The Definitive Guide To Sydney's Best Fried Chicken Joints

*Immediately lodges my Uber Eats order*.

There are few foods more revered than a humble handful of fried chicken pieces. Feeling sad? Fried chicken will sort you out. Got something to celebrate? Crack open the champers over a battered chook.

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She really is the most versatile workhorse. 

So, in an effort to uncover Sydney's best fried chicken joints, we undertook a tasting trail across this great city — devouring some of the juiciest, crispiest, crunchiest morsels of fried chicken around.

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Are these Sydney’s three best fried chicken joints?

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And here are our choices for the definitive top three:

3. BUTTER, Surry Hills

Instagram: @buttersydney

BUTTER is a hybrid fried chicken, hip hop, champagne and sneaker venue. You might come for the delectable chicken, but you'll stay for the culture. 

BUTTER prides itself on producing fresh, quality food — simple and elegant, not gimmicky, with American and South East Asian influences. Executive Chef, Julian Cincotta, likes to call it simplistic elegance — and after just one mouthful of their delectable menu, you'll wholeheartedly agree. 

2. El Jannah, Newtown (but honestly, all El Jannah is good El Jannah)

Instagram: @el__jannah

El Jannah is Sydney's home of original, soulful Lebanese-Australian charcoal chicken, fried chicken and, of course, their famous garlic sauce and sides. The El Jannah family knows that the best food is never complicated. It’s simple and unpretentious, made the right way with nothing but real ingredients, fresh from the land — and it's what makes every bite of their fried chicken a ~spiritual experience~. 

1. Sparrow's Mill, Haymarket

Instagram: @sparrowsmill_express

This Korean Fried Chicken joint has cult status for a reason — from their signature fried chicken dish, to the sweet & spicy variety, the snow cheese choice, or their gangjung menu, there are limitless options for a fried chicken lover. All that's left to do is taste the full rainbow of choice. 

But you tell me, Sydneysiders — do you think we got this ranking right? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!