Dave's Hit, is everywhere But is it really good? Some might says it is But in my opinion, is was just a-okay Is different, add some spice into the chicken and put it in the bun read more

Dave's Hot Chicken - Menus - Chicken Shop Near Me - Westerville, Ohio

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Met my family for lunch on a Sunday. Great location and friendly servers. Choose your heat level from no spice to Carolina Reaper. I'm happy with medium which is a sweet heat. FYI of you want to try their hottest, most extreme heat level, you have to sign a waiver. read more

Dave's Hot Chicken - Chocolate milkshake - Chicken Shop Near Me - Westerville, Ohio

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Oh my goodness, this chicken is GOOD! A few people had told me about this place, and I had to try it. I went through the drive-thru and can't speak on the ambiance inside, but this is in a cute little location. The menu is pretty simple, you basically get giant chicken strips, with a bun is a slider, and there are a few sides. We tried no spice, mild, less seasoning mild (I think, it might have been worded differently, but essentially means the same thing), and medium chicken. When you see the chicken, you get a red crispy strip, but the taste wasn't as hot as you'd expect from the color. Lots of paprika and chili powder, but it was good and so juicy! The medium was just right, the mild was good for my husband who is a wimp with heat. The no spice was a little bland, but pretty comparable to Caine's. My toddler liked that one, but it could have used a little salt. The fries and bread were pretty basic, but the fried cheese was basically seasoned just like the chicken. The ranch tasted homemade. Seriously probably the best fast food chicken I've ever had. I tried to replicate it at home later, but I still used nowhere near enough paprika and chili powder. Definitely a new favorite. Side note, I love the logo too. read more

Inside of this restaurant is pretty clean. The staffs are very friendly. I placed an order online for pickup. I went there right on time but the food was not ready. I waited about 10 minutes extra and the staff was very apologetic about it. We ordered the sliders and tenders and both were great. read more

Dave's Hot Chicken - Inside - Chicken Shop Near Me - Westerville, Ohio

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Well, it happened ...they cut their tender size in HALF. Literally one tiny tender on their sliders and in their combos. I used to be willing to pay a little extra for the quality and portion sizes but it's no longer worth it. This chain is going down hill fast. read more

Another great experience at Dave's Hot Chicken Polaris! The food was amazing. The restaurant was clean and shout out to the manager Martell for the five star experience. All the staff couldn't have been nicer. read more

Dave's Hot Chicken - Slider, tender and fries - Chicken Shop Near Me - Westerville, Ohio

I always enjoy a visit to any Dave's chicken. I can never get tired of this place. Best chicken sandwich in my opinion and that sauce is amazing!!! read more

Dave's Hot Chicken - Chicken Shop Near Me - Westerville, Ohio

Come for the Heat, Stay for the Stare-Off Ordered up some chicken strips, fries, and mac & cheese for myself, and grabbed the tribe a family-friendly haul: unseasoned strips, fries, mac & cheese, a slushie, and a chocolate shake. Food? Great. Service? Great. My taste buds? Also great--though the chicken clearly knew it was hot stuff. The atmosphere, though... let's just say it's less "buzzing hotspot" and more "waiting room for deliciousness." It takes a minute to cook the food (which I actually appreciate), but being in a small space with 10 other customers rocking their best bored DMV expressions is not exactly Instagram-worthy. Maybe the solution is to borrow a few of those Cracker Barrel pegboard games. That way, when you're done proving you can beat hot chicken, you can prove you're smarter than the average bored stranger. I'll be back--just maybe with a travel version of Connect Four in my pocket. read more

Stopped into the new location. First visit to Dave's Hot Chicken. Since they just opened this location 2 days prior we knew it would be busy. It was but we stayed and waited. The new employees were nice and obviously still learning the menu and registers. They were very friendly and took our order and answered all our questions about the menu. We waited a few minutes for our food but everything came out hot and right. The sandwiches were yummy! Chicken was nice I got the lite mild. Hardly any spice might move up next time. Love the pickles and Dave's sauce. Mac and cheese was good too. Can't wait to come back when the crowds die down a little. read more

Dave's Hot Chicken - Combo meals with Mac&Cheese - Chicken Shop Near Me - Westerville, Ohio

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The service was horrible!!! The drive through had them make the wrong order. When I asked for the correct order they remade the food completely disgusting. She also forgot the sauce and honey that I requested. I threw both meals in the trash! I was the only customer at the time. No excuse. Save your money and go somewhere else! read more

Food was solid service was solid really not much to say, lowkey expected better but it was fine. Wouldn't go out of my way to eat but definitely wouldn't mind getting again. Little pricey but portion sizes are worth it. Prolly wouldn't go for a plain tender but the tender in the slider is pretty damn good. read more

I'm picky about my chicken sandwiches. Somehow they have been able to season the chicken just so the chicken is tender and moist and with each bite it is just heavenly. The service is OK. The ambience is relaxed casual. The parking lot can be a little tricky. The disabled parking is very close to the exit for the drive-through so that can be problematic. a lot of teenagers get lunch there so there's a lot of coming and going. It's busy. I love the chicken slider. It has some kale coleslaw and some pickles on it and some of their sauce. I will definitely be a repeat customer. read more

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I went through the drive thru, ordered just a 3 ct of daves hot mozz, and after waiting 30 minutes to pay i was then told to wait in the handicapped spots until i was brought my food. I waited around 45-hr total just to get my hot mozzarella sticks. there were multiple workers with zero sense of urgency, and maybe 2 customers in the store. still smacked tho good af so im not super mad read more

The restaurant looks new and was pretty clean. The guy at the counter was friendly. The chicken was pretty tasty, but I was hoping for more of a wet sauce as opposed to dry seasoning on the tenders. The "Dave's" sauce is good...but I don't know what these Ohio chicken joints won't serve BBQ or ranch. The pickles are great! read more

Dave's Hot Chicken - Chicken Dave's #1 2 Tenders w/ Fries - Chicken Shop Near Me - Westerville, Ohio

This is as close as we are going to get to a HCT chain replacement. The tenders are huge, properly seasoned and as spicy as you like them to be. The seasoned crinkle fries are also good if you eat them fresh and don't let them get soggy in the to go container. read more

If you like Dave's Hot Chicken, this is a great restaurant. The staff was well trained. The food came out quick, accurate, and hot. The store was clean and well-stocked. If you don't know this restaurant and like chicken fingers, it's worth trying. This is especially true if you like spicy chicken. Our favorite part was the fries. They had a great seasoning on them. Second was the sauce- it was like a mix of mayonnaise and ketchup. I got a 'hot' slider. I thought the flavor was great and loved it. I bought 2, but probably only needed one. My son bought a chicken tender with no heat. He thought it was a little too plain. If he bought it again, he'd get in with extra mild, to add some flavor. One thing to note- it's pretty expensive. I bought the 2 sliders mean for $13. It didn't come with a drink. My son bought 2 tenders and a soda. For the 2 of us, it cost $30. Also, they wanted to charge me for a cup of water for a lid. A manager stepped in and said not to worry about it, but- seems a little petty if you're dropping $30 on a meal. All in all, Dave's is worth a try. Personally, my son and I prefer the chicken at Hot Chicken Takeover a little better. But, I really liked the flavor of my chicken here. read more

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Delicious food with great taste, a very clean and high-quality restaurant, and super friendly staff. I highly recommend this place!

Could barely understand the voice at the drive-through ordered a sandwich that the sauce level was spicy, as ordered. The actual chicken was barely warm and tough. Also, the curbs through their drive-through are almost impossible to get by without damaging your tires. read more

I ordered a chicken sandwich with the least amount of heat level and after I took a bite I was spitting flames like a dragon from how to train your dragon. The instant the tender touched my tounge I had to leave my game sprint down stairs and get milk to stop my tounge from falling off. Then I took a bite into the other sandwich and it was even hotter, I think I'm about to throw up from the spice and all this cow juice I've been drinking. I really hope I can recover from this but I think my tounge is bout fall off and Now I'm out of milk because I had to drink it all do to the words spiciest sandwich touching my mouth. read more

great food, understaffed and kept us waiting at the drive thru window for 15 minutes and we were the only ones in line

The tenders were huge and freshly cooked. They were piping hot and had a great crunchy coating. Medium spice was very bland. The seasoning on the fries looked good but was just sweet and overpowered the fries. read more

Disappointing Experience at Dave's Hot Chicken I was really looking forward to trying Dave's Hot Chicken, but unfortunately, the service left a lot to be desired. When I walked in, there was no one else waiting, yet I was ignored by the staff for several minutes. No one acknowledged me or even said hello. When I finally placed my order, I expected it to be fairly quick since the place wasn't busy--but it took almost 20 minutes to get my food. No explanation, no apology, just long wait times and indifference. The food might be decent, but the poor service really ruined the experience for me. Not sure I'll be coming back. read more

food is well seasoned, juicy, crispy, just an overall great flavor. the mac and cheese is great and the service is fast! the inside is well cleaned and maintained, would recommend! read more

Food is great. Service is great. Lots of options for spice levels. Hard to find places for the whole family to eat but Dave's always works.

The service was extremely professional and nice but the food is NASTY! I asked for extra hot and when I got my food it wasn't even a hint of spiciness, the fry seasoning is nasty, the only good thing was the pickles. read more

the food tasted good but I noticed a hair on my bread and it did not match my hair at all. I am slightly disappointed that this happened. The service was good and the food was hot.The ambiance was also good but once again I am disappointed that I found a hair in my food hopefully I can get some sort of discount or something. read more

Dave's Hot Chicken - The hair is in a figure shape and it does not match my hair - Chicken Shop Near Me - Westerville, Ohio

I probably shouldn't eat here not sure its good for you. But its a meaty piece of chicken and you can select your spice level. I didnt think I would like it but I do! No more chikfila for me. read more

the girl at the window idk her name she kinda has a little accent she's sooooo sweet. foods always good

Service is horrendous especially if you go at 4PM during shift change. Apparently it took them 20+ minutes to "count money", (can't be that hard to count money folks or there's something wrong), and nobody could problem solve how to handle a line of cars while they "count money". I did ask if they could use one of the other cash registers to process my order, which they replied no. Honestly I can't understand why. Regardless, took over 20-nearly 30 minutes to receive 3 orders and BTW it cost over $75.00 . BTW I was informed by the very, very young manager (possibly a HSchool kid -- I assume) that they are required to "count money" from their cash registers 5 times a day -- good grief. Lastly, ordered two medium (heat level) and other w/no spice w/2 milk shakes -- not impressed by the lack of taste -- so disappointing. Horrid experience - wouldn't return! read more

My boys love the food!!! We will be back again and again!!! The customer service was excellent!

food is amazing and customer service as-well. Lindsay was very attentive and helped me out with my order.

better than canes and that says a lot, hot is pretty hot but enjoyable. open late so will go here often

Did not care for it. They had plenty of employees but trash was overflowing, dining room was dirty and Coke machine was only dispensing soda water. Yes we told the staff. Food was ok but they put the same seasoning on everything. read more

Great food and chicken and fries, however we stopped at the Polaris location at 10:20 on August 6th 2024 and they had the doors locked and various things scattered in the drive way so you couldn't drive up and order, there were about 4-5 staff members we could see in there. Then we tried to call the restaurant and the guy would answer and say hello and say he couldn't hear us and hung up every single time. Not sure what was going on, if you're going to close early please at least put a sign in the window. We drove a while away to get some Dave's because I was craving it. Kinda sad we couldn't get it, it's really good and it's a once in a while can have thing because there's not a location by us. read more

Overall, the chicken sandwich was really good. Nothing special about the chicken tender, little bit on the dry side. My order was made incorrectly, which did not bother me it happens. What bothered me was after i politely asked for it to be corrected, i received a box that was covered in sauce, spice, and grease. I asked for a napkin and had to clean the box in front of the employee. Customer service was terrible. I did not feel welcomed and it seemed like the employees did not care about their job and didn't want to be there. For a brand new opening you would think the customer service was better than the food, but that was not the case. I am not sure if I will ever be going back. The main reason for the 3 star is strictly due to customer service. Really a bummer, hopefully others do not get the same experience we did. read more

Drive thru service super, super slow. Waited over 20 minutes for single order. Waited so long my milkshake turned to soup. Food was excellent! read more

If I were to be asked I would advise people to stay away for a few months. At least until they figure out how to operate efficiently. Went there for lunch today and took 30-40 minutes for myself and 5 cars ahead to get through the drive through. Wouldn't you know that by the time I get my food it's cold. They also forgot to serve the drink I ordered, which in fairness to them I guess I forgot as well and only realized after I drove off, so I will own my part of that I guess.. I can't say that the food is terrible, even though it wasn't fresh. I just had really bad service. Food is a step above fast food chains like Popeyes or KFC, but I wouldn't say it's better than Chick-Fil-A or Canes. read more

these people are so nice. My mama drink fell in the car because of the wind and then and then they got me another drink. They were so nice everybody was all like welcome to Dave's. Oh my goodness they're so nice!!! read more

I waited in the drive thru for 20 minutes. it was at 11:30 am on a Thursday. The chicken was over cooked. They ran out of chocolate for a milk shake. No napkins or a folk for the slaw. No apologies for slowness. read more