Where to find whole cooked roast/rotisserie chicken?

[TaiMaiTai]

I've found this to be the most economical way to obtain an adequate amount of meat when eating out in Thailand, hence I'm looking for more of these places.

 

I know of a few places:

• Nimman: Roast Chicken Wichienbury
• Old Town: SP Chicken
• Big C (but I don't like the marination)

 

Are there any others?

 

Also, is there a Thai search term which would yield better results in google maps? I tried searching for "rotisserie chicken" and "roast chicken" but didn't get many results. I found a "Cherng Doi Roast Chicken" but when I went there they didn't have whole roasted chickens like at the other places I mentioned above.

[bbko]

5 Star Chicken comes to mind, but you'll have to buy in sections as they don't sell a whole roasted bird.

 

Edit; the Thai words for grilled chicken is "gai yang".

Edited August 20, 2023 by bbko

[jvs]

 Five star chicken,very good!

 

[scorecard]

19 minutes ago, jvs said:

 Five star chicken,very good!

 

Not too bad, had it many times, son / DIL buy sticky rice to go with it, great snack/meal.

[Dcheech]

Tops, Central Airport. They have them out by 1130 at the latest, everyday.

 

Central Festival market has had them. Do not know if it is everyday. They do have large section cut ups everyday for sure; half a chicken or leg & thigh, if not a full roasted bird. "Tops Food Hall Central Festival" 

[Liverpool Lou]

37 minutes ago, bbko said:

5 Star Chicken comes to mind, but you'll have to buy in sections as they don't sell a whole roasted bird.

They do, B189. I order them on Grab but you have to add the instruction not to chop it up.

[scorecard]

Shop is ten steps to go inside Macro, superhighway.

[gamb00ler]

I have seen rotisserie chicken in Big C in Hang Dong.  All I remember about the price is that it didn't seem unreasonable.

Edited August 20, 2023 by gamb00ler
oops omitted "didn't"

[KhunLA]

That's one thing you'll have no problem finding in TH, grilled, roast or rotisserie chicken.

 

As suggested '5 star' should bring up plenty, though not all offer rotisserie chicken.

 

These are just a few that have been listed on Gmap:

Edited August 20, 2023 by KhunLA

[Kenny202]

I think 5 star pretty ordinary. Lotus do a nice one but depends on the shop. Best roast chicken you get here people selling on the road. Usually 150-180 baht full chook. I don't mean the little flattened out chickens either (gai yan). They are not everywhere but they are around. Chicken no matter where you get it from all depends on how longs its been cooked or sitting out. Fresh off the spit nothing better. If u find one ask him what's the best time to get fresh cooked. Probably puts them on at a certain time to be finished at say 11 or 12

[steven100]

1 hour ago, TaiMaiTai said:

Big C (but I don't like the marination)

yes .... the taste is not so nice .... sometimes milky taste and they use oregano herbs to much.

Five star chickens is not really that great either,  it's chopped pieces sitting their all day shriveled and dry. 

I agree with @Kenny202 .... you need a good size rotisserie chook .....   one that's just come off the spike ....

 

Edited August 20, 2023 by steven100

[Bill97]

16 minutes ago, steven100 said:

Five star chickens is not really that great either,  it's chopped pieces sitting there all day shriveled and dry. 

Absurd.

 

I have the whole bird cut as I watch.  Never in 20 years bought pre cut pieces that were sitting around.

[novacova]

Kad mai, kad thannin, many places…

[ChaiyaTH]

It's not really a fixed place or a place with a name, you just have to drive along and find places. When we used to live in sansai there was a local food seller who did it 3-4 times a week, it was very inexpensive and she sold it together with sticky rice and the nice sauces. Best chicken ever!

 

IMO boycot any chain places as much as possible. People who always eat that do not even know anymore what the real taste of food is like.

 

I guess if you brush your thai for the food, or you let someone write it down for you with a picture on your phone, and ask local places and people, you know soon enough!

Edited August 20, 2023 by ChaiyaTH

[TimeMachine]

Sometimes its just some small incospicuous  side of the road fried chicken is best.  Crispy nd tasty. KFC no way.  Im guessing msg and coke are involved in recipe. As for whole bird.  Side of roard rotisseri looks good but the road grime puts me off. 

[KhunLA]

1 minute ago, TimeMachine said:

Sometimes its just some small incospicuous  side of the road fried chicken is best.  Crispy nd tasty. KFC no way.  Im guessing msg and coke are involved in recipe. As for whole bird.  Side of roard rotisseri looks good but the road grime puts me off. 

Hey ... Wings Zap are excellent.  Nothing wrong with MSG.   Coke, yea, agree there ... although ... moderation rules with everything.

[KhunLA]

51 minutes ago, Bill97 said:

Absurd.

 

I have the whole bird cut as I watch.  Never in 20 years bought pre cut pieces that were sitting around.

Yes, timing is everything, but rare to get an 'old' one from 5 star, and most tasty & juicy.  Easy to tell by looking at them, if left over from lunch hr, if buying for dinner.

[steven100]

1 hour ago, ChaiyaTH said:

IMO boycot any chain places as much as possible. People who always eat that do not even know anymore what the real taste of food is like.

yes ,  very much agree ....    most here probably haven't ever tasted a real farm cooked roast chicken and vegetables.  

Nothing here tastes as good that's for damn sure   !

 

They've only ever tasted poultry farm or battery hens injected with growth hormones.

 

[Sticky Rice Balls]

3 hours ago, bbko said:

5 Star Chicken comes to mind, but you'll have to buy in sections as they don't sell a whole roasted bird.

 

Edit; the Thai words for grilled chicken is "gai yang".

If you get to them as they are taking them out of the roaster can get whole--hot and fresh!

 

or go buy a crockpot or a 2nd hand one and do it yourself..slow n low baby!

[Sticky Rice Balls]

ohhhh and ive seen a street vendor doing whole birds on the street outside kad gom market south of cm gate..as im always the only farang in that market,,used to date the tea lady! ????

[gwapofarang]

Both Topps and Central Food has good offerings. Go there approximately 6 to 8 pm to get discounted ones up to 50%. Nothing wrong with half day old.

[steven100]

4 minutes ago, gwapofarang said:

Both Topps and Central Food has good offerings. Go there approximately 6 to 8 pm to get discounted ones up to 50%. Nothing wrong with half day old.

so you go around looking for the cheap food with the discount sticker?

[gwapofarang]

Just now, steven100 said:

so you go around looking for the cheap food with the discount sticker?

Something known as an "observation". Strange to get a response of this nature thanks for the help in achieving nothing.

[Lacessit]

There's a Thai who sets up just about every morning on Lamphun Road, behind the road rail near the foreigner cemetery, that backs onto the Gymkhana Golf Club. Grills fresh every morning, he is usually sold out by lunchtime.

[elektrified]

5 hours ago, bbko said:

5 Star Chicken comes to mind, but you'll have to buy in sections as they don't sell a whole roasted bird.

 

Edit; the Thai words for grilled chicken is "gai yang".

Of course they sell a whole roasted bird in 4 flavors.

 

5 Star (ha dow) is your best bet OP. They are everywhere.

[xtrnuno41]

Whole chicken with 5 star, however was some red inside, so too short.

Big C looks very nice, but was way to dry, several times

It is depending who is making the chicken and how involved they are.

Can imagine you dont want to give raw chicken, but too long and it is also not nice.

[Liverpool Lou]

5 hours ago, steven100 said:

or battery hens injected with growth hormones.

Nonsense.  Hens are not given growth hormones.

[Liverpool Lou]

4 hours ago, steven100 said:

so you go around looking for the cheap food with the discount sticker?

What if he does?   At least he doesn't falsely claim that growth hormones are given to chickens!

[Lemsta69]

6 hours ago, steven100 said:

most here probably haven't ever tasted a real farm cooked roast chicken and vegetables. 

Where I'm from we don't need to bother with all that. Lebanese charcoal chicken, garlic sauce, tabouleh and hot chips from Western Sydney beats your country roast hands down. 

[FolkGuitar]

Looking for rotisserie chicken in Thailand is like looking for bar girls in Thailand.

If you can't find, you ain't in Thailand!