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    Dave's Hot Chicken

    3.2 (47 reviews)
    Closed 10:30 am - 11:00 pm
    Updated 3 weeks ago

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    Medium Dave's #1 2 Tenders w/ Fries
    Cindi H.

    The service is great! Staff were very friendly and it was clean inside. Food was okay, if you've had Hatti B's hot chicken...this isn't the same. But for fast food it is good.

    #Dave's #3 1 Tender & 1 Slider w/ Fries
    Joanna K.

    First things first....if you do not like dry rub spices...this is not for you. This was my first time having chicken with dry rub spice and it took a bit of adjustment. Second...the sizes...omg....don't believe the slider is a slider size. It is a full size sammich! Dave's special sauce is sooo good. I ended up using it on my fries as well. Very friendly people working there and place is nice and clean. Give it a try!

    CJ S.

    This was my first time trying this place with my bestie and I was so super excited. I had the Dave's #4, which is the tender, juicy crispy chicken slider on a potato roll combo w/cheese and w/no spice (I don't like spicy food), crunchy hot crinkle cut fries, a nice pile of chilled pickles and their tasty Dave's sauce and a packet of honey. The sandwich was really good, and the food came out hot. Dave's has flavors ranging from No Spice to Reaper. So, whether you are there for the spice or there for the chicken, then there are options for you. The chicken is served in two ways, a slider or a tender, with my personal favorite being the slider. If you're not sure which one to choose from, order the number three to get one tender and one slider with a side of fries. This place is very spacious huge and looks beautiful. The service was excellent. I was served by Talisha R in York PA and she was very friendly, gregarious and a pleasure to order food from. Thank you for your service, Talisha! I will be back for more. A+++

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    Jeff W.

    Honestly, I can't believe someone would actually come on social media and give a poor review in a new restaurant the first day of opening! It really says a lot about todays society. My daughter and I ate here for their soft opening and yes there were some inconsistencies and opportunities for improvement but it was the first day my goodness! The young people here were working extremely hard to get it done, service was overwhelmed by tons of people all eagerly anticipating the opening. This would be difficult for any new restaurant. Have a heart and support the effort. Why try to punish the effort. It will get better and settle down when business normalizes. They went out of their way to service the public with lots of staff, efforts in every way to keep organized and safe for their customers, and never once was there any efforts not in support of a good experience knowing it will get better with experience and support. Don't be so cruel and show some empathy for the situation. Service was excellent based on the soft opening first day and put all customers first. Food was a bit inconsistent but we will pass on reviewing until a more normalized day when they are trying to feed mobs of eager guests and eliminate opening day challenges. Good overall! As for the food,

    Dave's #4 1 Slider with Fries
    Lyna S.

    The fries texture is crunchy & flavorful. The slider comes with pickles, coleslaw, and the cheese is optional. The slider overall was a 7/10. The flavor was good but I would like it a bit more crunchy. The tender is very thick so I was a bit concerned if it'd be cooked all the way since it was made so quickly (and it was!). The drive thru cashier was very pleasant. Overall experience 9/10! Thank you Dave's hot chicken. (Business commented and offered to make my experience up to par next time, that alone I'll give them a 4 star, thank you.)

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    Omar C.

    Not worth the hype I rather spend $100 dollars everyday somewhere else then spend $20 dollars here the place always packed and the people preparing the food are clueless and remind me of the discombobulater went today and walk out the menu is only like 5 items to it

    Last of my strips and fries after getting busy with the first two.
    Joey V.

    Decided to give Dave's hot chicken another try on the whim since I was in the area and really glad I did. I ordered a number 1 which I believe included 2 strips, but when I got home I was pleasantly surprised to find an extra. The size of the strips were also much larger than my original experience. This time I went around dinner time as opposed to near closing time before, so perhaps better to go earlier. I ordered the hot and was also pleasantly surprised this time. Last order I did not have flavor, this time I felt the heat in my throat and reached for my drink. Glad to see the improvement.

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    Looks delicious! Thank you for the photo and the awesome review!

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    Awesome food and staff. I love the not chicken sliders made of cauliflower and the crispy fries.

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    Over priced for what you get. I'll stick to spicy chicken sandwich from chic fil a. Got both the Chicken Sandwich hot and Reaper.

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    Missed extra tender on order. Food was ok. Probably won't go back. I'll go to chick fil a.

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    We got the reaper, extra hot, and no spice tenders, and the strawberry shake.

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