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Dave's Hot Chicken

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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. 

Location details

1660 Niagara Falls Blvd., Tonawanda, NY, 14150, United States

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WeekdayScheduleStatus
Mon10:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Tue10:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Wed10:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Thu10:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Fri10:30 a.m. to Midnight
Sat10:30 a.m. to Midnight
Sun10:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
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Rachel R. 
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a year ago

Delicious and worth the wait! The chicken is excellent quality. I got the lite mild chicken and it barely had any spice, which was fine by me! My husband got hot and extra hot. He liked both and the extra hot definitely lived up to its name. If you want the Reaper, you have to sign a waiver. While I expected the chicken to be good, I didn't really have expectations for the fries or pickles and wow, was I surprised! Fries were VERY crispy and had good flavor-- they have seasoning on them, but it wasn't overpowering. Pickles w... read more

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Yuliya P. 
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5 months ago

We've been loyal customers of the Tonawanda location since it opened and have always loved it. Today, however, we had a disappointing experience that left us questioning whether we'll return. We placed a pickup order and arrived about 5-10 minutes early. While waiting, my 6-year-old asked for some water. We requested a water cup, but the staff at the front told us they were out. I politely asked if there were any other cups available, and the response was, "That's above my pay grade." Shortly after, another employee moved a ... read more

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Monet J. 
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6 months ago

Theres a melted slice of orange American cheese on my tender... I'd love to meat the master-mind behind that idea... 

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Anne R. 
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7 months ago

They've brought back the cauliflower not-chicken for vegetarians. However, I am still giving them one star because their system for pick up orders is absolutely terrible. I placed my order online at 10:50am for soonest available, and when I showed up, they said the order is set for 11:15am so they won't even receive the order until 11am. The place was empty and for 10 minutes they could've been making my order, but instead my order was being held back. So they had to wait for the order to show up in their system, and THEN ... read more

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Nancie A. 
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9 months ago

Highly disappointed when I went to Dave's because the food is actually really good. But this is the little bit of greens they put on my sandwich. It's so skimpy!! The chicken was great, exactly what I ordered and the fries were fine too. 

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Carisa D. 
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11 months ago

Coming here today this was my first time, coming into here I had high hopes, the service was good, and I liked the buzzer situation. It was a good idea and the setting area was decent. For the food situation I got the Dave bites mild heat and fries. Along with Dave sauce and one of there freezes that came with a souvenir cup. The bites to me had a bad flavor for rub that came on it was very sweet and did not compliment the chicken IMO, the actual chicken was juicy but I juts couldn't get past the outside. The bread that came... read more

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Kim S. 
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11 months ago

I'm sorry but the chicken was so nasty my daughter would not even eat it. It sort of tasted like the grease had not been changed and it tasted like it was burnt and had no season on it at all. The rest of my experience there was ok. and I don't usually do reviews but after paying 28.00 dollars for the two meals I was quite upset mainly because my daughter could not eat hers. She said the french fries tasted better than the meat. Maybe because it was late and it was a bad day?????? but I don't think I will try it again. Remin... read more

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Charlie S. 
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a year ago

They got rid of the the cauliflower sandwiches, so there's nothing for vegetarians to eat here anymore. Disappointing. Won't be coming back anymore now. 

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Adam H. 
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a year ago

Chicken fingers were cold, French fries were cold. Don't know why I had to wait for cold food. 

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How is Dave's Hot Chicken rated?

Dave's Hot Chicken has a 4.3 star rating with 922 reviews. 

When is Dave's Hot Chicken open?

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