Which is better for fried chicken in Wollongong: Heavenly Indian Restaurant or SoCo Kitchen & Bar Wollongong?

Heavenly Indian Restaurant ranks higher on BestDish (66 vs 56 points). Both are excellent — SoCo Kitchen & Bar Wollongong is a very close second.

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Heavenly Indian Restaurant vs SoCo Kitchen & Bar Wollongong

the top two for fried chicken in Wollongong, compared properly

● Updated September 2026

The verdict: Heavenly Indian Restaurant beats SoCo Kitchen & Bar Wollongong for fried chicken in Wollongong — it leads our ranking by 10 points (5★ across 429 google reviews). Both are excellent — SoCo Kitchen & Bar Wollongong is a very close second.

Heavenly Indian Restaurant vs SoCo Kitchen & Bar Wollongong — fried chicken in Wollongong (September 2026)
	Heavenly Indian Restaurant	SoCo Kitchen & Bar Wollongong
BestDish rank	#1 🥇	#2 🥈
BestDish score	66	56
Google rating	5★	4.9★
Google reviews	429	289
Price tier	—	—
Suburb	CBD	CBD
Known for	—	—
Community mentions	—	—

Go deeper: Heavenly Indian Restaurant dossier · SoCo Kitchen & Bar Wollongong dossier · the full Wollongong fried chicken ranking

How we score: Google review strength (rating above a 3.8 baseline weighted by volume), blended with community-consensus mining on high-traffic pages. No pay-to-rank.