First time stopping in a Wingstop. This location is pretty much no frills, clearly catering to take-out rather than restaurant dining customers. There are three or four TVs tuned to sports, no sound.
The three of us ordered a 24 piece combo, which came with up to three wing sauces. We chose lemon pepper, atomic, and plain (wanted to also try Hawaiian but the fourth flavor is not allowed, even if one of your three is "no flavor." Okay.) This came with fries and a generous amount of veggies, and dips - we got blue cheese, ranch, and cheese sauce (all fine -- the vaunted ranch is nothing out of the ordinary, sorry.) Add three sodas.
The soda machine is a multi-flavor touch screen. I mention this because the display was so out of focus as to be almost unreadable. There was no ice (although someone did bring ice from the back and refill the dispenser, eventually.) There are no napkins, just a single roll of the cheap unperforated brown bathroom roll of paper towel you've seen it in every gas station or school restroom. One small roll for the entire dining room (six tables maybe.) We pulled off several uneven feet of it and just ripped pieces off throughout the meal. Really awkward.
Our food took 40 or 45 minutes to arrive. At least it arrived hot. Dining room food is provided in the same take out bag and plastic to go containers that actual take out customers are given. No trays, nothing to cover the table. No trash cans anywhere. Our three kinds of wings were fit into two containers., so two of the flavors were put in the same container and that is really unfortunate, since one of those two was the Atomic wings, which my dining partner eating the lemon pepper wings really didn't want any part of. The wings themselves were okay, if a bit greasy (you could mop it up with the cheap paper towels from the bottom of the plastic take out container). The lemon pepper was good flavoring (dry spice). The plain ones were.... plain. Since these are not breaded wings, these were pointless -- we should have done the Hawaiian. The atomic, which are the hottest thing they have, was not especially hot. I am sure the sauce ingredient list has some sort of peppers in it maybe, but they were not overly present. The main flavor here seemed to me to be an overkill of black pepper which while spicy is neither pleasant for a chicken wing person nor noteworthy for a Hot Ones fan. The fries were great - the best thing on the table. But if the fries are the best thing, with three varieties of wings on the table, the place is not a great ride.
The staff was friendly and managed the ever-flowing line of take out orders fairly well, if slowly.
As for Wingstop overall, there's less to the menu and less variety but it's cheaper than BWW and Hooters, so in a pinch I guess it's fine if you gotta have wings, don't care about a long wait, and don't want cold beer to wash it down with. But I think I've checked the box on this one. Moving on. read more