KFC

I’ve had nothing but quick and efficient service. It could be because I come in towards closing when I have a real hankering for fried chicken. Justin took my order tonight and was really enthusiastic and made my experience so good! It’s hard to say that for fast food restaurants sometimes. I will definitely be coming back… I’m drooling from the smell of fried chicken buckled in my passenger seat!

After a couple of years I decided to try if she wants again. The new hot spicy chicken feeling of me and was ever ties well. The menu selection was minimal And I decided to go for the two piece chicken combo which came with a biscuit coleslaw or mashed potatoes the chicken combo.
The hot spicy chicken was only available in extra crispy, it was very oily and not very hot at all. It add add a sickly sweet taste to it and was quite a disappointing. I felt a little ill after I ate two pieces of chicken and coleslaw but got better as the day went on. It will be at least another two years before I go back if that. I would like to give him the following morning if you order any of this chicken you going to get sick from it.

Yesterday I ordered six pieces of original fried chicken to go but there were only 5 pieces of crispy fried chicken. I found this problem today since I only ate two pieces of fried chicken last night, and I called them. They asked me to drive there to get another one. No kidding. Driving 20 minutes for only one fried chicken. I will never go to KFC again.

This KFC sucks. The young guy at the counter was pretty nice and allowed the option to sub any side instead of mashed potatoes in the family fill up, but still, it’s dismal in that place. This is not a place in which you want to dine so get it to go.
All the sides were the standard and the chicken was on the bland and dry side because it had been sitting out a long time once we got there around 7pm on a week night.
Whoever runs this KFC, do you just not care?

If you’re looking for the latest The Colonel has to offer, you won’t find it here. I pop in here for lunch a couple of times a year to see if they’ve got any of the new things I’ve seen advertised, but the menu has remained totally unchanged for at least three years.
Don’t be fooled by the big posters outside, either. Though they may advertise something new and different (currently «$ 5 fill ups» meals), such things do not appear on the menu inside and mentioning them will make the staff look at you like you’ve grown another head. The most recent addition is the Dip ‘Ems combo, a meal intended go showcase KFC’s new sauces. This restaurant doesn’t actually have any of those though, just the same three mediocre sauces they’ve always had.
Service is slow except during the lunch rush. Expect to stand around for several minutes before someone gets around to taking your order.
There’s not much else to say. Parking is free and plentiful. The place is reasonably clean. The bathroom is located outside the restaurant and presumably the staff must be asked for the key. I’ve never used it because I never wanted to trouble the staff.
The food is as good as any other KFC I’ve ever eaten at. This one just seems to have stagnated circa 2010. It’s not terrible, but this particular franchise is doing nothing to save a dying brand.

It’s never packed here but the service is always slow. I’ve never seen a worker crack a smile and the vibe is just … dry.
I only come here because it’s the only fried chicken place in goleta and it’s decent. Biscuits are always dry and the chicken never seems to be warm enough, but It gets my fried chicken cravings satisfied. If there were any other KFCs or even a Popeyes, I wouldn’t even bother with this place.

I am not one of those distinguished diners, so I find KFC delicious. The only thing I don’t like is that they close at 9 every night. I wish they would stay open at least until 10 on the weekends.

We don’t go to KFC all that often — maybe two or three times per year. It’s not high cuisine and it’s not healthy, but the chicken is decent and the sides are usually consistently just as one would expect. You know what you’re in for at KFC, or at least that’s the theory.
But my last two times they’ve been out of stuff. Last time, it was mashed potatoes. Tonight, biscuits.
Okay, fine, stock runs out. I get that. Although, come to think of it, they don’t have a wide-​ranging menu with a dynamic ingredient line up, so it’s kinda odd to run out of basics when all that you serve are, well, basics… Anyway, I digress…
Here’s the thing: I don’t understand why they sold me two meals which are supposed to come with biscuits — clearly (read below), they knew they were omitting them, but did not tell me, or offer a substitute. Oh, but I did get the fake butter and honey packet in each meal box, so yay! (The last time I was there, when they were out of mashed potatoes, another customer in front of me came back to complain, which was how I found out. Why are they not up front about the availability of their items?)
Back to tonight’s episode, I got home and opened the boxes up and discovered the lack of biscuits, called the store, and the manager, in a tone utterly lacking surprise, said, «Oh yeah, we’re out of biscuits tonight. Sorry the cashier didn’t tell you that. Do you have your receipt?» Well, I suppose there’s a tiny chance that I would guess EXACTLY the item that they’re out of on the very night that they’re out of it, and then proceed to try to pull a con job on them by lying that I had just been there to pick up to-​go meals, so that maybe I can wrangle me a FREE meal at some point in the future. But really? I just wanted the freakin’ biscuits. And no, I don’t want to get back in my car at 5pm to drive back to their store to pick up my two biscuits.
I know, I know, we’re talking biscuits here, people. It’s not a major life crisis. But here’s the context: I was up all night long with a sick child (yeah, the worst kind of sick to have to clean up), and had planned to give him the biscuit and a little chicken w/​o the skin. I had not slept all night, had gone to work, and picked up a fast food meal because I was in no shape to cook a regular dinner at home. So I expect KFC to fulfill their part of the social contract into which they had entered by allowing me to purchase their freakin’ meals! And the contract terms explicitly state that I get a damn biscuit with each meal!
Train your staff, Mr. or Ms. Franchise Owner. Customer service matters even in the take-​out-​fast-​food biz.

This was my go to KFC growing up in Goleta. I’m not around Calle Real Center much anymore, but it’s nice to go grab some food to go every now and then. If you don’t have enough money or if you are on a college budget, Albertson’s Chicken Dinner Deal isn’t too shabby either.

Had KFC last night. My friend ordered first and since she is a non-​native speaker of English, she had a bit of trouble understanding Ofelia’s (the server’s) accent. Afterwards, Ofelia turned to her male coworker and the coworker said the word «chingada». This is a pretty strong profanity in Mexican Spanish. Needless to say, as a customer I shouldn’t have to put up with that type of language — regardless of the context it was used in.
So, I was left wondering whether they had talked about my friend in a negative way or whether the worker had just said it with regard to something else.
I decided to talk to Ofelia about it (I speak fluent Spanish, but don’t look like a Spanish speaker). She was very polite and apologized for her coworker. I told her that it is inappropriate to use that type of language loud enough for customers to hear, regardless of the context.
The other thing I disliked was that the worker who said «chingada» was very rude and flippant in his body language. He was banging things and when he gave us our meal he basically threw it down on the counter. This guy deserves to be fired.
Anyway, food was fine but service is terrible. Ofelia was nice enough but that male coworker should be disciplined.

They have lunch deals for $ 2.99 for breast or thigh and drumstick with 1 side and a biscuit. You can add on a drink for $ 1.00 extra. Just a standard KFC, nothing special. The only annoyance is that the restroom is outside and requires a key from the cashier. The place seats about 20 but does not get crowded for lunch time.

Nothing spectacular about this place… your typical KFC. Although I’ve previously said that I avoid fried food like the devil, …college really breaks ya. I think KFC’s colonel strips have been become my comfort food when I’m having a stressful time with school.
I always order the 6 piece colonel strips and the people working always give me like 8 strips. I think it’s because I usually go around closing time… or the people working there are just nice. What I like is that a little bit more than halfway in, I get full and can save the remaining 2 or 3 strips for lunch the next day (I think it’s because I chug root beer when I have KFC. Probably fills me up a lot more than the chicken)
The lady who’s usually at the register when I go is nice and really gives me a LOT of hot sauce when I ask for it.
Anyways, I’m really thankful for this KFC location. It really feeds me when I’m feeling down or just craving KFC and cannot hold back.

I know that it’d be better for my arteries if I didn’t make a habit out of visiting this place. However, I feel like once a year or once every six months is okay.
I also realize that many folks love to hate on the chains, and the non-​organic, non-​local aspect of this «cuisine.» I’m cool with that, it takes all kinds and I do sympathize with may of those creeds.
Sometimes, you just need some fried chicken, mashed potatoes, and a biscuit though. This is as good a place to indulge as any.