I underestimated how spicy the chicken at Five Points was going to be and I paid for it dearly. I have enjoyed my fair share of spicy chicken and spicy food in my life, and I would say my tolerance for spicy food is pretty high. I convinced my boyfriend to order Devil's Breath fried chicken from Five Points, because, how bad could it be? We frequently had Samyang's 2x spicy Korean noodle packs and other spicy food around town that was considered "suicide"-level spicy and I was confident we could handle just about anything. The Devil's Breath-level spicy at Five Points is no joke. It is made with Carolina Reaper Peppers and those things are about 2 million SHUs, just to give you a comparison, ghost peppers are about 1 million and jalapeno peppers about 8,000 SHUs. If you enjoy challenging yourself with spicy food, I would definitely recommend Five Points. Though I would also recommend you have at least a liter of milk or a pint of ice cream on hand. Your stomach will not feel well and the next morning you'll really feel it. It took me about 3 days of consistently having the left over chicken for lunch to get use to the level of spicy and finally be able to have it without the aid of milk. Good luck. read more

First impressions after going back to make an order was that this chef/cashier didn't want to be there. He was preparing another order, that's fine but ignored us, without saying he'll be with us in a minute or anything. We stood there for 5 mins or more waiting for a response. Maybe they usually have more staff but at least say something. Mind you, the place had 1 customer a head of us and none behind us. It was pretty quiet. I guess I'm not a fan of Nashville style chicken. To me it's deep fried chicken with hot sauce that's not that hot and brown sugar on top. It's seasoned but I didn't taste much over the sugar. The chicken itself was juicy though but what deep fried chicken isn't? Expensive. Long wait. Staff that didn't want to be there. Mediocre chicken. They have great beer on tap though. I tried an Elora Borealis and it was a fantastic IPA! The decor and design was rustic and modern which was nice. read more

Five Points Hot Chicken - All you need to know. - Chicken Shop Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

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The place has no sign ..... was located behind some bar. The overall vibe was pretty cool, really nice place to hang out. Pricing is higher than regular spots, but the portions are okay. Opted for the sandwich, spice level at Hot. All I can say is that the spice level was on point. Flavorful spice with a nice kick. My friend ordered Extra Hot chicken breast, unfortunately, he suffered till the end. But it was worth it. The restaurant is nice, flavorful food. Pricing is high but overall the appeal is okay, can't really see myself going again. Instagram worthy thou. 3.5/5 read more

Five Points Hot Chicken - Thats the place - Chicken Shop Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

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I recently tried the Fried Chicken Sandwich (Hot) and Macaroni Salad at the King and Bathurst location, which appears to be a ghost kitchen set up (they are serving out of "The Paddock Tavern"). Ordering through Ritual, the food took about 20 minutes to prepare and the pickup was unsurprisingly smooth. This was a great Nashville style chicken sandwich but it was not without its faults. The Good: the chicken portion was generous and juicy (they use chicken thigh); the breading was crispy (despite a 15 min walk home in the middle of winter); the sandwich was properly spicy and the ranch sauce was particularly good; the pickles were thick, sweet, and a good balance to the spiciness. The coleslaw was good but didn't really standout, which is fine as the chicken should be the star of this show. The Bad: the bread was a little on the thin side (for Texas toast) and it was a bit stale; the chicken could have been seasoned a bit more (the breading was seasoned nicely but the chicken itself I felt could have used a little more seasoning before it was breaded). The Macaroni salad was pretty decent overall, with nice pieces of pickles throughout to give you a pop of sweetness to balance out the creaminess and spice of the sauce. Yes, this mac salad had a bit of spice, although it was very moderate. I enjoyed the green onion garnish. Overall this was a solid Nashville style chicken sandwich, looking forward to trying some of their other offerings in the future. read more

Five Points Hot Chicken - Fried Chicken Sandwich (Hot) and Macaroni Salad. - Chicken Shop Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

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Looks like I found my new favourite fried chicken place. I discovered Five Points through an article on the hottest foods in Toronto and just had to try their Devil's Breath, which is supposed to have Carolina Reapers. The place is known for chicken sandwiches ("sandos") but they have 2 for 1 legs/thighs on Mondays (and the same for crinkle fries). So far I have eaten half of it and I can say that it does have a kick but definitely not the hottest thing I have ever eaten. Still, it is excellent...the breading is perfect in terms of crunchiness and thickness and the chicken is cooked well too. I recommend them. read more

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As a frequent Nashviller, I have hot chicken (Hattie B's, Prince's, etc.) on a regular basis so I'm a bit surprised that the rating isn't higher for Five Points. I usually come here when I need a hot chicken fix while I am in Toronto. Similar to popular Nashville hot chicken joints, they have multiple levels of spiciness. I've only tried the Hot and Devil's Breath spice levels. The first time I tried Hot, it wasn't spicy at all. After some time, I decided so give the joint another shot with my friends and I ordered the Devil's Breath. Wow, was it spicy. One of my friends got Extra Hot and it caused some excessive sweating and swollen mouths so I would only recommend these flavours to someone who can really handle their spice. The service is a bit slow though. They do not premake the chicken batters so you will be waiting around an hour from the time you place your order to when you receive your food. Expect even higher wait times if you are here during the weekend during peak hours. The staff are pretty nice as they kindly provided me with some milk when I was tearing up from the Devil's Breath chicken. The layout of the store is also pretty weird. Five Points is located inside the bar called Open House so it was a bit hard for us to find it initially. You also have to pay for the bar and chicken separately. read more

Five Points Hot Chicken - Thigh + leg (bottom) and fries - Chicken Shop Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

This place also shows up on Doordash or Skip the Dishes as Birdhouse Fried Chicken. These guys have the BEST chicken sandwiches I've ever tasted. The one on regular bread was nice, but the Alabama Chicken sandwich on a bun is fantastic. What makes their sandwiches so much better is they use juicy dark meat. The sandwiches from many other places are just too dry. This sandwich is worlds better. Sadly, my last order of two of these sandwiches was bland and MEH. What happened? And the time before that order, I also ordered their fairly pricy leg and a thigh, fried chicken - and they ask you how hot you want the chicken. BE CAREFUL. Don't choose their Devil's Breath. I ordered the Extra Hot, and it was the hottest thing I've ever had in my life! I normally ask places for the spiciest they can make it - and food is usually blah - but darned - this places extra hot chicken had me reaching for so much water and cola - which, as you may know, doesn't really help. So I'll try them again, and I hope they are as good as the first time I ordered. read more

13 bucks for a breast... Very expensive. Wasn't busy, about 25 minutes for the piece of chicken. Huge fries for 5 bucks. Medium was very hot (wuss). read more

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I ordered this because I was missing Nashville Hot Chicken. Given the name of the restaurant I thought it would be similar to Nashville's version however I was very disappointed it was not. My chicken tenders did not come with that authentic tasting Nashville hot sauce that gives them that unique taste. My chicken was very dry. It wasn't bad, just wasn't really as advertised. It definitely could not pass as the real thing. The French fries were also very dry. read more

Five Points Hot Chicken - Chicken Tenders in Hot - Chicken Shop Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

I'll start by saying I've ordered from here multiple times now and the food is always delicious. The chicken is super juicy and crispy and one of my top favourite places to order in from. The taste is defintely 4-5/5 and I would gladly rate it as so if it weren't for this one issue. My only complaint is that the spiciness levels seem wildly inconsistent. Every time I order, I order the same spice level "medium" and my fiancee orders the "hot" or "very hot". After ordering several times, we've both noticed the spiciness changes every time we order (sometimes its way hotter than it should be and other times its way too mild). It changes almost every time so I don't really know what level to order anymore. I myself can easily eat a box of the medium-spice chicken without breaking a sweat but then the last time I ordered it, it burned so badly I could only get through 1/2 of a piece of chicken before giving it to my fiancee. He ended up telling me that my medium spice was waaay more intense and spicy than his hot spice and that it tasted closer to the 2nd or 3rd highest spice level. It took almost 20-30 minutes for my mouth to stop burning and had to drink so much milk I almost made myself sick. I couldn't eat any of my order after that so I just ended up eating all his fries :( I'm not sure if theres any guidelines for how they season their different levels of spiciness or if they just guess the amount or if they often mix up or mislabel the orders, but it would be nice if there was some consistency. I feel like its a bit of a shot in the dark. I really do love the food, but I just can't tolerate the heat. At least my fiancee has a strong heat tolerance so it wasn't a complete waste of money. If you have a high heat tolerance than I guess you don't have to worry about these kinds of mistakes, but if you have a lower tolerance like me, I recommend no heat or maybe mild just to be safe. read more

Damn good Sammich! Love the crinkle fries. I've had the Jalapeño Popper Chicken on white bread several times. It has always been very good.

Came here on a Saturday evening and the place was not busy at all, just a few tables. The cook warned us it would take awhile because they were "slammed". The food ended up taking an hour which is absolutely ridiculous but I'm still giving this place a four star rating because the chicken sandwich was delicious. It was very spicy but still very tasty (we ordered hot). We ordered all three sides. Coleslaw was unique and the hot cakes were amazing. Fries were nothing special. Also good beer selection. If this place wants to do well they really need to learn how to make food faster BUT it's really good chicken. I recommend this place over Chica's 100%. read more

This is a perfect example of an Instagram darling of a restaurant that just isn't actually good IRL. My boyfriend had a leg and a thigh, and I had tenders. We also had the crinkle cut fries. The thigh and leg are attached, so it was a bit difficult to manage. The chicken also took close to 30 minutes to cook, and despite having one of those beeper pucks, was left sitting in a bag on their counter until we went and asked what we up. The actual chicken was tasteless and the batter on the chicken had a strong taste of either soup mix and/or curry spice and paprika. Nothing to write home about folks. read more

Hmm . . . yes . . . I think this was the best damn chicken sandwich I have ever had! Absolute overload - in every way! Super crispy, moist, super flavourful and nothing like what you would get at a typical fast food establishment. The sauce was a standout, and loved the bread slices as opposed to a bun. Not just recommended, I would insist you go and try it out! My mistake - being cocky. Out of the five os us, I was the only one who ordered extra hot. I thought I could handle it. I thought I would be fine. Hmmmm. The only redeeming factor - I didn't order Devil's breath read more

Got a fried chicken piece from their food truck on Fried Chicken Fest. Spicy but delicious. read more

Five Points Hot Chicken - Chicken Shop Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Got the sandwich (hot) and was blown away. My first time trying Nashville style fried chicken and definitely not my last. The chicken was nice and juicy on the inside and crunchy on the outside. It was spicy enough so a wuss like me could finish the sandwich without burning their mouth off. Will be returning in the near future. Well done! read more

The best Nashville-style chicken I've had in Toronto. It was crispy, juicy and not overly greasy. Will definitely return.

Absolutely horrible coating on the chicken. Very oily and tastes overwhelmingly like cinnamon. Had to throw out the whole box.

we ordered delivery from this place. the food really sucked-- it tasted like stale old deep fry fat, the chicken was dry and tasteless, and the fries were soggy. it cost around $50 for 3 chicken fingers, fries, coleslaw and a couple drinks-- way over priced for greasy spoon fare done poorly. read more

Overall, the chicken was decent but not great value considering the price. My experience was mostly soured by the service I received. Whoever served me was extremely impolite, not to mention slow. Would not recommend this place to anyone, really. Head to PG Clucks if you want quality fried chicken in Toronto. Open house is an alright spot, though... read more

Been hearing a lot of hype about Nashville fried chicken and decided to try it. This place is located in the back of a bar close to Bloordale. The bar is pretty dark but it's not as dank as it appears and there is some seating on a small patio outside. The chicken is fried from fresh so it took approximately 15 minutes to prepare. They give u a pager that buzzes when it's done I got a leg and a thigh for $11. It's an attached piece as oppose to two separate. I decided to be cautious and got medium and found it had a little flavour but barely spicy. The skin was pretty crispy and the chicken moist. But honestly there was nothing that really set it apart. And after spending $13 for a chicken quarter with no sides I felt a little ripped off. Sides were another $5 (as opposed to $4 on the website) Maybe u have to go spicy to get a true feel for the Nashville fried chicken experience but this was pretty meh for me read more