Starbird Chicken

Came for a quick bite hoping it was good and it delivered. Would recommend.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Messed up my orders multiple times.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 1

The staff here are super friendly and helpful. It’s my first time here and they recommended me the chicken chop salad which was delish! I also got the Thai style tender to try. The salad portion is huge and easily can be shared by 2. Would highly recommend this spot especially for the staff who make a fantastic difference!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chicken Chop Salad

Starbird is the best and it's pretty much the only fried chicken option my wife and I can agree on because she's allergic to gluten and I'm allergic to canola oil which basically cancels out nearly every fried chicken place out there. I'm pretty sure their other menu items are really good, but we love their basic chicken strips so much that no matter how much we want to try something else, we just can't do it.

The only crticism I have of Starbird is that the fries are only OK, which isn't that big of a deal because we just opt for one of their other sides. The street corn or the kale salad are really good too and I don't particularly like kale.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Very flavorful food! & quick service

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We ended up trying the new summer salad due to the amazing DM that this store has, Nicole Kusaba! She happened to be in store that day and had plenty of amazing recommendations, including encouraging us to try all the sauces, and now I have more favorites. The Avo Cabo crunch was so refreshing with the tajin and jicama. I also love the pepitas on the salad. This is now one of my favorite salads that Starbird has had. We also got to meet the new GM, Ana, and she was super sweet and friendly. Both ladies were so great to chat with and we felt so welcomed and so taken care of. This is even more by far our favorite store (at the Pruneyard).

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The new GM is great! This is our favorite Starbird location.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The salad was so delicious! I got the Asian Sesame. The chicken was crispy and juicy, loved the fresh salad and the combination of toppings.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

My child accidentally spilled the fries, and the staff immediately noticed and kindly helped clean it up. To our surprise, they even gave us a new portion. I was really touched by their friendliness and excellent customer service. It made our experience here so much better, and we truly appreciate their kindness. Highly recommended!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

That Thai Chicken Salad slaps hard no cap!

2st everything was awesome!! Great food and service

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Starbird Side Salad

Not worth it.

I allow myself a chicken sandwich on weekend and I always get it at Mad Yolk in Santa Cruz. Since I didn’t go there today, I thought I would give Starbird a try. Judging from the photo they advertised, I ordered Starbird 2.0 and spiced it up. Total comes out $15. But I was very surprised when I picked up the order. It was such a tiny sandwich. Could barely see the chicken, the photo shown here was after I squeezed the chicken out a little in order to show. Chicken and bun were both cold like sitting there for a while but I ordered it at the counter. Buns were damp.

Not worth it. I’ll keep getting my weekend fix in Santa Cruz. Nothing beats mad 🐥 at Mad Yolk. They are opening one in San Jose soon 🔜

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 4

Super disappointing quantity. Paid 18$ for 4 small chicken strips (more like chicken nuggets) and soggy fries!! Really? :) my God. McDonalds is way better.

I just got some to go chicken tenders and fries here for the first time at the Palo Alto location and it was delicious! Everything was so good, I loved the house sauce as well. I would highly recommend, and I'm pretty picky about my food.

I liked the food a lot it was very good, although, there was a kid in there with red hair that was very disrespectful and when he was taking my order, he was giving me do much attitude, i tried to stay relaxed but he was very abusive, but one of his co-workers named Jonathan Lopez, he respectfully came to take over and i enjoyed his service, i would like to kindly ask to do something respectfully about that situation and make sure that fixes his attitude.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4