Being a fan of Wingstop for the most part, it pains me to give this location a not-so-great review. Not much went right during my experience here. Our group of around 8 placed an online order and was told our food would be ready on 20 minutes (if my memory serves me right). In any case, I went to pick up the food at the stated time only to be told that it was not yet ready. They didn't give me a time frame but invited me to have a seat while I waited for our order.
When I arrived, there was one other party in the dining area: a mother with 2 young kids. A few minutes after I took a seat, another gentleman came in and placed a "dine in" order and grabbed a table. I'll be darned if he didn't get his food first and they also brought some more food out to the lady and her kids who had been sitting there when I arrived. All told, it must have been another 20-25 minutes after I got there before our order was ready.
While I was waiting, I just so happened to observe everything going on behind the counter because you have an unobstructed view into the kitchen. I see one worker diligently working, frantically flipping wings in various large stainless steel bowl, each apparently containing different flavors. While he was doing that, I see another young guy casually walking around to the front to grab himself a fountain drink before he just as casually walked outside. Perhaps it was time for his break but I guess it would have been nice if he could have helped with our order (which wasn't just wings) before he ran out for a smoke.
The young lady who was working the register and who had asked me to have a seat apparently picked up on my displeasure at having to wait (I didn't make any comments or make a frumpy face or anything) and she was nice enough to offer me a fountain drink. Being that I wasn't in the mood for a soda, I declined but I was thankful for at least her small gesture to help ameliorate things.
Finally, the food was ready and I pay and run back to where our group was (which is literally two minutes away). As starving as we all were by then, we setup everything and dug right in. Sadly, the quality of the food was poor. A couple of the wing orders/flavors were not "wet"/saucy - they were flavored with some powder and the powder was all clumped onto some of the wings and not coating many of the other wings in that batch at all. The fries were somehow already cold and a tad soggy. Who likes that??
This location would do well to survey their processes or risk losing customers. My sis and bro-in-law also complained of a less than decent experience during their last visit to this location, so my experience was apparently not an isolated one. If the place was packed and they were understaffed or something, perhaps I could understand. But when you are not that busy and have a staff of at least 4 (that I could count) there is no reason for the wait or the poor quality of the food.
I don't see myself coming back here. There are FAR too many other options in this area (Beltway 8 & Wilson Road) and that may end up being the death of this Wingstop location if they don't turn around things pronto. read more