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Dave's Hot Chicken

4.4

About this business

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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1495 E. 14th Street, San Leandro, CA, 94577, United States

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WeekdayScheduleStatus
Mon10:30 a.m. to Midnight
Tue10:30 a.m. to Midnight
Wed10:30 a.m. to Midnight
Thu10:30 a.m. to Midnight
Fri10:30 a.m. to Midnight
Sat10:30 a.m. to Midnight
Sun10:30 a.m. to Midnight
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Rick M. 
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a year ago

The reason this review is 2 stars and not 1 because the food was hot when I picked it up. They are supposed to specialize in tenders but I would rather get them from Popeye's or KFC. I ordered lite mild and although there was little heat, these tenders were over seasoned and super salty. Even the fries were over seasoned. That's all you could taste, was the seasoning. It was so abundant that even the outside of the containers had seasoning and on them. As far as the service, that was also disappointing. They were not busy,... read more

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SunShiny D. 
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2 years ago

Today 7/25/2023 I ordered the sandwich slider and fries. First time going back in a long time. I opened my order before I left it was loaded with pickles on sandwich as well as on the side( didn't realize they went back to adding pickles) had I known I would have ordered with no pickles(allergic). I let the cashier know he have order back to young man in the kitchen he comes the funny part (mind you I'm allergic to pickles) I watched his hand remove the pickles from sandwich then he wipes his hands on his apron then proceede... read more

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Cheryl N. 
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2 years ago

This is my second visit to this place and I'm very disappointed with the size of the fried chicken in the #2 chicken slider sandwich order. They are a lot smaller than my first visit. And, the fries are somewhat soggy. Will not return ;(( 

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Mabel T. 
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2 years ago

Not sure if it was because we got here an hour before closing but the chicken was so salty it was hardly edible. A group of my friends all decided to peel off the outer part of the chicken but it was still hard to eat. Since it was so late at night we didn't have it in us to let the staff know. 

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Patricia K. 
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2 years ago

[#1-2piece with fries. Had before was good this time waited 30min for order cashier said waiting for chicken. I was only one there and then about 15 walk-in and 2call Ins came in after. Chicken was over cooked fries were soggy. Did take out both times. Looked like 4 people in kitchen. 

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Alicia D. 
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2 years ago

Dave's hot chicken?! More like Dave's hot trash covered in excessive seasoning salt, with a dose of yuck and high blood pressure from all the salt on everything!! This is the worst chicken and fries I've ever had the displeasure of putting even close to my mouth. What a total waste of money! Went to the safeway right after and whilst my friend and I were still ranting on how bad that food was, several of the safeway employees also chimed in on how gross and bad Dave's hot chicken is. Total trash, waste of money and left me ... read more

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Julyanna C. 
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2 years ago

Food was nasty! My son was bragging about trying this place and none of us ate the food. Chicken looks burnt and the seasoning was NOT tasty at all! Will never go back! 

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Woo E. 
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2 years ago

I had to post this as my 1st yelp review which I wanted answers to. Ordered thru grub hub for pick up went home 15 min drive , started eating then I noticed my chicken looked off, can someone tell me what meat they used cuz this doesn't look right?! Man I'm still hungry had to throw in trash 

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Misha M. 
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2 years ago

This place is so salty with their food if I was a goat that would be great because they like to lick salt. They need to back off the salt and use more seasoning. I will say that the customer service was great my food was ready and it was hot . But I will not be back. And I am not kidding. It's like they dumped a pound of salt on their food 

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How is Dave's Hot Chicken rated?

Dave's Hot Chicken has a 4.4 star rating with 478 reviews. 

When is Dave's Hot Chicken open?

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