Chicken Shack

Love this chain… but their prices are growing outta control. I went to the Clawson location for dinner last week. Clean place, friendly staff. Ribs were awesome plus had some slaw.

I try to avoid fried foods like chicken fingers and fries because I prefer to spend my empty calories on alcohol. But being hungover meant any type of healthy meeting went out the door completely. Then again, Chicken Shack fingers and potatoes aren’t like any traditional chicken stick. These things are amazing. That is not hyperbole. If you are not amazed you are either lying or simply trying to prove me wrong.
Of course, since I love the tenders so much I ordered a plate along with some roasted potatoes. It came with a dope biscuit and a really solid BBQ sauce. I highly suggest doing the same or going full Chicken Shack and ordering them for takeout.

This is awesome chicken. So juicy and delicious. Melts in your mouth and falls off the bone good. Prices are very reasonable. They have dinners for as low as 6.99. That includes side and a roll. Their coleslaw and barbeque sauce are out of this world good. There are 21 locations throughout metro Detroit including far east side and downriver. Best chicken in town.

Called for pickup and they said 10 minutes. When I arrived 20 minutes later they started cooking it.
Poor service on the phone. Took over 35 minutes. Otherwise, chicken was good although one of the pieces was very small.

Not professional or friendly on the phone or in person, bummer.

So my wife orders online when I leave work thinking our food will be ready when I get there but they hadn’t even started it so I wait 10 minutes. Paid $ 37 for 2 combo meals and 6 piece nugget meal. When we open the dinners at home we found some of the smallest pieces of meat I’ve ever seen, a store bought biscuit and maybe 2 tablespoons of coleslaw. The chicken was good but so small it wasn’t satisfying, ribs were very plain. We liked the nuggets best and had to add some salad we had around the house to make a meal. For $ 37 we could have eaten at a nice chain restaurant including beer and had more food and better service. Needless to say, not going back.

this place used to rock! but last night got 2 shrimp meals — one wrapped in foil so was still hot — only live a few miles — the other COLD — the broasted potatoes were swimming in grease — the mushy roll was dry — don’t know what happened

I had Chicken Shack for the first time last weekend. Yes, for the first time. EVER. I have to say that I was a tad disappointed…
The pieces of chicken were really small. Like, all 6 people who I was feeding agreed they were small. Granted, the chicken was really tasty, but the pieces were small and I personally could’ve eaten three breasts just to feel full.
The shack potatoes WERE delicious, although I also found that portion a tad small. We ordered the 16 piece meal which came with two sides, and there was enough potatoes for everyone to have one small helping, and one person had seconds. They were buttery and delicious though.
The cole slaw was bad though — it was basically «minced» and watery. Super-​fine chopped slaw.
The loud joking and talking of the three young employees was a little annoying, but I suppose we can’t expect them to be silent while we wait. The pre-​teen girl who walked up to the entrance door and proceeded to «whip her hair back and forth» for no apparent reason was entertaining, however, I don’t think she has any affiliation with Chicken Shack.
I will try the shack again, and hope for larger pieces.

Long wait. Not paying attention to my orders. Forgot to give all that was part of my order.

I feel that in light of an event that has just taken place, I must add to my deceivingly calm prior review of the Shack. It’s about the BBQ sauce, endearingly referred to in my house as simply «The Q,» as in, «Pass the Q.» Only one sauce has ever rivaled this liquid gold, and in the advent of glorious T-Bird’s (Troy), Cook’s sauce is the firm king of my fridge door. You see, just now, when I returned home with my steamy Tender Lunch Combination wafting promises of a careless high into the air, I was stricken with grief to find my bottle had toppled and spilled like the Exxon Valdez. So distraught I was that my meal would be irreparably affected that though I was alone in the kitchen, I cried «Oh NO!» out loud 3 separate times as I seriously contemplated scooping up the coagulated puddle onto a plate. Instead I made do with the packet provided with my lunch, and used my pinkie to scrape the slowly sliding coating on the bottle walls through the impossibly tiny opening. I confess here that I was reduced to a crazed yaffling pig, desperate to engineer some type of dispenser that would allow you last precious drops of sauce (and prevent such torture for future generations), because no review could express this love like the telling of this tale. RIP Cook’s sauce, ’till we meet again.
P. S. I’m no Michael J. Fox, but I will tell you that the secret to my success is this aforementioned lunch combination. Being a chicken boob fan with only the occasional wander to a worthy wing, this one gets you all white meat without the extra charge. Plus, it already comes with a packet of sauce, which is obviously worth a lot to me. The broasted potatoes are perfectly melty, but if you like ‘em crunchier, ask for them well done like I do and there’ll be no room for… well anything unless you undo your belt buckle. You can also substitute their pleasantly sweet cole slaw for the drink. Trust me, pop is a rookie move with a heavy hitter like this.

Okay. I love fried chicken. You can have your broasted chicken. You healthy people can have your baked chicken. Okay, fine. I’m with you on a really good roasted chicken. Still, I love fried chicken. I was introduced to the Chicken Shack chain after a friend of mine told me about it. The location in question for my man, was the Woodward Ave. location just south of 13 Mile Road. Since he introduced me to the place several years ago, I’ve been digging The Shack.
The Clawson 14 Mile Road location is my favorite. That’s just because of convenience and proximity. There is a fair amount of seating, which is attractive to me. I’d rather eat the chicken at the restaurant when it’s fresh. Sure, I’ll take out every now and then, but there’s something about eating it in situ. It’s so juicy. The meat is so flavorful that I have to believe that a brine is involved somewhere in the process. I’m not usually one for a chicken breast. I’m a dark meat sort of guy, because I just find chicken breasts so devoid of moisture and flavor compared to dark meat. It’s not the case here. Remarkably, even the breasts are juicy. Crispy, tasty, not overly breaded, the chicken’s always so perfect to me here. It’s probably my favorite fried chicken in town with the possible exception of Zingerman’s Roadhouse. Some friends of mine have reviewed The Shack. So, I figured I’d give The Shack my own props for doing such a darn good job filling my belly. I don’t know why, but my belly is bottomless for their chicken. Just don’t distract me with those lovely broasted potatoes.
Other items that I have enjoyed at The Shack are their little wraps, the smelt, the ribs, and the cole slaw. Man, now that I think about The Shack, I’m salivating! I agree with Vicki A. that something went missing after the shift to making things free of trans fats. To me, it’s 98% of what it once was in terms of taste, but I love it still.

The Tastiest Juciest Fried Chicken EVER!
Outstanding takeout.