A few years ago my husband and I did a taste testing tour of chicken fingers throughout the community over a couple of months. We rated Slim Chickens as one of the very best. Tonight I have to say that not much has changed. Their food is warm and fresh and their chicken is flavorful and juicy. The chicken pieces are larger than I find others serving. They seem hard to beat. read more

If you're hungry for chicken strips and you want a step above Mickey D's this may be your place. The service is fast and d the staff is pleasant and the food is okay. read more

Slim Chickens - Speedy!! - Southern Near Me - Champaign, Illinois

Cold food and was not complete order. Understand why everyone else was down the street. read more

Slim Chickens - $15 for cold food - 1 tender. Understand why I was only one there. - Southern Near Me - Champaign, Illinois

The service was great, as well as the ambiance! The tenders were a bit tough and chewy, but the breading/coating was good. The waffle with tenders was very nice, read more

This was our first time here. We both ordered the 3 tender basket with ranch and honey mustard because those are two of my favorite sauces. It reminded me a bit of Raisin Canes but less greasy. The dining room I thought could have been cleaner but the raspberry tea was on point. The woman who took our order greeted us warmly and took our order with pleasantness. I would come here again. read more

What's happening to this place? Came in last week through the drive thru and when I got home, I had someone else's order. Called in and they wrote my name down for a free meal and a jar dessert, awesome. Went in today to get that free meal and was met by a group of what appeared to be corporate management. One of them took my order. I just got home and my order is wrong again. Wrong side. I call in now, pretty frustrated. I was just told that I can come in for that side. I live in Urbana. I'm not driving all the way over there again to pick up a correction to another mess up. Come on now. Even the managers can't get an order right? Wow. Quite possibly won't be back. Update: guess what I just found in the cole slaw I didn't order.... see photo. read more

Slim Chickens - Hair - Southern Near Me - Champaign, Illinois

The food tastes good, but this place doesn't have high standards of cleanliness and they don't seem to care. A few years ago, I got a piece of melted plastic container/bag in my food. I emailed management a picture but never received a response. I boycotted them for a couple years as a result. I went back earlier this year a few times. Last month, I noticed a warning sign from the Health Department on the door. Sometimes health departments can be a bit picky, so I reserved judgement. Today, I witnessed an employee arguing with a customer who called her out for touching food without gloves. The woman nicely explained that she lives with someone who's on chemotherapy so she was sensitive to safe food handling. She asked for a refund and the employee tried to argue, saying it was someone else's food. The woman explained that wasn't the point. After a "scarlet letter" on your door, you'd think a restaurant would be more careful. Strike three for me. I won't be back; the Health Department should shut this place down. read more

Wayy to expensive for poor quality food. Ordered two sides of mac and cheese and both were served cold. Would not recommend.

Slim Chickens is a cool spot on Neil with a simplistic menu and some tasty options at a good price. After some deliberation, I went with the 3 and 3 for $9.99 which included 3 chicken strips and 3 chicken wings. They had quite a few sauce options but I opted for the cajun ranch and the gravy. The wings were plump and juicy with a nice crispy exterior and a beautiful glistening white interior. The meat slid off the bone and the cajun ranch was delicious. The wing itself desperately needed seasoned, however. It was cooked perfectly, but was rather bland. The ranch saved it for sure. The tenders were also very good and cooked to perfection. Like their bone-in brethren, however, they also needed more seasoning. The gravy was somewhat bland (tastes canned) so I ended up using the cajun ranch for these as well. I chose the fries as my side (a difficult choice given the number of options) and they were pretty good (but also a bit bland). Overall, I was pleased with the amount of food I got for the price and I ultimately enjoyed it all. To get to the next level, this place needs to work on their seasoning both for the meat and the breading. A little more salt also goes a long way! Will try again. 3.5 stars. read more

Slim Chickens - 3 and 3 tenders and wings with fries - Southern Near Me - Champaign, Illinois

The food was okay I got a typical tender box with sauced tenders. The tenders were small could've had a better crunch to it seems like I ate grilled tenders and fries were pretty soggy but the drink and toast was good so hooray. read more

I ordered slim chickens and they forgot 1/4 of my order. When I phoned the manager to get a credit or reimbursement (I live out of town), they laughed at my concerns as if I was being too entitled for wanting it to be made whole. There are many comparable chicken places. I'll go to one that appreciates their customer's patronage. Caveat Emptor. read more

I order the Cayenne Ranch Chicken Sandwich Meal, it is flavourful, however, the piece of chicken was small. It is a good option if you are not very hungry. $7.29 630-1340 Calories A fried chicken breast with Cayenne Ranch, lettuce, pickles, homemade fried onions, Cayenne seasoning on a toasted bun, served with a side, and a drink cup for you to fill at the Drink Shack. Follow me on Instagram: @tryatreat read more

Slim Chickens - Southern Near Me - Champaign, Illinois

I've been eating at Slim Chickens in Arkansas and Oklahoma for a few years, but I've spent the past few years in locations without them. Having recently moved to Illinois I see one nearby and notice they've also finally added sandwiches to their menu! I had to give one a try and it was delicious. Their fries were also the right level of crispy on the outside. I look forward to trying the rest of their sandwiches. read more

Slim Chickens - Chicken Bacon Club - Southern Near Me - Champaign, Illinois

First time here while in Champaign. With all the hype of Popeye's & Chick Fil A going on, I was interested in trying a chain not familiar up in the Chicagoland area. I had the 3 piece wing/3 tender meal. I added a side of coleslaw. I opted for the Korean Bbq sauce on my wings. Perfect amount of zest. Slim Chickens was quite tasty and everything was hot and fresh. The side of BBQ sauce though was a little runny and could have skipped that. I would definitely return when back in the area. Window employee was courteous enough but needs brushing up on the menu. read more

Slim Chickens - 3 piece tender/ 3 wings meal with a side of cole slaw - Southern Near Me - Champaign, Illinois

Drive thru rushed me out no straw no napkins an that Spock bbq taste funny , bread wasn't fresh nothing was fresh to tell the truth was in rush so didn't have time to go back an complain so idk if I would return cranberry lemonade was ok tho lol read more

Never again! Had me wait over 30 mins for a paid curbside order. And then told me to go inside to get it when I finally went through the drive thru to ask for my order. Why have the online order option and why have curbside order option?!!! Will never go back. read more

Drove over in a group of 5 because of a recommendation. Inside is closed so we get a group order from the drive thru. Get back home with our food and we are missing a classic meal that was for me. Tried calling the number on the receipt to address the issue and no pickup after 3 calls and then went instantly to a voice line saying the number isn't in service. Nonexistent customer service to address my issue and just got scammed out of $10. read more

Restaurant review Although central Illinois doesn't have a Chick-fil-a, this would be sort of the closest thing around here. Everything is always made fresh and cooked to order which means a slight delay in getting your food. There is a wide selection of tenders, wings, sandwich, salads, and wraps. I have been here about 3 times and I would say that the food is just okay. For my first meal, I got the cayenne ranch chicken sandwich plate which comes with fries and a medium drink. You can swap your side for any other side. The sandwich reminds me of the spicy chicken sandwich at Chick-fil-a. It is quite delicious, however I don't remember if it has any cheese... My next meal was the 5 and 5 plate with fiver wings and fiver tenders. There are multiple dipping sauces and the slim sauce and the honey mustard were delicious, however the tenders themselves were over fried and crunchy and the wings were also small and dry as well. I don't know if they are just overfrying the food, but my second experience was exactly the same. I ended my meal with there famous jar dessert where you get to keep a mason jar as a keepsake. Overall I would recommend the sandwich and the dessert, but the wings and tenders fall from the mark. Pros: best fried chicken sandwich in town, food made to order Cons: cook fresh usually means more wait time, dry tenders and wings Hidden deals: You can get any item on the menu without the drink which will cut down on the cost, this is not on the menu board with the price Health code rating: A. Clean and well kept. http://il.healthinspections.us/champaign/estab.cfm?facilityID=2499 read more

Slim Chickens - Dessert mason jar - Southern Near Me - Champaign, Illinois

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New ownership, same old problem namely, you advertise COOK TO ORDER and it's definitely NOT cooked to order here. You can tell cook to ordered food, it is hot, moist and the grease is still present. What you get at Slim Chickens is food that is warm, dry and tasteless, because it's sitting under a light so that it can be served quickly to drive up customers. This place would be so much better if you just do what you advertise; cook the food once it ordered by the customer. This is not a hard concept, drive down the road to Meatheads and see how real cook to order is done. I tried once again to like this place, it's useless for me to go back ever, this place refuses to change. In addition the order taker was not friendly. read more

Glad this place is still open and has improved over the past year. However, I'm tired of getting half of a tender in my order... this has happened on more than one occasion. read more

Slim Chickens - 3 wings 3 Tenders, 3 Wings meal - Southern Near Me - Champaign, Illinois

If you use the drive thru, there is a zero percent chance you will get what you ordered. They are 0 for 6 in my personal experience, and after talking to several friends, nobody has gotten everything they have ordered unless it was the most straight forward menu item available. The food is good, but the service makes it not worth the trip. read more

Overall terrible experience. First went to eat there with my friends and the lobby was closed because the were short staffed, drive thru only. Went ahead and ordered through the drive thru, asked for honey bbq wings and fries, they gave me my order incomplete, fries were missing. On top of that the wings were plain, they didn't add sauce, crazy. read more

Food is good, chicken is juicy, but the workers, it must have been busy inside. We went through the drive through. Employer has some issues hearing us through the intercom. When we picked up the food at the window, I'm sure they gave us the persons behind us, food as well. I would go back here but note that it's all fried food. read more

If you have kids & are tired of always hitting up Chick-fil-A, then Slim Chickens is a nice spot. Able to get dinner for family of four for $27. Hard to mess up chicken tenders & they do not. Fries aren't bad either. Service was great & wait time not too bad. I got the spicy bbq & garlic parmesan as my sauces. Both were pretty solid. Wife got one of the wraps. She liked it but it was a lot of wrap and not enough chicken by my accounts. Overall, I'll go back to Slim Chickens & would recommend it as a nice alternative to some other chain fast food restaurants. read more

Delicious chicken strips and fresh fries. The food is much better if you pick up. The two times I've gotten delivery my food just wasn't the same. Still good but ‍ read more

Despite not hearing some great reviews regarding Slim Chickens, I decided to give Slim Chicken's a chance. The menu is rather simple and not too large which I appreciate. I got the Chicken & Waffles, and I was pleasantly surprised by the taste. I heavily favor sweet and savory items over anything so ordering the Chicken & Waffles was a no brainer. This was a rare chance where I was able to get both tastes in one dish. I thoroughly enjoyed the Chicken & Waffles. There was a good balance of sweetness and salty. Neither items were overpowering each other. However, I must admit that Slim Chickens drenched the waffle in a lot of syrup which I was not a big fan of. I suggest telling the cashier to go easy on the syrup if you do decide to order the Chicken & Waffles. If you're not a big fan of the Chicken & Waffles, Slim Chicken's do over other items on their menu! Overall, it was a positive experience and highly recommend the Chicken & Waffles! read more

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Some of the reviews are blatantly biased and just flat out wrong. If you love some other chicken place more, that's great and all but that shouldn't really be reason to rate this place so low. Especially if it something due to one dining experience. Anyway, large selection of sauces. Strips all white chicken breasts and are delicious. They have a small thin layer of breading, unlike many other places. I've never been disappointed. read more

So last time I was here we left without ordering because of the shitty staff. This time we decided to give it a try again after my boyfriends company ordered it for a meeting and he said they had some of the best mac n cheese he had had from a fast food restaurant. So I decided what the hell, why not. It's been months and I was pretty sure they would have all new staff by now which from the looks of it they did. Well we both regret the choice. My chicken sandwich was over cooked and rubbery and the delicious mac n cheese that he had in Bloomington Illinois Slim chickens was Not what we got at this establishment. For $2.49 we received a lump of thick rubbery old Mac n cheese. I hate to even call it that because it is insulting to other mac n cheeses. Now if the Mac n cheese was99¢ I wouldn't be so irritated. What a waste of $21 of our hard earned money. read more

Slim Chickens - Southern Near Me - Champaign, Illinois

Heard from a few people that this place was pretty good, so we decided to give it a try. We went through drive-thru. First glance, prices were pretty steep. The breading of the chicken was very disappointing and NON-flavorful. It was very thin. The chicken itself was okay, tough, but okay. Nothing special. The wings were alright. They were pretty tough and not as much meat on them. I had them in honey BBQ. 8 of them with side of fries and drink for $11.99. (Meals come with a a slice of toasted bread.) This place reminded me of the Dairy Queen chicken basket, except I'd go back to Dairy Queen. Needless to say, won't be back.. and DEFINITELY a waste of money. read more

I went through the drive through very skeptical. Not a big menu - which is really not a bad thing. I chose the grilled chicken buffalo ranch wrap and mac n cheese and sweet tea. The price is not that bad considering it includes a side and a drink. I was wondering how the mac n cheese would be by the time I got back to my office. To my surprise it was really good. The chicken wrap was spicy hot and pretty good. I want to try the other wrap they have on the menu. Super friendly drive through worker too!! read more

I've gone through here a couple times to grab a wrap. It's always pretty quick and overall pretty good. The place itself is very clean and kind of industrial looking. I really can't complain aside from the fact that the fried pickles were far too salty. It gets three stars from me just because I feel like there's nothing really special or outstanding about the place or the food. It all felt somewhat soul-less. read more

Took my family and of course they are closed because they don't have employees. Came a month later at noon on Saturday. Again they are closed because they don't have employees. It's simply not run well nor can they keep staff. read more

Absolute nightmare! Price is ridiculous. 30 poor tiny wings are priced 30 dollars. After 15 minutes, finally got 30 hot wings. I opened up and its covered with buffalo sauce. Fuxking Buffalo sauce, one thing I told them not to serve b/c I fuxking hated it. 30 dollars ended up in drain. Coleslaw is so tiny that you can actually eat it with once with a spoon. Im not joking. Last, the service is terrible. Everyone that drive through needed to yell at the microphone and they still cant hear you. While talking to the waitress, she gave me the face like I OWE her then thousand bucks. DO NOT EVEN TRY HERE. read more

Tonight's dinner experience was 15 minutes spent in the drive thru, there was ONE car ahead of me, already sitting at the window when I pulled up... I got a grilled chicken wrap with cheddar and honey mustard sauce. Passable, but lowest common denominator. Chicken and waffles was nothing to write home about. 3 smaller chicken strips with a waffle that was fairly tasteless. The side order of fried okra was ok. The employee working the window was apologetic about the extended wait, and did try to atone for it with a free dessert. It looked like she was trying really hard, but that the kitchen was just not producing food in a timely fashion. I spent roughly $25 for two dinners that took me 15 minutes sitting in the drive thru to get, and that tasted almost as good as some of the fast food available in other restaurants. I'll not be going back again any time soon. read more

Overpriced, tiny, over cooked chicken wings with rude staff. Boring chicken tenders you could get anywhere. I liked their raspberry tea. Very disappointing!!! read more

Finally got to try this place and my wife and I loved it! We each got the "Slim's Plate" which is five chicken tenders, fries, Texas toast, a medium drink, and includes two kinds of sauce. My wife chose gravy and "slim sauce" and I got cayenne ranch and "hot." Under twenty bucks total! We both thought the chicken was cooked perfectly and tasted great! I absolutely loved both of the sauces I tried (my wife liked hers but doesn't get as enthused about sauces as I do). The fries were very good. Food comes out fast and is hot! We'll definitely return. I highly recommend if you're looking to do something different than burgers for lunch! read more

Slim Chickens - "Slim's Plate" with "hot" sauce and cayenne ranch sauce. With fries, Texas toast, and a drink for under ten bucks. - Southern Near Me - Champaign, Illinois

I've been pretty excited to try Slim Chickens since I first heard that they were opening a location here in C-U. Tried it last night and was pleasantly surprised how good this place is. First off, the staff were so friendly and welcoming. Since we hadn't been there before we decided to let a few people order ahead of us while we looked at the menu. While we were looking, the manager came out and asked how we were and if we wanted any recommendations. He also thanked us for coming in. It's little interactions like this that can make an experience even better. I got the Slim's Plate which includes 5 chicken tenders, fries, and Texas toast. The portions were huge! I was stuffed before I could finish all of my fries. I opted for the Slim's sauce and cayenne ranch as my two sauces, and the Cayenne ranch was unbelievably good. Although the price was a bit high, it's justified by the amount of food you get. I loved the food and the overall experience of Slim Chickens. I think it's a fantastic addition to C-U and I'll surely be back to get my chicken fix. read more

This is a poor man's Raising Cane's. The chicken tenders are pretty good - juicy and not overly breaded. The fries are standard and the Texas toast is small and often cold. I also haven't been impressed with some of the sauces that I have had, like the Slim Sauce and Mango Habanero, so I stick with cayenne ranch. The interior is pretty spacious and clean, so no complaints there. read more

I got the Chicken Plate today for lunch tossed in their buffalo sauce. I got it tossed because that is what they have recommended in their comments on other reviews. The chick was good but the buffalo sauce had a taste similar to an Asian zing or Thai hot and spicy sauces I've had at other places. You can see the sauce is see through in a way. It threw me off a bit because I wasn't expecting a hint of sweet taste. The fries were good and the entire meal filled me up without feeling over full which was nice. I'll definitely try it again but I'll probably get a different sauce. read more

Wow, the service! I only popped through the drive-thru, but the service... whoa! The person over the speaker spoke slowly and clearly (that's pretty darn helpful when it's coming through a drive-thru speaker), and she was incredibly friendly. I read my order off to her rapid-fire, and she got it right without asking questions. Give that lady a raise! The food was pretty darn good. Huge, delicious chicken fingers. Fries maybe slightly soggy but still crunchy enough and with good seasoning. And the soda cup was, get this, not overflowing and sticky! (I appreciate these things when I'm in my car.) Cayenne ranch sauce had a real kick but not crazy, and Slim Sauce was excellent; combine the two and it's heaven. It wasn't mind-blowing and it certainly wasn't quick, but they've earned every bit of those 4 stars. read more