El Pollo Loco
Mexican · Glendale
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About El Pollo Loco
En El Pollo Loco, te damos la bienvenida a un rincón de México en Glendale, donde el sabor auténtico se encuentra con la calidez de nuestra cocina. Somos conocidos por nuestro pollo a la parrilla, preparado con cariño y maestría, siguiendo recetas tradicionales que te transportarán directamente a Mé...
En El Pollo Loco, te damos la bienvenida a un rincón de México en Glendale, donde el sabor auténtico se encuentra con la calidez de nuestra cocina. Somos conocidos por nuestro pollo a la parrilla, preparado con cariño y maestría, siguiendo recetas tradicionales que te transportarán directamente a México. Ven y descubre por qué somos mucho más que un restaurante de comida rápida: somos una experiencia culinaria que te encantará.
What Customers Say About El Pollo Loco
El Pollo Loco in Glendale receives mixed reviews. Many praise the quality and taste of the chicken and bowls, with Carlos being a standout employee. However, some customers report issues with cold or old food, rude service, and inaccurate orders.
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Tip: If dining in and wanting to bring your own soda, be aware that the manager may not allow it.
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El Pollo Loco is located in Glendale, surrounded by cultural and historical points of interest. Here are some of the most notable places nearby.
Historical Heritage
- Hotel Glendale (A 478m) — historic hotel building in Glendale, California, U.S.A Lugar inscrito en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos
- Glendale Main Post Office (A 494m) — building in the United States of America Lugar inscrito en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos
- Glendale Young Men's Christian Association (A 587m) — historic building in Glendale, California, United States Lugar inscrito en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos
Religious Buildings
- St Mary's Armenian Apostolic Church (A 844m) — church in Glendale, California
Parks & Gardens
- Glendale Central Park (A 363m) — park in Los Angeles County, California, United States of America
- Maple Park (A 713m) — park in Los Angeles County, California, United States of America
- Wilson Mini Park (A 883m) — park in Los Angeles County, California, United States of America
Other Points of Interest
- Glendale City Hall (A 377m) — seat of Glendale's government
- Q20508284 (A 856m) — monument in United States of America
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El Pollo Loco Glendale Reviews
All El Pollo Loco's are not credited equally. This store constantly has great quality and selection. I drove past several restaurants to get to this chicken 🐔.
The food here is always awesome!!!! Service was extremely helpful and quick!!!! I had questions regarding the specials and they answered it quickly and efficiently. I was able to get exactly what I wanted saved a little money and got food enough for a couple of days. Thank you for always being such a great place to buy food.
Got two double chicken bowls (different varieties) and both were excellent. Chicken breast perfectly seasoned and good quality. Bowl was large and fully loaded with chicken lettuce, salsa, corn, avocado and other stuff. Chicken tortilla soup very good as well. Healthy fast food for sure. We don't have el Pollo loco in Hawaii so we always stop here when visiting LA.
Im coming 2nd time in this location and this guy name is Carlos always helping me like his own restaurant. I hope one day he gone have his own restaurant or be a manager. It’s not lots of places you can get service like he give to me.
Good amount of parking. Drive through was crowded but inside service was good
I’ve never seen a busy pollo loco so I was shocked the restaurant was full. Then I tasted the food and realized why. It was so yummy it didn’t even taste like pollo loco 😂 the best and only good pollo loco I’ve been to. 4 stars because they forgot the sauces and one of my items I ordered…oh well at least what I received was tasty
We recently dined at Pollo Loco and found the overall experience to be quite satisfactory. The facility was clean, the food was great, and the prices were reasonable for the quality provided. While the staff were attentive and efficient, we noted that they did not return greetings, which was a minor shortfall in an otherwise friendly service. The bathrooms, however, were not as clean as we had hoped, and there was ample parking available. Overall, we believe Pollo Loco delivers excellent meals at a good value in a clean environment, making it a worthwhile choice for a quick meal.
I like el pollo loco. Yesterday, I wanted to purchase a meal, 2 piece but didn't need the drink, for that matter want. I asked the manager on duty, if I may dine in, and bring my soda to drink with my meal. He said NO. I then got it to go! After all, I was spending a little less than $20 for dinner. Weak El Pollo Loco 😜 Thanks Mr Supervisor appreciate your welcome ness.
I hate coming here because the customer service is so bad and most of the workers here a rude but there is one employee who definitely deserves some recognition her name is Theresa. She is literally the only person who has the best attitude and doesn't give you any hard time about ordering any kind of extra Salsa. Her attitude is just so awesome and welcoming and I wish most places had people like her. She's the only reason why I keep coming back to this location if she wasn't there I wouldn't go.
I always have to say them to cook my chicken. The chicken color the serve is yellow. It is raw. They don't want to work anymore
Actual food is ok, when it’s accurate. Beverages, stay away from.. unless you like overly carbonated water with a splash of flavor, of which doesn’t even resemble what you order. We had Diet Coke this time, one sip and had to spit. Tasted like an unclean machine; a moldy flavor, and was sewage brown in color (photo included). Employee at the drive thru was very rude and argued what we ordered. We had a mobile order, so it’s pretty cut and dry.. he argued we had a single tostada, when we actually had multiple combos(smh). Perhaps try a different location, because this one seems like a health hazard with the beverages.
If you're looking for an ALL AROUND TERRIBLE experience, then this is the right place! What you can expect from this Glendale location: 1. No "Welcome to El Pollo Loco..." greeting when you pull up to the drive through, instead you hear an ANGRY, AGGRESSIVE voice screaming "HELLO!?; HELLLOO??!!!" AT YOU; 2. After you get over your SHOCK at being screamed at, you'll place your order; 3. Then when you pull up to the window to pay you'll get to hear all the employees cussing and talking smack to each other; 4. When you start to pay and ask for ONE extra salad dressing, you'll be RUDELY informed, "one per salad!" Then when you say that you'll pay for it, you'll be snapped at "WE DON'T SELL THEM!"; 5. You'll pull away and get home to find that your order is COMPLETELY WRONG and you BASICALLY GOT ROBBED! We ordered 2 double chicken tostada salads and a large Mac-n-cheese for $29. The salads that we ordered should've had a tostada bowl with double chicken, rice, beans, avocado, lettuce, sour cream, and pico de Gallo. Our salads came in a plastic bowl, with a single portion of chicken, corn, a small amount of avocado, a tiny bit of pico and WILTED and ROTTEN lettuce! (Pics attached.) LITERALLY ROBBED! Didn't bother calling to speak with the manager as there seemed to be no point since it was apparent that only rude kids that don't give a F*** appear to work there and if there was an adult manager on duty then they clearly had no control or ability to manage properly which is not reassuring. Unless the place undergoes A MAJOR OVERHAUL, we won't be back.
This review is about the store overall. This has nothing to do with the staff that night because they seem to be doing what they can with what they have. This review is about the general manager and what a horrible job this person is doing at running a store. The staff all look super stressed out causing issues with orders and just all around messy. They didn't have any salsas and the food was not prepped. They were taking ingredients out of bags and containers. The food was decent. They forgot a creamy cilantro that I paid for and also had to go back for a missing item. They need a better structure and it starts at the top. This experience has happened on multiple occasions. Long wait times as well. Inpatient people waiting for their food.
I normally don’t complain about waiting for my food, but this experience was ridiculous. My order was said to be ready at 1:30, got to the restaurant at 1:40, and proceeded to wait almost another 40 for my food to be ready. If there was going to be a problem, they should’ve called me and told me like many of restaurants have. The cashier was the only helpful person trying to get my order ready, while some of the other people had no urgency about my order.
They said they ran out of cilantro dressing and I went there for the tostada salad with avocado burrito and to use points for free taco. I scanned my QR code from the app on my phone using the $2 off tostada and cancelled it because they didn’t have cilantro dressing then I wasn’t able to use my points for a free taco. Employees said I couldn’t use rewards because the tostada coupon was scanned even though it was canceled. The burrito I got looks too small for $11. I was there over 30 mins inside and only ended up getting a burrito.
Bad experience. Happened today 4-8-25. Family of three, three orders of regular chicken. We wanted it juicy. What we got was hard like leather bonny old chicken disguised with BBQ on it. The Spanish rice was also hard and burnt. My impression was that instead of throwing the unsold food, they save money by doing that. The employees there were too noisy too. That was the last time I go there. I like Pollo Loco but I'll choose another one next time.
Usually like el pollo loco but first time at this location and they didn't heat up my quesadilla or BRC. The birra quesadilla is $10 and they barely but anything inside it just lots of onions and legit a chunk of avocado in one corner. There was no line in store or drive thru just a few customers in side not sure why they made the food so bad and small.
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