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Jonathan Blackburn

Inside the 'worst' KFC in the UK where locals say 'we will have to be starving' to go back

"No one at that place cares, it needs closing down. Worst KFC in the UK."

"I will not be returning to this KFC and I advise you never go."

"What an utter waste of money. We will have to be starving before we go back there again."

"Price gone up. Quality gone down...Whatever happened to the good old KFC?"

"Basically: the chicken is always the driest thing on the planet."

The KFC in Northwich, Cheshire, is not the most popular fast food outlet in the world, in fact, many people who go there advise others to stay well clear.

The above complaints, taken from the last five reviews on Tripadvisor, don't paint it in a particularly good light.

Do you know of a worse fast food outlet than the Northwich KFC? Let us know at webnews@mirror.co.uk

The KFC in Northwich, Cheshire, is not popular among many locals (cheshire-live.co.uk/)

It is rated on the site at just 1.5 stars out of five, with 175 of its 233 reviews scoring it as "terrible" - but how bad can it be?

Cheshire Live reporter Jonathan Blackburn decided to see for himself.

"It's KFC, after all," he writes. "The ubiquitous grease-mongers, serving fried chicken by the bucket load from here to Tokyo, where the KFC 'Bargain Bucket' has become something of a Christmas Day tradition.

Cheshire reporter Jonathan Blackburn outside the Northwich KFC (cheshire-live.co.uk/)

"And yet, horror stories abound about this particular Cheshire eatery.

"The Northwich branch is infamous, I am told, and inspires eloquence and poetic patter from those who review it, arising in phrases such as 'disgusting vile dump' that serves 'fag ash chicken'.

"Through the door, and the place is clean, modern, airy. Not the windowless basement abattoir I expected.

Jonathan said despite the price, the food was largely good (cheshire-live.co.uk/)
Jonathan said the vegan burger wasn't "that bad" (cheshire-live.co.uk/)

"At the till, the cashier and I struggle to hear each other over the din of the kitchens. The vats hum loud and low under the clanking metal and beeps of ovens.

"£4.99 for a vegan burger, it doesn't come with chips, and 'there's no lettuce, supply shortage...have we got a vegan burger...last one... your lucky day.'

"£5.39 for a bag of chicken and a tiny bag of chips.

"I turn to my sorry looking vegan burger and choose the plant-based, lettuce-less substitute as my first victim. And it's not all that bad really.

"Yes, some greenery would be nice, but this is certainly worth more than a one-star review, even if the price made me squirm and the lack of chips was befuddling.

The reporter said the restaurant was clean and airy and he liked the food (cheshire-live.co.uk/)
The KFC in Northwich is ranked 'terrible' on Trip Adviser (cheshire-live.co.uk/)

"Any optimism that the plucky wee Quorn burger fostered was extinguished by the pint of grease that was to follow, as I turned to the chicken.

"Though I will never return, I was surprised to find a clean, pleasant establishment, a thoroughly okay place.

"It's just a shame that they "forgot to tell the food."

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