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    The Red Bird

    4.5 (42 reviews)
    Open 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    SANDWICHES W/ FRIES (2pc)
    Alex K.

    Good hot chicken at a great price. I have been to The Red Bird a few times and I typically get the "SANDWICHES W/ FRIES (2pc)" at a medium spice level. The food comes out quickly and the sandwiches are a good size. The cost for this meal is $9.99, which for two sandwiches and fries is one of the best deals I have seen in a while especially at a hot chicken restaurant.

    Julie H.

    My husband and I love spicy food and love spicy crispy chicken sandwiches and had to give the Red Bird a try. First impression and this review is just from the first visit, which the restaurant was clean and super friendly service. I was welcomed immediately entering the restaurant. We got extra hot sandwiches and fck you hot chicken and rice bowl. For the buck you can't get this deal anywhere, only $9.99 for two full size sandwiches with fries and generous potion chicken and rice bowl for $6.99! The extra hot wasn't as spicy as I thought it would be, and if you are like me and eat spicy food daily and have the high tolerance for spicy food. Extra hot won't be spicy for you. The fck you however had more heat to it but still not as spicy compared to some other places. Again this is if you can take the super spicy heat and got the tolerance for spicy food and love the spicy. Chicken was crispy for the sandwiches but the chicken in the rice bowl got soggy as I expected. Overall I give this spot 4 stars.

    Red bird #2
    Dennis T.

    A pretty great hot chicken fast food joint in Reston! Very inexpensive - the Redbird #2 is only $10 for 2 sandwiches and a handful of fries! It was filling and I had split it with someone else. I got the "Hot" flavor but I definitely want to try the other flavors. The "Hot" flavor wasn't hot for me but my tolerance is pretty high. But the chicken was very juicy. And I love how they have extra sauce on the side for dipping. The only thing I didn't like is that they didn't have a water dispenser for customers to use. It's a HOT/SPICY chicken place and they want to force people to buy drinks? It feels like a hassle to ask the workers to keep refilling your water. And people love to bike around Reston. It'd be nice to have a water dispenser around.

    Tenders and fries

    This is my favorite place to get lunch in the area I work. Hands-down, best hot chicken in the area, super affordable, and great service. These are not just regular chicken tenders sprinkled with seasoning after they're cooked like you get at Hangry Joe's. The chicken is super flavorful, large pieces, and these are the only crinkle fries I actually enjoy (they're crisp, not soggy, and seasoned well). Mo is the man, and runs a great restaurant. The sauces are legit, and I just tried the toffee cake for the first time today, it's the bomb. Don't think about it, just go, you won't regret it.

    Hot chicken
    Ramez W.

    I wanted to like this place but I just couldn't get there. It's a popular place, lot of traffic so you might like it but it just wasn't for me. It's a super crispy piece of chicken. It's not that thick and chunky so if you like flat crispy chicken, this is your spot. None of the sauces were that good. I got all of them and they were all on the sweeter side and mayo based which I'm not a fan of. Last part is it's kind of messy. The slaw is a nice touch but it's not enough to balance the flavors. I wouldn't go again but you might like. There's plenty of space inside to eat and the staff was cool and friendly.

    David C.

    Clean, timely, efficient service with a good price, and decently good food. In terms of the ingredients and execution, I have to say the breading, tenderness, flavor, and juiciness of the chicken are all spot on. The only reason I have to ding the chicken is that there's a little too much spice on it, and that the flavor is perhaps a little basic; in that while it is good, the spices seemed to only make it hotter rather than making it more flavorful. The sauces are good, but there's a question as to whether the chicken should be good on its own merits or only with the accompaniment of sauce. I leave that for you to decide. Unfortunately, the fries do not quite hit the mark and are a significant reason for lowering the score. However, I do applaud them for attempting to control quality by only having a few selections on the menu. Likewise, I cannot say exactly for sure what would make this restaurant better, but from my personal opinion, it would be to address my quibbles here in as well as to add a additional element to the fries and chicken to distinguish it from other hot chicken places; in particular, I can see a nutty or lightly sweet element going well with the coleslaw and hot chicken sandwiches. Will probably return. The place warrants a greater 3 stars rating but is not quite 4 stars. Come and see for yourself.

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    Delicious, juicy, chicken and pretty damn good fries to accompany the sandwich. Quick and friendly service.

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    Great food i definitely recommend the cheese and chicken fries. So if you go remember also add pickles

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    11 months ago

    This place is great i do recommend and the food is amazing when I went here I was blown away by how good the food was

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    great service, surprisingly high quality chicken. They gave me a free drink. I strongly recommend them!

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    I think I'll try them again. I was'nt to excited about the flavors. However the meal was indeed a deal!! Will try again.

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    Great customer service and tasty food. It's in a good location in Southlake shopping center.

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    we had great experience with our cashier Andy today and we will definitely come back another day

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    honestly some of the best chicken I have ever had. great and kind service. definitely going to come again

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    We have found that the kids burger with fries and a drink is just the right size for seniors as…read morewell as kids. Priced at just under $10, this seems to be one of the few bargains left around here.

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    Update...I still like a 5 Guys burger every now and then...and so do my kids. It is on the…read morerotation of local burger joints - Foster's Grill, Shake Shack, etc. It still hits the spot and if you can get freshly fried fries they are quite tasty. My only complaint and others have voiced this is when you go into the restaurant and they have the signs saying "Best $5 burger.." That is a bit too much to swallow when the burger is now approximately $12 bucks and you spend over $20 when you add small fries and a drink. For a comparison, I say the best burger around is from the Great American Restaurants (i.e. Jacksons, Sweetwater, etc). You get their freshly ground burger with fries for $16. Pretty much the same price as 5 Guys. Anyway, I'll keep my rating at 4 stars but everybody needs to be aware that 5 guys should probably be called "12 guys" now as there are no $5 burgers to be found there...take down those signs!

    This is the first time I visited this particular location. I visited other locations and had…read moreexperienced a higher level of service. The hamburgers are outstanding. The fries are little too. Salty takes away from their great overall taste. The atmosphere of this restaurant in the cleanliness of the restrooms is very good however I had an order with many items to go and the gentleman just put them on the counter did not offer me a drink holder or a much larger bag very disappointed in the service. I asked the person who I ordered from at the front of the restaurant and he went and provided these to me that extra step that these other gentlemen, whose English was not very good were terrible at.

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    Subpar. This was my second time here, and both times were disappointing. I ordered the veggie…read moresandwich this time and the mushroom burger the first time with fries, but both times the food was very dry and they skimped out on the lettuce, and veggies, not to mention and the buns were small. The food was dry and lacked zest, and crunch, and they had with no sauces, outside the basic mustard, ketchup, mayo, and some bland ranch and Tabasco. The worst of all was the cost; for such small quantity and poor dull quality, one sandwich and small fries was ~$16. Nando's would have been a significantly better alternative; they have a variety of sauces/flavors, a unique vibe, ample veggie options, zest and more quantity for what you pay. This place looks nice and clean, but the quality and quantity - for what you pay - is lackluster and subpar. Their average ~2 stars I see on here is justified. Maybe just for their shakes they're good, but for their foods, Burger King would even be a better alternative. 1.5 stars.

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