Open Post: Hosted By The KFC Pop-Up Hotel In London

Being left out of the conversation during The Great Chicken Sandwich Wars of 2019 must have been devastating for the marketing department at KFC. So, rather than simply make a sandwich that people are excited to eat, they’ve reached back into their bag of corporate stunts. Previous stunts included an 11 Herbs & Spices Firelog and chicken-scented platform Crocs which have cost Michael K tens of thousands of dollars in experimental electroconvulsive therapy treatments. For their most recent stunt, KFC is pulling a Taco Bell by opening a pop-up hotel in London where the rooms look like a cross between a greasy brothel, and what’s behind a random door that Satan makes you pick when you first arrive in hell. There’s also a button you can push for all-you-can-eat chicken delivered to your room. So welcome to the House of Harlan where you can check out any time you want, but you can never thieve. The chicken. Because it’s already free.

According to Business Insider:

The fast-food chain said in a press release Wednesday that its “House of Harland” hotel would open in London for 11 nights between August 18 and 29 — a reference to the 11 herbs and spices that go into its chicken. Harland is a reference to Colonel Harland David Sanders, KFC’s founder.

A one-night stay will cost $154 (£111), it said, and guests can get up to $139 (£100) worth of free chicken during their stay.

Guests have a $139 allowance during their stay for chicken orders to “prevent over consumption,” KFC told Insider in an email.

Makes sense since KFC has been burned in the past by offering free chicken when four students in China found a loophole and scored $31,000 in free chicken before they were done. Here’s a look at the room. It becomes even more hell-like when there’s a mountain of gnawed chicken bones accumulated on the living room floor.

KFC has a new themed hotel stay in the UK! Offering “the spiciest stay of the summer,” the KFC Hotel will allow consumers to book a room through https://t.co/zAB5MtA9Ia for a one-night stay where guests can get free chicken delivered to their room. Tempted?? pic.twitter.com/bVFGsodo45

— John Havel (@JFHavel) August 5, 2021

Yes you did hear right. As discussed with @thejamesmax @talkradio this morning there is @KFC themed hotel suite on its to Shoreditch. Yes it’s true and it comes complete with ‘Press For Chicken’ button. pic.twitter.com/AQ6ts086pe

— ᴱᴸᵀᴼᴺ ᴹᴼᵁᴺᴬ (@EltonMouna) August 6, 2021

Included in your stay is a free ride from King’s Cross train station in a “slick Black Cadillac” called The Colonelmobile, and you’ll be greeted by “your very own ‘Chick-in’ clerk, whose sole purpose is to make you feel like fried chicken royalty.” Which must have been how Reba McEntire felt in full Colonel Sanders drag king drag. BI adds:

Guests can book only one-night stays for a maximum of two people, according to Hotels.com, which will take the hotel’s bookings from August 11.

Guests can book for six of the 11 nights, KFC told Insider in an email. Two nights are reserved for select KFC guests, and one is for a KFC competition winner. It’s not clear what happens on the other nights.

Oh, those nights? Those nights are for terror. #TheChickensRevenge #CockadoodleDead

Pic: KFC via Hotels.com