Best Fried Chicken in Sydney

by Dan Cunningham and Holly Bodeker-Smith

Updated March 13th, 2020

There's a sort of primitive pleasure to eating fried chicken. You're gnawing the bones to get at the last morsels of meat and your fingers are all covered in grease. It's real caveman stuff. Would you have it any other way, though? It's way more fun that using cutlery or nibbling carefully at the edge of a burrito.

So choose a style (American? Korean?), a cut (thigh? wing?) and your spice level, and get stuck in.

Flying Tong
Restaurant
Four varieties of Korean fried chicken try.
Red Pepper Bistro
Restaurant
Some of the best fried chicken in Sydney – and it's at the back of a sports club in Strathfield.
El Jannah Newtown
Restaurant
The Newtown takeaway-focused outpost of Western Sydney’s favourite chicken shop offers all of the favourites, plus Southern-style fried chicken
Chir Chir
Restaurant
How about some whipped cream on your chicken?
Thirsty Bird Newtown
Restaurant
Sydney's crunchiest fried chicken. Plus katsu burgers, waffle fries and tater tots.
Belles Hot Chicken Barangaroo
Restaurant
Nashville-style fried chicken with views out over Darling Harbour.
Butter
Restaurant
Sneakers, champagne and fried chicken. There's nothing else like it.
The Sparrow's Mill
Restaurant
The rapid-fire offshoot of cult Korean fried chicken restaurant Red Pepper Bistro.
Mary’s Newtown
Bar
If you're brave enough to order something other than a burger, you'll be rewarded with 10 herbs and spices and plenty of crunch.
Reuben Hills
Cafe
Fried chicken with a Central American bent.
Ms.G’s
Restaurant
Change it up with some Thai-inspired bird.
Danjee
Restaurant
It's difficult to look past the signature Danjee Chicken.
Hot Star
Restaurant
Bigger is better. That's the philosophy at this Taiwanese chain.
The Soda Factory
Bar
There are a few ways of getting your chicken here. But they all defer to the 10 piece bucket. Fried chicken is only available on Wednesdays, but it's too good not to include.
Ayam Goreng 99
Restaurant
Offering an Indonesian take on fried chicken.

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Best Fried Chicken in Sydney

Best Fried Chicken in Sydney

Flying Tong

Restaurant

Red Pepper Bistro

Restaurant

El Jannah Newtown

Restaurant

Chir Chir

Restaurant

Thirsty Bird Newtown

Restaurant

Belles Hot Chicken Barangaroo

Restaurant

Butter

Restaurant

The Sparrow's Mill

Restaurant

Mary’s Newtown

Bar

Reuben Hills

Cafe

Ms.G’s

Restaurant

Danjee

Restaurant

Hot Star

Restaurant

The Soda Factory

Bar

Ayam Goreng 99

Restaurant

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