Bojangles

Mmmmmm… Bojangles! I love this place. Whenever I take a trip to the south, it’s my tradition to stop at the first Bojangles I pass by to celebrate that I have really arrived in the south. However, on my trip to Raleigh this week, I arrived in the south too late for any Bojangles to be open, so I had to settle for coming to this one in the morning. This location happens to be the first Bojangles I ever went to, so it will always have a special place in my heart. I always get the four piece chicken supreme dinner, and they are perfectly seasoned and I love them. The fries are also great. The buttermilk biscuit is just okay; it would be better with butter, but they don’t have real butter, so minus one star for that. I also don’t care much for their sweet tea, but I come for the fries and the chicken and it’s always my go to place!

Pretty disappointing experience, considering I’ve been in Raleigh for three months now & this is my first time having my beloved Bojangles’.
For starters, the drive-​thru speaker was horrible. I could barely understand the employee taking my order. Also, she had a very heavy accent, which didn’t help matters.
I ordered a steak biscuit combo with sweet tea & potato rounds. I get to the window & the same employee wasn’t very friendly. She took my card, swiped it & gave me my order. I don’t typically check my bags when I leave the drive-​thru, but I wished I had. I got back on the highway & realized she gave me a chicken fillet biscuit combo. How does «steak biscuit» sound like «chicken fillet»? I was very sad. But I was not in the mood to turn around & go through the order again. The potato rounds & tea were delicious. The biscuit was amazing. The chicken, not so much.
They’re the closest one to my house, so I want to give them another shot. Hopefully my next visit will be better.

I have to say… better than any other fried chicken I have had in my life! (The hint of spice in the batter is good. Love it!)
First time here, but when I travel south, I’ll be sure on the look out.

I live at this spot when I am in Raleigh, NC. I lovesss me some Bojangles. Their biscuits and iced tea are soo goood. I usually get a boberry to finish off my breakfast, lunch or dinner. You have to be careful because you can find yourself eating there three times a day.

So I’ve been hearing about this place for a few months now from my girl who is a Raleigh native. I finally had the chance to try them out on a recent trip down from Indianapolis and I have to say it was worth the wait. Why there are not any closer to me is truly something I regret.
I ordered the three piece meal with seasoned fries. there were no further questions. I was delighted to find out that the sweet tea is assumed. The chicken was crisp and hot. The biscuit was just right, even without the butter and jelly I normally use. I would have liked a bit less sugar in the tea but that may be because up here in Indy we dont serve sweet tea. At least not in any of the places I frequent.
All said I am a fan. I felt bad leaving my dirty stuff on the table for someone to come and clean up for me, I think next time I’ll leave a couple bucks on the tray.

The food at this Bojangles is comparable to any other Bojangles, but a word of warning, double-​check your food order if you go through the drive-​thru. I don’t know if they start the newer employees at the drive-​thru window or what, but they are prone to mix-​ups. Sometimes it’s something as simple as forgetting to give you straws for your drinks, but sometimes you will be missing entire parts of your order (most recently I was given 1 sausage biscuit rather than 2 AND short an order of fries).
Also, don’t even bother requesting extra seasoning on your fries. Out of every Bo’s I’ve ever been to, this place just doesn’t believe in putting cajun seasoning on their fries at all, even if you request it. So bland and sad!

Tried Bojangles recently and had a 2-​piece chicken dinner. Personally, I still prefer KFC’s original recipe. Bojangles’ recipe is more comparable to Popeye’s given the extra crunchy batter on the skin. The seasoning was actually pretty good, with an underlying hint of hot sauce. The meat was not tough, but not fall of the bone tender either. My main complaint about the chicken is the overwhelming grease. Yes, I’m fully aware it’s fried chicken we’re talking about, but the oil could be drained better after the chicken has been taken out of the fryer.
I also tried sides of «dirty rice» and «Bo rounds.» It was my first time having dirty rice, which apparently is a Cajun dish traditionally made with white rice and chicken liver or giblets. I’m not sure what form of meat was used in the Bojangles’ dirty rice, but it tasted pretty good. the Bo rounds were essentially gigantic flat versions of tater tots.
Bojangles serves «free» sweet tea with every meal («free», because I’m sure they incorporate the cost into the price of the meal…). Let me tell you this sweet tea has got to be loaded with as much sugar as water could possible dissolve. I felt like I was drinking syrup!
Overall two words to sum up my Bojangles experience: greasy and sweet. It was all good going down, but I suppose it doesn’t hurt to be nearby a working bathroom either!

This was my first visit to a Bojangles. Being from San Diego, I asked around as to what I needed to try. A buddy of mine who grew up in NC told me I needed to stop here. And I’m glad I did. Now don’t get me wrong, Bojangles’ food is not earth shatteringly good. But it slowly creeps up on you until you don’t realize that you’re now addicted and have sweet tea and chicken grease running through your veins. I especially enjoyed the biscuits. I could eat those all day.
As for customer service it wasn’t bad. In fact, they were all very friendly. The manager even came out to apologize for a 5 minute wait for chicken. It wasn’t necessary for her to do that, but very nice.
However, one of the girls behind the counter kept staring at me. Almost as though she’d seen an alien or someone with a major deformity. Well, I guess I can understand. I was a Filipino in Raleigh, NC. She may not have seen someone like me before. So for all intents and purposes, I guess I may as well have been an alien. Haha.