El Pollo Loco
Mexican · Santa Clarita
Sobre El Pollo Loco
El Pollo Loco in Santa Clarita serves up authentic Mexican flavors with a focus on fire-grilled chicken. As a fast-food chain outpost, we offer classic dishes perfect for lunch or dinner. Enjoy the convenience of our drive-through, takeout, or delivery services, including no-contact options. For tho...
El Pollo Loco in Santa Clarita serves up authentic Mexican flavors with a focus on fire-grilled chicken. As a fast-food chain outpost, we offer classic dishes perfect for lunch or dinner. Enjoy the convenience of our drive-through, takeout, or delivery services, including no-contact options. For those who prefer dining in, we provide onsite services and a wheelchair accessible environment, including parking, entrance, and restrooms. We're open daily with varying hours, ready to serve you from 9:30 AM (11 AM on Thursdays) until 9:30 PM or 10 PM. We're currently rated 3.3/5 based on 328 reviews.
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Customer experience is mixed. Some praise the friendly staff and tasty chicken, especially the Pollo Fit Bowl. Common complaints include dry chicken, long wait times (especially in the drive-thru), understaffing, and inconsistent food quality. Some reviewers had issues with the A/C being too cold.
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Tip: Be aware of potential long wait times, especially during peak hours. Check your order before leaving to ensure you have all the necessary items like sauce, utensils, and napkins.
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Great to have the store so close to home. The chicken is great and the service excellent
Fast and fresh foods during busy afternoons. Had a nice conversation with the manager Ivan.
Service is always great, and the food is worth the price.
Came through drive thru today and was welcomed by the kind spirited miss lupita. Her selling skills are amazing. Absolutely appreciate her patience and the clarity when ordering. Someone give this girl a raise!!!!!
Excellent service, great quality of food and friendly and helpful employees
I'm so glad that there is an El Pollo Loco in my area...the wait time is reasonable considering how many cars are in line...the staff is very friendly and very helpful.
Love going to this place. Aside from just being a corner away from our house, their chicken is at par! My husband knows I wasn't a fan before, but I got converted. This branch has the amazing chicken and the freshest salad! Not too mention the nicest people who appreciates their customers. We in return admire employees, like Lupita! Shout out!!
Had coupons, picked up dinner for the work family. It was delicious, quick, easy and a great deal. Family Chicken meal 3 large sides, tortillas, and churros for less than $30
My favorite place for fast food. Wish there was more around town.
Food was good. Lol one dude left a review to this restaurant talking about the app and it could use some work. Like tf does that have to do with this particular store and it's ratings? You expect them to go code or something in the back and whip up and update? Lolll
Steven was great. Helpful in the drive thru and patient. Made sure my order was correct and even asked if I wanted dessert!!
Went thru the drive thru today and was greeted by a very nice young lady lupita who gave me n my friend great service with an even better attitude....thank you lupita 👍
Super quick and great service. The line was pretty long, and a bit intimidating, but I got my food super quickly. I am definitely excited to go back in the near future since it’s so close.
Food is cooked beautifully and workers are very nice there love this place will be coming back
Always fresh and great service! We've been here a few times since moving and we'll keep coming back. The only issue is the cleanliness around the salsa bar. My onions tasted like chemicals last time and the area wasn't the cleanest. I understand, as it was busy, but maybe more care could be taken as a lot of people use it.
Got the nachos and the double chicken tostadas both were great had it delivered they made them the way I asked everything was delicious
I ordered a double chicken bowl and my food came out super quick the lady that gave my food wasn't the one who was normally there, the one who took my order last time her name was Lupe and she was so kind and had a lovable attitude. Although the other cashier was okay she was definitely not as nice and lovable as Lupe. Other than that great food and amazing service.
Clean, fast, delicious food Great experience Manager and crew did a good job 👍
Not sure why the reviews are so low. I got dinner here today (a pollo fit bowl) and my experience was as fine as one could expect from a fast food place. The service was quick and friendly, the bowl was tasty, and the table was clean.
Not sure why the reviews are so low. I got dinner here today (a pollo fit bowl) and my experience was as fine as one could expect from a fast food place. The service was quick and friendly, the bowl was tasty, and the table was clean.
Positive: young ( by attitude not age ) friendly team working , delicious chicken. Nice location. Big parking lot . Negative: drive through could be long waiting time . Google map shows wrong location at Vons shopping area and it’s turn before if you going from West to East )
Sooo I just want to say the lovely young black girl there is a sweetheart 🤗 I ordered a 2pc thigh dinner Mac & cheese and loco salad and she and staff made sure everything came out good. And for el pollo loco to always have a bad rep they did well at this localotion… keep it up Guys👌🏻ótimas coisas !
My online order was ready on time. Staff is friendly and courteous. Restaurant and restrooms were clean
Sooo I just want to say the lovely young black girl there is a sweetheart 🤗 I ordered a 2pc thigh dinner Mac & cheese and loco salad and she and staff made sure everything came out good. And for el pollo loco to always have a bad rep they did well at this localotion… keep it up Guys👌🏻ótimas coisas !
Food is good, prices are high
We had very good service with Xavier. He took our order and everything we ordered was there. Nice young man.
Long wait but only because they only had one person who was hustling both the window and inside! The employee was amazing and they will lose someone valuable due to being over worked.
No so great today. Arrived after 7p and when it was turn to order we were told we would have to wait because the chicken wasn't ready. When we were able to order there were no flour tortillas and the mac n cheese was cold.
Make sure you order ahead.. they seemed to be short on staff. But the Chicken bowl was delicious. Even though I had to wait my whole lunch time.
Food is ok but they seem overwhelmed, couldn’t even get my salad bowl correct.
Good food ,affordable yet delicious ,lots of parking and great location.
Our go-to place. Always fresh grilled chicken, but from time to time, we will get very dry chicken.
This place is really good. Love there crunchy tacos
Our go-to place. Always fresh grilled chicken, but from time to time, we will get very dry chicken.
Food is ok but they seem overwhelmed, couldn’t even get my salad bowl correct.
This place is really good. Love there crunchy tacos
This copper hill location is very disorganized. I've had better quality and experience at other El pollo locations. Hopefully they improve it soon.
Service was slow and chaotic. I am assuming because they are so new and the employees need more experience to get it right. Meat shortage doesn’t help with availability of meal choices, but that is to be expected. We got our food, it was hot, it tasted great… what more can you ask for!
The food quality is high and the staff tries hard, but the day I tried curbside delivery, they were clearly understaffed. The long/boring story is: I parked curbside and they had the order out to me in less than 2m, but forgot one of my items. As the restaurant was closed inside (maybe due to light staff), I had to knock and wait for them to come open the door. I informed them of the forgotten item, they apologized and went back to get the item. Meanwhile, they passed an order to the lady that was also waiting outside, and some of her food spilled out. They brought me back my food, but then I noticed another item was missing, so they had to go back inside to fix that. Again, their staff was super helpful but I could see they were very understaffed relative to the people waiting outside and the long line of cars waiting through drive-thru. If you're going to visit this restaurant, I would recommend sticking with drive-thru instead of the curbside service.
Just an ok location. They get our order wrong often. Our last time - we got completely different items than I ordered including a quesadilla with no cheese, which was interesting.
I love el pollo loco, I used to work for them. I know they’re super hard workers. But, it was very disappointing to receive an incorrect order! The order taking was fast and I didn’t wait long which was great. Overall though I got a completely different order than what I asked for and I’m not even sure if I payed for the correct one either. They should read back the receipt at the pay window! 3 stars because it could just be a rare mistake.
Love the food here... The location is new, and the staff is still learning but we've had things missing or problems with the last few visits. I hope I can revise this to a higher score soon... Our we will stop going to this location... Trying to be patient. Update Feb 2022 - seems to be slowly improving... But still missing some items from our order. Yesterday it was forks... Kinda hard to eat with out utensils!
Been going to El Pollo Loco for many years. Have gone to this location 3-4 times. The last two times we were there the A/C was so cold we had to sit outside in the sun to warm up. When we received our meal, the chicken was very dry and the skin was burned. (Possibly a couple days old?) we were disappointed in our entire meal. We both got the 2 piece meal. We have always loved this restaurant at any location we have been to and we are hoping this was a one time situation.
I’ve been coming here ever since this location opened. The food is what you would expect from an El Pollo Loco but the staff (especially evening staff) is often swamped with orders and understaffed. Long waits are the norm it seems.
Been going to El Pollo Loco for many years. Have gone to this location 3-4 times. The last two times we were there the A/C was so cold we had to sit outside in the sun to warm up. When we received our meal, the chicken was very dry and the skin was burned. (Possibly a couple days old?) we were disappointed in our entire meal. We both got the 2 piece meal. We have always loved this restaurant at any location we have been to and we are hoping this was a one time situation.
I’ve been coming here ever since this location opened. The food is what you would expect from an El Pollo Loco but the staff (especially evening staff) is often swamped with orders and understaffed. Long waits are the norm it seems.
Literally sitting in their drive thru writing this review since I've been waiting for no joke...25 min. I mean...25 min, just waiting here!?! Why are they sooooo slow?! And then, they never have chicken wings or have a limited supply. They ran out of flour tortillas. Ran out of sour cream. What kind of business (a new one at that) runs out of food?!
Chicken legs appeared as though someone had already taken a bite. Mgr, Luis, thought it was acceptable. Ha! He lost a customer. On the lesser side, they weren't open at 10 as advertised and 45 minutes after opening, they had no chicken wings available. Good bye!
One of the most inconvenient places I have ever ordered food from.I have waited in excess of, no joke 30 minutes for an order placed online an hour prior. Tonight, I arrived at 9:30pm ( the location is supposed to be open until 10:00pm) , And I was told it had closed early with no explanation. The food is great, but the disorganized flow of the kitchen, the wait times, and unreliability even the hours it is open, they have to step it up. The management has to be more involved on the expo process.
I don't see why any body would come here when KFC is Soo much better...tortellas.are you kidding 😂
This would easily be four or five stars but man, 25 minutes in the drive through! 10/25/21 from 6:30 to 6:55. Great chicken though!
I have been here here five times and all five times, they are out of white meat. I always have to change my order last minute. Today I paid for a three piece combo, but only received two. It’s frustrating because I realized it when I got home and had already unloaded my baby and toddler. Service was fast and friendly, but what is the point of you are missing food items?!
I wish this location would do better. We've been here 5 times now and the quality is just not there. I usually pay to get extra avocado salsa from other locations. Unfortunately, I won't eat this green salsa even if you pay me. It tastes like chemicals. The chicken is so dry and over cooked. Please please do better.
Food is good But service is bad. When they opened, i was ok with their poor management but looks like they are not improving. They r polite but i dont think they know how to run the business. Still love the food.
Dry chicken. Hate the kiosk
What a disappointing experience today. When they opened few years back, it was good , as other location in Valencia , now , absolutely zero friendly customer service, over priced, food did not cost 35 $ of the value, nor quality! Manager Carla V was short and not attentive. Chicken been burned and tank as fire all over the shop by American cook guy. My pieces of family meal chicken came out flat, dry, over spicy , as you see from pictures . How can you even serve over burned chicken? Terrible cool and Carla who allowed to even put on my bag. Now family has to eat toxic food. 2 stars because I used to like PL and mash potatoes was decient . I need my money back! Unbelievable!
What a disappointing experience today. When they opened few years back, it was good , as other location in Valencia , now , absolutely zero friendly customer service, over priced, food did not cost 35 $ of the value, nor quality! Manager Carla V was short and not attentive. Chicken been burned and tank as fire all over the shop by American cook guy. My pieces of family meal chicken came out flat, dry, over spicy , as you see from pictures . How can you even serve over burned chicken? Terrible cool and Carla who allowed to even put on my bag. Now family has to eat toxic food. 2 stars because I used to like PL and mash potatoes was decient . I need my money back! Unbelievable!
Removing the blackened chicken from the rest of the food was difficult. Good service, bad quality of food (if burned = cancer). They need to correct this issue.
this was the best pollo loco when it first opened. it has steadily gone downhill.
The chicken was dry . Had it to go . You can tell they had it in the back for awhile Never go back again . Sucks !!!
The chicken was dry . Had it to go . You can tell they had it in the back for awhile Never go back again . Sucks !!!
The place was filthy! I didn't want to touch anything. Needless to say I was afraid to eat the food and only took a few bites and threw it away! Hope I don't get sick!
No wonder they have a low rating, you ask for a condiments, they give you a sassy attitude. Just say you're out. Not that they don't have it because they don't have some other item like you're dumb. Almost everything is open now inside. Why is this one not open inside? Very inconvenient
The amount of chicken on a DOUBLE chicken tostada bowl is tiny...practically had to search for it.. Service was good though...
Horrible experience! They didn't start cooking chicken until they completely ran out. So their answer was to just lock the doors. So my husband and I were the only people sitting and eating. People were trying to get in. Finally someone went outside and told all the people that they ran out and were closed. It was the craziest dining experience we've ever had. We won't be back!
Worst pollo loco. The wait time is just ridiculous. 20 minutes plus just to order. The only reason I'm posting is because it not the first time.
Drive through is horrible wait time to order was long then when I got to the place to order I still had at least a 3 min wait until I could order.
Tonight had to be the worst experince i had with them! i literally waited in drive thru for someone to take my order , it was 15min no one thru the intercom said i'll be right with you, so i pulled up and the kid know i waited that long so that he needed to take my order now. Took my card but he couldnt even hand my card back to me the right way, This kid Ethan C was teribble and had the worst customer service manners.
*update*Here with the others who waited 25-30 minutes in the drive through with only 2 cars ahead of me. Way too long. Update*I saw the below comment and went to the site as directed so they could "make it right" El pollo loco corporate said, "sorry there is a good shortage..." Couldn't even read the comment submitted as my issue was the 30 minute drive thru wait.
8PM NO TOSTADA BOWL ... NO BURRITO. ONLY CHICKEN MEAL AVAILABLE AND NO HOT SOUCE. So disappointed and made me wait like 5min in the drive thru with no cars on sight ...these problem need to get fix because i love el pollo loco
Bad service!! Chips were missing. I asked for a tostada salad, and they gave me a regular salad...
Poor customer service. I have tried this location not once but multiple times to give the benefit of the doubt, however, the customer service has been the same all around. Workers are rude and orders are always incorrect. When making any requests or bringing to attention a simple mistake, we practically get our food thrown at us. Furthermore, upon receiving our food during our last visit today, there was a layer of slime mixed in within our burritos. Needless to say, we did not trust the food given our experience. The drive to Canyon country is far more worth it.
Extremely slow, 30+ mins wait every time I come to pick up. Every single time they mess up with your order somehow.
When I received my order it was completely wrong. They gave me less chicken and it smelt like it was yesterday's chicken so I had to throw my whole meal away. When I try to call the location no one answered. When I try to contact corporate office no one returned my emails. I will not return to this location as I would be afraid to have the chicken that they serve to me.
Honestly I went the first day and customer service was excellent, now… it’s horrible. The employees are rude and lazy. They are always out of something and don’t tell you until you get to the window after waiting 20 min in line. The food taste is completely lacking and cold when I receive it. They never give you napkins or utensils unless having to ask. Then they’re rude about having to grab anything extra such as utensils or extra salsa. You can literally tell they all hate their job. Yelp reviews and google reviews are the truth. I will no longer go to this location and will drive the extra 15 min to the other location.
If I could give zero stars I would. If you want to eat here make sure you have at least an hour to wait in the drive through. Only the drive through is open and it’s unbelievably slow.
Took me 20 minutes in drive thru with only three cars ahead of me. I told him I had a coupon for a 20 when I was ordering it, when I paid I forgot to give them the coupon they charged me full price of 35 bucks and on my way home I called to ask if I can go back to redeem the coupon but they never ever answer the phone :(
EVERYTHING is TERRIBLE for this restaurant. I used to order take out and everytime they missed one pieces of chicken. If you want to go this restaurant, you need to open the box and check the pieces. I asked them extra salsa then rude attitude. Employers are unkind and services and the food also terrible. I will never come back this restaurant.
This location is absolutely terrible. I order a salad and they forget my dressing every time. And I ordered large bowl combo, they gave me medium.
This location is not open yet. Please realize that anyone can change the hours or description on Google. Never rely on the hours you see on Google. Go to the companies actual website which in this case will show this location is not open yet. Updating my review. The restaurant has now opened with the drive-through only. Restaurants are allowed to be open in Los Angeles county yet this one is chosen to stay closed inside. You will not get business from me until you open the inside.
There is always only one person running around doing drive thru and making the food, seems like there is barely anyone to help him. I don’t understand why this location doesn’t have any employees, seems the hiring manager doesn’t care abt their employees & overworks the few that they have. Very unprofessional, no wonder drive thru takes so long, they never wanna hire decent employees and only have one person doing everything! Looked like the employee was exhausted, didn’t even have any help. Whoever the hiring or district manager is does not care abt their job. Place should either be shut down or hire more people.
Just fix the Vitamin Water. Please. It's been more than a year. Vitamin water doesn't have carbonation. Why is this so difficult?
Always the same issue i order from the app at 1130am order was supposed to be ready at 1145am i get there at 12pm because i know food is never ready on time i asked for my food they didnt even know what i was talking about received my food till 1220pm i only have a 45 min lunch and to finish it off they gave me my order wrong i order a classic chicken burrito and they gave me a tinga burrito they need more employees and not let the new person run the front end. U waste alot of peoples time just waiting pls fix close it down till u habe the proper staffing and keep up with the demand
First off waited close to 30 minutes in the drive through after ordering. Then at the window was told they were also out of all their salsas, no avacado salsa, no creamy cilantro dressing, etc. Worst El Pollo Loco I've been to, probably won't return.
Only location near me. I will say, Lupita. You're a great lady hi 5. Great customer service skills. Back to the disaster SANDRA 😭 who hired this rude something. My food was not properly bagged right and she didn't want to help. Immediately just throw away
I won't go back to this location. Waited over 30 minutes and pollo was dry!
This is a joke waited an hour for my curbside order and it never came out then asked about it inside and the guy at the counter says I dunno ... so where's my order ? Showed them the order on my phone and they made my food but they gave really small portions compared to other Pollo Loco restaurants and the chicken was beyond dry and over seasoned for my liking I will choose another location before I come here again.
This location is horrible I ordered a family meal deal and the chicken was burnt as well as the rice which looked like they scraped it off the bottom of the pan. I tried calling this location several times to complain to management but no one answers the phone. Our dinner was ruined 😡
Picked up a 12 piece lastnight, what a joke, $30 some dollars for Burnt, dry chicken, have not been there for awhile due to undesired food there, well that will be the last time!
Bad service, poor staff, always missing part of the order. In this case ordered 8 piece chicken and received 7, and zero churros. That’s how you make $$ in this market but not for me as I will never go to your restaurant.
I’m sure this place is going through growing Pains but wow. Staff really needs to be educated on the menu. Owner needs to buy more food. Every trip here so far they’ve been sold out of just about anything I wanted. Update. Went on your website you listed below. Your location isn’t even a choice in the drop down.
Went during operation the employees were eating with doors locked and drive threw block 🚫 with cones service definitely need improvement big time
Horrible service..they say it dine in open but it's not almost 11am and they only want drive thrue I drive a comercial vehicle and it don't fit ..not the 1st time it happen .but definitely the last time I try to go
I went to this location and ordered a Chicken Burrito Combo Meal and they gave me A Burrito minus the chicken. I didn't order a Bean an Rice Burrito, and this wasn't the first time I've gotten bad service from this location. It's very upsetting once you get home and find out that they screwed again, and they weren't even busy. It's No Excuse for Bad service
This is the WORST location. They screw up every single time. I was charged $16 for $6 meal, but the guy NEVER told me. When I went back to get a credit they gave me $6 back, so I paid $10 for a $6 meal. This place SUCKS.
If you’re picking up, beware. Notification of order ready may not mean anything. They gave me the wrong salsas and they were unapologetically late.
Chicken was old and so was the coleslaw. 2nd time at this location and disappointed both times. No wonder no one was in drive thru line at 6:30
Terrible service, went through the drive through and couldn't give my order because the person taking orders didn't speak English or pretended not to. Never coming back. Saturday July 24th at 10:20pm
Ordered a pollo bowl. And they didn’t give me any pollo. :(
Chicken was old and so was the coleslaw. 2nd time at this location and disappointed both times. No wonder no one was in drive thru line at 6:30
Terrible service, went through the drive through and couldn't give my order because the person taking orders didn't speak English or pretended not to. Never coming back. Saturday July 24th at 10:20pm
Ordered a pollo bowl. And they didn’t give me any pollo. :(
Just do not eat here. They serve old chicken to you that’s been sitting out all day. I’ve had this place twice since moving to Santa Clarita and twice I have had food poisoning.
This location is just not good, got the flatest burrito today was absolutely pitiful. Customer service is poor just not a good location.
Completely wrong order provided. Zero salsa. Horrible service.
This place is a joke. 1 person working at 8…… I waited in drive through line for 25 minutes.
Don't eat here worst experience at a fast food restaurant my chicken was not chicken and if it was not chicken what was it ???? Becarful eating here people in California should not have to experience there 2 othere El pollo loco in town for your safety don't eat here
I waited over 30 minutes for my order. Staff were slow and seemed uninterested. They gave me my food without sauce, utensils, or napkins. I had to ask for everything. Overall, poor service and unprofessional attitude.
terrible website menu, with NO prices. too much to go through to figure out how much it will cost so we went elsewhere. they obviously have a marketing problem and probably lose lots of business because people want to know what the prices are before they start ordering!
This place was absolutely terrible! The chicken avocado taco tasted so bad I lost my faith in the food branch industry (and I think we can agree we lost faith in that a long time ago haha). I would not recommend coming here even if this was the last resort. Your taste buds deserve better...
This location is just not good, got the flatest burrito today was absolutely pitiful. Customer service is poor just not a good location.
This place is a joke. 1 person working at 8…… I waited in drive through line for 25 minutes.
Don't eat here worst experience at a fast food restaurant my chicken was not chicken and if it was not chicken what was it ???? Becarful eating here people in California should not have to experience there 2 othere El pollo loco in town for your safety don't eat here
I waited over 30 minutes for my order. Staff were slow and seemed uninterested. They gave me my food without sauce, utensils, or napkins. I had to ask for everything. Overall, poor service and unprofessional attitude.
terrible website menu, with NO prices. too much to go through to figure out how much it will cost so we went elsewhere. they obviously have a marketing problem and probably lose lots of business because people want to know what the prices are before they start ordering!
This place was absolutely terrible! The chicken avocado taco tasted so bad I lost my faith in the food branch industry (and I think we can agree we lost faith in that a long time ago haha). I would not recommend coming here even if this was the last resort. Your taste buds deserve better...
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