I like the flavor of their chopped grilled chicken and do takeout to put with a green salad. I asked if the chicken could be ordered without skin, and sadly, they were unwilling to sell it that way. I went somewhere else that would do it read more

Went to Regio today ordered $24.62 of food and to my surprise Luis M was at the drive thru and told me not to worry about paying that he took care of my bill I was SHOCKED and elated at the same time. Never has this happened to me THANK YOU. To God be the glory. read more

New place and the food is great! We got a variety of things to try and all good! Service is great and I will definitely be back! Lots of food for your money too. Atmosphere is clean. read more

Went to the location on Hwy 529 and Fry rd Katy. Going to start with entering the location it was very clean. staff was friendly and helpful. we had was very short wait time. Took my order to go and the food smelled delish. I had been wanting to try this place and looked forward to trying their charro beans. I got the Regio platter which included carne Asada rice charro beans tortillas and salsa. also got half of their grilled chicken which also came with rice and charro beans. The chicken had an over powering seasoning I couldn't put my finger on the taste. The rice lacked taste and the beans were underwhelming. The carne asada did not have tasted other than some grilled taste. Not all what I expected. Def not what I had hoped for. read more

Fast service if you treaty them with a 1star review . But they will scam you off your money by adding stuff into your order . Also they give free nachos doe . But the nachos taste like paper . Hope this info sites you well . read more

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I love Pollo Regio, but today will be the last time I eat here. I made a suggestion about their carne asada combo as I've had this for almost 3 years but they recently changed from nicely cuts to big chunks of meat instead. I made a suggestion to the cashier but she said that the owner have heard this request multiple times but he will not do anything about it. She said: he is the boss and he already told us that he will not listen to stupid requests. News for the owner: We the clients are the boss, not him. read more

Great good and great service!! In and out with plenty of time on my lunch break, will come again

Why did the Monterrey chicken cross the Southern border? To get away from the Mexican cooks. Now cooks are on both sides of the border. Maybe that is why the chicken in the logo is wearing a cowboy hat, trying a disguise. El Pollo Regio boasts "pollos asados al carbon" (open flame-grilled chicken) as its specialty. The chicken is "marinated with a unique blend of herbs, spices and citrus juices" cooked on the grill. Sounds good and healthy, no? Let's just say the chickens better have good running shoes. This is a comida rápida chain (fast food), new to Houston, but has locations in Dallas area, etc. They have a drive-thru (with a squawk box telling you how many buck-buck-bucks, of course). Menu has pictures on the board, which are helpful, but the puddled font makes me squint - shall we say - like a chicken looking for a sesame seed. Quite a variety of Mexican food is offered. In fact, just chicken seems to be hard to find on it (maybe they were wearing cowboy hats). Also, everything seems to be for a full meal - no a la carte or half portion option. For fast food, prices seem as steep as the banks of the Rio Grande Gorge. My order: Half chicken, $7 Lunch special Friend order: Beef Torta, $7 Chicken: The seasoned flavor is very tasty. The heat-spiciness is more on the mild side, but more than rotisserie places. That is why they give red salsa and the yellow-green hot sauce, which is liquidy, mild-medium hot. It was fairly good, but not great. But if you like it, they sell bottles. I asked for a slice of lime, too, but the chicken did not need it. On the down side, portions of the chicken were a bit dry. Chicken is served with tortillas, Mexican rice, excellent borracho beans & half of a grilled onion. Grease from the skin and the coating of spice means your fingers get messy. So, why don't they give you more napkins for to-go orders? For this menu item, I recommend dining in, and not trying to eat bone-in chicken dripping with green sauce while you're driving on I-45 (not that I tried that, of course; besides, green sauce on the fingers would make texting even harder while driving). Torta: Looks huge, but inside, there is not enough beef. Some guacamole is evident. Bread bun was soft, plentiful and toasted. The spoonful of beef given to me by friend was good-tasting and tender though. For drinks, there is the usual assortment of soft drinks, including the Jarritos flavors. To you cheapskates: They do not give you a free glass of water in the drive-thru lane. Interior is modern sterile (easy to clean, and uncomfortable furniture). Fast food joints want fast customers. It also has the proverbial hanging TVs. Rating: I wouldn't mind eating here once a month. In its category it's a 4-star, but overall, it's a 3. Final thought: Why don't they have a "chicken and sopapillas" option"? (like the waffles thing) (maybe they will give me a free meal for that idea) read more

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$6.99 lunch special, half a chicken, rice, beans, tortillas, and soft drink. This is far and away one of the best lunch spots in the 1960/45 to Kuykendahl area. They have a variety of tacos, burritos, etc. but the highlight for me is the more than you could reasonably expect lunch special. Al carbon style (cooked over open flame) half chicken cut into pieces (breast, thigh, leg, wing) with half of a small onion. You get with this 4 tortillas, Mexican rice, and some charro beans that are out of this world. Oh, and your drink is included. For $7! Unreal. Salsa bar has a variety from mild red, to spicy green, to creamy habanero, and a couple of others. I love the green sauce. Service is always friendly and fast... and word has grown; I used to see 1 or 2 people in this spot every time I'd go eat here, but the last few times there's at least a dozen regardless of the time of day. This is a regular stop on the lunch time wagon trail and highly recommended if you're looking for value for your money! read more

Ok I have been driving by this place for over a year or so, and every time I pass by I smell the grill and it smell wonderful. And every time I say I need to go I there and try it. So today was one of those days. I saw that they had 2 chickens for 23.00 with 2 sides which are beans and rice and salsa.. I went with the 2 chick's and the sides because 1 chicken was 15.00 so more the marrier. I got home cracked open that bag and oh my gosh, the food was awesome. The meat wasn't dry seasoned really well and the rice was go the salsa but the green one was to hot. But over all it was awesome..... most of all there was not even a 5 minute wait read more

Really good chicken and side orders !! Love the salsa self serve station !! The manager lady was really nice and she was informative ! It was my first time :) read more

As fast food chicken goes this place isn't too shabby. If you are at the counter, you can see back there where they are grilling what appears to be a hen house of yard birds. A great aroma is pouring out that kitchen. For about $15, you can walk out with a whole chicken, beans, rice, salsa, and some hot corn tortillas. It's hard to argue with that deal. Found their chicken to be a little over cooked. Chicken is pretty rough to get perfect. At 160 degrees the USDA will shut you down. At 165 your perfect, and at 170 you have dry breast meat. Pretty hard feat to pull off on a grill at this scale, but they need to improve the temperature of the chicken for juiciness. The chicken was well seasoned and besides a tad dry it is was good. The salsa bar inside offers several different varieties. They have some wonderful marinated red onions with habanero slices that can provide all the heat you can deal with. Beans were very nice swimming in a bacon infused broth. Corn tortillas were hot and soft. Grabbed an order of their pastor taquitos. 5 of them, for under $6 seemed like a good deal. Thought the pork was tender and seasoned right. There was fresh cilantro, limes, and onion to make your taco yours. I was in there for less than 10 minutes and took home to watch the game. read more

The reason I am giving it five stars if you happen to be there when they're just finishing cooking the chicken it's the best chicken on earth no bullshit this is seriously seriously tasty chicken it's better if you take it home because you can drink beer oh and that baked onion that things delicious enjoy read more

The food is pretty good . The chicken taste great. It has good favor to it since it is mesquite. The service is pretty quick , but the employees isn't to friendly . read more

I really like the restaurant staff is very friendly and they got my food out within a decent time. I order a torta but I should have got the whole chicken that way I could have got a real feel for the food and also I could have made sure it wasn't dry. So I will have to update this review later after I try the whole chicken and sides. read more

Polite service I drove all the way from Tennessee to Texas an was looking for a place to get some food an seen pollo regio i thought they were closed since it was after 11 but still went to the door an it was open went in side and was greeted by friendly staff food was amazing read more

This is a hidden jewel on 1960. The food is so delicious their chicken tortilla soup is to die for not to mention the salads. Stop on by they have the best customer service. My server was Hasana and she was very kind and personable. Thank you for making it a great experience. read more

Chicken is delicious I always get the chicken meal. I was a little disappointed that the meal prices increased so much. The green sauce is the best I've tried in Houston read more

The portions on the beef fajita plate #2 have been cut drastically while the price has increased. Bad busimess in my opinion not a way too retain customers. read more

I love this chicken!!! The chicken has the best flavor and is always juicy. Their rice is some of the best rice I've had and compares to my mom's. I did not have the carne asada at this location so I will only speak on the chicken, however I have had their carne asada at some of their other Houston locations and its pretty great. I know I will be back because my family requests this almost every weekend :) Thanks for giving me a little piece of Monterrey read more

Love the food hate the long wait but you can't beat the price.

Horrible horrible horrible, the same experience happened twice! I always get a pollo and a order of taquitos. Well what they don't tell you that the taquitos takes longer to make. So I left them there twice, two different times! They don't tell you to hold on or anything. Never coming to any regio pollo again. read more

Pollo Rejios were much better when they weren't so big. If you don't see a big huge puff of smoke in the area, they are not real pollos asados. Go drive down Airline drive, that's were you'll find some real pollos asados. read more

Chicken was pretty good. I enjoyed the variety of salsas they offer. My favorite was the green one but most of my family loved their creamy habanero. It was super spicy!!! Their rice was ok. Not amazing but not bad. Their charro beans were really yummy. I will definitely eat here again if I'm in the mood for roasted chicken. read more

Fantastic food with great authentic flavors! Great wet burrito, love the grilled chicken. They have a dining room usually full of workers enjoying great food and they always seem to play very odd music videos on the TV. Spanish is the primary language here, so you know it's good food! read more

Some what cheap meals start around 7 dollars your choice of meat 4 tortillas amazing beans good rice and all sorts of dipping sause. Great lunch spot but it's fast food so don't expect 5 star service but food is very tasty. read more

Excellent food and service! They need to truck in more tres leches!!!! That'll get that fifth star!!

A variety of salsas!! Tasty chicken and great price friendly service!! Totally coming back

The good may be good but the service is poor and the counter help is not very well trained. If you get the impression from the start that something is going to be wrong with your order because the process becomes cumbersome, you are most definitely right. read more

we had a whole chicken, rice, beans, tortillas and chips for $16!! can't beat that price. Love their onions!! read more

We love this place so much, we are regulars... lol. We work long hours, so this is the perfect place to pick up a hot meal. We have tried the caldo de pollo (chicken soup) great flavors, carna asada plate, the carne asada tacos, burrito, and of course the whole chicken dinner. They all have a great authentic mexican taste. read more

Rudeness! to start of with. Chicken tasted funny (unlike other times) drove back to work then it hit. Stomach cramps and pain. Food poisoning! Will NEVER GO BACK TO THIS DIRTY PLACE! Stay away from this place unless you need to loose 10 pounds over night! read more

El Pollo Regio is a small counter service place and for what it is, I thought it rocked. I got the everyday lunch special for $6.99 which was a half chicken, tortillas, rice and beans. My partner in crime got the shredded chicken tostada. Both were great. Chicken was flavorful and moist. Corn tortillas were warm and soft and beans and rice were seasoned well. Great salsa bar with everything from mild to burn your eyebrows off. It was a friendly and easily accessible place for a quick-slightly heathier than fast food-lunch or dinner. read more

We waited OVER AN HOUR waiting for our order that wasn't even that big of an order. We originally wanted carne asada but they didn't have it. Cashier didn't know how to take order right the first time or the second TIME but finally got it right the third time read more

LOVE THIS PLACE! The food is always fresh to order and the prices are pretty low. I can't ever resist of smelling the pollo asado EVERY FREAKIN TIME i pass by on 1960. makes my mouth water. Also, the green salsa is to die for and if i could i would put it on everything! I hope this business sticks around for a while read more

I enjoy el Pollo Regio, I usually get a whole bird meal, which comes with tortillas, onion, beans and rice for about 15 bucks. The chicken tastes delicious, the only issue I have is that sometimes when you show up prior to closing they run out of chicken, how that happens I don't understand but other than that, it's a great choice for dinner. read more