So a "boutique" southern fried chicken place ..it put out the worst fried chicken in the city( ..basically flavorless and very expensive..)so it closed..ah too bad ..a lot of unwarranted hype in the beginning from the "minions" ...unfortunately for 1/4 of the price you could walk down to the acme on 10th and reed and get way better fried chicken ...(half price on mondays!) A boutique place has the time ,small dedicated menu and charges $$ to put out a the best stuff ...but this wasn't even close ...bye bye now....
Bobby M.
Fried chicken was really good, the wait was a little long but worth it. It's a good fried chicken located in a fun area of philly. I'd come back again as it was tasty
Christian S.
My friends, and I started ordering from Redcrest during the pandemic. My first time here I had a breast, wing, and biscuit. The chicken is decent. The one thing I love about fried chicken is the crispiness of the skin. The chicken here as that KFC original recepie texture and could use a lot more crisp on the exterior. The biscuit is more of a diner roll but no complaints. Our following orders we just stick with the tenders. The orders are small. Three tenders come in one order. An even amount would be nice, and I would even pay a little more for an additional three. I enjoy the various dipping sauces offered with the tenders. One comes with, additional cost for another.
Linda Hrushanyk
Picked up a couple of spicy chicken sandwiches the other day. The Redcrest and the South-x-Southwest and a corn pudding. Either I was really hungry, or the chicken sandwich, was one of the best I have eaten. The chicken had a crispy coating, is tender and had so much flavor.
Gabrielle L.
Doesn't look like much when you walk past, because it's very small. This is great fried chicken. It's slightly on the pricier end. My only grievance is that I've had an over done piece here and there when I get popcorn chicken. The sandwiches are usually right on point. Great mashed potatoes and mac n cheese. Awesome mustard, awesome workers.
quron r.
Good place order the chicken sandwich if u black u not gone like the chicken cause of season but everything else good lil gem downtown
Alexander Markou
For a fried chicken place, I thought it was pretty average. The food was good and I was satisfied, but I have definitely had better chicken and sandwiches. I ordered out from there once and when I got home, some of my order was missing so make sure you check before leaving.
Juliana Peluso
Our dog has never once in his life snatched anything off of a table and eaten it, but he got to the Redcrest chicken sandwich and biscuit I ordered when our backs were turned. So, I assume it was pretty good
Marquita M.
Where to begin.. I ordered delivery via their app and it was simple enough. The food came and that's where the problems start. The food was delivered to the wrong address, which makes no sense since my numbers are literally on my front door. Thank God I have honest and wonderful neighbors who called and said they have a bag with my name on it. When I finally got the food, which was delivered early, it was soggy and cold. How??? The bag with the sides was so soggy, it ripped apart when trying to pull it out the bag. The chicken was soggy and cold and didn't taste like anything. Do they know what salt and pepper are?? Also, I ordered extra biscuits that weren't in the bag, which might be a good thing because the biscuits weren't good either. The only side I ordered were greens and those taste like Glory greens out the can. I do not recommend this place. Save your time and money.
Melany A.
Would highly recommend if you're looking for a spicy, well seasoned fried chicken. While the buttermilk chicken is commendable, the star of the menu truly is their spicy fried chicken. I've found it is difficult to find fried chicken places on the east coast that actually have 'spicy' fried chicken. Red crest does an incredible job, and I will be returning very soon.
Delicious, filling fried chicken shop on East Passyunk Ave. the sandwiches are HUGE. Can’t beat them for $9. They have extras like fries, Mac n cheese, Cole slaw, and more. Pretty quick usually takes 15 mins for an order. Highly recommend.
Carl “Jamaicanmecray” Abrahams
Really good fried chicken tenders. Decent choice of sauces.
Nina N.
I always struggle to decide what to get here the fried chicken or the buttermilk chicken sandwich lol. I enjoy their sides too. Knocking off a star for the prices in relation to the portion size (which is small). Otherwise an excellent place if you're craving perfectly juicy chicken. Oh. And finding parking in this area is tough so be mindful of that before you come here.
Karl A.
This place was totally off my radar until last night when we dropped plans to go out and decided we wanted fried chicken. There's still plenty I'm interested in trying that will flesh out my opinion of the place - we didn't try any sandwiches, the fries, the greens - but I'd say between my partner and I, we covered a fair amount of territory for our inaugural order. I'm happy to report I didn't try anything I didn't like, which applies to a spicy half-chicken order, the biscuit that came with it, coleslaw, macaroni and cheese, mashed potatoes, and garlic ranch. The chicken itself was highly satisfying, spiced in such a way that it was never overwhelming to me but managed to maintain a steady, noticeable heat throughout the meal. Each piece was also sufficiently crisp. The thick, buttermilk-y garlic ranch complimented the spicy chicken perfectly and was absolutely worth including in my order. The biscuits aren't huge, but they're pretty on-point; they have density and substance, but aren't hard or bothersomely chewy. They make a natural built-in addition to the half-chicken orders. As for the sides, I'd say the least memorable was the mashed potatoes, which surprised me given the liberal amount of thick, light-colored gravy that came on top. It definitely wasn't bad by any means, and maybe I just had more intense flavors dominating my taste buds, but I wouldn't say it was very assertively flavorful. I wonder if I'd have felt differently if my order had been of plain, rather than spicy, chicken. The macaroni and cheese order wasn't my side, but I got to sample it; my gf initially thought it tasted a bit strange (not enough so that she didn't finish the side), but I was instantly happy with it - I appreciated how it didn't seem exceedingly rich or drippy. She outright didn't like the coleslaw (clearly we should have reversed our side orders), but again, I was a fan and was happy to eat the lion's share. If there was mayonnaise in it, I couldn't taste any, which is always a big win with coleslaw. It was light but a solid portion, and provided the kind of alternative flavor and mouth-feel to the meal that makes coleslaw such a popular compliment to so much heavy southern food. Now that I know the place not only exists but is close by, I'm looking forward to a future order, possibly one in which I go the sandwich and fries route. Speaking of, vegans probably won't be too likely to read this review, but those who do will be happy to know that the restaurant offers equivalent vegan versions of all or most of its diverse selection of chicken sandwiches.
Aurora Binder
My dad orders from here almost every day for lunch. It's his favorite place to get fried chicken. Every now and then, I have time to eat with him, and I've never been disappointed. The skin is always crispy and delicious, the chicken moist and tender, and don't even get me started on the FRIES. The biscuits are slamming, too (and cube, which for some reason makes my serotonin levels shoot through the roof).Their fries were also the first solid food I ate after having my wisdom teeth removed, so maybe I'm just biased by saying they were the greatest tasting thing I've ever had in my life. Anyway, I really couldn't recommend this place enough!
So a "boutique" southern fried chicken place ..it put out the worst fried chicken in the city( ..basically flavorless and very expensive..)so it closed..ah too bad ..a lot of unwarranted hype in the beginning from the "minions" ...unfortunately for 1/4 of the price you could walk down to the acme on 10th and reed and get way better fried chicken ...(half price on mondays!) A boutique place has the time ,small dedicated menu and charges $$ to put out a the best stuff ...but this wasn't even close ...bye bye now....
Fried chicken was really good, the wait was a little long but worth it. It's a good fried chicken located in a fun area of philly. I'd come back again as it was tasty
My friends, and I started ordering from Redcrest during the pandemic. My first time here I had a breast, wing, and biscuit. The chicken is decent. The one thing I love about fried chicken is the crispiness of the skin. The chicken here as that KFC original recepie texture and could use a lot more crisp on the exterior. The biscuit is more of a diner roll but no complaints. Our following orders we just stick with the tenders. The orders are small. Three tenders come in one order. An even amount would be nice, and I would even pay a little more for an additional three. I enjoy the various dipping sauces offered with the tenders. One comes with, additional cost for another.
Picked up a couple of spicy chicken sandwiches the other day. The Redcrest and the South-x-Southwest and a corn pudding. Either I was really hungry, or the chicken sandwich, was one of the best I have eaten. The chicken had a crispy coating, is tender and had so much flavor.
Doesn't look like much when you walk past, because it's very small. This is great fried chicken. It's slightly on the pricier end. My only grievance is that I've had an over done piece here and there when I get popcorn chicken. The sandwiches are usually right on point. Great mashed potatoes and mac n cheese. Awesome mustard, awesome workers.
Good place order the chicken sandwich if u black u not gone like the chicken cause of season but everything else good lil gem downtown
For a fried chicken place, I thought it was pretty average. The food was good and I was satisfied, but I have definitely had better chicken and sandwiches. I ordered out from there once and when I got home, some of my order was missing so make sure you check before leaving.
Our dog has never once in his life snatched anything off of a table and eaten it, but he got to the Redcrest chicken sandwich and biscuit I ordered when our backs were turned. So, I assume it was pretty good
Where to begin.. I ordered delivery via their app and it was simple enough. The food came and that's where the problems start. The food was delivered to the wrong address, which makes no sense since my numbers are literally on my front door. Thank God I have honest and wonderful neighbors who called and said they have a bag with my name on it. When I finally got the food, which was delivered early, it was soggy and cold. How??? The bag with the sides was so soggy, it ripped apart when trying to pull it out the bag. The chicken was soggy and cold and didn't taste like anything. Do they know what salt and pepper are?? Also, I ordered extra biscuits that weren't in the bag, which might be a good thing because the biscuits weren't good either. The only side I ordered were greens and those taste like Glory greens out the can. I do not recommend this place. Save your time and money.
Would highly recommend if you're looking for a spicy, well seasoned fried chicken. While the buttermilk chicken is commendable, the star of the menu truly is their spicy fried chicken. I've found it is difficult to find fried chicken places on the east coast that actually have 'spicy' fried chicken. Red crest does an incredible job, and I will be returning very soon.
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Delicious, filling fried chicken shop on East Passyunk Ave. the sandwiches are HUGE. Can’t beat them for $9. They have extras like fries, Mac n cheese, Cole slaw, and more. Pretty quick usually takes 15 mins for an order. Highly recommend.
Really good fried chicken tenders. Decent choice of sauces.
I always struggle to decide what to get here the fried chicken or the buttermilk chicken sandwich lol. I enjoy their sides too. Knocking off a star for the prices in relation to the portion size (which is small). Otherwise an excellent place if you're craving perfectly juicy chicken. Oh. And finding parking in this area is tough so be mindful of that before you come here.
This place was totally off my radar until last night when we dropped plans to go out and decided we wanted fried chicken. There's still plenty I'm interested in trying that will flesh out my opinion of the place - we didn't try any sandwiches, the fries, the greens - but I'd say between my partner and I, we covered a fair amount of territory for our inaugural order. I'm happy to report I didn't try anything I didn't like, which applies to a spicy half-chicken order, the biscuit that came with it, coleslaw, macaroni and cheese, mashed potatoes, and garlic ranch. The chicken itself was highly satisfying, spiced in such a way that it was never overwhelming to me but managed to maintain a steady, noticeable heat throughout the meal. Each piece was also sufficiently crisp. The thick, buttermilk-y garlic ranch complimented the spicy chicken perfectly and was absolutely worth including in my order. The biscuits aren't huge, but they're pretty on-point; they have density and substance, but aren't hard or bothersomely chewy. They make a natural built-in addition to the half-chicken orders. As for the sides, I'd say the least memorable was the mashed potatoes, which surprised me given the liberal amount of thick, light-colored gravy that came on top. It definitely wasn't bad by any means, and maybe I just had more intense flavors dominating my taste buds, but I wouldn't say it was very assertively flavorful. I wonder if I'd have felt differently if my order had been of plain, rather than spicy, chicken. The macaroni and cheese order wasn't my side, but I got to sample it; my gf initially thought it tasted a bit strange (not enough so that she didn't finish the side), but I was instantly happy with it - I appreciated how it didn't seem exceedingly rich or drippy. She outright didn't like the coleslaw (clearly we should have reversed our side orders), but again, I was a fan and was happy to eat the lion's share. If there was mayonnaise in it, I couldn't taste any, which is always a big win with coleslaw. It was light but a solid portion, and provided the kind of alternative flavor and mouth-feel to the meal that makes coleslaw such a popular compliment to so much heavy southern food. Now that I know the place not only exists but is close by, I'm looking forward to a future order, possibly one in which I go the sandwich and fries route. Speaking of, vegans probably won't be too likely to read this review, but those who do will be happy to know that the restaurant offers equivalent vegan versions of all or most of its diverse selection of chicken sandwiches.
My dad orders from here almost every day for lunch. It's his favorite place to get fried chicken. Every now and then, I have time to eat with him, and I've never been disappointed. The skin is always crispy and delicious, the chicken moist and tender, and don't even get me started on the FRIES. The biscuits are slamming, too (and cube, which for some reason makes my serotonin levels shoot through the roof).Their fries were also the first solid food I ate after having my wisdom teeth removed, so maybe I'm just biased by saying they were the greatest tasting thing I've ever had in my life. Anyway, I really couldn't recommend this place enough!