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    Slim Chickens

    2.8 (146 reviews)

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    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Outdoor seating
    Good for kids

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    Dinner time checking out the menu!
    Kathleen L.

    We ordered 20 wings for $20 / we chose two different sauces one was (wet) garlic parmesan and 1/2 was the new Lemon Pepper (dry Rub)! The blue cheese dipping sauce was thick and cool which is just the way we like it!! We have never been here before. We will be back for sure!! My husband and I also split a fried chicken breast sandwich!! The sandwich came with pickles! Very good!! Hot, juicy, crispy breading, and full of flavor! If you like Popeyes new chicken sandwich and don't really care for the pepper taste, you will love the chicken sandwich here!! (There isn't sauce on the sandwich so you will have to ask for some) My daughter is a fry snob and she gave the fries here a thumbs up . Cannot wait to come back and try more menu items! Highly recommended eating here! The dining room was clean and tables were closed near us due to Covid restrictions which we were happy about! Everyone was wearing a mask and the food came out quickly from the kitchen and the food was all hot and fresh!

    Wings, Texas toast, fries
    Matt P.

    My wife and I dropped in here the other day after an appointment we had in Plainfield. We'd never heard of or noticed it before so decided to give it a try for lunch. I'm surprised at the negative reviews. My wife and I really enjoyed it! She had naked wings and fries. Both were cooked properly and nice and crispy. I had one of their chicken sandwich options with a side of their hottest wing sauce on the side (pretty spicy). I also really enjoyed the sandwich and like hers, fries were nice and crispy. Service was super fast too. We will definitely be back when in the area.

    Chicken fingers and those crucial fried mushrooms
    Shannon M.

    For real, there aren't many fast food places where I wholeheartedly say I love their food, but I love Slim Chickens! Wish there were more locations but I come to this one as often as I can. The staff is always friendly, and I love the chicken fingers and FRIED MUSHROOMS!! So many sauces to choose from, but I've gotta have that cayenne ranch. If you dine in, kick back and enjoy some blues music along with your chicken!

    Used to be a great place. The chicken was bigger pieces, juicy and lightly breaded. Now the "tenders" are the length of my finger, breaded so heavily that there's no chicken in them, and so dry that you can't eat it without sauce. Also, I heard from a former teenage employee that they've been known to serve expired chicken for over a month past it's expiry date. Lovely.

    Josh M.

    Anyone who reads my reviews knows that I'm a self proclaimed wing aficionado and try various venues across the nation. I honestly had never heard of or visited a Slim Chickens before, (no idea it was a chain) but I'm glad it's in our area! I definitely experienced the "growing pains" other Yelpers note as a very green staff attempted to deal with the work week lunch rush. When I arrived, I was of the mindset that I wanted to try as many of the sauces as I could. The cashier said I could get two sauces with a 10 wing meal, so I named four sauces I wanted for the 20 wing meal. She seemed taken aback and insisted that I could only pick two sauces. We deliberated about the logic behind the "2 sauce for 10" and doubling that option until a manager stopped by. I explained my desire for 4 sauces with an order of 20 wings and he said, "Of course we can do that!" and proceeded to help the cashier ring it up. I truly don't understand reviewers who complain about "small wings". Look, if you are going to a place that specializes in buffalo-style wings, your focus is not eating wings the size of drumsticks. If I wanted to fill up on fried chicken, I'd visit an establishment that focuses on just that. I DO NOT want Purdue chicken wings. I am focused on the SAUCE. I am looking for normal sized wings with crispy outside and a fair amount of meat. With that background understood, Slim wings are perfect! Putting newly minted employees aside, my only gripe with Slim Chickens is the lack of flavor and heat in the sauces. For the most part, the four sauces I had were rather bland and two tasted like they were thickened with cornstarch + water. During my next visit I will definitely try their inferno sauce since even the hot was rather tame. Will update my review when that happens.

    Shrooms!
    Jon F.

    Simple, fast, and friendly chicken at totally reasonable prices. After a few of the reviews I expected Slim Chickens to be a bit run down but that tasty kinda gas station chicken. It was quite the wrong assessment. I found the restaurant to be really clean on both of my visits - even with snow and slush outside. Service was super friendly from being really polite when taking my order and dropping it off at the table to not being stingy with an extra sauce or two. The cayenne ranch chicken sandwich was better than average - but my chicken (read: bun) was really greasy (and the chicken was super hot grease town in the middle). Overall it did rely on the sauce quite a bit for flavor, but it was well executed in a mid premium type way. I got a side of mushrooms with that order which is what really notched up my rating here. It was not very expensive and aside from being really tasty there was a mountain of mushrooms in my basket. They went great with honey mustard and with the mango habanero hot sauce I got. Honestly I would come back for the mushrooms themselves. On my second visit I tried a Chicks meal with 3 tenders, mac 'n cheese for a side, and texas toast. The mac 'n cheese was well above average but still felt like it had a little room for improvement. One of the tenders was a bit small but that was OK because they just threw in an extra to compensate (without me asking). That's my kinda service! The chicken tenders themselves were tasty - they had a finer breading with a good crunch and were nice sized strips. As a sauce lord the inferno sauce was not all that hot and not the best flavor (not bad - just tastes like chilli pepper extract and not much else). They also have a pretty decent selection of soft drinks and if you're in a rush - a drive through window. I want to try their tossed wings and their version of chicken and waffles so I have to visit soon. I still really wanna try the korean BBQ and Slim sauces as well. Simple, fairly fast, darn good chicken. Thanks Slim Chickens!

    Greasy floors
    Nicole R.

    Heard about this being a new(er) chicken place and took a drive to see how it is since we don't live in the area anymore. Pros - good chicken, fries (they are seasoned), and ranch (I'm a stickler about good ranch). Also, as of right now kids eat free on Sundays with the purchase of 1 adult meal so that worked for our toddler. Cons - cleanliness. And for this I won't be back, at least not to dine-in until I hear it's gotten better. Immediately upon walking in, we weren't through the double set of doors and my shoes were sticking to the floor. As we walked in to the counter it was slightly better but there's also a rug. We ordered and walked around to get drinks. There was a "wet floor" sign but wet doesn't even describe it when it's a greased over floor that we were slipping on. Even standing on the rug in front of the soda machine wasn't helpful. I carefully walked over to the rug in front of the registers and wiped my feet thinking maybe it was just right there. NOPE. The floor was just greased over. Whatever attempt was made to wash the floors wasn't done with clean mop water. It's as if they mopped the kitchen and used the same mop to then wash the dining area. Even the Every table we walked to had crumbs or something smeared on it. Settled on the cleanest one we saw. The place was not busy for a Sunday around lunch time so in my mind there is no reason why the tables (and floor) should be as dirty as they were.

    $2.49 Small Mac & Cheese. It was ok...

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    6 years ago

    Good chicken even though a bit overpriced. I won't be back until a waste basket is installed in the parking lot, there ought to be a law!

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    The place is dirty, the food is so-so and the service is slow and inattentive. I wouldn't go back.

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    For a fast food place the chicken is fresh and good service. I will be back in the future

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    How can you buy small wings over cook them and think if you dump a bunch of sauce on them they will good!

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    Needs better waffles, I went there specifically for the chicken and waffles, almost spit it out when I bit into it.

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    7 years ago

    Ignore the bad reviews this place was amazing chicken was fresh everything came out perfect

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    Glad to hear it, Scott! We look forward to your next visit.

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    Had lunch there and enjoyed the Buffalo Wings... Very delish and will definitely come back...

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    Great food here and got chicken wings and chicken strip and we go get second plate of chicken wing was good

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