Zankou Chicken

(323) 665-7842

5065 W Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90027 34.0982 -118.2998

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Neighborhoods: Hollywood, Central LA

ZANKOUCHICKEN.COM

Last updated 6.04.11

Category:

Restaurants

Payment Methods:

Cash

Restaurant Special Features:

Local Favorite, Family-Friendly Dining, Lunch Spot, Cheap Eats

Cuisine:

Middle Eastern, Armenian

What People Are Saying About Zankou Chicken

Featured Review

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The Scene – The original Zankou Chicken isn't much to look at: a narrow slice in an unremarkable Hollywood strip mall. But the glowing critical accolades Zankou has garnered--blown up, framed and proudly displayed--foreshadow fabulous fare that will quickly make you forget the orange Formica and faux wood-paneled ambience. – – The Food – Spit-roasted chicken attracts most of the attention and deservedly so. Tender, moist and permeated with flavor, it's rotisserie roasted to crisp perfection. But the rest of the menu easily meets or beats the bird. Soujouk is an…

Editor's Tips

Know Before You Go:
Several menu items--including kebabs and the transcendental soujouk--are only available at the Hollywood restaurant.
Save Money:
Though the chicken skin will lose its crispy texture, it's just as delicious the next day. Order a whole chicken or two and save some for later.
Know Before You Go:
Several menu items--including kebabs and the transcendental soujouk--are only available at the Hollywood restaurant.
Save Money:
Though the chicken skin will lose its crispy texture, it's just as delicious the next day. Order a whole chicken or two and save some for later.
ambiance
75.0% positive
  1. There are big differences from location to location, however, and the Hollywood location suffers from two gals at the front counter who make standing in line a frequently longer experience than eating the meal.
  2. love Zankou chicken, but the service at the L.A. location is less than desirable.
  3. Get it to go - otherwise you'll have to sit under flourescent lights and a bad strip mall atmosphere.
  4. recommend eating Zankou chicken at another location not L.A., Pasadena is the best.
food quality
93.38000297546387% positive
  1. tomatoes and garlic sauce, in a warm fresh pita bread!
  2. Secondly the food is terrific.
  3. Amazing - the place has awesome food but don't expect polite service.
  4. The chicken schwarma sandwiches are unbelievably good.
  5. The roasted chicken meal with extra garlic sauce and pita is a great meal for a reasonable price.
  6. Their chicken does taste pretty good, but there's nothing else to eat it with besides the sauce.
  7. garlic spread + hummus + pita bread + famous zankou chicken is mouthwatering
  8. It comes with half of a chicken, humus, Armenian pickles, pita, and a very tasteful garlic sauce.
  9. have not had the chicken here, but the falafel is really not that good.
  10. this place has the best chicken around, for the price.
  11. the best chicken in town.
  12. We have been coming to Zankou for several years now, and have always enjoyed the food.
  13. Sure, but a tasty and economical treat.
  14. love Zankou chicken, but the service at the L.A. location is less than desirable.
  15. enjoyed the food at this establishment very much.
  16. I've been to many a chicken joint in LA and Zankou is by far my favorite.
  17. Hands down the best take-out chicken ever.
  18. Zankou makes the best rotisserie chicken I've ever had.
  19. best chicken you'll ever eat.
  20. Armenian fast food and its good stuff.
  21. good chicken.
  22. Overall, a good meal, but not something we would drive out of our way again for.
  23. hate chicken.
  24. The service and food is always great.
  25. The accompanying fixings are still superb, and I still can't remember their correct names, so I'll call 'em something I CAN remember; (1) that onions/tomatoes/pickled ginger/other-stuff thingy, (2) that mashed-up white beans and garlic thingy, and (3) tha
  26. The garlic sauce they give you is divine.
  27. liked the quality of the food very much and the price is also very reasonable for the amount of food that you are receiving.
  28. In the past the chicken was nice(no smell) now the chicken smell like cheap food.
  29. There are big differences from location to location, however, and the Hollywood location suffers from two gals at the front counter who make standing in line a frequently longer experience than eating the meal.
  30. Good food and good value.
  31. If you're looking for some fast, good food check out Zankou.
  32. Great sauce, fantastic chicken, incredible value, and highly addictive.
  33. Best BBQ chicken on the west coast!
  34. But at Zankou, the food is delicious all the time!
  35. cheap, fresh chicken
  36. This has got to be the best chicken in LA.
  37. Quality food at a reasonable price
  38. Their chicken is good.
  39. very satisfying delicious meal for 3.99 - you can't beat the taste and satisfaction for this price anywhere!
  40. We heard things like "best chicken on earth" so maybe our expectations were a little high.
  41. vegetables, fresh pitas and their wonderful,
  42. recommend the chicken or the Shawerma (Beef) sandwich, Tarna (Chicken) sandwich, or the Falafel Sandwich.
  43. The first 2-3 times I really enjoyed the chicken then the Mayo with garlic in it get's really sicking.
  44. Zankou predates any of those rotisserie chicken joints, and it still beats them for a reliably delicious, cheap meal.
  45. Some of the best food you'll ever taste in your life.
  46. Love the chicken at Zancou!
  47. The pita roll sandwiches are the geat with the chicken tarna (chx shwarma) is terrific, the garlic spread makes it so uniquely yummy.
  48. Some ppl say that their chicken was really good, but I'd say that the chicken tastes very cheap.
  49. This is fast food, even though it doesn't taste like it, so do yourself a favor and order to go, then settle in at home for your favorite show or a DVD you've being dying to see.
  50. this chicken is full of flavor, awesome tasting.
  51. The schwarma is so juicy and delicious, and with the sandwich, they put it together for you (with chopped tomatoes too), and it's so good.
  52. strongly recommend their "TARNA" sandwhiches which consists of seasoned chicken.
  53. best friggin' chicken i've ever come across in my life!
  54. Famous for spit roasted chicken, the meat is unusually juicy, tasty and delicious.
  55. People in line with us were raving about the wonderful food, but - okay, the chicken was good, but not fabulous - certainly no special flavoring that might have made in unique(ly Armenian?)
  56. Don't get me wrong, their Shish-Kabab, Shawarma, Chicken & Garlic Sauce are the BEST (believe all the rave reviews) and I do not mind paying any amount for great food, but you don't have to call it "cheap
  57. The hummus and tabouleh were delicious.
  58. Great chicken shawerma though!
  59. they're famous for ther yummy garlic sauce.
  60. like the wraps and the chicken meals.
  61. As you enter any of the Zankou Chicken restaurants you notice behind the counter all the delicious chicken being roasted in the ovens behind the counter.
  62. Their chicken is so delicious.
  63. This is the best chicken I have ever had.
  64. Rich loved the sides of lettuce, tomato, hummous, unidentified purple pickled things, and the great sauces.
  65. This is THE best place in L.A. for chicken!
  66. The chicken is good, the food is cheap, but it's really all about the GARLIC SAUCE!
  67. the food's good here and it's cheap.
  68. The roast chicken is delicious.
  69. The chicken is fantastic!
  70. recommend eating Zankou chicken at another location not L.A., Pasadena is the best.
menu variety
100.0% positive
  1. The prices are very inexpensive, the service is fast and friendly and overall the menu items we samples were great.
  2. also liked the variety of the menu and the different options i had.
  3. and Olympic was perfect if a little more expensive than I remember the menu being.
overall
100.0% positive
  1. This is THE best place in L.A. for chicken!
service
72.22000122070312% positive
  1. The expanded and redesigned facility is much more customer friendly.
  2. The service has always been nice and helpful, so we cannot agree with some of the posts that criticize their help.
  3. The service and food is always great.
  4. Waitstaff were rude and impatient and unaccommodating when we had been misguided about what to order and wanted to add to what we had gotten.
  5. love Zankou chicken, but the service at the L.A. location is less than desirable.
  6. Lastly, the people there have always been very friendly and personable.
  7. Amazing - the place has awesome food but don't expect polite service.
  8. The prices are very inexpensive, the service is fast and friendly and overall the menu items we samples were great.
  9. The price is very resonable, but I didn't like their lousy service.
value
91.00000381469727% positive
  1. the food's good here and it's cheap.
  2. liked the quality of the food very much and the price is also very reasonable for the amount of food that you are receiving.
  3. Quality food at a reasonable price
  4. The roasted chicken meal with extra garlic sauce and pita is a great meal for a reasonable price.
  5. cheap, fresh chicken
  6. In the past the chicken was nice(no smell) now the chicken smell like cheap food.
  7. The prices are very inexpensive, the service is fast and friendly and overall the menu items we samples were great.
  8. Good food and good value.
  9. Don't get me wrong, their Shish-Kabab, Shawarma, Chicken & Garlic Sauce are the BEST (believe all the rave reviews) and I do not mind paying any amount for great food, but you don't have to call it "cheap
  10. this place has the best chicken around, for the price.
  11. Zankou predates any of those rotisserie chicken joints, and it still beats them for a reliably delicious, cheap meal.
  12. very satisfying delicious meal for 3.99 - you can't beat the taste and satisfaction for this price anywhere!
  13. The chicken is good, the food is cheap, but it's really all about the GARLIC SAUCE!
  14. You can eat in or take out and prices are extremely reasonable.
  15. The price is very resonable, but I didn't like their lousy service.
  16. Great sauce, fantastic chicken, incredible value, and highly addictive.
  17. Definitely one of the best foods for the dollar in LA.
  18. best value leader
  19. and Olympic was perfect if a little more expensive than I remember the menu being.
  20. Some ppl say that their chicken was really good, but I'd say that the chicken tastes very cheap.
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

03/31/12

chicken tarna sandwich!!

by aprincess11

the taste here is special. Crazy place, almost serve yourself. But it is good food here!

1 Star Rating: Poor

10/19/11

food poisoning

by tiernanturner

Violent puking all night. Thanks Zankou.

4 Star Rating: Recommended

04/15/11

Get The Garlic Sauce

by pandres

I love this place. I'm only giving it 4 stars because the servers are miserable a lot of the time. Maybe they feel they don't have to be nice because they have the best Middle-Eastern food in town. Nobody smiles.

But the food is brilliant. Do what I do-- get a falafel or shawarma sandwich to go and keep your mouth shut. But whatever you order- ask for extra garlic sauce and put it on everything you eat for a week.

4 Star Rating: Recommended

04/17/08

soooooooooo good!

by dthstar

i'm not into middle eastern food, but i always get 3 of their beef schwarma sandwiches at a time from here and pay extra for their large garlic paste! the pickled peppers and beets really add to the flavor of the hummus spread inside the sandwich. i've had the chicken too but don't care for it.

  • Pros: awesome beef schwarmas
  • Cons: you can't place large orders over the phone- you have to wait for your order outside the line
4 Star Rating: Recommended

01/13/08

Garlic sauce, garlic sauce, garlic sauce, garlic sauce, garlic sauce!

by vsusa

The chicken is good, the food is cheap, but it's really all about the GARLIC SAUCE!!! Make sure not to go here before you go out for the evening or you will reek! It so good you want to keep eating it, and you do. And then your tongue hurts later. But it's worth it!

  • Pros: Garlic sauce
  • Cons: Not the best area

The Details on Zankou Chicken

Place Categories:

  • best bbq chicken
  • best good food
  • great garlic sauce
  • reliably delicious cheap meal
  • reasonable price
  • not best chicken
  • rude waitstaff
  • recommend falafel sandwich
  • not polite lousy service
  • great chicken shawerma
  • unusually juicy famous
  • helpful service
  • best little place
  • exotic plate
  • tasty treat
  • incredible value
  • like falafel
  • terrific pita
  • delicious schwarma
  • personable people
  • like wraps
  • warm fresh pita bread
  • not fabulous okay
  • best restaraunt
  • not best shawarma
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