The Tastiest Chicken Wings in Santa Ana

SoCal Wings

★★★★☆ 4.2 (840) • $$

"Delicious and lots of great flavors! Sides are a good variety that not a lot of wing places have. Lots of variations of Buffalo sauce and good deal on Wednesdays. Tasty and decent parking"

Krave Asian Fusion Restaurant

★★★★☆ 3.9 (882) • $$

"I love this place. Bestie and I sound it back during our IVC college days. It has been a fave spot our ours for years now!! Best fried chicken (wings...drool) and their TVs are just enough to not be sports bar :). The ambiance is amazing. Not loud where you can actually carry a conversation and just enjoy the food at the same time. Their waitstaff and cooks are friendly and amazing too. It's a must try!."

U Sushi & Grill

★★★★★ 4.6 (579) • $$

"Convenient location, easy to order.I hear their sushi is good, but I love their Korean wings! Unfortunately, the wings do not love my stomach! They are so saucy that I just can't handle them. I might be back for sushi though!"

Stoney's Pizza

★★★★★ 4.5 (561) • $

"Fast service and delicious pizza! Can customize the pizzas :) would come back. I recommend this spot for any pizza lovers"

Hungry Bear Barbecue Jamboree

★★★☆☆ 3.4 (586) • $$

"Hungry Bear has always been a park favorite. We were so excited they brought back bbq to this area and it did not disappoint. It's genuinely good, not just theme park good."

Eat At Joe's

★★★★☆ 4.1 (357) • $$

"I usually seek places like this out when traveling for work, but with my son at a weekly Boy Scouts meeting down the street, I needed a spot to kill a couple of hours. Needed sports on TV, a few beers and some greasy bar food. This place checked all the boxes and then some. Not only did they have my favorite seltzer (Brewery X Huckleberry) but found they had a Juicy Lucy burger. First time I've seen that outside of Minnesota! Rudy the bartender was awesome to chat with and the "off-duty" Kylie who I sat next to at the bar was super friendly too. Looks like I've found my go-to on Monday nights when the son is at Boy Scouts. 5/5 would recommend!"

Furai Chicken

★★★★★ 4.5 (284) • $$

"The chicken sandwich was hot and tender, and the glaze sets it apart with a unique savory/sweet flavor combination. The sandwich with the fried egg is unique, tasty and fresh! The pickled cucumber salad is a SPICY pickled cucumber. The serving is pretty small for six bucks though. The ambience is straightforward small-shop chill. Staff are laid back and nice. I wish for some kind of additional vegetable option to round out the fried goodness and make me feel healthier."

SoCal Wings

★★★★★ 4.5 (273) • $$

"These are seriously the best wings I have ever had in my life! They are big juicy and cooked to perfection! The corn fritters are good just not outstanding. I also got the zucchini which was a generous portion and pretty tasty! The staff are very friendly and helpful, suggesting what they would like and think is best! The restaurant is on the small side but is comfortable and clean, highly recommend this place if you like chicken wings!"

Magic Mikes Pizza

★★★★☆ 4.2 (308) • $$

"I visited Magic Mike's tonight to enjoy some pizza while watching the Stanley Cup Final, and it proved to be the perfect local spot for a game, a drink, and a delicious meal. The ambiance is inviting, making it an ideal place to unwind.Their chicken Caesar salad is a standout, and the wings, ordered extra crispy, are exceptional--perfectly cooked with every flavor hitting the mark. We tried the pesto pizza, which was not only visually stunning but also bursting with flavor. The slight spice and the addition of whipped cheese on top elevated it to a new level.My daughter was delighted with her pizza, and she couldn't leave without sampling their cookies, which were the perfect sweet ending. For those particular about their condiments, Magic Mike's offers the coveted "good ranch." Magic Mike's combines great food with a warm, welcoming atmosphere, making it a must-visit. Diego and Sarah who served us were great too!"

Promenade Pizza

★★★★☆ 4.3 (290) • $$

"Tiny pizza place located at the Promenade shopping center. Parking is kind of a pain to find in this area. So if you can, bring a passenger. That way you can drop them off to run in and grab your order. Then swoop them back up with the pizza lol At least that's how I would do it next time! There's no where to dine in. It isn't a sit down restaurant. It's a grab and go type of place. So call in and order and grab a friend or family member to be your "pizza runner" lol"

bb.q Chicken Fountain Valley

★★★★☆ 4.4 (252) • $$

"Wanted fried chicken and heard this place was good. So, I tried four different flavors. Got the honey garlic, soy garlic, gang nam style, and original wings along with 2 curly fries, 2 corn salads, and a side of white rice. I have to admit, all were so flavorful, saucy, crunchy, juicy, and perfectly fried. Can't go wrong with curly fries. I could have done without the corn salads. It was like a cold coleslaw.Want to give a shout out to AERIEL and KHOA!!! Both provided amazing service. Super helpful, friendly, personable, and fun. Made dining there an experience. They definitely deserve a raise. Only writing this review because of my experiences with the two. I would definitely come back."

Curry Pizza House Lake Forest

★★★★☆ 4.3 (244) • $$

"The Bay Area had Indian pizza for a long time, I waited roughly 8 years for one to come to Southern California!We got the lunch special today, a personal size pizza and side salad. We added a side of lemon pepper wings. The chicken tikka pizza was really tasty. The right spice level and right ratio of toppings to crust. I always want to try another pizza but I always come back to the chicken tikka.Chicken wings were better than I expected. Not dry like most places and well seasoned. Would definitely get again. Service has been good the few times we've gone."

Firefly Burger

★★★★☆ 4.4 (233) • $$

"Are you curious and want to try something new? Well, how about warm oozing goodness that gushes out in between your beef patties and buns. Mmm, and that dripping cheese just makes your mouth water! I had the very tasty pleasure to have such a burger with a smoking cloche for that added smokiness flavor. First time and it won't be the last, the Smokey was the burger I got and this was your basic Angus but leveled up when it was all said and done! The smoke and cheese injection is the show but even without it the other burgers are still a go! I also had their double smash burger and that too was hitting my tastebuds on all points.The joint has a rustic hunters vibe with comfy booths and the music selection is interesting. Parking can be a challenge but customers from other shops come and go pretty quickly. The service was great and I can't wait to come back and try other gens. And that's my take, Peace..."

Bred Hot Chicken - Costa Mesa

★★★★☆ 4.2 (240) • $$

"Love this halal chicken spot! Used to track them down in their food truck but now they have this spot in Costa Mesa and I try to go anytime I'm in the area!Hands down the best fried chicken place I've ever had. There's so much competition but I love that Bred uses generous portions and amazing spices and flavor. Their banana pudding is *chefs kiss*They are always super friendly as well and I love their customer service. My family also tried their fried turkey during thanksgiving and it was such a surprise! We loved it with their gravy. Decent price too."

Choy's Golden Rice Flour

★★★★★ 4.5 (205) • $$

"Yay! Finally gluten free Korean fried chicken for me (I have a gluten allergy). The chicken itself is juicy, yummy, and crunchy. Their soy garlic sauce is good which I would get again (I can handle the small amounts of gluten in that from the soy sauce), and the honey garlic sauce is decent, which I don't think I would get again (didn't love it). The side pickled radish was good. My husband checked in on Yelp for a free soda too. I def want to try other flavors next time.Service was good, the cashier who took my order was a young man who was very nice. Parking was okay, the lot was a little busy on a Wednesday afternoon. The lot itself's pavement is a little old."

Mountain Mike's Pizza

★★★★☆ 3.7 (293) • $$

"I ordered on Too good to go & so the lady that works there Ingrid said that they only accept it on the weekends . I ordered 2 boxes . I told her Oh no, I drove here all the way from West Covina . Then she said ok can you wait 20 min & she'll make me that order . I was like thank you so much !! How nice she was to make the order for me even though they don't accept it on weekends . Great customer service from Ingrid. She went above & beyond to make a customer like me happy . I tried to give her a tip & she wouldn't accept it . Plus I saw her asking other dining customers if they were doing ok . The pizza was delicious!!!Plus The shop & bathrooms were clean. There is also a beautiful landscaped dining area outside where you can enjoy your delicious pizza . The place is definitely a winner on all levels & I'll be back . Good job Ingrid !!!!"

Pizza Corner

★★★★☆ 4 (245) • $

"Always consistent pizza. Ordering online and pick up is easy and always on time. Crust is made to perfection. Toppings are always fresh! Ordered pizza for my family tonight and they absolutely loved it!"

Wing Ferno

★★★★★ 4.6 (181) • $$

"The food was amazing! Had to get food to take home because I wanted more! The daily special was what we got but make sure you get to there fast because some of the causes they have might not be there for long! Was told they were getting rid of them and not bringing them back thai chili was one. Will have to come back! It was definitely good!"

Porky's Pizza

★★★★☆ 4 (239) • $$

"We may have found our favorite pizza from Porky's. Thin crust well done met my crust expectations. Margherita topping was delicious. We thoroughly enjoyed this one. Will be ordering again."

Yang's Braised Chicken Rice

★★★☆☆ 3.3 (350) • $$

"Best Braised Chicken & Rice Ever!Tasty & Spicy! So Good!!!I come at least once a week."

La Pizzeria

★★★★☆ 4 (237) • $$

"Great food, great customer service, great prices, pizza was cooked to perfection, antipasto salad was fresh and cheese cake was delicious."

Ameci Pizza & Pasta

★★★★☆ 4.1 (225) • $

"Service - goodFood - kinda pricey for what you get, but ok.I ate here on 12/29/2024. I had the meatballs which gave me the runs. On the other hand, I've been to the restaurant three times with no issues with the food."

Ameci Pizza Kitchen

★★★★☆ 3.9 (241) • $

"Ever since I tasted their BBQ chicken pizza from my company's catering, I swore only to get it from Ameci. It's super bingeable.Also, my SO is sensitive to greasy foods, BUT this is the only pizza place that doesn't make him bloated or give him acid reflux etc. I also tend to stay away from greasy foods due to that, and this place is among the few exceptions.I recently had an issue with my order (which had, up until that point, been consistently great) and they were understanding + helped remake it. Thank you so much!"

BiG AL’S Pizzeria

★★★★☆ 4.1 (212) • $$

"Came back here a second time to try different pizzas. We ordered online to take back home to eat. It only took 20 mins for pick up to be ready on a Saturday night. Hubby and I got a large half and half with BBQ Chicken and Lebanese Garlic Chicken. Pizza is beautiful again. BBQ Chicken was delicious. Definitely recommend this one. Lebanese Garlic Chicken was just okay. Maybe it's not my kind of flavor compared to the other ones I've had. Will continue to come back here. Good pizzas!!!"

Clyde’s Hot Chicken

★★★★☆ 3.8 (231) • $$

"Used the drive thru and customer service was great. Very friendly and the food was freshly made and delicious! Will be back!"

Valentino's Pizza

★★★★☆ 3.8 (203) • $$

"My 1st job was making pizza & have enjoyed pizza ever since,so I think I have a strong opinion on pizza.This is one of the best pizzas I have had!For the 1st time, I ordered a Deluxe Pizza and noticed a slightly sweeter crust, VERY good Tomato sauce & the Vegetables & Meat was very thickly cut!VERY NICE!I have never eaten here before but I will be back FOR SURE!!Thank for great food"

22nd Street Pizza

★★★★☆ 4.2 (162)

"We had a great dinner here on a Sunday night with quick and friendly service, and our meatlovers pizza and house salads were fresh and flavorful. The pizza crust is soft and delicious. The restaurant atmosphere is pretty basic pizza restaurant with TV and small seating area and an open window sitting area with heaters."

The Boil Daddy - Stanton

★★★★☆ 4.3 (154) • $$

"My babygirl promoted today and wanted seafood. The place we originally planned for said they open at 11am but in reality it wouldn't till 2pm, and the other popular one would open even later! We were already famished and I'm glad I found this place on Yelp. They open early enough and it was more intimate cause we were the only, if not the FIRST ones in. Don't get the wrong impression that no patrons means bad business though! Food was so delicious!!! And we were even given cream puffs for dessert I also like the location."

bb.q Chicken Northpark Irvine

★★★★☆ 3.5 (220) • $$

"Been coming for the awhile but this is going to be our last. Came here on Thursday around lunch time with our family who came to visit us. What we ordered: 2 lunch specials. (Caribbean spice, honey garlic). Small 8 chicken wings soy garlic. Small 8 boneless chicken soy garlic. 2 gyoza. The reason why this will be the last because it looks like there wasn't any sauce on the chicken and we had to pay extra to add more sauce. Who does that...as you can see from the pictures...it's just a small drizzle. Which was really sad. I love to eat the picked radish and we also had to pray extra for more of the picked radish....it seems this place is money driven...not customer service driven. The server didn't seem to help us. Wasn't kind or friendly. Also one of the Togo boxes had a dead bug in it.....so yah...no thank you."

The Boil Daddy

★★★★★ 4.7 (121)

"Soft opening special 50% off ends on 12/1. Read the fine print it is a max of $25 off per adult. They ran out of crawfish when I visited but they said a new delivery would come tonight. Wish there was a sign that told us that ahead of time. I only tried their shrimp this time. Located in the same plaza as Popeyes. The parking lot is small. There are only 6 tables available when I went so I would say it's a small restaurant. They surprisingly didn't have Cajun fries. I paid the extra to upgrade to daddy fries but it was pretty much their sauce on top of the fries, which made my fries soggy after a while. The daddy wings is pretty much the same thing, fried wings with the Cajun sauce on top. Of course it's soft opening so they were working out some kinks. Would've loved it more if they had crawfish available."

Clucker Wing Teriyaki

★★★★☆ 3.7 (191) • $

"Service was honestly the best I've had in a long time . This place cares about what there doing . I don't review much by I had to leave a review . I'm glad to see there are people that care about what they do and care about quality and customer service . We got to sample taste of their teriyaki and it was delicious. Thanks for the great experience for me and my family."

Ameci Pizza & Pasta - Irvine West

★★★☆☆ 3.4 (225) • $

"I work in Newport Beach, and I didn't think I'd have time to grab a pizza at Blaze Pizza across the street at Fashion Island, but my boss was kind enough to have us do Pizza Day today, and I gotta say: I actually LOVE Ameci's. I took a slice of both the Meat Lover's and Pepperoni/Jalapeno, and both of them tasted GREAT. The crust was heated perfectly, and the toppings did not taste cold. The meats on both slices did not taste as salty like the Meat Lover's from Papa John's; but the Meat Lover's I got from Blaze was pretty close to what I had from Ameci's.I would definitely pick up a pizza from Ameci's again, but a little bit closer to home... Hopefully. 4.5 out of 5."

Furai Chicken - La Habra

★★★★☆ 4.4 (134) • $$

"Crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside. FOR REAL! We came here twice in a week after discovering it and we are not disappointed each time. But do take note that it takes a few more minutes to get the chicken to that level of crispiness. So don't come in rushing to eat and go. Place is nice and clean so get ready to sit and relax while you wait for your orders."

Chan Chan

★★★★★ 4.5 (127) • $$

"Chan Chan Huntington Beach. 헌팅톤 비치에 새로 오픈한 Chan Chan 한국 레스토랑을 가다. Surf City HB엔 한국 가게, 레스토랑이 드물다. HMart가 들어온다고 포스타 붙었지만 아직 오픈하지 않았다. 찬찬 레스토랑은 어바인에 이어 두번째로 비치 불르바드에 규카쿠 일식집 옆 비지니스 빌딩가에 자리잡은 깨끗하고 작은 식당이다. 영 한국 청년이 친절하게 서브한다. 어떤 집일가? 메뉴를 폰으로 찍어보니 해물 짬뽕류, 어묵과 김밥, 치큰 뎀부라.. 일식과 중식이 뒤섞인듯 모던 한식집이라 결론내며 Seafood spicy noodles/짬뽕 두 그릇, 어묵 누들과 김밥과 치큰 뎀부라를 주문. 반찬으로 무짠지, 흰무설탕초조��림, 마요캐배지와 호배추김치무침을 까만 종지에 이쁘게 내오다. 결론: 일식과 한식의 중간레벨의 짬뽕은 해물이 가득한 기름기없는 국물은 그야말로 일식 한식 중간에 스파게티 누들로 맛있었다. 맵고 짙은 한식 양념이 덜 댕길때나 달큰 일식도 싫증 날때에 꼭 맞는 스타일이다. 백인이 주 인구인 헌팅톤 비치에서 디센트한 에이시안 음식 찾는 비치 피플들에게 어필 할듯해 보였다."

No Brand Chicken

★★★★☆ 4.4 (131) • $$

"Ordered Snow Cheese chicken to go and it was ready in a jiffy. They packed it carefully with my fries which I appreciate because noone likes food spills in the car.The chicken was...oh my gosh...PURE HEAVEN! Seasoned to perfection, it's like meeting Jesus upon first bite! I'm so coming back."