Dave's Hot Chicken

LISTEN LISTEN LISTEN.I read a review before giving this one, referencing how they were hesitant to write a review because they wanted to hold the news of how great this place is.. and I too, would agree with everything from that review.So so good. Everything. Every. Single. Thing.

Got food poisoning here tonight!! 40 minutes after eating and getting home my temperature spiked. I am currently in bed with severe chills, body aching, high fever, and having to run to the bathroom every 10 minutes. Was completely fine before the meal..Also only had about two or three bites. My body must've know something wasn't right with it. Got the new 10 piece nuggets with mild flavor and side of fries. Most likely not practicing safe cooking in the back......

Very unimpressed with both the chicken itself, and their use of fake heat for the supposed reaper sauce. It's the only chicken sandwich that my wife said she'd never eat again, and she loves fried chicken sandwiches. She said she'd rather have the one from McD.The coating is very dense, like dried mud, not the crispy/crunchy that you get from Cain's or KFC. She said it felt like a rock in her gut. I had no reaction like that, but definitely didn't like the texture.I tried the supposed "reaper" only to learn that it was not Carolina Reaper, just distilled capsaicin (pepper spray) with some garlic and paprika. Just junk, not good. It's a stupid "heat challenge" thing and not meant to be good food apparently. I love Carolina Reapers and love very hot things--the heat wasn't the issue. It was the pepper spray heat instead of actual real peppers with flavor.Their fries are fantastic, some of the best ever.

This chicken was tender and delicious!! The service was great and the sandwich was OK, we preferred the tenders! The restaurant seems like there's enough room for seating, however we took our food to go.I gave them 4 stars because we like hot food but the reaper flavor is just a gimmick, it's not actually something that's edible. To have to sign a form because of how hot it is, and your mouth burns for 30 min after trying it.Wouldn't recommend that high heat level, but the other levels were fine.The Dave's special sauce is pretty good too!

Tried the new Dave's bites and these were 10 for $6.99. I got the Mac and cheese this time and it was pretty good, nice and cheesy. The bires were medium, but wasn't spicy at all. Still nobody to grab your phone order though.

Dave's Hot Chicken only 23 miles from my house (instead of 50, the one in Gilbert)? Hallelujah! I love Dave's Hot Chicken. I think about it often, I crave it, I can taste it in my mind, I can't get enough! They just opened this one about 2 months ago in Phoenix. I decided to drive down there today to get some lunch.I got there, parked, walked in, and nobody was in line. Score! I placed my order for my usual....A #2, Hot, with upgraded cheese fries. Had some water to drink. Paid my money, took a seat, and waited for my food to come out. While I was sitting there, droves of people decided to come have lunch. The line went to about 15 deep at one point. They got everyone through pretty quick. My food came out pretty quick, within 5 minutes or so! How was it?Combo #2- My favorite! 2 sliders, and fries (upgraded to cheese fries). I love their buns, I love their sauce, I love their slaw, I love their pickles, I love their chicken tenders, I love the combo of flavors, I love the cheese sauce on the crinkle cut fries. It's a gosh darn perfect meal. I noticed at this location, the "hot" was much hotter than other Dave's I have been to (not complaining). Had to blow my nose quite a few times....this chicken was spicy, and I loved it! The tenders themselves seemed just a tad smaller than normal (still plenty filling and hung off past the bun a bit), but I didn't mind since it tasted so damn delicious and pretty much fit the bun perfectly.Service was friendly, and fast. Bathroom was a little bit unkempt (out of paper towels and running low on TP), but I've seen worse. I informed a worker about it and hopefully they took care of it. Happy to have this here! This is really close to where I work (when we were in the office), too! Hooray for Dave's in Phoenix. Make one in Surprise, please, please, pretty please! Thank you, and see you again, soon!

Danue was friendly to us as soon as we entered! The food was delicious I swear they do something to this chicken lol so juicy and thick chicken my fav meal is Daves #3 has 1 slider and 1finger both of best word when we arrived it wasn't so busy but they definitely do get busy! Still they are pretty quick I'd like to say ‍ this location has no drive thru! Only dine in and have outside seating too. Overall the customer service was great thank you Danue!

The place was packed but service was quick, especially for a new team running a new restaurant. I only got the Slider sandwich with medium heat. Nice size sandwich for $6. It had great flavor and the chicken wasn't overcooked and dry. I'll definitely be back for a lunch run at work. I did notice that they support the Diamondbacks and Suns but left out the Cardinals. Should dock one star for that.

Amazing service and the place is very clean! They were fairly quick with the order and provided amazing service while i was still deciding on what to order, thank you Rae for being patient awesome service!

Chicken was really crispy, flavorful. The fries were also crispy & flavorful, and the service was really great from dunae!