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Dave's Hot Chicken

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TO LIVE AND FRY IN L.A. In 2017, four childhood friends came up with a simple concept — take Nashville Hot Chicken and make it better than anyone else in America. With only a couple thousand dollars to their name, they boot-strapped a pop-up concept in a parking lot in East Hollywood serving a simple menu of tenders, sliders, fries, and kale slaw — they created a viral cult following with lines consistently over an hour long. 

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118 E El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, CA, 94087, United States

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Mon10:00 a.m. to Midnight
Tue10:00 a.m. to Midnight
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Moe R. 
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2 years ago

Clean, well lit, fast food place that serves hot chicken--spicy friend chicken that comes in two configurations (a slider, or as chicken tenders) and seven degrees of heat, ranging from not spicy on up. I ordered Medium and it was pretty spicy. Seems geared toward a younger crowd, with high-energy decor and fairly loud rock music. Food seems aimed at younger audiences too, with a sweet, spicy flavor profile that lacked complexity. Simple food for simple tastes. Very limited menu (it's all about the chicken, folks!). I do... read more

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Gregory G. 
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2 years ago

Dave has some of the best hot chicken around. The walls are designed with color and give a graffiti artist feel. Their menu is pretty basic sandwiches with fries, Mac and cheese, and shakes or soda, but when you do something so we'll you don't need 20 different choices. The spice levels are tame, hot isn't over powering at all. Extra hot you can taste but the heat but it does linger. Medium has a little heat, mild has none that I could taste at all. It is a counter serve restaurant so once order take 5 mins or so. The chicke... read more

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Edgar M. 
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2 days ago

Gave me the wrong type of spice on my chicken bites, also bread wasn't toasted so I tossed that out, "extra hot" is suppose to be mango habanero, and on top of that I tipped them just so they could mess up my order??? Cmon guys! 

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Sam R. 
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a week ago

Food was cold and the sauce they gave me bearly had anything in it which is rlly annoying! 

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Antonio T. 
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2 weeks ago

They straight up forgot my order for 30 minutes when the ticket was right in front of them. It wasn't even a busy night, when I walked to the counter to check the lady just said they'll work on it but then kept calling up orders after me. We had to walk over to the counter and ask them a second time for the meal to be made. 

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M N. 
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3 months ago

Bad service...chicken taste bland..ambiance dirty and very uncomfortable and music too loud 

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Jenny T. 
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4 months ago

Came inside to order because their website wasn't working despite having "successfully" used apple pay as an option. That said, I thought going in to order would mean that it will come out crispy & fresh so I didn't mind. I opened the box right after ordering so I could eat in my car. I've had Dave's hot chicken in Vegas before so when I saw that there was one in Sunnyvale I was so excited. To my disappointment, service was forceful & the staff member just looked annoyed the entire time. Twice she told me her name and said... read more

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Roy T. 
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11 months ago

Friendly staff, quick and responsive (2 stars) Chicken flavor is just 0 stars, the seasoning is bland, Ive tried different heat levels and all the same just not good, like really not good at all. Again, the staff, and ambiance is very clean and friendly. The food from this franchise is just really bad compared to the numerous options in our area. 

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Roy T. 
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11 months ago

Friendly staff, quick and responsive (2 stars) Chicken flavor is just 0 stars, the seasoning is bland, Ive tried different heat levels and all the same just not good, like really not good at all. Again, the staff, and ambiance is very clean and friendly. The food from this franchise is just really bad compared to the numerous options in our area. 

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How is Dave's Hot Chicken rated?

Dave's Hot Chicken has a 4.4 star rating with 774 reviews. 

When is Dave's Hot Chicken open?

Dave's Hot Chicken is open now. It will close tomorrow at 12:00 a.m.