Pok Pok, located in Complexe Desjardins, is a halal fried chicken restaurant with a small, straightforward menu featuring items like tenders, sandwiches, burgers, popcorn chicken, and poutine. Many customers find the food excellent, tasty, fresh, and bursting with flavor, with specific praise for the crispy and juicy chicken tenders, delicious fries and mac and cheese, and the best fried chicken sandwich in Montreal. The portions are often good and huge. During busy times, the staff can be super friendly, attentive, and focused on providing great service, with owners who clearly care about quality and customer experience, all at reasonable prices. However, consistency is an issue. Some visitors report slow preparation times, even with few customers, calling it the slowest fast food. Others report receiving food that was ready too quickly, resulting in cold fries, cold chicken, and cold bread that seemed prepared far in advance. Portion size for some items, like the popcorn chicken, can seem small and dry, lacking included sauces. Service can sometimes be brief and inattentive. While many love the place and highly recommend it, these operational inconsistencies lead to mixed experiences.
Helpful and friendly staff but the food was pretty average unfortunately. The chicken was quite tough and the fries were bland when compared to other places we ate.
August 2025
Great fast food, chicken was awesome and free refills of soda. Nicely kept area to eat with loads of tables.
