bb.q Chicken Lowell

"I was born and raised in S.Korea. I love this place in Lowell. Ultimately, this is a fried chicken place. I can only speak to fried chickens. I had those at this place multiple times. I cannot recommend this place enough. If you want genuine Korean style chicken wings and whole chickens, this is the place. They also seem to use fresh oil when frying chickens. bb.q Chicken is a successful national restaurant chain in S.Korea. You cannot go wrong with this place. Fried chickens are NOT supposed to be fast food. I like their "cooked to order" style. It is also the Korean way."

"The first time I went was for the tteokkboki but I ended up coming back for the chicken, they have a lot of flavors with different spicy levels and also you can pick between boneless or wings in most of them. I recommend the Galbi, Golden Original and Gangnam style. If you don't like to spicy rice cakes I would recommend the Rose one."

"Heard a lot about Korean double fried chicken and also about their other dishes, so when visiting nearby someone suggested this place, I eagerly agreed. Their focus is chicken wings. You cab get them with bones, or as tenders. There are a dozen or more sauces and two or three other dishes. In other words, it's not a complete exposure to Korean cuisine. We tried two of the sauces, a kimchi rice and a rice noodle dish. The two chickens were crunchy, but not as much as I was lead to believe. The two sauces were supposed to be at different heat levels but they seemed the same to us. They were both on the sweet side. The kimchi rice seemed more like Chinese fried rice since I did not see any cabbage in it nor taste any of the fermented flavors. The best dish was the rice noodle dish which came with a creamy curry like sauce that we all loved. Portions are generous."

"I've only had one dish here, the chicken wings. Even though the wings come coated in a sweet spicy sauce, I've never had crispier chicken, and somehow it stays crispy throughout the whole meal. I have to say, I question the dining savviness of anyone who comes to a fried chicken place and doesn't basically only order chicken. Always get the bone in wings instead of boneless, the boneless stuff you can get frozen in grocery stores and put in the oven. $14 before the tip for 8 wings is definitely more expensive than I'd like, even for a downtown place, but it's worth it once in a while."

"The double fried chicken method was not for me. It appeared too oily, and the flavors were too sweet. Ordered onion rings for $8 and got about 10 small rings. I knew it was busy, but the waiter never came back. My daughter and wife loved the wings but not the service nor onion ring portion for $8."