Chicken Charlie: wrong basket of chicken at the right time

Okay, it's unfortunate that I'm writing this review after Bon Chon chicken, which is really good, and better in my opinion. But Chicken Charlie is good too, yet it's difficult NOT to compare. 

I've been hearing raves about Chicken Charlie as often as I would hear people crave for Bon Chon. Ironically, I never heard people compare the two, which both sells garlic soy and hot and spicy chicken flavors. If I were to compare, Bon Chon is better. It is more saucy compared to the dry Chicken Charlie chicken. Both garlic soy chickens are great, but Bon Chon does the spicy chicken better. Forget about Bon Chon for a while, we focus on Charlie.

Chicken Charlie is also another franchise from Korea, serving twice-fried chickens. No wonder they are cooked to a perfect crisp! The perfect golden brown skin with no-residue-of-oil-so-it-looks-healthy chicken are impossible to resist. We immediately ordered a basket of 8 chickens, four of each flavor. Menu says it comes with a serving of pickled radish. Disappointment kicked in when our chicken was served late. We were three customers ahead, yet they were served first, all three of them. 

Aggravating the situation was the pickled radish which was served in a tiny cup, the one that usually comes with your one-piece Jollibee chicken meal. I shouldn't have expected much from it though since the menu didn't say anything about the size. They delivered alright, just not the size I expected. 

Their Banawe branch looked small when compared with the huge yogurt place beside them- though it was enough to accomodate the continuous number of people coming in and out. Their yam fries and dynamite sticks looked good, but a basket of fried chicken is oily enough to reach my weekly oil quota. Oily, but not juicy.

Overall, I'd say Chicken Charlie is good enough to satisfy one's Bon Chon cravings. It's an easy walk from my place. But Banawe branch, poor service.

Banawe Branch
Telephone No: 742-3333, 475-3781, 0932-2519475
Address: 808 Banawe St. Barangay sienna (near SOGO hotel)

San Juan Branch
Telephone No: 477-7422, 736-9315, 0932-3125854
Address: 15 J.abad santos street little baguio SanJuan.

Malate Branch
Telephone No: 4508410, 8719374, 0932-1508410
Address: 1635 Adriatico st, Malate Manila (rothman inn hotel)

Food :                      **
Ambiance:              ***

Service:                   *

Cleanliness:           ***

Experience:            ***
Value for money : ****

Serving:                ****