California Fried Chicken And Pizza in Poole

Took well over an hour to arrive , pizza was over cooked & tasteless . Fried chicken was awful , stuff had to be put in the microwave to warm up . Never Again

Leaflet has one price menu board above counter has lower price, but insists that the leaflet price is right. What a swindle, and the kebab was tasteless and cold

Very good pizza and garlic bread staff were really friendly my wife had a chicken kebab which she really enjoyed we will be ordering from here again 10/10

The best kofte kebab I have ever had honestly. I'm definitely going to be getting my koftes from here.

Used to visit CFC all the time in my 20's - and I'm not sure if it was always this bad or has gone downhill. The fried chicken was dripping in grease, the coating was slipping off and the smell coming from it wasn't good. This review would have been a 1 if it wasn't for my garlic, ham and mushroom baguette and the chips. Those were OK. Won't be going back here

Used California a lot over the years and always found the staff ok, service quick and the portions to be good, food tasty and hot and the kebabs to die for after a 12 hour shift. My last meal was substandard, had a large chicken kebab (which used to be LARGE) and found a hard edged pitta, a little salad in a polystyrene tub and half the size it was 7 weeks ago. Meat was greasy, lukewarm and not at all as it was. Not sure how or why the food and service has depleted so far down but wont be using again. Shame as it has always been a 4.5* but now not even a 1*

The most disgusting, cold inedible food I have ever had!! Cost £30 for what can only be described as muck!!! EAT HERE AT YOUR OWN RISK!! Still waiting for driver to collect the food. DISGUSTING! Doesn’t even deserve a star!! It’s not food 🤢🤢🤢

It’s hit & mis !! Sometimes it’s really ok ( edible lol ) other times it’s horrible ! Maybe it’s when we are really hungry it tastes ok

I dont understand all of these reviews i am staying in poole for 2weeks and although we have been out for food most days we eat here most nights we have had pizza burger jacket potatoes garlic bread with fillings chicken and every thing has been tasty and fast we are staying a 2 min walk away and have had no problems.

Ordered online for delivery. Chicken kebab was full of grease, tasted slimey and had a long hair in it. When contacting them to complain they advised they would send someone to pick up the food. That was Saturday and food was never collected. When I called them again it was like talking to a brick wall, threatened them with food standards agency, they told me to go ahead. I called the FSA 9am on Monday morning and a complaint has now been filed. This company do not care about their customers.

Ordered a chicken kebab when arrived it had a massive hair in it. Asked for a refund but was told they don't give refunds.

I wouldn’t give this to my dog ! It’s awful save your money go to a better place ! It’s got to be a sad excuse for a kebab place put our kebabs in the bin

I ordered a kebab meat and chips medium displayed at 5.99 and a cali zinger burger displayed at 3.50 When I checked the receipt I had been almost 8.00 for a mixed kebab instead. The staff refused to refund me the difference and told me different stories for this. 1. They said the regular prices displayed on the board are for lunchtime only. 2. They then said the regular prices are out of date and the management will not update them and it's "not their problem" to put them right. 3. They then said they had put through the wrong item. They wouldn't give me the difference back, apparently because it comes out of their "own pocket". I had to look up the office number (they wouldn't tell it to me), call up, explain the problem where they offered me 2.00 off a future order. I then had to wait for a manager to consider my request for a cash refund of the 2.00 difference then call me back. The staff then tried to give me the full 11.45 back, then tried to give me 3.00 back then finally gave me the 2.00 back. After all that, the chilli "mayo" in the burger seemed to just be chilli sauce which was far too hot and made it quite unpleasant.

Eight of us went to eat in the restaurant and we had pre-booked a table. We were crammed into a booth which I think really was only made to sit six people comfortably. I chose to sit at the end of the table on a separate chair which meant that my legs were up against the wooden side of the table, not a great start really. In the end, we decided to move a table for two and add it on the end of the booth to make it more comfy for everyone. Why did the staff not think of this? The food arrived and was well cooked but bits were missing from everyone's meal despite the fact that we had ordered and the waitress had written things down at the time. Even though they had done this, they kept asking us what was missing from our order. I was quite disappointed and I don't think I will be visiting again.

I wouldn't eat this stuff really ! Husband likes a donor kebab & he's always happy with it , I have a shish kebab as it's not as greasy ! Salad is best part though ! Cheap food ! So don't expect to much in the way of quality

This is one of the worst take out meals I have ever had! We ordered a deep pan pizza which arrived looking like a piece of cardboard! A large kebab that was not only dry but stone cold never again will we order from here they have run out of chances!

Normally quite nice food for a take out joint. The past few times though they seem to keep forgetting whole bits of meals out of our order. Not quite sure how they are managing that one . Going downhill again.

Acabo tenía pollo y patatas fritas para llevar desde aquí sólo porque estaba trabajando cerca. Me pareció que después de leer las críticas que no esperaba mucho.

Cómo alguien puede comer de este lugar es en realidad más allá de mí, necesita apagar!

El valor para el dinero es malo. En general el personal esforzado muy poco en la preparación de la comida. El pollo parece haber sido alrededor de un rato, las pizzas son escasas coberturas y generalmente mal cocida, kebabs tienden a ser demasiado grasiento. En general vale la pena evitar, pero si debe comer oferta especial ofrece pizzas a mitad de precio.

Mi amigo y yo pedimos una pizza de pollo frito y una comida para compartir, la pizza nunca, y nos sentimos como cartón y las patatas fritas eran extremadamente baja calidad, nunca antes he tenido una pizza de queso que sabía tan soso y horrible. Me tendría que pagar para comer allí

He usado muchas veces pollo California Friedrich en el pasado, una buena selección de comida recién preparada y entregado a la puerta.

Had a 6pc chicken meal deal from this place last night it was so disgusting had to throw it in the bin. Chips were undercooked, chickens were dry. The coating & skins on chickens came off separately. It was so vile it put us off eating anything else afterwards!

Need food that is local. Then this does it. As good as the more famous one. Chicken burger and chips works for me. Their pizzas work too.

The odd kebab from here used to be pretty good, when you've had a long day at work and just fancy a greasy treat, then I received food poisoning so bad I was hospitalised and seriously ill in intensive care for 48 hours. This happened as whoever had either prepared or cooked the meat or pitta had excrement on their hands or under their nails and had transferred it!! I phoned and informed them but neither the owner or the manager did me the courtesy of phoning back!!! AVOID unless you fancy a near death experience!!

very poor quality food, the chicken burger was still pink inside, when I called the shop to let them know, they said yes we have had a few complaints about the burgers, shall I send you another out, no was my answer come and pick them both up. I have eaten from this takeaway before and it wasn't the best, however, I will never shop here again. It was disgusting.

We used Cali regularly, but the deliver is getting slower the good is getting cold and pizza is turned to complete rubbish... Time to find a new take away

Called in here for the first time tonight. Had a very generous hot and spicy ribs and 4 pieces of chicken and chips. The ribs were superbly tasty. The chicken not quite up to KFC standard for coating. Chips were fine and generous. Would call here again if only for the ribs and chips

I use to love my cali delivery and regularly got takeaways over the years byt the past six months I've probably ordered 6 times not as much as usual because every time I do it's awful cold burger so much that the cheese doesn't melt even a small amount,chips reheated god knows so dry,use to order myself a chicken wrap with every take away as they use to be so nice I'd order it for my next days lunch but not any more the level of food has gone down drastically.