As I drove up to Pollos Los Gallos I saw a column of smoking rising from the grills on the side of the building. I was a bit confused since this was my first time visiting and the building was completely bereft of any signage. But as the other reviews say, just follow your nose! I walked into to the grill area, where the cook, who was busy slathering chicken on the grill with a red sauce, directed me inside through the nondescript door on the front of the building. Ordering is really quick here. They take pre-packaged food out of a hot box, bag it up, and hand it to you. It was a little disappointing since I was expecting to get chicken fresh off the grill. Maybe during busier hours they continuously refill as customers file through? Unfortunately, I figured the earlier I went the fresher the chicken would be, but I guess I was wrong. The place was completely empty after all and I didn't see any other customer the entire time I was there. Whole Chicken Meal ($17) - Pollos Los Gallos isn't really a place you eat in so I got the bag to bring home with the delicious smell of smoked chicken and fresh corn tortillas filling the car as I drove. My first impression as I opened the box and looked at the chicken - woah, super nice char and coloring on each piece. The chicken was chopped up into smaller pieces, making things easier to eat but also increasing the number of small bones to pick through. As expected, that smoky char flavor mixed with the spice glaze on the exterior was phenomenal, but the interior even on the dark meat was dry. Again, I'm wondering if this was because it had been sitting in the hot box for a while. The meal comes with a choice of beans or rice. I got both for $1 extra. The beans were tender pinto charro beans with nice flavor and appropriately seasoned. The Mexican rice was as good as anywhere else in the area, light and fluffy and was only an extra dollar. Also included are some pickled jalapenos and red onions in a small cup. These added a good acidity from vinegar and lime juice and some spiciness from the jalapenos. Two small containers of decently spicy salsa are served on the side. I recommend moistening the chicken up by dousing it in the salsa. Finally, ten fresh hand made corn tortillas complete the meal. Put a bit of everything inside to make a delicious taco! Pollos Los Gallos is cash only, but the food is outstanding value for only $17. I'll have to revisit during the dinner rush and see if I can get fresher chicken next time.
Rodolfo Gutiérrez
Great service and food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Smoked Chicken, Tacos
Dell M.
No frills, just good meals. Grilled/smoked/blacken chicken, beans, rice, and corn tortillas. Cash only, carry out and limited parking. Very affordable and tasty.
Javier Soto
Very delicious food and great
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Thomas L
Wood fired mesquite grilled chicken southwest style! Pickled onion is a nice twist to replace the standard jalapeno. Great heat on the pickled onion, red sauce good and standard. Rice also good, beans are cowboy style good flavor. Nice change from the usual smashed refried at most other places. I got chicken but they offer meat options. Very authentic, with reasonable prices. Good service..
If you're hungry for a good home-cooked bbq (grilled) meal then you have to stop here. Its a non-descript place. I don't even recall a sign being out in front. However, you're at the right place when you see the smoke coming from the grill withthe best aroma. Very simple menu. Whole or half chicken dinners with rice & beans & a few other items. It was great. Couldn't eat all the meal in one sitting...it was so much. Definitely try when in the area!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Smoked Chicken
Luis Angel Becerra Garcia
Excellent food, the best grilled chicken I have eaten in the US, I highly recommend
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Money Mike
Quesadillas look nothing like others who have reviewed them. You literally have to show them the picture and say "this is how i want it". If not bout time you get to your cars it's soggy. Horchata is the best tho. I can't stop drinking them ?. The whole/ half chicken is ok kinda burnt tho but it's good when it's fresh off the grill? all in all its nice place i have been frequently lately.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Smoked Chicken, Quesadilla
Nina Alzaidi
Not the best looking place but they definitely make up for it with the delicious
No frills authentic Mexican food served hot. Had the half-chicken dinner with rice and beans. Was well cooked, flavorful, reasonably priced. Took it as carry-out to eat at home. There are a few tables inside, but this isn't a full-service restaurant, more like a curbside food truck but operating out of a storefront.Will be going back. Don't be scared off by the gritty appearance. This is a place you tell your friends about.
Recommended dishes: Smoked Chicken, Flan, Pollo Chicken, Chicken Dinner, Tacos, Al Pastor
Barbee Season
1st of all...I just so happen to stumble across this place. The food was literally ready in like 2 minutes. Pipe smoking hot! Y'all this food was so good! Fire,ok! The best rice I've ever had in my lliiiife! Definitely a must try! 5 Stars!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Rice and Beans, Tortillas, Chicken Dinner
Richard Jasper
This place is in the weekly rotation for lunch. Prices are pretty sketchy at times but the product and service is solid.
Ro Rivera
They gave me a bone looks like someone ate the chicken and put this back! Also be careful and check your food because I found this plastic piece in my beans! Never going back again!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Ashley N.
I stopped today and it was so phenomenal that I knew it was time to update my review. I want to start off my saying that chicken is my least favorite meat in general but not this chicken! This chicken is always on point. They do not have "off" days. It was so charred, juicy and delicious as always! Even my husband loved it and he rarely eats meat!
As I drove up to Pollos Los Gallos I saw a column of smoking rising from the grills on the side of the building. I was a bit confused since this was my first time visiting and the building was completely bereft of any signage. But as the other reviews say, just follow your nose! I walked into to the grill area, where the cook, who was busy slathering chicken on the grill with a red sauce, directed me inside through the nondescript door on the front of the building. Ordering is really quick here. They take pre-packaged food out of a hot box, bag it up, and hand it to you. It was a little disappointing since I was expecting to get chicken fresh off the grill. Maybe during busier hours they continuously refill as customers file through? Unfortunately, I figured the earlier I went the fresher the chicken would be, but I guess I was wrong. The place was completely empty after all and I didn't see any other customer the entire time I was there. Whole Chicken Meal ($17) - Pollos Los Gallos isn't really a place you eat in so I got the bag to bring home with the delicious smell of smoked chicken and fresh corn tortillas filling the car as I drove. My first impression as I opened the box and looked at the chicken - woah, super nice char and coloring on each piece. The chicken was chopped up into smaller pieces, making things easier to eat but also increasing the number of small bones to pick through. As expected, that smoky char flavor mixed with the spice glaze on the exterior was phenomenal, but the interior even on the dark meat was dry. Again, I'm wondering if this was because it had been sitting in the hot box for a while. The meal comes with a choice of beans or rice. I got both for $1 extra. The beans were tender pinto charro beans with nice flavor and appropriately seasoned. The Mexican rice was as good as anywhere else in the area, light and fluffy and was only an extra dollar. Also included are some pickled jalapenos and red onions in a small cup. These added a good acidity from vinegar and lime juice and some spiciness from the jalapenos. Two small containers of decently spicy salsa are served on the side. I recommend moistening the chicken up by dousing it in the salsa. Finally, ten fresh hand made corn tortillas complete the meal. Put a bit of everything inside to make a delicious taco! Pollos Los Gallos is cash only, but the food is outstanding value for only $17. I'll have to revisit during the dinner rush and see if I can get fresher chicken next time.
Great service and food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Smoked Chicken, Tacos
No frills, just good meals. Grilled/smoked/blacken chicken, beans, rice, and corn tortillas. Cash only, carry out and limited parking. Very affordable and tasty.
Very delicious food and great
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Wood fired mesquite grilled chicken southwest style! Pickled onion is a nice twist to replace the standard jalapeno. Great heat on the pickled onion, red sauce good and standard. Rice also good, beans are cowboy style good flavor. Nice change from the usual smashed refried at most other places. I got chicken but they offer meat options. Very authentic, with reasonable prices. Good service..
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Smoked Chicken, Tacos
Really good food. Not fancy but really
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pollo Asado, Carnitas, Smoked Chicken, Rice and Beans, Tacos
If you're hungry for a good home-cooked bbq (grilled) meal then you have to stop here. Its a non-descript place. I don't even recall a sign being out in front. However, you're at the right place when you see the smoke coming from the grill withthe best aroma. Very simple menu. Whole or half chicken dinners with rice & beans & a few other items. It was great. Couldn't eat all the meal in one sitting...it was so much. Definitely try when in the area!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Smoked Chicken
Excellent food, the best grilled chicken I have eaten in the US, I highly recommend
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Quesadillas look nothing like others who have reviewed them. You literally have to show them the picture and say "this is how i want it". If not bout time you get to your cars it's soggy. Horchata is the best tho. I can't stop drinking them ?. The whole/ half chicken is ok kinda burnt tho but it's good when it's fresh off the grill? all in all its nice place i have been frequently lately.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Smoked Chicken, Quesadilla
Not the best looking place but they definitely make up for it with the delicious
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pollo Asado, Carnitas, Smoked Chicken, Rice and Beans, Pollo Chicken, Tortillas, Chicken Dinner, Tacos
Restaurantji Recommends
No frills authentic Mexican food served hot. Had the half-chicken dinner with rice and beans. Was well cooked, flavorful, reasonably priced. Took it as carry-out to eat at home. There are a few tables inside, but this isn't a full-service restaurant, more like a curbside food truck but operating out of a storefront.Will be going back. Don't be scared off by the gritty appearance. This is a place you tell your friends about.
Recommended dishes: Smoked Chicken, Flan, Pollo Chicken, Chicken Dinner, Tacos, Al Pastor
1st of all...I just so happen to stumble across this place. The food was literally ready in like 2 minutes. Pipe smoking hot! Y'all this food was so good! Fire,ok! The best rice I've ever had in my lliiiife! Definitely a must try! 5 Stars!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Rice and Beans, Tortillas, Chicken Dinner
This place is in the weekly rotation for lunch. Prices are pretty sketchy at times but the product and service is solid.
They gave me a bone looks like someone ate the chicken and put this back! Also be careful and check your food because I found this plastic piece in my beans! Never going back again!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
I stopped today and it was so phenomenal that I knew it was time to update my review. I want to start off my saying that chicken is my least favorite meat in general but not this chicken! This chicken is always on point. They do not have "off" days. It was so charred, juicy and delicious as always! Even my husband loved it and he rarely eats meat!