My partner was here once before and tried the wings. He didn't talk much about the wings them self, but the sauces and wanted to give them another go, and have me try them too...
It was a Friday night, between 11pm-12am; besides the two of us, we seen only 6 other people. 4 people at the bar (including staff) and two people sitting at a table near us who left shortly after we arrived.
We were greeted from the staff behind the bar as soon as we walked in, which was welcoming. We received our menus quickly and placed our drink orders then, two simple pops, which arrived right away! We placed our order when the pops arrived. We got 2LBs of wings to share, the server was very kind to split it by 4 so we could try 4 different sauces, which was awesome!
For the wings, they have a lot of sauce options, not as much as bubba rays, but quite a bit. Some interesting ones too! We picked hot & honey garlic, buffalo ranch, garlic & parm and suicide. They also come with a large side of fries.
Unlike some other reviews, I did really like the fries. They were perfectly cooked; crispy on the outside, soft on the inside.
The wait for the wings was much longer than expected considering how empty the restaurant was.
The hot & honey garlic was hot and tasty. In fact, it was way hotter than the 'suicide' wings. When our server came back to check on us we mentioned this and she brought us a side of 'hotter then hell' sauce. As its name suggests, it's hot.
Anyway, the sign over the door says 'devilishly good', let me break this down based on my experience.... Devilishly - Devil - Hell - Hot - Fire - Burnt... seems about right. The wings were very over cooked, parts were burnt.
I did not find the chicken rubbery, and I still ate all of the wings. But, they weren't close to ideal and I wouldn't get them again. I was actually surprised the kitchen staff would send them out like that.
If it wasn't for them being covered in sauce I wouldn't have enjoyed them even a little bit as much as I did. Using the word 'enjoy' is probably giving them too much credit.
On a plus side, the dill dip that comes with the wings was dill-icious. It made a great fry dip too!
Besides the one check-in, our server wasn't very attentive, again - the place was empty, she could have provided incredible service if she wanted to. We received no drink refills, or offers too, which he needed (I shared mine instead!) It wasn't until payment time that she put it on, complimented my bag, chit chatted a bit - what you expect! I wish she had of been like that the entire time. Mind you, she was pleasant the entire time and the BIG problem we have with this place was the food, which is nothing on her.
This all being said, if you're like me you've probably been reading other reviews after considering trying this place, it is new and all. I'm not saying don't it, I'm just saying don't do it with high expectations.
With all of these reviews I genuinely hope St. Louis steps up their game. It may be a chain resto, but that doesn't mean they can't hire some good staff (in the kitchen) who care about their workplace, or provide a great customer experience. It really does have potential. read more