Bonchon Mountain view - Asian fusion restaurant in Mountain View - 260 Castro St, USA

My recent visit to Bonchon, an Asian fusion restaurant, left me with mixed impressions. The spicy chicken dumplings were an absolute delight, offering a true explosion of flavor and heat that I thoroughly enjoyed. Moving on to the chicken bowl, it held its ground without reaching exceptional heights. It landed squarely in the middle - not bad, but not particularly remarkable either. Service was a definite highlight, with attentive and prompt staff ensuring a pleasant dining experience. It’s worth noting that the restaurant was relatively empty during my visit

Pros: the crunchiness of the chicken is really good. You can get different options like wings, thighs and boneless wings. They have also few options, however most of them are spicy. They have 6 tables outside, under umbrellas. Price is reasonable and portions are just right. Cons: none really, maybe that you have to go inside for refills, or that the side dishes are very basic (you can see, nothing big)

Signature bonchon Korean fried chicken, super crispy and right amount of sauce. Sometimes the crispy texture is a hit or miss in some bonchons I have had it before, this place got it perfect. Also had korean beef tacos and chicken friend rice, both were excellent. Great customer service too. Fun place to have some drinks, eat food and hangout as a group. In pictures: 1. Korean fried chicken wings and drums combo with half soy garlic and half spicy sauce. With pickled radish 5/5 2. Korean tacos 5/5 3. Chicken fried rice 5/5 Would recommend to eat it fresh in-store to get the awesome crunch of the wings.

If you want crispy chicken look no more. Bonchon has the crispiest, flavorful chicken I’ve ever tasted. They have a variety in their menu and it will not disappoint. They have spicy and mild. The sides are great too. I don’t like cole slaw but theirs is good! This is nothing like regular chicken...you must try it! Service is great and staff are super friendly as well!

After a year of takeaway and delivery only it's so nice to have fried chicken dining in where it's fresh and crunchy. This Bonchon location is nice and feels pretty new. They've got tvs all around with sports playing. Servers were very kind and attentative. Chicken was good as always. We got tried a new sweet chili flavor with our usual favorite soy garlic. The sweet chili flavor was good but too spicy for me to enjoy too much of. We also got popcorn shrimp and edamame. Popcorn shrimp was good as expected. Edaname was a bit sad, seemed like it was just boiled and a bit of salt shaken on it.

The zucchini fries were too salty and they tasted like paper because they put them hot in the paper bag. The plastic utensils were cheap and weak that it was hard to eat with them. The fried chicken can be ordered plain or drench in sauce but you cannot order plain fried chicken with sauce on the side. The Bibimbap was not served in a hot stone, it was not good. The japchae was bland, missing the regular salt/sweetness to it. They ran out of juice and pineapple juice, water was it! The whole experience tonight was horrible. I will not return and I do not recommend it.

Staff are not attentive. Ordered a pickup order and after returning home realized it was missing half the pieces of chicken and sauce for the Korean donuts. Had issues last time I ordered as well.

Good Korean style fried-chicken. This place can get quite busy, which is always a good sign. The batter is not quite as light and crispy as I've had at other places, but it's still very tasty. The spicy chicken here is pretty spicy - they'll do half-and-half spicy and soy garlic, so choose that if you're not sure.