Coming here was a mistake I'll only make once. We decided to give this place a shot on Sunday night. I was planning on making wings, but I just couldn't after the Broncos/Seahawks upset. So, we thought we'd give this a try based on the reviews but man did I have a different experience than most of these reviewers -- don't know if things have changed here or if we have different standards. But I don't normally give 1-star reviews, so I'll elaborate.
FOOD: Just because I make my own wings at home does not make me a wing snob. All it takes is a good sauce, crispy skin and juicy meat. I have gone to BDubs and really enjoy their dry rub. And I've had them from other establishments -- to-go and dine in. We ordered the bone-in Honey BBQ, Original Hot and Louisiana Dry Rub with a side of cheese sauce (to go with homemade pretzels we had at home) and blu cheese (for veggies we had at home and the wings). The cut of the wings had a good amount of meat. So, I can appreciate that. But everything else was mediocre to disgusting. They also weren't packaged well for to-go. I only live 5 minutes (2.3 miles) away, and my husband literally inhaled what he did eat of the wings because he said they were "just warm" when I got home and getting colder by the minute -- and I was there waiting for the order so it wasn't like they were sitting around.
Original Hot: These hardly got eaten. I had one, but it was too greasy for me to eat any more of. My husband only had a few before the grease in the sauce, the dryness of the meat and the soggyness/fattiness of the skin just were too much. There was so much grease from these that when I pulled the box out of the bag in the car to check my order, the grease spilled out of the container and all over my car (which is now stained -- however, I wouldn't detract that from how they taste if they were good).
Louisiana Dry Rub: The spices are great but were offset by the fact that 60 percent of them were covered in grease and sauce from the Original Hot. They were put not just in the same to-go box as the Original Hot sauced ones but under them, too -- making them soggy and greasy. The ones that weren't effected had a pretty crispy skin though and were by far the best thing in the bag.
Honey BBQ: I didn't have any of these, but my husband ate them. The sauce on these is THICK -- almost like a molasses consistency. It was just too much for me to even attempt. And he complained about them being really dried out.
Dips: The cheese was good for dipping pretzels in. I think they use it on their fries. It's not real cheese though, which I wasn't expecting anyways. And can't vouch for the blu cheese because they gave me ranch (which I don't like).
[And for the record -- unless you let your wings sit and marinate in a sauce, spices or brine (which is pretty much worthless because there's so little meat -- I've researched it and tried it) you can't give them more flavor.]
SERVICE: I ordered our meal online. Easy ordering. Everyone there was really friendly even though they were slammed. However, they gave me ranch instead of blu cheese -- $5 worth of ranch. And there's the catastrophe of the packing -- which I feel was a common sense kind of thing. It took 20 minutes from the time I ordered until it was ready. But it was Sunday night during football season. Totally reasonable.
LOCATION: Everything seemed really clean. Decor is cute. Love the plane theme. There are a few tables and two televisions if you're going to eat there.
PRICE: $25 for 30 bone-in. Normally, I'd say great price. But considering we didn't even eat half the wings and won't be reheating them for leftovers, meh. And you can either get a regular size dip for .99 cents (which isn't enough for a dozen wings) or a large for $5 (which is way too much). I was willing to pay it though and figured I'd use it on salads -- unfortunately, I didn't even get what I ordered. $5 is too much to pay for anything I don't eat.
OVERALL: It is possible that the problems I had could be attributed to the fact I was a to-go order. However, I haven't had these problems with other places I've ordered wings to-go at. But it's possible that was a contributing factor to my bad experience. I will not ever be ordering wings from them to-go again though. If you do, I would recommend telling them to put each flavor in its own box and open all your containers in the shop to make sure everything is correct. read more