I have grown to like this Latino flavored chicken restaurant. It is somewhat more traditional than the typical chain fried chicken restaurant. Tonight I came here after work and got the 3 piece fried chicken platter which included a side of french fries and a regular fountain drink. I so wanted to upgrade to the yuka fries but I made my request too late as my order was already put in the bag and ready. Their biscuits looked delicious also. It was nice dining inside and they even give you real silverware with your meal. Also the chicken is 10 times better than what you would find at any typical fried chicken fast food restaurant. read more

Pollo Campero - Fast Food Near Me - Falls Church, Virginia

The food was just ok. The food came out quick. The seasoning was just not there. Bland. The chicken sandwich had no sauce and was dry. I asked for mayonnaise, but they do not have it. For $17, it was not worth it. Fast food should not cost that much. The empanada was small and also lacked flavor. The horchata was diluted. The ice machine did not work. The ambiance is casual. They give you a number card, and staff brings the food to you when it is ready. The place was clean and quiet. No TVs. I am not likely to return. read more

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Fried chicken was juicy, nice and crispy Great price. Got the 4pc dark meat special Will try it again read more

It's fast food chicken. They have nuggets and sandwiches. Do I think it's good? Yes it has its moments. Yet don't go in here expecting gourmet. Am grateful it's here, as a quick lunch is possible. The chicken is decent enough, and the sides are pretty decent. How's the staff? Wonderful! Very friendly and efficient folks here. Also I'd like to thank them for a clean location. It is an important factor, when dining out. Parking is a cinch. It can get busy at lunch peak or dinner, but the employees do well. read more

Excelente servicio al cliente los recomiendo 100% a familiares y amigos para que pasen un memento agradable.

Pues para comenzar el restaurante adentro está bien limpio, y también todos eran bien amables. Así que yo diría que el servicio es excepcional aquí. Sin embargo, la mejor parte de mi experiencia aquí, pues es el pollo frito, me encantó muchísimo el pollo. El macaroni con queso también está riquísimo. Well, to begin with, the restaurant inside is very clean, and everyone was also very friendly. So I would say the service is exceptional here. However, The best part of my experience here is the fried chicken, I loved the chicken so much. The macaroni and cheese is also delicious. read more

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Flavorful chicken, albeit a little dry. Can't go wrong with the grilled chicken option. Fast food version of any pollo alla brasa in northern Virginia. The soda options also include mango and horchata. Certainly a good option if one is in a hurry. Service was good. read more

Pollo Campero - Two Piece Meal - Fast Food Near Me - Falls Church, Virginia

Humberto was very kind and helpful with excellent service and the restaurant was clean and customer service was awesome

We have been waiting for an hour and they are STILL telling us to wait, mind you our order was a measly 8 piece chicken

Definitely recommend for some good chicken !! Staff is on point and very helpful with any questions concerns anything!

The fried chicken is good here, but the grilled chicken is where it's at! The chicken is always cooked perfectly here. They have fountain horchata! read more

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Very good food. Chicken and rice was delicious. Friendly customer service. Wait was longer than expected. Not sure why as there was plenty of chicken cooked and in the window. That was my only gripe. Maybe order ahead next time. read more

Fast food fried chicken with a Mexican spin. The chicken was extremely greasy, but the inside was juicy and wasn't dry at all. The fried skin doesn't use a lot of breading like other fried chicken chains, which I like more. The fried sweet plantains weren't nearly as good as their yuca (tried a couple off my brother's plate) so that was a little disappointing. Dinner roll was from a package you'd find at the grocery store. Overall, I'm not one for fast food like this but I thought I'd try something new. If I had a craving for fried chicken though, I'd probably visit another big chain. read more

Pollo Campero - 3 piece chicken with sweet plantains and roll - Fast Food Near Me - Falls Church, Virginia

Pretty pricy for fried chicken but having tried it at the Springfield location I gave this location a try. The chicken and fries were noticeably salty. They did have a good six for six deal which comes with three pieces of chicken, one side, a roll or tortilla, and a drink. The place was clean and spacious. Pro tip: check in for some free chicken read more

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Is my third time I come Campero, restaurant closes at 9:00 pm, it's 8:10 pm and they told me they don't have chicken ready, I have to wait 40 minutes, is annoying, because happened the last three times. Managers pay attention with this situation. Another people left because they didn't have chicken. read more

Bad service. They treated me with such bad attitude like if I was begging for food. Been to that location for more than 10 years and never had that issued. read more

This place has been great but it's plummeted as of late. The food's gotten worse, the service is TERRIBLE, the music's too loud, the lights flicker CONSTANTLY, and none of it's changed for MONTHS. My family and I loved coming here, but for some reason, it just keeps going down. Seriously, we sat at our table for 20 minutes without service as the crew scrambled around cleaning up unoccupied tables. After a spider crawled across the table, we recognized it was probably the last sign we needed, and promptly left. Just go down the road to Old Town Fairfax and find something else. Hopefully it gets better. I miss enjoying it here. read more

Worst fucking experience ever! I called to place an order for pick up (which is in fact offered at this fast food chain) the lady whom I spoke with was named ROSIE. She told me to just come to the restaurant and order when I get here and said she was not going to take my order. For what reason? She stated there was no line. I was soooo frustrated! Once I arrived there was a long line coming out the door. What kind of lazy ass people do you have working there?! Worst place to get pollo campero. DO NOT COME TO THIS LOCATION. DO NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! read more

After seeing a mouth-watering commercial, I finally tried Pollo Campero and was really impressed. Being the only gringo in the restaurant, I had a feeling there was some good eats to be had and I was not disappointed! For $11, I got the four piece platter with two sides. I tried both types of chicken and they are both great. The grilled variety has a strong citrus flavor that I loved whereas the fried version was very lightly breaded and wasn't greasy. For my sides I had the rice with corn (pretty good) and the yucca fries (delicious). Service was great: the manager stopped by every table and they served dine-in guests on colorful ceramic plates and with real flatware which was a very welcomed touch. read more

I'm salvadorian and I love pollo campero, I took a friend of mine over to pollo campero and he never had pollo campero before. So o told him that was the best pollo :-) He didn't believe it. So we ordered a family combo and two orchatas.. And we ate everything lol if WAS so good.! Now he wants to have lunch at this place every weekend lol read more

Pollo Campero - Pollo campero y papas fritas - Fast Food Near Me - Falls Church, Virginia

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Service and food quality was okay buy the cleanliness is not really. I like this place anyway no bad thoughts.

Muy Delicioso. I'd had take-out Pollo Campero before, but had never sat down to eat there.I love the vibrant colors they have, and the new logo looks fresh. I ordered the 1/4 chicken with yuca and a cuatros leches. The chicken was flavored wonderfully, and the yuca are so much more satisfying than run of the mill fries. I chose horchata as my drink. Normally it's too sweet for me and I have to drink water on the side, but this one was well balanced. It's a great chain. The prices are decent, and the only issue I'd have is that if you go to an independent chicken joint anywhere in Northern VA (Super Pollo ftw), you'll usually get a giant chunk of chicken and a splattering of sides for the exact same price. If portion control is really important to you though, then it might be better that Pollo Campero gives a reasonable plate of food. read more

Deliciously crunchy on the outside, juicy on the inside and perfectly seasoned. We love this place!

Northern Virginia is full of Latin American chicken places, so I feel a little lame trying a chain as my first experience with one, but El Pollo Campero turned out to be a good way to ease into a fast food alternative. I specifically wanted to try the grilled chicken and black beans and rice, but was a little confused when I arrived. They have two counters, one right by the front door for dine in orders and another more traditional fast food counter in the back for take out. Feeling a little on the spot, I hastily scanned the menu ordered chicken with beans. When I sat down and saw the larger take-out menu board, I realize that I had ordered fried chicken and baked beans when I really wanted grilled chicken and black beans and rice. Since my order hadn't been processed yet, they changed the order without a problem. The chicken was really good! It was not greasy at all and there was a nice spice with hints of lemon. The beans and rice were cooked perfectly, not too hard but not too mushy either. My only complaint was the set up is confusing. If you're ordering to dine in, you have a small two-sided menu to navigate through, whereas if you're taking it out there is a huge menu board with all of your options to see. The dine in service is a pseudo-table service in that they seat you and bring your food to you, but you still have to get up to get your own drinks and salsas. In the case of my visit, these were clear on the other side of the restaurant, so it would have been easier for me to get my own drink and salsas then seat myself. In terms of salsas, a hot sauce would have been nice as there were jalapenos, a chipotle salsa and salsa verde but nothing like Tabasco or the like. read more

Pollo Campero - Fast Food Near Me - Falls Church, Virginia

I absolutely used to love this place the fried chicken is perfect and the grilled chicken has phenomenal flavor. Not this time is was cold bland and slightly undercooked. The fried chicken is almost impossible to become soggy but it was more soft than crispy as usual. I may try this place again but it will definitely be out of desperation and or extreme hunger. read more

the worse service like i never see in any other place or fast food restaurant. wait over 1 hr for 4 piece of chicken is really stupid just because its 7:00 pm and them dont f*** lazys dont want to cook any more. chicken i recommend dont even come to waist your time here read more

I've tried this chicken at the Alexandria location before and that's when I fell in love with it. However, this location was off. The chicken was extremely salty and the street corn was soggy and salty. I think I'll stick to the Alexandria or Springfield locations. A good thing about this place though is that it's a bigger restaurant compared to the other Pollo Campero locations. If you do go, make sure to check-in to get a free leg or thigh! read more

Bad service I went to buy 4 empanadas it took me 30 minutes, when they finally get the empanadas, other guy was telling the cashier that he was waiting for 25 minutes instead of tell him I'm sorry she started to argued. read more

I ordered some food via Grubhub from this chicken place today. I did read reviews before ordering and knew that a lot of reviews talking about order being screwed, but I still gave it a try. Food arrived in a reasonable amount of time. It was very well packed. To my surprise the first container I saw was that of beans (with pork)I never ordered it as it is mentioned on the menu that it contains pork and due to my religion I don't eat it. I threw that immediately away. When I checked what I ordered it did say corn salad but the receipt on the bag says side of beans.. this is something very weird may be management needs to look into it ( pics attached). I also didn't find no dinner roll in my package as well. Since I read about rude behavior of staff I didn't bother to call the restaurant to ask for it. Only thing I know now I won't order from here in future sadly, even though chicken especially the fried one was good. Anyway, hope management/ staff pays attention to what they are packing for their customers and how their website ordering works. read more

Pollo Campero - Receipt on bag says beans- weird. No dinner rolls in the bag either. - Fast Food Near Me - Falls Church, Virginia

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Don't fit it if it's not broken. Quality has dropped a great deal. I've been to this location at least 20 times. The last 2 times have been very poor. Extremely fatty grilled chicken, under cooked almost crunchy rice, different sauces ( bad move ), new recipes ( bad move), and no more bottled green sauce... Today was my visit to Pollo Campero. read more

I've been here a few times and the chicken is always great,but you guys always fall short with my plantains. Why are they always burntttt to a crisp especially the ones at the bottom of the to go bowl next time I'll stand there and open it up so I'm not disappointed when I get home read more

I understand, that for all people, it is a different, and personal experience, BUT. . . Sweet baby jebus, for my Pollo Compero de-flowering, I REALLY liked it. Love? Well, that is a very strong word, but, I LIKED THE HELL OUT OF IT! The set up is kinda weird. You have a counter upon entrance, that is for To-Go orders, and a strange queue to get you up front to the business end of, well, the business, and that is where you can order food for in hose, or to-go. . . OR, you walk in, just sit down, and then a floor member(WAY to informal to call a waiter/tress)comes over and takes your order, so next time, I will just park it and wait. I was the only gringo in there, but the place was steady, and pretty full by the time I left. obviously, the place MUST have quite a following with the Latin community, and that was ALL I saw. Even the cashier was skeptical about me(solo gringo) being there, but after a few conversational volleys, we were on the same page. I went with the Numero 3(2 legs and a thigh, tortilla, OR yeast roll, and yucca), and ended up getting 2 thighs, a leg, the yucca, and tortilla. I am NOT complaining. It was AWESOME. I thought that the yeast style roll was an interesting offering, and surprised at the amount of folks going for it. The yucca was THE BEST I have EVER had done, in a "fast food" type setting. Perfectly crispy, yet SUPER fluffy on the inside. Not under-cooked, and tough-fibrous. It was pretty frickin' awesome, as far as yucca goes! The bird: Well. . . while I am a self proclaimed Bon Chon whore, this is cut from a different cloth. I am NOT a KFC fan, and have yet to get into Popeye's, but shit. . .Pollo Compero was REALLY awesome. Skin was very crispy, while the meat was juicy, well seasoned, cooked to perfection, juicy, and just awesome. Seriously, it was pretty bomb-diggity. It was almost like Pollo A La brasa, BUT FRIED! How AMERICAN! lol. While I am still new to the whole show, I gotta say, it was pretty damned good. I WILL be back! I should have it all figured out pretty soon, and there are a LOT of cool menu items I wanna try, mainly the tacos! Crispy fried chicken tacos with bacon and ranch? HELL FRICKIN' YEAH! Pollo Compero, I have a feeling that you and I are going to become pretty good friends. read more

I really wanted to like this place because I had such a great experience at the Yelp Pollo Campero event. The service at that Yelp event was amazing!!! The staff was so friendly at the event. At the Yelp event, I won a gift certificate for two free personal meals. I was excited to try Pollo Campero again, bc I really thought the food was good (especially like the fried chicken and yuca) after my first experience. So I went to get takeout on a Thursday evening, and the place had some customers, but was not very busy. There was one only cashier, so I waited a few minutes before being able to order - which is totally fine. I don't mind waiting at all, but what I did mind was that the cashier was so rude. I showed her the voucher, and wanted to confirm what I would be able to order. She acted mad that I had the gift certificate. She was in a huff about having to check with the manager, which I don't really understand why that would be my fault. I didn't mind waiting, and when she came back to the cash register, she just started angrily tapping some buttons and swiping cards. I was so confused because I was really being polite. When she did take the order, she didn't even ask us if we wanted tortilla or the rolls, and assumed that I wanted rolls (but I really wanted the tortilla). Anyway, the fried chicken is pretty tasty. I wouldn't mind trying the place again, but was put off by that experience. read more

I've seen their TV commercials back in the day and I've passed by their store numerous times while driving down Columbia Pike, but this was my first time trying their chicken. Overall, thoroughly impressed and satisfied with a fulfilling meal! I came here at the end of a long weekend for a late dinner with my boyfriend. The wait for orders seemed unusually long for 8:30 PM, but the line moved speedily and most of the people before us were just ordering out or picking up orders. My boyfriend and I ordered the 8-Piece Grilled Chicken Meal (with dark meat only) and an individual order of Yuca Fries (came up to about $15). We decided to stay in and we sat near the front window of the restaurant. Overall, there is plenty of seating (small tables, booths, larger tables for families) and the restaurant was pretty clean for the end of the day. After waiting maybe 10 minutes, a server brought out our order to our table and we dug in. The chicken was delicious! As far as fast food outlets go, I definitely prefer Campero over KFC or Popeye's. The meat tasted fresh (not frozen) and flavorful and the skin was especially well seasoned with a mix of herbs and spices. Because we ordered grilled chicken, the meat wasn't overly oily or heavy. The yuca fries were crisp on the outside (not oily at all) and starchy/soft on the inside. They paired great with the complimentary dipping sauce. As for service, I think some people may be deterred since the store seems to cater to a Spanish-speaking clientele. Don't be! The cashier who took our order was most definitely proficient in English (plus the menu is entirely in English) and the server who brought out our food was the sweetest can be. I definitely give them great kudos on providing quick and warm service even in a fast food setting. Pollo Campero satisfied my chicken craving with flying colors and I definitely want to return to try their fried variety (and also the bevy of other sides and meals). read more

So its been many, many, many years since I last ate here. I'd only eaten here once before this past weekend back then I wasn't impressed as the chicken seemed to lack flavor. Well fast-forward and I have to say this place was really good! Nicely seasoned and not overly greasy chicken either. Also the chicken was nice and juicy. Side options vary, the fries were great, but I wasn't a fan of their cole slaw but then again I'm a bit picky when it comes to my slaw. I will certainly come back but will probably try the Herndon location since that's a bit closer to home, we just happened to be out that way this weekend. read more

My family and I decided to get pollo campero for Mothers Day, so I scheduled a delivery order but never got it. After waiting for so long I decided to go pick it up my self because no one was answering the phone. I got at the restaurant and stuff was very rude and did not apologize about their mistake. I got my food and went home. At my house, I realized my food order was not complete. I was missing some, but I still was charged for; yuca fries were super old and hard to eat so no body ate them. read more

Pollo Campero - Yuca fries - Fast Food Near Me - Falls Church, Virginia

I remember when I went to Honduras with an ex, we had a layover in El Salvador. There was a Pollo Campero in the airport, and people were going nuts. They bought loads of buckets to bring back home to America. I was intrigued immediately. Even as recently as this year when we were going through Customs at Dulles, my husband was laughing his ass off at a woman who had a big box of Pollo Campero standing in line. He made some comment that the Customs officer would ask her, "What do you have to declare?" And all she would reply back is, " Pollo Campero." While others would have more worldly goods like Louis Vuitton bags or fancy watches. It was funny at the time. Guess you had to have been there. Anyhoo, we've been to Pollo Campero probably 10 times, and one out of 10 times, the chicken was moist and wonderful. However, 9 out of 10 times, the chicken was dried out and shrunken. So we will never go there again. The flan and ice cream is awful. I do love the tamarindo juice though, but the last 2 times they were always out of it. read more

Okay, so this was our first time here. Up until today, Chicken & Steak Las Brasas was our favorite South American chicken place in Northern Virginia. This chicken is AMAZING. They have a very minimal menu consisting of either fried or grilled chicken, boneless wings and empanadas. Their fried chicken beats KFC. It's fresh and juicy but not greasy. But the grilled chicken is so succulent and has a wonderful citrus glaze that was so delicious, it is now our favorite. Yes, it's better than the "Chicken Place" too. I asked what country the recipe comes from and I was told it's Peruvian. I mean, I like this chicken more than El Pollo Loco back in California. Seriously, you need to try this place - you would be hard-pressed to find tastier chicken. Their Yuca fries were cooked to perfection and their black beans were tasty too. We ordered tortillas and they gave us only two small ones. But they made for a couple of tasty soft tacos. They also serve up other sides like plantains, coleslaw, French fries, beans and more. As far as beverages, they offer fountain drinks ranging from lemonade and water to Pepsi products. Don't let the minimal menu selections scare you, the chicken is that good. We will be back for sure. YUM read more

When you walk into this place, it's hard to not head to the wrong counter. Pollo Campero is a Guatemalan fried chicken chain that, truthfully I have yet to find any different from most other fast food chicken places. The only oddity is that you have to order, pay, and they bring your food to the table. The food, tastes like fried chicken, and probably does the same thing to your body as fried chicken. If you're craving some fried chicken, it's worth a shot. read more

So ordered the sampler. There is a big difference between the grilled and fried chicken. Simply put... dont waste your time on the grilled chicken. The fried chicken is great and I would dare say better than kfc and Popeye. The chicken fell off the bone amd wasnl extremely moist. I got yucca and plantains as my sides. Both were amazingly soft and moist correctly. All 3 drinks were good. I recommend the Jamaica (I am sure I spelled that wrong). Now the trick is to see if my return visit will be this good or if I just got lucky. read more