Chicken Express in Kilgore
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Kilgore, Gregg County, Texas, US
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Site: https://chickene.com/menu/
- Monday:10:30AM–10PM
- Tuesday:10:30AM–10PM
- Wednesday:10:30AM–10PM
- Thursday:10:30AM–10PM
- Friday:10:30AM–10PM
- Saturday:10:30AM–10PM
- Sunday:10:30AM–10PM
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**UPDATE AS OF 5/25/22***Still have the best chicken ever, but Ive never had the spicy until today...OMG!! I will never go to Popeyes again, prices have went up at CE, but FAR better food!!*Best chicken in Kilgore! Always love going here for a glass of fresh tea too. Friendly staff and fast service!
❤❤❤ chicken express. Hands down top choice when it comes to a place to get a family meal with chicken tenders, mashed potatoes, macaroni & rolls. The staff are awesome. Very friendly, fast & accommodating. Always a stop of mine when I find myself over in Kilgore. ☺ If you never had chicken express before, you dont know what youre missing.
I have stopped at this restaurant a few times on my travels through Athens and it is always clean and quick. This stop, the inside was closed and the drive through was open (presumably for COViD reasons).They never give you the amount of chicken you ordered... It is always a little more. For someone like me who generally doesnt eat an entire meal, a combo meal usually turns into a couple of meals or a meal or a snack. The little extra is always appreciated.As always, the chicken was crispy and hot, and not greasy. Nothing needs salt, nor is anything over salted. Chicken Express really does have a winning recipe for everything on the menu. The mashed potatoes are awesome. I got corn for the first time this stop and it was delicious without anything added.A great place to stop in Athens.
The girl that brought our food out was rude. Shoved the drink in my husbands face. Got home with our food and his liver and gizzards were slimmy. The mash potatoes were dry. We ask for biscuits and got roles. This is not the first time this has happened but it will be the last! Get new workers or shut down.
We used to enjoy dining here, but lately it has been terrible. The chicken was super soggy and seemed like it was cooked HOURS ago. It was also bland and not seasoned at all. I also asked the guy at the window for honey mustard which we did not receive because the young workers were too busy standing around. Some were dancing. We bought $30 worth of food. It was so bad that we had to throw all of it in the trash. Management really needs to make some corrections. This used to be a good place to eat. These young and lazy employees are ruining your business by playing around and not taking their jobs seriously.
Have always loved chicken express. Do not like wait times. In line over 30 mins. Have never tried the catfish but decided to last week. When I ordered the 8 piece fillet meal I was told there was a 15 min wait for it. I passed and ordered chicken as usual. So today Aug.19th I AGAIN tried to order the catfish. AGAIN was told a 15 min. Wait! I asked why. Was told they had none cooked. Uh huh why the hell offer it on menu if you are not going to cook it!!!! This was 3:45 pm and dinner crowd coming on. WOW just wow. As much as I like their chicken tenders they have lost my business. Not going back. Im done.
Normally I like this place but this time I went through drive thru and no line. Went up to window and had two 6 pc chicken strips. Got home missing side item in 1 box. Wanted biscuits in both... Got rolls. Chicken was luke warm... Mind you I only live 5 minutes away there should have been still hot. I am surely disappointed... Would give a 1 star but the cashier was very nice.
One of the worse experiences IV ever had there. Literally sat in drive thru for over 45 minutes and they didnt have one single customer inside. I finally get to the window and I see all 3 employees either playing and dancing around or on their phone. I sat there and watched him take another 10 minutes to make 2, 4 piece chicken boxes. And of course I got my food and was cold. The inside of the restaurant looked horrible. There was more food on the floor than on the racks. Trash everywhere. Definitely wont be returning to this store
Well the last few times we have ate there, are carried it out, the chicken tastes horrible !!!! I dont know what theyve done to it but its not the same, as it was a 6 months ago, and the prices are way too high, if theyre going to charge you that kind of money, then they need to serve a better quality of food,
The food is always good, my issue is when I go thru the drive thru, I ask for Ranch dressing instead of gravy and no biscut. 99% of the time I get gravy, and when they do give me Ranch, 2 containers for a 7 piece meal....thats just silly. I am just disappointed....also no napkins, no salt, no ranch dressing....happy lunch for me.
The food is delicious, pretty quick, and moderately priced. The only issue Ive ever had is when they forgot my condiments after I paid them $45.EDIT: Ive changed my rating from 4/5 to 2/5 due to the incredibly rude and inept employees that Ive had to interact with during my last few visits.
!So i decided to go by chicken Express for dinner.. needless to say i WILL NEVER EVER eat there again.. smdh.. chicken is rock hard.. plus i waited like 25 to 30 mins in drive thur so theres no reason it should of been old!! Its pathetic that i waited so long. I ended up having to go back for my okra that i had ordered.. tea was okay and so was orka (only because they didntput in in my bag) . chicken was hard.. gravy was watery... roll was hard.. mashed potatoes were cold.. employee had an attitude... geezzz. the list goes. On........Will be contacting mangers or corporate
Please either train your people right so they know what they are doing or replace your management with someone who can. This place is the worst one out of all the local chicken express restaurants! Never have had so many problems every time! Slow staff, they don’t know which order is for the person at the window, food is not up to par and they usually forget to add something to our order....
Drove up to place my order of a large drink. Only car in line. 10 minutes later no drink. Drove off. I called the manger to make sure everyone was ok inside. Their behavior was odd inside the kitchen. The manager could care less. Notice the response to the complaints on here.....exactly.....they do not care.
First off they had no chicken breast. Spent almost 30 dollars for 12 piece family meal. Potatoes were cold. I dont feel like i got my money worth. They were standing around drinking their drinks and i felt it was unsanitary. Very disappointed and wont be back to this one.
What has happened to this place? They used to be fast. They would even have ppl come to you in the line to speed it up but the last few times I have had to wait in line forever. I’ve literally been in this line 34 minutes as of now and there are still 2 cars ahead of me. It’s not like it’s cooked fresh so it shouldn’t take this long.
Food is good....service....not so much. Cashier was not very friendly....a family came in at the same time as we did and waited for their food for a long time...we were almost finished before they received their order. When the dad asked if they had skipped over their number, they told him they were filling all the easy (aka small) orders first. This was only 6 people...and not a huge order...so not sure why the delay for them...Guy was in kitchen with air pods in his ears. He was doing random things, but could have helped with front counter.Someone added tea to the machine and did it in such a manner as the tea splashed out the top, down the front of the machine, and almost all over me and the dad of the family that I mentioned earlier.Food is good, and a good value....but the service is the main reason we dont eat there more often..
If you go to chicken express ,try the chipotle mustard sauce to dip in but dont skimp on the mashed potatoes and gravy but also the honey. Youll want all for dipping and make sure to get plenty of tenders. Theyre addictive and not greasy at all! Its like they were made in an air frier or baked till perfect crisp somehow. Youll see. Very affordably priced . Thats a big huge deal to me always. If I can buy supper for round about the same price I could cook for,then I dont feel guilty about buying out sometimes.
Everything else is good besides the wait in the drive through 9 times out of 10 if you go on your lunch break and want something quick here isn’t for that. Just go inside or somewhere else. Every time I go I wait 20+ minutes and have my food cold by the time I’m driving off. So..maybe need to fix drive through time.
Can we all say customer sevice is a good thing to have? This place has the rudest ppl working for them. I love their sweet tea . but that all i go there for and sometimes its not even worth that. They are so rude never a thank you come back. And the manager lady always has a bad look on her face and talks very rude . If you dont like wlyour job find another one.
Great chicken and sweet tea, BUT here in the last year or so, the service has been very slow, especially if you go through the drive-thru. Service at this Chicken Express use to be very quick. My wife and I dont go there near as much as we use to, just becuase it generally takes sooooo long to get through the drive-thru. I use to recommend this Chicken Express to people all the time, but now I tend not to mention it very often. Not sure if it can fully explain how slow the service their is now, but from my experience, a lot of the young people they have hired, have horrible customer serviice skills, and very obviously dont give a flip about their jobs. Weve all had low paying jobs, that we dont like, but at least act like you care a little, and dont let it spill out on every customer you deal with. And on a side note, they seem to always be out of rolls, and I end up with one of their biscuits (which I cant stand the taste of).
The drive thru workers barely acknowledge my existence when I go through. I thought it might just be me, but it is the same with my wife. We are very nice. We say hello, ask how they are doing, and always say thank you. They LITERALLY say NOTHING. They open and shut the door, and talk to each other. It is ridiculous. Chicken Express in Kilgore used to be very friendly. This is not the case anymore. Can someone in management PLEASE explain to these kids what giving good customer service means. It is an important skill they need to learn. I understand having an off night, but this has happened every single time we have gone there in the past year.
I recently went to Chicken Express to buy some tenders and some gizards... I was so disappointed and mad when I realize how stupidly small the gizards were... The price on this combo is ridiculous compared to the gizzards. I was so upset! I called to the store and asked to speak with manager and she said thats the size they get them and she said she couldnt do anything about it. How about warning people about the crappy gizards youre about to sell them; atleast say hey the gizzards dont come complete that come in tiny sizes I was so pissed! I paid 20 dollards for something I didnt even eat!!! Management sucks! And the service they give sucks too the people at the window ignore you they arent nice and they literally just slam the window after you pay them... never again will I eat at this place!
Took them 22 minutes to get the order in front of us which was a small bag and then told us to pull up as soon as we got to the window our food should have already been done there were only only two guest inside the store there is no reason it should of taken 45 mins in a like!!!
I asked for dark meat, they gave me white. I asked for Diet Dr Pepper, they gave me Diet Coke. The biscuits and roll were not fresh. In fact, nothing I ordered was too particularly fresh. For as long as I had to wait, I figured it would be. I was wrong. Ill probably avoid this location from now on.
Customer service was miserable. I ordered a 30 pc tender meal to feed my small army. ended up having to supplement their meals from home. The mashed potatoes were so heavily loaded with black pepper my kids couldnt eat them. The gravy was plain water. the manager avoided dealing with the issue by leaving me on hold till i hung up and called back. The counter person was not trained in customer service. He mumbled so that no one could understand him, did not know how to answer a phone, and did not know how to talk on a phone. Will NOT recommend to friends. There are restaurants closer to home i will frequent in the future.
Just left this place , the lady (manager) very rude . Order a 2pc chicken tenders , get home drop my mom off and no chicken in the box . So I call and tell them , the manager gets really rude and said I didnt order chicken you order tenders 😲 wow !Get to the store to pick tenders (chicken) up , and she dam near could have through it to me ! Very rude 😠😡I cant enjoy my food after that experience,smdh ......
I used to work here when i was 17 chicken always cooked fresh comes every other day nothing is ever old or outdated tea made fresh daily as well as the sides good management has to be to train school kids each year prices can be a little much on certain things but wat isnt and the resturaunt stays clean definatley a great place to eat in out on the go
I wish I was offered a recipe after I was cashed out because something seamed a bit odd I got to the register and ordered ONLY 1sm okra 1gl of tea and 1c of ice tea I was given fries and 2c of tea after the young man repeated my order back to me then after he changed it he gives me a CLUSTER of not fully cooked okra wish I could put a picture of it on here SO NOT HAPPY RIGHT NOW
Total reviews rating 3.6
199 Reviews for Chicken Express 2023:
Review №1
2021-06-28The crew you had working at 7pm on 6/27/21 need ALOT more training. I can understand that the reason the wait was so long is probably b/c you are understaffed rn but how I received my food is a lack of common sense and training. Our dozen rolls came in a single BALL, all squished together like they rolled them all up together and shot them basketball style into the bag and our boxes of fries were maybe half full, this is not the first time. The picture of the rolls were after they were pulled apart.
Review №2
2022-03-12Wont be eating here again. The food is still ok, but the prices have just gotten outrageous. Also, past 2 times Ive been here and asked for some spicy tenders, and they just give regular tenders. I can go somewhere different with chicken for less price and get my order right every time.
Review №3
2022-07-11Depends on what you get. 3 piece and coleslaw is always yummy. Catfish can be dry and you only get 3 poppers in the small. Not badly priced tho
Review №4
2022-07-01I liked it, good cole slaw, mashed potatoes were just ok, chicken was delicious
Review №5
2022-02-09There wasn’t mold on my bread. The one that did was the the burnt butter from the pan. They say it happens all the time but people over react and complain without listening or logic. Chicken was hot and fresh. Will come back again when visiting Kilgore.
Review №6
2022-02-18Im so upset with Chicken Express today! I went there on my lunch break and ordered a snack pack with Mashed Potatoes, Chicken Tenders, Gravy & a roll comes with it and I paid for an extra roll, but didnt receive it and I asked before leaving the drive thru window if it was in my order and I was told yes, but when I get back to work , I had no extra roll and Im really MAD about it, because this has happened to me several times and I havent complained, but today Im LIVID! Then to top it all off I tried to call and tell them about it and the phone number listed is not a working number and no other store could tell me what the number is! What kind of restaurant is this? Now Ive got to wait until I get off work to drive back to the restaurant to tell them about their service!!!!!!!
Review №7
2022-07-19Ordered number 1 and 2 with mashed potatoes and gravy and again no gravy
Review №8
2022-04-23Gravy was water chicken strips weren’t pieces of chicken it was mainly chunks of breading didn’t even get a whole roll it was half of one very very disappointed and they won’t answer phone
Review №9
2022-01-31This place is horrible !! We spent about 50 on a family meal and the rolls had mold the chicken was hard gravy was runny. Just bad service! Wont be going back.. also the girl calling customers darlin... not professional and some people dont like that...
Review №10
2022-06-23We got a huge selection to feed a group of 30. Very impressed!