Super excited to see that Columbus got a Korean Fried chicken restaurant! The last time I had Choongman chicken was in Virginia. Although I believe the Virginia location was better, this place is fairly new and I believe with time they will become more efficient. I ordered to-go on a Saturday as soon as they opened. They told me my order would take 35 minutes and it was accurate! The parking lot was extremely full when I arrived. The whole inside of the restaurant was packed as well with current wait times for to-go and dine in being around 1- 1 1/2 hours. I ordered the half soy garlic spring onion chicken, drumstick red hot pepper chicken and 1 side of rice. They also give you pickled radish with every order or chicken and it's my absolute favorite! It's crunchy and sweet/sour to give a nice refreshing bite in between all the saucy fried stuff. They got my soy garlic order wrong and gave me just drumsticks (I'm not too picky so it didn't bother me, but be aware and double check your order). The soy garlic was amazing!! It was sweet and slightly salty with a very mild garlic flavor. I'm a big garlic fan so I think it could've been a little stronger. The green onion portion was small for takeout... I believe You would've gotten more if you dined in. The red hot pepper flavor was VERY spicy. I've had this type of Korean gochujang sauce before and it's normally more on the sweeter side so I could only handle a bit of this before tapping out. Overall, I would go here again! I recommend any variation of the soy garlic chicken!! Warning: Don't order the red pepper chicken unless you really like spice. My order total was only 31 dollars, which I think it's such a good deal for all the food I received. Highly recommend if you have time to wait for the food. read more

CM Chicken - Left: red pepper chicken (drums) Right: Soy garlic (drums) Bottom: rice and green onion topping Top: pickled radish - Korean Near Me - Columbus, Ohio

Obviously being from LA, I can't say that CM chicken is The Original K-chicken but this is as close as you'll get being in the midwest. The snow chicken was VERY good indeed. The rose ttukbokki, you can skip. But overall, very good experience, I'd go back! read more

The chicken here was amazingly crispy, tender, and flavorful! Definitely a must-try, especially for any fans of fried chicken. I think they're just starting and figuring things out, so be prepared to wait a while and deal with a few hiccups. When I went, they were out of a majority of their side dishes and all of their Tikkudak chicken, so maybe go earlier in the day if you want more options. The curry chicken was a well-balanced amount of sweet curry with a kick. Be cautious when ordering the Red Snow Onion, it has a very spicy gochujang sauce (but still highly recommend!). The onion and sauce on top actually weren't overwhelming and added to the flavor. We got the curly fries to act as buffer between bites of the spicy chicken. Very worth a few more visits to try out the other flavors!! read more

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So the chicken was dry and the restaurant smelled like cleaning supplies. All the staff was super nice though. I don't get the hype about the chicken... read more

Service is great chicken is good, no complaints, but nothing spectacular they were out of many things on the menu (ex: drinks) KimChi is just grocery store KimChi, doesn't taste very good Pickled Radish was sweet and sour on the outside as it should be but the inside was raw and bitter (did not have enough time to marinate) Cheese Monster = powdered cheese on top plus a side of dipping sauce Spring Onion = green onions on top Snow = white onions on top TikKuDak = twice cooked / "extra crispy" / (Asian style) Lunch Special = half of normal serving + sides normal serving = 6 drum sticks half serving = 3 drum sticks on the expensive side ~$20 per person ($5 per side $5 per drink) (for example HưƠng on Morse has same quality chicken for $6.50, you will just need to drizzle on your own sauce and display your own onions on top) Summary: fried chicken with sugary sauce on top read more

Great food. Decent service. My daughter likes the fact that there is K-Pop playing on the televisions.

Food was great I ordered spicy garlic wings the spicy garlic is sweet and very spicy! I had to take a break when I was eating it lol I also tried the garlic soy it has a mild spice with a little bit of sweetness I liked that one more than the spicy garlic they're calamari is thick I prefer it more crispy but I liked the sauce it came with that made it better. Service was fast as well! read more

This a great place with a great staff. Really cool experience with even better tasting Chicken. Worth trying. My lady and I don't eat fried foods much but we loved the Snow Onion Chicken! read more

CM Chicken - The Snow Onion Chicken. - Korean Near Me - Columbus, Ohio

Their chicken is good. But they do bad job at packing order. I ordered twice but the 1st time they forgot my Snow chicken & the 2nd is fried Make sure you check your food before you leave. read more

We were unimpressed on our first interaction with our server however that since improved. The ambience is not impressionable but

Legit KFC joint. Better than a lot of chimaek you find in Seoul! Good prices. Get the garlic soy whole chicken and drop out of life with a wing in hand. Only did carry out but am excited to sit down sometime and enjoy some soju too. read more

This is definitely some of the best fried chicken I've had in Columbus. We got the wings with the hot red pepper sauce and the garlic spicy sauce. Both were great. We also had the tempura shrimp and onion rings as a side and those were just okay, nothing special. My only complaint is that the waitress didn't say a single word to us the whole time, just kind of walked up to our table and looked at us until we ordered, then brought out our food and drinks and that was it. This doesn't seem to be the norm as every other staff member seemed to be great. read more

It's yummy !!! I recommend getting the snow onion chicken!! I'm so happy we have a Korean chicken place! It's a little pricey and slow though:( read more

CM Chicken - Chicken - Korean Near Me - Columbus, Ohio

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Saw the open sign on so I decided to give it a try. $16 and change for wings seemed a little pricey and I'm not sure if I missed the number is wings that are included but when I opened the box I had 7. The wings were average at best. Maybe it was the sauce by these lacked the crispy skin I was looking for. read more

CM Chicken - Garlic soy chicken wings - Korean Near Me - Columbus, Ohio

We were craving some korean fried chicken an it satisfied our pallette, traveled an hour an was well worth it , great service explained the menu an we loved it all, if you love spicy this is the place an kpop was awesome read more

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I love korean fried chicken this place does it well! I had great memories here with some of the staff and friends its a little small but its worth going to and waiting. They also make the food pretty quickly so if you're in a rush just order it and take home read more

portions and chicken quality = very good! too much powerful garlic oil in the spicy garlic ruined my digestion for a full week! be careful!!!! read more

you like spicy and fried food ? CM Chicken has the best spicy chicken and if you want to accompany with fries and onions, you will have a unique flavor explosion. read more

CM Chicken - Red snow onion - Korean Near Me - Columbus, Ohio

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The chicken was delicious! I got the spicy garlic tenders and they were delicious. The lunch special is great less than $10 for chicken and a side. My only suggestion is the restaurant did smell strongly of cleaning supplies. Other than that it was very pleasant and I plan to return! read more

My wife and I ordered lunch portions of 'original, medium spice level', one 'tenders' and one 'drumsticks', with sides of sticky rice and slaw. Our server was most helpful in describing all of the menu options; since this was our first visit, we opted for the 'original'. We like spicy food and found the 'medium' spice level was quite good, but anything hotter would probably have been too much for us. Both 'drumstick' and 'tenders' were very good, with portions adequate that we took some home. The coating stayed nicely crunchy even after being sauced. We were pleased that the pieces of chicken had far more chicken than coating. The slaw was good but relatively nondescript, and the well-prepared sticky rice portions were large enough that we also could take some home. An unexpected highlight of our lunch was the delicious pickled white radish cubes that were given as samples (appetizers), a great combination of crunchy, sweet, and sour. Ambiance is quite typical; the music was a tad loud (like most restaurants!) and oddlyvaried, but not to the point that it distracted from our excellent food. All in all, we thoroughly enjoyed our lunch at CM Chicken and will certainly return. read more

Excellent! Had the curry wings. Truly unique and very good. Love the food and the atmosphere.

Delicious. Highly recommend the garlic chicken with the white sauce (sorry forget what it's called!) it's a bit costly but believe me you'll get 2 meals out of one order and with how good it is it's definitely worth it. read more

One of my top places to get fried chicken! Might honestly be the best fried chicken place in all of Columbus! I always love to go there on special occasions with all of my friends! Our favorites are definitely the snow onion and the golden curry chicken! The service does get a bit slow when you go around dinner time, but it's still amazing how fast they can bring out your chicken even when the place is packed! If you ever have a chance to go with friends I would definitely recommend giving it a try! read more

It was amazing - I ordered the garlic soy and spicy garlic soy and original fried chicken. They were all top-tier they were crispy and tender - it tasted amazing and as well with soju it goes well with (definitely get grape or apple flavor for a more sweet tasting alcohol or for a more bitter taste get peach). Overall amazing service as well I got it to go and I ordered quite a bit but they still finished it within decent time and they were really nice!! read more

Some friends and I decided to give it a try a few weeks ago. I had heard good things about it and decided to give it a try. The service was pretty fast and polite. The chicken definitely lacked a bit of flavor. It is fried chicken but in my humble opinion it was too over friend to get a juicy piece and kind of hard to chew. The spicy garlic wasn't too bad. We also had the calamari and the shrimp appetizer and both lacked flavor as well as a good dipping sauce. Unfortunately I probably won't return. read more

Prices are a little high for the boneless chicken wings but when compared to chicken strips at Arby's or Dairy Queen you're getting way better chicken and way more chicken for the price. read more

Heard about this place so my friend and I had to try it . I've never had Korean fried chicken before but dang - this is the only way to have it ! We got curry snow chicken tenders and spicy garlic wings . I love how even with sauce the chicken was still crispy . But the flavors - So darn good ! The spicy garlic are delicious and the heat builds but isn't too hot . The curry had some heat but was so delicious . Wings and tenders were big . We will so be trying everything else . This will be my go to chicken place going forward . read more

I was looking for an authentic Korean style fried chicken. However, this was more of a KFC kind of chicken. The chicken drumsticks were over breaded and overcooked. The wings were more like the KFC hot wings but not spicy. But, the star of the show was the Sweet and spicy Gizzards. Now, they deserve a 5. Love them! They were delicious, very spicy but not overly spicy. They saved me from totally regretting spending the $54. read more

CM Chicken was a recommendation from a work friend. It was fantastic. Don't sleep on this place people. The chicken was delicious. Crispy even though it was sauced. I will definitely be going back: Take my money CM Chicken!!! read more

I've been twice now and I can't wait for my next trip.. delicious, fast very nice service and extremely delicious. I usually can't take a lot of heat so I got the mild it was great just a tiny bit of heat and they give you these yummy pickled radishes to help with the heat it's perfect! Also the onion rings delish!! read more

GREAT FLAVOR! Came here for lunch solo dolo (not ashamed) and had a wonderful meal. Didn't want to leave so I got a cold beer after. Chicken was fried well and the flavor profile was awesome. Definitely would recommend. read more

I had been hearing a lot about this place lately so finally decided to give it a try. I agree that they use high quality chicken and everything was tasty. Someone had recommended onion rings so I tried those but wasn't really impressed there, but I will be back for the chicken. I suppose next time I will have to try the snow onion as I hear a lot about that too. read more

Ordered through Grub Hub. Left part of our order off but charged us for it. When I called a both the missing parts of the order the response was "give me your number, we will credit you next time you come in". I said people in our group didn't have food so I will have to come pick it up. I drove to the store (after paying the delivery fee and tip of approximately $20) and the manager handed me the remainder of the order with a smile and basically said tough luck. The food is not bad. The customer service and integrity of the ownership is poor. I don't recommend Grub Hub or this restaurant. This is the culture of bad service and not delivering the promise that is indicative of no integrity. The manager just wanted the issue to be over with as little effort and responsibility as he could get away with. read more

First time visiting, grabbed takeout. Was pretty hungry, so no pictures. Was told 25 minutes for pickup, pulled up and got the food on time. I got the spicy chili (gochujang) tikkudak tenders, fried then baked in a charcoal oven. I believe they sauce them after frying, and the baking turns the sauce into a glaze. They weren't as crispy as I might have hoped, likely because of the aforementioned treatment, but they did have some small bits of char. The taste of the sauce was really great, sweet and with a kick (I love spicy food) that I really enjoyed. The chicken wasn't dry either, which is great. My SO ordered the soy garlic wings, but received spicy garlic. I tried to convince her we could get them remade, but she wanted to eat right then. The sauce was very sticky, in a good way, fully coating the wings. I found them tasty but too sweet for me, and she thought they were too spicy to eat more than 3 at once. And that with plenty of water and some unfortunately limp curly fries. She did like the taste, but her tongue was burning lol. I personally find the price here a little high, but it's certainly very good. Just hopefully we don't have a miscommunication next time. I hope to try the snow (piled up with onions) and cheese monster (no clue! But likely served with cheese sauce) in the future. read more

My husband and I both like their chicken! My favorite is the Snow Onion Chicken! Their some chicken are spicy! I love it! read more

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I'm imprinted with bon chon and the commercial Korean fried chicken. They seem to be local and a little different. The focus is Korean fried chicken and a little less Korean food like bon chon. Wish it was more crispy but it was my first time. Get it! read more

The chicken was amazing! I recommend the spicy garlic! The beer was super cold- the ambience is low but the food makes up for it.

I had the original chicken tenders and they were really good... my favorite in the city. A bit pricy but really delicious. Nice portion though and good quality. Just try it ..... read more

I highly suggest this place. I ate here with some friends and we had an amazing time! Everyone was super friendly and we were well taken care of. I think the pricing is very fair, and I was more than willing to pay, because we ate a ton of delicious food and I left feeling very full and again, the pricing is super fair! read more

On their menu it says "You'll definitely come back for more" and they were not wrong. This place has some of the best chicken. If you cannot handle your spices I'd suggest the curry chicken, otherwise go for the classic Spicy Garlic Soy. read more