Stopped here to split our drive to Maggie valley in half and couldn't have been more pleased. Â The outside of the building looked a little old and worn, and I was skeptical, but how surprised were we once we got inside? Â It was great, food, service, attitude of the gals, it was all fantastic. Â We both really enjoyed it immensely, and will be returning anytime we are in the area.
Review Source:Arrived at 11 a.m. for lunch. Â Was greeted with a loud "welcome to Hooters" from several of the girls.
I was promptly greeted and my Hooters Girl was pleasant and efficient. She carried on polite conversation with me, another table of out-of-towners, plus some of her regular guests.
My usual buffalo chicken sandwich was delicious.
It's Hooters...'nuff said? Â When the mood strikes...
I've had an enjoyable experience each of the times I've been here. Â The staff has been friendly and professional. Â Food aside, this is an average Hooters, better than some, not as good as others.
Not much help, I know, but if you're contemplating going to Hooters you probably know what to expect.
Mom is not a sports person and most sports terminology and theory is lost on her.
Mom is however a Tennessee Titans fan (she's originally from TN) and occasionally meets up with some of her friends to catch the game here.
Somehow Mom is actually at the top of her weekly football pool.
This is how I ended up spending last Sunday afternoon at Hooters.
I haven't been in a Hooters in probably 18 years when at that time I was standing in a mall in St. Louis, we heard the roar of roller skate wheels above, my 2 male friends heads snapped up, and that ended all discussion about where we were going to go to have dinner.
This Hooters seemed more "chain restaurant" meets "sort of neighborhood bar". While all pleasant, friendly and attractive - and I'm certainly not a connoisseur nor the target audience - the Hooter girls here seemed less "hooterish" than I seem to recall of my experience back in the 90s.
Anyways - moving on to what I was the audience for.....
TONS OF TVs HERE TO WATCH THE GAME. Games were playing on several TVs too so fans of one team didn't have to cluster around only one screen. Apparently if you come semi-regularly you can even reserve the screen you want to catch your game on as Mom's friends already had their usual table scoped out. Our very attentive waitress Aerial was nice enough to put the Patriots game on the next screen over so I wasn't bored watching the Titans get pasted by the Jets.
Most everyone in the place was watching one game or another, though it appeared a few just stopped in for lunch. And its an ok spot to bring kids (though not really a kid restaurant) as evidenced by a few of the tables around us. A nice big parking lot and even some dedicated motorcycle parking.
As good as the game watching experience is, the food was a little hit and miss even for chain bar food.
Hooterstizer Combo (fried pickles, onion rings and mozzarella cheese sticks - with dipping sauce) - Perfect game food. All good and none greasy. Was glad mom didn't really care for the dipping sauce for the rings as it was good, and Aerial's suggest to dip in it and then the ranch was spot on for tasty goodness.
Lots of Tots - Basically, tater tots in place of the potato skins in a "loaded skins" dish. I actually preferred this to tater skins. Tots were good and crispy, fresh crisp scallions, and bacon was plentiful and tasty (Mmmm real bacon makes anything better). Next time I'd probably pass on either the cheez whiz topping or sour cream as the combination of the two was not very good.
BBQ Chicken wings (naked, no batter) - 5 completely anemic chicken wings tossed in BBQ sauce. Seriously, I thought I'd just been served frogs legs or something - no wait, I think frogs legs might have more meat on them. Wings here seem really hit or miss. The guy beside me got 5 really plump wings; the group across from me got 20 wings just like mine.
Chicken Strip Sandwich - Chicken tenders dipped in your choice of wing sauce (in this case BBQ) then covered in cheese and placed on a bun, served with curly fries and a pickle. This was mom's lunch, but after my experience with the anemic chicken wings, she was nice enough to share. Tenders were excellent (I chose one without much cheese) and this dish really doesn't need the bread. But the ciabatta roll its served on is pretty good and I enjoyed munching on it on its own.
All-in-all it was a good afternoon (if a bit smoky - this is after all a restaurant/bar in NC). I will say at the end I was probably much happier than Mom:
Jets 24 / Titans 17
Patriots 26 / Falcons 10 (GO PATS!)
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