Jessica S.
Yelp
I heard many great things about this place, but when I came with a group of friends and our significant others, I didn't see what everyone else had seen in this place. To be honest, it's a glorified fast food restaurant that just happens to be connected to Shaq. Overrated in my opinion.
Upon walking in, the place looked clean, and the workers were extremely nice. One of the managers even came to our table and asked what we all ordered. We all ordered our food at the counter, and I thought it was expensive for fast food. If my food was amazing, I could understand the higher prices, but it was disappointing. For my husband and I to get a meal with a sandwich, fries, and a drink, it was almost $40... at a fast food restaurant.
After you order, you get your drink at the fountain drink area, and then you can sit anywhere that's open. Then they call your number on your receipt, and you pick up your food back at the counter.
As we all were getting our food, I noticed that my sandwich was laughably small. The chicken patty was so thin that it was literally folded on the bun to make it look thicker. In addition, it only took up half the bun, and it was very dry. My 3 friends and I all ordered the Nashville chicken sandwich, and their sandwiches looked a little better than mine, so I'm not sure why mine was so puny and gross. However, looking at the pictures on Yelp, none of ours looked as thick and juicy as those, so I'm not sure if we just came on a bad day.
The flavor was fine, but nothing special, and it didn't taste like a Nashville hot sandwich. My one friend really enjoyed her sandwich, but my other friend and I saw nothing special about the food. My husband knew right away I was disapponted because I threw half my sandwich out. The fries were okay, but nothing special.
Most of the time, I'd tell a restaurant that I don't like the food, but because this is more of a fast food restaurant-type place, I felt uncomfortable doing so. Also, if this place was as amazing as everyone claimed, then the cooks would have seen the way my sandwich looked, and they wouldn't have served it.
Overall, I definitely don't feel I need to come back here. There are SO many chicken options nowadays because it's so popular and trendy, and I can go somewhere closer to my house in Schaumburg instead.