The Best Chicken You Will Eat If you love juicy, thick, crunchy chicken, I know a place for you: Chick-fil-A! This Chick-fil-A opened on January 18, 2021, at 31872 Del Obispo St, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675. Chick-fil-A is a family-owned fast-food chain that has been open for over 70 years. When you first get to this Chick-fil-A, you can see a friendly, clean outdoor seating establishment. Even though they don't have indoor seating, which is always lovely on a very cold or hot day, they always ensure the tables are clean before the next customer wants to use them. When you walk up to this establishment, you get hit with the lovely smell of chicken coming your way. The scent just makes you want to have more and more of it. This place is on a busier corner, which can make it louder, especially with no indoor seating; it can get noisy sometimes. When you get up to the window, there is always a pleasant experience of you getting there. There is always such an excellent way these workers approach you. You genuinely feel welcomed when you come to any Chick-fil-A, especially this one. This Chick-fil-A is rarely ever overly crowded. If there is a line, that will be very quick for you. The workers know how to work and act fast for you. This restaurant has built a strong reputation for treating its employees well and always giving back to the community, which adds to its credibility. Also, their menu is crafted carefully with high-quality ingredients, which goes towards the logical side of a customer wanting a tasty, satisfying meal. Chick-fil-A, overall, creates an emotional connection with its customers through the friendly and welcoming atmosphere they have created. The brand strongly emphasizes its community, family, and people to such a deep level. As you can see Chick-fil-A has the best chicken menu that you can have. Chick-fil-A is known for its chicken for a reason; it is no big surprise when people pick it over many other restaurants. There are many reasons why this restaurant is so unique. One of the main things people love about it is their tasty chicken nuggets and sandwiches. They also have excellent customer service and an impressive menu, like their famous waffle fries. Overall, the superb service and delicious menu would be good reasons for it being quite remarkable. The first food item is their chicken sandwich. This five-dollar sandwich is incredible. The thick chicken is hot and crunchy. It has a slight tangy vinegar flavor. You can tell how the chicken and bread are freshly cooked. Another food item is their delicious french fries. It has a golden, crispy outside and a tender, soft inside. It's surprising how this medium french fry is only $4 for the quality and quantity you get. There is also a creamy, decadent mac and cheese, which is worth a bite. It's always hot in every fantastic bite. Once you have some, it will be hard to stop getting this $3 mac and cheese. The chicken nuggets have such a nice crunch to them. They are the perfect bite size if you need to eat on the go. These crispy, golden, flavorful nuggets are only $8! As you can tell, these tremendous, great foods prove how unique this restaurant's menu is. Chick-fil-A is superior for even more reasons, like their extended hours, 6:30-10. They do have a breakfast menu that I have yet to try. There is also a drive-through, delivery, and takeout, which is always so nice to have options. The Chick-fil-A app has a rewards system that can help you save so much money by getting points. The points add up to use all of that to one idea and get one for "free." Chick-fil-A has the best chicken menu that you can have. Now you need to come and eat more chicken! read more

Another terrible experience here. I came for the breakfast and while it took the young gentleman about 5 min to help the person in front of me the breakfast had closed by one minute, and wouldn't let me order breakfast. Another display of the lack of care or concern in the punks they hire here and a failure to the chick fil a brand. So much for second chances! read more

Convinced that the reading comprehension combined at this store is par 2nd grade level. They fail to provide you the requested sauce when placing Doordarsh or grubhub order. Best part is you get the receipt showing these sauces being requested yet you find none of them in the bag quality of food is also hit or miss. Hopefully they'll learn to read the receipt before closing up the order without the requested condiments. read more

I love our local Chick-fil-A, it doesn't matter if I order in the store, the drive thru or on the app, they always get my order right and the food is always delicious and exactly what I'm expecting. Thanks for providing such delicious food and thank you for employing so many teens in the neighborhood. read more

everytime I arrive at this chick fil a, my heart is instantly filled with joy. Gabriel really stood out to me and greeted me with a warm smile. I love my fries and Gabriel even took the bad pieces out of my fries! Talk about customer service! I live in aliso but will make the 20 minute trip just to go to this chick fil a. read more

I eat here at least twice a week and have never had an issue. Everything always as ordered. Efficient and friendly drive through service. Fresh, delicious hot food. Always see kids from the local community working and all employees seem highly trained in customer service on par with In-N-Out. read more

Worked here but got to be too much with school and extracurriculars so I had to give up shifts often. Wasn't even damn fired or quit they just took me off the schedule. Didn't contact me whatsoever. read more

Man, all y'all complaining about the wait times are straight clowns. Of course there's going to be a wait- it's a popular fast food joint and don't even try complaining during a lunch or dinner rush. I found their ordering system pretty efficient and when you get to the window there's guys waiting outside with your order ready and even the orders for the cars behind us. All you guys that are complaining need to work a food industry job at least once in your life and you'll understand. Anyway, dinner was great and the order was correct, thanks y'all! read more

No exaggeration , it took 2 hours from the time I placed my order til it actually arrived I understand chick fil a is very popular and the drive thru is usually backed up like crazy , but there should definitely be a limit to how long an order should take from time of placement til arrival . read more

As a family, Chick-fil-A is alway our go to during family road trips. Along with In-N-Out as a very good backup. Primarily due to orders being accurate. We were very excited to have a Chick-fiil-A open in town. Unfortunately, they screw up the orders 9 times out of 10. Guessing that is due to FZ that has this location. Listen to your customers and make sure that you get their orders right. The last thing a dedicated customer wants is to return to the store and go inside to get the drive through or App order right. In-N-Out gets it right 99% of the time. Our local Chick-fil-A should do the same. I just realized that this location has 2.5 stars for a Yelp review. That is very embarrassing for an FZ and should be reviewed by corporate to maintain a franchise. I know that Chick-fil-A is very particular regarding the FZs it choices. Something must have slipped through the cracks on this one. Thanks! read more

food took 40 minutes for a sandwich and fries. do better chic fil a this is messed up

This location is incredible busy. Hope you never have to deal with Susan as you try to explain your order was skipped. This location would probably benefit from order numbers due to how busy it is. They get a lot of people asking where their order is, which causes extra problems for when my order was completely skipped and never brought out. I asked Susan about it and just got yelled at because they are too busy and my order will come when it comes, not listening to the fact that the order prep screen showed my order being prepped and then served just 10 minutes earlier. read more

Last and final time visiting this location. Placed a mobile order to pick up, went inside young man ask my name, checked and said it will be done in a minute watched as my order was put together and complete. It sat there for 15 min while no employee bothered to check and bring it to the pick up area. Had to ask twice, first time the person got distracted by a manager to do something else on route to my order and then when I realized he wasn't returning asked again, person seemed bothered by my request checked my order and came back with it. No customer service. There must have been 7-8 workers standing around looking busy but really not doing anything. Poor operations and trained employees, if you are in a hurry do not come here read more

The food was good like at any other chick fil a but it took forever to come out. I ordered on the mobile app and it said it'll be ready in 5-10 minutes but it took 25. The app even said "your order is ready" and it didn't come out until 5 minutes after that message. It seems like a lot of young people working there who just take their time as if it's not one of the busiest locations. read more

Love this place and the food. Awesome team at Chick-fil-A. The girl at the register was friendly and very helpful!

Don't go through the drive thru. Horrible wait horrible horrible. Not sure why they would want to keep adding to this review but horrible is all I could say read more

I absolutely love this location. I recently found out that the owner who used to own the chick fil a in foothill ranch owns this location instead now. I drive from mission Viejo to San Clemente specifically because of the quality of the food and customer service at the location. read more

I placed a to-go order using the app. This restaurant took over 20 minutes to complete a sandwich and fries. The manager in the Hawaiian shirt even prepped the drink and then left it next to the full bag that was ready to go and walked away from it to take a phone call... after he had already asked me my name and said he would check on my order. To top it off, the food was cold and the iced tea had no ice. Drive to a different Chic-Fil-A until this location gets new management or starts to care about what they are doing. read more

If I could give negative stars I absolutely would. This is the poorest run Chick-fil-A I've ever visited. I absolutely will not return. It should never take 30 minutes to get through a drive thru. Other Chick-fil-A Restaurants have employees with iPads taking orders. This was a speak through the window only option for the drive-thru, and it was single lane. Once you're in the drive-through, there's really no way to get out. They moved so slowly, I thought the cashier was also frying the chicken. After all of this, they got the order wrong and I had to go inside. The corporate office should really visit this location and take appropriate action. read more

I really want to give this location a chance, bec it is so close to our house. But they always forget my fries!!! For the third time!!! Workers need to pay extra attention or get trained better. Need to double check the ticket twice! read more

Wow great service, really improved food from last visit. Plump chicken breast sandwich cooked just right. Keep it up!

Food was alright but not a single employee seems to have any clue on how to work properly. My order was taken by a child no older than the age of 14, and he was the only employee taking orders during a very busy time of the day. I only ordered nuggets and two drinks and it took over 10 minutes for the food to be ready. They gave it to me "to-go" despite the child not even asking me if I wanted it for in the restaurant, which I did. After I ate, I went up to the counter to order a cup of water, and watched at least 8 teens walk by me, not a single one bothering to help me and instead were talking about posting pics on social media. The store was infested with children on E-bikes, and the store even allowed teen girls on e-bikes to go through the drive-through, holding up traffic. Very disappointed in the customer service. read more

I always have a good experience here. I can't think of a time where my order was wrong or something was forgotten. Employees are always polite and respectful. Last time I went through the drive thru a sweet employee, Brooke, was efficient and I got my order pretty quick considering the line. 5 stars! read more

I wish I could give this business 5 stars. Twice now I have placed a mobile order only to be asked to park my car upon arrival and continue to wait for my food. Why order ahead? This is very frustrating for a busy mom! Otherwise, great food and service! read more

This was not only the worst experience I've ever had at a Chick-fil-A, but possibly one of the worst I've had at any restaurant. Compared to other reviews, though the line was long, it didn't take terribly long to get through. But once we got to the window we were asked to wait in a parking spot as they prepared our food. That's fine, but after about 10 minutes of waiting there with no food in sight my mom went in to see what was going on. There she met the "manager," Dalton, and "director," Trey, who seemed to have little to no direction and were both incredibly unhelpful. Upon finally receiving our food, my mom noticed that there were multiple mistakes and Trey refused to correct our meal. Not wanting to take our incorrect order, he then refused to give her a refund. Hah! So we left, without our dinner and without a refund of our over $25 meal. Hope they enjoy the donation, we will not be returning to that location. read more

This place was great Now that they've been open for a while they've got everything dialed in fast fresh and conveniently right off the freeway. It's Chick filet I mean come on you know what you're getting read more

They didn't say my pleasure.other than that really good food and service quick in taking the order and making the food

Want a place so slow that the chickens started having chicks while you wait. You came to the right place. God the service is the so slow I can see the people's brain cells in each car commit suicide . The line wasn't even that long like 4 cars and they still took forever (30 min) I don't know if they have someone who barely understands math operate the fryer. Not ever coming back here again read more

LOVE this new location! Everyone is always so friendly & quick to serve the guests! We eat here many times a week & it is always an excellent experience! Food is always yummy, fresh, & quick!!! read more

Update to original review. Gave them another shot today and the pickup service was quick and food quality was good. So, much improved but will need to maintain this better service and quality to earn my 5 stars. Will continue to go here though at this point. read more

I am so excited we finally have a Chick-fil-A in San Clemente!! The food is always fresh the employees are friendly!

Ugh. I still don't get this location. After several months of utilizing the drive-through lane and finally opening up to curbside pick up it just seems like everything still takes forever at this location compared to other locations in the area. I am 100% supporter of Covid protocol but it seems like there's too many touch points in general that is slowing the drive-through pick up process down. I'm not talking about people touching the items I'm talking about the steps that it takes to get your food. First I have to meet in order taker then I get it confirmed at another point then I pull up and wait for something else. I've already paid for it online. it should be super easy to just blow on through the drive-through confirm my order and have it moments later. I've been patient since the day you open and unfortunately had to be face with a pandemic. The staff is always super nice and helpful so I don't blame them. I just feel like the operation needs to be tweaked a little. My goal is to usually order through the app and get it as quickly as possible. read more

Have issues with our meals Jackie manager. Definitely handle all of our problems very professionally and very well and take care of our issues and resolved on she's definitely a person for definitely management position or maybe above human above and beyond on her calls of duty as a worker for Chick-fil-A she made sure we were satisfied customers she even went above and beyond what she should have done and helping us with our problem and resolving it she made it so we are returning customers thank you Jackie for all your services read more

Never had a bad experience here until tonight. The staff was not helpful seemed to ignore customer for carry out pick up orders. Waited 20 minutes before finally pulling someone aside to get my order that had apparently just been sitting on the bad counter. Very disappointing. read more

By far the worst Chick-fil-A I've ever been to. I commute from San Diego to LA weekly for work, and was excited to find a Chick-fil-A right off the exit on my route. At 4:30 pm, the line took forever- there weren't even that many cars but the ordering process was very slow (over 15 minutes)... and then, my order was wrong! Unsweet tea instead of sweet and a chicken sandwich instead of Mac & cheese. I am giving 2 stars because the service was at least friendly & the French fries were good. Overall, I'm disappointed & won't be back. read more

I ordered an ice cream and then they started arguing with me. They should hire older people instead of little kids (no pun intended)

Thank you Erik for my Birthday sandwhich. It was made perfectly and I added it to be a Deluxe with my FAV.. Diet Lemonade drink n the best fries everrrr. I found out u sell the "House Sauce" and it's a good thing I bought that too kuz they forgot last night to include the packets I ordered, so all good! read more

Chick-fil-A - Chicken Shop Near Me - San Clemente, California

Terrible customer service. The line for drive through was long (good for them), so we tried to order inside but they couldn't do it. So we tried to call and get the outside delivery, but were told we could only do that through their app. We left and and had a nice lunch somewhere else. PS: I don't want an app to order lunch. read more

Came in to get a goddamn ice cream cone, waited 20mins no cone. Went up to get said ice cream cone and when i got the ice cream it was in a damn cup. I specifically asked for an ice cream cone, the nerve of some people. read more

This was pretty good, I WAS a regular but NEVER again because: Curbside pickup was stopped, Receipt given is never acceptable to enter on line, emails don't get answered, THEY STOPPED ONLINE ORDERING!!!!! Good thing there's plenty of other good places aroung. read more