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    AJ's Wings

    4.1 (39 reviews)
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    Tiffany C.

    AJ's is well-known in Portales for having the best wings. Unfortunately I missed them several times before I finally was able to try their wings out before leaving Portales. I can see why people like these wings - the chicken is drenched in sauce, and the meat is pretty darn delicious. Definitely not something you can make yourself. AJ's is a food truck operating in the parking lot next to Goober's. They're usually parked there throughout the day, but only open near the end of the night. You can call in for orders, arrive there to order, or have the order be sent into Goober's after ordering if you'd like. The people who own the truck are super friendly; I've heard that sometimes you can catch them driving their truck around town during the day - when that happens, they're always happy to let you know when they'll be open for operation that night. The only unfortunate thing about AJ's is that there isn't a set operating time. There were a couple of times during the week where we came to find their truck closed. If you've had San Tung's famous chicken wings, I can say that these are quite similar - San Tung's are hands down the best chicken wings I've ever had. I would say AJ's wings are good, but not up to the level of San Tung's just quite yet. Be prepared to wait about half an hour for your wings. 6 wings cost $8, including some celery sticks and carrots with ranch. They have a variety of sauces to choose from, but the most popular ones are teriyaki and honey chipotle barbeque. No tables, so most customers usually take their orders to-go or eat it in the car. I think I had heard so many good things about AJ's that I expected each chicken wing to be huge. They're pretty standard sized, but each order was drenched in the sauce - giving the wings a ton of flavor. Out of the two, I have to say that teriyaki was my favorite. The sesame seeds with the sweet teriyaki flavor went really well together. Each wing was crispy on the outside, but juicy on the inside. It's finger licking good. The honey chipotle bbq flavor was also strong, but more of a smokier, richer flavor than the teriyaki. Still really good, but I preferred the sweetness of the teriyaki sauce a bit more. They also serve French fries, mozzarella sticks, and chicken sliders - I didn't try anything other than the wings, but I've heard good things about the mozzarella sticks. tl;dr - Highly recommend ordering by phone and picking up the wings 15-20 minutes later. We ordered there and waited for 30 minutes before I double-checked on my order. I think they were cooking up the orders of the customers who had ordered after us before I went to double-check. The chicken wings are their well-known item from their menu. I would recommend ordering the teriyaki flavor, but they do have some good spicy flavors as well. Overall, a great place for a late night bite to eat.

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    Sam B.

    Yay for fried pickles! I'd love for them to add boneless wings to their menu. I don't usually go for in-bone but stopped in because my boyfriend does.

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    Larry L.

    MOBILE AWESOMENESS! I had been craving some buffalo wings for awhile now but didn't want the run of the mill chain pizza place wings. The owners brought their food trailer on base and answered my foodie desires. I've tried two different menu items with buffalo sauce on them. The chicken sliders and traditional bone in wings. Both were delicious. When you order the sliders you get hot fresh cut french fries with the sandwiches. The wing come by their selves. Oh.......they have the GIGANTIC mozzarella cheese block/sticks. Everything is reasonably priced for what you get and hopefully for the to stay in business. The mark down is for the time it take to get your order especially if they get a nice little crowd of foodies building their list of request for their chicken plates

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    Elijah F.

    Very nice place. Clean interior wait staff was friendly and helpful. Wings were big and juicy and the portion of hand cut fries were huge. 10,000 bonus points for having Pepsi instead of coke. (I got the mango habanero and extra hot buffalo) The owner definitely puts his own spin on the buffalo it's almost more of a molé in flavor rather than Louisiana hot sauce with butter (that comes standard in most places) and spice was OK but not what I was expecting for #2 most hot, the heat was mediocre at best. The Mango habanero had no heat and tasted almost orange like. At BWW the mango is perfect for me I'm sweating, can't see, feel great. SO I decided to sample the Ghost pepper and youch what a jump in heat definitely not consistent in heat levels it went from a 4 with the buffalo to an 8 with ghost pepper. this had my neck and ears hot and got hotter by the second. Definitely more enjoyable. I had it with 3 of my wings and that's all I could handle. If he had one just a little bit lighter that I could eat 12 it would be perfect.

    Bone-In wings, trio appetizer, fries and boneless chicken strips.
    Karin L.

    Would buy from AJ's Wings again. Everything was super delicious, fast delivery and the customer service was amazing!! We ordered the appetizer trio that included their MASSIVE cheese sticks, fried pickles and fried mushrooms. Super delicious. Cheese sticks were stringy and filled with tons of cheese. I am a cheese stick lover so I've had my fair share and these are probably the best I've ever had. My husband had bone-in wings: buffalo, garlic parmesan and paprikash. He had an order of 12 and it was the perfect about to fill him up! I had the boneless chicken strips (3 count) spicy BBQ and buffalo. The spicy BBQ was a bit spicy but so good that it was worth the spice!!

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    4 years ago

    Green Chile and honey mustard and a big pile of fries is all you need to know! Always good and the staff is great!

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    3 years ago

    Always delicious food when I dine in or take out. The food is always hot and never given cold!

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    5 years ago

    Best wings I've had in a long time. This place actually knows how to do extra crispy wings!

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    5 years ago

    Pretty good wings made fresh while you wait. Enormous fries that are really good. My fave is the Parmesan garlic wings.

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    Thanks for the positive feedback, Manual! We appreciate your business!

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    8 years ago

    This was a unique place. Love the old feel. Chicken wings were great. Beer was good. Definitely will come back.

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    9 years ago

    Love this place. Great food great service. Going to be a regular love the wings and the chicken wraps

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    Great wings. I'd do 5 stars if they were slightly cheaper. But overall I think AJ's is awesome.

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    8 years ago

    Nice little place. Fries were delicious! Wings not bad. Only down side is they don't serve beer.

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    Hands down the best wings I've ever had. Prices are great for the amount of food you get. The people are super nice and always hook you up!

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