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Original Buffalo Wings

2.8 (584 reviews)

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ORIGINAL BUFFALO WINGS ATMOSPHERE

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Moderate noise
Casual
Good for kids
Good for groups

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Gina N.

Where Tradition Meets Flavor. My boyfriend, who is a California native, moved to Texas 7 yrs ago. He has always mentioned that through his child hood, Original Buffalo Wings was a family favorite. So of course, we had to stop by during our visit to SF, and I now see why this spot has been around since the late 1980s-- the food is genuinely good. The buffalo sauce is classically... buffalo... but better haha. It's also amazing that the sauce seems to go with everything. It's perfectly spicy and tangy without being overpowering. By recommendation, We even ordered a side of it for our chips, and it was a game-changer. IDK why we had never thought to order the frys or chips with some sauce to accompany them. Even the buffalo sauce mushrooms was unexpectedly delicious. Obviously the buffalo wings were good. Despite the food being amazing I have to say that the best part of our visit here was the look on my boyfriend's face--pure nostalgia and satisfaction. It's moments like these that make revisiting places like Original Buffalo Wings special. Service was excellent too. The cashier, Mel, was incredibly sweet and made sure we were well taken care of. Overall, I highly recommend this spot--a 4.5/5 for sure!

Christiana H.

I'm in town for the week and this is across the street from my hotel. I have already eaten here twice. Even took a friend with me today! Last night they were about to close but still took my order. Every single thing that I've had has been delicious. I think I'll have wings tomorrow. It was quiet and clean on the outside. The employees are really nice too. I guess I'm a regular until I leave. This is just a relaxation trip for me so it's nice to have this so close because the menu has a bit of everything.

Briana H.

We came today and it was nice because of the holiday it wasn't busy. We ordered... Wings (8/10) Garlic fries (8/10) - the garlic was cold but the fries were hot and fresh Bacon cheeseburger (8.5) decent and good size Fish n chips -10 this was everyone's favorite Service was good and food was served nice and hot

Lemon pepper/garlic fries

Terrible wings I got the lemon pepper and they were dry,oily in the wrong ways,little to no seasoning,and had a really dark chicken meat taste. I also got the garlic fries and they were mushy,soggy,very starchy and overall just terrible awful off putting flavors.definitely the worst wings and fries I have ever had in the city and my life do not recommend the wings or garlic fries. Ps. I only ate 1 wing and had to force myself to finish 1 wing after that I threw it away! It was very very awful.

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Zach H.

Really like this place don't know why such negative reviews. The employee was really nice. The Caesar salad was on point and the chicken wings were delicious. Even comes with celery and carrots. Oatmeal cookie on point too.

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Jack T.

Ordered the lemon pepper wings and they put so much seasoning it was not edible. I had to wipe each individual piece with paper towels twice just to be able to eat a few pieces. I was skeptical coming here for the first time based on the 3 stars rating, but figured how bad could it be? It was baaaad. 3 stars is too generous. Ill give 2 stars but that may even be too much. Oh and some pieces were lightly fried and others completed over-fried to the point it was biting into a rock. So they obviously mixed in a few pieces of very old dried wings have been sitting under a heat lamp for hours , mixed with some freshly fried wings. Shady.

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Luke C.

This is probably the nostalgia in me, but if you came here years and years ago, it's very nice to come back and have THE flavor again. See... Original Buffalo Wings was my first Buffalo wing experience, so, pretty much everything else I have had since is compared to these. When I first had Buffalo wings from here in the mid-nineties, the wings were bursting with flavor. I had never experienced them before and Original Buffalo Wings got me hooked. Stepping back in today was eye-opening. The menu has expanded by quite a bit from what I remember... and now there are many more flavors than the original spicy flavor. I didn't deviate from what I wanted so I just went for the original spicy. They weren't as much of a flavor bomb as I remember, but I have to be realistic and know that my taste buds have changed over the years. They've been through shock and awe so I'll never had that first experience of Buffalo wings again... but that's ok. I'd have to say that the Buffalo sauce here is still excellent. The taste is what I remember and it has a perfect tanginess. I also got a side order of their house made chips that they fry right there and then. They came out really hot and crisp. I was in heaven! The only gripe I have is that the service here is pretty slow. I came during a dead time in the middle of the afternoon and I still had to wait about 20-25 minutes for my order. But that's what it was back then too... so... I got what I got!

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Best wings in SF. Food is cooked perfectly. Service is always fast. 10x better than other wing spots around the city.

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