SHAQ'S Chicken Has Landed in Boston! Uncle Jerome's Nashville Hot Northshore Mall, 210 Andover St S109D, Peabody, MA 01960 Basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal just opened a chicken spot right here in the Boston area, and of course I had to check it out! Here's what I tried: UNCLE JEROME'S NASHVILLE HOT - Lettuce, mayo, pickles. A solid sandwich, but nothing game-changing. Tasty, just not MVP material. Rating: 7/10 THE ULTIMATE - Mac & cheese, Big Chicken sauce, crispy fried onions. Honestly, this one missed the dunk for me The mac and cheese was a little bland. Rating: 6/10 THAI CHILI WINGS (5 pcs) - These were the real MVP Packed with flavor, juicy, and had that perfect sweet-spicy kick. Rating: 8/10 DIRTY FRIES - Crinkle cut fries loaded with cheese and bacon . So indulgent, and so worth it. Rating: 8/10 PEANUT BUTTER CHIP SHAKE - Chocolate chips, peanut butter, whipped cream. If you're a PB fan like me, this is your slam dunk dessert. Rich and dreamy! Rating: 8/10 Final Thoughts: If you're coming for wings or shakes, you're in for a treat But if you're comparing it to local legends like Dave's Hot Chicken... it's a tough matchup. Dave's still wins in size, spice, and flavor. Overall Food: 7/10 Affordability: 6/10 Ambiance: 6/10 (Fast-food chicken joint vibes) Would I go back? Maybe--for those Thai Chili wings and that shake. But in a city filled with top-tier chicken spots, Shaq's place has some tough competition. read more

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Helpful staff, clean and nicely decor. Food was tasty. If you are a fan of shakes, they make a mean one! The chicken sandwiches we had tasted great. We had one with Mac & cheese and the other was a hot chicken. Both tasted great. The wings we got were lime Thai flavored. Very good. The dirty fries were delicious. Price vrs value was ok. We have had bigger portions elsewhere. read more

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Big Chicken is located at the Northshore mall. No mall entrance so make sure to park close ! Nice open space with plenty of tables that have its own roll of paper towels. Service was great, the staff were friendly. I'll start off with staying overall taste of my Shaq Attack sandwich and fries were YUMMY. Fresh , hot and nice presentation. I just wish the chicken patty was bigger. Big chicken food should live up to its name. Let me tell ya, the brownie sundae made my meal complete. I'll be going back. read more

Big Chicken - Brownie sundae - Fast Food Near Me - Peabody, Massachusetts

Shaq's chicken restaurant has opened at the Northshore Mall in Peabody. I stopped by Big Chicken after work and the place was very busy with a younger crowd here. Big Chicken serves up several signature chicken sandwiches, chicken tenders, salads, crinkle cut fries (toppings offered), mac & cheese, shakes, sundaes, iced tea, Lemonade and Pepsi fountain drinks. The pricing is moderate and comparable to other nearby chicken sandwich places like Flip The Bird and YAS Chicken. There was a line to the "Can You Dig It?" counter, which went quickly. I ordered the Shaq Attack Combo ($8.99 plus tax) with crinkle cut fries and a salted caramel shake (add $7.58 plus tax,) and given a number to place at my table. My food came out in 5 minutes which was super quick for being very busy. The food was really good. The Shaq Attack chicken sandwich had crispy breaded chicken patty with melted pepperjack cheese, Jalapeno slaw, and chipotle BBQ sauce on a toasted bun. The salted golden crinkle cut fries were comprised of smaller pieces and great for dipping into my salted caramel shake. The Salted Caramel Shake had a mix of vanilla ice cream, salted caeamel cookie crumbles, caramel sauce and whipped cream. I can't wait to come back to try the other chicken sandwiches and Lucille's Mac & Cheese! read more

3:30 on a Friday. The place is empty. Not a signal table is clean. Chicken is good as a sandwich but not great if you eat the strip alone the spice is a bit overwhelming. Fries are okay. Portions are good except the soda is small for a combo that cost nearly $13. No condiments available. Have to ask. And only got 3 small packs for the size of the fries. They asking you would like to tip when you pay yet the place is not well cared for. Much better options out there at better prices. Fast food places have to do a better job of keeping up on cleanliness. read more

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Came here to follow my family who came in before me. The place was not packed since we went during slow hours. The area to eat is pretty spacious and we had so much choices where to sit that day. The popcorn chicken was also good and tasty, my son loved it and I enjoyed it as well. The fries was nice and crispy. I would probably come back again when I am in the area or at the mall. read more

It has been tough times for the purveyors of chicken sandwiches. First, my favorite MA chicken joint closed last month - Mother Clucker's. Then, it was an off day at Dave's Hot Chicken from a meal perspective and one of the first times they let me down. And with that, I ventured on a trek to Shaq's Big Chicken at the Northshore Mall. I mean, it's Shaquille O'Neal, right? My baseline I compare all hot chicken sandwiches by is Hattie's in Nashville Tennessee as they are the gold standard. I realized when I entered, it was a franchise fast food establishment just by the look of it. Still only weeks from its grand opening, they were still working out the kinks. The service staff seemed out of sorts trying to figure out which tickets were for dine-in versus take out as the person at the register kept forgetting to ask at checkout. I ordered the Original Combo Meal so I could base my review on the quality of the chicken versus all the other accompaniments that were part of their other choices. We also had a macaroni and cheese and a popcorn chicken children's meal. The chicken in my sandwich was on the thin side. A little thinner than a Chick Fil-A breaded chicken and half the size of a Mother Clucker's chicken. The. chicken was not bad - not as moist/juicy as I would have wanted but it was also thinner and could have led to this result. It was crispy. The pickles on the sandwich were good. The original sauce was better than I expected with a very slight hint of spice. The French fries probably would have been better from a fryer oil change as they seemed a little tired and greasy and not what one would expect - if you ever had the original Harrison's Roast Beef crinkle cut fries, you'd know what I mean. My son made quick work of his popcorn chicken and seemed to like the bbq dipping sauce quite a bit. He also liked the ice cream sundae although with Holy Cow right down the street, this was a pedantic vanilla ice cream and nothing to rave about. No one ate more than a bite of the macaroni and cheese which again, smacks of a bland affair. All-in-all, I'd give it 3 - 3 1/2 stars and would come back just to try some of the other signature sandwiches now that I have a baseline for this restaurant to measure against. Price wise, I was surprised by how inexpensive this was. With Mother Clucker's now gone and out of the top spot in MA, I'd move this into my Top 5 local chicken places behind Dave's Hot Chicken and ahead of Crown Fried chicken and Frangio's. I'd rather go here than Flip The Bird as their staff and service is still horrible in that same area and because it's worth exploring the menu more. read more

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**Shaq Attack Sandwich:** The Shaq Attack sandwich left a mixed impression. It suffered from a bit of a quality control issue as the patty wasn't as crispy as it should have been, though it did sit in the car for an hour before I got to it. The patty was overly salty, almost to the point of giving someone hypertension. However, the onion and jalapeño added a refreshing touch, although their brightness didn't quite complement the chicken. My boyfriend, rated this sandwich a 9 out of 10, while I gave it a 6.5 to 7 out of 10. Each sandwich cost $10, which I wasn't thrilled about considering the quality. **Ultimate Sandwich:** The Ultimate sandwich, which included crispy onion and macaroni and cheese, was much saltier than the Shaq Attack. Despite this, I preferred it, especially after adding some of the provided barbecue sauce. We received two barbecue sauces: Carolina and Memphis. Both of ud preferred the Carolina sauce, which tied the flavors of the sandwich together better. The macaroni and cheese, however, was underwhelming. Shaq is from the South--has he not heard of using pepper and other seasonings? Despite this, my boyfriend rated this sandwich an 8 out of 10, and I agree that an 8 out of 10 is fair. Also, the french fries are incredibly underwhelming, not even worth the calories. read more

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It's a pretty lame menu. Not a lot of options. And they only have a few types of crappy pepsi options. More or less one plain chicken, three spicy, one colostomy bag covered in fries and Mac and cheese, and one BBQ. Very unoriginal. Sides all suck. This place wasn't clean either. There are much better and less expensive chicken places all over the place. No need to come here unless you crave poor quality and unoriginal meals. Oh ... and I waited at the counter ungreeted in a nearly empty restaurant for about 5 minutes so the service is as lame as the food. Sandwichs are small too. No where near as good as flip the bird. read more

Big Chicken - Service anyone? - Fast Food Near Me - Peabody, Massachusetts

Great service! Quiet around 5pm on a Tuesday, there was no line, but it was hard to find. It's outside the Northshore Mall, you can't get to it from inside the mall read more

Big Chicken - Shaq attack with popcorn chicken and cookies and cream shake - Fast Food Near Me - Peabody, Massachusetts

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I finally decided To stop by and try this place after months of being opened and hearing good things about Shaq's chicken joint. The employees are on top of everything and it's very clean inside almost like they just opened the place. As far as the food goes... yikes. I got the original chicken sandwich and it was just okay.. nothing special about it and very small. The dirty fries were not very good either the crinkle cut fries are just a bad choice of fries. The Mac and cheese was just kraft even though in the menu they make it sound like it's better than that. The good things about it were the chicken tenders they were very well seasoned and it would probably taste even better with a sauce. And the milkshake was also very very good, would only come back just for the milkshake, very well blended. read more

The service was pretty good. The food was just alright. I would eat here again bit it's not something I would rush to eat again. read more

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I've now visited over a handful of times... First visit was rough, with poor service, but subsequent visits have been better. The Good: The chicken sandwiches are good, not exceptional, but good quality. The Bad: The chicken wings are terrible. For takeout, the container makes them soggy, so if you try them, make sure its dine-in, at least. The prices are very high for fast food chicken sandwiches. Online ordering is cumbersome and not intuitive. Overall, when i have a craving for a fast food chicken sandwich I'll probably have it again, but I wouldn't crave it. read more

It's pricey, but the product is delicious and the kids working there were sweet. One girl made me a custom soda by mixing two flavors together. It was kind of her. I have never had that kind of service before or since. How many times have I ordered at a counter for a sandwich meal? Over 1000. That makes her one out of 1000 easily. I was there alone after the gym, ordering a fried chicken sandwich to go. ( I know, I know. ) It was worth the money. The Lucille's mac and cheese was also very tasty. read more

We stopped by for the first time on a Sunday afternoon. The place wasn't crowded and just one family of four ahead of us ordering. We ordered two combos with sandwiches, fries, and drinks. We ended up waiting 20 minutes for our food. The family of four got theirs in 10 minutes and we waited another 10. A woman who came in after us got her food before us. When the food came the fries weren't super hot and neither were the sandwiches. We assumed the delay was because everything was being made fresh but it didn't seem like it. A sign up front said you got two sauces with your meals but we weren't asked which one we wanted and didn't get any with our food. We didn't have the best first experience and likely won't be back. Attaching receipts to show the time lag. 20 minutes for fast food is too long IMO, particularly when there's hardly anyone in the restaurant. read more

Big Chicken - Receipts with time stamps - Fast Food Near Me - Peabody, Massachusetts

Decided to try this place and regret wasting my money. Out of all the Nashville hot chicken sandwiches I've had this is by far the worst. No flavor, small portion and no creativity whatsoever in the meal. Fries weren't bad but not good enough to make a return visit for. My husband got the original sandwich and my son the kids nuggets both were flavorless. read more

It should be called Small Chicken and not Big. Not worth the money, bad service and dirty tables.

It's pretty good, it's better than its main competitors on the North Shore Flip the Bird and Dave's Hot Chicken, I would even say it's better and roughly the same cost as Chick Fil A. It's also FAR superior to a place like Popeyes Overall, it's a great addition to the area read more

Food came out quick, but was super greasy and made me sick. Ordered to go, but was given a number and told to go have a seat. Tables were all sticky and dirty. One of the girls working there brought our food out, but not our milkshakes. She took the number off the table and said "they knew" we ordered them. There was one girl on milkshakes that was spending more time talking to the cashier, she had the same gloves on after touching various things, then put unwrapped straws in our shakes with the same gloves. And because our number was gone another girl was just walking around with them until my husband got her attention. Overall just a disappointing experience. read more

We tried this place last night. I will never go back. The chicken was rubbery and tough. There was about one bite of edible chicken. The mac and cheese had no flavor and looked like you should use it to spackle as opposed to edible. read more

Food was amazing, service was great for a QSR. I would go back in a heartbeat. Highly recommend to anyone who wants a family friendly restaurant in the MA area! read more

Great food, good atmosphere with friendly service. Large menu with different options.

My husband really wanted to try this place bc of Shaq, so I had high expectations. The atmosphere was cool. We ordered the popcorn chicken and uncle Jerome's with a side of fries. The popcorn chicken and fries were borderline cold and the breading on the popcorn chicken had a weird taste. The uncle Jerome's sandwich tasted great though. Not the best, but not the worst chicken spot around the area. read more