Hooters

On this trip I went with some friends and we all got different things to try out. Starting off with appetizers, the fried pickles are a BARGAIN. They are crispier and delicious, but it's twice the size of any other order of fried pickles I have seen. One order will feed a table. I highly recommend them. The pretzels were soft and salty and the beer cheese was a nice addition. I will definitely get those again as well. The mozzarella sticks were really disappointing, the breading is far too thick and the breading is bland, I do not recommend them. The nachos with chicken were good, but the chicken is grilled and in chunks so it's hard to get some in every bite like you would with shredded chicken. I won't be getting those again although the chicken was great! It's just not what I'm looking for on nachos. I went with a build your own burger, home run style. The patties themselves were cooked well, pink just how I like them. However, the lack of seasoning was apparent. The flavor could have been overshadowed by the amount of grease, but regardless it was blah. The curly fries that come with the burger are great! Seasoned properly, more on the soft side opposed to crispy, and abundant. The service overall was fair, Lauren did a great job taking care of us. However, the 2 tall boy drink rule we discovered was a mood killer for the rest of the party. We had no idea that was even a thing, and given the reunion occasion we probably would have went elsewhere had we known beforehand. The food took about 30 minutes to come out. I'll be back at some point to try out the wings people seem to rant and rave about. I recommend this restaurant.

Hooters of the early days was so much better than it is now. I'm guessing due to the number of restaurants going up, quality went down. The early "roadhouse" atmosphere with stickers on the wall behind the bar and social employees just felt right. Anymore, it's so boring. The food isn't ever impressive anymore. it's just kind of overpriced for what you get. I still get the desire to enjoy some wings but I'm soon reminded of days gone by.

10/7/23 @ 6:35pm. My family of 5 with two never before eating at Hooters decided to go to the Davenport location off of Kimberly near the mall. Walked into Hooters it was not a long wait. Was not super busy, and it started out decent. We waited as the servers figured out seating arrangements and were asked politely to wait as they find us a seat. The servers were having a great time with a few other families and one particular that was sitting behind us as we were seated. Good feel, taking pictures with other families vibrant good team work. We were seated at table 31 and we were checking # 149. When it came to our services things started great nice smile cheerful, my husband shared a little football rivalry banter and her demeanor completely changed. No eye contact, very short, and when we would ask for something and say thank you, we got nothing in return. I asked for a side of ranch and she yelled it to the kitchen staff and walked away. She then passed it and is three times before she settled in at that the front to have a full conversation with another employee. Did not return to our table again. I then noticed the manager was standing at the front and went over to talk to her and let her know what was going on. She apologized but did not make it right. We ended up paying full price to eat our meal at home. Having a terrible experience is one thing but the way it was handled was and entirely big mess. Having worked on the food service industry the manager coukd have offered another server to take over, or took off for the drink and also that were not even eaten. We didn't even get threw our appetizer or finish our drinks there. Spent $89.88 to have dinner at home with an upset family. I would have cooked for that. We will never go there again and we will never refer any of our friends to go there. Definitely need to rethink staff. On our receipt it says Hooters makes you happy! It fell very short this time. Service is everything!

Would not recommend this location. We were waiting for food 30-40 min. They are super slow. And Jayda could be more nice.

Our waitress was obviously sick and couldn’t perform her duties tonight. She should not have been working. As we were checking out, my waitress that didn’t serve us, except for our drinks, didn’t impress me at all! Must have to have money and by drinks. And as far as the other staff… we’ll that’s a no go and is why we won’t be back for another 8 to 10 years.