Pelicana Chicken and Boba Tea - University City

What a fun place to be with great food. Fried chicken was the best that you can enjoy with all different kinds of sauce. I had tuckboki and oden broth that was also really good. Fun place to be with friends sharing good food and enjoy beer in a very comfortable atmosphere! I’ll be coming again when I’m in the area.

Delicious food! Chicken and sauces are amazing. We also tried fried rice which was delicious! The staff and service were excellent and so friendly. Definitely coming back!

Food was terrible, got a whole boneless thigh. They used flour batter, feels like im eating paper. Tastes horrible. Regret coming here, was here last 2 years ago. big downhill in quality Loud pop annoying music. TVs also not synced so you hear mismatched songs.

We arrived and were seated, we were the only ones in the restaurant and were excited to try out the food. We ended up ordering the $50 "whatever combo" the man at the front desk was also the server and he was very rude, I asked if something from the combo could be switched out and he cut me off before i could even finish my sentence and basically said it wasn't possible. It was very off putting because, again we are the ONLY people there and he was deliberately not being accommodating. Honestly I wanted to walk out and leave but I'm glad we stayed because the platter of food was massive but we ended up taking the whole tray to go because it was so GREASY like, the food was hot but densely oily, like the picture of my napkin is after squeezing 3 fries between the napkin. I honestly felt ill after eating two pieces of boneless chicken and a few fries, we just couldn't do it. HOWEVER, I decided to air fry some of the leftovers and it was great but the amount of grease left in the airfryer was alarming but made sense. I think if they got the correct temperature to fry the food would be more edible in person. We also ordered the calamar which was a spicy tempura batter that was really nice but it was served with marinara sauce which was just bizarre, I paired it with sweet chili sauce after air frying and it was perfect. Either way, I would recommend you try it for yourself. I will go back but just for take out - not a dine in experience.

Pretty good spot for Korean fried chicken. We ordered the "Whatever Combo" it was a lot of food for 2 ppl. We had ton of left over. Food was tasty; however, very very greasy. I really enjoyed the calamari but the dipping sauce was subpar…I am pretty sure it was just PLAIN marinara sauce, no flavor. Atmosphere was just okay, and customer service was not memorable. I’d go again but probably one of things I’d have once in a while.

I just had my first dinner at Pelicana chicken. It was delicious. The food was oitstanding. The service was great! Their garlic fried chicken is the best around. Definitely a spot you need to try if you are in university city area

Their original fried boneless chicken is absolutely delicious. Crispy, nutty, and not dry or tough. You can get different sauces on the side or tossed with the chicken. The level 3 spicy is a level of spicy that you won’t get anywhere else. It’s so much more authentic than the likes of Bon Chon—they were such a disappointment that it turned me off the idea of trying Korean fried chicken places in the states altogether. But Pelicans gives me hope. I was afraid that the place wouldn’t taste authentic, but it totally exceeded my expectations. I usually don’t like fried chicken that much, but the chicken at this place was a delight. You may think that the service is bad, but you just need to get their attention by raising your hand or something. This is acceptable in Korea although I can’t say for sure how the different servers here feel about it. They usually won’t come around and ask if you need anything. They have some Korean liquors which are super fruity. I also tried the bulgogi quesadilla and it looked very plain and unappealing, but tasted really good.