Today was my 1st time trying Dave's Hot Chicken and I liked it! I used the Drive-thru; the menu is straightforward and it was nice not to have a million choices over which to debate. I chose the X-Men meal, which came with a chicken slider, crinkle-cut fries, pickle slices, a side of Dave's sauce and an X-Men figurine. I love the crispiness and flavor of the chicken but will probably order tenders or nuggets in the future since I felt the buns and greens overpowered the chicken a bit. The fries were hot and crispy and Dave's ranch complemented them nicely. I ordered the slider with no spice so cannot comment on the how the heat level was. I also ordered a chocolate shake. That hit the spot and I liked the thick consistency. The service was great. Maria could tell it was my 1st time there and guided me in the right direction when it came to choosing sauces and sides. I like the decorative exterior paint and the logo. The only thing I'd change is the price-the kids meal and shake cost over $21 including tax. I'll return to try the tenders. Thanks! read more

Dave's Hot Chicken - X-Men meal! Chicken slider with fries - Chicken Shop Near Me - Sacramento, California

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I've heard a lot of mixed reviews so I had to check it out! The service was really good. The kid at the counter knew it was my first time and explained some popular items he recommended. So I ordered some tenders, fries, buffalo fries and mozzarella sticks. It was decent. The tenders are surprisingly spicy even for mild! I was kinda shocked how much seasoning it had... a little too much for me. I do appreciate the quality of the chicken as it was "real" chicken, not that fake meat lol. The mozzarella sticks also just ok... too much seasoning but it had a fun cheese pull. The only item I loved was the buffalo fries! YUM. Seriously, Buffalo fries WITH mac n cheese on top!!!!! So good! Inside had a cool vibe, love the art on the walls. It was a little dirty but they were very busy so i understand. It was just ok.. not my first spot for a chicken spot but I didn't hate it either. Next time I may just order a large buffalo fry! Only thing missing on that would be blue cheese. But overall worth a try at least, but keep in mind the "hot chicken " when ordering your spice level. read more

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Just discovered this spot and OMGEE!!! everyone needs to know about it. The chicken here is seriously some of the best I've had !!perfectly cooked, super flavorful, and just overall amazing. Shout out to the guy at the drive-thru for the top-tier customer service. Friendly, upbeat, and made the whole experience even better. Also, the restaurant itself is really cool. The outside catches your attention right away and the inside has a fun vibe that makes it stand out. If you love great chicken, do yourself a favor and check this place out. Definitely coming back! read more

Stopped in for a quick bite. Service was fast and for the most part the place looked clean. The bathroom could use some attention though. Food was hot and fresh and the right amount of spice for the order. If you're craving some fried hot chicken in the Arden area this is a decent option. No surprises and the order was what to be expected. read more

Dave's Hot Chicken - Dave's #1: 2 Tenders w/ Fries - Chicken Shop Near Me - Sacramento, California

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The restaurant was clean, service was fast, and the food was delicious! Tables emptied quick.. I'd say people spend about 20 minutes sitting and eating here. All meals come in a to go box, whether you're eating there or not. read more

Dave's Hot Chicken - Chicken Dave's #1 2 Tenders w/ Fries - Chicken Shop Near Me - Sacramento, California

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I saw a commercial today that said Dave's brought back the Not Chicken (cauliflower) bites. So, decided to try Dave's for the first time. I got a chicken slider, which I devoured. Chicken was juicy and the slider was a good size for a not so big appetite. I ordered medium heat. As someone who can handle spicy, I can definitely try hot next time. Sooo good. The Not Chicken (cauliflower) bites were really good. I ordered to go so when I got home they were slightly steamed and not as crispy, but still good. Dave's was definitely busy this Friday night. I highly recommend! read more

Dave's Hot Chicken - Not Chicken Bites - Chicken Shop Near Me - Sacramento, California

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My son and I finally tried Dave's and I must say we absolutely loved it. It's now our favorite spot for fried chicken. The seasonings on each piece of chicken is so flavorful. The fries were great as well and seasoned perfectly too. Huge pieces of chicken with juicy white meat. Pricing was fair. $31 for two 2 piece combos and one soda. My son even had some leftover. Restaurant was clean. The cashier was very friendly and helpful about their menu. Crowd was full of kids my son's age. I can see why. The hype on fried chicken is only growing. This spot is a must try! read more

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Shoutout Angel H for the great customer service. First time at this location and would def come back

Love love love Dave's hot chicken! It's definitely my partner and I's go to when we are craving chicken especially when we crave spicy chicken. We both love spice and flavor and they do not disappointment. We also love the new mozzarella sticks (I find them better than Chili's). The theme inside is fun and edgy. It's always been clean when we are there! Each time we go, the servers are always kind and working quickly to get your order together. When it was our first time, the employee kindly walked us through the menu and how you can choose different spice levels. Also, their hot is actually hot. We love spice and I tend to go for hot since usually it's not hot at all. Not here, hot truly means hot. Check this place out! read more

34minute wait through drive thru! While I was waiting, I called the restaurant to ask about the delay. The employee explained they were behind because every order is made fresh and asked if I would accept a complimentary milkshake for the inconvenience. I respectfully declined because I don't drink milkshakes and simply wanted to speak with the manager when I reached the window. He said she couldn't talk and would speak to me at window- waited an additional 7min. When I spoke with the manager, Maria, she explained they were short-staffed due to employee call-outs. I completely understand that staffing issues happen. I worked in the restaurant industry for years, so I know these situations can occur. However, staffing shortages are an internal operational issue and should not result in customers waiting 34 minutes in a drive-thru with little communication. Maria did apologize and offered 50% off my order, which I accepted and appreciated. However, after a 34-minute wait while trapped in the drive-thru with my toddler, I don't believe that fully addressed the inconvenience. In the time I spent waiting, I could have driven home and back. While I appreciate that an effort was made, I believe a more appropriate recovery should have been offered given the length of the delay and the circumstances. My concern is not with the employees who were working hard under difficult conditions. It is with the company's handling of situations like this. Customers should not bear the burden of operational issues such as staffing shortages, and there should be a better plan in place for communicating delays and making things right when waits become excessive. read more

I had high expectations, but this was one of the worst experiences I've had. The chicken seemed undercooked and had a weird, soft texture that didn't feel right. Within a short time of eating it, I started having really bad stomach pain. I couldn't even finish the meal because I was worried about getting sicker. Food safety should be the number one priority, and this experience left me feeling disappointed and uncomfortable. I won't be returning unless they improve their quality control read more

Dave's Hot Chicken - Uncooked chicken - Chicken Shop Near Me - Sacramento, California

I finally made it to Dave's Hot chicken after months of my son asking me if he could try it. Let me just say the staff was kind and the food was delicious. I was shocked on how great the customer service was. It was a little pricey lol but still good food and the slushy with Icecream. Oh my my, it was sooooooo good!!!!! read more

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Man, got to give Mark some props too! Professional and nice when taking order so i had to drop by yelp for this!

First timer here. Went through drive thru. It took roughly 30 minutes. There were lots of people since Dave's were giving free slider on the app. Ordered two number 2 in medium, one hot, and one reaper (you have to sign a consent). Redeemed the free slider for a non spice. The kiddos used their own app coupon and redeemed mild level (not in photo). If you're someone who eat spicy and has a high spice tolerance medium and mild is nothing. They could barely taste the spice and regretted not ordering hot. Hot was not spicy but it will give a taste of the spice. Reaper should really be a creeper . The spice has a delay kick. Kiddos needed lots of milk. My spice tolerance is not crazy high but I was fine afterwards. Chicken overall was not bad. Sandwiches were okay size. French fries were okay. Thankfully not soggy by the time we got home. Sauce with the meal was okay. Didn't get any ketchup. I did ask for them. Drinks were not included in the meals. Overall, sandwiches were not bad. read more

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Me and my family have been coming to this specific location for many years. I am always greeted enthusiastically and always provided speedy service. Today Maryah has by far provided the best experience I have had in the past year (I come here at least twice a month). Not to mention the food came out hot and fresh. I have been to other Dave's locations, but none of them even come close to comparing to this one. 10/10! read more

Dave's Hot Chicken - The Dave's Daves Big Trio - Chicken Shop Near Me - Sacramento, California

The service is here is amazing, i was guided through the menu since it was my first time here. They made sure to ask every customer while i was there if it was there first time. The food is great. I highly recommend to give this place a try whenever you can. The ambiance was just great. Great service, food comes out fast, and just great environment. I tried to tip a brotha but they have to refuse tips. This place needs to start allowing cash tips. read more

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Anthony called me an angry black bitch. The lobby was open, and my v8 is on E. He tried to make me wait in the drive through when my paid order was done and completed and hr previous. 6/15/26 12:10 pm. As cars and coffee sac vendor coordinator I am distraught. He even called security on me. I won't be returning read more

It supposed to be fast food, I am still waiting for 30 minutes at drive thru. That is missed up read more

Dave's Hot Chicken - Waiting for long time - Chicken Shop Near Me - Sacramento, California

Ordered the regular size loaded buffalo mac and and cheese and it was half empty compared to the picture online. Very disappointing. read more

Dave's Hot Chicken - regular loaded spicy buffalo mac - Chicken Shop Near Me - Sacramento, California

Thought Id try Daves after a year or so away, but that was a mistake. Right now, I'm sitting in the drive thru line at Dave's. I thought this was supposed to be fast food. Apparently not. I've been in line, behind the same car for 15 minutes. Not to mention the 5 minutes of wait time it took just to order the food. Not sure if I'll get out of this line any time soon. Normally, I'd drive off and not purchase the food but I have hungry kids at home. However, I won't be coming back any time soon. Update: 25 total.minutes later and I recieved the Daves Big Trio. What a mess! We couldn't even figure out the small sandwiches because they look like they were just thrown in the box. I waited 25 minutes in the drive thru for this! Shame on Daves!!! read more

Dave's Hot Chicken - Example of the box - Chicken Shop Near Me - Sacramento, California

One of my favorite places for chicken sandwiches. I usually get the medium spicy, which is not bad at all. My spice level tolerance is pretty low and I was able to handle medium. Enjoyed the soft bread to the crispy flavorful chicken. I would highly recommend if you are looking for a good quality chicken sandwich. read more

I bought into the hype I have been seeing on the chilihead forums and gave this chain a shot. Can't speak to the dining area of the place itself because I have only ordered delivery through them. I will say of the half dozen times I have ordered from them, the chicken and fries have been cooked perfect every time. A+ for consistency. On to the chicken, I usually order the 2 strips and fries. For all my fellow chiliheads, yes the reaper is technically the spiciest one but it is all heat and not too much else going on with it. If you are just a straight masochist, order the reaper but my recommendation is just go for the extra hot, it has PLENTY of pain but the secret "sauce" here is brown sugar and man does it make me just keep stuffing this pain into my face, SO GOOD. My only real complaint is why do they only give you one 2oz cup of the dipping sauce? That's BARELY enough for one strip and I still have a whole other strip AND fries to eat. So yeah, they live up to the hype and although there is a better "level 5" hot chicken in town, Dave's is consistent with the quality, the other place is not. read more

I wait in drive thru for 20 minutes and then they give me uncooked chicken sandwich nasty taste and nasty sandwich waste of money read more

Dave's Hot Chicken - #Dave's #2 2 Sliders w/ Fries - Chicken Shop Near Me - Sacramento, California

Shoutout to Mark (I believe that was his name) super welcoming and went above and beyond helping us out. Food was good too. Just wish they had tvs read more

Dave's Hot Chicken - Dave's #Dave's #1 2 Tenders w/ Fries - Chicken Shop Near Me - Sacramento, California

The milkshake was GOOD, thick like a milkshake should be. I got the medium spice slider and fries. Good amount of spice but not very spicy over all. Quick service, and very helpful too, several times people came around and asked us if we needed anything, for a fast food joint it was surprising! The place is a bit loud though, hard to hear people but the food was good! read more

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This may be a DoorDash issue. But I ordered at 11:20pm. All it said that my food was being prepared. Nothing changed. I called at 1:20am to check on my order. When I told them my name and order. Then I get a notification saying that my order was just cancelled. They got back to me and said they didn't see anything. The timing of that doesn't seem like a coincidence. read more

Mariah & Chase brought the heat today by resolving a past transgression that had taken place(missing items on last order. Total redemption! Aside from that, always a good time at the Arden location. Keep it up team! read more

It is our first time here and Ethan made our experience great! We got the sliders thinking they were slider size but they are HUGE. Which means the prices are actually really good. The flavors are unique and absolutely delicious. We will be back read more

Waited over an HOUR tonight in the drive thru line with one car ahead of me. I would give 0 stars if I could.

Worst service ever. Worst manager ever, Ari. Gave me a chicken sandwich instead of the cauliflower one after waiting in line 25 minutes to get the order walk back in to get the cauliflower which had originally been ordered and want two more dollars. She acted like she got off on me being upset and actually smiled at me when I'm like you have the audacity to want two dollars more. So rude. Never going back there again read more

10 out of 10 top notch customer service Muhammad and mark took good care of us would come back to this location

Chase Mariah are amazing can't wait to come again they have great service food tasted great service was 10 out of ten can't wait to come back here and eat at this awesome place you all have to come read more

Dave's Hot Chicken - Service was amazing chase and Mariah are awesome can't wait to come back - Chicken Shop Near Me - Sacramento, California

Been waiting for an hour here have not even recieved the food yet the store is empty Only two tables are being empty and I came on a nine o clock Un busy evening read more

Soooooo good love it. It is a little pricey as for fast food but it's so good and spicy don't get the reaper it is literally crazy spicy read more

Dave's Hot Chicken - Orange Creme Slusher - Chicken Shop Near Me - Sacramento, California

Muhammad served us with elegance and grace... the best chicken I've had in millenniums. I honestly couldn't ask for more. He is the best.

My sons birthday suggestion it was fast service, ton of food, and Matt at the drive thru window was awesome! Will return again! read more

Dave's Hot Chicken - Chicken Shop Near Me - Sacramento, California

Stopped in for lunch. The food was excellent! You can determine your heat. I got mild, but next time I'm ramping it up. Mild still tasted great. I was just being conservative. I'll just keep getting it hotter and hotter each time. read more

Dave's Hot Chicken - Slider with fries. Yum! - Chicken Shop Near Me - Sacramento, California

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Me and my kids came to try this place for the first time, Angel and Mohammed were so helpful and friendly they were very patient with us as we decided what to eat. read more

After being bombarded incessantly on YouTube we decided to check Dave's Hot Chicken out. The hype was not worth the over seasoned, over cooked chicken we were served. We will not be going back with so many better fried chicken options out there. read more

We had such a great experience at Dave's Hot Chicken today. Ethan was not only friendly and attentive with our order, but we also saw him go out of his way to bring food to a table for a woman with a baby so she didn't have to get up. You just don't see thoughtful gestures like anymore. The food was bomb too read more

Dave's Hot Chicken - #Dave's #4 1 Slider with Fries - Chicken Shop Near Me - Sacramento, California