Bonchon First Hill

Worst Bonchon chicken I’ve had.
I’ve had Bonchon in Chicago, D.C, and Boston, each time were pleasant experiences and I loved Bonchon because of how massive the chicken drumsticks were.
This location’s doing something wrong and it’s an insult to Bonchon Here? This specific Seattle location, my first time getting it from here was in the restaurant itself.
I was craving Bonchon like crazy and was expecting the chicken to come out as heaping hot, crispy, and huge as my other times eating with Bonchon. Nope.
I was disappointed and had to eat Bonchon without a soul in my eyes, it was as if I had went to wingstop and asked for their ethnic asian sauces on their chicken.
The drumsticks are about 2/3 smaller than the expected drumstick at any other location, and the chicken is expected to stay crispy after a long period of time, even after being microwaved. 2nd experience with this location, I had free $30 ubereats credit and felt like Korean Fried Chicken, had Pelicana and Bonchon as options at the time.
Figured maybe Bonchon could redeem themselves? Ordered from them, comes in a nice box, a meal set for 4 but it was really only enough for 2 because of how embarrassingly small their chicken is.
Chicken skin was a mix of crispy limp because of moisture and their inefficient fake-Bonchon method of frying.
Even the fries were better. Definitely should have ordered from Pelicana instead, they’re 20x better than the Seattle Bonchon location.
Hopefully the bigwigs at Bonchon get enough critiques for this spot and care enough to get this location trained to become a real Bonchon. LEFT PIC IS FROM VIRGINIA RIGHT PIC IS FROM ILLINOIS you can see why im disappointed if you go to the Seattle Bonchon and expect their usual sized chicken

Owner response

Clean restaurant and attentive service.
Food is fresh, delicious and actually spicy! Would eat here again! 4/16/24 Review Came here again, service was not as attentive as my initial dine here.
Rating is dinged for this.

Owner response

I’ve eaten at Bonchon 1-3 times a month since June and it’s always a slay! Love the boneless wings and the sliders, but I feel like my life changed when I tried the chicken katsu for the first time.
It’s amazing! Service is always great, great value for the money, big fan over here.

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