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El Pollo Loco

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El Pollo Loco in Hollywood offers a delicious and healthy fast-food experience, specializing in expertly grilled chicken. Customers consistently praise the flavorful chicken, often cooked to perfection, with popular sides like macaroni and cheese and coleslaw complementing the me...

El Pollo Loco

Mexican · Hollywood

4.1 · 1,209 reviews Google
Yelp 3.0 (123) Uber Eats 4.6 (2,000)

About El Pollo Loco

El Pollo Loco in Hollywood offers a delicious and healthy fast-food experience, specializing in expertly grilled chicken. Customers consistently praise the flavorful chicken, often cooked to perfection, with popular sides like macaroni and cheese and coleslaw complementing the meals. While the resta...

El Pollo Loco in Hollywood offers a delicious and healthy fast-food experience, specializing in expertly grilled chicken. Customers consistently praise the flavorful chicken, often cooked to perfection, with popular sides like macaroni and cheese and coleslaw complementing the meals. While the restaurant strives to provide a welcoming ambiance, with some customers noting cleanliness issues, the standout feature is the consistently friendly and professional service. Many reviewers highlight the attentive staff, making for a positive dining experience. Located off Vine Street, El Pollo Loco provides a convenient and satisfying option for those seeking a tasty and quick meal.

What Customers Say About El Pollo Loco

El Pollo Loco in Hollywood receives mixed reviews. Many customers praise the delicious, grilled chicken and sides like mac & cheese. Service is often highlighted, with Oscar L. mentioned by name. However, cleanliness and the soda fountain are recurring issues.

Popular Dishes

chicken (10) macaroni and cheese (3) rice and beans quesadilla coleslaw tortilla chips

Best For

Quick Bite Casual Solo Dining

Tip: The grilled chicken is a healthy fast food option. Be aware that the soda fountain may have issues.

What to see nearby

Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study
A 92m

Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study

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Villa Elaine Apartments
A 92m

Villa Elaine Apartments

edificio

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Hollywood Playground
A 375m

Hollywood Playground

parque

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Los Angeles Fire Department Museum and Memorial
Heritage
A 387m

Los Angeles Fire Department Museum and Memorial

edificio

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Hollywood Recreation Center
A 399m

Hollywood Recreation Center

parque

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Fred C. Thomson Building
A 707m

Fred C. Thomson Building

edificio

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Explore the area around El Pollo Loco

El Pollo Loco is located in Hollywood, surrounded by cultural and historical points of interest. Here are some of the most notable places nearby.

Historical Heritage

  • Los Angeles Fire Department Museum and Memorial (A 387m) — building in California, United States of America Lugar inscrito en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos
  • Herman Building (A 763m) — building in Los Angeles, California, United States Propiedad contribuidora

Museums

  • Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study (A 92m) — Cinema museum in Los Angeles, California
  • Psychiatry: An Industry of Death Museum (A 799m) — anti-psychiatry museum in Los Angeles, California

Parks & Gardens

  • Hollywood Playground (A 375m) — park in Los Angeles County, California, United States of America
  • Hollywood Recreation Center (A 399m) — park in Los Angeles County, California, United States of America
  • Rudolph Valentino Memorial (A 782m) — park in the United States of America
  • De Longpre Park (A 789m) — park in Los Angeles County, California, United States of America

Other Points of Interest

  • Villa Elaine Apartments (A 92m) — historic apartment complex in Hollywood, California
  • Fred C. Thomson Building (A 707m) — office building in Los Angeles, California

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Frequently asked questions about El Pollo Loco

El Pollo Loco is located at 1260 Vine St, Hollywood, CA 90038, Hollywood.
Near El Pollo Loco you can find points of interest such as Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study, Villa Elaine Apartments, Hollywood Playground, Los Angeles Fire Department Museum and Memorial.
El Pollo Loco offers mexican cuisine.
El Pollo Loco has regular opening hours. Check their profile for updated schedules.
The most recommended dishes at El Pollo Loco based on customer reviews are: chicken, macaroni and cheese, rice and beans, quesadilla, coleslaw.
El Pollo Loco is ideal for quick bites, casual dining, solo dining.
El Pollo Loco in Hollywood receives mixed reviews. Many customers praise the delicious, grilled chicken and sides like mac & cheese. Service is often highlighted, with Oscar L. mentioned by name. However, cleanliness and the soda fountain are recurring issues.
The grilled chicken is a healthy fast food option. Be aware that the soda fountain may have issues.
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El Pollo Loco Hollywood Reviews

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Reviews (21)
Geo Gonzalez
Geo Gonzalez

Bro, I always appreciate service. It makes me happy that in LA there are still many places where I can find real service. El Pollo Loco on Vine and Fountain Ave. Is lucky to have an employee like Oscar L. Today, I came to get a quesadilla and a soda and I could see what a great attitude, enthusiasm and passion he has for his job. He was at the cash register greeting people loud and thanking they for having eaten at the restaurant. It’s amazing to know there are still great employees who love people in LA.

Alex Ylanzo
Alex Ylanzo

Great food , good service & the place always clean

Brandon Atencio
Brandon Atencio

This is probably the most healthy fast food option you can get. The chicken is grilled in the kitchen. 10/10 I eat here almost every other day. $12 for a 3 piece grilled chicken and 2 sides.

Candace Brown
Candace Brown

Fooood fyaaa but not the lobby. It was filthy bathroom full of a wet idk on the floor. Soda fountain was watered down.

Marco “Smk1WthMe” Gomez
Marco “Smk1WthMe” Gomez

Chicken is always good. Cooked to perfection. Service is great no matter what Pollo Loco it is. It’s always good service the macaroni and cheese. I love it. Coleslaw is very good. The other side order is OK restroom friendly recommend Pollo Loco. If you love chicken choose the crazy chicken

Lesley Martinez
Lesley Martinez

First time trying Pollo Loco and it was pretty good! The customer service was amazing, the lady that was taking my order was really sweet!

Lisa Wall
Lisa Wall

Great food, and always served hot and fresh. I had rice and beans with chicken combo.🤤

Lisa Sherman
Lisa Sherman

I lived in California not too far away from this location right off of Vine Street, I think in 1983-85. This is some of the best chicken I have ever had in my life of 60 years! And to see the managers statement of how the chicken is still the same and I want some RIGHT NOW!! OH MY GOD! 3,000 Miles have never been so far til now. I am so glad to see that you are still there. Before I die I have to get back there for some of this chicken!! I have NEVER FORGOTTEN how succulent, fresh, moist, tender and flavorful it is. This is no joke, the chicken was so AMAZING and all of the sides were excellent! Do you guys have franchises? I am in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and I would find a way to get funding to open up this eatery on the East Coast if I was younger. If you love chicken, you need to find a way to get here to eat before Heaven calls! YOU WILL THANK ME THAT YOU DID!!

Chris Yanke
Chris Yanke

I ordered the three piece meal. I believe it was leg and thigh, and my two sides were broccoli and macaroni and cheese and I have to say the service was incredible. It’s very hard in a high volume place like this to give customers their time but they manage to do this quite well. We received the order in less than five minutes and the food was super delicious and chicken had so much flavor to it. It’s hard for me to believe that this is actually considered fast food, but it’s well worth eating and well worth coming back

Petrice Suggs
Petrice Suggs

Despite the bad reviews, I made a visit here on my lunch break yesterday and it WAS DELICIOUS! they were very professional, prompt, and friendly. Nowadays, it's hard to control outside atmosphere but inside? A nice chill vibe ‼️

Michael Konowitz
Michael Konowitz

Good food and they so far always (maybe 6 times) get the orders right in the kitchen. But the front counter service often comes with a lack of attentiveness and sometimes an attitude. I always list what salsas I want and eliminate the ones I don’t, and they almost never have paid attention to that on pickup orders, even though it’s all listed right on the receipt. One time, I almost walked out without my drink because the guy didn’t hand it to me, then he gave me a regular when I paid for a large, and then acted like I was giving him a hard time when he should’ve at least been a little apologetic for all the lack of attention to my order. Update: almost forgot to ask for my drink again. Not so much as an apology for not paying attention to my order. They also still aren’t paying attention to other things on the order like the requested salsas. No point in even putting it into the order system bc you’ll have to ask at the end regardless

N V
N V

Chicken was delicious and moist. The tortilla wraps were soft. The tortilla chips were amazing!!! All the sauces were also good.

Danilo “THEPOLEITALY” Mattellini
Danilo “THEPOLEITALY” Mattellini

Sorry for my not exceptional feedback, maybe the reason is that this food is much closer to junk than food itself. While store seems not much clean in general, personnel is very kind.

Gary Galperin D.C.
Gary Galperin D.C.

This place has good fast food cooked on an open flame broiled grill. This is a different step up from most fast food! Great chicken and Mexican options.

Jesse Railo
Jesse Railo

Most of tables were not cleaned after the previous customers and trash bins were full. Food was ok but dishes are not particularly large nor I find them as tasty as some alternative restaurants. Parking seems to be a problem as the security wants to tow customers cars quickly (less than 1h), even while the lot is big and has plenty of room in general. + for having tasty churros and the person serving us was friendly.

J
Jay W

Ordered for delivery on Thursday April 27, 2023. Delivery to arrive between 5:30pm and 6:00pm which should be dinner time. My food arrived way overcooked. Chicken was dry like it was sitting on the back of the grill since lunch time. They got my order wrong. I specifically ordered mac and cheese because we don't like the corn but they sent corn! The salad was dry iceberg lettuce. This order was so disappointing I didn't even bother contacting the restaurant because there is no way they care about the feedback with what showed up at my door. Worst part is that I pre-ordered my food with about 4 hours notice so they had plenty of time to take good care of my meal. I ordered the 8 piece family chicken meal and after door dash fees and tip it was about 50 dollars. Waste of money. We just threw away the leftovers because no one wanted to eat it again the next day since nothing was good. I hope the manager reads this email. I hope that people read this review and choose another place to get a meal. Sad

Shabnam Rezaei
Shabnam Rezaei

The food was really bad. We have tried this food few times before. This was the worst. Chickens were smelly and salad had no taste and rice was awful. I don’t recommend this place. We made a mistake.

Gabriela Martinez
Gabriela Martinez

I just ordered to eat at the place, they gave me the weight to go, incomplete pieces without napkins, without plates to eat and without cutlery. After finishing eating and leaving, a man asked us to buy a coupon. When we said no, he took a despotic attitude.

Richard S.
Richard S.

Food is alright, Atmosphere is not the best, rather dirty and old. Service ain't good, employees seem like they hate their job and El Pollo Loco won't provide nutritional information for all items, not even if you ask for it or email them. They do have nutritional information for some items but missing about 20%. Edit to 1 Star: Their nutritional information is not only incomplete but completely wrong, they won't reply to any questions about it and didn't fix it for nearly a year now. This is probably illegal, if not it's at least very risky. I'd not recommend ordering at any Pollo Loco location until they take basic things like this serious.

Xavi Garcia
Xavi Garcia

FIX THE SODA FOUNTAIN!!! That thing has been falling apart for years, even before the pandemic. To say the machine is on its last legs would be gracious and forgiving. It's an ugly look. Literally only the Dr. Pepper tasted decent. The sprite had no CO2. Rootbeer is all syrup. Coke is "out of stock"? Like how? The world trade center looked in better shape on 9/12/2001. Is upper management a bunch of NPCs? Should we start a gofundme for the store?

B Jones
B Jones

One of the dirtiest restaurants I've been in. Roadside shacks tend to cleaner. If you like extra slow service so you can admire the squalor boy oh boy this is the spot for you.I waited 24 minutes for a BRC (3 ingredient burrito). It kind of made my stomach a bit bubbly and you know what I should have known better and walked right out when I saw the state of this place. There tend to be somewhat agitated homeless people hanging around in front or inside of this establishment, listen if I ate here everyday I'd be upset too.

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The Neighborhood

Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study

Cinema museum in Los Angeles, California

A 92m
Villa Elaine Apartments

historic apartment complex in Hollywood, California

A 92m
Hollywood Playground

park in Los Angeles County, California, United States of America

A 375m
Los Angeles Fire Department Museum and Memorial Heritage

building in California, United States of America

A 387m
Hollywood Recreation Center

park in Los Angeles County, California, United States of America

A 399m
Fred C. Thomson Building

office building in Los Angeles, California

A 707m
Herman Building Heritage

building in Los Angeles, California, United States

A 763m
Rudolph Valentino Memorial

park in the United States of America

A 782m
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