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My 400th review and it is for Wingstop. Yeah, I know...It is what it is...
After finding out that Wingstop opened in Sterling and seeing that the reviews thus far have been decent, we decided to go here for a cheap Saturday night dinner. It's located in a newish shopping center that has a few vacant store fronts which gives the center an almost ghost-town like look.
We arrived here around 5:30 p.m. Even though we looked at the menu online, we still needed to decide what flavor chicken wings we wanted. You go to the counter to place your order then wait for your name to be called. There is a menu board but it is lacking. There is no mention on it of the wing flavors. Instead, you have to pick up a brochure with a more detailed menu that is kept by the register. So, it took us a bit of time to figure out exactly what we wanted.
We decided to get one of their "Meals for 2" and chose the 15 piece wing combo. It consists of 15 wing pieces and you can choose up to 2 different flavors. Plus it also comes with 1 large order of fresh cut seasoned fries and a choice of dipping sauce (ranch or bleu cheese). In addition, you get 2 soft drinks.
We also decided to get a side order of bourbon baked beans. I was surprised to see that if you want to have a side of "crisp veggie sticks" (carrots and celery), there is an extra charge. So, basically, you are expected to dip your wings in either ranch or bleu cheese dressing. We don't do that and had we known that "crisp veggie sticks" don't come with the combo, we would have told them not to give us the sauces.
All their food is "cooked to order" and "no heat lamps" or "microwaves" are used. So, unless you order ahead of time, expect to wait about 10-15 minutes for your food.
Our order didn't come out all at once. We were told that they had cooked up our "mild wings" but they looked really small so they were making bigger ones for us. So, our hickory smoked BBQ wings came out first, along with the baked beans and dipping sauces. Someone brought them out from the kitchen directly to our table. A few minutes later, the mild wings and the fries arrived.
The mild wings are deceptive looking as they look like hot ones that were dipped in tabasco sauce. My husband was afraid to try them. It was only after I had one and assured him that they were mild did he try them He agreed with me that they weren't hot and had good flavor. The hickory smoked BBQ ones had a nice BBQ sauce flavoring with a generous coating of sauce. I ended up liking them better than the mild ones, while my husband preferred the mild ones. We expected the wings to be meatier but they weren't scrawny either. Still, we have had better wings elsewhere and...we've also had worse ones.
The fries were quite good. They came to the table piping hot. The seasoning had a salty taste with an undercurrent of sweetness going on. The baked beans were sweet but the bourbon flavoring came through. We both enjoyed them.
There are no napkins, just a paper towel holder at the counter where you rip off as much as you think you will need. Also, ketchup and a few other condiments are available. They do have plastic forks but the container they are kept in is easy to miss. In fact, when our food came out, I had to ask the guy where the forks were and he brought us one. The soda machine is a touch screen one.
We would go again but I think next time we will order in advance so that our meal will be ready when we arrive. In fact, we both agree that we would like to try some of their other wing sauces. They have quite a large selection of them and they are listed by order of hotness with the hottest one listed first and the mildest ones at the bottom.
Dinner was, indeed cheap. It cost $20 + change and we left feeling full! Service was friendly and courteous. read more