I'm going to keep it real - this is my go-to fried chicken spot. This place should be ranked WAY higher. From my experience, This place has NEVER MISSED. The chicken is great and shoutout to the drive thru-staff for being super friendly and even recommending better deals. Give it a try. My go-to order: spicy chicken, a side of fries, and biscuits. read more

Visited again on Oct. 21, 2026, dining in this time. Once again, I ordered a 2-piece leg and thigh meal, and I got a wing and a breast. And service was VERY slow, because they were clearly understaffed for lunch hour, and ignoring the counter because their drive-through line was so long. STILL as bad as when I first visited... read more

Avoid this location at all cost. My chicken thighs were smaller then a biscuit and the sides are less then half full. They are stingy and I'm never coming back to this location again. read more

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Got food poisoning from this place. I've been throwing up so much since last night to the point where I never slept. Dont come here. Dont order from here. read more

How is it that u are well staffed and having the customer wait. We walked in and we got hit with a heat that is hotter than out side. When I asked if they can turn on the a/C they said is broken. Plus the ice machine is broken. Restroom smells disgusting. Service is really bad. Food sucked. Place needs upgrade. read more

I haven't had Popeyes in a year. I was so disappointed. The chicken breast was mostly batter, dry, and old. The Mac and cheese also had a thick layer of hard cheese. Everything tasted old. What happened to fresh - made to order food read more

Empty words from management response. Chicken still overcooked and no offer of replacement.

Very good food, my only complaint is they cheat you regarding servings. I ordered two Red Beans and Rice to go; when I arrived home I found that each container was barely over half full. Of course I'm sure the franchise knows that once home there's nothing you can do. But perhaps there is! read more

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen - Half full large Red Beans and Rice containers opened at home. - Fast Food Near Me - Pasadena, California

Always shorting you on fries whether in person or delivery. This is now the 3rd time that they have gotten my order wrong for uber eats. Yeah this location sucks. Much better chicken options in the immediate area. read more

Let me start off by saying they were very busy and possibly understaffed on Monday night when I went but that's the only reason I gave this experience 4 out of 5 stars. The employee (Lawrence) first greeted me and asked for a moment...then I placed my order and he let me know it was going to be a wait for my side of Mac and cheese which was fine. When he brought my food out he apologized again for the wait. He was very polite through out the whole visit and I appreciate anyone remaining calm and professional even under pressure. Props to the team working that location that Night. Thank you read more

ngl, worst cashier experience. Mind you, I used to be a food service shift lead for 3 years. Her guest service wouldve got her sent home. #1 I was greeted with hostility. She was talking as if I was stupid. Low, fast, straight face, and like i said hostile. made ordering REALLY hard. I didnt get her name, but she is a woman with glasses blonde/ light brown ends of hair dyed. Host # on receipt is 10040. If i could give advice, be nice to people. its the least of your job. read more

This is the second week where I come into this Popeyes and they have no machine for credit cards debit cards. You have to go have cash how ridiculous is that in 2026 I go across the street to CVS to get cash. Come back and wait 10 more minutes while they're preparing whatever they're preparing for them to tell me they only have spicy you're gonna wait 15 to 20 minutes. It took me 40 minutes to get there get cash come back and wait and then for them to tell. I have to wait how ridiculous what a terrible business establishment, the management behind it. I will report it to corporate because that's Insane. read more

Horrible service and I blame myself for continuing to go to this place but seems like all Popeyes have bad customer service employees always look mad unhappy too busy orders always short But tonight I was told to park to the side and they will bring my food out in five minutes. Ended up being 25 minutes plus wrong order missing my drink and food and was told it would take another 5 minutes. No apology no sorry workers don't care Finally got my stuff and had to rush back to work bad experience eating don't think I'm doing Popeyes no more taste good but horrible service most times. read more

Food quality is ok. Prices have gone up. Service at this location is very slow. They seem understaffed. Drive thru and inside both take a very long time read more

Fun Facts: Most chain restaurants use an apostrophe in their name. Popeyes is without the apostrophe. The founder Alvin "Al" Copeland jokingly said they were "too poor" to afford the apostrophe. Al Copeland claimed he named Popeyes after the fictional Detective Jimmy "Popeyes" Doyle from the 1971 film French Connection. We've had Popeyes in Shanghai and Hong Kong and its really the best fast food fried chicken chain in the world. Their fried chicken is so juicy and crispy. It really does have the perfect blend of Louisiana spices. Its not overly salty and the skin is so deliciously fried you cannot stop eating the skin. Here's my rankings 1. Popeyes 2. KFC 3. Jollibee 4. Church's read more

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I was soooo stressed after reading the reviews for this location to even consider ordering anything. It turns out that this was the closest location to me and I didn't want to drive farther because the reviews for every location seemed just as bad. I couldn't have been more pleasantly surprised. I put in my mobile order of 9 signature pieces of spicy chicken. I customized the type and ordered 4 legs and 5 thighs. When I showed up the food was ready and the cashier was really nice. The store itself was clean and there was a worker sweeping up a tiny straw wrapper. The place seemed well maintained. I made sure to open my bag while I was still in the store and everything looked good and accurate. When I got to my car, I was still skeptical. What if they didn't give me spicy chicken? I had to taste it. So I grabbed a leg and took a bite. It was great. It was spicy. Fully cooked. Crunchy and still really warm. Thankfully, my experience ended up being great compared to some of the other reviewers. I'm grateful and would definitely recommend checking out this location. read more

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen - Fast Food Near Me - Pasadena, California

I had a spider crawling in my food! The manager Stephanie was very rude when I was taking my order. She had an attitude right when I pulled up to the radio in the drive through. After taking a full bite of my tender, I noticed the small spider crawling in my tender box. I am disappointed because the food quality used to be better. read more

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen - 3Pc Handcrafted Tenders - Fast Food Near Me - Pasadena, California

You call this a large coleslaw? Dont piss me off im sick of this popeyes. How is this a large side when it isnt full and it is only 4 bites? Dont piss me off read more

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen - You call this a large coleslaw? Dont piss me off Popeyes im sick of this - Fast Food Near Me - Pasadena, California

Craving quick fried chicken. Placed mobile order to be ready at 1:45 pm. Went inside to pick up my order at said time and found one employee taking orders and the others preparing food so I stood in line. Found myself at front of the line but order-taking employee did not acknowledge me and walked away so I just stood there waiting for a good five minutes. Finally had to speak up saying I have a mobile order, manager says it is not ready yet they are busy but gets crew to prepare. Waited another 15 minutes and was handed the bag by first employee and wasn't asked if I needed anything else, but instead walked away (probably her thing). Checked my order which included biscuits yet was without honey sauce. Waited again and had to flag someone down again to ask for it. In the end I waited a total of 30 minutes for a mobile order and walked out at 2:15pm. I probably should not expect much service from a Popeyes and they probably were swamped but more likely poorly managed and poor hiring. They definitely are good at ignoring people and making excuses. First and probably the last visit to this location. read more

I'm generously giving this 3 stars when really it should be a 2.5 at best. The chicken was very dark, indicating oil that was too old. There was too much breading so the chicken was greasy. I ordered a two-piece chicken with small side and a thigh in addition. Instead of the second thigh I got a breast. It was quite a small breast so I can see how the mistake was made. Some folks might appreciate a breast but I find breast meat dry so I wasn't happy. read more

The service is absolutely horrible! I just went to get blackened chicken tenders meal an a regular 3 piece of chicken... I had to repeat my order 3 times because the girl kept messing it up like she wasn't paying attention. A got to the window the girl gave me a dirty look am just kept talking to the other employees. Thankfully the other employees , he replied with what the order was an so the told me to park to wait.... Well what did I get?! Definitely my blackened tenders but the messed up the rest of the order. They gave me a 3 piece of tenders with fries and no mashed potatoes and no 3 piece of chicken .... Absolutely horrible this is not the first time they mess up orders. Last time I got a manager involved read more

For starters, if you misplace somines order you dont blame the customer. You definitely do not walk away WITHOUT apologizing and to out the nail in the coffin? Dont bother going here if the manager showing you their system AS IF you have any knowledge of how to find YOUR order. Atleast my order hot and ready still right? read more

Dreadful. I ordered a 4 piece box combo with diet soda, macaroni and cheese. Fries. Also ordered a fried chick sandwich The chicken was cold. Had zero flavor. Tough. Not juicy at all. Popeyes is famous for the zest of Louisiana seasoned hide, but we missed this one here. Fries were atrocious. Some of the worst fries I've ever had. Tasted like two-day old refrigerated fries; then left on the counter for four hours. I took one bite and promptly discarded it. My fried chicken sandwich -- missing too. To add insult to injury, I live in WEHO and for some inexplicable reason, my order was sent from Pasadena? 25 miles away when a Popeyes is in practically semi-walking distance -- less than two miles? How do you explain that? Although this is not necessarily the fault of this particular location, it just paints a wider picture of this southern culinary misfire. read more

Great tasting chicken and they give you honey packets too ! They don't have the super hot batter , it's a spicy version , but they NEED to get a mouth burning -fire version too. But their regular one tastes fine imho ! read more

Got Salmonella food poisoning here last Friday. Barely recovered this week. Absolutely never coming back here. Clearly from the reviews there is a track record of something not being managed correctly at this Popeyes site. read more

Don't go here. This Popeyes is poorly run by inept inconsiderate employees. I waited over 20 minutes on Tuesday in the drive thru line. Once I pulled up to order a wing combo I'm told they're out of wings. Understand that, yet why not be considerate and post signage to let ppl in their cars know,they're out of wings? To add to my irritation, the employee never said we are cooking up more. Nothing. When I spoke to a young female at window I asked to speak with manager. Knew nothing of their schedule or even bothered to provide a phone #. She couldn't even help me Unbelievable. I called back the very next day,hoping to reach manager. Female on phone,very non- chalant,had no knowledge of managers time, when I gave their name, said no one here by that name( I probably mis pronounced) yet made no effort to assist. They are the most inconsiderate bunch of employees ,completely inept. Never did get to talk to mgr- as this happened before. No Popeyes for me. Why fast food service is a joke, and ppl want $20 an hour? For low level service? No thank you. Reading other reviews on yelp, this is their norm- poor service inept,low level service yet paying higher prices? Manager,you need to do better! This location is a train wreck! I read the many other reviews. The mgr Edward says the same thing on every single one " we are sorry to hear of your bad experience ". But WHAT is Edward doing to fix the problem? Rude supervisors? Long wait times? S crappy food??? Sounds like he needs to be re- trained. Reviews matter. I notified the Popeyes main customer support #, dont know if it'll do any good,yet don't waste your time at this dump. read more

If you have an unholy craving for Popeyes, DO NOT order from this Lake Ave location. York Blvd location at least gives you the food as it's supposed to be prepared. I placed a replacement order from York Blvd location after my Lake Ave order arrived with a not full soda, and a chicken sandwich that was shriveled and somehow both over- and under-cooked. See photos of Lake vs York. read more

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This is a 3.5 rating Conveniently next to my nail salon I go to. We ordered the new blackened chicken tenders combo w Mac and cheese and a drink. These were surprisingly really flavorful and tender than how they look! Opposite to the ghost pepper wings we ordered. I ordered the 6 piece and I think they have a few extra cuz of how small the wings are lol. . They def have more of a kick than the spicy chicken but the chicken was very dry which I expected. Dining area was kind of clean, although bathroom could be cleaned up nicer. Staff were really nice and answered all my questions regarding my order. I'll come back when I feel I want a cheat meal. For $20 it's not that worth it here, but I'd recommend trying the new blackened chicken tenders! read more

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen - New blackened chicken tenders and ghost pepper wings and mac and cheese - Fast Food Near Me - Pasadena, California

Everything was old and not fresh. Have had good Popeyes before and everything about this bad.

There's always an issue at this place. They don't put the whole portion of what you order, or they don't put utensils...I just go here because it's close to my job read more

This location has a bunch of idiots working there. Their one and only job is to serve chicken and they can't even do that right. Where's the short yellow bus for these folks? They don't know how to fulfill a 5 pc. chicken order correctly. When you bring it to their attention, they have the nerve to look at you weird. If you don't want to be in customer service, go get a janitorial position and clean toilets. read more

Don't eat from this place you'll end up in the hospital with the diarrhea and you need to wash your stomach. That's what happened to me last night. Wait until you see what's coming to you these people watch what you're eating read more

They left out a portion of my order in the drive through, they gave no napkins, the lid was half off and spilled everywhere when she handed it to me. When I got home, i called about the missing part of the order. They put me on hold and then hung up on me 10 minutes later. I called back and the manager said they wouldn't refund me over the phone, I'd have to come back in with my receipt (which they also didn't give me). Poor quality, over priced food that wasn't worth the headache anyway. Zero stars. read more

Shout out to Lawrence for his professionalism, very courteous, and always gets my order RIGHT! He has been the only person that sees to get my order correct when he is there. Much appreciated Lawrence! read more

Today is National Fried Chicken Day, so what better place to celebrate than Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, the best example of country fried chicken. There were no lines at the drive-thru, so I opted to just stay in the car and order. I'm not too familiar with Popeyes and know that their spicy chicken sandwiches are the bomb. But fried chicken is what I came for, so ordered an eight piece box with biscuits and macaroni and cheese. This carb heavy meal was a celebration to the United States, in light of Independence Day this week. I have to admit I'll celebrate just about anything, but this tasty meal was a no brainer. read more

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COVID-19: Social distancing is not enforced at this establishment. Some of the staff wears a mask. All customers are not expected to wear a mask. It's optional now. Some of the staff also wears gloves. There are some hand sanitizers available for customers to use. This place is available for take outs and has some indoor seating available with no limited capacity. They are not sanitizing in between customers. COVID-19 Vaccination Proof: This establishment currently does not require proof of vaccination. While I was grabbing my food from this establishment several days ago, I asked if they had any special offers and they weren't offering any at the moment. They currently don't have happy hour. They also do not allow pets in their establishment UNLESS it's a service animal. Parking: The parking lot for this establishment is small. I usually avoid coming here during peak business hours (lunch and dinner) because the lot will be full very quickly, and the wait times for your food can be long. So I usually just park on the street, and walk on over here. Food: I ordered the chicken sandwich. The Popeyes chicken sandwich is a fried chicken sandwich on a soft bun. It comes with pickles and mayo, although you can have them removed if you prefer. The chicken sandwich looks great - it comes with a pretty large piece of chicken, so you're definitely getting a filling meal. The breading looked nice and crunchy, and it smelled delicious. I asked for them to grill the bun till it was a bit burnt to try it. I loved it. The chicken was juicy and flavorful without being too greasy. The breading gives it a great flavor and crunch, and I was impressed with the quality of the chicken itself. The chicken didn't look or taste like a mass produced, uniform chicken patty like fast food often does. The bun was soft and the pickles and mayo added the extra crunch and flavor it needed. Even without many toppings, this is a great chicken sandwich! All in all, I was impressed with Popeyes chicken sandwich - it's an excellent fried chicken sandwich and offers great value for the price. The sandwich on its own is pretty large. Staff: The staff here are very friendly and kind. They accept both cash and credit cards. There is no credit card minimum. read more

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen - Chicken sandwich - Fast Food Near Me - Pasadena, California

Came on Friday night did a Mobil order pick up waited in my car for the a worker to bring my food to the car which he said he would, the app doesn't say when the food is gonna be done so this isn't something on them, but they did say they would bring it out once done, I went inside asking for my order they said about 7 minutes to which I said no worries walked out and waited in my car he rest of the time. I gave them a good amount of time and waited patiently cause again they said they would bring it out, two different workers said they would bring it out. To which I waited 20 minutes never came out so I walked in and when I walked in the worker at the window saw me and said "you haven't gotten your food" to witch I said no and made a face. The worker then turned to his coworker and sounded disappointed. To which he gave me the food. Not only did they not bring out the food and had me eating but they forgot all the biscuits we ordered because I ordered the 10 pc family meal that is only exclusive on the Mobil app, they also didn't give me the other sauce that I ordered. read more

This is the worst location I have ever been to. I had a mobile order pick-up scheduled for a certain time. Basically, I ordered 3 hours before pick-up time. When I arrived at the drive-through, this lady said they ran out of the chicken that I wanted, and it would take 15 minutes to make it, and I should park on the side, and they would bring it out. I said, "How so? It's scheduled; you should see that, and the chicken should be prepared already." But I waited. 25 minutes passed by, and no one showed up. So I went inside. I got an attitude from another lady asking for my order, and all of a sudden, my bag of food was magically found on the side, ready for me to pick up. Please avoid this place at all costs. Better to go to Louisiana Fried Chicken, which is a couple of blocks up North Lake. Way better chicken compared to this dump. read more

Update 09/21/21 No improvement overall since last visit except customer service a bit friendly. Traffic pattern is crazy. I had to wait on the street with turn signal on for at 10 min. Dangerous. SOOOOOO SSLLLOOWWW!! 25 minutes total from pulling up to line on street to drive away from pickup window. Why so slow?? NOBODY MOVES with any energy. And then order packed incorrectly - politely corrected. I head home. No sauce, no "spork", no napkins, no butter / honey as specifically requested. No sauce as requested. Sorry people - last visit. Good luck - you can definitely do better...for someone else. read more

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen - Cars onto side street - primary reason = slow service on drive through window. - Fast Food Near Me - Pasadena, California

They are very confused when you're picking up mobile orders from their own App. I have rewards points so I get items free sometimes in the App. I go to Popeyes and pick up the order based on the user name in the App. They're so confused sometimes, and it takes asking three times to get your order. It's kind of sad really. I like their food, but I don't need the headache. read more