NEVER COME HERE! food is terrible, especially to go. When you try to talk to the manager, he will not answer and give terrible service. Nothing like the one on Olympic. I got a 30$ meal for me and my dad, and it was horrible. Tortillas were weird and tasted plain, the beans were weird and don't taste good at all. The order is made fast, and not in a good way. read more

First off the chicken was expensive, but this is my fault and should've checked the price before ordering. Second the employee working there I don't remember if her name was Cristina or Kristina but congratulations. Out of all the fast food places i've been to you've given me the worst experience with your condescending attitude. After asking twice for condiments she whispered something offensive in Spanish to herself. Like a job is a job, if you don't like it then find another one. Will not come back. read more

Simply put it this way, Pollo Campero's Fried Chicken has the flavor that tastes really delicious. We came here for a family meal to go for a Christmas gathering at my parents house, and thankfully this place was open on Christmas Day. You probably tried hand breaded Fried Chicken elsewhere. But Pollo Campero backs it up with its Latin spiced, citrusy flavor and tender juicy meats. To me eating the skin alone can be addicting, because of its light breaded tasty crust on the outside. Their flavor trickles down to the meat, and when you break it away from the bones, it easily comes off. That said, it's a well rounded fried chicken. There's a salsa bar that provides green and red sauces, onions, and jalapeños. Their fried chicken is tasty enough and there's really no need for the added salsa. Around $50 we got a 16pc. Combo mix that consists of 4 breast, 4 leg, 4 thighs and 4 wings. Included are family sizes of our choice: French fries, Campero Rice and Campero Beans. Also, you have a choice of tortillas or bread. The prices are in the high end for a small franchise chain. But when you think about it, there aren't many like that has fried chicken with the combination of hand breaded, and flavorful right down to the bones. This South Gate location is huge. Once inside there's plenty of booth and table seating and it's very spacious. So there shouldn't be problems dining in. I notice this chain has been around for years in the greater part of LA county. They don't have locations closer to OC. Being now a resident of Orange County, the drive here is long distance. I was first introduced to Pollo Campero when they use to have a branch in Long Beach. Overall, you'll be impressed with their fried chicken flavor that makes you wanting for more. read more

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I do have a question? I called the South Gate store and no one picked up on the 10th ring (common courtesy for customer service) so I just let it ring. It rang and rang and rang? I told myself that their busy at 1:36pm in the afternoon, but come on now! It takes just three seconds to answer and say "welcome, can you hold please". I am giving them the benefit of the doubt I used the wrong number. I called what was on the yelp page (562) 667-00495 Mr. Manager if you are out there is this the right number? All I wanted to ask is if you accept my EBT card at your location. Love your food but not your phone service and in today's market you only get one chance to prove yourself. read more

They put my to go order on a tray. I walked over to ask for some condiments while they bag my combo. The manager looked over to the attendant and said. "Put the food in the bag, that isn't for dialogue". I thought it was rude and insulting. I felt bad for the attendant because I was asking her for extra ketchup and sauce. I felt the manager is a big time bully. If I wouldn't work there I also won't buy there. read more

I love this place! It's ridiculously over priced but it's good food. I have to buy it once every few months because of the prices, but I know it's a good meal when I get one! read more

Lured by a billboard along Interstate 710 north, I pulled into this chicken restaurant. I had people at home to feed so the "10 pieces for $13" offer really sounded attractive. Easy, right? Not even. First of all, the parking lot of the shopping center was packed to the gills. Then, when I asked the cashier about the offer I saw on the billboard, she had to call a colleague over because she couldn't hold a conversation in English. Next, her colleague tells me it is 10 pieces for $13, not the $12 I thought I read. OK. Fine. I could have gotten that wrong or the price could have gone up. When I asked for the grilled chicken, I was told they only had fried and that I needed to wait 30 minutes for grilled chicken to come out. I would have been home by then. I asked for a two-piece meal and was assured they had enough grilled chicken to fill that order, but it would be a breast and a wing. No problem, I thought. The chicken must have been under a heat lamp or something. I didn't see one, but the chicken came out dry and overcooked. I was disappointed . My side of campero pinto beans was decent. Flavorful and a little spicy. Next time, I will just keep driving to the nearest El Pollo Loco. read more

Screw popeys!! this is bomb. It's 2 pices of seasoned chicken with bomb stew beans and white rice with herbs and corn (your choice of sides). Comes with 2 tortillas and salsa. So delicsh. They have a special for $5 right now. When your tired of KFC or popeyes, a great twist on fried chicken. I also love!!! that they use reusable plates and cups for dine-in because it's great for the environment. More restaurants should do this. read more

Pollo Campero - Popeyes ain't got nothing on you Campero. $5.00 - Latin American Near Me - South Gate, California

Food was amazing. Ordered fried 12 piece comes with 3 sides and ordered 2 chicken sandwiches. Didn't have to wait long for the food everything was cooked to perfection chicken was juicy inside. Highly recommend this chicken to anyone looking for flavor. read more

This has to be the best fried chicken in America. I was introduced to this company while flying back from Belize with a layover in El Salvador. Most everyone entering the plane had boxes of this chicken and it smelled so amazing. I asked the person in front of me if I could purchase a piece and he said absolutely no. My family will kill me if I don't bring back all this chicken. He then told me they're starting to open up in the United States. I am super happy they did. read more

I came here to get chicken all was well with the cashier but as I was getting my to go order I checked the box and noticed that I had wings which I had specifically said not to add, even paid extra, I told the girl who was handing me my order that I didn't want the wings, she turned and rudely started taking and tossing the chicken out, not only that but started talking rudely and even tried to scold me when I was in the right. They need to work with communication within their employers because she was putting the blame on the cashier when the cashier did nothing wrong. She did not need to be upset over my order change because I paid for what I ordered. read more

After hearing marvelous things from my Salvadorean & Guatemalan friends that this place is soo good I decided to give it a try. Drove approximately 40mns to this location, great clean atmosphere. I'd give this place a 4 but I'm giving it a 5 overall for the amazing customer service we had from the server DEBBIE, she was amazing very attentive and helpful to us really appreciate her-made me feel at ease answering our questions and she checked up on use constantly. Great job Debbie!! read more

Pollo Campero - Debbie ! - Latin American Near Me - South Gate, California

Do not recommend at all! I got food poisoning from their chicken. I noticed it looked funny before eating it. I am not a person that complains, so I ate it. I was going home when I felt a really bad stomachache coming. I was forced to drive fast, getting home to diarrhea and vomiting on my door step. read more

We ordered the whole grilled chicken with Campero rice, black beans, tortillas, and a side of plantains. When we got home, we had all of the above, except instead of black beans we got Campero beans. Fail. We liked them anyway, but still. Also, the way the girl packed the food, it spilled all over inside the bag. The chicken was great, and I really like the seasoning. We did think, however, that it was expensive for what it was. You can buy a whole rotisserie chicken at Costco for under six dollars. One chicken here, with sides, was $23. read more

Their food is amazingly delicious as well as their horchata I love it. They cook everything so amazing and don't take long with their deliveries. read more

The curbside pickup was a failure we had to go inside the restaurant to get our orders. The Campero rice was too dry, not quite the rice we had before. Need to make fluffy and not too dry. It was disappointing for this visit. I rated today's visit 3 read more

Pollo Campero - Cameron Rice 2021 - Latin American Near Me - South Gate, California

I really like this location; however I didn't like how Rosa was trying to keep my receipt so that I couldn't do another survey and the manager Val had to come over to tell Rosa I can have my receipt. That was really odd. Aside from that they run this location smoothly. Everyone used gloves when handling food. Everyone had a hairnet on. All hands were on deck... Like a well oiled machine is how this establishment is ran. My food was hot and fresh! It's a 110% better than the Inglewood location. This location makes the Inglewood location look like the bottom of the barrel. I will come back to this location; just hoping that If Rosa is working next time I come in that she doesn't try to hold my receipt hostage! read more

Worst place to come and eat I literally waited for 1hr for my food To find out the food wasn't being done and on top of that the attitude I received back from the manager was just shitty ..... also the area where they have the salsa was just so nasty like dirty un clean and when I asked to please refill and clean they ignored the cleaning part ....ughhh they ruined my dinner read more

Pollo Campero - Latin American Near Me - South Gate, California

No more salsa = not coming back, the home made tasting salsa with the chicken is the best combo without it they are cheating their customers and product, they need to bring it back ASA........once the salsa bar comes back I'll give you 5 stars read more

So. Ive only been here one other time. I havent been here in a long time. But there chicken is truly delicious. Cant go wrong with this place. I dont like fried chicken to be honest. But when i get a craving for some, this is the place i come! read more

Bro. 2-3 years coming here never once do I feel the air condition on. Only for the workers... how

This used to be my favorite spot but it's been disappointing me more and more with every visit. The only reason why I made the drive today was because my dad asked me to for His birthday but the service is one of the worst ever. The staff is rude and there seems to be no organization at all for social distancing. They have floor markers for distance but no signs for direction on where the lines start. I don't think Ill be coming back any time soon. read more

Again, I don't even know why I bother coming here. Bad service, repugnant staff and not a very clean restaurant. Is by far the dirtiest from other locations that I've been to. read more

Horrible taste to the chicken. I wanted to try the food here but would much rather go to El Pollo Loco

The food is average frozen food fried or baked on the spot. The storage and cleanliness of the heating area is also disorganized. To top it off we waited over 30 minutes for our meal. Management needs to asses their overall operations. read more

My friend from Guatemala grabbed me and said come try this chicken. We drove from LB to South gate and had lunch here. My friend said KFC tried to open in Guatemala but wasn't good enough. I have to say the fried chicken was very good. It looked greasy at first but had great flavor. The fries were OK and there are a number of sides to choose from. Place seemed a little dirty, no iced tea option and a couple of the soda options were broken. I enjoyed the chicken and would go back read more

Last time I order was a few months back but honestly food here has been getting worse. The coleslaw is not good and the take out service kinda sucks and food is very cold when picking up. read more

It really hurts to say it because I used to love coming to this place. My dad can't eat anything greasy, so we had to get 10 piece grilled chicken along with two sides. We waited 30 minutes to get the wrong type of chicken and saying that they ran out of the grilled chicken. It makes no sense to wait for chicken that they don't have on stock. I would love to come back, but they should work on better service or get better management. read more

Disappointing! I was trying to get the campero bowl but they stopped selling them. Apparently the place was sold and there are new owners. I decided to get the camperito boneless chicken. The chicken itself was still good but the sides super suck. They are not the same as before. The rice and beans have different flavor or something. Definitely not the sme as before. Last time I come here. They've lost a customer due to the changes the new owners made. Again disappointing. SMH. read more

First time visiting this location and the customer service was amazing. That you for being courteous and friendly.

OK, so for some time I've been hearing people rave about Pollo Campero being "the best chicken like ever!"----for clarification it's suppose to be the best FRIED chicken ever, according to my husband and friends. My husband also kept insisting that we try it because he and his coworkers often get it for lunch and they just love it. We went to the South Gate location (for those who don't know just word of caution it's a questionable neighborhood and unless your street savvy I say just go somewhere else). We ordered a full chicken with a side of beans and it totaled about $20.00 (boooo!) which is really expensive compared to other chicken places. So (drum-roll please) no it wasn't "the best chicken ever." I actually prefer KFC extra crispy over Pollo Campero. It had a good taste and it wasn't dry or orver cooked, BUT the skin was NOT crispy (double boooo!). I wouldn't go to the extreme of putting it in the BEST EVER category. Plus, I think it's not worth the price. I think I'm sticking with KFC or better yet the real "best chicken ever Zankou!"now that's OMG chicken!!! read more

Yesterday I ordered my families meal in advance! When I got there and it was fresh and ready to go! I have never eaten more scrumptious chicken in my life! My family loved it! I recommend everybody orders in advance and take some home for their family's dinner it is that good! read more

Pollo Campero - Call ahead for family meals and catering! My dinner was a hit and your could be too! - Latin American Near Me - South Gate, California

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Probably the best fried chicken I've had in a while. Definitely come and ask what their current special is. One time they had a deal for 10 pcs for 12 bucks and that was a steal as usually it's about 2 bucks a piece. read more

A friend introduced me to this restaurant a few years ago, and to say the least, I was skeptical when he was telling me about it. Why? It's a Guatamalan fried chicken chain, and fried chicken is about as American as apple pie. (And that begs the question, how do you categorize this restaurant?) As my friend said I would, after trying the food, I liked it. The chicken is very good. The spices in the breading is good but it's not quite as good or as crunchy as KFC, but what makes this chicken special is that it's marinated before being fried lending a unique and juicy flavor to the meat. Most fried chicken you eat for the skin. This is one fried chicken you can eat for the meat. The sides aren't as good as the chicken. They do have decent rice and beans (belying the restaurant's Latin American origin) but if like KFC coleslaw, I recommend staying away from the Pollo Campero coleslaw. And, if you like that kind of thing, this is the only fried chicken restaurant I know of that features a salsa bar though I've never had occasion to use it. read more

Really good chicken from this Guatemalan-based chain with locations throughout Latin America and in... Hong Kong! Beats Pollo Loco hands down.... chicken marinated in a citrus-based marinade balanced with a unique blend of spices that all blend well together, then lightly coated and fried perfectly. Not at all overtly spicy (although they do have a really substantial green and red salsa available) but exceptionally flavorful, like most Guatemalan food. The sides aren't that great, with the exception of the plantains... which are always perfectly cooked and really delicious! They also keep the place exceptionally clean and the staff and management are always pleasant and helpful. read more

my family and I are huge fans of this restaurant chain. but this location right now in particular is honestly getting on my last nerve. unfortunately any other location is far away otherwise we would go else where because at this point I feel we are getting robbed. anytime we go here we don't spend less than $40.00 for a 8 piece meal, something that any other local place is $15-$20.00 cheaper. it has been open for quite some time already and they still havent gotten their application up and running, not so much for online ordering but because since we eat frequently at pollo camper we are supposed to get points for our purchases, by now we have already eaten 5 times here since they opened and we don't get points for our purchases because they havent finished setting up whatever it is they do to count the points, this is unacceptable. if you multiply the times of visits times the amount it is a good amount of points that we have been left without. read more

Don't come here if you want grilled chicken. They told me grilled chicken would take 30 minutes. Ridiculously unprofessional.

The customer service was excellent. Very clean interior and the food was what'd you'd expect. Been there a few times and every time it's a good experience read more

Was disappointed this time, they were out of their Grilled chicken my favorite. 20 min wait sorry had to leave without chicken but I got my YUCA Fries. Yummmm. I can't eat fries but found this place a few years ago. Yuca is a root vegetable so I can eat it. So good as "fries" and don't forget the green sauce instead of their 1000 island dip. read more

I remember this very cripsy, very flavor-filled chicken. It was fried, but with not breading on it. It is the type of fried chicken you would see served with spanish or red rice and beans except it is crispier. I only ate the chicken and a coke, but I loved it. You get the cripy skin, salty flavor, the chicken itself taste fresh. The seating and scenery was ok, not too flashy. Basically, a good piece of chicken. read more