joella’s hot chicken

visited here recently for a sunday lunch with a friend and around 1 pm the place was packed. the line moved fast though but there's very limited seating inside on a hot day. service was friendly andfoodarrived fast to our table. i ordered my chicken hot and it was! the only bad part about having the chicken immersed in sauce is that the crust gets soggy. but the taste was still good. i thought the sides were as good as the chicken though.

i can't understand anyone giving this place a bad review! yeah, it takes a while to get your food, but that's because it's made fresh. i will happily wait a little longer knowing that myfoodhasn't been sitting around for 30 minutes before i ordered it. their chicken has such good flavor, is perfectly spicy, and their sides are great too! i eat there at least once a week because i crave their chicken. be patient with the service and you'll love this place.

spicy for spicy sake

i had high hopes for this restaurant. sadly, they were not met. the order taking process is quite slow - only one register for dine-in. they should have several more available during peak periods. once you've stood in line for 30+ minutes you then have to wait for a table for another 20-30 minutes. open seating works in many scenarios; this location is too small for open seating to be viable - especially since thefoodtakes so long to get to the table. waiting does give you the opportunity to observe the two managers leaning on the expo line chatting while thefoodsits in the window getting cold (see:mac and cheese, below). they finally mobilized to help deliver some of thefoodbut not before dispatching two of the most undertrained, lackluster young girls to half-bus the tables.
finally, you get a seat only to wait again for yourfoodto arrive. overall, thefoodwas mediocre. the mac and cheese could have been velveeta and arrived quite cold. when i asked for another, the replacement was barely warm. the red-skinned potatoes in the salad were slightly undercooked and, while the chicken was cooked well, the sauces seemed spicy without flavor. spicy for the sake of being spicy.
assuming they open all of the concepts they have planned on their website i hope they work out some of the kinks along the way, otherwise, i fear this concept won't have a happy ending.

i loved joella's!! i had the 3 piece tenders (spice level ella's fave), mac and cheese, red skin potato salad, ranch and jojo sauce, and a black cherry boylan soda.

the place is super cute and homey and country looking. you order at the counter like fastfoodand they bring out yourfoodto your table. no servers, no real tipping. drinks are boylan sodas and at a self serve fountain and they are great. i loved the black cherry. the workers there are friendly, efficient, and do a great job.

thefoodcame out pretty quick and it looked great. the ella's fave heat level was perfect. it was spicy but doable and a good first choice i thought. the mac and cheese was incredible and the potato salad really good. i liked the potato salad a lot but could honestly get 2 orders of mac and cheese; it was that good. the chicken pieces were good sized and fried golden brown and tossed in the chili oil of your choice in heat. i ordered 2 sauces, ranch and jojo. the ranch seemed homemade and was great and the jojo's was good and a mustardy carolina gold type of sauce. i couldn't finish because it was a good amount of food. it was quick and relatively inexpensive for thefoodquality. great place. i'll definitely be back real soon.

this was the second time we have been here and it was even better than the first! we both had the tenders meal with "ella's favorite" spice level - not too hot, a good mild hot. the tenders are delicious and the house made ranch i had with it...i was eating the fries i had at the end just to eat the ranch, it's that good! their mac and cheese might just be my favorite...it's a must if you go here. they make all their own sodas, the black cherry and cream are very good. i've also had the green beans and the parmesan fries, both good.

ourfoodmaybe took all of 3 minutes to come out, and the rest of the restaurant got theirs in the same amount of time and it was pretty busy. a must try if you like chicken! i will definitely be trying the chicken and waffles next time, they looked very good as well!

the chicken was really good. i got the hotter which is their hottest of four levels. afterwards i read they have an inferno level also. if you like spicy, i wouldn't hesitate to get that. their hotter should be manageable by anyone that likes spicy. really good flavor. moist and flavorful. they have really good and somewhat different sides. the potato salad and black eyed pea salad were both very good. only one pickle chip came with the quarter chicken so i'd recommend extra. there are some kinks that need to be worked out. it took a little while to get our food, had to wait on silverware to wash, they were out of ice in the machine, and they were out of two sides. they came to our table and gave us all a free meal to compensate. goodfoodand very reasonably priced. i'd recommend it.