Den Den Korean Fried Chicken

Good gluten free options!

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Very

Safety Feature Ratings

• Dedicated gluten-free fryer

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— Separate gluten-free menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Most/All

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Excellent

I like the Korean fried chicken a lot. I don’t go here often because takeout parking is a pain and I had a terrible experience that has turned me off of trying (they gave my order away and told us we could wait another hour. I was super pregnant and my toddler was SCREAMING in the car while my husband went in to get the food. According to him they weren’t apologetic and weren’t even sure what had happened with our order.)

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Somewhat

Safety Feature Ratings

• Dedicated gluten-free fryer

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— Separate gluten-free menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Not Much/None

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Good

Other Characteristics

• Good for dinner
• Good for lunch

Have eaten here 3x without issue. Delicious food. Separate GF menu (some sauces aren’t gf, so make sure you choose gf sauces for the chicken), separate fryer (but confirm with them that you need it!)

(Disclaimer: I generally avoid cross-contamination, shared fryer, etc but am not as extremely sensitive as some people here are. One bite of food with actual wheat in it (breading, soy sauce) will cause me to have an immediate immune reaction, however, so I have a decent sense of when I’ve been glutened within a few minutes.)

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Somewhat

Safety Feature Ratings

• Staff is knowledgeable and can answer questions
• Staff will clean kitchen space or change gloves if asked
• Dedicated gluten-free fryer

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— Separate gluten-free menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Most/All

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Excellent

Amazing Korean fried chicken. The GF menu has both wings and boneless chunks. There are also a few more chicken dishes, rice cakes, and sweet potato fries. A 16 piece wing and sweet potato fries were more than enough to share between two people.

They have a dedicated GF fryer as of last year. I talked to the server and they said the other got into some kind of trouble for not having one previously, so they take it seriously now.

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Somewhat

Safety Feature Ratings

• Staff is knowledgeable and can answer questions
• Dedicated gluten-free fryer
• Food comes out flagged or marked gluten-free

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— Separate gluten-free menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Some

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Excellent

Have been going here for years with no issues. That said you MUST be specific about gluten free or you will get cross contaminated/non GF

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Somewhat

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— Separate gluten-free menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Some

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Excellent

While the food tasted phenomenal, they did not specify at order that the “gluten free” fried chicken shares the same oil as the regular fried chicken. It’s not safe for Celiacs or Gluten sensitive people. They also did not mark which item was gluten free.

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Not at all

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— Gluten-free items are marked on the main menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Some

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Good

Other Characteristics

• Good for lunch
• Good for takeout

Had been here quite a few times as we were under the impression it was celiac safe. We called last night to place our order and they let us know nothing was celiac safe as the same oil is used for everything. Frustrated that this was the first time we were made aware of this.

Gluten free food is amazing taste-wise, but not celiac safe.

Celiac friendly?

No

The gluten free menu is available on their website — it includes all the fried chicken dishes — plain fried chicken is wonderfully crunchy and tasty, but try the sauces, too, they do not make the fried chicken soggy. The Chicken Tang Su Yuk with citrus sweet and sour sauce is amazing! We also like the potato pancakes and the sweet potato fries. My husband is very a sensitive celiac and has never had a problem here.

Celiac friendly?

Yes