The best fried chicken in London

8 places

CheeMc
££
KoreanKorean fried chickenSoho2 min from Piccadilly Circus
Honey butter powder on double-fried chicken - the most-cited Korean fried chicken in central London.
Area guide Book
Chick and Beers
££
KoreanKorean fried chickenNew Malden9 min from Motspur Park
Family-owned, double-fried, and widely held to be the best Korean fried chicken in London - in the middle of New Malden's Koreatown rather than in town.
Website
Good Friend Chicken
£
TaiwaneseTaiwanese fried chickenChinatown1 min from Leicester Square
Taiwanese popcorn chicken fried to order in Chinatown - salt, pepper and fried basil, eaten standing up.
Area guide Website
Naru
££
KoreanKoreanCovent Garden5 min from Covent Garden
A Shaftesbury Avenue standby whose dak twigim - crisp fried chicken bites with a choice of sauces - is the order.
Area guide Website
Seoul Bird
££
KoreanKorean fried chickenShepherd's Bush6 min from Shepherd's Bush Market
Judy Joo and Andrew Atkins soy-brine the chicken for a day before double-frying it - a counter format rather than a sit-down room.
Website
Tongdak
££
KoreanKorean fried chickenNew Malden11 min from New Malden
A New Malden chicken specialist that trades almost entirely on the Korean community's own recommendation rather than on guides.
Website

Reliable rather than remarkable. These are chains — worth knowing about when you need somewhere open, not worth a journey.

All Star Lanes
££
AmericanAmerican diner and bowling
Fried chicken and mac and cheese inside a bowling alley - not a food destination, but the answer when the table includes teenagers.
Temple of Seitan
£
BritishVegan fried chicken shop
A vegan fried chicken shop that behaves exactly like a fried chicken shop - seitan in buttermilk-style batter, burgers, wings and fries, at chicken-shop prices.