Terri J.
Yelp
Look...I know a trend when I see one. I was all over poke while most of you were going "ew...raw fish in a bowl? No thanks" and now I can't throw a stick without hitting one of you at my poke joints. Chicken salad is very "in" and I've been watching this place. I've tasted this food three times now and I can honestly say....meh.
You guys remember when Milli Vanilli came out and you were all "Dammnnnn Gina! This song is my jam!" You had on Hammer Pants and "Blame it on the Rain" was blasting through your Walkman. We loved that song. We couldn't wait to hear more Milli Vanilli. Then NOTHING. NADA. NO MORE MILLI VANILLI FOR YOU. It was a gut punch because we felt like we had been given something new and they gave us just enough to want more.
Chicken Salad Chick is Milli Vanilli. You listen to the hype, get super excited by pictures and reviews and in reality it's just some lip syncing dudes, er, chicken and mayo marked up to $8. I've tried only four of the 13 types they have listed, but if all 4 are bland, that's my signal to take off the Hammer pants and get into grunge. The service is abnormally slow (I've been on a weekday during non peak time, a weekend peak and a weekday evening) and they up sell you until you've paid $13 for a complete meal. Tonight I tried the southern style, which is like egg salad that got confused and dressed up like chicken salad and it was not okay. The chicken tortilla soup was bland and it was the smallest portion ever. It's soup! Give it to me by the gallon at these prices! I rarely buy a meal and still end up hungry after, but I did tonight. I get it's a trend and all, but food should taste good too. FYI to the manager of this chain - your workers need to practice manners. If they want to swear like sailors, hell yes I'm down, but they shouldn't be loudly doing it in the restaurant and definitely not THOSE curse words. Also, if one of them is sick, tell them to stay home or at the very least not to sneeze on folks food yo. Glad that wasn't my order.
Just like Blame it on the Rain, if it's too good to be true, it's probably this joint. There really isn't anything worth putting those Hammer pants back on for.