Blue Ribbon Fried Chicken Reviews Summary

Category: Chicken restaurant New York

Address: 28 E 1st St, New York, NY 10003, USA

Phone: +12122280404

Rating: 4.2
based on 347 reviews.

Chicken Quality

Pros:

  • "The fried chicken is crispy outside and moist inside."
  • "The tenders have a great spicy red pepper seasoning on it."
  • "Real homemade fried chicken."
  • "Excellent. Juicy, crispy, nicely seasoned crust, not too salty."
  • "Fantastic chicken - super fast service, and refillable drinks - highly recommend checking out this place."
  • "The chicken sandwiches are deliciously and cooked to perfection, and i am absolutely in love with the chicken tenders."
  • "The chicken was juicy and the fries were perfect."

Cons:

  • "The chicken was great but the breast was pretty dry."
  • "The buffalo chicken sandwich was saturated with sauce, it was a mess, I couldn’t taste anything but buffalo sauce."
  • "But once it arrived, it was soooo chewy, beyond microwave chicken, pretty much like rubber!"
  • "The chicken tasted a bit old and overcooked."
  • "The chicken sandwich I had ordered had no flavor whatsoever."
  • "The chicken pieces were very small and not filling. It was dry and not enough chicken meat to each piece."
  • "The chicken breast was under cooked and flavorless."

Service

Pros:

  • "First of all, staff was very friendly! This is definitely the best chicken spot to go to in NYC!"
  • "The service was polite and warm."
  • "The staff is genuinely lovely."
  • "Customer service was friendly, and the food is quality."
  • "Employees are like angels."
  • "Fast & friendly service."
  • "The whole staff was so fun and helpful."

Cons:

  • "Not answering the phone when I called."
  • "Employees were just very unfriendly and snippy."
  • "Upon walking in and ordering, not one employee smiled at me, the lady who took my order seemed miserable."
  • "This place is slllllloooooww!"
  • "Especially when I am watching people handling food without gloves and touching their faces."
  • "I finally hear my ticket # and first thing I notice is that they got my order wrong."
  • "Called then 17 times before they finally picked up."

Price

Pros:

  • "That's not a bad deal for a meal in NYC."
  • "The price point is unbeatable."
  • "It’s more expensive than what I’m used to paying for fried chicken, esp since they sell per piece/type, but I think the quality is well worth the money."
  • "Not cheap but nothing you can't afford and worth it."
  • "A little pricy but once you eat the chicken you realize it's definitely worth it. Very filling and flavorful."
  • "Everything came out to cheap."
  • "The portions for the fries are solid, a small was enough that you could comfortably split it with a friend."

Cons:

  • "Anyway, I'm not going to risk this frustration happening again, especially at a ridiculously inflated cost of $25 for a rather simple order for one; so will not be returning to this restaurant..."
  • "And it's too expensive."
  • "But the prices are quite High so be prepared."
  • "They are also Extremely expensive for no reason. For 3 nugget bowls with fries came out to $62 :|"
  • "Overpriced, decent chicken."
  • "Extremely overrated.... I ordered to pick up, it took 1hr."
  • "Certainly overpriced. Should come with sides given the other prices on their menu."

Ambiance

Pros:

  • "Space was fine & clean."
  • "Nice space, clean restrooms."
  • "The place was clean as was the restroom."
  • "They recently redid the eating area and made it more open and spacious."
  • "One thing I really liked about this place is its vibe."
  • "The atmosphere in the restaurant is nice. There's a lot of natural light and the visual marketing is pretty modern."
  • "The place itself was really neat and had plenty of seating."

Cons:

  • "Also the music was extremely loud and after a long day you don't need music banging in your ears because this is not a night club!"
  • "The ambiance isn't anything special, but the food is."
  • "While very crowded inside and pricey for chicken."
  • "The atmosphere is nothing special. Shared tables, pretty crowded."
  • "Restaurant was really dirty inside."
  • "Only thing that really bothered me was the amount of little flies that were attracted to the honey on the table."
  • "The seating area is medium sized, especially when the place is busy."

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