
Chicken Cottage
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About Chicken Cottage
Chicken Cottage is a halal fried chicken takeaway in London near London Bridge, on Tooley St at number 128. The business started in London in 1994 and built its menu around fried and grilled chicken. The grilled chicken is marinated for 8 hours and comes with a flavour of the customer's choice. Peri-peri chicken is sold whole or half and arrives with rice. The burger range includes a grilled chicken burger meal, and chips come with peri-peri mayo or garlic mayo on the side. Chicken tenders round out the menu.
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Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention peri-peri chicken, spicy wings, chicken tenders and chips with garlic mayo.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention peri-peri chicken, spicy wings, chicken tenders and chips with garlic mayo.
Customer Review Summary
Service draws the sharpest complaints. One diner was refused lettuce after being told they could have it, saw a staff member snatch the meal away and left with a refund. Another found staff slow and unbothered in a hot, busy shop, with small tenders and too few napkins. A third describes unwelcoming staff. Two peri-peri takeaway orders went wrong: rice missing from the bag after unanswered calls, and an app order not started at pickup time with the rice badly packed. Others praise friendly staff, and one received free BBQ wings on Christmas Day.
Customer Review Summary
Service draws the sharpest complaints. One diner was refused lettuce after being told they could have it, saw a staff member snatch the meal away and left with a refund. Another found staff slow and unbothered in a hot, busy shop, with small tenders and too few napkins. A third describes unwelcoming staff. Two peri-peri takeaway orders went wrong: rice missing from the bag after unanswered calls, and an app order not started at pickup time with the rice badly packed. Others praise friendly staff, and one received free BBQ wings on Christmas Day.
Featured reviews
- Solihin Mansor
“Cheapest meal I’ve had during my Eurotrip. Well, worth it too. Also, had our own mini Chicken Shop Date episode (though this wasn’t the shop filmed in) 😂 Had the tenders and spicy chicken wings. Wasn’t spicy at all for my Asian tongue. They provided chilli powder though so alls good”
- Jade Benjamin
“Terrible food and even worse service. Before ordering, the man serving me agreed that I could have lettuce with my meal. When it arrived without any, I politely asked for some. A man from the back then stormed over, shouted, “THIS MEAL DOESN’T COME WITH LETTUCE,” and snatched the food away from me. His behaviour was rude, aggressive and intimidating. I was left feeling upset and ultimately had to leave hungry with a refund. Lettuce costs next to nothing, so the way this was handled was completely unnecessary. To make matters worse, the food looked dry and unappetising anyway. A genuinely awful experience—I won’t be returning.”
- Mercy O.
“my peri peri wings were so good! Nice, simple fries on the side and peri peri mayo”
- Danyal Afzal
“Chicken Cottage isn’t just a fast-food chain—it is an absolute UK late-night institution, a sanctuary for the hungry, and a spot that delivers pure, unadulterated comfort food perfection every single time you walk through the door. Hands down, they serve some of the finest fried chicken you can get anywhere. We’re talking golden-brown mastery: a skin so ridiculously loud and crunchy it practically shatters on impact, giving way to meat that is piping hot, exceptionally tender, and bursting with juice. Then you have the spicy wings. They don't just give you a hint of spice—they hit with that deep, creeping, perfectly balanced heat that keeps you reaching for the next one before you’ve even finished the first. If you’re going for a full meal, the legendary Mountain Burger is an elite engineering feat of crispy chicken fillets, cheese, hash brown, and crisp lettuce, stacked high enough to demand respect. And let’s be entirely honest about the garlic mayo: that creamy, punchy liquid gold honestly deserves to be classified as a protected national treasure. But while the deep-fried side of the board is undeniably elite, do not sleep on their grilled peri-peri. Charred to absolute perfection over the flames, it is smoky, shockingly succulent, and packed with a tangy, fiery marinade that rivals high-street peri-peri joints charging double the price. Of course, no order is complete without the sides. Pair your mains with a literal mountain of hot, freshly dropped chips—crispy on the edges, fluffy in the middle, and generously seasoned with that signature salt—and you’ve got an unbeatable feast that never, ever misses the mark. Whether you’re stumbling in for a desperate 1:00 AM post-night-out revival or just craving top-tier, soul-soothing comfort food in the middle of a Tuesday afternoon, Chicken Cottage stays undefeated. The portions are unapologetically massive, the service is lightning-fast, and the sheer value-to-quality ratio is a solid 10/10 every single time. Long live the Cottage.”
- Noman Dal
“Actually I have ordered Whole peri peri chicken with rice it was take out order when I open the bag there is no rice I have paid £13.99 for only chicken even I have called 2 times but they didn’t pickup”
Hours
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday
- Sunday
Good to know
“Founded in 1994 in London, UK Chicken Cottage is home to the worlds most flavoursome grilled and fried chicken and succulent sides. Since opening over 25 years ago our customers crave our fried and grilled halal chicken. Our unique fried chicken is a fusion of east meets west, crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside. Our grilled chicken is marinated for 8 hours and flame grilled, served with a flavour of your choice”
- AccessibilityWheelchair-accessible entrance · Wheelchair-accessible car park
Amenities
- Wheelchair-accessible entrance
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- Wheelchair-accessible car park
Location
Restaurants near Chicken Cottage
- 0.1 mi
biltong, boerewors, boerie rolls
- The Ivy Tower Bridge4.35,9330.2 mi
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- All That Falafel4.93350.3 mi
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| Place | Rating | Distance | Mentioned in reviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken Cottage | 3.6694 | — | peri-peri chicken, spicy wings, chicken tenders |
| The Savanna London Bridge | 4.5266 | 0.1 mi | biltong, boerewors, boerie rolls |
| The Ivy Tower Bridge | 4.35,933 | 0.2 mi | afternoon tea, scones, crème brûlée |
| All That Falafel | 4.9335 | 0.3 mi | falafel wrap, free falafel samples, falafel and halloumi combo |
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