[Food Review] Ladybird Fried Chicken - a casual American-style Fried Chicken eatery that opens until 11 PM (Thur - Mon)

If you're roaming around Amsterdam searching for a late-night snack, you'll quickly realize that Amsterdam is not LA nor Hong Kong. You won't be able to end your night with a visit to BCD Tofu House or Sun Hing for dim sum. However, if you consider 10 PM a late-night option, then the story changes a bit.

There are few things in the world more satisfying than indulging in some fried chicken, especially late at night. For southern American-style fried chicken, we already have Biscuit Baby on Overtoom, straight out of North Carolina. For De Pijp, we have Ladybird, which claims to offer "a New York approach to the Southern kitchen."

Nestled away in De Pijp, Ladybird Fried Chicken can get pretty crowded, with people lining up outside the eatery. Stepping into this small place after 9 PM feels like you've walked into a small fried chicken joint close to your university.

Ladybird's menu features some unique offerings that showcase their New York approach. They even have champagne and caviar pairings, claiming that "the level-up is our off-the-hook".

But when we visited, we opted for a more classic approach and ordered a few pieces of fried chicken with two different sauces, as well as potato chips and coleslaw on the side. The sauces were charged separately at €2 each, and though I initially thought the portions could be bigger, I ended up feeling like I didn't need either of those sauces.

We ordered a wing, two drumsticks, and a breast, with J&T hot sauce and hot honey.

 The chicken was a true American-style fried chicken, golden brown in color, fried at a higher temperature, mostly seasoned with simple salt and pepper, not light and super crispy with thin skin like the trendy Korean ones. The chicken was crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside.

They had a full bar menu with cocktails and wines, including whiskey. My friends ordered whiskey and beer, but since I had already had some hard liquor at the bar, I just had a can of ginger beer.

The coleslaw and chips were pretty standard. This is the Netherlands, after all, so the bar is set high for chips.

We heard that some people had to wait over an hour to get their food, but we were lucky and only waited for about 10 minutes. Although some of our American friends preferred Biscuit Baby for their southern-style fried chicken, we still think Ladybird is a great option if you're looking for a taste of classic American-style fried chicken in Amsterdam. If you're looking for a different style, like Korean-style fried chicken, Sojubar is also worth a visit, even if you have to wait in line for longer than Ladybird. 

Be sure to check out the video above for a one-minute tour of Ladybird and our fried chicken feast.

Ladybird Fried Chicken

Address: Sarphatipark 4, 1072 PA Amsterdam

Phone: +31 06 27168644

https://www.ladybirdfriedchicken.com/

https://www.instagram.com/ladybird.fc/

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