Tried fried chicken and was not at all good. We asked for spicy one and they put the red chilli powder on top and thats it. There was no flavour it was just a flattened thin chicken which just look large.
Lee Nichols
What a joke. The “large” piece of food was 60% bone, and 20% overcooked breading. There was nearly no meat on, it just tasted like burnt deep fried nothing…The price is straight up offensive for what’s given. I couldn’t be less impressed with this terrible food.
Connor Pankratz
Costs you $3.80 per chicken wing, and the wings are so smallto reply to the owner, my uber eats pick up bill was $7.59 after tax for 2 pieces chicken wings. Why would i lie? I was expecting something much larger for that price, especially because "large" is in the company's name.
I Jaye Sunsurn
Honestly mediocre chicken at too high a price. I get your rents probably are insane but almost $25 for three pieces of chicken fries and a drink ... It's gotta wow me to make it that worthwhile. It didn't.
TIM C
Being from Taiwan myself, this is a nostalgic food for me.Been here 3 times, first was couple years ago during pandemic, sadly their quality seemed to have gone downhill, just doesn’t taste quite the same.Taste 0.5/1*As mentioned above, quality seem to have gone downhill, backed by lack of customers nowValue 0.5/1*Even on special, $10 for a piece of chicken breast is a bit high, not to mention regular priceService 1/1*Fast and friendlyCleanliness 1/1*No complaintsOverall/Revisit 0.5/1*Would revisit when feeling homesickPaying for ambience?NOAbove and beyond? 0/+1*NO
Denny Hui
Wanted to try something new while I was downtown in my office.Found this chicken place online. It's on Granville Street, across from Holt Refrew.It's a small place but bright and nice open concept. Lots of choices for food so ordered the Korean Large Fried Chicken, Rose Lychee drink and custard fried buns(3).The chicken was good. It was large and tasty. Wasnt oily loke some other post suggested. Could have used more sauce on the chicken but consideri g Im in the office with dress shirt on...maybe good that it wasnt loaded with sauce.Drink was excellent and the buns didn't last long with my co-workers. You get 3 little buns with each order. I ordered 2 of the custard.Definite spot to try if your downtown.
C Doe
DISGUSTING ! ! DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ! !Popcorn chicken combo.1 Fried chicken cutletPresented on a plasic airplane dinner tray.The popcorn chicken was cooked in old black oil and was barely edible. Lots of MSG.Chicken cutlet was fried in dirty black oil and way too much MSGThe seaweed tasted like gasoline and bleach and the potatoe salad was barely edible slurry of starch powder.The 3 spring rolls.... a weird sour chemical taste again. Highly processed and inside was a slurry of only god knows.The items that are popular like the chicken cutlet with cheese is always sold as it seems they dont make many and whats left over is below average.Save your body from highly processed trash food that tasted like bleach and gasoline and go somewhere else. Airplane food tastes better than this trash. Trust me.
B. Perkin
I’m a fan of HotStar Chicken… especially for the other branches. This one-star review is for this particular branch. I had ordered chicken and a drink for takeout. I didn’t check the bag until I reached home and oh boy, the large drink was filled with 80-90% ice. I actually drank it all in two sips with a medium stare. I thought this must be a mistake. I walked all the way back and showed them the amount of ice left in the cup. It was still the same girl at the front. While she was not fluent in English I still trusted that she understood my concerns. I told her it was misrepresentation of her product and she kept repeating that I could have asked for less ice. Unfortunately this is the last time I’ll support this branch. Such a shame for something so petty.So you are warned here: Ask for no ice or less ice if you absolutely need to buy a drink there… OR better yet, walk a block or two since there are lots of options for other tea/comparable cold drinks. And they won’t rip you off.
Johanna C.
Cane here bec my son said he had it in Taiwan...we tried & were fascinated on the size. A very filling snack...the fried bun lacks flavor
Maria guevarra
First time tried hot star in Taiwan and been craving it since then. We are so lucky to have hot star in Vancouver. Even though price is way expensive than Taiwan but the chicken still taste the same way. I tried the chicken with cheese and it taste really good. Highly recommend their chicken!
Vancouver has so much authentic Chinese food it's crazy. We walked past this place so I took a mental note to see how authentic it is and I'm happy to say it's very authentic. I believe the original one originated from Taiwanese night market as street food and then it spread quickly in China. The signature dish or order is the big fried chicken fillet. When you see the word bug you generally have a preconceived notion of how big a chicken fillet would be but I bet you will still underestimate how big it would be. It's humongous! It's also fried perfectly so no complaints there. I don't recommend the fried mushrooms much mostly because it's decent but nothing to write home about.
Diego P.
This is a cool concept but I have been there once and haven't been motivated to go back. No reason food was good but doesn't have the wow factor in flavour.
Nikki Sy
First time to try Hot Star Large Fried chicken. I asked whats their best seller and she recommended Crispy large fried chicken and original large fried chicken which is pepper salt flavor. Im not a fan of Crispy large friend chicken i feel something lacking but i liked the salt pepper chicken more. Its your typical taiwanese salt and pepper taiwanese chicken nugget. While waiting, it smells so delicious and I can't wait to eat it but i have to bring it somewhere and surprisingly, its still hot. The chicken is big like the size of your face but its a bit oily and expensive.
Mark C.
Found this place randomly while walking through Vancouver. My friend wanted to hit it up because she had it before in Taiwan and really liked it. We decided to try it out and ordered their popular chicken item for around $12 CAD. We got it with salt and pepper and a spice level of 4. The spice level of 4 was very manageable and I didn't think it was too hot. I loved how crunchy and crispy the chicken was. It was also very big and filling. The chicken was juicy and fresh out of the fryer. I came back again cause I liked it so much and got the kbbq version. The kbbq sauce did add flavor but I will say that I liked the original better. The spice on the original is essential for the flavor of the chicken and the kbbq sauce only makes the chicken a bit more soggy and less crunchy. Anyway, I would come back again a third time because I did think it was worth trying.
Can Zhang
fried chicken is not bad but service sucks.. just because I order pickup from app I was kicked out for not allowed eating there.If it's like busy time things make more sense, but it's like 6pm with only one table serving customers and no line up..
Tried fried chicken and was not at all good. We asked for spicy one and they put the red chilli powder on top and thats it. There was no flavour it was just a flattened thin chicken which just look large.
What a joke. The “large” piece of food was 60% bone, and 20% overcooked breading. There was nearly no meat on, it just tasted like burnt deep fried nothing…The price is straight up offensive for what’s given. I couldn’t be less impressed with this terrible food.
Costs you $3.80 per chicken wing, and the wings are so smallto reply to the owner, my uber eats pick up bill was $7.59 after tax for 2 pieces chicken wings. Why would i lie? I was expecting something much larger for that price, especially because "large" is in the company's name.
Honestly mediocre chicken at too high a price. I get your rents probably are insane but almost $25 for three pieces of chicken fries and a drink ... It's gotta wow me to make it that worthwhile. It didn't.
Being from Taiwan myself, this is a nostalgic food for me.Been here 3 times, first was couple years ago during pandemic, sadly their quality seemed to have gone downhill, just doesn’t taste quite the same.Taste 0.5/1*As mentioned above, quality seem to have gone downhill, backed by lack of customers nowValue 0.5/1*Even on special, $10 for a piece of chicken breast is a bit high, not to mention regular priceService 1/1*Fast and friendlyCleanliness 1/1*No complaintsOverall/Revisit 0.5/1*Would revisit when feeling homesickPaying for ambience?NOAbove and beyond? 0/+1*NO
Wanted to try something new while I was downtown in my office.Found this chicken place online. It's on Granville Street, across from Holt Refrew.It's a small place but bright and nice open concept. Lots of choices for food so ordered the Korean Large Fried Chicken, Rose Lychee drink and custard fried buns(3).The chicken was good. It was large and tasty. Wasnt oily loke some other post suggested. Could have used more sauce on the chicken but consideri g Im in the office with dress shirt on...maybe good that it wasnt loaded with sauce.Drink was excellent and the buns didn't last long with my co-workers. You get 3 little buns with each order. I ordered 2 of the custard.Definite spot to try if your downtown.
DISGUSTING ! ! DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ! !Popcorn chicken combo.1 Fried chicken cutletPresented on a plasic airplane dinner tray.The popcorn chicken was cooked in old black oil and was barely edible. Lots of MSG.Chicken cutlet was fried in dirty black oil and way too much MSGThe seaweed tasted like gasoline and bleach and the potatoe salad was barely edible slurry of starch powder.The 3 spring rolls.... a weird sour chemical taste again. Highly processed and inside was a slurry of only god knows.The items that are popular like the chicken cutlet with cheese is always sold as it seems they dont make many and whats left over is below average.Save your body from highly processed trash food that tasted like bleach and gasoline and go somewhere else. Airplane food tastes better than this trash. Trust me.
I’m a fan of HotStar Chicken… especially for the other branches. This one-star review is for this particular branch. I had ordered chicken and a drink for takeout. I didn’t check the bag until I reached home and oh boy, the large drink was filled with 80-90% ice. I actually drank it all in two sips with a medium stare. I thought this must be a mistake. I walked all the way back and showed them the amount of ice left in the cup. It was still the same girl at the front. While she was not fluent in English I still trusted that she understood my concerns. I told her it was misrepresentation of her product and she kept repeating that I could have asked for less ice. Unfortunately this is the last time I’ll support this branch. Such a shame for something so petty.So you are warned here: Ask for no ice or less ice if you absolutely need to buy a drink there… OR better yet, walk a block or two since there are lots of options for other tea/comparable cold drinks. And they won’t rip you off.
Cane here bec my son said he had it in Taiwan...we tried & were fascinated on the size. A very filling snack...the fried bun lacks flavor
First time tried hot star in Taiwan and been craving it since then. We are so lucky to have hot star in Vancouver. Even though price is way expensive than Taiwan but the chicken still taste the same way. I tried the chicken with cheese and it taste really good. Highly recommend their chicken!
Restaurantji Recommends
Vancouver has so much authentic Chinese food it's crazy. We walked past this place so I took a mental note to see how authentic it is and I'm happy to say it's very authentic. I believe the original one originated from Taiwanese night market as street food and then it spread quickly in China. The signature dish or order is the big fried chicken fillet. When you see the word bug you generally have a preconceived notion of how big a chicken fillet would be but I bet you will still underestimate how big it would be. It's humongous! It's also fried perfectly so no complaints there. I don't recommend the fried mushrooms much mostly because it's decent but nothing to write home about.
This is a cool concept but I have been there once and haven't been motivated to go back. No reason food was good but doesn't have the wow factor in flavour.
First time to try Hot Star Large Fried chicken. I asked whats their best seller and she recommended Crispy large fried chicken and original large fried chicken which is pepper salt flavor. Im not a fan of Crispy large friend chicken i feel something lacking but i liked the salt pepper chicken more. Its your typical taiwanese salt and pepper taiwanese chicken nugget. While waiting, it smells so delicious and I can't wait to eat it but i have to bring it somewhere and surprisingly, its still hot. The chicken is big like the size of your face but its a bit oily and expensive.
Found this place randomly while walking through Vancouver. My friend wanted to hit it up because she had it before in Taiwan and really liked it. We decided to try it out and ordered their popular chicken item for around $12 CAD. We got it with salt and pepper and a spice level of 4. The spice level of 4 was very manageable and I didn't think it was too hot. I loved how crunchy and crispy the chicken was. It was also very big and filling. The chicken was juicy and fresh out of the fryer. I came back again cause I liked it so much and got the kbbq version. The kbbq sauce did add flavor but I will say that I liked the original better. The spice on the original is essential for the flavor of the chicken and the kbbq sauce only makes the chicken a bit more soggy and less crunchy. Anyway, I would come back again a third time because I did think it was worth trying.
fried chicken is not bad but service sucks.. just because I order pickup from app I was kicked out for not allowed eating there.If it's like busy time things make more sense, but it's like 6pm with only one table serving customers and no line up..