Overall, it is a decent dining spot. I've always wanted to try Dave's Hot Chicken, but there were never any close locations. Once I looked it up, to check out the jersey location I was going to go to, I realize there is one in Poughkeepsie now. I went there and ordered the mini sliders, thinking that they looked as big as the pictures. Sadly, I was mistaken. They were actually mini, like minuscule. So, they did not lie there. The pictures are misleading, though. Next time, I got the full slider. The chicken selection is really good for these chicken sandwiches, I can say that. The chicken is juicy, it tastes and feels like a quality piece of chicken, and it was a very good quality. The seasoning was also good both times that I had the sliders on different occasions. The mac & cheese was very spicy on one occasion, as if someone went crazy with the pepper. The other times it tasted normal. The fries were also very salty the one time I had them, so maybe the same person went crazy with the salt shaker. The prices are considerably high, but for the quality of the chicken, I will say it is better than Popeyes chicken sandwich. The sandwich does taste really good, I just think it is more of a gamble on who's making it that affects the quality of how good it can be. But if made correctly, it is a really good sandwich. If not, then it seems to be really overpriced for something that may not taste that good. For this spot, I would say the consistency is about a 7/10. read more

Dave's Hot Chicken - #Dave's #4 1 Slider with Fries - Chicken Shop Near Me - Poughkeepsie, New York

It's not fast food that is for certain. 20 minutes on the line to order, not because the single person wasn't working hard. She was. We are definitely understaffed here. The time I entered after the lunch hour rush at 2:32 PM, it was nearly 20 minutes till my order was taken. And now I have the honor of waiting for the order to be prepared. So I can't speak to the food or Quality but if you're in a hurry, you might just wanna move on to the next place. read more

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The good parts of this place is the FOOD - surprisingly good, crispy & flavorful fried chicken. I'm a spicy guy qnd HOT had my nose running. However, the service is atrocious & the place operates like mass chaos. Owner should fire entire staff immediately. The food is only reason why I gave 3 stars here. read more

Absolutely terrible. Ordered 18 sauced bits, and received 6 - called, and was told the item would be refunded. It never was, the online system is garbage, and after several messages, a manager could not be bothered to return my call. read more

Food was good, but nothing special. They just opened so it took forever to get our food and it wasn't worth the wait. Dave's sauce is good, the portions are good too, Mac and cheese and bread was good, their shakes are good, but it's no better than Popeyes or Chick-fil-A. I would come back tho. FYI their chicken is spicyyy, but add some honey on it and it's delicious. read more

Dave's Hot Chicken - Chicken Shop Near Me - Poughkeepsie, New York

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Food is ok, at best. This is the third time I have been here, and all three times different staff with the same bad attitudes. Waiting online and other people are being helped that showed up after me. Order incorrect and when I asked for it to be fixed was met with a heavy sigh and eye roll. No napkins. Will not be coming back again. I guess third time isn't a charm in this case. read more

Glad this place came to town. Waiting on Chic fil a in fishkill, but this place is worht the 20 minute drive. Good portions, flavorful, fast service, and its clean. read more

Came for lunch at 12:30 on a Sunday. Not really that crowded but it took a solid thirty minutes to get our food. I've been to Michelin starred restaurants that served us food exponentially faster. What takes so long? And when it the food finally came, my kids hated the chicken. The Mac and cheese was "too cheesy". We spent $78 to wait forever and eat meh food. Save your time and go literally anywhere else. Wendy's has fine chicken sandwiches. Ambiance was great because everyone else was also bemused by the waiting and so we felt like we were all in it together. read more

Was excited to see this place come to the area. However opening weekend was slammed and we chalked it up to opening challenges. The lines continued for weeks which left us even more excited to try it. However it's been open for months and there is no longer a long line so we were able to order in a few minutes. After waiting for the food for 25 minutes and asking for a update on the order, with an attitude we are told it hasn't been started yet and will be another 25 minutes. Sorry never again, at least tell the customer it will be an hour at the time of order so I could have walked out instead of asking for a refund (which we are still waiting to hit the account, charge hit right away go figure). Watched three other customers get refunds as well while waiting. Do Better! read more

Way too slow when they are busy!! 1 1/2 wait time for chicken. Unexcepable. Crappy food crappy service. No communication.

Grandson loved his mild chicken slider and said he'd go to next level...next time I'll go from mild to no spice...not that hot but too much spices.... fries wilty...like more of a crunch in fries..friendly staff read more

Went on 8/13/25- A bit disorganized, long lines for people that already ordered, or ordered via app or online and everyone seemed to huddle around the pick up aresa without anyone to help organize. Place was loud. Despite the crowd we only waited 20 minutes, so they are doing that well. Had 2 chicken slider meals: 1 mild, 1 no spice step son enjoyed the mild one both kids liked the sliders+ fries - [I found fries very salty] 3 chicken strips - no spice - first strip was small, and for $5.29 each I was a bit disappointed. Each strip comes in its own container with sauce, a slice of bread and pickles, so was happy to open the next container to a very decent size tender. Rest of tenders were the same size and would say they are more like Cane's then Chic-fil-a sized. 2 chicken strips lite mild- not even spicey/hot but tons of flavor- would get this going fwd and try something even a bit hotter. read more

The food is decent. A little pricy but then again to me the portions are huge. The service is pleasant.

Very slow service! I ordered online and was given a pickup time. It took FOREVER to get my food, I wasn't offered any sauces, and the app gave me a barcode to have scanned by one of the workers to receive reward points for the purchase but I was told they weren't able to scan it. read more

First time here. Portion was large, crispy and delicious. I did a mobile order and it was hot and ready by the pickup time in the Dave's app. Side note, if you like dipping sauce you should order extra sauce (only get one with combo). Worth the hype! read more

Dave's Hot Chicken - 1 slider & 1 tender with fries combo - Chicken Shop Near Me - Poughkeepsie, New York

Love it and staff are superior! Food is fresh store is clean will come back great people great food

We've had the food there twice before and it was great. It's quite expensive and so it's a treat. Got it today and it was inedible! Even the mild was so over-coated with spice as to make it impossible to enjoy. When you pay $100 for take out for four people you expect to be able to enjoy it. This time no one did and it ended up getting thrown away. If we lived closer I would have returned it. Inconsistency makes us not want to order again in the future. read more

Love the inside of the place. Slow service because too many people for a small place. I had nuggets and fries. Nuggets 4-10 fries were good but the fries were crabby fries from Dorney park! read more

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Waited 30 minutes for three meals and it came out cold. Eight people in the kitchen and they weren't even busy. The ambiance doesn't matter when the service and food is that poor. Good luck read more

I've never been there before and I figured I would try it ou yesterday. It was after 4 o'clock and there was only 2 customers in the store and the whole time I was there 2 more came in. I ordered a meal, it was a slider with an extra chicken tender and came with french fries. Without a drink the meal was over $14 as is and I had to tip. So with meal and tip it was already over $18 dollars. Soda started at $3.49 and I couldn't justify paying over $20 for a simple serving of fried food. So the warm water I had out in my car sounded like a better financial option. It took almost 15 minutes for it to be completed. The girl at the counter was the best part of the visit. Very friendly and helpful. I guess I got what I was expecting when it came to the food. Chicken wasn't that great and basic fries for an unrealistic price. Adding spray painted walls and loud music wasnt doing and anything to enhance the experience. This is a fast food location, not a restaurant. I think these places calling themselves restaurants are false advertising to try to charge people like they are actually getting restaurant quality. Long story short, I can say I tried it and won't be going back. This review is in no means a reflection of the wait staff. They did their jobs fine. Its just the poor typical business model that will cause this fast food change to down the same path as most that are no longer here in Dutchess County. read more

I love the Chicken, it's always good! The store is always super clean, the food comes out pretty quick and it's always hot. The workers are some of the most pilots people I've ever met read more

i would tell you how the food is but i've been waiting for an hour to get it and i'm debating just cutting my loses and maybe some underpaid fry cook can get dinner. The music blasts at max volume as you watch each employee receive their break an hour before close instead of making your chicken. it was moderately busy in the dining area and i imagine they have a good amount of online orders as well, but it's genuinely crazy to be charged sit down restaurant prices for a menu featuring three things fried chicken, fried chicken sandwich, and fries and wait longer than i would have being served by a waiter. I have worked food service for 7 years and it astounds me they could even take over 20 minutes for a ticket running a menu this simple. i don't blame any employee a delay of this caliber has to be due to poor management or maybe nobody in there actually knows how a fryer works. hard to say as i have now finished my review, and the poor kid back there still hasn't fished my meal out of the oil. update I missed christmas with my family but i got my one single meal, but before leaving in a haste to relive my busted eardrums i realized i had still not received my ice cream shakes. after one whole hour waiting in this building they couldn't even complete my order. who cares how the chicken tastes it cannot be worth this waste of my short time here on earth. DO NOT GO. read more

Food was good but to wait almost an hour for takeout is atrocious and the food isn't good enough to justify that. Never do takeout from here. They should just convert to a restaurant with wait staff and pickup only and not have it look like fast food. It's not fast at all. read more