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Dave's Hot Chicken

4.5

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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31875 Date Palm, Cathedral City, CA, 92234, United States

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WeekdayScheduleStatus
Mon10:30 a.m. to 1:00 a.m.
Tue10:30 a.m. to 1:00 a.m.
Wed10:30 a.m. to 1:00 a.m.
Thu10:30 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.
Fri10:30 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.
Sat10:30 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.
Sun10:30 a.m. to 1:00 a.m.
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Yaneht V. 
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10 months ago

you guys are considered a "fast food restaurant" but in reality you have people waiting 15-20 min at the drive-thru window, it's ridiculous. i understand if you guys were busy, but i was the only car in the the drive-thru and you guys had one customer eating inside... pretty ridiculous for one plain slider... 

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T Z. 
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10 months ago

Absolutely terrible they messed my order and I requested a refund. Offered me a free meal I gave the spice level medium. Got the food and the supervisor handed me my food with a smirk on her face. I ate the chicken and my mouth was on fire she purposely gave me the spice level way above medium as a "get back" for complaining. 20 minutes wait in a drive through btw to get an incorrect order and a fake free meal used as a retaliation. Just go to the Palm Desert location this one is a JOKE 

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Gabriela S. 
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11 months ago

At the Cathedral City Dave's Hot Chicken, I purchase the # 1 meal median with no pickles that was last night for my first time. AT the drive-thru I was starting to order when the employee asked me what I wanted to order as I was letting him know he interrupts me and asked for a "Name" then he proceed to asked me again what I wanted to order. As I approached the window after waiting for over 15 mins in the drive-thru I explained to the employee he should first advise a customer to provide a name before he starts taking orders... read more

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Michael N. 
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a year ago

I love Dave's but this location is the sloooooooowesr one I've ever been to. I was first in line in the drive thru and it still took 30 minutes to fulfill my order. You all understand you're in the fast food category, right? And you make one item (chicken) right? Your food is great but it's not above fast food. So it should be less than a 30 minute wait after you ordered. 

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Brian S. 
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a year ago

I think this place has the most horrible tasting chicken I have ever tried. I ordered one piece each of 3 different intensities and after one bite of each I said to myself, never again. 

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William C. 
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a year ago

This might have been good chicken, if it wasn't buried in their spice blend. It was all I taste. Maybe ask them to go light on the spice blend. 

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Ken T. 
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a year ago

The two servers/cashiers were very good and very attentive! The chicken was not hot not HOT. It was pretty tasteless! Area was very noisy! 

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Craig H. 
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a year ago

Well I'm still in drive- thru going on 6 minutes now and I'm totally disgusted. After 9:23 I got my order. I wanted to leave but couldn't escape. They told me they had five orders ahead of me and I must have forgotten that this is a FF restaurant! The was food hot, guys lighten up on the salt (if you have hypertension, stay away). Well this visit was a travesty and all I got was a sorry for the delay...blah Guys get your act together work on the logistics (that's management) 

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M M. 
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a year ago

Service socks, stuck in drive thru for 30 minutes. No way to get out, and then they still got our order wrong. 

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How is Dave's Hot Chicken rated?

Dave's Hot Chicken has a 4.5 star rating with 512 reviews. 

When is Dave's Hot Chicken open?

Dave's Hot Chicken is open now. It will close tomorrow at 1:00 a.m.