Pretty good. I lived in Miami where there were two CM Chicken franchises close by - so I have a pretty good idea of what the chicken is supposed to taste like. The chicken here is definitely good, maybe smaller in size compared to what I'm used too - regardless, flavor and crispiness is basically the same. What I found odd was that the menu was drastically smaller than the ones I've been to in Miami, which would offer other Korean staples like tteokbokki and fish cakes as additional side options. Maybe the Knoxville food scene just doesn't justify carrying those other options. I feel like this locations business is primarily takeout and delivery based since there was basically no other customers inside the physically restaurant dining in. Pricing is pretty crazy though compared to other local fried chicken options. Would not recommend the calamari as it was just average. Definitely recommending to just stick to the chicken if you do go here. read more

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Yummy and freshly fried chicken definitely kicked the craving at CM Chicken. Came on a weekday, so inside was quiet with lots of take out orders. We got calamari with the golden curry sauce, wings with garlic soy & red hot pepper sauces. The red hot was very spicy (to me), but had a good flavor. The calamari was a tiny bit under fried so it was lacked some color, but the squid was not overcooked so that was nice. Other things to note- parking is super easy since it's in a plaza. I heard it gets busier on weekends for dine in. For these three items it was $55, so a a bit pricey. Nice treat though! read more

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I have been craving Korean fried chicken for ages, so I was happy to see CM Chicken. They know their lane and stick with it - chicken and pretty much only chicken, with a few sides and appetizers. I really enjoyed the flavor of the garlic spicy chicken, and the bites I had of the garlic soy and the curry chicken had good flavor as well. I look forward to trying the chicken with spring onion or snow onion on top. There's only about 4 flavors, but if you do them well I'm a happy camper. I don't know what CM stands for, but I'll say "Craving More Chicken"! read more

CM Chicken - Garlic Spicy Chicken strips - Korean Near Me - Farragut, Tennessee

No debate some of my favorite fried chicken ever. If you are not a fan of spice please just get it plain and use a sauce at home or bring one.Service was cool seeing how it was only one person working and the inside is pretty simple nothing spectacular but 8/10 would recommend over all. read more

Fantastic. Great taste, excellent flavor, with a little spicy punch. What fried chicken is supposed to taste like. Order was hot, fresh, crispy - so crispy, with a great crunch, not over salty like a lot of places. Hot and Fresh. Great portion size. 5 stars. read more

CM Chicken - Crispy! Crunchy. Hot. Delicious. - Korean Near Me - Farragut, Tennessee

A pretty solid spot for Korean fried chicken! The soju flavors are really great and curly fries were good! The staff was really nice and had good apps as well! read more

CM Chicken - a view of the outside of the restaurant - Korean Near Me - Farragut, Tennessee

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Delicious ! Served fresh and hot. Seems light a family run establishment do you may have to be patient for hot fried chicken

Great food. Friendly staff, good management. Food is always flavorful, fresh and hot. Highly recommend this restaurant read more

Excellent food and service. They know exactly what I order each time when I go in! Owner is

I was craving spicy wings and I got it! I ordered the Lunch Special that came with 5 wings, rice, and slaw. I had to order the Shrimp Tempura too. Everything was soooo delicious! I could've ate it all, but tried to save some for later. The restaurant is a casual dining experience with fast service. If you order the bigger portions of chicken, then it'll take a little longer (a guy that ordered before me was asking why I received my food first...ooopppss). I ordered the Spicy Garlic Sauce. It was definitely spicy, but I didn't taste much garlic. I love garlic and want to be able to scare vampires away with my breath! Each table has gloves at the table to use while eating the messy chicken. I tried it and enjoyed not having to use 484839 napkins to clean my hands. read more

CM Chicken - Lunch Wing Special & 5 Piece Shrimp Tempura - Korean Near Me - Farragut, Tennessee

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Tried both the fried chicken and garlic soy chicken. Both were great. This was our first trip and we'll try some of the other options in future visits because we are definitely coming back. read more

Found this spot on a whim and I'm so happy I did! Knoxville doesn't have lots of diversity in terms of quality Asian cuisine. This spot does a great job of bridging the gap- it offers a menu that's familiar for any newcomer and offers foods maybe not as familiar to people. There's fried gizzards (yum) and "snow onion" which piles a mound of thinly shaved onion and a sauce on top of hot crispy wings, different from anything I've seen before! The food itself was great. If you're a mild spicy person--this might be spicy for you. I've got a pretty high spice tolerance and this has a great spice level that leaves your lips tingling. Always order a side of pickled radish to cut the spice and oiliness of fried chicken. Everything was served piping hot and the prices are super reasonable for the portion sizes! Will be back again soon! read more

CM Chicken - Curly fries, calamari and garlic spicy wings. - Korean Near Me - Farragut, Tennessee

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Wow, I love that Knoxville now has Korean Fried Chicken -- and not just any Korean Fried Chicken but Choong Man Chicken, aka CM Chicken ... they were smart to pick an easier-to-remember and easier-to-spell name :) From my understanding, they opened a couple months ago - they're in the same shopping center as Kroger. We are huge CM Chicken fans, esp. their Duluth, GA location ... my review: https://www.yelp.com/biz/choong-man-chicken-duluth?hrid=9mse1wKFeaabqvbVgGoDkA&utm_campaign=www_review_share_popup&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=(direct) Korean Fried Chicken is typically made-to-order (so be patient), and the outside skin tastes crispier & crunchier - CM Chicken serves several different flavors. Our family favorite is Curry and Garlic Spicy. They serve wings or tenders - or half or whole chickens. And you do get complimentary pickled white radish which complements the fried chicken well. I love their white radish b/c they're also slightly sweet. CURRY TENDERS - $13.99 The curry is not like Indian curry at all - the curry is actually very subtle. It's more like sweet w/ a kick of spicy. I personally like the tenders b/c it's less messy to eat ... but when it arrives, it deceivingly looks very small esp. when compared to the wings ... just remember you're getting all meat (vs bones). The chicken usu. arrives hot but our tenders were actually lukewarm at best ... fortunately our other chicken dishes arrived hot :) GARLIC SPICY WINGS - $14.99 The wings are $1 more - most people like wings better b/c the meat is tastier. The restaurant does provide disposable gloves so you don't have to mess with having to lick your fingers to enjoy every bite of the delicious sweet & spicy sauce :) Garlic spicy is more like mild spicy here - I do think they could kick it up a notch. Otherwise delicious flavor and the outside was super crunchy. SOY GARLIC TENDERS - $9.99 lunch special The lunch special comes with chicken wings or tenders, fries or rice, and cole slaw. This is a great deal - we tried the soy garlic. Pretty good but still bigger fans of the curry & spicy garlic flavors. Fries & cole slaw are good. Our server Gabby was super nice and attentive. Pretty good lunch crowd. Two TV's playing - one side was playing a cooking show, the other side was a female K-pop group. Other food recommendations - soy garlic gizzards, snow onion chicken. Lunch specials are available Mon-Fri, 11:30-2pm. Dine-in only. read more

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CM Chicken is a Korean-style fried chicken establishment. It's a simple menu consisting of fried chicken (drumsticks, tenders, or even a whole chicken) in different styles. I had the hot, curry, and original flavors. All of them were very good -- delicious in fact. But, my favorite was the curry because it has a slightly sweet, spicy flavor. The batter used for the fried chicken seems different than "normal" ones you'd see. Perhaps the Korean style uses rice flour or something. In any event, it's quite good. When I ventured in here, I was expecting more of a quick service/take out type of restaurant. It wasn't that. Indeed, most people seemed to be dining in and it was set up like a traditional restaurant with a server taking the orders. Nonetheless, I ordered my take out orders at the cash register and was told it would be ready in 20 minutes. I used the wait time to run over to Kroger and get a few things. Overall: Very good for fried chicken and it's different than your normal run of the mill chicken place. But, menu is fairly limited and I didn't see many side choices. So, consider CM Chicken is purely a chicken place. read more

I like stopping here whenever I am in the area when I need a quick fried chicken fix. I always get seated promptly and their dining area is always clean. They even have disposable gloves at the table so you won't dirty your hands. Their sauces are tasty, and their lunch portions are just the perfect amount of food. I love the way they fry it all - light and crispy. I just wish they had more veggie-type options included with their dishes. read more

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CM Chicken has the best Korean menu with so many amazing items on the menu to choose from. Great food and outstanding friendly service, with free Wi-Fi. The entire restaurant and the ladies powder room was beyond clean. read more

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Great food and wonderful service. The chicken was so crispy and flavorful. Soju selection was great, we had strawberry and it was delicious. I had the garlic soy tenders and they were deliciousOnion rings were crispy. Everything was great. read more

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I really wanted to like this spot, but alas, it did not deliver. I will preface by saying that I have had Korean fried chicken in Korea and in California and so I was excited to find a chicken spot here. I placed a pickup order via the phone, and it was seamless. I ordered the drumstick garlic soy instead of the drumstick garlic spicy that my heart was leaning towards, and I ordered curly fries since a reviewer mentioned that they were good. Well, they were both inedible. I hate too much breading on my chicken because of the texture and mouthful. The huge drumsticks and the excessive breading made it difficult to bite. It was soggy and not crunchy. I felt like I was just eating mouthfuls of breading rather than chicken. SMH. The curly fries were a sad excuse for fries. How can fries be so dry and cold? It felt like I was served a week-old fries. To worsen matters, I had to buy radish, which had an off taste. I know what that kind of white daikon radish should taste like, so I was disappointed by its taste. Overall, it was an expensive, for no good reason, visit that I will not repeat. read more

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Heaven on earth this place is a hidden gem and is very very good, snow onion chicken is perfect.

I thought I had reviewed them before, but I don't see it. So this was my second visit. I think the taste is great, but the menu is limited in some ways. I wish they had more of a "dinner combo" type of thing. They do have some lunches, but I was there on a Saturday when they weren't available. Eating their alone makes for a pricey lunch unless you just stick to very simple things. I had the snow chicken, red sauce. Very tasty, a bit spicy, and I would have liked to have something on the side for a cool counter effect, other than beer. The prices shown in the pictures as of this date are incorrect, everything is a couple dollars higher than shown. So having just a small plate of chicken tenders covered with onions, and a beer and a tip, you are looking at a near-$30 bill for a tasty lunch for one. Very often, I even take home leftovers from a hearty lunch, but this was not big enough for that. read more

Spectacular food, the chicken is fresh, perfectly cooked and tossed in a generous amount of sauce. Our server David was quick and nice, which is impressive since he seems to be working the floor alone. The restaurant is clean and well decorated. The food is cheap for a sit down restaurant (about $20 per person for an entree and a side!) i could definitely see myself becoming a regular at this restaurant 5 stars read more

CM Chicken - Mango mochi ice cream - Korean Near Me - Farragut, Tennessee

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Great Korean fried chicken! Super crunchy and flavorful, based on which sauce you choose. My wife had the garlic soy and I had the garlic spicy. The spicy was spicy, but not too much spice. We also order fries, slaw, and rice as sides. The sides are big enough for two so you can easily share them. I would highly recommend getting the rice so that as you eat and gather crunchy bits on your plate along with some of the sauce you can soak all that goodness up with some rice to finish your meal. Service was great and the place was nice and clean. If you end up with a mouth full of fire stop two doors down at Wits frozen custard for a cool down! read more

Ordered this for two families so we could try it out. It is very expensive for what you get. The tenders ranged drastically in size, some were average but most were tiny. They were also too spicy for our kids so we had to make them something else. All portions were extremely small. Normally we can order calamari and share, not this time. The fried chicken was good, but again spicy so the kids did not enjoy it. read more

This is a nice addition to the Farragut food scene. The restaurant is located in the late China Pearl's location. My wife and I recently dined here on a slow Tuesday night. The food was outstanding. We started with the Shrimp Tempura which had a light tempura batter. A soy like sauce went with the dish. The starter was light and delicious. We split the Garlic Spicy Chicken tenders. As explained by the server this is the second hottest dish at the restaurant. The Red Hot Pepper Chicken is the hottest dish they have. The Garlic Spicy Chicken was hot enough for me. The dish was spicy and sweet it was perfectly fried. For the two of us there was more than enough food. The service was excellent. Ambiance could be better, I would like to see more Korean culture, the Korean music was cool so more of that. I would strongly recommend the food, it's different than anything else around and that's a good thing. read more

CM Chicken - Garlic Spicy Chicken - Korean Near Me - Farragut, Tennessee

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Tried this today with some friends. It was very moist and crispy chicken. We all tried something different and everything was packed full of flavor. I would recommend coming by and checking this place out if you haven't yet! read more

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WAY, over priced. A true example of price gouging at its finest. Rice is like the cheapest food possible and they charge literally $2.50 for two tablespoons. Their fried dumplings are over $2.00 each dumpling. Mediocre and common chicken.. no different flavor wise..the only is the extravagant prices. read more

Food was okay. Prices were a little high for what you get. Wouldn't go out of my way to come back but would give it a second try if friends asked me to come. read more

Wow! I'm so glad I decided to come eat here. I am a huge fan of Korean style food. I've never had Korean Fried Chicken before and now I'm not sure I want it any other way. I had the Garlic Soy Gizzards and a side of fries and I left very full. The owner (David) was the one who greeted me and served me. Great guy that seems to really care about the quality of his food and cleanliness of his restaurant. Do yourself a favor and eat here as soon as you can! It will not disappoint. read more

CM Chicken - Side of fries - Korean Near Me - Farragut, Tennessee

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There's no doubt that CM Chicken has great food. But great food alone doesn't make for a great restaurant. I first called the restaurant to order the lunch special to-go (online ordering was turned off for some reason?). Then, I was informed that the lunch special is for dine-in only. That's not really a problem until you visit and realize that CM Chicken is a "sit-down" restaurant. The lunch special is $9.99, but a drink is not included. If you order a drink (like I did), then you add tax and tip to your order, the meal goes from $9.99 to a whopping $16.00. $16.00 for a lunch portion of food is far too much to spend for fried chicken. With that said, the food was admittedly delicious. Everything was hot, well-seasoned, and satisfying. The Garlic Spicy tenders strike a great balance between sweet and spicy, and the chicken was crispy even after it was coated in sauce. The slaw was a great addition to the plate and served to cool my palate nicely. I wanted to love CM Chicken. I wish I could give it more than 3 stars with a clear conscience. But until they make some changes, there's very little incentive to visit. I look forward to ordering to-go and updating my review based on that experience. read more

CM Chicken - Garlic Spicy Tenders, fries, slaw (Lunch Special) - Korean Near Me - Farragut, Tennessee

Lots of soju! Tried the plain, garlic- soy, curry and hot pepper. The hot has definitely a kick. Curry is delicious! Definitely will be back ! read more

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Extremely good Korean fried chicken, the best I have had in Knoxville. The wait time isn't too bad and the portions are pretty large. All around a very good experience. read more

On-point amazing! I'm a Southerner and I thought I knew chicken. I'm a Nashvillian and I thought I knew hot chicken. But these guys have a whole other spin and it is out of this world spicy, fresh, beautifully cooked, and unbelievably spiced. Now--work your way up, y'all. The garlic fried chicken is in a league with the Best Chicken Ever. You can get hotter but approach with care. Sides are, yes, fried-focused but also delicious. Innovative, creative, with beer on tap, and located across the street from my old school. All things are possible. read more

Absolutely phenomenal! This chicken is to die for! It is perfectly fried, juicy, and crisp. The sauces the chicken are coated in are off the charts flavorful. I got the cheese monster, garlic soy, and the garlic spicy. The service was exceptional. Very attentive and courteous. Since I moved here from California it's been the best and most flavorful meal I've had in the Knoxville area. read more

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this place is so delicious you won't find better chicken anywhere. It's super peaceful and staff is very attentive and kind i love it here

If you're a Korean enthusiast like me, who hast to try anything Korean then you must try this restaurant. The chicken did not disappoint! So much flavor and crunch, do not get it confused with KFC, and of course we had to pair it with some SoJu. read more

They spicy garlic wings are sweet with a nice heat very good, they were crispy and sticky.

Was craving fried chicken and was not disappointed! Server was super helpful in suggestions, and when he says it's a slow heat, he means it. Husband went spicy and I went tame. I'm glad I did. The spice was too much for me, but my husband loved it. It is a bit more expensive than other places, but we got a lot of tenders and I took half of mine home. It was even delicious the next day! read more

CM Chicken - Garlic Soy Chicken - Korean Near Me - Farragut, Tennessee

Do you remember Sawyers Chicken? Well this is Sawyers meets Korea. It's the best chicken I've ever had. Get the snow chicken tenders with the spicy red sauce. I know, I know. A pile of white onions on top of fried chicken? Huh? Who does that?! These guys do that. And it's amazing. (Until later that evening or the next day...take it easy. Don't eat the whole thing all at once! ) Oh and they're super friendly, too! read more

I've been wanting to try this place for a while, glad I finally made the trip. Went on a super rainy day and fried chicken just really sounded good. I ordered the garlic honey tenders and mozzarella sticks. The mozzarella sticks had substantial cheese pull and the tenders were delicious. Our waitress was attentive and answered all of our questions since it was my first time there. Overall I highly recommend this place, can't wait to go back. read more

We searched for a good lunch place that had chicken. And this place popped up on yelp. Had fantastic ratings. The food was amazing. The portions were larger than average. We found the prices fair for both quality and quantity. The dining area was very clean and simple. Service was excellent but it was during an off time and it wasn't busy. Our server was polite and kind. I highly recommend!!! read more