El Pollo Loco: proof that a restaurant can nail the one thing in its name and still fumble everything standing next to it. The chicken? Legit good -- juicy, smoky, the whole reason "Pollo" gets top billing. But then you look down at your sides and it's like the chicken invited its sad cousins to the party. The sides could definitely use some TLC. read more

I ordered 2 4 piece meals via Instacart and I got one with no sides, and I got no flour tortillas on the side. How do you mess up this? Also the Cole slaw is gross. Definitely would not go back read more

El Pollo Loco - Fast Food Near Me - Santa Rosa, California

The food at this restaurant was excellent. We keep coming back the flavors are well fought out and wonderfully balanced. The staff is very welcoming and if you are looking for amazing Mexican food in Sonoma County this is a must stop place. read more

This location sucks! They can never get my order correct. Today, I ordered a salad with 2 salsas. Missing not only the dressing, but didn't get my salsas. How can you stay in business, when the order is simple, but wrong every single time! You definitely lost a customer, but they don't care. I will give my business to the Habit! Their food is great, and always correct and waiting for me when I ordering online. You could learn a lot from their operation and customer service. read more

Always fresh food always slow service. After telling her to please give me my senior discount she still forgot. Took 10 minutes to get a chicken burrito. I ordered to eat here but got a burrito in a carryout bag. Oh well. Still like the food and will still eat here. read more

Good service, my food was a good temperature and service was fast . I made my order through the drive thru.

This place consistently fails me when ordering through Uber Eats. They ALWAYS miss notes, they give me 2 little tiny containers of salsa for a 16 piece meal. For $20/hr they can't even give you corn tortillas you can use! HUGE delivery fee which honestly isn't worth it. If you decide to order and eat at the restaurant, I'm sure they will make sure your order is correct. If you order from a delivery app, they seriously do not care whatsoever and will ultimately ruin your order. Not once have they ever given me the correct amount of salsa for a 16 piece order. As delicious as this place CAN be, pass on the delivery option as I am done with it. read more

El Pollo Loco - Fast Food Near Me - Santa Rosa, California

Good tostada. Could have used more beans and rice though. Salad dressing is very good.

I should've read the reviews before I ordered here from DoorDash . I ordered 2 double chicken tostada salads. They forgot BOTH of the salad dressings! It wasn't the delivery driver's fault because my bag was sealed shut so he didn't know that it wasn't put in the bag. The dressing is what makes the salad , it was the main reason I ordered these. I am so disappointed and won't be ordering Pollo Loco anymore. read more

We ordered a 12 piece meal. Got home to find only an 8 piece. We are our food which we thoroughly enjoy their chicken. Their Mac n cheese is decent. Overall their food in my opinion is much better than than the competition and it's less greasy with more taste. The chicken is also lender and juicy. Called the location to let them know what happened and they told me to come back and they will rectify it. Went back 2 days later and they apologized for the inconvenience and gave me a fresh order of chicken. Great customer service m. Less stars because of the time I had to use to go back but that won't keep me away from future visits. . read more

I was driving home from an appointment with a family member who said "El Pollo Loco, oooooh I always wanted one of their salads" and I said "I didn't even know El Pollo Loco was in the North Bay, let's go" Walking in during not just a pandemic but now also Monkey Pox increasing it was great to see this place so clean, will a filled hand sanitizing station which was touchless (not many people were using it; but we did) and the entire staff had masks on, hair pulled back and covered, as well as wearing disposable gloves!!! We both ordered salads and I got chips and guacamole as well. The salads were fresh, and the salsa was delightful, the service was impeccable and a bonus, the air flow!!! They had the air conditioner on, and it was strong so I felt very comfortable eating inside (no stale, hot, stagnant air) I did notice that the staff came out and wiped tables as soon as customers left which made me feel as if they're really taking the public health problems going on seriously. I wish I could give them an extra star for the wonderful service Yamiletth (sp) and the team gave to everyone there that afternoon. Yamiletth was who I spoke to to thank for the wonderful, clean restaurant and I promised to review; I'm only about six days late, but I'm here now! We will be back. read more

my history with El Pollo Loco was until this time very good but only experienced their barbequed chicken and side dishes which have always been great. never ordered prepared items like tacos and burritos before. ordered two tacos on a monday night for regular price (not a TACO tuesday two for deal) for a friend and they were okay but greasy. ordered a double chicken cesar salad for myself and it was fresh and good but seemed short on chicken for a double chicken salad. ordered a shredded chicken burrito for a guest and it had big voids and was not tight packed. when they unwrapped it , the whole thing was almost all beans and hardly any shredded chicken or other usual burrito fillings. this may have been a one time burrito build so will revisit. Next visit will probably get barbequed chicken as usual and may revisit the tacos and burrito just to get another sample. adios! read more

Super sweet ladies working there today when I went. Delicious and super fresh food. I didn't want to cook and go shopping and it would have cost around the same probably. Great service yummy food and even the drinks taste fresh and clean like they clean the ice machine well. Super great. I'm very happy My only advice would be maybe be more generous with the avocado. But the sauces were amazing and everything was so good. They also gave me extra sauces and loaded me up with everything I needed including napkins and forks. And the ladies were really so nice read more

El Pollo Loco - Yummm - Fast Food Near Me - Santa Rosa, California

Clean restaurant in and out Family ambiance Huge parking space Have a drive thru Great taste on food Big Manu easy to read w/pics Nice customer service I was attended for Alex a young cute guy very good customer service from him Him help me to get the right meal for me thanks Alex Restroom need more attention Dinner room very clean tables Cash/debit/ebt inside of restaurant Back soon read more

Great service at this location, very clean to dine in or drive thru. Come try it out!!

This is my go to for a taco salad. I always get the double chicken and avocado protein bowl. It is awesome, lots of chicken, street corn, tomatoes, avocado, pico salsa tomatoes and an avocado cilantro dressing that tops it off. They are reasonably priced even with todays prices. A huge salad only cost me a little over 12.00 so to me that is fair for lunch. I have never had a disappointing meal there, the ingredients are fresh and tasty. read more

I like this place for what it is - a fast food option that offers more than burgers and fries. The marinated chicken + mashed potatoes is my choice and my hubby can down a plate of wings like it's nobody's business! We came on opening day so our experience was a bit skewed. It was a party and very festive. It's a rare trip to EPL but so far so good. :) read more

The chicken legs have shrunk. Sometimes it's burnt and dry. I am so disappointed. For the last 10+ years I've not had access to El Pollo and now it's just a let down. I guess it's Kfc or Popeyes. read more

It's been a while since I had been in for a meal and the quality has gone severally downhill. I have posted 2 photos of the "same" meal and you can see for yourself, they don't look alike. The portion and quality have gone down and as much as I know most struggled during the pandemic. I think they have already lost. This is no competition for the mom and pop local options. I don't recommend this even if you're in a pinch; you'd be better off stopping at your local grocery store, picking up a bag salad, avocado and rotisserie chicken. Not worth it even for convenience. read more

El Pollo Loco - Double chicken salad"under 500" menu. Really tasty - Fast Food Near Me - Santa Rosa, California

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Ok, I'm done with El Pollo Loco. They have screwed me for the last time. I complained to corporate to see if I'd get a response but they don't care. My last trip was for an 8 piece with a salad and two large mashed potatoes. I ordered it to be ready an hour in advance. I arrive and it isn't ready. I had to wait an additional 10 minutes. I ordered 2 extra cilantro dressings for the salad (so there should have been a total of 3). I see them putting in 2 dressings. Oh great, my two extras that I ordered. They gave me my order and I saw I was missing a gravy for one of the potatoes. "Would you like another gravy?" Well yes I would. It was supposed to be in there. So I get home and find that there are only the 2 cilantro dressings, not the 3 I should have had. Screwed out of 50 cents I paid for one of the extras. Then I see the second large mashed potatoes is only filled about a third of the way with a single scoop. Yeah, I've ordered from them for the last time. read more

El Pollo Loco - This is my large mashed potatoes with a single scoop. It is about 1/3 full. The other one was up to the top as this should have been. - Fast Food Near Me - Santa Rosa, California

It blows my mind how you expect to work at a place and keep it running when people treat you with no smile no hello...these are hard times for everyone and if you don't like your job find something different where you are happy and arent casting shadows on your customers. Woman tonight at 9:04 pm. She was unwelcoming and I asked about a free taco I wanted to try and couldn't figure it out on the app. She walked saying I don't think we have it anymore and talkersith another employee for two minutes just to come back and tell I'm sorry and I don't know you couldn't order it in the app. And turned her eyes away and went about something else. Where has customer service gone ? I was there a few months back and found a plastic cap in my mashed potatoes. They comped my food but I didn't bother mentioning it on yelp but today I am. Get it together. I won't be back. read more

El Pollo Loco - What I found in my potatoes what if it was child they could have choked!! - Fast Food Near Me - Santa Rosa, California

I think I've gotta give up on this El Pollo Loco and maybe El Pollo Loco in general. I decided to try a couple of "polloless pollo" (chickenless chicken) tacos and they were the worst. I ordered without cilantro and without lettuce, just the "veggie pollo" and the cheese. What they don't tell you is that there is some weird sauce on the veggie meat and that sauce is loaded with ONIONS! The menu lists the ingredients, but it doesn't list those ingredients, which make it inedible. I'm a vegetarian, but I hate onions with a passion, always have. To me, it's unfair to the consumer to make a taco and not list what's in it! I also got a small side of pinto beans and a small side of mashed potatoes. The pinto beans had so many hot peppers floating in them, that I took one bite and got instant heartburn. I'm pretty sure if we took them to a lab for testing, they would rate at the top of the Scoville Scale for spicy hot foods. I never understood why the pinto beans have to be so spicy hot that they practically burn your throat out. Other Mexican places serve normal beans, why can't El Pollo Loco do that?! Also the beans I got were the dregs. The liquid was like an inch down from the top of the cup, there were literally a ton of CHOPPED PEPPERS, and there were only like 10 or 15 pinto beans in a sea of liquid and hot peppers. They were HORRIBLE, truly. The mashed potatoes looked and tasted like the dregs of a big batch at the end of the night. It was probably exactly that. They were kind of gummy and really didn't taste that great. read more

With the shelter in place, this was open for takeout. I got the spicy shrimp taco. It was wrapped in foil. When I got home, the corn tortilla was falling apart. They could have used 2 corn tortillas like many local Mexican eateries. The taco wasn't very large (see my picture of the half not eaten). Fillings were sparse and could have used more slaw. There were 4 shrimp and they were "ok". I wouldn't call this taco visually full as it looks in the El Pollo Loco stock photo. If you're looking for a soft taco, go to one of the local Mexican taquerias. You'll get a fresher, tastier soft taco with better and fuller fillings. read more

El Pollo Loco - Half of my spiicy shrimp taco left. Skimpy fillings. - Fast Food Near Me - Santa Rosa, California

love love love this place! I'm not much for fast food, but id say this is more high end fast food (if there is such a thing)..It is sooooo much better than the chicken at KFC. whatever the heck they season their chicken with, is definitely 100 percent bomb. I usually get the family meal bc it will last me a few meals (I live alone and don't feel like cooking when ive worked all day). Their pinto beans are seasoned so well too. you can taste the freshness and that they aren't beans from a can. the restaurant itself is clean and that is a HUGE factor when it comes to me eating at an establishment. the salsa bar offers their tasty guacamole salsa, pico de Gallo, a chipotle salsa, jalapeños, onions, and a few other things. all in all, it is a place to check out at least once read more

Poor service. Waited 20 minutes, still no burrito... I finally cancelled and they could care less. No so sorry for that, can we make you something else... read more

Horrible burnt food via Uber - no dressing for my salad. Waste of money. Can't get Uber to respond. read more

El Pollo Loco - I received this chicken today. Never had burnt cruddy food from them until today. - Fast Food Near Me - Santa Rosa, California

Don't go here. You have choices. I mean hell, In n Out is just a few hundred yards away across 101. If you're really jonesing for chicken, KFC is just down the street. But don't go here. If the dead-in-the-eyes service doesn't kill you, then the dry, over cooked, chicken that's been sitting in a holding bin for the past hour certainly will when you try to swallow it. You will be drinking the salsa by the cupful just to get the flavorless drumstick down. Nothing you will be served will even REMOTELY resemble anything you see on the El Pollo Loco website. And that includes the scowls you'll be served at the counter. If you see a smiling employee here, I'LL assume they are just back from eating their lunch at a real taqueria. So in conclusion, don't go here. read more

You can't go wrong here. Fast food but reasonably healthy. Chicken is always tasty and so are the sides.

They always mess up my order. Three times already and missing an item three times. I think I have to order inside rather than the drive thru. read more

I just don't learn.gave Pollo Loco another try Giant mistake. Chips and guacamole. Really? We can't have real chips?I think I got Doritos Same as last time, lots of missing ingredients Missing. Adios read more

Horrible! I went through the drive thru today at lunchtime and ordered a double chicken avocado salad, but was given a double chicken avocado tostada. I didn't discover this until I got home. It came with a side of lukewarm creamy cilantro dressing which is a health hazard. Anything"creamy" should be chilled. It was disgusting from the first bite! The lettuce came from a bag, the rice was chewy, and the chicken hardly had any flavor. The chicken was also a weird pasty consistency. TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY! I HAD TO TOSS IT! read more

First time here, stopped on a whim while in the area running errands. Used the drive through which was wide and clean. I carefully read the item descriptions because I'm diabetic and ordered the chicken avocado burrito and a drink. I chose this burrito because the description did not mention rice which is really bad for my diabetes. However what I ended up with was a rice-a-polooza. I was far away by the time I ate, so nothing to do about it. I don't know if I got the wrong thing or if the ordering board had a bad description but I will definitely steer clear of this place because I don't need the rice surprise. Since I had only ordered a burrito and a drink I was disenchanted to discover my order was charged as a combo. I DID NOT ask for a combo. This I had a bag of chips in my sack. No thanks Rice and chips are foods I stay away from as a diabetic read more

El Pollo Loco - Chicken avocado burrito - Fast Food Near Me - Santa Rosa, California

First of all. They stopped serving shrimp, WHEN did that happen. Then fast forward to today. I asked for a chicken and avocado burrito with NO salt on the chicken. So the kid didn't understand anything I was asking for, so I said forget the chicken because the marinade has salt, and add rice.....where's the rice I asked for???? WTH. I never give a low Yelp score but this place deserves it. And on top of that the salsa is all HOT. Tone it down people, I like hot, just not lethal. Dont think I'll be back unless they bring back shrimp and offer low sodium alternatives read more

El Pollo Loco - Where's the rice I asked for - Fast Food Near Me - Santa Rosa, California

We used to eat El Pollo Loco down south all the time when I didn't want to cook. I was glad to see one came up here. I was getting tired of fried or roasted chicken. I can eat roasted chicken. I love it but variety is good. The chicken at El Pollo Loco is good because it's grilled and marinated in lime, etc. I see they have added more things and that is disappointing. It takes away from their expertise of their chicken. I don't always agree with customers who want a burrito or tostada, or other Mexican dishes. You should go to a Mexican restaurant when you want to eat that. I see these negative comments about the food and I'm saddened that El Pollo Loco's management trying to do too many things. Management should look at In-and-Out Burgers policy - hamburgers only and using good quality ingredients. Customers are not always correct. As for service, the fast food type of business is always hit or miss service. Again, management has a lot to do with it. If you get good management who understands service and workers, it will always show in the service from the workers. I feel in the restaurant business, it takes some time to straighten out the kinks. If the kinks stay kinked, then it's time to find another place to eat. As I get older, I have become more tolerant, patient, and less judgmental. I liked my meal today and will come back again. read more

Check Your Order! Went through the drive thru this evening. The staff member taking the order was not so pleasant. She actually seemed agitated just taking an order but everyone is allowed to have an off day. We are human. Unfortunately, I did not check my order right when it was given to us in the drive thru. Arrived home and several of the smaller items (tacos and chips, dressing for the salad) were missing. I didn't drive back as gas would have cost more than the $5.00 of product not received in the order I paid for. Please double check your stuff especially if you go through the drive thru. The restaurant was slow during this time so I'm unsure why the staff member couldn't take the time to accurately do her job. read more

El Pollo Loco - Several missing items! Check your drive thru orders before driving off. - Fast Food Near Me - Santa Rosa, California

Do not listen gave my order 3 times and once In Spanish and still got it wrong. Had to go across the street and buy a drink I ordered 3 meals but only got 2 drinks .waste of time . Not going back soon. it's too bad because I like the food there .... read more

Check your order I just ordered a "worlds First Keto Taco" and a small order of chicken Pozole What I received, I could not Tell you. It had beans and French fry's (?) in it The cost was $14.15, but I wasn't given a receipt. Kinda mad read more

El Pollo Loco is a welcomed spot in this area where healthy affordable eats are a bit short in supply. As with most EPL locations, inconsistency can sometimes be an issue and that usually surrounds the quality of the chicken. Most times - I would say 90% of the time - it is juicy and delicious, but every now and then you get a breast that is a bit on the dry side. Great selection of sides - both healthy and otherwise - for anyone to find something they like. With all of the high-quality taquerias in town, I wouldn't come here just for the tacos and burritos, but they are not bad. Salsa bar is very good. Don't forget the awesome Jalapeño Salsa in the ketchup-style packs on the counter! To address the few negative reviews about the service at this location, I have noticed some of the younger staff are a little rough around the edges. Never rude or mean, always friendly, just inexperienced. To be fair to this location, the reviews I saw complaining about the service were posted within the first couple weeks of the grand opening when it was busier than normal and things were still getting sorted out. The staff in general is very courteous and attentive Overall, this EL Pollo Loco is pretty solid and highly recommended for lunch or dinner - especially when it's one of those nights cooking just ain't gonna happen. ;) read more

El Pollo Loco - 2 piece meal (leg/thigh) with pinto beans and broccoli. Delicious and healthy! - Fast Food Near Me - Santa Rosa, California

Really good grilled chicken and tasty sides. There were some problems the last time I placed an order for delivery. I hope the issues are resolved soon, because I really like the food! read more

Great food nice restaurant friendly staff and one of my favorites Mexican restaurants in Santa Rosa California.