Wingstop

The wings are pretty darn good, and the sauces are great. The reason I can’t give it more stars are because the online ordering is a joke, and on one occasion our wings were so salty that they couldn’t be consumed. I understand mistakes happen, and the salt thing only happened once out of 20 times we’ve been there, but the online ordering has never been fixed. You place your order, specify what time you want to pick it up, and they proceed to completely ignore that order and make you wait 15 minutes when you get there anyway.
All that said, the wings are usually very good.

I’ve saved giving them a review until they were open for a good while. It’s just common sense to not judge a restaurant in their opening months as they break in staff and figure out the flow.
As they have progressed my experience has gotten better each time (with only the most common of dining mistakes in between). Their chicken is cooked thoroughly, with a crispy layer of breading on the outside if you get the boneless or strips, and the classic wings are just the right amount of crispy/​juicy.
Once they add the sauces you can get the normal amount of soggy that comes when you coat a chicken wing. Some places make the breading too thick and crispy so the flavor just sits on the outside, but the breading for Wingstop allows the sauce to soak into it a little, a quality not for everyone I have heard, but for me it’s delicious.
My top 3 sauces are as follows:
1) Garlic Parmesian — Powdery parm sprinkled on a garlic coated wing is awesome, especially dipped in ranch.
2) Teriyaki — Tangy, sweet, all in all a great flavor to break into your taste buds. Every wing place has it and it’s hard to make it not work.
3) Lemon Pepper — It’s lemon pepper. Haha. You know what that tastes like. Add that to chicken with a light glaze and it’s a great flavor.
On to the sides:
Their fries are to die for, seasoned with a salty-​sweet mixture that works well when you dip them in the honey mustard or homemade ranch dressing. (I’m not a big fan of blue cheese, but I hear for those that like it that it’s delicious as well).
The BBQ Baked Beans are cooked with some sort of whiskey (I wanna say jack Daniels?), and it gives it that familiar tang, but no worries to parents as the alcohol has been cooked out leaving only a hint of the original flavor.
As with any wing place they have carrot sticks and celery, not that they need a review since it’s really really difficult to mess up celery and carrot sticks, but I put them in here because it should be noted you get rather long pieces to work with and dip.
The potato salad is pretty great, I noticed once in a while the actual consistency and ratios of ingredients can change, but that is most likely because it is made in the back and they utilize multiple cooks with different styles.
Oh, and the rolls. One word: amazing. Another word: buttery. One last word: fluffy.
All in all I say they’ve done good in inserting themselves into the Starkville food market, with quality service (as long as you’re a quality customer. I’m talking to you impatient people out there, haha.) and quality food. I still go to other places for chicken because I enjoy variety, but Wingstop is still on my top list of chicken places in Starkville.
My only real complaint is that they need more flavors… and a better napkin system. Haha

All the wings are made fresh to order. Friendly staff. Order takes about 14 mins so if you’re on your lunch break call ahead for pickup or download the app and order online. If you’re into dipping sauces their chunky blue cheese is my ABSOLUTE Favorite. I wish they’d bottle it and sell it!

I was checking out Wingstop’s online site and noticed they offered online ordering. I thought great, I’ll give it a shot. Placed my order, put my credit card in since they require payment for online orders, waited the 20 minutes or so the site said it would take, drove in and around to the pick-​up window only to be greeted with a sign taped to it saying the window was closed and please come in to pick up orders. Ugh! I parked, went in, waited my turn only to be told that the online orders «just came in» (is that code for we just saw it??) and I could wait for my order. I asked how long of a wait and was told 10 – 15 minutes.
Frustrated I said no, I want to cancel the order. Had to get another worker (possibly manager?) to eventually figure out how to give a refund for an online order. While standing there waiting, the first worker told me I should call in next time to see if they received my order. I told her I should have received a phone call that my order was not going to be ready on time!
I left there and DROVE THROUGH Zaxby’s and thoroughly enjoyed the meal from them!
I will say it was a Friday night and very busy, but if they’re not ready for the rush they should do some more training AND shut down the online ordering until it is fixed!

Not impressed with the mediocre-​tasting, lukewarm boneless wings I got here soon after it opened. Chili’s and Buffalo Wild Wings both serve better. I’ll stick to them.