Juke - Vancouver

Stopped in for a quick lunch as we walked around Vancouver. Although close to Chinatown, we weren’t really in the mood for Asian food when we stumbled across Juke. Very good chicken – the sandwich was excellent; the chicken strips delightfully tasty. The service was excellent and all-in-all, we were very pleased with our visit.

If you ever have a fried chicken craving, come here. The batter is absolutely addicting. Order the 12 pieces and take your leftovers home. It tastes delicious cold too! Your stomach will thank you?

My wife and I we're pretty excited to try this place, interior was awesome and Shakey Graves was blaring out- great start. We LOVE fried chicken but just shared a couple of pieces with the slaw for a quick snack. Friendly bartender and decent drinks ensued. Unfortunately the star of the show (the chicken) was a disappointment- and here's why: the meat was perfectly cooked, moist and easy to tear, however, totally under seasoned. Fat had rendered perfectly and skin was shatteringly crisp, but again totally under seasoned batter mix. In fact there was no flavour in the batter other than flour. So disappointing, I usually find it the other way round, dry chicken and yummy flavoured coating. With just a few tweaks these guys could have something very special. The slaw, I might add was totally different and crazy delicious, crunchy peanuts and sesame seeds were a great addition to the usual cream laden chopped veg. Staff we're awesome, music great. Will I return? Probably yes, with small seasoning improvements this place is well worth a visit.

Had dinner at Juke and sat at the bar. Good service and a very nice atmosphere. Very good chicken and the choices of craft beer were good ones, although quite limited. Only downfall is that the menu like the beer list is limited. If you like chicken and beer (I do) you'll like this place. If that's not your thing then perhaps another choice.

I went there with my youngest daughter to celebrate having finally completed a protracted apartment move which had been disastrously hampered by elevators that had decided to quit.My daughter had the fried chicken, three pieces, which she said was the best she had ever had. I sampled a piece and it was certainly very good. I had a half order of ribs which tended to the dry side unfortunately. They were tasty but lacked anticipated juiciness. I like ribs that almost melt in the mouth.The service was below expectations, but as the headline suggests, seating me in a tight corner at a small table where I had to have my left elbow propped up on a piece of the architecture in a restaurant barely a third occupied was plain silly. I quickly re-located.All in all, this is a place popular with the 20/30 somethings and visually fits in nicely with the funkiest part of Chinatown that is showing gentrification effects and nice ones too. I think, however, I will be reluctant to go there again. Fine feathers don't make fine birds. Aesop (620 BC-560 BC)