i've been going to nips since the late 90's. i'd go in there for food before i was even old enough to drive. as far as i'm concerned, there are many good places to go around here for wings, but nip's is THE place to go. i have no idea how The Union won wingfest last year, did Nip's even participate? i usually get their hot wings. the sauce isn't very hot, but it's a very flavorful buffalo sauce and they do offer other sauces that have more heat. i think i tried the suicidal once and they were pretty hard for me to eat, and i've also had the kamikaze which are spicy but not a typical buffalo sauce, they are also very good. the Country Sweet wings are amazing, it's a very sweet sauce/glaze that comes from rochester with lots of pepper flakes in it. the sweet and tangy wings are another one of my go-to flavors, it's actually cattleman's gold, which is what most places around here use as their honey mustard sauce. and they have peanut butter wings too, served with a side of marshmallow fluff (at least they're supposed to be, a few times they gave me bleu cheese).
i haven't had much of their other foods. i've had their chilli once, which they put out during the day for lunch, and i've had their sandwiches a couple times. the sandwiches are good but i wasn't a fan of the fresh cut fries, few places ever get them right in my opinion. i believe i've also had motz sticks from them before and those were also good.
as far as ambiance and service, they redid the inside a couple years ago and it's much brighter in there now and it feels kinda weird to me. it cleaned the place up a bit but it just seems off to me. it's kind of a mixed crowd there too, i'll run into neighbors, construction workers, college kids, and people i used to go to high school with. that being said, that's not really the crowd i like to hang out with, so i usually don't drink there (even though their yuengling tastes better than any bar around here, i dunno how they do it) and i usually do takeout. as for service, they have some nice bar tenders but at times they can be inattentive. one bartender they used to have there would usually give my friends and i a lot of attitude when we went on wing night. being broke high school kids at the time we went to wing night for the deal, and then we get there and we are told we have to order drinks with our wings. i like water over soda, so i was pretty bummed i couldn't get water. i ordered iced tea once. they keep their tea in a jar and i guess they didn't clean the jar good enough because it tastes like pickles!
i'll conclude this review with my gripe about the wings. they have so many great flavors that i'd like to get a few different kinds but i don't want a dozen of each. when i would eat there they would say that they don't do half dozens on wing nights (although it depends on who you get, because one bartender let me do it a couple times). i feel like i've been there on non-wing nights and they also told me they didn't do half dozens, but i could be mistaken. one time on the phone i tried to order a dozen and a half to go and they said they only do it if it's the same flavor because they don't want to use a whole separate container for only 6 wings. to me that seems pretty lame. they could easily charge an extra 50 cents to order a half dozen and that will cover the cost of the container. when i get my wings to go i order them extra crispy, i don't have to do that when i get them at the bar for some reason. sometimes they do it and they are amazing but other times they don't cook them as crisp as i'd like.
so overall, this place has great wings, but make sure you know how to order them. and depending on your crowd this is can be a good place to drink with good prices
oh yeah, one thing i should mention, come here prepared! they don't take cards at the bar but they do have an ATM, this place is cash only! read more
