I have been coming to eat here as a child with my parents, the food here taste like a homemade meal. Came here after not coming for years since I moved, and the food tasted the same as when I was a child. Service is always so friendly & welcoming, food is very affordable, the place is clean & food is DELICIOUS. 5 STARS ALL THE WAY!! & THEY TAKE APPLE PAY ETC Also I saw two reviews that caught my eye. One that said they wanted "spanish rice" instead of white rice. This place isn't Mexican so white delicious rice is what they have. & another review rated it low because they haven't had the chance to eat here because of the line & to that I say, wake up earlier. read more

I drove a few exits up because of the advertisement of "charcoal" chicken. My order was taken immediately at the counter. You then get called when order is ready. The restaurant is smaller with @ 12 tables and is in an older building. Bathrooms old but clean. I got a whole chicken with beans and corn on the cob. By comparison the chicken was smaller than most rotisserie places. Corn and beans were on par with most side street stand restaurants. Didn't not pick up any charcoal flavors in the chicken so would choose places that offer red chicken or places like el pollo loco instead. Possibly a good value at $23 for the combo whole Chicken with two sides but when Sam's Club has bigger whole rotisserie chicken for $5 I would just go there. read more

Pollo Riko - Whole chicken combo - Colombian Near Me - Houston, Texas

This place was a childhood gem, I wouldn't go all the time but when I would I go, I would go. The food is very simple and it feels like it prioritizes your soul. Not to mention how cheap it is and how much it fills your stomach, definitely worth it. The people giving low ratings are the people who have no patience and are the ones most likely to give ratings in the first place, but if everyone that ate here gave a rating it would be a 5 star delicacy. Just remember to bring cash! read more

La comida siempre esta rica! El servicio siempre es rapido y todos los trabajadores son amables!! El ambiente es tranquilo, hay mesas adrentro para comer y siempre huele rico cuando entras! Vivo un poco lejitos del ligar pero siempre voy y me compro un platillo o el super combo para la familia :) Nunca e tenido problemas con ellos y aveces les dejo propina cuando tengo extra cash. El pago es con cash pero si ordenas en su pagina puedes pagar con PayPal!! read more

Pollo Riko - Este es un platillo de comida, puesto para llevar! Venia en sus vasitos separados, yo lo saqué y puse junto :) - Colombian Near Me - Houston, Texas

Cash only!! Their chicken was delicious. Got the family platter, pretty sizeable for reasonable price. Their juices are delicious. It's a quick sit down restaurant. Pick up your food at the counter. The chicken was juicy. The green sauce, spicy!!! Good parking up front. Worth a try. read more

Pollo Riko - a tray of food on a table - Colombian Near Me - Houston, Texas

I love the chicken here. Flame broiled on a rotisserie. Their beef bone soup is also good. Del res. Quick service. In and out. read more

This maybe the best carry out chicken in Houston! Cooked over wood on a rotisserie. *****!

real slow service .seems like everyone got their food before me .ordered to go and it took at least 25 minutes to receive my food.i would probably come on a real slow day like tuesday lunch to see if they have faster service.food is delicious but service is sub par read more

It shows that you close at 10. I pulled up at 9:10 last night. Two guys were inside. One waved his hand signaling to me that they were closed. I drove there for nothing. If you close at 9 then post the correct hours. read more

No he probado la comida allí ya que solo aceptan efectivo. Aunque la línea de los cliente literalmente se salía del restaurante, imagino que l comodidad debe ser muy buena. No inspiro comer allí, es muy oscuro el lugar y no se aprecia limpio, además que resalta un olor fuerte no agradable. Espero tener la oportunidad en un futuro de probar la comida para llevar read more

I stopped to get a half chicken with sides to go. I don't know if they made a mistake or if you only get two small arepas and two small boiled red potatoes. The cole slaw was flavorful and enough for two people. I bought a plantain filled with cheese and guava. It is too expensive for what it is. The plantain was hard. You rarely tasted the guava. And finally, the order took too long. read more

Pollo Riko - Plantain with cheese and guava - Colombian Near Me - Houston, Texas

This place only takes cash. So you must have cash if you plan on going here and they do have have an ATM.

Food is great but I really don't know why they serve white rice with roasted chicken .I'm used to Spanish rice or maybe because it from Monterey . But the service is a two out of 10. They seem to not remember your older . And don't come here if you don't have cash on you read more

Maybe the worst dining value in Houston. Don't be fooled by the seemingly low prices. The problems abound. First, the good news is that their chicken tastes pretty good. It's probably 4 stars on taste. Unfortunately, on several visits, the chicken legs and thighs were so small it could have been a large quail. My half chicken (four pieces) had less meat than two pieces from KFC or any place else. They also jack up the prices through add ons. I asked if I can get my half chicken all dark. Sure, the cashier tells me, but doesn't tell me it's 69 cents extra until after I pay. Not extra for all white like many places, but 69 cents for either. It's on the menu but not obvious. The choclo was cold and so overcooked it was crisp on one side. The arepa were dry and among the worst in Houston. My bill? $16.64 for a half chicken (only) with two little arepa, a chaclo, a plantain with cheese, and a can of Dr. Pepper. I'm glad I ordered extra since the chaclo went to the trash after one bite. They take a while to serve you even though there were few there, but the biggest drawback is that they either don't have air conditioning or they don't run it. On my last visit, it was 83 degrees outside. It was even warmer inside. They have fans running, but that's it. When I walked out, it was so much cooler even directly in the sun. I prefer La Reyna Tortilleria or Dodo's Chicken to Pollo Rip-Off, I mean Pollo Riko. read more

Pollo Riko - $16.64 worth of food. I'm not joking. - Colombian Near Me - Houston, Texas

The best rotisserie chicken in town! (Cash-only) Been coming here for over 6 years. Polite, quick counter service. I mostly get my meal as take out. read more

Pollo Riko - Colombian Near Me - Houston, Texas

They were out of half the sides. Kept pushing Fries on me. Chicken was decent. Sides were eh...

Hours posted on door are 10pm and at 915 doors were locked and counter worker was counting money already. I don't think I'm ever returning to this place they only take cash too it's 2017 guys get with the times no one wants to carry 50 bucks around to buy some chicken. Food is usually good otherwise read more

My hubby wanted roasted chicken and I could have just gone to HEB or Randall's but I'm so glad we took the drive to try Pollo Riko. It was great & my girls ended up liking the chicken as well, so win-win. We'll definitely be back. read more

It's really good chicken for a good price especially during lunch. But they can't have the last 2 stars because the service sucks. I think it's the owner but it's a bald head guy. No one is ever happy to see you. Dam at least fake happy. I have ordered in the past and sometimes they forget my food. So I tried to check my meal there and they are like you can't check it here. Check it at the table. Like what?! Who cares? They weren't even busy. No one ever says thank you or anything. I try not to come here just based on the service. Customer service is everything. I can't love your food but won't go because you make me feel unwelcomed read more

I've always asked myself (or anyone else that would listen), how can a restaurant like The Cheesecake Factory do anything well when their menu reads like War and Peace? How can you cook 423 items well? Pollo Riko is the exact opposite. They do one thing, rotisserie chicken (pollo a las brassas), and they do it exceptionally well. The chicken is marinated in a blend of herbs and spices that I'm told includes beer. This may explain the physical withdrawals, including the DTs, I get when I go more than 3 or 4 days without Pollo Riko. Lunch includes a chicken quarter (white or dark), corn bread (areppa) or tortilla, two sides (rice, beans, corn on the cob, salted potatoes, etc) and a small drink all for the budget loving price of less than $4. Or, go with 3 friends and order the Super Combo and ask for it just the way the giant picture next to the cash register shows it. This establishment is CASH ONLY, but surely you can swing the $4. read more

Make sure you bring some cash here because they apparently do have money to be advertising on tv but not for any credit/debit card machines .... Chicken was very juicy n good but their sides were very blah i mean Blah.. the arepas were not the best either nor the little "hot" sauces.... read more

I don't even want to give this place one star but it's required. My family and I live all the way in cypress near 290 and we drove to this location since there is not one closer. We get there and it is CLOSED. Online it shows they are open until 11pm, we get there and on the door it says 10pm! At 9:26 pm they were CLOSED, completely. No lights were on and it was dark as if it has been closed for a while. I'm so upset that we drove the 50 minutes to this location just for the place to not even be open like it's supposed too! Very disappointing. I'll be sure to make my friends know to not go to this location because I'm not sure if they will be open or not. read more

Pollo Riko - Not open like it's supposed to be - Colombian Near Me - Houston, Texas

This place really needs a lot more exposure because honestly, Pollo Riko is as good as it gets. The restaurant itself is columbian and man, those damn south americans know how to cook. The lunch special (mon-fri) is about 4 bucks and you get a quarter of chicken (thats cooked rotisseries style with charcoal), 2 sides, your choice of a tortilla or arepa (get the arepa because they're kind of amazing), and a small drink. Even if you don't come during the special the food is still affordable. The food is extremely fresh, healthy, and cheap so do yourself a favor and stop by pollo riko. side note-the owners speak perfect english so no worries read more

Place is delicious and super cheap. Definitely beats fried chicken. A good healthy option read more

Pollo Riko - Colombian Near Me - Houston, Texas

I really like coming here to pick up lunch to go. They have a nice lunch special.I think it's like $4.11 for the dark meat lunch special and you get to choose two sides. The amount is perfect for me! I always seem to get potato salad as the first side and I switch it up between the salted potato or the corn. Plus for the lunch special it also comes with a drink that you can pick from the fridge right behind the cashier. Just remember to bring cash since it's cash only :/ I've had their fried plantains before and it was decent. Next time i'm thinking about trying one of their soups. I saw a guy enjoying it while I was waiting for my order...he made that soup look yum :) read more

I was so excited to come here because I had heard so many amazing things about this place. The rotisserie chicken was good, though it was way too fatty for my taste. The side orders were COLD!! Which is kind of a sin, when one of the sides is fried plantains. Fried plantains must be "burn your tongue" hot. Otherwise they get too chewy and the flavor gets lost, and the oil becomes cold and crusty. Anyway, my last pet peeve was that, when I ordered an extra Styrofoam cup for my drink, they charged me $.25. Really? What restaurant in a developed country does that? Also, they don't have a bathroom, but I am sure if they did, they would charge for it too! read more

This place is simple, get some non fried well season roasted chicken for a good price. For being health conscious this us perfect for some lean white meat. Enjoy read more

I will review this restaurant in the form of a haiku: Good, cheap, and tasty Chicken, Plantains, Empandas Snowflakes never fall read more

I stopped by to get some roasted chicken for my wife and I and I soon found out that they like to use a bait and switch approach with the customers, if your order a whole chicken you are given two side orders and one would normally think those side orders would include White Rice, Plantains and Yuca but you get two small pieces of Corn on the Cob and a House Salad that is long past it's freshness date and it turning Black. If you want steamed White Rice, Yuca or Plantains you have to pay extra. I will not be going back to that horrible place anytime soon. read more

I love this place. I've been coming here for over 10 years!!! Best rotisserie chicken ever! Everything is authentic!!

I go to school on Fondren and so I pass this place quite often. I am sometimes a bit skeptical of the places in this area, so I decided to yelp this place first. My friend and I each ordered the lunch special for a cheap price of $4.20. It came with 1/4 a roasted chicken, a drink, cornbread/tortilla, and two sides. The chicken was really good and literally fell off the bone. I got dark meat, and he got white meat. We ate a bit of each other's meat and we both agreed that the dark meat was better. The chicken was already good on it's own, but the addition of the green sauce they give adds even more flavor. For the sides I ordered salted potatoes and a Caesar salad and he got beans and potato salad. I was a little disappointed with the salted potatoes because they were literally just potatoes and salt. I was expecting a bit more but for the cheap price, what can I say? The Caesar salad was very fresh and light. I tried a bit of my friend's potato salad and it had a nice Mexican kick to it, which I liked. I throughly enjoyed my experience there and will definitely be visiting it a lot more. Btw for you car people out there.. the parking lot isn't very nice so watch out for the random bumps and mini hills. I unfortunately scraped the bottom of my car trying to get out of the center. read more

I'm an avid lover of holes in the wall---especially affordable ones. With that said, I LOOOVE Pollo Riko! The chicken is perfectly charred and has a tasty dip to go along with it. Make sure you ask for extra. :) As for the sides, I love the fried plantains, yucca and boiled potatoes. The rice and beans are pretty standard, but aren't bad. The one side I don't care for at all is the mashed potatoes...they taste pretty gummy. The corn tortillas are the perfect vehicle for the tasty chicken. You can get a whole meal for under 20 bucks. It's seriously so cheap and delicious, as well! Though the atmosphere isn't super nice and service is hit or miss, this place is well worth it and cheap! Did I mention it's cheap? read more

I was looking for some roasted chicken and I ran over this place here in Yelp. The boyfriend and I decide to check it out and try since it's close to where we live. The first thing that made me cringe about this place was that there was no A/C. It was blistering hot outside and I was expecting it to be much cooler. Instead I run into more heat inside as I did outside. Also a large warning for everyone that goes here, it is CASH ONLY. Luckily I dug through several Yelp reveiews to read this. Honestly if I hadn't been adamant on doing this, I could have very easily gone and tried to order only to leave frustrated. Thirdly, they kinda forgot about my order. I had ordered a half chicken with rice and beans. I waited around for about 30 minutes thinking maybe it was just taking a long time to prepare. I then realized that people who came in after me were getting their food. I decided to go up and see what was going on only to find out that they had forgotten about my order. The chicken was tasty although I've had better roasted chicken at other places to be honest. The beans were delicious as well as the salsa that they gave as well. Would I go back? Yes possibly. Would I go out of my way to go there? No. For that I'll go off Hillcroft. read more

The rotisserie chicken here is always perfectly seasoned and cooked. I usually go with the dark meat, rice, and salted potatoes, cant go wrong. Price is definitely worth it, cheap. Comes with corn tortillas. Staff is friendly, speaks english. read more

Pollo Riko - 1/4 dark chicken w/ salted potato - Colombian Near Me - Houston, Texas

Chicken and fried yuca were really good! I got the dark meat and it was really juicy and tasty. Wish they gave you more food. One thing I noticed is that they don't pay that much attention to sanitation. I had to send my first chicken plate back because it had something from the oven mitt on it. Overall, pretty good I'd probably give them a 3.5 if I could. If you're in the area check it out. read more

This is the best rotisserie chicken I have ever had. It is not spicy or even particularly seasoned. It is just charcoal roasted with incredible natural flavor and very juicy. The prices are reasonable, but they only take cash. The sides are hit or miss. If the yucca has been sitting under the heat lamps for too long it is pretty much inedible, but if it is fresh it is good. read more

The food was good. I ordered a quarter dark chicken dinner and 1 caldo Costilla. I enjoyed the taste of the soup. The reason for the four stars is because I dined in and the restaurant was extremely hot. I'd have to guess it was about 82 degrees inside. Combine that with hot food and I felt like I was eating in the motherland. read more

I think this is the last time I am coming here lol. As a kid, I remember my parents coming here to buy food all the time. It was ok then and not much has changed now. Except the customer service is worse I guess. For one, door used to say the close at 10pm (you can see the mark the sun burned numbers left even after being removed) and we got there 8:45 and were the last ones to get service. One poor guy came 5 mins after us and they told him they were closed already. Also, they kinda gave us some cold food. Taste was ok but i just feel that it was not quality. In addition, they only take cash. The sauce is maybe the only thing that makes the chicken palatable. read more

A full rotisserie chicken meal for 6 bucks? Yeah, I am a fan. I try to keep it relatively healthy so I got the 1/4 white meat chicken with salad and beans. Not too shabby... read more

Pollo Riko - Current menu 11/4/2015 - Colombian Near Me - Houston, Texas

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Worst Chicken EVER. Do yourself a favor a stay away from this place. The chicken I was sold was hard, dry and had the odor of rotting flesh. The beans were under cooked and hard... I could go on about the horrible employees that will go out of their way to treat you poorly if you don't speak Spanish. Or maybe I was given the "special Gringo chicken", who knows, but when you can't trust the wait staff you should never be a return customer. I promise that I will never go back. read more