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    3.9 (225 reviews)
    Open 11:00 am - 10:00 pm

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    Moderate noise
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    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Spicy Chicken Tender & Zucchini Fries
    Anika M.

    First time having PDQ and the staff was very helpful and made great suggestions. Spicy Chicken Tenders- 9/10 The heat was great just wish the breading was better as it kept falling apart. Zucchini Fries- 10/10 Piping hot and delicious.

    Spicy chicken deluxe the waffle fries
    Felicia C.

    Okay this is a strong 4. Me & Bae happened to be in Charlotte for the weekend. I wanted to try PDQ again since I enjoyed the food at the High Point PDQ. We had a Triad Yelp Elite event there and boy did they roll out the red carpet. Kudos for product consistency. The restaurant wasn't packed so we were able to order as soon as we walked in. This particular day they were out of medium cups? You could get the the child's cup or a jumbo cup. Not a huge deal since we ordered convos and decided to dine in. All the sauces are prepackaged in the 2 oz condiment cups. You know the ones. What you get when you ask for a side of ranch to go. Food arrived hot & fresh to our table. No complaints from me or Bae.

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    Victoria L.

    This place is pristine. The staff is efficient and friendly. PDQ runs like a well-oiled machine. Having said that, I have to add that the food is a big letdown. I purchased a Mediterranean salad with dried out bland, chewy chicken, with a disappointing smatter of olives, peppers and feta, and there was no dressing that I could taste on the salad. I also had a handspun strawberry shake, which was just okay, but the whipped cream was terrible. My husbands food was lackluster too. He ordered chicken tenders and fries. To their credit the food was served hot. The service is good, but I doubt I would go back here again.

    Crispy Chicken Sandwich
    Micaela R.

    So wow! I loved this place, kinda different but kinda not. So like I ordered the crispy chicken sandwich and it was great! Fressssssh and the toppings were perfect and so fresh. The quality of the chicken was really good!!! Also the fries were your basic waffle fries, but their sauces are really good! I had the creamy garlic and PDQ sauce which was so good. I'm from 757 so this was really good. Better than Chic Fil A in my opinion.

    Trice B.

    I have a chicken tender fanatic in the household, so it was only a matter of time before we gave PDQ a try. I'm not a chicken sandwich eater, so we just got a small order of tenders and fries just to see if it was worth a repeat trip. Let me tell you know, it sure is. Well seasoned fried chicken (this isn't always a given, even though it should be) that tastes great even without the sauce. Crispy (not hard) exterior while the chicken itself was moist. She picked sweet sriracha sauce, and it was a hit for us. The flavor took it over the top. I see reviews complaining about waffle fries, we love waffle fries so they were fine for us. Not salty, similar to CFA's fries. She was disappointed that the pop tart shake was no longer available, they have a fall menu running currently, and we don't do pumpkin spice (bleh). So the specialty shake flavors rotate. I had some of her Oreo shake (the perfect backup choice) and it was also good. Very pleased with the quick meal and the staff was polite and friendly.

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    Sandra B.

    We've never seen a PDQ before so we had to try it. We went through the drive-thru and ordered 12-pc. classic nuggets, 12-pc. spicy nuggets and a classic chicken deluxe sandwich. Our food was ready by the time we got to the second window which scared me because I expected cold chicken. To my delight, the hand-battered chicken was hot and seasoned just right. That chicken was on point! The bread on my sandwich was toasted but cold. Although the sauces were pretty good, we all agreed that the sauces of their primary competitor is better. The two ladies we met in the window were kind. We didn't eat in but like most fast food places, the ambiance is casual. We will definitely look for a PDQ when we travel again.

    Bill W.

    In general, tasty fresh Chicken prepared in a number of ways. Running around on the 4th of July and my wife asked me to pick up dinner since it was too hot to comfortably cook. We discussed a couple of options and came down to two restaurants and since one was closed for the 4th, ended up at PDQ. Not to say I am not familiar with PDQ even though I had never been to this particular one. Have been a fan of the sister restaurant, Tenders in Cornelius since they opened years ago. Out growth of 131 Main down the street and everything is fresh, never frozen to the point they do not even own a freezer. My wife ordered the Fruit Harvest salad and I can quickly see why she did. Beautiful prepared salad chocked through with fall fruits and nuts. Standard dressing with this one is Blueberry and it was the perfect compliment. Normally I would have gone with a straight Chicken or Buffalo Chicken Sandwich but I wanted to try something different so I tried the Cali Club. Should have stayed with my regular. While not bad, the sandwich lacked taste and contrast. The Avocado and the Ranch Dressing gave a rich yet bland taste with little taste or texture. Next time I will know better and will try something else off the menu. They were busy being a Holiday and yet at the same time, service remained excellent. Still one of my go to places but next time, stick to the basics.

    Grilled chicken sandwich with seasoned fries.
    Laurie I.

    I tried a grilled cali bowl. It contained grilled chicken, chile lime corn, broccoli, black beans, rice and avocado (I didn't get the avocado with mine). It is very tasty but it is quite salty. The seasoning is flavorful, but I was concerned about the amount of sodium it must have had. I didn't think it required any additional sauces or dressing, but it does come with a choice of one. I couldn't finish the entire bowl, and there was a lot of corn and rice, so I only ate a little bit of that, but overall it's pretty good. I typically get the grilled chicken sandwich with fries which I really enjoy, but since I'm trying to avoid gluten I tried the bowl. I'm not sure if I'll have this again, but it's worth a try if you're not concerned about sodium and carbs.

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    Excellent experience. Crew was delightful, helping a newly. Food was surprisingly fresh and tasty. You won't go wrong here. Yum.

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    Zucchini fries were too oily. I thought they were people dedicated to quality...what happened

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    Fresh and delicious and they even delivered to the hotel down the road. My kids actually eat all of their food. Loved it.

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    Just like chick fil a, better in some regards, plus they're open on sundays! It's a win-win!

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    Dave's Hot Chicken

    Dave's Hot Chicken

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    University City

    Was staying at the Marriott nearly and none of the other restaurants in the area were open late…read more Walked in and ordered at the front. The customer service a was great! The guy that took our order was super chill and even gave recs for the spice level my group and I should get. All the food took about 10 mins to be prepared. We were able to grab a seat in the dining area while we waited. We got a variety of sliders, tenders, and fries. All the ingredients were fresh ingredients and the fries were crunchy and seasoned well. I appreciate that they don't skimp on the sauce if you need more. Glad Dave's are nationwide, bc this experience made me want to try them again.

    it's hot, it's chicken, there's even a Dave (but possibly just in a marketing sense at this point…read more I dunno...) came in for a little something between work and the coffee thing later in the day because nothing says relaxifying like bird chunks and fries. dining room looks clean so the pungency must be the guy ahead of me in line... order on the right, pickup on the left, wait outside sitting next to traffic because it's better that way. my #4 (slider plus fries) is ready pretty quick so I grab it and hasten back to the great outdoors to examine my bounty in the warm fresh air. longish slab o' crunchy chicken sticking out both sides of the bun and topped with slaw, pickle, and saucy sauce with more pickles and sauce on the side alongside a respectable pile of hot, crisp, and too salty crinkle cut fries that ate pretty well regardless ;-) slider is almost a chicken shooter; dip the ends in the sauce, bite of chicken, bite of pickle, repeat as necessary until you're holding a chicken sandwich... overall a fair meal at a reasonable cost. all freshly prepared and served piping hot and crunchy; dine in, dine out, carry out, however you wanna do this it'll get you fed and it might even set Peter's eat-o-meter to whirling.

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    Positives: staff member that took my order was very friendly…read more Cons: there were only maybe 3 to 4 types of chips, including Cheetos, sun chips and two different type of Doritos. There were no plain chips nor any kettle cooked chips. The racks were practically empty. I stated that I wanted a bag of salt and vinegar chips when I placed my order and paid. Unfortunately, after paying, I go to grab my bag of chips and realized that there were none available of my preference. I was offered a cookie or brownie instead. That was an inconvenience. I also wanted oil and vinegar on my sub, but was told that they only had oil and no vinegar. Next, it took 15 minutes to get a small sub made, and there was only one other customer in the restaurant who actually placed his order after me. I'm truly unsure what took 15 minutes to make a small tuna sub when there was no one in the restaurant before me and the other customer walked in at the same time. When I got home and opened my container, I was very disappointed at how burnt the bread was, and how minuscule the amount of tuna was. If you look at the photos, there's more bread than anything. There was one tomato a little bit of shredded lettuce, and literally a bite or so of tuna. I have to be honest, I probably will not return to this location. I really want a refund for my sub and chips.

    There are too many problems with this location. Today 3 groups of people totaling 5 customers came…read moreto order but the two staff members didn't have the access code to the register. I'm not sure why there are staff in the location who are unable to ring up customers. I want to say this is the only complaint I have with this location but there are times when they have became cash only half way through the day, ran out of vegetables so unable to make veggie sandwiches. This location needs to do BETTER or I'm going to find somewhere else to order my sandwiches from.

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