Wing Basket
April 20, 2006 by Foodie
Four Locations:
- 8246 MENAUL @ WYOMING IN HOFFMANTOWN CENTER
292.9464 - 4565 San Mateo Blvd in@Montgomery Plaza
830.9464 - 5241 Ouray, Coors Rd @ I-40 in West Bluff Center
831.5300 - 3705 Ellison Rd @ Hwy 528 in Cottonwood Corners
899.7040
I knew it was coming! With the popularity of Buffalo chicken wings, sooner or later we were going to see a restaurant dedicated to the popular bar food, “The Chicken Wing”. Being a chicken wing fan, I had high hopes for the Wing Basket. The Wing Basket offers eight flavors of wings: WB Original, Hot, TNT, Barbecue, Honey Mustard, Kentucky Bourbon, Garlic Parmesan, and Lemon Pepper. Along with their wings they also offer chicken tenders, fries, and other various sides.
The interior of the restaurant has a fresh picnicy-farm theme. There is plenty of seating for being such a small restaurant. You can order at the counter or call ahead for take-out. The staff is usually friendly and willing to give recommendations. The service can be a tad slow when you order at the restaurant, so call ahead.
The sauces at the Wing Basket were all decent. The sugar based sauces, such as the Kentucky Bourbon, and Honey Mustard, were too sweet. The Honey Mustard seemed to be missing the MUSTARD. Of all the buffalo sauces, the hot buffalo sauce was the only one spicy enough for me. I have tried all of the flavors except for the TNT. The main problem with the wings at the Wing Basket is the quality. On all the occasions the wings were dry and had very little meat, mostly dry skin and bones. One time at the West Bluff Center location, the wings had absolutely no meat, what so ever. If there was meat, it must have disappeared in the deep fryer. I love wings, but these are very low quality. The fries were soggy and tasted sweet. I have to say the only thing I did like were the sweet stix.
I have had the Wing Basket four times and all were consistently mediocre. If they upgrade their quality of wings, I would give them another try. Until then I could just not recommend the Wing Basket.
Taste:
[rate 5]
Service:
[rate 7]
Ambiance:
[rate 7]
Overall Reader Rating
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Popularity: 49% [?]
I have to agree with you. I’m a recent transplant and wing junkie and was very disappointed.
My current favorites are at O’Hares in Rio Rancho, and I’m hoping to check out the place that just got best of in Alibi – I can’t remember the name offhand.
The place from Alibi was Billy’s long bar. Not too impressed.
I would have to say Hooters. Although I have not tried O’Hares.
Yeah, Wingstop and Billy’s arent that good in my opinion. If anyone knows of a good place…I’m all ears.
By the way, everyone knows that you don’t go to Hooters for the wings! Although you can try to sell that one to your girlfriend or wife.
Dead on. I got some wings there, and was completely unimpressed. The comment about the dryness and lack of meat is exactly what I thought.
I guess I’ll keep looking for some good ones.
The taste is not bad, but the staff is terrible. I just went for the first time and I said hi to the guy (he obviously saw me) and he ignored me and turned the TV volume up. Then, my husband dared to ask him a question and he mocked my husband. We didn’t know if we had to sit down and wait or if the wings were going to come fast since like I said it was our first time there. Therefore, we stayed at the counter waiting and the guy said that we had an attitude (WHAT???). One of the other guys was nice though, but I still feel very frustrated by the way we were treated. I’ll never go back.
I can’t believe what you are all saying. How dare you insult the heavenly Wing Basket. If we were back in the U.K things would be violently different. When I go the wings are always full of mouth watering meat. The sauces are made with the perfect combination of love and happiness. Everytime I go my food is prepared within seconds. I often find myself pondering whether or not to get some wings to go. I would like to apologize to Dear Wing Basket for the buffons who insulted such a fine establishment.
Sincerely,
Joe
I go to the wing basket here off of alemeda in the shopping center and everytime I have been there its ran by 13 year old gang wanna be’s with all of their friends hanging out getting free cokes and really just making it an uncomfortable experience. Sometimes there’s an adult there but it doesn’t make a whole lot of difference to the atmosphere. On top of that the wings are never cooked all of the way and they have been some occasions where the wings were not even cut. The staff there is horrible and I think that even McDonalds staff take more pride in their work so what I have been doing is driving half way across town to Montgomery and San Pedro to Wing and Things, the staff is young but profeesional and their wings are good and consistant.
Horrible service and attitude at the one on coors. Girl at the counter was talking to her boyfriend on the phone and turned her back when we asked if we could order. She was missing her front teeth so she probably pulls this attitude a lot. I walked out
Warning! These the absolute worst wings ever! I’m very disappointed and I don’t understand how Wing Basket is still open. I am so disgusted, I can’t even express how awful this food (if you even can call it that) is. I gag everytime I think about the smell & the taste. For those who haven’t been there yet “Do not waste your money or put your tastebuds through that”. To the person that commends Wing Basket you must be an employee or owner. I’ll never go back, I’m telling everyone I know how horribe this food is.
The fries were alright.
I had to force myself to eat these wings. I tried to convice the kids,(its not that bad,they’re not that dry,they’re not that burnt,maybe if you drown them in ranch?). They weren’t buying it. Good thing I bought extra fries.
It was my first and last time eating there. Don’t waste your time!!! Was this even chicken ???
I agree about the one on coors! They are horrible! I went there last night was treated like crap, the staff didn’t have a clue what was in the picnic salad. He said its kinda like mac and cheese without the cheese. Huh?!? Its macaroni salad ding dong. This is the type of resturant I put in my reviews. Good luck mgmt!
If your looking for killer wings, try Tickles and Snooks Wings n Things on Montgomery, just west of BWW. This place has big wings with like 30 something flavors. Garlic Parmesan rocks, it has real shredded parmesan, go figure.
I’ve tried this restaurant twice – it was terrible both times. The first time I had their chicken tenders and I tried their boneless wings the second time. Both times the food was overcooked; it tasted like a deep fried cracker that was saturated in old burnt grease. In both cases I couldn’t finish a moderate sized meal because it tasted so bad – I shouldn’t have given them a second chance. I like most wings from most places, but I highly recommend not eating the food from this restaurant.
Wings overcooked! Pasta Salad salty! Celery and Carrots old! Prices on internet menu 50 piece wings 23.99 charged 28.99. I asked for number of the owner the so called “General Manager” read a statement Wing Basket menu not posted by the owners. I will continue to relay this information to the public! $37.00 dollars spent and so disappointed! Hoffmantown Wing Basket service was crap.
When dining at Vernon’s Steakhouse be prepared to shell out the big bucks !
While the food is very good, it doesn’t warrant the outrageous prices. I recently dined there with my husband and we both desired the aged steaks. My steak was $68 . Yes, that’s right. $68 ! His was $72 ! I was sticker shocked to say the least. I would expect this kind of pricing at perhaps a phenomenal restaurant in NYC or one with floor to ceiling windows overlooking the Golden Gate bridge ! But to pay this for a painted black hole in the wall with tables crammed together is preposterous !
Ordered wings for super bowl sunday, they said I could pick them up at 4:15, when I arrived at 4:15, I waited in line for about 20 minutes, while an employee sitting in the hallway by the restrooms told my daughter she could not use the restrooms becasue they were out of order. I got through the line to be told my order wasnt ready and it would be about another 15 minutes (35 minutes past the time they were supposed to be ready). I told the lady at the register that my daughter had to use the restroom and I had a pizza order waiting for me. Her offer to me was to ring me up and charge me and just allow me to wait! Disgusted with their inability to manage their shop and their orders! I will never order from them again!