Zankou Chicken - Montebello

So I have been going to Zankou Chicken for a while, and I was told that the family actually split up so some were different. I found out how different the locations are. There are two divisions of the Zankou Chicken business. I have been to locations from both, and I have learned that the biggest difference is not in which division, but in the location. Here at the Montebello location, they did not have the cucumber salad and they do not automatically give you the garlic sauce, and to choose sides is a hassle. So far the chicken at this location is SUPER SALTY, and not as tender, and felt kinda grainy. The rice feels over cooked and the tabula salad is terrible. The texture almost felt like I would have mouthfuls of straight cilantro with not enough lime juice. I’m astonished at how different this location was from the Sunset location or the Long Beach location which are both from different divisions, but are arguably just as good. The vibe feels different and they seemed more rude here. The Long Beach location there are much nicer than this one. There were only two people working and they seemed annoyed with me. Themployees working, good food, great atmosphere, and they seem happier. I didn’t want to say anything because I honestly felt like they either wouldn’t care or wouldn’t want to feel awkward about speaking up. I drove pretty far to this location and now I feel like I should have driven somewhere else. Out of everything though, this location’s garlic sauce is still fire, and they provide warm pita bread which I really liked. It was in a bag, with condensation in it proving how freshly warmed it was. My mom really liked it. They say that “comparison” is the thief of joy.” This might be the case. I might be wrong and just be annoyed because I wasn’t acknowledged right away when I came in. I don’t know. But if you do eat here and you’re not a fan, give the other aforementioned locations a try.

Food is good, however, restaurant is not pleasant .There needs to be some remodeling, cleaning and AC needs to be fixed does not work properly. Also, there was a young man drugged up and snorting crystal on the table outside the restaurant. Workers did not kicked him out until 30min later and did not clean the table. Just to think that people eat on that table made me feel disgusted. I wouldn’t go back to this location.

I went half a hour before lunch time, it was just a few people waiting, about 45 minutes goes by everyone who was waiting are now all gone, about 15 later the kid tells me they gave my food to someone else dosen't seem to care I've been waiting for a hour for food I never got, don't go here they have terrible customer service dudes attitude sucked

Good place for inexpensive Mediterranean food. Tasty and fresh.

No aguas frescas or red sauce?!? Like ordering a big Mac with no Mac sauces