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Best Fried Chicken in Sydney

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.

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Best Chicken Shops in Sydney


Updated on 13 March 2020

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Flying Tong
Restaurant
Flying Tong
Four varieties of Korean fried chicken try.
Red Pepper Bistro
Restaurant
Red Pepper Bistro
Some of the best fried chicken in Sydney – and it's at the back of a sports club in Strathfield.
El Jannah Newtown
Restaurant
El Jannah Newtown
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
Chir Chir
How about some whipped cream on your chicken?
Thirsty Bird Newtown
Restaurant
Thirsty Bird Newtown
Sydney's crunchiest fried chicken. Plus katsu burgers, waffle fries and tater tots.
Belles Hot Chicken Barangaroo
Restaurant
Belles Hot Chicken Barangaroo
Nashville-style fried chicken with views out over Darling Harbour.
Butter
Restaurant
Butter
Sneakers, champagne and fried chicken. There's nothing else like it.
The Sparrow's Mill
Restaurant
The Sparrow's Mill
The rapid-fire offshoot of cult Korean fried chicken restaurant Red Pepper Bistro.
Mary’s Newtown
Bar
Mary’s Newtown
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
Reuben Hills
Fried chicken with a Central American bent.
Ms.G’s
Restaurant
Ms.G’s
Change it up with some Thai-inspired bird.
Danjee
Restaurant
Danjee
It's difficult to look past the signature Danjee Chicken.
Hot Star
Restaurant
Hot Star
Bigger is better. That's the philosophy at this Taiwanese chain.
The Soda Factory
Bar
The Soda Factory
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
Ayam Goreng 99
Offering an Indonesian take on fried chicken.

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