King Pollo

I swear I’ve been here before forgot about it and had déjà vu a la Teena Marie…
In a shopping center in New Carrollton, can’t say that it is easily seen from the road. Kinda off to the end of the strip.
Parking is good for the area.
Once inside, nothing to write home about. I take it that this is the kind of place that you come and get take out, not sit down.
Various options from papusas, quesadillas amd the like. Pretty decent offerings and a slew of sides to choose from.
On this date, I got the family deal; this consists of a whole blame chicken, two large sides, and four canned sodas. This is all for the price of 19.95 folks. I thought this was a pretty dope deal. Here in lies my problem… most of the sides looked as though they had been forgotten about. The yucca fries were looking lonely under that lamp as were those thick ‘ol plantain slices. The mixed veggies were gone and the yams looked as though they had seen better days. The sides that I decided upon: rice/​beans which by the by counted as TWO sides. Um, where they do that at? Who eats rice without thee black bean…
…anywho, I digress and I got the greens.
The chicken was good, but was a little dry IMHO. But the addition of the green sauce, pico, and those yummo pickled (I think) onions helped it out immensly. The greens were a bit underseasoned for my liking and even with the green spice needed more hot sauce to pep them up.
How can one mess up thee black rice and bean?
Regardless, you get a crap ton of food for a nice price. Pick your sides wisely and make sure you get the sauce (pico and onions) to pep up your plate!

No a big fan of the chicken. I had it twice and both times I had to take it back because it wasn’t cooked. The meat was still rare with blood.
The Singapore noodles are phenominal! I get 3 side orders of the noodles and eat it for days. My son loves it as well. He takes it to school for lunch.

Two thumbs up! Great chicken and sides, especially if you are looking to feed a family something affordable, delicious and preferably not made by you. We go here often and always grab a whole chicken and 2 – 3 sides. Beans/​rice combo is delicious and I like how they put both in the same takeout container so the beans can flavor the rice and vice versa. Yucca is real good as well.
The only thing is that they’re a bit stingy with their green and white sauces. Refuse to give more than 3 – 4 per FAMILY SIZE ORDER. WTF?! Other places I’ve never had trouble getting 5 – 5 per especially if I’m purchasing a big order.

This food was wonderful. The rotisserie chicken as well as all of the sides were delicious. The collard greens are very good, not the best I’ve ever had, but good.
The serving sizes were huge and definitely a bang for your buck.
My friend got the chicken quesadilla and said it was perfect for lunch.
If you’re hungry in the area, this definitely a staple to go to in the sea of corporate fast food that encompasses this area.

King pollo has great food the rice needs to be better, chicken delicious, once I chose that I wanted salad I ask for my favorite dressing didn’t had it then I ask for another dressing didn’t have it either only ranch I’m like next time I come better update in there dressings for salads.

I’m in love with this place excellent food. The owner is super nice and looks after his clients. Gave me free appetizer and honestly I like their chicken better then Sardis.

Soooo freaking good! I used to go all the way to Arlington for the best Peruvian chicken. But I had no idea that there was something much better right next to my house in new carrollton

I’ve been there 3 times, it’s great under new management chicken was tasty and so tender and sauces I had it with was amazing! Worth every penny ! Great

Recently visited with my family. Love the chicken juicy on the inside nicely seasoned as well. Tried the plantains they were so rip and sweet. The price of quarter chicken was cheaper then Sardies and Sly esters chicken. Quarter chicken could possibly feed 2 people.

I recently visited king pollo and loved to see that under new management the place is worth the visit. Their menu is extensive. I ordered their signature puruvian chicken with sweet potatoe, fried plantation and chick peas rice. Food was fresh and delicious. Place is very clean and family friendly. Plenty of space to sit and enjoy the food. I was glad to see that an old gem has been revived with fresh ideas and faces. I will definitely visit again with friends and family.

I’m giving two stars because the service was good and the seats are comfortable. The chicken had feathers left behind and was pretty dry. The salad was extremely flavorless… like crunchy water with ranch dressing. The plantains were undercooked. The side sauces were good however.
GO TO SARDIS! I think the food there is much better.

Not bad. I usually grab quick dinner here when I’m too busy to cook or its running late. The Peruvian style chicken here is pretty good. When they first opened, the chicken was way more flavorful than it is now. There has been some staff turnover and what seems like new ownership since opening. Not the best ever but not bad-​certainly better than Popeyes or KFC!

I was pleasantly surprised by this place! Based on where it is located, I was expecting it to be a tiny, dirty place, with possibly okay food. I went here in the first place because it was recommended by a friend and it is close to home. When I walked in, the place was absolutely clean and the staff was very kind and welcoming. They have quite a large space to dine in as well. The chicken is seasoned and cooked to perfection! They also have a huge selection of sides to choose from. Between my family and I, we got their fried rice, mac and cheese, collard greens, and spanish rice sides — all of them were delicious!

Second time here within three years. I guess that says alot lol. Chicken is pretty good for it being the closest Charbroiled chicken spot around. Of course I’ve had better but it will do. I had half chicken, yuca and greens. Chicken was seasoned well, yuca was a tad but dry but good with the yellow sauce and the greens were good but better once I added sea salt. All and all I recommend this place for close Charbroiled goodness.

Good, CHEAP food with nice serving sizes!

It’s very hard to find good Peruvian chicken near my work place. But King Pollo is pretty decent. They just put a lot of seasoning in their chicken. I also love that they have Filipino food as well. I love eating pancit and yuca with my chicken. The staff there is very friendly and nice.

I was very disappointed with my experience here. My first time here was over a year ago. The chicken was ok (I’ve tasted better) and at the time it wasn’t many «charcoal cooking» style restaurants in this area.
I went a few days ago with my family for Gelato. We remembered that last time we were here the Gelato was very good. We get there and the place wasn’t crowded at all. Now usually I don’t go into race when giving my reviews but considering my experience I have no choice but to do so. Having said that if you offend easily I suggest you stop reading my review RIGHT NOW
Seated was a group of guys. I walk in with my family and immediately we kinda feel out of place but hey it’s not the first (or last time) we will feel this way so we walk on over to the display where you can see all of the colorful Gelato. Behind the counter are 2 guys. My kids start to ask if they can taste certain types of Gelato. The guy quickly gives us a little spoon to taste and immediately turns around to the guys that were on the side who had just interrupted us from talking to him. He never say excuse me to us… i’ll be right back NOTHING.
He than starts to fix cups of ice cream for other folks while we are clearly standing here waiting for him to finish helping us. My kids are saying excuse me to get his attention so we can try other flavors, FINALLY he turns back around looks at us like he has a attitude. I ask for a taste of another type of Gelato. He gives it to me… after that I was disturbed. It was very clear that he showed favoritism for the group of guys instead of me and my family.
SMH this is sad and I hated that my kids had to experience that but hey it taught them a lesson on how to NOT treat people. No matter the color we should all be treated with the same level of respect that is given.
***This is a restaurant where spanish people cook, serve and come to eat. I am black and felt completely unwelcome at this place***
I will NEVER go back again.

Why not Chicken del Rey?
First, the King (as I call it) is very convenient to my work. That being said, I can count on King Pollo for a filling meal at a very reasonable price. Most of the time I get half a chicken with fried yucca… yum! I especially like to dip the yucca in the yellow sauce. I also enjoy the greetings from the staff, always friendly as if you were their old friend from childhood.
Yes, there are better Peruvian Chicken places. Yes, it is in an undesirable strip mall. Yes many of their sides are average (avoid the mac & cheese), However, the value and quality of food are excellent and I feel it is better than most Peruvian Chicken joints. Especially for the area, this place is great for a quick, filling, delicious, and inexpensive meal.

Although the inside of this place was very clean and nice, it did not make up for the dry chicken and bad sides. I ordered white meat which at other pollo a la brasa /​rotisserie chicken places is still juicy, but here was not. For the side, I got fries with rice and beans. I had wanted to get at least one «healthy» side but other than the salad (which was mostly just lettuce), all of the options were fried. The french fries tasted like the frozen oven-​cooked ones you can buy at the store. The rice and beans were fine. The best part of the meal was the salsas, so that I could make the food more interesting.
I feel bad giving a negative review because the cashiers were really nice and friendly (one was a little too friendly though — he asked for my number! muy coqueto, jaja). However, there are a lot of better chicken places out there, if you are willing to drive a little further away.

WOW… Phil B below must have been having a bad day. And so am i-​work, comcast .etc… But this place deserves 5 stars. No deductions for the neighborhood-​and im a bit of a zipcode snob. And no deductions for the way the dude at King Pallo took the chopping knife to cut me off ¼th chicken (i am an ocassional vegetarian with some chicken sympathy LOL).
Sides were excellent. Plaintains ripened to perfection. Vietnamese street noodle almost sinful. Just wonderful and unexpected.
BTW…I still don’t think Pollo is a household food genre (look at me sounding all foodie lol)…but its a great place to mix up your food palette.