Popeyes chicken sandwich. Is it that good?

[bcla]

I keep on hearing about long waits and a reputation for being better than its competitors. Seems like a lot of hype, but the price seems good. Anyone here tried it yet?

 

[AZBronco]

A friend of mine went to try it and he was told the wait was 2+ hours, so he left. I think the sandwich benefited from going viral on social media and at the end of the day, we'll all realize it's just another fast food chicken sandwich. But get ready for other companies to try to mimic the social media impact (one tracking firm estimated Popeye's got the equivalent of $23 million in free advertising last weekend).

 

[Cindy's Mom]

where is this 2 hour wait? I live in Chicago and a week ago today, I waited only 10 minutes.

 

[bcla]

I went to my closest Popeyes and they’re out.

 

[BrianL]

where is this 2 hour wait? I live in Chicago and a week ago today, I waited only 10 minutes.

It was just before the weekend that it blew up on social media. The Popeye's I drove by on Saturday had a line out the door. Word is they are all out right now.

Me, I don't think Popeye's is anything special - good sure, but I don't see it really holding up to Chick-fil-A.

 

[SaintsManiac]

Yes it is miles better than CFA.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

I keep on hearing about long waits and a reputation for being better than its competitors. Seems like a lot of hype, but the price seems good. Anyone here tried it yet?

I think it was more the internet memes than the sandwich. Is it something so special I would wait two hours for? Absolutely not.
Is it on the better side of fast food chicken sandwiches. Yes it is.
Is it better than Chick Fil A. Definitely.
Oh and all those pictures that show it dripping with mayo. Never got one with even close to that much mayo on it. And I'm certainly glad of that.

 

[AZBronco]

where is this 2 hour wait? I live in Chicago and a week ago today, I waited only 10 minutes.

Georgia—the home of CFA. People here will try Popeye’s but there are probably 20 CFA restaurants for every 1 Popeye’s here.

 

[ImDMous]

Our Popeye's around here are always ridiculously slow. The 2 times I've been it took 30 minutes to get 2 chicken strip meals and no one was surprised when I told them. They did a taste test on the radio this morning and there were 2 votes for Chik-fil-a and 2 votes for Popeye's. Seems like it's just another decent option if you like fast food chicken sandwiches...

 

[RamblingMad]

The reality is that I will never eat at Chik-fil-a because of their politics. So I'm all for alternatives.

 

[MGMmjl]

It looks like if you haven't tried the Popeyes chicken sandwich, you're out of luck, at least for now:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1166443046361153537

 

[Cindy's Mom]

CFA is so fake tasting to me. I'd pretty much rather eat a McNugget than give CFA on red cent of mine.

 

[BrianL]

Our Popeye's around here are always ridiculously slow. The 2 times I've been it took 30 minutes to get 2 chicken strip meals and no one was surprised when I told them. They did a taste test on the radio this morning and there were 2 votes for Chik-fil-a and 2 votes for Popeye's. Seems like it's just another decent option if you like fast food chicken sandwiches...

Oh, exactly! Even if the sandwich was indeed better than Chick-fil-A's, the difference in service would still send me to CFA more often than not. Chick-fil-A is sometimes busy too, but they are so efficient that it rarely matters.

 

[Hikergirl]

My ds was influenced by social media and really wanted me to bring him to Popeye's to try it but it's in a terrible part of a nearby city so that wasn't happening.
I told him I'd drive the 30 minutes to the nearest CFA

 

[LSUmiss]

I keep on hearing about long waits and a reputation for being better than its competitors. Seems like a lot of hype, but the price seems good. Anyone here tried it yet?

It’s that good here. I’ve heard ppl say that our Popeyes here are better than other locations. So, I can’t say what it’s like other places. Before the official hype, ppl here had been talking about it. I had heard it rolled out here first (not if that’s true). But, it is that good!

 

[Southernmiss]

Dd and a friend tried to get one Sunday. The drive through line was out to the highway. Parking lot slap full.

We waited on a parrking place and headed in only to see the 'sold out of chicken sandwiches ' sign on the door. We turned around and headed home.

The KFC a quarter down the road--empty.

We will try it, if we can get one.

Edit- I couldn't help wonder what the drive through would have been like had they run like Chic fil a.

 

[wenrob]

The best fast food chicken sandwich was the Super Clucker from Farm Basket. I found myself wanting one about a month ago and since Farm Basket doesn’t exist anymore I headed up the street to Popeye’s. To my dismay the location by me doesn’t even serve chicken sandwiches. Or macaroni and cheese. Or half the things they’re purportedly famous for. Seems you can get a bucket of chicken there but not much else.

 

[LSUmiss]

Georgia—the home of CFA. People here will try Popeye’s but there are probably 20 CFA restaurants for every 1 Popeye’s here.

Lol. Here it’s probably reversed.

 

[LSUmiss]

Dd and a friend tried to get one Sunday. The drive through line was out to the highway. Parking lot slap full.

We waited on a parrking place and headed in only to see the 'sold out of chicken sandwiches ' sign on the door. We turned around and headed home.

The KFC a quarter down the road--empty.

We will try it, if we can get one.

Edit- I couldn't help wonder what the drive through would have been like had they run like Chic fil a.

Side note-I always hear about the wonderful customer service at CFA, but the 2 here that we frequent are just as much of a cluster as any other fast food place but usually has a longer wait than other places. The only difference I see is they say “my pleasure” after providing the same mediocre service as everyone else.

 

[Southernmiss]

Side note-I always hear about the wonderful customer service at CFA, but the 2 here that we frequent are just as much of a cluster as any other fast food place but usually has a longer wait than other places. The only difference I see is they say “my pleasure” after providing the same mediocre service as everyone else.

Our closest chic fil a had a big remodel last year and has 2 drive through lines, a kitchen for the drive through and a kitchen for the inside line and they really are on the top of their game. The often post that they get 150 cars through at lunch in 1 hour.

We did go to one in Slidell last month at lunch and there was a noticeable difference in how much longer we got through the line and got our food. The store was crowded, though.