After watching Good Mythical Morning and saw that they rated Wingstop as one of their top wing places, we had to try it and our luck, we just were nearby one while out for lunch doing errands. In short, the boneless wings were small, juicy and crispy but the sauces we got were both a bit salty and drenched. The location is small with minimal seating, so if you sit in there, expect to smell a bit like oil. Not a bad option for a relatively quick meal.
L O C A T I O N
Located in the Pacific Commons Shopping area, this Wingstop is situated in the plaza with Gen, Total Wine, DogHaus, and right across from Panda Express.
There's plenty of parking but again depending on the timing and day, you may just have to walk a bit to get to where you need to be. There's also a couple of electric car charging stations which say they're free.
I N T E R I O R
It's a fairly small spot with maybe 10 tables or so. There were a couple of TVs inside playing some sports channel. So it's not like Buffalo Wild Wings where there's like dozens of TVs playing all the different sports and games.
M E N U
The menu is more complicated than it needs to be. The bf was confused about whether or not there were boneless options or not. I don't understand why they have to separate "Individual Combos" vs. "Group Combos" as they're all in theory combos just some are larger portions. Also I didn't see clearly just individual pieces which is a good tactic as you're now paying a premium as you get fries or veggies and a 20 oz fountain drink that you potentially didn't even need. So after looking at the menu online, I see that you can just buy by the piece, which maybe next time we'll do. You have options to pick from various sauces from atomic to non-spicy hawaiian. You get an option of dip: ranch, blue cheese, or honey mustard.
We purchased the Medium sized Individual portion of 8 boneless wings with lemon pepper and hickory smoked bbq sauces and ranch dip. So the lemon pepper came out looking like it was super oily but I guess it's just the sauce itself. You can kind of taste the lemon and pepper but the salt was dominating the chicken that it was unpleasant. No spice at all similar to the hickory smoked bbq. Although it was a 2 flame option, it was disappointing. Next time we'll have to try the spicier options as these two were nice to eat but lacks the tingle we wanted. The boneless chicken also was small but they were like juicy chicken nuggets.
The seasoned fries were okay but what was the interesting part was the seasoning contained something sweet and I'm sure that it was granulated sugar. So there were bursts of super salty and sweet bites which was confusing. Thank goodness for the ranch dip because it helped kill some of the saltiness in the food.
S E R V I C E
There wasn't a line when we came so it was good to have time to decide what to order. After taking our order, the cashier mentioned it would take about 15 minutes or less, it was a little bit more than 15 minutes. The tables weren't cleaned up after groups came in and actually there weren't garbage cans visible or an area to know where to self bus tables. When we left the lines were long, but didn't see anyone cleaning the tables while we were there.
Another part that was disturbing concerned the cleanliness of the fountain soda machine. You can see that the towel used to wipe it wasn't clean as you can see where they wiped. Also the forks are next to the ketchup and some of them did have some ketchup splotches.
O V E R A L L
Although the boneless chicken were small, it's a nice alternative to say popcorn chicken or nuggets that were juicy and crunchy/crispy. I would suggest not to eat there and take it to go OR call in OR order online to get your food prepped faster as sitting there waiting was a bit painful if you're super hungry. I wouldn't mind going back again as I feel like the quality feels a bit better than Buffalo Wild Wings, but again I'm not rushing to get back here. read more