The first time I came here was during their opening week. The service was awful but I figured the place was new and so was everyone working there.
We had 3 servers and a manager approach our table with the same beer, which we didn't order, several times over the course of about 20 minutes. I still feel sorry for whoever ordered their warm, stale, overly-handled beer. I almost hope they never got it so they didn't feel obliged to pay for it.
I learned on that occasion that the food is a bad joke. I love wings, and if even argue that I'm hard to disappoint, but why is it that places that "are famous for their wings" can't manage to make good ones?
The food feels like a fast food commercial bait-and-switch. The ultimate nachos looked great and when they got to the table, there was no sour cream, actual cheese or pico de gallo on them. Take that away and you've got 7-11 nachos.
The wings are great if you're into the 'fried then frozen then rolled in high fructose corn syrup and packaged dry seasoning' taste. If they were much, much cheaper I'd have been okay with it. Or if I'd ordered the wings without the expectation that they'd be good. I don't pretend to be a good snob.
All this not to mention that the mountain of cake comes with a thimble of ice cream. (I have a friend who is very serious about the Ratio).
Fast forward a couple months. I'm walking the mall with my kids and husband, someone has to go potty, so I think "cool, we'll give it another shot. I could really go for some garlic fries."
Spoiler alert: they don't sell garlic fries.
My husband and one kid went in a few minutes ahead and the lovely hostesses watched me struggle with the two sets of doors and stroller. They apparently hate customers and eye contact because they did not communicate AT ALL why they were making me wait while they stood there or how long they would stand there with menus in hand.
We were seated in the apparent kiddie section, which is fine as we had small kids and I understand that kids and people who bring kids should be separated from the people who came to drink and watch sports.
What was NOT fine is that they seated another family with kids in the completely empty (other than my table) area, at the table right next to ours. I can't explain the setup in a way that makes sense, but the family had to pull the table against a partial wall so that two people could actually FIT back to back.
Again, we were in a small area, surrounded by empty tables that weren't squished between a claw machine and a partial wall.
So, no garlic fries. The server suggests we order fries and add a dry seasoning for free. Not only do none of the dry seasonings even approach any part of the "garlic fry" flavor profile- none of them even sound good on fries. So we put in an order for some spicy garlic sauce to dip the fries in.
The server does NONE of the things a good server would do (like offering suggestions when we were trying to make a snap judgement what to get for two kids when there's no kids menu or offering to drop off the check the first two times we say we don't want to order anything more and all our plates are empty).
We asked a question about the menu item and his initial response was basically that they arrive frozen preseasoned. So I guess I'll check the freezer aisle at the grocery store to find the answer to my question.
The chili queso wasn't good- deconstructed 7-11 chili cheese nachos. I expected it, so it was okay.
The spicy garlic sauce was okay- not great, and definitely not a substitute for garlic fries.
I have no reason to ever go back, and I will avoid subjecting myself to the dining experience they provide. It sucked while drinking with friends, it sucked with family.... Maybe it's for dudes who want to seem more masculine- eat wings, drink beer, watch sports, hope that a pretty lady sees how much you're overspending while doing it... And also have no taste buds....? Or who really love 7-11 food but you can't drink there.
In any case, I'm severely disappointed that I can't find decent wings close to home.
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