Do you like chicken wings? More chicken wings? And perhaps, even more chicken wings? Then you've come to the right place. Unlike other wing joints, Wing Stop doesn't have a built-out menu with burgers, nachos or quesadillas. And that's not necessarily a bad thing, unless of course, you're a person who gets wings as a side to something else. The other thing to note is that if you typically get 'naked' wings or grilled chicken sandwiches at places like this to eat a little more healthfully, there's no such option at Wing Stop. That's fine by me, but the wife asked the cashier "Do you have anything that's not deep-fried?" Hahaha. She got a blank stare.
So if you go into this as a wing-lover and knowing that the only things on the menu are boneless wings or classic wings to which you can add a combo of fries and a drink, then you're good to go. OK, sure, they also have baked beans and potato salad and I think maybe chicken tenders or a breaded chicken sandwich. That's it though. I was a little shocked they didn't have a burger or pizza or nachos or a few other little items to add some variety to the menu. So if you're going to go all-out and stake your name and menu on nothing but specializing in wings, they'd better be good, right?
How are the wings? Well, I had four different flavors of the classic wings, and I can tell you that they make pretty good wings here. They have a good range of rubs vs. sauces and of mild vs. spicy options. I saw a previous reviewer mention that they didn't have the sauces and hotness scale listed on the menu, but they do now, so must've just been something they were still putting together when they first opened. My favorite (and historically my favorite sauce at other wing places) was the mango habañero. The original hot buffalo sauce was pretty good too. I didn't try the atomic, but I will next time because the MH was supposed to be #2 in hotness and it wasn't that spicy (maybe a 7/10). The other wings I tried were rubs, which I personally am not a fan of and just thought they were OK -- but again, not a rub guy. The wings are perfectly crispy but not overdone. They're not super big and meaty, but for the price they're just right. Compared to pizza places and other restaurants, the wings are a great value. They clock in at 75 cents a wing, whereas somewhere like Papa Johns charges a full $1 per wing for what are typically smaller wings. I'd give these wings an A-, and say they're probably #2 on my favorite wings list right now, behind the big, meaty, saucy A+ Vesuvius wings at Vocelli Pizza. Oh, and the fries were pretty good too -- sort of like Wendy's.
Now, the food is good, but the venue itself needs some work. It's just got that dark, musty, sticky sports bar look and feel -- except it's not a bar, there's no tap, which will be a total oversight on their part to some people. There's really no service to speak of -- you order, they call your name, and you do everything yourself. I will say that all the reviewers who talked about how slow they are may have been right because they had just opened recently, but they seem to have worked that out. It was pretty busy, but we still got our food quickly.
Probably the thing that rubbed me the wrong way the most was that they don't have napkins or wet naps. TOTAL oversight as a wing place! But to make it even worse, they put a bathroom-grade brown paper towel roll up by the condiments and you have to roll and rip as much as you think you'll need for your table. Now just think about how flawed this is at a wing place -- you just finish gnawing on some wings, you've got sauce all over your fingers, and you start licking all up in there to get that sauciness off and then you realize you now need a napkin but you didn't roll off enough it seems. So you gotta take your wet, licked, sticky fingers up there and touch the same roll everyone else is going to need to touch in order to get more paper towels. SOME DISGUSTING POTENTIAL THERE!
At the end of it all, my recommendation is to order the wings for pickup and eat them elsewhere, or if you don't feel like going out order Vocelli's wings because Wing Stop doesn't deliver. read more