What's the DEal?
Open any food app this month and you’ll see a $10 deal on the front screen. A burger and fries. A box of nuggets. A wrap with a drink. Most of them feed one person, and most of them are gone before you reach the car park.
We went a different way. Until Sunday 29 November, spend $25 at El Jannah and add a whole charcoal chicken and a Medium Toum for $10. The usual price is $22. You keep $12, and you walk out with dinner for the whole table.
Judge a $10 deal by the plate, not the price
Price tags all look the same in November. Ten dollars here, ten dollars there. The better question is what lands on your table when you open the bag.
Here’s how we see the difference:
- A typical $10 fast food deal: one main, one side, sometimes a drink. Dinner for one.
- Our $10 add-on: a whole charcoal chicken plus a Medium Toum. Dinner for four once you add some sides.
A whole chicken gives you two breasts, two wings, two thighs and two drumsticks. Ask for the chicken cut into pieces and you get eight portions, two for each person at a table of four. In our experience the wings go first. Somebody always ends up negotiating for the last one, and the toum tub gets scraped clean well before the chicken runs out.
We’ll be upfront about the one condition. The $10 chicken sits on top of a $25 order, and the chicken does not count toward the $25. So your bill comes to $35. Split four ways, you pay $8.75 a head for a charcoal chicken dinner with sides, sauce and bread.
The toum is half the reason people come back
Toum (a traditional Lebanese garlic sauce, whipped from garlic, oil, lemon and salt until thick and white) comes with every $10 chicken in a Medium tub. Regulars will tell you they come for the chicken and stay for the sauce. Extra toum is the most common request we hear at the counter.
Spread the toum on warm Lebanese bread, drag a chip through the tub, or spoon some over a piece of breast meat. People argue about the right way. Nobody argues about leaving some behind.
What to put in your $25
The $25 goes on anything else from the menu. Here are four orders our team suggests when customers ask at the counter. Check current prices in the app before you order, since menu prices differ slightly between restaurants.
Family night. Large chips, a tub of tabouli, a pack of Lebanese bread and a garden salad. Add the whole chicken and you have a full Lebanese feast on the table in ten minutes. Browse our sides and salads.
Lunch now, dinner later. Grab two rolls and drinks for lunch with a workmate. Add the $10 chicken and take the bird home for dinner. One order, two meals sorted.
Game night. Mix two burgers with fried chicken and chips for the people who want variety. The charcoal chicken goes in the middle for the whole table to share.
Something sweet. Round your order past $25 with baklawa. Layers of pastry, nuts and syrup. Easy to share after a big meal. Easier to finish alone in the car.
How to order
Order at the counter, at the drive-thru, with Order & Table, or for pick-up in the app or on the website. Delivery orders don’t qualify, so skip the delivery apps for this one. The full steps, the promo code and the terms sit on the $10 Charcoal Chicken offer page. Check the page before you head out, since the deal runs at participating restaurants while stocks last.
Why our charcoal chicken tastes different
Every El Jannah chicken gets marinated for 24 hours before the bird goes anywhere near the grill. Then we cook the chicken over real charcoal. Gas grills and electric rotisseries don’t give you the same smoky skin or the same char on the edges. The difference shows in the first bite.
Our ingredients arrive fresh from our own factory seven days a week, and we keep them free of preservatives. All El Jannah chicken is 100% halal certified. We’ve cooked charcoal chicken this way since 1998, and the method hasn’t changed much because customers keep telling us not to change a thing.
Want the full story? Read what makes charcoal chicken different, or learn about our tabouli and Lebanese bread.
Frequently Asked Questions
What comes in a whole charcoal chicken?
Two breasts, two wings, two thighs and two drumsticks. Each bird spends 24 hours in our marinade before going over the charcoal. The $10 deal adds a Medium Toum on the side.
Does the $10 deal include chips?
No. The $10 covers the chicken and the Medium Toum. Add chips, bread or salad to your $25 order and the table is set.
What goes best with toum?
Warm Lebanese bread, hot chips and the chicken skin. Plenty of regulars put toum on everything, tabouli included, and we don’t judge.
Is El Jannah chicken halal?
Yes. All El Jannah chicken is 100% halal certified.
Why charcoal and not a rotisserie?
Charcoal gives the skin a smoky char and keeps the meat juicy. A gas or electric rotisserie cooks the chicken, but the flavour lands flat next to charcoal.
How many people does a whole chicken feed?
Four people comfortably once you add chips, bread and a salad. Two hungry people with leftovers for lunch the next day is also a popular outcome.
New to El Jannah? Start here
If you’ve never tried us, November is a good month to start. Order your $25, add the chicken, and see why people have queued for our Lebanese charcoal chicken for 28 years.
Join Legendary Rewards too. New members get a $5 Quarter Chicken Meal (RRP $13.95) as a welcome deal, plus early access to future offers.