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Where to Find the Best Fried Chicken in Las Vegas

Try the fried chicken at one of these 16 Las Vegas restaurants

by Janna Karel Updated May 9, 2023, 11:53am PDT

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by Janna Karel Updated May 9, 2023, 11:53am PDT

The ideal fried chicken has a light and crackly crust coating juicy meat underneath, a reliable comfort food. While fried chicken is traditionally made with milk and a flour-battered crust, variations on the dish can include using buttermilk, panko breading, seasonings such as sugar and chili, and the way the chicken is fried. Here is a look at 16 places that serve up fried chicken all across Las Vegas.

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Gritz Cafe

Although Gritz Cafe primarily focuses on breakfast, the real main event is its Kentucky plate, featuring two or four whole chicken wings fried to a golden brown and flanked by your choice of two sides and bread.

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1911 Stella Lake St #150, Las Vegas, NV 89106

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Chicken and waffle dishes — Gritz Cafe

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Carson Kitchen

You won’t be the first to visit Carson Kitchen just for the crispy chicken skins, served with a smoked honey sauce for dipping. Takeout and online ordering available.

124 S 6th St Ste 100, Las Vegas, NV 89101

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Honey Salt

Honey Salt serves fried chicken at every meal, but the best way to experience it is to go for dinner and order the buttermilk chicken platter, which comes with gooey macaroni and cheese, coleslaw, and a drizzle of honey.

1031 S Rampart Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89145

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US Fried Chicken

While the expansive menu at US Fried Chicken includes burgers, gyro and fried fish, it’s the fried chicken that this restaurant is known for. Served on a platter or in a sandwich, fried chicken is seasoned and hand-battered before being fried for a crunchy outside and tender bite.

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5181 W Charleston Blvd suite #110, Las Vegas, NV 89146

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T-Bones Chophouse & Lounge

Yes, a steakhouse has a good fried chicken. Head to T-bones Chophouse at Red Rock Resort for the buttermilk fried chicken marinated in buttermilk, tossed in seasoned flour, fried, and served with a creamy sage gravy.

11011 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89135

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Fried chicken at T-Bones Chophouse & Lounge — T-Bones Chophouse & Lounge

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Hash House A Go Go

Enormous portions of twisted farm food are de rigueur at Hash House. Here order Andy's Sage Fried Chicken with two sage fried chicken breasts, a hardwood smoked bacon waffle tower, hot maple reduction and fried leeks. At brunch, Hash House has a Benedict version with maple reduction, two eggs, bacon mashed potatoes and a biscuit. Takeout available. Call locations for availability.

6800 W Sahara Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89146

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Sage fried chicken at Hash House A Go Go

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Huncho's Fried Chicken & Burgers

This local chicken spot dishes its super crunchy chicken wings and spicy chicken tenders with tangy Huncho sauce.

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2562 S Valley View Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89102

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BB.Q Chicken

BB.Q. Chicken, the Korean fried chicken chain with more than 2,000 locations worldwide, features golden olive chicken, fried in olive oil. Diners can choose a thigh and drum, breast, or whole wings. Diners can order the secret spicy with a mix of tomato, onion, and garlic, while a hot spicy offers extra heat.

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4276 Spring Mountain Rd #103a, Las Vegas, NV 89102

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Two styles of fried chicken — Fried chicken at BB.Q Chicken

Hell's Chicken

If the funny name — a spoof on Gordon Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen — doesn’t draw you in, then the chicken will. The Chinatown eatery makes Nashville-style fried chicken with each piece brined, marinated, and fried to a crisp.

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4300 Spring Mountain Rd #101, Las Vegas, NV 89102

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Half Bird Chicken & Beer

Down the street from chef Brian Howard’s other restaurant, Sparrow and Wolf, Half Bird specializes in succulent, flavorful rotisserie chicken. But don’t skimp on the nuggets, fried to a crisp golden brown and available with sauces like green curry ranch, sweet miso bbq, and yuzu hot honey.

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3500 S Wynn Rd., Las Vegas, NV 89103

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Yardbird

Diners can order Yardbird’s fine fried chicken that comes with a honey hot sauce, or can up the ante and ask for the Chicken ‘N’ Watermelon ‘N’ Waffles. This dish comes with the honey hot sauce and bourbon maple syrup to pour over your Vermont sharp cheddar waffles. Customers also get a side of spicy, cold watermelon pieces to cool things off. Takeout available.

3355 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109

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Yardbird fried chicken and waffles

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Hattie B's Hot Chicken

Located inside the Block 16 Urban Food Hall at the Cosmopolitan, this Nashville food stall specializes in fried chicken bathed in hot melted spices and available from mild spice all the way up to scorching. Cool the heat with pimento mac and cheese and banana pudding.

3708 Las Vegas Blvd S The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Level 2, Boulevard Tower, Las Vegas, NV 89109

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Big Chicken

Shaquille O’Neal’s chicken restaurant opened in Vegas in 2018, and it’s actually very good - cooked to order, juicy, and flavorful. Choose between a fried chicken sandwich served on a brioche bun, sliders, or chicken strips, accompanied by locally made root beer and macaroni and cheese topped with a crispy Cheez-It crust.

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4480 S Paradise Rd #1200, Las Vegas, NV 89169

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The Crack Shack

Fried chicken makes up the heart of The Crack Shack menu at the front of the Park MGM. While sandwich versions spanning breakfast to dinner make the menu, half and whole chickens also appear and can be tossed with taro, honey butter, or barbecue sauce. Contactless takeout available via Toast.

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Park MGM, 3770 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109

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A hand picks up fried chicken — Fried chicken at The Crack Shack

Blue Ribbon

Blue Ribbon's famous fried chicken comes with mashed potatoes, gravy, and collard greens at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Takeout available.

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3708 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, NV 89109

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Fried chicken at Blue Ribbon — Blue Ribbon

Mama Bird Southern Kitchen

Fried chicken plates come with tenders, breasts, or thighs at this Southern cooking gem in the southwest. Mama Bird uses soy oil to fry its chicken. Order it with macaroni and cheese and other comfort food classics.

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10550 Southern Highlands Pkwy #140, Las Vegas, NV 89141

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Fried chicken at Mama Bird Southern Kitchen

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Gritz Cafe

1911 Stella Lake St #150, Las Vegas, NV 89106

Although Gritz Cafe primarily focuses on breakfast, the real main event is its Kentucky plate, featuring two or four whole chicken wings fried to a golden brown and flanked by your choice of two sides and bread.

Open in Google Maps

1911 Stella Lake St #150, Las Vegas, NV 89106

Visit Website

Chicken and waffle dishes — Gritz Cafe

Carson Kitchen

124 S 6th St Ste 100, Las Vegas, NV 89101

You won’t be the first to visit Carson Kitchen just for the crispy chicken skins, served with a smoked honey sauce for dipping. Takeout and online ordering available.

124 S 6th St Ste 100, Las Vegas, NV 89101

Visit Website

Crispy chicken skin at Carson Kitchen

Honey Salt

1031 S Rampart Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89145

Honey Salt serves fried chicken at every meal, but the best way to experience it is to go for dinner and order the buttermilk chicken platter, which comes with gooey macaroni and cheese, coleslaw, and a drizzle of honey.

1031 S Rampart Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89145

Visit Website

A basket of fried chicken next to a bowl of mac ‘n’ cheese and a bowl of cole slaw. — Honey Salt

US Fried Chicken

5181 W Charleston Blvd suite #110, Las Vegas, NV 89146

While the expansive menu at US Fried Chicken includes burgers, gyro and fried fish, it’s the fried chicken that this restaurant is known for. Served on a platter or in a sandwich, fried chicken is seasoned and hand-battered before being fried for a crunchy outside and tender bite.

Open in Google Maps

5181 W Charleston Blvd suite #110, Las Vegas, NV 89146

Visit Website

T-Bones Chophouse & Lounge

11011 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89135

Yes, a steakhouse has a good fried chicken. Head to T-bones Chophouse at Red Rock Resort for the buttermilk fried chicken marinated in buttermilk, tossed in seasoned flour, fried, and served with a creamy sage gravy.

11011 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89135

Visit Website

Fried chicken at T-Bones Chophouse & Lounge — T-Bones Chophouse & Lounge

Hash House A Go Go

6800 W Sahara Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89146

Enormous portions of twisted farm food are de rigueur at Hash House. Here order Andy's Sage Fried Chicken with two sage fried chicken breasts, a hardwood smoked bacon waffle tower, hot maple reduction and fried leeks. At brunch, Hash House has a Benedict version with maple reduction, two eggs, bacon mashed potatoes and a biscuit. Takeout available. Call locations for availability.

6800 W Sahara Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89146

Visit Website

Sage fried chicken at Hash House A Go Go

Huncho's Fried Chicken & Burgers

2562 S Valley View Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89102

This local chicken spot dishes its super crunchy chicken wings and spicy chicken tenders with tangy Huncho sauce.

Open in Google Maps

2562 S Valley View Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89102

Visit Website

BB.Q Chicken

4276 Spring Mountain Rd #103a, Las Vegas, NV 89102

BB.Q. Chicken, the Korean fried chicken chain with more than 2,000 locations worldwide, features golden olive chicken, fried in olive oil. Diners can choose a thigh and drum, breast, or whole wings. Diners can order the secret spicy with a mix of tomato, onion, and garlic, while a hot spicy offers extra heat.

Open in Google Maps

4276 Spring Mountain Rd #103a, Las Vegas, NV 89102

Visit Website

Two styles of fried chicken — Fried chicken at BB.Q Chicken

Hell's Chicken

4300 Spring Mountain Rd #101, Las Vegas, NV 89102

If the funny name — a spoof on Gordon Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen — doesn’t draw you in, then the chicken will. The Chinatown eatery makes Nashville-style fried chicken with each piece brined, marinated, and fried to a crisp.

Open in Google Maps

4300 Spring Mountain Rd #101, Las Vegas, NV 89102

Visit Website

Half Bird Chicken & Beer

3500 S Wynn Rd., Las Vegas, NV 89103

Down the street from chef Brian Howard’s other restaurant, Sparrow and Wolf, Half Bird specializes in succulent, flavorful rotisserie chicken. But don’t skimp on the nuggets, fried to a crisp golden brown and available with sauces like green curry ranch, sweet miso bbq, and yuzu hot honey.

Open in Google Maps

3500 S Wynn Rd., Las Vegas, NV 89103

Visit Website

Yardbird

3355 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109

Diners can order Yardbird’s fine fried chicken that comes with a honey hot sauce, or can up the ante and ask for the Chicken ‘N’ Watermelon ‘N’ Waffles. This dish comes with the honey hot sauce and bourbon maple syrup to pour over your Vermont sharp cheddar waffles. Customers also get a side of spicy, cold watermelon pieces to cool things off. Takeout available.

3355 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109

Visit Website

Yardbird fried chicken and waffles

Hattie B's Hot Chicken

3708 Las Vegas Blvd S The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Level 2, Boulevard Tower, Las Vegas, NV 89109

Located inside the Block 16 Urban Food Hall at the Cosmopolitan, this Nashville food stall specializes in fried chicken bathed in hot melted spices and available from mild spice all the way up to scorching. Cool the heat with pimento mac and cheese and banana pudding.

3708 Las Vegas Blvd S The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Level 2, Boulevard Tower, Las Vegas, NV 89109

Visit Website

Hattie B’s Hot Chicken

Big Chicken

4480 S Paradise Rd #1200, Las Vegas, NV 89169

Shaquille O’Neal’s chicken restaurant opened in Vegas in 2018, and it’s actually very good - cooked to order, juicy, and flavorful. Choose between a fried chicken sandwich served on a brioche bun, sliders, or chicken strips, accompanied by locally made root beer and macaroni and cheese topped with a crispy Cheez-It crust.

Open in Google Maps

4480 S Paradise Rd #1200, Las Vegas, NV 89169

Visit Website

The Crack Shack

Park MGM, 3770 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109

Fried chicken makes up the heart of The Crack Shack menu at the front of the Park MGM. While sandwich versions spanning breakfast to dinner make the menu, half and whole chickens also appear and can be tossed with taro, honey butter, or barbecue sauce. Contactless takeout available via Toast.

Open in Google Maps

Park MGM, 3770 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109

Visit Website

A hand picks up fried chicken — Fried chicken at The Crack Shack

Blue Ribbon

3708 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, NV 89109

Blue Ribbon's famous fried chicken comes with mashed potatoes, gravy, and collard greens at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Takeout available.

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3708 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, NV 89109

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Fried chicken at Blue Ribbon — Blue Ribbon

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Mama Bird Southern Kitchen

10550 Southern Highlands Pkwy #140, Las Vegas, NV 89141

Fried chicken plates come with tenders, breasts, or thighs at this Southern cooking gem in the southwest. Mama Bird uses soy oil to fry its chicken. Order it with macaroni and cheese and other comfort food classics.

Open in Google Maps

10550 Southern Highlands Pkwy #140, Las Vegas, NV 89141

Visit Website

Fried chicken at Mama Bird Southern Kitchen

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