I was in the Neighborhood !!! So I stopped by and Ordered a Wednesday. $10 Hot Wings Bucket and Chicken Little Sandwich! The Cashier was a little Grumpy lol must have been having a Bad Day!!! I paid by Cash and Grabbed a Table!!! My Food Was ready 5 Minutes Later!!! The Chicken Sandwich was delicious and was nice with a lot of Mayo and Pickles on it!!! The Wings were Delicious also but the Cashier was Stingy with the Dipping Sauce and Napkins lol !!! The Dining Room needs to be cleaned more often it was a little dirty!!! This is a Baller On a Budget Approved Establishment!! I keep my Pimp Hand Strong!!!! Number 34 out of the Top 50 most Prolific Yelp Elites of 2025!!! read more

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This place is ridiculous look at the amount of mayo they put on a small snacker. Please do better!! read more

KFC - Fast Food Near Me - Castro Valley, California

Very disappointed! The guy at the drive-thru window is incredibly rude! I went to pick up my order today, and my car was the only vehicle at the drive-thru lane. The guy first told me that he saw my order but it needed three minutes to be ready, which I understand; and then he wanted me to back out of the drive thru lane. I wanted to, but then another vehicle came after me and blocked the out route. I had to drive to the window. There the kfc worker got so irritated and told me next time don't come right after placing an order, because that "gives him a lot of pressure". I admitted I didn't realize that I should've pick up the order inside the store, that part is on me, but that's not an excuse to be rude to your customers. So hey guy at the kfc window, if your job gives you so much pressure and obviously making you so miserable, maybe quit or get another job! read more

Do yourself a favor and DON'T go to this one take the extra drive to San Lorenzo every single time I come here is to avoid the drive and every single time I regret it. Order is NEVER fresh they always mess my order up and the young girl that works there with the thickest accent in the world gives you the worst customer service ever just do yourself a favor and don't go this one trust me I live around the corner and I'll take that extra drive to avoid this place read more

I can't lie I think I understand why this store is sorry. I'll say about month ago I go through the drive through to order food everything was good until I asked for extra sauce. He said when u order it that's what comes with it then almost another dollar for extra sauce which is pathetic. Not if you really want to get serious the Cunningham store in Dublin when I work there we don't care about sauce because we're going to get extra anyway and I think that's why we became number one in the whole California because one our customer service is good too we don't fight back and complain with customers when it comes to sauces first off if I ordered chicken I'm obligated to get as many sauces as I want. Another thing when you order it seems like people don't want to talk like soon as people come to the counter they stop what they doing just to look at you like bro get back to work like you know but me personally I think that's why this store is so bad because of the sauce issue maybe if they didn't have that issue with the sauce maybe they will be top five in California but yeah this store if I can give this a zero I definitely would. read more

Bad service and extra crispy chicken were not crispy! The asian manager/owner was not friendly! Ordered $75 of extra crispy chicken meal, got home in less that 10 minutes, the chicken was already soggy because they put all the sides on top of the bucket! It trapped moisture and made the chicken soggy! Also didn't include the 6 free cookies. Called KFC to complain and supervisor said we have to bring all the chicken back and exchange. REALLY? No apology and expect us to waste time to bring everything back? I didn't bring the chicken meal back cause the kids were too hungry and already started eating the cI did drop by to pick up our 6 cookies and the supervisor/owner gave us 2 extra cookies and 4 pcs of chicken... thus the extra star. read more

KFC - Not extra crispy at all! - Fast Food Near Me - Castro Valley, California

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Found a bug in my drink. From the start, staff were rude while I was ordering. I asked if I could change the size of the meal boxes and they responded with attitude like it was obvious. I went back right away to report it and ask for a refund. The business owner who was working accused me of putting a bug in my own drink, refused a refund, called me a dumb bitch, and shut the door in my face. This is a serious food safety issue and unacceptable customer service. I have photos and receipt. Avoid this location. read more

KFC - BUG in drink!! AVOID THIS LOCATION Mountain Dew - Fast Food Near Me - Castro Valley, California

This is by far the worst KFC I've ever been to in the entire United States. The people who work here must not be able to read or just don't care about customer service too much. I've ordered food from here 3 times and EVERY SINGLE TIME they have forgotten something in the order. Today I got 3 chicken tenders when there should've been 8, no sauces, AND the food was cold. They have lost my business forever. It might not be much, but maybe I will save someone the headache of having to experience this frustration. I love KFC, but I will gladly drive to El Pollo Loco if that means I get everything I paid for in the damn bag. One time I went there and the employees were having like a kickback with all their friends in the lobby. It's crazy, whoever owns this franchise, I think it's the Asian guy that works there sometimes, needs to fire everyone that works there and hire some people who can actually do their job. read more

Great location, close to my work. The manager, Will, is so friendly and helpful! Easy pickup!

This is the closest one by our place and we buy 1-2x a month here. It's always terrible!!! The service! One for sure is they don't give away any napkins unless you ask and if you do they'll give you just a couple. It never fails!! The manager i think is a guy and he doesn't care about the service. Two is their chicken are either too salty or most parts are broken and no skin! Feels like it's always leftovers lol For 8 pc chicken only is $30!?!! Plus small gravy for $2.99! Heck this is the last time we're buying from this location! read more

Having to wait 18 minutes for fast food is insane. The place was almost completely empty as workers took their sweet time. Effort was only put in because the manager(?) made an appearance. read more

Like selection Fresh Taste well Good staff Convient drive thru Highly recommend Convientant drive thru or dine in Handicap parking Good location Convientant read more

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Lately it seems like every time I order something for delivery. It's either delivered the wrong order or the order is short of items or it's late it's just horrible horrible service! This time I ordered a 20 piece hot wings and I got 16 pieces... I mean, doesn't anybody know arithmetic can anybody count? It's not that difficult! I hope this place goes out of business because they're greasy turd food. Whoever runs that place should be fired the manager or I don't know whoever owns it I doubt the owner works there, but the manager should definitely be fired for letting sorry 1 star business being in service to the public people. And he takes his phone off the hook so you can't call the restaurant and ask them what happened to the order. It just keeps going to the right to the busy signal or the phone actually gets disconnected. The call gets disconnected. That even adds to more frustration when you can't call the restaurant because they have the phone line disconnected because everybody's afraid to answer the phone and get bitched out at! They should close that location. It's horrible.!!!!! read more

So... If your order is late for whatever reason... They'll ask you to wait for it in one of their parking spaces .... Which will force you to exit the plaza, hang a right, cruise down the street to make a u-turn, then cruise back up the street to make another u-turn before you can actually re-access their parking lot. Not life altering, but geeze. Just be on time. I'm not employed as a driver for KFC. read more

Ordered 8 chicken wings. Xtra crispy. Got 8 original recipe. ALL of the flat section and most of the drumette bones were broken and splintered. Couldn't eat, was afraid of getting a bone splinter. AND they were the smallest wings ive ever seen! Never again. read more

The store is clean, but the food quality has gone down over the years. The prices have increased, and the quality has decreased. The chicken pieces has gotten smaller. And, the chicken is too dry, tasting old and tough!!! It's jolibee next time! read more

I ordered 12 tender meal with mashed potatoes and gravy, Mac & cheese, coleslaw. In addition I ordered 1 more mashed potatoes and gravy and a large side of gravy on the side. I got home and found I received 2 mashed potatoes only and 2 small gravy containers with no extra gravy. Everything else was fine. I just don't like paying for something I didn't get. read more

Came here to try the chicken tenders and ordered through drive thru and was given total and drove up to window to be told that they are OUT OF TENDERS! So wasnt given any other option or deal so I said thank you and left. read more

So I waited at the register for someone to take my order and they just kept passing by not asking if I needed help. I then walked to the kiosk, ordered my food, waited about 15mins. I look up and the girl behind the counter was leaning on the counter on her phone, the other guy is on his phone in the office and the other I don't know where he went but nobody was preparing any orders or taking any. Then I go up and ask if there was an order for Jay, to the girl that was on her phone, she gets off the phone and starts preparing my order within a minute I had it. After the 15 minutes that I waited. Very unprofessional, and very unaware of what's going on. Very bad experience. They don't even acknowledged you. read more

Picked up pot pies for dinner. William took care of my order. Perfect every time. Pot pies hot. Biscuits and gravy delicious. Thanks William and staff. read more

Assistant manager "Roberto" said he doesn't know where the manager is and they are closing at 930pm instead of the posted hours of 10pm. And the only had chicken tenders, no other chicken. Ok well fix your posted business hours. Some people actually rely on posted business hours when they work nights. TERRIBLE, and turn out the OPEN & Drive thru signs! Oh well now I'm at safeway, I'll get something to cook which is healthier anyway.... read more

KFC - Posted hours not being adhered to. It's 0930 and I cannot order at Drive Thru - Fast Food Near Me - Castro Valley, California

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We ordered to go for dinner tonight, they have 4 staffs and one customer only. The service was slow, wrong orders, no customer service. The foods were disappointed. I will make sure to go to another KFC if my husband wants KFC again. read more

Our food did not seem like it was fresh. It was Luke warm and by the time we got it home it was cold. We tried the dunk it bucket and it is NOT worth it! Not specifically this locations fault because they gave us exactly what the menu said it gives but dang, use a smaller bucket or something cause there was barely anything in there! Service is sometimes good sometimes bad depending on who's taking your order. read more

KFC - KFC advertises - Fast Food Near Me - Castro Valley, California

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I went there for the advertised special " Mikes Honey Wing ". I was informed that they have not had that special for a long time and they do not know why the manager will not remove the advertisement from the window. This is false advertising and bait and switch. Gets people in and then they end up spending money anyway. read more

They literally never get my order right. Ever. I always get 5 meals and there is ALWAYS something missing. Chicken, sides, etc. Today there was no sauce added on my honey bbq wings. We aren't going to go back to that one again and it sucks because it's really close to home. read more

It's a hit or miss here u will get chicken that soaked in all the oil in the drip tray or get the kfc perfection we are used too. Only come here with promo deals since not worth to fight over chicken quality since they work here and know what they talking about. read more

KFC - The color of chicken when it's soaking in oil too long. Not fresh at all. But this what u get for getting the promo - Fast Food Near Me - Castro Valley, California

zero stars. i ordered $100+ worth of food for a party of 4. problem one: no biscuits. problem two: food was cold. problem three: the bag containing the sauce packets failed and the packets ended up on the patio. boycott this shithole and force it to shut down. read more

Very loud speakers, bathroom had no toilet paper, bathroom not clean, worker took forever to unlock bathroom.

This place customer service is horrible! The manager is the main one!!! with the bad attitude..He gave me my food,without bag..I asked for a bag,he said 10cent..I was like heck No I like to go out of the area because of the service here.. read more

I got charged 2x on my debit card because the girl at the register told me to slide my card again because it did not ring up $19.83. When I got home I checked my account online showing two charges for the same amount $19.83 times two. I drove back and showed the owner saying nothing he can do while the transaction is in process. I will have to wait until Monday (it's Wednesday). I returned on Monday, one guy remembers me but the lead tells me the owner left for the day says to return tomorrow between 10 and 2 pm. Now, I have to take time during work hours to get reimbursed $19.83. When this is all done I'm never returning to this KFC! 5 pcs. Chicken strips and a small fry is not worth $19.83 times two! read more

Best experience ever. The young manager, an Asian man in his 30-40 was very helpful and super friendly. I will definitely be coming here, more often. Great service from him. I wish. All the restaurants would take pride in their establishment like he does. 3/4/2025 time 1:28pm Castro Valley. Thank you Sir for going out of your way. read more

I don't know why this place always gets such a bad rep. They're honestly not that bad, but I feel like being a fast-food chain, people are far more quick to be critical of them. Whenever I'm in the area, this KFC location is my main go-to. I absolutely love KFC, and I'll admit, like with almost any fast-food chain, this location could be a hit or miss, but more often than not, this place gets the order right and cooks the chicken quite decently. Majority of the time, I do ask for large orders, which may differ from when people are solely ordering a small meal. Typically, I'm ordering for a family, so that may include a 12pc bucket, large order of 20pc hot wings, large potato wedges, etc. Being that it's a large order, most of the food might be more likely to be made-to-order. Especially with the hot wings, they 9/10 times tell me that I'll have to wait about 10 minutes for those to be cooked. Anyhow, while I typically order large orders here, I've also ordered for myself, which my experience wasn't as bad as most people claim to have had luckily. The workers are generally pretty friendly and usually give a ton of sauce packets, which is nice (extra ranch pls!). However, my friend went multiple times saying that the workers always seemed stressed out and annoyed with each other. Being in a fast-food setting though, I can only imagine that's probably typical, especially being around hot oil and serving people all day, right? Give this place a chance though. I'm so glad to have this KFC in Castro Valley for so long to be honest. read more

This location regularly limits purchases when using coupons that have no limitations in stark contrast with the other locations in the Hayward/Castro Valley area. Once again there was a limitation tonight. Coupon for 14 pc. drumstick bucket and the team member told me they were out of the 'special chicken' they use for this coupon. This is the ONLY location I have ever been too that has made excuses for not selling to a paying customer. They are selling fried chicken. So, they have the chicken parts to fulfill the request. How can you say to a customer, you don't have the chicken? read more

So... 2020 has been a tough year for many - a worldwide pandemic prevented us from enjoying food from thousands of businesses. Luckily, fast food restaurants were open and we could delve into something that wasn't home-cooked or microwaveable! KFC has been a staple for my family because we like to order a bucket, mixed with both original recipe and extra crispy chicken (legs and thighs - YUM), 2 large potato wedges and coleslaw for the sides, and the 20 piece hot wings. More often than not, the hot wings take the longest to make so I'll likely have to pull over to the CVS lot next door and wait about 10-15 minutes for them to bring it out to my car. The hot wings seem to be a popular menu item so I'm not sure why there aren't a lot of these being mass produced to minimize the delay time for orders. Once the chicken is cooked they usually sit under a heat lamp anyway. *shrug* The service has been pleasant when I've walked-in and when ordering at the drive-thru. Sometimes you're overwhelmed by the menu or you have to make a modification to your selection; the workers maintain a positive attitude when taking your order and are patient with you. Back to 2020 being a hard year - KFC removed their delicious potato wedges off of their menu! U_U WHYYYYYY!? I was sooo devastated; those were my favorite! You can't get those anywhere else at a fast food chain nearby. It made KFC stand out from the rest. While that was hard to swallow, KFC created their "Secret Recipe French Fries," which luckily tastes bomb! I guess this will do until the wedges make their return. The wedges will always have a special place in my heart. The French fries are similar to Vons Chicken in CV IMO. On another note, I've never had the chicken tenders, but on one occasion, we had a bucket deal that came with chicken tenders and they were actually pretty tender, depending on the strip you got. The honey mustard or ranch dipping sauce really did the trick! I wouldn't mind getting the tenders again, but it wouldn't be my first choice. Glad that KFC is still around; it's my first choice over Popeyes and other fried chicken joints! read more

If only I had read these reviews before going here then I could've avoided the abuse I got on New Years Eve. Being lazy and not wanting to cook for one person, I decided to get some chicken and go home to prepare the sides...easy! After leaving the drive through, I noticed one of the wings looked like a thigh. I thought, maybe this is just a huge wing so I tasted it and it was a thigh. I CALLED the KFC to tell them I was coming back to exchange this piece for a wing. The lady clerk stated "okay." When I got to the drive through window, it was pouring raining and getting into my vehicle. This time an Asian guy with a white hair cap was holding my box of one chicken wing. I reached my hand out of my car window in the pouring rain to show him the thighs that I picked up with a white towel. He stated, "So why did you eat the chicken?" I stated that I tasted it since I thought it was a wing from a deformed or just huge chicken. Well, he would not hand me the box and started playing window drive through games and I was getting soaking wet. Plus the rain was going in my vehicle. As I reached and grabbed my chicken off the metal drive through counter, the white towel dropped on the driveway with the chicken. To my horror, the disgruntled employee COPIED my phone number from the phone at KFC and sent me this hateful text. I'll never go back here and the rest of the reviews on this location speaks to the caliber of abuse that customers endured at this KFC. I hope management sees this and take action, this employee is dangerous to go to this extreme. read more

I frequent this KFC occasionally as its the closest one to my home. I can honestly say that EVERY TIME I have come here, they are out of something. Last time it was chicken pot pies, the time before that it was chicken strips and the time before that it was CHICKEN BREASTS!! HOW THE HELL do you run out of chicken at a place that sells CHICKEN? I'm so good off this location. Its like Starbucks running out of coffee. W.T.F. read more

I used DoorDash and ordered a small order for dinner. Everything was wrong! Honestly I have lost all hope in the new generation, in people! No one seems to know what there doing, and then worse your treated with so little respect or consideration for trying to make their wrong right! To whoever runs Castro Valleys KFC, what is wrong with you all? Learn your JOB!!! read more

KFC - Biscuit's - Fast Food Near Me - Castro Valley, California

Avoid coming at all cost there's better places nearby, the "manager co-owner" has a bad attitude and should consider a different field charging .25¢ for one sauce that too if i ordered a combo Is madness other places handout for no extra costs and have better food than them read more

So I saw a commercial at lunch today about a chicken and donut sandwich, and whatever marketing ploy they used, it worked. I have not been to a KFC in years! Let's start off, not sure why this KFC has such a low rating? What gives? I came here around 5 pm on my way home from work, dropped in ordered a bucket of chicken for the fam jam, and a chicken donut sandwich for my self. The place was clean and I only waited about 8 minutes for everything to be made. Was in and out in no time, I would of used the drive through, but I had to use the rest room after my long BART Commute. The rest rooms were even clean! As for the chicken donut sandwich, it was not as good as I was hopping. It was good, but not worth the calories. The donuts however are on point, there is a lot more donut than chicken. It would of been better with either two pieces or thicker chicken. But at 1100 calories, I guess it's enough. Now to have a nap after eating so many calories! read more

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I was rather disappointed with my order from Door Dash from this establishment. Normally I get my orders delivered from the one near Tennyson. For some reason DD put my order in this queue for this particular store. Fast forward to my concern the order was not to my liking. The mash potatoes were real cold and so were the chicken that was ordered. One of the meals I ordered 2 breasts and one wing. And mysteriously I received an extra box of food I do not recall ordering that had chicken wings in it. I discarded it. I'm not sure why they did that but I have a rule not to eat food that I never ordered. Maybe they interpreted one wing as an order of chicken wings? Also the chicken tenders were super small in my opinion. Had to microwave everything except the Cole Slaw for 30 seconds to have an acceptable temperature to eat the food. It's probably my fault for not checking which store it came from. But for $38 worth of food I expect better quality food. I think from now on I'm going to check to see what store it's coming from as the Tennyson KFC has much better quality control on their order. FYI I never received any butters or sauces that I requested on my order too. read more