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Absurd Bird Spitalfields

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Additive-free chicken & more in a vibrant, Deep South American spot with a moonshine-themed bar. People often mention chicken, good, service, ordered, order, burger, wings, great,


Address

54 Commercial St, London E1 6LT, United Kingdom

Contact

+44 20 3246 0007

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

3.80 (975 reviews)

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Working Hours

Permanently closed.

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: chicken (17) good (9) service (7) ordered (6) order (6) burger (6) wings (6) great (6)
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  • 3/5 Ravi 1 year ago on Google • 169 reviews
    Update: Absurd provided a discount voucher for the mistake. £15 for this on UberEats. Just way too expensive. The food is generally ok, but they don't take the same care on delivery orders. I think food sometimes gets left around for a while before it's collected. The portions are always small though. They used to do an offer for 12 strips of chicken, but that's gone. And both 3 and 6 strip boxes only come with 1 sauce. This time I ordered a large portion and received a small. The chicken was dry and chewy, the potato was wet and soggy.
    5 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Cais 6 years ago on Google • 391 reviews
    Horrible, horrible place now. It used to be awesome. We ordered grilled chicken, fries, mac & cheese and the buns. The buns was okay, everything else was terrible - the fries were worst then you would find in a typical kebab shop, hard, obviously refried multiple times - £4. The grilled chicken was bland and bone dry along with the Mac and Cheese that was also really try and bland. Please, please heed this warning and stay away from this branch of Absurd Bird. You'll pay hefty prices for really bad food. Note: this was a takeout order.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 SL M. 2 years ago on Google
    Ordered the Korean burger this is what I got. It was super soggy and cold. Definitely ot worth £14. I do not recommend
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Orkhan N. 4 years ago on Google • 207 reviews
    FREE 3 CHICKEN TENDERS! Download their app and use my code orkhan-n4818 to get 10 points which you can later exchange for free drinks/food. I would recommend to top up the app to make payments at the restaurant and earn points (1 point/£1 spent). Very nice chicken tenders. Freshly made. Crispy on the outside and soft inside. They also have a food challenge. If you can eat 24 wings and make it to the top 3 on the leaderboard then you won't have to pay for it. If you fail you have to pay £28.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Timur 6 years ago on Google • 351 reviews
    Service Good with a smile amended our orders and was always on time. Provide halal food on request. Just make sure you order wings and chicken on the bone in advanced as they don't do that readily Halal. The breast is always halal however. Atmosphere Lovely and lively but this evening the music was about too loud with the live band. It's cool place to chill but forget about talking if your near the band! Food Tasted pretty good and looks great for the 'gram Overall It was alright had a good time, the waiting staff were really polite and attentive!

  • 5/5 Britt C. 2 years ago on Google • 5 reviews
    The service was really good and the staff was so nice and accommodating! The food was next level. Literally can not fault it what so ever. We did the brunch and the value for money, especially in London, was really good! Definitely would go back and recommend to other people!
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Syed Shahrukh H. 2 years ago on Google
    It's always a pleasure to find a great chicken joint and this was not a disappointment. We got a few burgers and two fries and some wings. The food was well prepared, steaming hot and quite scrumptious. The service was really great and the staff was quite cheerful. We hope to visit again for sure.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 BACKD00RHER0 1 year ago on Google
    Good luck booking a table. Phone is constantly engaged and the online booking system is a joke. 24 hours to confirm the booking and then they want money up front. We ended up just going there and the place was empty which makes it even more senseless… The staff were ok, the food was ok it’s nothing special. You get a tiny pot of sauce which is nowhere near enough so end up eating dry chicken towards the end. The hot wings were about as spicy as tobacco sauce, not really for true chilli heads. Oh and the “gravy” is literally just Bisto granules If you’re in the area and hungry then it serves a purpose but it’s certainly not worth a special trip. There are far better places within 5 minutes walking distance.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Elizabeth O. 1 year ago on Google
    Booked this place for my brothers 21st birthday, they sent me a confirmation email and took a deposit. We are outside and they are CLOSED!!! This is absolutely unacceptable. We got all dressed up to celebrate his birthday. Please don't book with them or call them, just find somewhere else to go and spend your money. Was looking forward to it, so disappointed! Disappointed 😞
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Connie M. 1 year ago on Google
    Omg! The food was amazing, the bottomless drinks kept coming and service was just great!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 San P. 4 years ago on Google • 121 reviews
    Nicely surprised by this place. Comfort food. Waffles nicely crisp and the cocktails are nicely alcoholic. Well done to Harry for lovely service. My birthday today. Very happy.

  • 4/5 David “Unkle Mc” M. 2 years ago on Google • 24 reviews
    Due to lockdowns/ pandemic (you know the rest), I hadn't visited this fred chicken restaurant for a few years. Booked as a birthday treat, we booked in advance to make sure that we could get a table for the time we needed. All the standard covid prevention strategies were in place (masks/ dividers/hand sanitizer/ social distancing) which made us feel a lot more comfortable. The service was good and they took the drinks order in a timely manner and at no point during the evening did we feel rushed. We ordered the Korean BBQ burger, Nashville Hot wings, 9 chicken tenders and a buffalo chicken burger with assorted fries and sides. The meal was tasty and even though my burger was fried it didn't taste greasy. Cocktails were OK but the Chicken Rum didn't taste as flavourful as I remember (not sure if that's my palate or a change in the drink - still drank it though ;-) ) We finished of the evening with some Churros with chocolate sauce which hit the right spot. All in all a good experience but that may have been due to us being happy to get out of the house for an evening.

  • 4/5 Mo M. 5 years ago on Google • 22 reviews
    Overall an amazing experience let's just say that ( food was amazing). only downside out ticket was lost which delayed our mains for 45 minutes. But I reccomend the chicken tenders!! they were mouth watering

  • 3/5 Jamie D. 3 years ago on Google • 15 reviews
    Okay service but subpar food. Waffles are not great (too eggy), chicken is average (kinda dry, not as good as KFC but not terrible). Restaurant is nicely decorated with good ambiance but wouldn't come here again, price with EOTHO discount was about right but full price is not worth it, not to mention the rip off extra service charge sneakily added onto bill (unfortunately becoming more commonplace).

  • 5/5 Inaaya A. 1 year ago on Google
    Ordered through Deliveroo earlier today and got the Nashville Hot burger with the garlic fries meal and it was sooo good! Chicken was crispy and the bun was really nice. They threw in a free drink too which I thought was super cute! Speedy delivery and would deffo order again - new fave :)

  • 1/5 Nadia R. 1 year ago on Google
    Worst fried chickens I have ever had in my life!

  • 1/5 Rob S. 1 year ago on Google
    Vegan burger is chicken! I ordered from Vird by Absurd on Deliveroo. The onion rings were tasteless and wet, generally it was all very lacking in flavour. But the worst part is, it’s supposed to be vegan food, but the vird fillet was absolutely chicken (with clear blood vessels). If you don’t eat meat, just don't risk this place, if you do, I wouldn’t bother anyway.

  • 3/5 Vin C. 5 years ago on Google • 3 reviews
    Ordered the AB Traditional and we thought the chicken didn't have enough flavour/seasoning and not enough maple syrup could hardly taste it. Also ordered the chilli chocolate wafflewich which unfortunately just "didn't work" in my opinion, couldn't taste any chilli. On the plus nice portion sizes, the wings are decent and 50% off on Mondays.

  • 4/5 Sanjeev D. 1 year ago on Google
    Good quality and tasty food. Sometimes fried chicken can be too salty but this was really nice. Only drawback is I visited on a Sunday evening wanting to dine in as their website, Google and posters outside said they're open but they were closed. I had to place a click and collect order instead. If it wasn't for this faff, I would have given 5 stars!

  • 5/5 Dave S. 1 year ago on Google
    I actually picked up my order from Vao, vegan bao and bowls from here. I'm assuming it's a dark kitchen for them. Regardless, it was great! My food was ready (and hot) when I got there, and when I got it home it was super tasty and still hot. Highly recommend Vao. We ordered through Uber eats


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Amenities


  • Payments
    • ✓️ Cash-only
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Cocktails
    • ✓️ Halal food
    • ✓️ Hard liquor
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Late-night food
    • ✓️ Happy hour drinks
    • ✓️ Vegetarian options
    • ✓️ Private dining room
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible restroom
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
    • ✓️ Catering
    • ✓️ Breakfast
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Takeout
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ Outdoor seating

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