Dirty Lickins

After a period of «boycotting» this place after a rude encounter with the owner, I couldn’t take it any more. I have returned as a regular customer. I couldn’t find any where else that has better wings within a decent driving distance from my house, and that darn blue cheese sauce was calling my name like a lost wolf who lost it’s pack.
I have been here several times since my last review and it has all been good except the one time I saw a worker drop all the blue cheese on the floor and put it back in a bin to be served to customers. My order has been correct every time and has been very tasty.
The store still looks pretty run down and poorly maintained. Not a great place to dine in, the hole in the wall with the curtain seems to hide the secrecy of what really goes on in the cook’s room.
I love to order my fries extra crispy, but they only do it about half the time, but that’s ok since it’s still yummy. The wraps now come in tomato or spinach tortilla and both are delicious.
My go to order: number 2 combo (8 – 10 wings) that comes with fries and a Coke, and don’t forget the blue cheese sauce!

Never had a bad experience here and I hope it’s not a recurring thing.
Called in my order (4pc wing combo and 3 pc tender combo) was told it would be ready in 10 mins. Got the 15mins later there were 2 people ahead me in line. 1^st guy was a phone order and the 2^nd was a lady who didn’t know what she wanted so she started asking questions. No problem, cook comes out from the back and knows this lady and her husband. He talks with them then disappears into the back. Once their order is complete the cashier then disappears into the back where the cook went for several mins. While I wait my turn to pay, I notice the cook pop his head out and say something I can’t hear to the couple. The cashier then comes back out to take my payment for my phone order. And I notice no plates are ready to pick up eventhough i called in ahead. I think thats cool they are busy. So the guy with the phine order gets his food 10 mins later and then the couple with that just ordered gets their food seconds later it looked like wings and tenders?!? I called mine in and they didn’t even know what they wanted. Yet their food is put ahead of the order already place. After that i waited another 15 mins before i get my order because he has to cook more wings and tenders i don’t know. Ridiculous, why even call in the order or cater to phone orders when the whole point is to not have to wait. And the cashier kept recombing his side combed hair every 5 seconds with his hand in a food sercive place. Not a happy customer right now!

Absolutely nasty! I ordered chicken tenders, guess what, they didn’t even make me tenders. Instead, they gave me big chunks of deep fried chicken breast. It was so dry and not tender at all!
I didn’t know the tenders came with sauce on already, well, I didn’t mention them to put the sauce on the side and sure enough, mine came all smothered with sauce. It was to the point inedible.
Disgusting! Never return again!
PS: ordered chili cheese fries and onion rings too, they were also meh.

Great chicken wings but don’t waste your money ordering a salad. The side salad in my husband’s combo consisted of ranch dressing and lettuce. Not cool when it’s not free! I do recommend the honey mustard and the garlic Parmesan. They were delish!

Best price for wings on the island. The restuarant itself isn’t anything fancy to eat in, but you don’t come here for a fancy tablecloth — you come for great wings at rock-​bottom prices for Hawaii. Gluten-​Free /​Celiac friendly (but call ahead so they can get the seperate oil started heating for you!)

So so freaking good! We come in here pretty often almost once a week! Great hot, crispy, flavorful, juicy wings, mozzarella sticks, and French fries! Giant chicken tenders! Worth the money! We have always gotten great customer service. The staff and owners always go above and beyond to make sure we leave happy, full, and satisfied. This time when we went in we tried the dry rub! Delicious!

This was my first time here. My first impressions are: 1) girl @ counter is unfriendly; 2) interior décor is ok, but looks a little rundown, the signs are hanging crooked on the walls, there are taped pieces of paper of updated prices on the menu; 3) wait time is good; pretty fast; 4) food: I ordered the honey mustard chicken wings plate lunch and the mozzarella sticks. I also ordered the Bleu cheese dip. The chicken wings were tasty and fresh. I loved dipping them in the Bleu cheese! (I’m a huge fan of cheese!) The rice was cooked nicely, although I only ate a few bites (kinda avoiding rice to lose weight!). The fresh salad with ranch dressing was fine. Their coleslaw was «meh»! It tasted like it was made awhile ago and was very soggy. It tasted like it had too much mayo or something, not sure what it is. The mozzarella sticks were good. I liked it with the Bleu cheese dip! 5) price: kinda pricey for chicken wings. 8 pc. Wings plate lunch with salad, rice, and a side order was $ 9.55, mozzarella sticks were $ 3.55, & 2 oz. Bleu cheese sauce was $ 0.48. Total bill = $ 14.22 (I guess I should have not gotten the mozzarella sticks!)
Overall, I am satisfied and would come back. Maybe I will try a different flavor sauce next time.

Even though I don’t like dipping my wings in any kind of sauce, the sauce here is awesome. We tried this place just a couple days ago. We are back again due to cravings lol. Love this taste

Wanted to go out for wings and decided to try dirty lickins instead of wing stop. Sad to say it turned out to be a mistake. The wings were not crispy at all. Just soggy. Get the medium sauce and it just tasted bland with no spice at all. My wife tried the chicken tenders. They looked good but we’re super dry. Like they had been overcooked. Pretty disappointing. But the service was good and fast. And the rice was good.

Tried this place for the first time today. Place was awesome. I was not disappointed. Only bad thing was tue chicken a little overcooked but still great food. If you are in the Aiea Heights area, defiantly stop by.

Dirty Lickens & Hooters has the best wings. The price of the combo of wings, fries & drink here isn’t too bad. I love dipping it into their bleu cheese (but it costs extra) because there’s real chunks of cheese in there. Location is convenient, by Aiea Bowling Alley. The cashier is always friendly. The only thing is that although the fries are really good (crinkle cut), half of the batch in my plate is usually not edible (unless you like your fries soaked in oil) so I can only enjoy half of my fries. This is usually always the case. Another thing, is that the place is really dirty & old. So I prefer take out because you can’t beat the taste of the wings here. The sauce is amazing.

Good good chicken. Winner winner chicken dinner. The chicken here is very tasty. The spicy chicken is really hot. If your looking for good tasty and juicy chicken, this is the place. They also have amazing salads. Great for the whole family or for a quick bite to eat for lunch. Service is great too.

Everything tastes great that I ordered. My only complaint was that I asked for Onion rings for both orders and for both I received fries. I checked my receipt to see if I was charged for onion rings as I would’ve just let it be. But since I was charged for something that I didn’t get I had an issue with that. Other than that everything was good. You get 4 jalapeño poppers with an order and 4 mozzarella sticks with an order. My friend didn’t seem too happy about that so I thought I’d mention that in my review.

No kidding, Dirty-​Lickins was actually a factor in me taking orders to come back to Hawaii. The hot sauce is by far the best that I have ever had in my life. I was a little surprised to see that they are not using the absolute best selection of wings, a little small, but the sauce is the boss here at Dirty Lickins.
Every once in awhile you get a «not so great batch». But even those are still pretty great though.
And now they even bottle and sell their own sauce. This is a must for those who don’t like their wing selection. Now you can make your own at home. And those are always great. I’ve made them plenty of times for family and friends and always receive compliments on the awesome sauce.
Little secret; I even take the sauce to B-​Dubs and order wings with no sauce and just add my own.

I have been here once and never looked back since then.
I have heard good things about Dirty Lickins and after exploring, I finally gave in and checked it out. Dirty Lickins is located near Aiea Bowl; restaurant also very small. Customer service is mediocre.
There is nothing special about this place, I would choose frozen wings from the store to bake than purchase wings from here. Wings are too expensive for its price — wings were very small and tastes like it was just smothered with regular buffalo sauce.
For wing cravings I recommend Bdubs or Hooters.

I went to dirty lickens today after hearing good things. Ordered a 15 piece wing. 5 BBQ, 5 Honey Mustard and 5 teriyaki. Price says 12.99 but cost 15 bucks so they need to update their prices.
Customer Service. Gets an A from what I observed and how I was treated. Very fast and friendly.
Price. As stated above the pricing is off but it’s about normal for wings in Hawaii.
Options. A variety of combos and favors for wings
Food quality. Of the 15 wings maybe 4 were freshly cooked the rest were under a heat lamp for a bit and were cold. Bbq flavor is nothing special and all were cold, teriyaki was ok, and had 1 of the fresh wings and it was decent. Honey mustard was very good on the pieces that were hot and fresh. I recommend this one.
Overall. The people are nice but the food wasn’t anything special. I may go back to give it one more chance otherwise it’s a one and done for me.

We love coming here for wings. Haven’t been here in a while though. Hubby loves the BBQ flavor and I love the medium. We tried the fith and its a lot of spice but not super spicy. This time it came with a garlic blue cheese dressing. That was winnahs! Also dipped our curly fries in that sauce. So good.
Only downside is it takes time to fry up your wing order so don’t expect to come in, order, and leave. I’d say the wait is around 15mins.
So food 5 stars. Wait 3 stars…4 star average to me.

The chicken wings deserve five stars! Best wings I’ve tasted on the island, for sure. Honey mustard sauce is great & wings were cooked well. The blue cheese dressing is bomb, too.
Usually, we get take outs & the food has always been good. Today (05÷04÷15), was my first time dining in. Hate to say it, but it wasn’t too clean. Staff was fairly nice, though. — Had to knock off a star for the cleanliness (most likely will take out from now on). Nonetheless, it’s a great place to get wings from!

So a few friends and I stopped randomly to check this place out one afternoon. It was pretty busy and they only had one guy working orders, but he was very nice. I got a fried chicken wrap w/​buffalo sauce. The others of the group got a fried chicken wrap with bbq, a garlic wing combo w/​curly fries and a hot wing combo w/​regular fries. The food came out slowly, .
The great
The buffalo sauce here is great. You can choose from mild medium hot volcano and FITH (fire in the hole). In general the sauce has the great taste to it along with the Spicy nature of your choice. Additionally I believe you can purchase the sauce bottled.
The good
The chicken wraps — nom. A nice sized chicken wrap with lettuce onions and your choice of grilled or fried chicken with sauce of your choosing.
The average
Curly fries — pretty good
The service — was very slow but I’ll give him an average grade since he was so polite and nice.
The bad
Garlic wings — I didn’t have very high expectations yet these still made me regretful. Pretty bland for garlic imo.
The fan — looks kind of nasty or dirty and does not do an adequate job cooling the entire restaurant. If you eat something hot you might sweat in this small place.
The terrible
Trash — this thing honestly looks like you could catch a disease touching it.
The kitchen — is hidden behind a filthy curtain, needless to say when the curtain was lifted the kitchen area looked pretty grimy to me .
(mind you I have regularly eaten street dogs and at shady mexican restaurants in SoCal when I lived there. So i’m not exactly sensitive to filth… this place had some though…)
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One of our pieces of garlic chicken was bloody enough to make everyone at our table nervous. Obviously I cant give this place more than a 1 for risking my health. NOT COOL.
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Honestly I’d probably only go back to buy the bottled sauce, and would be skeptical about that…

Now I know why it’s name that. Lick em dirty chicken… just kidding~
I found out about this place through the talk thread. I wanted to get me some chicken wings. We got here around 6:00 PM, 30 minutes before closing. The guy who works there was nice enough to let us stay and eat.
We ordered the 4 piece wings (honey mustard) with double salad (plate lunch) and 8 piece wings (mild) with a salad and cole slaw (both with 2 scoops of rice). I liked the taste of the honey mustard. The mild one was pretty good, my bf said it was spicy because he can’t handle. Haha Cole slaw was watery looking but he said it was good.
I will be back for more flavored chicken wings. ;D