PDQ Sarasota

This place is kind of like steak and shake but with no beef. They literally serve only chicken and turkey. I had chicken tenders basket with creamy garlic sauce (good) and my husband had the fried turkey sandwich. They serve Cheerwine! Don’t go here if you are looking for a burger! The food was good at any rate. Stop by, they also have a drive through.

Undercooked chicken sandwiches,
3 visits turned into 3 strikes…
It’s the simplest food on earth ;
Chicken & fries, nada más.
Dippings do the job/​magic but after 3 times we will like to say no más.

I was pretty impressed considering its fast food. My kids a pretty picky they won’t eat most chicken strips and fries. They seem to like PDQ’s pretty well.

Tasty tenders (grilled for me), excellent sauces, friendly staff. I’m from CA, to me this is the In and Out of tenders!

Great place if chicken fingers is your thing. They don’t have these in Georgia and I wish they did. We walked in. Restaurant is spotless. Excellent service. Great food. Salads, tenders and sandwiches are fresh and good. Hand cut fries are excellent. A soda machine that you can get pretty much any kind of soda out there.

Wow! What a find! Upon entering we meandered at the menu not sure what to order. To our surprise and delight the manager walks up and asks to help us. He explained a few items on the menu which was in my book top notch service. We ordered and excitedly went to the state of the art soda machines, how’s cherry vanilla Dr. Pepper?! As we perused for a seat my first thought was how clean it felt and a nice atmosphere: tvs, nice 80s 90s music, and happy crew working. After we got our food which was hot flavorful and nicely presented, a friendly gentlemen checked on us to see that we had everything, I’m thinking wow this doesn’t feel like a fast food place at all! My favorite parts of our visit were: 1) when I heard the same gentleman say Ma’am ma’am, and I turn to see him offering to take the tray of someone getting ready to leave! And 2) the manager personally cleared our table! Not only should you visit here (having a bad day? These guys will cheer you up!) but say hi to the crew they are friendly and cook up a great experience :)

I like chicken as does my wife, so as we were driving home I suggested we stop at P.D.Q. My wife was hesitant as she is a real fan of chic something (you know). I ordered the five piece chicken tender meal with bleu cheese dipping sauce, and my wife went for a chicken tender sandwich meal. First, the fries are excellent: thin cut, crispy, and well seasoned. And for the chicken: my wife is now a fan. She states this chicken is the best and she loved the sandwich in part because it had fresh, crisp, pickle slices along with lettuce and tomato. I ate all of my fries, a meal in itself, and managed to eat three of my tenders and then I was full so I had leftovers for a snack later. I had unsweetened ice and was pleased it was an available choice. My wife had Dr. Pepper and that made her happy. When I arrived home, I shared one half of a tender with our dog, a Papillon, and after a few sniffs it was gone. This is a persnickety dog who has turned his nose up at filet mignon so this chicken was met with his approval. Later that night my wife looked up from her laptop and asked if I was going to eat my tenders. I suggested if she was hungry then. .. and they were gone. I see a return trip to P.D.Q.

Awesome chicken buffalo sandwich it is best one I have tasted. Great buffalo spicy flavor– The sandwiches are high with lettuce and on buttery bun that is very soft. The bathrooms were very clean! Love their shakes too the new apple pie was delicious– loved the apple taste and chucks of apples in in! I love the fact that you can wash your hands in the dining room — very cool sink and Lavender soap leave your hands smelling great! And I don’t have to go into the bathroom to wash — it encourages everyone to wash their hands!

I don’t know what other people are thinking when it comes to the turkey thanksgiving sandwich. I eat this sandwich at least once a week. I love it. Do not miss it. I think the fries are perfect. Too greasy would be if they left grease spots on the paper underneath, but they really don’t. The staff there is incredibly nice. I only wish I could own a franchise because these folks are going straight to the top.

Good food with good service! Place was really clean! Los pollos hermanos? Rebeka a robot?

What an awesome place! The food is so yummy, comes out piping hot, and the employees are very nice, and come around to your tables and see how you’re enjoying your food. Definitely will be back’

What a great place ti eat. Service is great and food hit’s the spot

Didn’t know what to expect of this place. Hype up fast food? Once a fad that now seems to be turning into a standard. In and Out Burger, Five Guys, Pei Wei, Chipotle etc. PDQ has taken the chicken «genre» and ran with it. I’m waiting for the seafood version of «Hyped Up Fast Food»…for now… we have People Dedicated to Quality capturing the chicken segment.
I’m not a big fan of this segment of the restaurant industry. It can be inconsistent, unhealthy, overpriced, and takes away business from the «mom & pop» restaurants.
These guys do a better job than Pei Wei, or even Five Guys, Not better than Chipotle or In and Out Burger.
The food:
French fries are very greasy. Chicken Tenders are ok, but they are still a bit greasy. Dipping sauces are good. My kids didn’t like the chicken tenders too much, they were all about the fries. Wife had the hot turkey dinner sandwich. I agree with one of the reviewers. It was unremarkable. Blueberry Cold Slaw was unremarkable as well
Service:
I’m all about the food, however I was surprised about the high quality of the service. This place is completely staffed up. Food is prepared and served quickly. The restaurant is very clean. Staff checks up on you and makes sure everything is ok.
Parents with sleeping babies/​toddlers will enjoy the drive thru window.
If I’m going to eat a bunch of greasy food, I’ll go to a mom and pop pizza or burger joint.
If the food was less greasy, this place could easily be 3 – 4 stars.

Great new place. Very diverse menu. But still had basics. Grilled chicken sandwich was great. Tender and moist. Fries were very tasty and of the thin variety. Atmosphere is very modern with lots of windows. A nice place to just hang and watch one of the TVs.