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I ate at the Tenleytown Crisp & Juicy today and thought it was very good (had chicken breast sandwhich, which was juicy and flavorful, and fries, which were OK, though I wish I'd tried the Yucca). I've never been to one before, so I have nothing to compare it to, but I would definitely go back.
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re: jcinnova
beauxgoris
Oct 9, 2009 03:52 PM
I still need to try this location - I've been loving Don Pollo in bethesda - so I'm interested to see how it matches up.
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re: beauxgoris
beauxgoris
Oct 24, 2009 02:05 PM
Okay: The chicken was okay - but the seasoning was stronger, i.e. saltier. I was THIRSTY as I was eating and I realized it was the salt. It was juicy, though not crispy (is it supposed to be crispy??). The fries were the same as everywhere else, basically if they're fresh they're good - but if they are at all old = then bad. Mine were fresh so = good. The coleslaw was interesting. It has poppy seeds and a bit of sugar in it - so it was sweeter than Don Pollo's or COTR. So all in all it was good BUT the sauces BLEW!!!! First of all I got a HALF a chicken and got: ONE orange sauce and ONE yellow(garlic) sauce. I *should* have checked, but seriously!? TWO sauces for all that chicken wtf? Oh and NO green sauce, zero. Bottom line I would get it again in a pinch - but the sauce issue + saltiness would have me go to Don Pollo first if I had the choice. Who knows maybe it was just a one time over-saltiness?
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re: beauxgoris
beauxgoris
Nov 3, 2009 01:53 PM
So I went back again today and won't ever go again. I got another half a chicken and noticed that when you order a half that's ALL you get. You can get a "platter" which adds sides for more money. At the other chains (don pollo or chicken on the run) the half chicken comes with 2 sides and tons of sauce. Once again I got two small sauces at Crisp & Juicy, this time I asked and said that my half chicken was for two people so shouldn't they have more than two teeny tiny sauces for two people. I was told (smugly) that I could buy more sauce at 50 cents ea. Um, no thanks. I'll never go back. The chicken was just so-so as well. It tasted more like a general rotisserie style chicken than Peruvian per se. Won't .Ever. Go. Back. I guess I'm not alone since both times I've been in, I was the only patron. Can't seem them around long.
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re: beauxgoris
Your comments have reinforced my first and second experiences at this location of C&J. I was disappointed both times. IMHO, the chicken is greasy and not all that flavorful. The pink-salmon colored sauce is good, but they are quite stingy w/ the portions. I really prefer Pollo Rico or Super Pollo and wish they had one closer to me.
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A friend and I stopped by for dinner earlier this evening. We were kind of disappointed by the chicken. It was flavorful, but quite greasy. The rice was mushy, and the fries were so bad we ended up throwing them out. The yucca was OK. The plantains were very good, and we especially enjoyed the spicy pink (salmon-colored) sauce for the chicken. The medium (yellow) sauce was quite bland. I'm not in a hurry to go back, but will probably give it another try.
P.S. They have Inca Cola!
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re: Gigi007
I forgot to mention that they have three different sauces for the chicken--the "medium" (yellow) sauce that was pretty bland, the spicy pink (salmon-colored) sauce that was quite tasty, and a green sauce, which we didn't care for as it was heavy on the garlic. Too bad the green sauce wasn't anything like the salsa verde I'm used to (the best one I've tried at Peruvian chicken restaurants is Pio Pio's in NYC). Anyway, like I said earlier, the chicken we had at Crisp & Juicy last night was really greasy, so the sauce was a lesser consideration
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re: hamster
Not sure if we've lost the original thread here (C & J in Tenleytown), but based on the enthusiasm in this thread, I stopped by the Crisp and Juicy on Lee Highway at Lorcum Lane in Arlington for lunch yesterday. The flavor was different from El Pollo Rico or Super Pollo, my regular places, and it was a pretty decent sized hunk of meat, but base price is higher than my regular stops. Yuca adds to the price (over French fries) and I thought it was a pretty skimpy order, though it was enough. White meat is also extra. So for nearly two and a half bucks more than El Pollo Rico, I got about as much meat, a different flavor, yuca and salad (pretty good salad, actually, better than Edy's where they regularly give you salad) instead of fries and slaw. Oh, and a roll (who needs it??)
All in all, a perfectly good lunch, but over my usual tightwad budget.
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re: Gigi007
Had it a couple of weeks ago at the Silver Spring location. The chicken was great: moist and very flavorful. Didn't even need the sauces that came with it. I ate at the location and it wasn't crispy. I think the "crispy" part might be for the fries and the yuca. My preference for fried yuca is for it to be less crispy, as C&J's was fried until it was very crunchy throughout. But it was good, nonetheless. If anything, it's at least a cheap, dependable takeout meal.
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re: caphill2320
beauxgoris
Aug 15, 2009 09:58 AM
I prefer Don Pollo in Bethesda - but I'm sure we'll stop by once it opens since it's close to our neighborhood.
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re: Chownut
You hit the nail on the head. Will Tenleytown get a Crisp & Juicy like the one in Falls Church, which is not so good, or the one on Lee Hwy, which is debateably the best rotiserrie chicken in NoVA. Between the very well prepared chicken, which can be juicy and perfectly spicy, to the delicious fried yucca and the tasty beans and rice, I think C&J beats Pollo Rico hands down. The other joints come close at times but those two are my definite favorites.
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