Chick-fil-A

I love Chick-fil-A especially after today.
What I thought would be a super long wait in the drive through wasn’t! The order takers were all super nice and on top of everything ! Even though they were extremely busy everything in my order was correct which in other places they usually forget to take the cheese off . I was really impressed, just wish more fast food places were like this.

This location is pretty clean and the staff as always are very courteous, professional, and kind. Always a long line up here however the staff manages to get through everyone pretty quickly. Taking off one star though because many times (~15%) the sandwiches don’t seem like they’re fully cooked through or sometimes the fries are not thoroughly cooked. If you mention it to them they’ll fix it right away but it does get tiresome to bother them about it constantly. Other than that, everything else is good and I enjoy visiting this location.

I LOVE this location! This is the place that made me fall inlove with chick fil a. I am so sad I had to move. Every time we visit we go here. The food is ALWAYS fresh and the employees are so nice and the costumer service is on point!
I visited family here last weekend and went there 3 times in 2 days lol.

Love their chicken nuggets! I buy the Sweet tea by the gallon to take it home! We always have to go here when we are in town. They are very courteous like they are known for, but they have even given us gift cards when we had to wait longer than expected. That was very nice as we did not expect it and we did not ask for anything or complain.

This was my wife's first time trying CfA.

I prefaced our lunchtime visit with my initial take on CfA.

I thought it was okay.

Nothing special, I've always been more perplexed by the public's general praise and elevation of the fast food chain's status to near celestial and godlike, than concerned with my own take which falls grossly outside of the populous vote.

No. It's a chicken place with chicken kine foods.

And truth be told, I fancy a McChicken over the offerings, and price, of CfA. (Yes, I said it)

But I digress. The fam went to CfA for the first time.

My first time to a CfA was a solo venture. My first opinion was based solely on the combo meal I ate. This review and experience now includes the cost and quality from feeding a family of 4.

A kid's meal runs about $6. Should be good, right? Should be adequate at $6 to feed our 9 year old. Right?

I'm just going to give you a word of advice, if you're buying for any average sized child with an average sized appetite, this 'meal' is not going to fill them, not even close. There should be a disclaimer on the kids meal menu, not for children over the age of 3. I'm not sure where CfA got their definition of a chicken nugget, but these were not nuggets. No. CfA gives kids popcorn chicken. 4 bite sized bits of popcorn chicken. $6.

I will applaud CfA for their substitution of fresh fruit bowls in the place of their signature waffle cut fries, but it's far too late, and Far too little.

On to the adult entrees. It's chicken.

My son got the chicken strips. Much in the same lane as the children's popcorn chicken kids meal, the chicken strips seemed to be lacking. Perhaps these were cornish hen strips, but certainly, not a well fed, of age, plump chicken. $9, and our 14 year old son also left hungry.

I've spoken before about my opinion of the sandwiches. I got the deluxe spicy chicken combo. Somewhere between $9-$10. I prefer the spicy chicken sandwich from Wendy's over all other fastfood offerings. Behind Wendy's, Popeyes delivers a delicious spicy chicken sandwich, followed by Jack in the Box. The CfA spicy chicken offering does have a slice of legit pepperjack cheese on it. I also like the bun. Everything else, to me, is just okay... and grossly overpriced.

So, why does everyone love Chick-fil-A?? Really, why? I don't get the hype.

Our meal cost more than $30, and that's with my wife also ordering a kid's meal.

2 kids meals, 2 basic combos. $30 +, and my entire family left feeling hungry, I even joked that perhaps we could run through McDonald's to pick up a couple of McChickens! (We didn't, just a joke...)

One last gripe, for all fast food chains... if you haven't already done so, please, I implore you... move your soda dispensing drink refilling station to OUT from behind the counter. CfA, like some other chains, still have the drink station behind the counter... this is simply medieval, cheap, and impedes the overall customer experience, for those waiting to order, as well as for me, who now must wait in line each time I'd like to refill my cup.

On the plus side, to wrap up on a positive note; the customer service at CfA is second to none. Super friendly, genuine engagement, polite, courteous, 10 stars for the customer service and the employees! Minus 7 stars for the rest of the experience... the average food, the high prices, the wait times due to the hype train that is driving drivers of new and faithful customers in to your restaurants.

Well done CfA, I applaud you, but I won't be dining with you again anytime in the foreseeable future. We paid for a meal, but were served appetizers, and my wife left just as perplexed as me, as to your fame and your fan's enduring admiration.