I'll admit that I was a little sceptical stopping here on our way back from Sudbury to Ottawa...
My boyfriend and I are eating local since the pandemic seems to be hitting small businesses really hard now. Anyway, my boyfriend wanted to stop in Mattawa to eat and decided to Google restaurants, when "Mattawa Chicken" came up as one of the top rated.
At first I said no, I wanted to push on, he was insistent, he wanted this chicken, so we stopped. I was really glad we did. Bill the owner and cook was really friendly. He took our order and everything was made fresh. The fried chicken is better than KFC, no doubt about it. You get actual chicken pieces, chicken pieces you can recognize. The coating the crisp and salty and sooo good. The combo comes with a generous box of potato wedges cooked to perfection, gravy, and a small side salad, I chose slaw and my boyfriend chose macaroni.
This place is unassuming but I was so impressed with the quality and taste of the food. It is really worth a stop if you're ever passing through Mattawa. read more