So I was passing a Popeye's and decided what the hell... Drive-thru was around the building and out to the highway but the dining room was mostly empty. Took me about 8-10mins to get in and out... Employees were very nice helpful. The customers (mostly old white women) were acting like assholes. Really sad...
Thoughts on the food... I got a sandwich meal with fries and a spicy sandwich for comparison. Obviously the competition is Chick-Fil-A since that's what they clearly based their sandwich on. I had their fried chicken many years ago but I don't remember anything about it. So I won't discuss the rest of the menu. They have all sorts of other stuff too. This is just about the sandwich meal hype...
The regular sandwich was a good size piece of meat with two pickles and "mayo" on a basic bun comparable to Chick-Fil-A. The pickles were a little thicker than Chick-Fil-A, the mayo was sweet like miracle whip, and the bun was fine. The patty was a good chunk of breast meat with a good bit more breading than Chick-Fil-A. Think Smithfield's fried chicken thick, like old school fried. Not quite as juicy, but really good flavor. Could have been crispier, but it was in one of those foil bags and steamed itself a little. Probably doesn't travel well, but I bet it is better if you eat it in the store.
The spicy sandwich was the same but the "mayo" stuff was orange and seasoned, and the breading on the chicken had what appeared to be a dry seasoning and some sort of oil maybe, like Nashville hot chicken without the heat. It was tasty but not hot, just spicy. I would have enjoyed it more if it was hotter.
The Cajun fries were meh... Waffle fries at Chick-Fil-A are so much better...
Didn't try the tea as they were out of unsweet. Diet Coke is their only other sugar free option...
All in all, it was pretty good. I would eat it again, but I wouldn't search it out. Chick-Fil-A is better overall, IMO. Though they're close enough that I can see lots of folks preferring Popeye's style better.
Final thought... If the spicy sandwich and was hotter I would crush those regularly. Everyone phones in the heat on their spicy chicken sandwich though...
Thoughts on the food... I got a sandwich meal with fries and a spicy sandwich for comparison. Obviously the competition is Chick-Fil-A since that's what they clearly based their sandwich on. I had their fried chicken many years ago but I don't remember anything about it. So I won't discuss the rest of the menu. They have all sorts of other stuff too. This is just about the sandwich meal hype...
The regular sandwich was a good size piece of meat with two pickles and "mayo" on a basic bun comparable to Chick-Fil-A. The pickles were a little thicker than Chick-Fil-A, the mayo was sweet like miracle whip, and the bun was fine. The patty was a good chunk of breast meat with a good bit more breading than Chick-Fil-A. Think Smithfield's fried chicken thick, like old school fried. Not quite as juicy, but really good flavor. Could have been crispier, but it was in one of those foil bags and steamed itself a little. Probably doesn't travel well, but I bet it is better if you eat it in the store.
The spicy sandwich was the same but the "mayo" stuff was orange and seasoned, and the breading on the chicken had what appeared to be a dry seasoning and some sort of oil maybe, like Nashville hot chicken without the heat. It was tasty but not hot, just spicy. I would have enjoyed it more if it was hotter.
The Cajun fries were meh... Waffle fries at Chick-Fil-A are so much better...
Didn't try the tea as they were out of unsweet. Diet Coke is their only other sugar free option...
All in all, it was pretty good. I would eat it again, but I wouldn't search it out. Chick-Fil-A is better overall, IMO. Though they're close enough that I can see lots of folks preferring Popeye's style better.
Final thought... If the spicy sandwich and was hotter I would crush those regularly. Everyone phones in the heat on their spicy chicken sandwich though...
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