After my most recent visit, I definitely WILL NOT return to Hooters. Ever.
Kristen, our server was awful. She was unattentive and she screwed up our entire order. The hubs ordered a burger medium and I ordered the buffalo chicken sandwich, also to be sauced in the medium sauce. I ordered my sandwich with curly fries and the hubs ordered his with tater tots. Kristen told him that the tots came out with cheese sauce, sour cream, chives, and bacon bits (which was fine with him).
30 minutes later, our food arrives. The burger arrived well done and the tots didn't have any of the toppings that Kristen indicated it would. My sandwich arrived unsauced and plain. As we are taking the first initial bites of what smelled and looked good, I was immediately let down. 15 minutes goes by of us just sitting and waiting until finally, Kristen stops by to check on our progess. We brought in to her attention the issues with the food and she offers to bring me a side of sauce for my chicken. A few minutes later, she came back with a cup of sauce that had a big golf-ball sized chunk of something that immediately made my husband want to throw up. After that, I completely gave up. The manager came out, he apologized profusely for all of the issues and everything was on the house.
Oh how I miss the way Hooters used to be, I'm truly sad to say that I will never, ever, ever, come back.
Went last night with my wife for my buffalo chicken sandwich fix. Â Wow, how the food here has gone downhill so fast. Â It is like they get the food from the freezer, warm it, sauce it and serve it.
Chicken sandwich now comes full of shredded lettuce, cut in tiny pieces, and smothered on the hot saucy chicken sandwich making it impossible to remove (never had lettuce in 10+ years before). Â Impossible to remove and the lettuce is HOT and SLIMY and GROSS tasting. Â Fries tasted freezer burned.
Ranch dressing like water and lacking flavor.
Sliders were SOGGY from the warm pickle. Â Tasteless. Â Not good.
Wife's wings were horrible quality and taste. Â Spicy garlic were just coated in garlic salt. Â Blue cheese dressing tasted old and super-strong.
Beer and water were served in cheesy paper cups.
Sad to say but my LAST TIME at Hooters.
Hooters now checking grandpas for ID. Â Manager looked at the lines and wrinkles on Â
my face and said he knew I was over 60 but that it was the law he had to see every ones ID before he could serve alcohol. Â Total BS. Â There is no such Florida law. Â Hooters blaming good old state of Florida for their unpopular corporate edict.
Me, I am a Vietnam Veteran and retired. Â I have paid my dues. Â What Hooters is doing is totally "UNAMERICAN". Â So I left and went to The Winghouse. Â No problems there.
Stopped into Hooters on the last Daytona NASCAR weekend. They do a pretty good job of shuffling fans in and out during the mass of humanity that swamps the area during race weekends, and they have a lot of great drink and wing specials that draw a lot of folks in. We waited in line for about 30 minutes before being seated, and for as BUSY as this place was, the service was great, as I'm assuming it was mandatory for all Hooters Girls to work that weekend.
I love the food at Hooters- spicy chicken sandwiches are always great, chicken strips, fried buffalo shrimp, fried pickles, oysters, and of course- the wings. I love Hooters wings. You can say they're overrated all you want, but they're good. And served up by Hooters Girls with a pitcher of cold beer, it doesn't really get any better than that. The place was clean, well-staffed (I really can't express how well it was handled due to the MASSIVE number of folks in this area, seriously), and the usual Hooters decor all over the walls, with a lot of NASCAR pictures and memorabilia. Of course, they also have the shop where you can buy your shirts and mugs and stuff with the Hooters Daytona Beach logo.
Had a great meal here. The food was delicious, beer ice cold, service was great, and I really am glad I stopped in here. We even stopped in later on after the race was over, where they had a massive after race party rocking- handing out free Budweiser SWAG, with awesome drink specials and still rocking wings and burgers in the parking lot, along with a SWEET cool zone area with misters. Hooters does race weekend right! In Daytona and it's not race weekend? Swing on in- you won't even have to pay $60 to park there! Great food, GREAT waitressess (hint, hint), and a cool little place to eat. Definitely catered to men, however a lot of families stop in, and my wife even enjoys the place and points out the waitresses to me. How awesome is that?!? Don't be afraid to stop in and enjoy a great meal and a cold beer!
Took my boy to his first Hooters...he loved it! Â He was lucky enough to catch the "bikini car wash". Â His face was glued to the window as we pulled out of the parking lot! Â I've been to this location a few times before and have always had great friendly service. Â This last time the onion strings came out cold but the waitress quickly replaced them. Â The wings were piping hot and the tea never ran out. Â Nice, clean place with a friendly atmosphere.
Review Source:Came in for a beer before dinner and they were super friendly and service oriented. They did not mind us coming in just for one beer, but told them we would be back after dinner. After dinner we came back and had some beers and shots, had a great time there and will try and stop next year again. This place is right across Daytona International Speedway. This was my first time to a real Hooters, and it's totally different from the ones here on the west coast.
Review Source:My husband and I laughed at the other review about how not to take your woman to Hooters; it was MY idea to go there! When you're walking from the Speedway it is either Hooters or Bob Evans, what would you choose? Hooters fit the bill perfectly.
The food was wonderful and the beer was cold. I really enjoyed the wings which were fried with more batter than your average wing and were not at all greasy. The cheeseburger sliders I shared with my son were cooked nicely and came with onion straws.
Our server was super cute and super sweet, especially with our little boy. I noticed some of the girls posing for pictures and thought it would be adorable to have them pose with my 2 year old son. Samantha (same one as in other review?) rounded up some other ladies for the picture. You see the results! He is going to love that picture in 10 years!! I made sure to let the manager know on the way out what a good job our server had done.
This place is really top notch in every way hooters could be top notch. On my drive down to Ft. Lauderdale from Boston, I made a pit stop here with my bro who I was driving with. We arrived there at about 5 PM. just in time for wings and beer. The things you will notice as you walk into this place is (1) It is clean, and (2) the exclusively female servers are all blazing hot, and the ones who arent look better because their friends are just that good looking.
The wings were great, I ordered their level 2 spicy with a side of fired pickles (Gotta have something healthy). This was all washed down with some from the Tap "Yaangalaaang" which was nice enough to end up on the table. For those wondering, Hooters wings are fried but seem to have a little batter on them and are softer than the "Asian" fried chicken wings which have a more brittle skin. If you like spicy and wish to feel your toung afterwards, don't go higher than level 2.
Before I finish here I have to say the Ladies were friendly, not just because I am 27 and good looking. Samantha told me that she does not feel that when 40 year old men come in here that they are creepy. So basically come here and enjoy the eye candy, bring glasses if you are too bashful to stare. Never, NEVER, bring your girlfriend or wife etc. They may say that they are fine going with you and "Do not mind" but they actually just want to see if you oggle your server. If you can't get rid of your lady, go to TGI Fridays or something, its not worth the drama. So unless you enjoy watching soap operas and sleeping on the couch, do not do it.