Clydes Hot Chicken

Denean Russell

This was my first time eating at Clyde's. I literally pass this place everyday. Today 6/10/22, I decided to give it a try and boy I'm glad I did. I got the wings with mild heat. The flavors on this chicken really open up your taste buds. The taste of the chicken has this sweet but spicy taste to it. If you love dill pickles they surely give you enough to savor the flavor. Their chicken is something that will definitely make your pallet OH SO HAPPY-HAPPY! So If you're ever in Fullerton please stop in. The staff there are super friendly and professional. You just can't come to the OC without stoping at Original Clyde's Hot chicken. Where the chicken is Hot As Cluck!

Marcel Barragan

Just went here with two other friends and they had similar experiences: The waffle fries and soda were the best part of my meal. I got the original spice (wasn't spicy, just smoky and reminded me of chicken mole) which had an interesting flavor, if on a generally better sandwich I'd have enjoyed it more. The chicken was dry, came with all the pickles stacked on one side and not layed out, the slaw was a mound, the bread looked fluffier than it ended up being, and the sauce just did not taste good (diluted, overly sweet, ratios generally off). Other than the presentation being great from a glance, I'd be embarrassed to suggest this place for chicken sandwiches.

Jeff Blackburn

This is a hard one to rate because I so wanted it to be a 5 star place but a few things just didn't warrant a 5th Star. The bun was good the chicken was very crispy and the beading was very flavorful. The part that fall short was the chicken itself, it lacked any flavor I thought what a shame they didn't put a little bit of spice on the chicken before it was breaded, even some salt and pepper would have helped. The macaroni salad was very good but there was not much of it for the price.

B. R

Unfortunately my pictures don't do the food justice. In my opinion, better than Canes, simply because they season their chicken, and I love spicy food personally, which their chicken is. They allow you to choose the level of spice with the original already at level 2. I only ordered the 2 strip combo which comes with the 2 strips, seasoned and battered in view. They are served with pickle slices on top and sitting on top of toast. You choose your side in which I chose waffles. The waffles were nice and fluffy. I do recommend you ask for additional syrup and butter for them since they only provide 1 side of syrup. Their dipping sauce is more on the tangy side. All in all, delicious and we will def be revisiting on our next trip back to California.