Reviews for Harold's Chicken Shack West Loop in Chicago, IL
The food was good. I ordered lemon chicken wings and fries. I didn?t get the coleslaw that came with my meal, however, I did get... the extra piece of chicken I ordered. The slice of bread was nostalgic for me and put my taste buds right over the edge. Theseare full wings, not broken down wings like wing stop. My food was ready pretty quick about 10 mins from when I ordered from thecar until picking it up. I didn?t take a photo. Read more
Ordered two four wings and was charged for sauce and did not receive that or my peppers. Chicken was bland and dry, fries were... old and hard.. twenty dollars wasted Read more
Good fried chicken is hard to come by living in WI if you're not cooking your own. My husband is even more particular about... which chicken restaurants he will eat at. This was our 3rd time visiting this location while in the city. We've tried 2 or 3other locations in error due to not remembering which street this location was on. This is by far our favorite location and willNEVER try another location. Labor Day weekend we were in town for the Jazz Festival and stopped in before going to our room. Theowner assisted us and went out of her way to welcome us. We remembered her from our 2nd visit. The chicken was fresh and sotasty(NO Sauce). The owner cracked a joke on us for not wanting sauce. To each their own but I will be a returning customer.Food has been BOMB all 3 visits!! Read more
I was visiting chicago for 2 days and honestly that was some of the best fired chicken I've had in a while. There is no reason... that chicken should be that good. People there are also very nice I saw them helping some random drunken teenager on the streetby giving him free food and taking him in while finding his parents for him. They are some great people there. The onlycomplaint I had was I went Back for more chicken the next day but I went too late at night and they where closed which was myfault but now I will be for ever craving some of harolds chicken. Read more
Saw Instagram marketing calling this the best fried chicken in Chicago LOL. If you're coming here based on that, just pause and... look at the photos, you'll get a good idea of what you're really getting. The food isn't great, low quality chicken and itcomes out dried but oily. No effort to coat it in seasoning evenly. Fries are okay. Service was actually good! One of the linecooks kept coming out to hit on a woman, give her his number, and kept telling her to call him... Yeah Read more
Some of the best chicken I've ever had. Such a variety to choose from besides chicken also. Gizzards were great and the... hushpuppies were cooked to perfection. It must also be a local favorite because we asked someone at the gas station a good placeto eat and she even had us follow here there. Very clean establishment and super awesome employees. Will definitely be back whenwe are in the area. If you're looking for great chicken and a friendly environment you need to go to Harold's. Read more
This review is strictly for the cooks. The owner always correct situations if you call and inform him. I purchased the 24 piece... bucket and my chicken was damn near dried out and tasted like burnt grease or something. If a customer is willing to payinflated prices, the service has to match. I wanted harolds chicken, not burnt dried mild sauce wings. Read more
We?d heard so many mixed reviews about Harrold?s that we decided we needed to check it out for ourselves. And we?re glad we did.... This Chicago staple didn?t disappoint. In fact, we actually had it twice in a 4-day trip. lol. That chicken was fried likesomebodies grandma was in the kitchen! Hot, not greasy, and perfectly seasoned and fried. The staff at our location was nice,andthere was live music to boot. Until next time Harrold?s, because we will be back! Read more