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Chick-N-Joy
Category: Restaurants Fast Food Fast Food [Edit]
1483 Queen St EToronto, ON M4L 1E2
Neighbourhood: Leslieville
(416) 461-5848
- Hours:
Mon-Sat 11 am - 8 pm
Sun 12 pm - 6 pm
- Attire:
- Casual
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- No
- Price Range:
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$
- Good for Groups:
- No
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- No
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good For:
- Dinner
- Alcohol:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
10 reviews for Chick-N-Joy
10 reviews in English
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Review from Apple s.
Toronto, ON
1/8/2012
After years of passing this place, I finally made the decision to try the chicken here based on the reviews i've read on yelp.
I've been there 4 times now since my first visit, 2 months ago and has since become my favourite fried chicken 'go to' place in the city! lucky I don't live in the hood otherwise I'd be tempted to eat there always!
I crave chicknjoy almost every week!!! awesome fries and gravy too...so fresh! A must try, for sure!!! -
Review from Eric W.
Toronto, ON
9/25/2011
I tell ya, the Queen, east of Greenwood area is a little hotbed of junk food done right. Queen Marg for pizza, Chino Loco for burritos, burgers priest for...burgers of course, and then there's Chick-n-Joy.
a cash only, chicken only place that i just experienced for the first time yesterday, after walking by alot. My GF's Sisters BF and I were loading up on pre UFC snacks, and this was number one on his list.
juicy, flavourful straight up fried chicken, without that synthetic feel you get from the other chicken giants. just plain good in every way. there's not alot more to say, and people hate on the yellow gravy, but its damm good, and so are the fries.
so, basically, everything you like about KFC, just a little bit fresher, and a independent business. the girl working the counter was super friendly and nice too, and that always helps. -
Review from Jenny T.
10/4/2010
This was the comfort food of my childhood... fortunately or maybe unfortunately. The food here is super greasy and terribly bad for you, but it hits the right spot when you're really hungry. I like my Chick N Joy way better than KFC because it's not literally dripping with grease, it's hidden away in the crunchiness of the chicken.
Their gravy is one-of-a-kind, that's for sure. Bright yellow, with black speckles of pepper in it. The fries are probably one of the best golden fries I've tasted when the oil is fresh and has been changed. Sometimes though, when the oil hasn't been changed, it's brown and not as crispy.
I also remember enjoying their big juicy burgers, milkshakes and fish and chips. They do a major renovation on the place every once in a few years, and the place looks very up-to-date. I'd still take it to-go though, because there isn't much seating. -
Review from sarah l.
3/29/2010 1 Check-in Here
I am kind of torn about how to rate this place. I will never eat here again, and I have had better fried chicken, but none cheaper or closer to my house than that of chick-n-joy. I feel like I would have liked the ambiance more pre-renovations... I have never been before, but I know in my heart that it used to be cooler.
The good:
- the lunch special is dirt cheap. $4.50 for a 2pc chicken and fries combo with a pop.
- the gravy is spectacular. Don't be alarmed by it's fluorescent luminescence.
- Fries are better than average.
- I don't eat a lot of fried chicken (like less than once a year) but this was better than what I remember having from KFC but not as good as a stockyards buttermilk dipped chicken piece (the only fried chicken I will entertain).
The bad:
- it was SO greasy. Seriously. I have washed my hands twice and I am still greasing my keyboard. It's extremely disgusting.
- no parking.
- weird, uncomfortable, sterile, security camera laden environment with just a handful of counter seats.
- weird display case full of "stuff" you can purchase at the store above the fried chicken place. By "stuff" I mean weird random junk (like a bread shaped dish sponge or a plastic-masquerading-as-wood doorstop).
Would I ever go here again?
Never. I don't eat food THIS greasy except for McDonalds breakfast. It wasn't that bad, I just wasn't into it. Cash only. -
Review from Sheila B.
Toronto, ON
9/1/2011
It sure smells like KFC when you get nearer to the Chick, but i guess it should smell like something since it's fried Chicken. The lunch special is 2 pieces with fries and pop for $5.50 (+tax). We opted for the 4 piece which gave up white meat, it came with salad and dinner roll. 1 side gravey & 2 pops $13 (included tax). Better deal. The chicken is hot and not overcooked, the spice mixture taste a bit like kfc but not as greasy and overpowering. The homemade fries are in abundance and quite good. I didn't like the neon yellow gravy it tasted like cornstarch. The best thing going is the chicken and chips.
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Review from Phil H.
Toronto, ON
4/22/2010
So there's fried chicken and then there's fried chicken written with italics. Unfortunately, this is just fried chicken in a plain font.
I ordered two pieces with fries along with a small gravy. The first piece of chicken I got was fairly minimal in terms of grease and the meat was fairly well cooked (not too much spicing in the batter though). Surprised to find how little of a greasy aftertaste I got from eating it but it wasn't that moist however. The fries are thickcut and pretty decent. The chicken gravy is practically nuclear considering how neon yellow it is but it certainly feels right to have it along for the ride. It would have been a pretty dry meal without it.
That second piece of chicken was greasy though. We are talking KFC levels of grease. It left an unpleasant aftertaste in my mouth. I don't really know how consistent they are with their chicken but this just isn't enough to let me entertain the thought of coming back. -
Review from Link T.
Toronto, ON
6/15/2011
My friends got some chicken and gravy from this place today and the gravy is more yellow than usual. I don't know how much food colour they have put in. It is a turn off. I have to write a review about this place that I love and hate.
Reasons I don't like this place.
1) Grumpy old man! He is the owner/cook.
2) I really, really don't understand why they don't provide forks and napkins for family meals. They told me people take their large meals home, but I am taking it to the park with friends. So do we eat with our hands and wipe our oily fingers on our clothes? I offered to pay for forks and napkins, but they refused. They have good chicken but ill-logic-services.
3) They told my friend they don't put chicken breast in small combos, but how come I found chicken breast in my 2 piece combo several times.
4) I don't agree with "The customer is always right" policy, but many times I felt that they don't give a damn with their customers' needs. I understand I can't request all white meat or all dark meat in a combo, but when my friends and I order a lunch special, she asked the cashier if they can put her dark meat piece in my box and my white piece in hers. The old man said NO and blah blah blah something that we don't understand. They buried the chicken under the fries, it is a mess to dig out the chicken. Why can't they use a few second to save us few minutes of work and less mess on their counter.
I am not a jerk that make a lot of unreasonable demands, but all you hear from them is NO, NO, NO. Where is the customer service. They are proud of their chicken, are they proud of their customer service?
5 stars for their chicken, -10 for their service. -
Review from Miguel C.
Toronto, ON
11/29/2010
This is a great place for take out chicken and fries. The place is clean, staff are pleasant, and the service is fast. Chicken is great, not too greasy (like KFC) and the fries are the best I've had in a while. It's not over priced like some pretentious small chip shops in the city. Their slogan is "Love at first bite" and I agree.
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Review from Ryan F.
Toronto, ON
4/18/2009 2 photos
Nostalgrease. I love it. Tastes like how I remember KFC tasted in the 70s. As a bonus they have excellent fries, which IMHO KFC has never had.
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Review from F C.
Toronto, ON
6/26/2010
Very surprised. Great fries. I mean, fries that you crave. And the chicken is a) cheap and b) delicious. NOT greasy and actually tastes like chicken. If you are thinking of going to KFC this place beats it by a factor of 10. Clean too. Will be returning!
