This place is a dive I have visited many establishments in the region that claim to have the best buffalo wings. Apex Wings has the best wings in the area! Great dry rub and wet sauce. Service was excellent! They have made me a repeat customer ! Wished they offered a Greek salad. read more

Stopped in on our housing search for some basic bar food. Very laid back bar atmosphere. Only one server was working but she got to everyone super quickly. We ordered fried pickles for an app and they were perfect. Entrees were bone-in wings and boneless wings with wedgesWedges were super salty and a little over cooked. The worst part was both sauces (mild and medium) were completely tasteless. There was tons of sauce but it just didn't taste like anything. Very 'eh' food overall. read more

I was not always a wing fan until I tried Apex wings! From the atmosphere to the servers and bartenders to the incredible wings with delicious homemade sauces, I cannot get enough. My go to is the chipotle bbq, however, I cannot order them without some of the garlic parmesan. If your planning to dine in, go early because some nights you can't get in the door. read more

DJ is always a great bar tender and fun guy. They were busy and the whole staff was working hard tonight. DJ's special drinks were a hit for the table. Pretty good bar food. Brittany is always fun, she is about as tall as half a minute and cute as can be. It's a friendly crew and a lot like "Cheers" We'll stop in again, so you stop by and say hello also. read more

My favorite wing place in town! We each got their 6 piece + side, and although it doesn't sound like much, the wings + drumsticks were a decent size. The mango habanero sauce was delicious - not that hot and more sweet than the sauce at Bdubs, but it was worth it because the chicken is way better (tender, juicy but with a nice crunch on the outside). It comes with generous blue cheese and celery as well. For sides, we ordered hot chips and tots. Both were awesome. They must have the best flash frier because the thin potato chips were hot and crispy without being burnt. The tots were my favorite. Sure, there was grease but it's not as greasy on the inside as poorly done tots - and they're actually served hot and stays hot for awhile. I was very happy with my dinner and it was cheaper than Bdubs to boot! There were plenty of sauce options and the service was great (e.g., we never ran out of our drinks). The restaurant is nice and cozy but does full up fast (as does the shared parking lot), but it was worth it. read more

I came here while visiting from out of state and I was pleasantly surprised at how good the wings were! I ordered boneless wings in a milder Buffalo sauce and then the Sharon Harris. Both were good and not too spicy. The restaurant was clean and not too noisy. The waitress was nice, not overly friendly and talkative but that's ok. I tried to go back on a Thursday and it was so packed! There were no tables and the outside seating wasn't open. After waiting by the front door for awhile a waitress finally told us it was trivia night. We decided to leave and go somewhere else. I would avoid going on Thursday nights if you're not interested in trivia! read more

After reading the reviews I was really excited to go. I work in Apex so I wondered why I had no clue where it is. Well, it's in a terrible location! You would never know it's there unless you were looking for it. It's also annoying that a lot of patrons smoke right outside the door. Thank God there's no smoking inside because it's small and I'd be breathing the smoke no matter where I sat! The wings are pricy...$11.75 for 8 bone in, I think. Luckily my husband noticed the deal where you get 6 boneless and 6 bone in for $9.99 and you can pick a different sauce for each. I chose Thai sweet chili which was good and the garlic Parmesan which I didn't enjoy. The actual wings were good but I should've chosen a different flavor. The kids menu was great with lots of choices. My husband did not enjoy his burger though. He said it didn't have much taste...but that's coming for someone who doesn't put any condiments on it. Just beef, bacon and cheese. He didn't like the bun either. My mom liked her salad but found some yucky bits of lettuce. I am including a picture of the celery that came out way before the wings. Several pieces were gross. I know it's something small to complain about but I actually like eating the celery and this gave me the creeps. The service was good and the food came out very quickly! I noticed they have some great lunch deals so I might go back. It was busy, so obviously a lot of people like it. read more

Apex Wings - Chicken Wings Near Me - Apex, North Carolina

The best wings in the RDU area IMO. They have a wide selection that can whet anyone's appetite.

Well I am not saying anything most people don't already know. When you pull into Apex Wings, you guessed it, in Apex, NC. The Peak of Good Living, Anyway, when you pull up to Apex Wings you see signage that their chicken wings are already award winning. Of course I have been going to this restaurant for over twenty years. It was Em'r Wings back in those days. Yet the wings are still the best, a great recipe just isn't messed with. I am hooked on the barbecue chicken wings, and usually order 30 at a time. Why 30, cause 10 hold over until the next day and heat up just great in the oven. The wings are full of meat and lathered up in your favorite sauce, and yest they have a variety and you can mix and match your wings. Their are other delicious items on the menu, but I am there for the wings. Darn, I eat so many I should sprout wings and fly myself. read more

Apex Wings - Chicken Wings Near Me - Apex, North Carolina

Been coming here since it was called "Em'r Wings", what.. almost 20 years ago? Yikes, what a long time ! :-) This place is hands-down the absolute best place around to get wings in the Triangle. Their parmesan-garlic wings are nothing short of amazing. And lest not forget the Teriyaki and classic Hot Buffalo, they are all so good! With their 15 piece you can choose up to 3 flavors, so it makes it easy to get the flavors you're craving, want to sample or share with a friend. Each serving comes with Texas toast and veggies. Another one of my favorite items is their homemade Chicken salad sandwich served with choice of side. I usually get the homemade potato chips, they are just right. If you're looking for some amazing local fair, you've found it. read more

Loved this little hole in the wall wing shop. The wings had an excellent crisp, the fried mushrooms were awesome. The music they were playing was right up my alley. One of my new favorite places! read more

The most horrible wings I have ever eaten. Over cooked so it was dry. Had to throw the wings in the garbage. Will never order wings from there again!!!!!! read more

Came here for a quick bite before needing to be somewhere in the area. Service was great and quick. Food was regular barish type food. The wings were a little too saucy for my liking, but big and yummy (I just dabbed off the sauce). Pricing was super reasonable. Very large portions. This is a great spot around the corner from places we frequent so I'm sure we will be back. read more

So, who doesn't love some great wings, right? My favorite flavor is Lemon Pepper and I am always in search of a place that doesn't over season but allows the taste of the chicken to be part of the flavor palette, as well! I cannot emphasize how awful it is to just taste Lemon Pepper when it should just complement the chicken! This was my first time at Apex Wings and it is a very casual bar/eatery! Nothing fancy and definitely not a place you want to bring your sweetie for a romantic date! It's a great place to hang with friends or watch a game! A little loud but I like to laugh and converse loudly, at times, so it was perfect for just having a good time this Friday night! I tried the Lemon Pepper (which was adequately seasoned), Orange Sesame, and Sweet and Spicy Thai Chili. Definitely will be back! read more

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Stopped in for lunch while at a nearby establishment. Two gals on and one mentioned to pick a seat.. We must have picked the wrong one. The waitress with long blonde hair brought us menus and asked "what drinky poos" ?!?!? Needless to say, did not see the waitress return to our table. We left and had a wonderful lunch up the street. Attention owner, if you watch Bar Rescue or put some cameras in the place when you are not there. You will see new customers unhappy leaving. Hope this review is helpful to potential guests. read more

Worst wings I have ever had! Chicken was over cooked and was hard to eat! not a place worth going back!

Good on Apex Wings staff for making a Door Dash Deliver that never actually occurred right!! #integrity #buylocal

Staff was amazing the wings were good but the ranch was just bottled ranch from hidden valley. If your a wing place you should have great ranch to go with it read more

New to Apex area and wanted to try out this place based on good reviews. What a disappointment!! It was actually YUCK!! Opened the lid and saw the potato wedges drenched in oil, burnt on the outside-soggy in the inside. Didn't even taste it and threw it out. For the coleslaw, as soon as I put in my mouth I gagged and spit it out. The coleslaw was spoiled, gross. The wings were dry drenched in sauce. Will never be back. read more

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Food was great as always, but the wait times for on line ordering are not acceptable during this pandemic. We ordered online, arrived on time for our pick up, and had to wait an additional 25 minutes for our pick up order. There were at least 4 others orders/ people waiting around for their online orders. Your system needs immediate improvement. read more

If I could give a third of a star I would. Service horrible. The waitress with blonde hair glasses and tattoos down her arm was the most unfriendliness person ever. It was my daughters freaking 13th birthday smile. At least act like you like your job. Food good pub food but service!?!? Nope horrible. I would give you her name but did not really see her much for she never came by to check on us. Funny thing it was 5:30 PM 3/18/2019. Not like it was super busy where she was in the weeds. read more

This is definitely the best place to get some wings with your friends. Its inexpensive and well sauced. I usually order from here through 919dine and have never had any issues with taste or quality. They also have amazing burgers. Thick juicy burgers done the way a burger should be. Dont expect to be able to finish the fries that come with the burger unless you are starving. If you are looking for a good filling meal that isnt gonna break the bank Apex Wings is the place to go. Even better when you order in and I have a nice movie night with your buddies. read more

We rolled in here on a drizzly Sunday and had to turn around a couple times since it is tucked away in the corner of a nearly defunct strip mall. We opted to sit at the bar, and there was one other couple dining in the restaurant. For those of you that know me...I'm all about some wings. I wanted to start with something healthy so Brit and I ordered the "side" salad. A mammoth salad came out, iceburg galore with some small garnish vegetables to add a bit of flavor to the watery crunch of iceburg. The balsamic vinagrette was pretty thin, and was way over spiced. It was almost inedible with the amount of spice in the concoction. They were running a special on the 25 piece wing order. The wings showed up and upon inital appearance were in my opinion over sauced. This always leads me to believe that something was being hidden. over aged wings, discoloration etc. The wings are crispy and moist, some broken bones which isn't all that fun to deal with, but for the most part way too much sauce. It masks any flavor of the chicken and the after a bit the crunch is lost as the wings become soggy. The flavors that we had - Jaimaican Jerk, Sweet Habanero and Sweet and Spicy Thai Chili were all well balanced and tasted pretty good. However the wings were turned into a vehicle to deliver sauce to your mouth instead of vice versa. Not bad, not the greatest. For a local option, they were a 3 stars. I do want to knock the female bartender who started bad-mouthing some call in orders while we were there. No one, especially customers should overhear a staff member calling customers stupid. No matter how frustrating or rude customers are and can be, the rest of the establishment customers should not think..."Hmm, I wonder what they'll say when we leave?" It's unprofessional and left a pretty bad taste in our mouths (even more so than the balsamic dressing). read more

Next to our fencing club, Apex Wings is one of our go to stops. After practice we'll stop in for the boneless (Sharon Harris & Hot), a side of fried and drink. With the Covid-19 we picked up takeout last week. Good local wings without a corporate, cookie-cutter, experience. read more

My favorite wing joint! Em-R Wings had to change their name to Apex Wings (something about another restaurant by the same name), but they'll always be Em-R Wings to me. They've changed their sign to one that features a somewhat crazed looking chicken with red rimmed eyes. This place is a super casual hole on the wall that's usually pretty quiet- you come into this dimly lit place and there are usually a couple of regulars sitting at the bar, and if you turn to the left there's a separate area with tables, booths, and a TV. It's fine for kids and they have no problem accommodating large families. Onto the wings- I think they're great, not gristly or slimy like other wings! I like to order mine Hot for a nice peppery kick, and "extra well done" so they're nice and crispy on the outside, moist on the inside. The Shearon Harris wings always come to our table with jalepenos on top, but maybe just to differentiate them from the Hot wings. If you're daring they have a wings challenge: http://apexwings.com/wings-challenge/ They also have sandwiches, hot dogs, and the like on the menu, but I've never gotten them- I have a policy of if I'm at a place with "wings' in the bar name, I'm sure as heck not getting something else. I also haven't had the wings that don't have a buffalo style sauce, as buffalo style is their specialty. There's one older waitress who's a bit curmudgeonly, but everyone else is quite friendly. Just adds to the charm of the place. read more

Wings r yummy and crispy like I enjoy! We had garlic parmesan which could use more garlic but were good. Hot BBQ was saucy with a nice kick. My favorites was the Thai chili. Sweet and spicy like me!! Daughter had boneless wings which were over breaded to me. She had wedge fries which were great. Blue cheese and Ranch tasted like they certainly from a jar which was disappointing. Super fast and friendly service and a fun atmosphere. read more

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I was stoked at the thought of finding a local wings place as an alternative to Buffalo Wild Wings and the other chains and I was encouraged by the good reviews, but the wings were a disappointment. Service was fine and the beer battered fries weren't bad, but it really comes down to whether or not the wings were good, and they weren't, at least not this batch. We tried the BBQ, Sweet Habanero, Jamaican Jerk, and Medium. The BBQ were smothered in really sweet sauce, the Medium were just ok, and I didn't like the flavors of the Jerk and Habanero. I would try other flavors but the meat on all the wings was just dry. I will have to keep looking for a local wings spot. read more

Get the hot wings! Perfect spice and flavor. Very good, no negatives in my visit. I like that all the staff wait on everyone and you don't have assigned wait staff. For me it meant we were taken care of quickly. It is not the Ritz Carlton but the wings are good. read more

I did a take out order here - maybe it's because I am spoiled and just went to Buffalo, NY a few weeks ago and had the 'original chicken wings' - but the sauce here didn't stay on the wings at all. The size of the wings was okay, but the sauce were greasy and laid at the bottom of the to go box. read more

I'm a wings junkie, and this place brings on the wings!. The wings are meaty and delicious, and a nice assortment of sauces, something for almost every taste. That said, neither of the two hottest sauces are hot enough for me, but would satisfy most palates. I also enjoyed the onion rings and fried pickles. My companions had a sandwich and a salad and both very good. Atmosphere is basic pub style, very laid back. I'll definitely be going back, and would have given this place 5 stars if only the hot sauce were higher on the Scoville scale. read more

This place must be an acquired taste. I don't think i can acquire it. The waitress had a nonchalant attitude. Maybe it was a bad day. The wings were over cooked and kind of on the crunchy side. The fries wasn't that good either. The place is small. Smaller than you would guess from theirs pics. This was my first time here and probably the last. Only tried it out cause its close the house. read more

Normally when I see small independent "mom and pop" restaurants, I get excited because I have found some delicious food this way. The wings I got and the wings the wife got were certainly on par. They were a little in the small size, but adequate for average hum drum wings. The kicker here is that 10 wings were 9.ish dollars. When I got my check for 37 dollars I had some sticker shock because this is what I pay at Outback for salad, steak, potato and bread and cokes for the wife and me. For 37 dollars. 44 with tip, I got 10 wings for me, 10 for wifey, coke, one beer, half basket fries, and for 6 dollars I got seven fried mushrooms. With average wings I had found myself wishing I had not gambled on Apex Wings for the price. I gave two stars instead of one because the waitress rocked. She was friendly and let us taste 3 beer options in shot glasses to decide which beer to have. I would give it another shot, but the wing price is outrageous. read more

Loved it! Great crispy wings! Lots of flavors! Super friendly people! A MUST try for any wing lover!

Wow...awesome wings other customers stated other stuff great too. Definately highly recomended A++++. Great home made food, I live 2.5 hrs away and would take the family there for a special evening...my 11 y/o son loves wings.... The hotter the better for him. Worth looking for kinds hidden don't pass it up. read more

Apex Wings - Chicken Wings Near Me - Apex, North Carolina

My boyfriend loves these wings. He tried them once for a Sunday NFL game with friends and gog requests for a repeat order. Definitely a hit.

I've come back to Apex Wings many many times since my last review and I know people have bad days, but it's been consistently bad. Service has always been meh, but it's a divey-type of places, so whatever. But what irks me the most is the quality of food. I love their sauces, the flavor is great. But the wings they put it on? It's usually undercooked or the bones are broken causing the meat to taste off and also have brittle pieces in a bite. Still, I kept recommending Apex Wings but said, let's go with the boneless wings instead. Well, those were undercooked too! TL;DR: I'm no longer giving Apex Wings my recommendation or going back until I consistently hear better things. Their flavorful sauce isn't worth the stomachache I get afterwards from their poorly cooked chicken. read more

Can't say enough good things about this place. The wings are always fresh and cooked perfectly. I usually get the mild wings but we've had the garlic parm/lemon pepper and teriyaki. Their APP to order online is hands down one of the best and adds to the convenience of ordering. This has made my addiction to their wings much more convenient and easy to process..lol The staff are great, always friendly and courteous. I would highly recommend this establishment. read more

Love to eat here but got food recently and not a single cook was wearing a mask. Whether you believe it or not the rules should be followed to protect everyone. Very disappointed and won't be back. read more

So I'm leaving my review cause of the service last night ( super bowl) . Last night I ordered wings online and showed up only to find out it would be another 60-90 mins from the quoted time. The guy was very apologetic and incredibly nice. This is only second time I ordered from you ( the first my online order was lost on a different Sunday ) . I don't believe tearing a business down on reviews especially local. I am going to try your establishment however not ordering online but coming in. It smelt good hopefully I'll have better luck next time and can try your wings. Thanks again read more

Outstanding wings! Went there with a total of 6 people (among them a three year old), 2 of which were vegetarian. All of us loved the place. They offer great wings (we thought the Shearon Harris sauce was a little vinegary, but all the other sauces were excellent!). They make the sauce there themselves, and the wings are pretty meaty, generously covered in sauce, and served hot and tasty. My three year old had the corn dog, which was a lot of coctail weenie corn dogs, she loved 'em, and they came with lots of tater tots as well. They offer pitchers of beer, and have a decent selection of micro-brews (we have magic hat, they also have carolina, and a few others) The vegetarians among us had the appetizers, a smattering of fried okra, fried cheese, and a few other things (including fries). They also offer a grilled cheese sandwich (we didn't get one of those). Overall, I'd say that this place is much better than Buffalo Wings and Rings in Morrisville, and Wing Stop Cafe in Raleigh/Briar Creek. It's a bit hard to find though (its behind an Ace Hardware off of Davis Drive in Apex), and is kind of a hole-in-the wall. I'll be going back again with friends, and recommend you do also! read more