand opening, so come on over and try some crazy fried chicken and crab!

This place is probably the best thing that ever happened to chandler. It’s absolutely delicious and they need to be recognized more! It’s affordable and delicious. What more can you ask for? We’ve ordered the spicy padak chicken, the sweet and mild chicken and fries. All very yummy! I highly highly recommend this place!

it was not open when we went even though Unilocal /​they said it was. so i can not review.

The sweet and mild chicken was surprisingly good!
They are currently running a grand opening special of 20% off which was nice:)
One flaw is that the chicken had a lot of small bones that can be a choking hazard.
Other than that everything was good.