Adam B.
Yelp
I don't get what makes this place popular ... given that Shack Shack, Popeyes and Chic Filet are right down the road, all of them are infinitely better than this place. If you like high calorie, salty foods ... you will like Raising Cane's. That's about all this place has going for it.
First of all ... the menu sucks. Maybe I don't want a buttered/Toasted hot dog bun (which they call 'Texas Toast') ... crinkle cut french fries ... and a sugary drink with my tenders. You can buy the tenders for $2.50 each ... so $7.50 for three small tenders ... but you'd be far better off at Popeye's where the tenders taste better and are much bigger.
The taste ... Given the hype, I was expecting amazing. The tenders aren't anything I wouldn't make in my own air fryer. They taste like bagged chicken tenders. No seasoning ... not exceptionally moist. Just average. The sauce that was offered was their 'famous' sauce. It tasted like Sweet Baby Ray's. I also ordered a honey mustard, which cost 50 cents extra. It was watery and kind of bland. They didn't have BBQ or Ranch sauce. The tenders were also very small ... much smaller than any other place. If not for the giant tray of carbohydrates, I'd have certainly left wanting several more.
The extras ... french fries were salty, crinkle cut fries. Same as Shake Shack's. Bagged and fried and salted. The Texas Toast is a buttered and lightly toasted hot dog bun, without the slit. I thought that this must be some kind of inside joke that the owners had. Who eats an empty hot dog bun? It did taste good with the butter sauce, but its basically empty calories. They forgot to put my cole slaw in the bag and the line was too long to go back.
Overall, this was just an average mess that I felt like I could make at home. I have no reason to return. At $13 for a 3-tender meal ... I basically feel like I got bread and a few tiny pieces of chicken. Expensive and average are two words that I don't love associating with fast food. I'd 100% choose Popeye's over this place ... or Chic Filet. Sure, it might be a little better than McDonalds at twice the price ... but I don't get the hype at all.