El Pollo Rico - Wheaton-Glenmont

Parking: Usually difficult to find parking at lunch time Service: Take out Meal type: Lunch Price per person: $1–10 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes: Red Beans, French Fries, Whole Chicken Parking space: Somewhat difficult to find parking Parking options: Free parking lot, Paid street parking

Amazing! Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $30–50 Recommended dishes: Red Beans, Whole Chicken

It's not a fancy sit down place. About the same as your local fast food joint. But the food is excellent. Food: 5 Service: 4 Atmosphere: 3

I'm a big fan of El Pollo. I ordered takeout and delivery all the time. El Pollo Rico make some of the best chicken in the DMV area. The chicken is delicious, especially if you can get it hot (warm), right off the grill, it taste amazing. Their chicken is perfectly seasoned, it doesn't have that feathery/ poultry smell that grilled chicken sometimes have when they haven't been properly cleaned or seasoned. You can definitely know this when you have some leftover chicken. Even after two days in the fridge El Pollo Rico chicken is still tasty and doesn't have any order. The rice and red beans are excellent. The only side that I found unsatisfactory was their coleslaw.

This restaurant is chaotic, but the atmosphere is authentic and fun. However, the food was absolutely delicious with competitive portion sizes, which made the long wait worth it. The Chicken Yuca was especially delicious. The service was for takeout and the meal type was lunch.