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The Wright Way

4.6 (14 reviews)
Closed • 7:00 am - 8:00 pm

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The Wright Way's Yelp profile stood out when I did a Hamden area search earlier this year. Burgers. Wings. A High Overall Rating. All things I love. I recently found time to visit. Wright Way is small and more functional than nice, but there is some cool branding and the place has a very friendly vibe. I'm the only person who dined in, but while I was there, there were a number of people there for takeout orders. The Wright Team was very kind and accommodating while I there. I ordered a Fungi Burger, which was a double beef smash burger, grilled onions, sautéed shrooms, garlic sauce and Swiss Cheese on a standard bun. The smash burgers were not cooked to the point of char. For a double smash burger, it didn't look particularly big, but each of the components was very good. And the burger was better than the sum of its parts. The fries were good too. I also ordered a Small Wings, with dry rub and BBQ Sauce, and Alabama Sauce (a white sauce) on the side. We must have had a misunderstanding about the sauces, because they came with dry rub and all sauces on the side. Not a big deal. I sauced the wings at the table. The wings are smoked, but there wasn't a strong smoke flavor. They had the texture of smoked wings, but the outer texture was still good too. The meat wasn't dry at all. The Wright Way was nice enough to accommodate all my crazy sauce requests. Blue Cheese or Ranch. I tried both, and I'm going to tell you that a side of Alabama White Sauce is the way to go. A nice bit of horseradish. Very flavorful. I can definitely see returning even though I don't live in the area. If you live nearby, you should definitely visit and start exploring the Burgers, Sandwiches, Wings, Breakfast Sandwiches, etc. 4.5 Stars

DEBORAH T.

Saw them on social media and happened to be in the area so I decided to stop in and give them a try. Ordered a breakfast sandwich for dinner and some wings...yeah why not it was wing day Wednesday when wings are $1.00 each. Ordered the hot honey, Buffalo and I asked for a surprise order of wings. Yes sandwich was delicious it seems like the hash brown set it over the top yummy. The wings were really good, the hot honey was perfect and the Buffalo ones really hit the spot. I think they had like 10 varieties of sauces for the wings. Worth a try and really nice friendly service. My take out order was ready in no time. Will be back to try the other different sauces.

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Limited choices by the time we arrived at 7. Wings burned so as to be nearly inedible....

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Consistently excellent food, warm and friendly service. One of the best smash burgers and everything else has been excellent

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