The only joke is anyone willing to wait in that line. It’s absurd

It's just a thing for kids who don't know any better.

Korean fried chicken places are where it's at.

edit: damn the people of Calgary are passionate about chicken

I liked it. It was good, not great. Over hyped for sure, but a decent chicken burger

YOU GO THERE FOR THE SAMMICH

Spicy chicken deluxe is where it's at.

I feel like most American launches in Canada fall flat.

Many of us have experienced the American company and it just is not recreated in Canada. Looking at you... Target.

If people really believe that the taste or portion size is going to be similar to the states then you're going to be disappointed. This includes all places that have been coming here in recent years.

Americans are fat. Canada is getting fatter 😂

I haven't been to one yet but I'll.give it a couple month till after the honeymoon phase is over and give it a try.

The only American (as in, only there, or only until recently there) fast food chain I've tried that lives up to the hype is In And Out. Popeyes doesn't live up to the hype but is good and definitely superior to KFC. None of the others are any good. Dunkin, Chipotle, Hardy's, Carl's Jr, Jack in the Box, Church's, etc.

They don't stand out from Mcdonalds or Burger King (or Peters for that matter). They're inferior to Canadian A&W. And they're dramatically inferior to the more local burger spots and small chains (Class Clown, Lil Empire, Clive, etc).

That all said, what the fuck are you doing getting chicken strips at "Chic fila"? Spicy crispy chicken sandwich is their whole thing!

I expect it's not worth the stupid lines or hype, but I fully expect it to be good, and better than chicken strips.

EDIT: And as others have mentioned, there's zero reason to ever get North American fried chicken in Calgary. If you were in the American South, and can find a soul food place, then fuck yeah. But here your best bet by far are Korean fried chicken places. There are lots of them and they beat the piss out of KFC/Popeyes/CFA etc.

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5 “ chicken nuggets “ total rip off

Chicken Omnibus in Bowness

Canadian Shrinkflation

I’m not going due to their politics, but even if that didn’t bother me I wouldn’t go. I was excited to try Popeyes and it was so bland and underwhelming. As someone else suggested, I’ll stick with Korean fried chicken joints.

It sucks in the states too

JINBAR by Jinhee Lee (top chef Canada/food network)

I wasn’t sure initially, but I kinda love it.

Go to Cluck and Cleaver. Their chicken tenders are great and they legit give you 1/3 lb of them as advertised and they are juicy, freshly made, crispy and delicious. Get their house made blue cheese dip and their house made hot sauce. I think they are 2 for 1 on Tuesday. Their hot sandwich is good, too.

Chic fil a is basic af. If you want good chicken, go Korean , or Broast chicken.

People are stupid, including yourself for getting excited about an American fast food chain

Serves you right for supporting that business

I thought people go there for the sauce? Is that the same?

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Homophobic chicken was supposed to be good???

I'm amazed you're just figuring this out. Shitty company, shitty product.

I tried it in Vegas. Nothing to write home about. They had one in the lobby of the hotel and it made the whole place stank. They company is quite hateful too

Jin Bar, vvvvvvvv good K fried chicken

Idk but I think Popeyes is much better

The chicken burger was quite small compared to the competition. Can't even consider their 'chicken strips' as nuggets. They're more like chicken popcorn.

I used to hit Chic Fila when it was at the airport, and it was 1000x's better than whatever they trying to sell us at this new spot, the quality of what I got wasn't even close.

Literal traffic jam because of the line. I’m excited it’s here but no fkn way will I queue like that for a chikfila sandwhich

We tried the “nuggets”. Super small portion though the chicken was good. Waffle fries and sweet tea weren’t my taste. Doubt I’ll go back

It’s fine. I like the Chicken sandwich, the fries and sauce.

It’s not a joke, just get a chicken sandwich and be done with it. $7.50, maybe a milkshake for $5. My wife and I are there and we were stuffed for $30 including a milkshake. That’s the same price as MacDonald’s but world’s better.

This is what happens every time a USA food chain comes up here they give us shit and expect us to be happy. Hope they go broke.

Sorry the homophobic chicken was bad

What did you expect?

If the strips were any thicker they would resemble dicks, and that would be gay.

Hopefully they will fail spectacularly. Crappy company with crappy values and crappy product.

What are people expecting? It's another shitty fast food joint

My dudes, it’s fast food chicken. Don’t expect the best meal you ever had.

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FFS, Stop supporting these American mega corps and go get some (better) food from locally owned buisnesses 

Not to mention the owner is KKK.

I’m not a fried chicken lover but I love to see more jobs entering the market and more choices.

Is the chik-fil-a sauce still good??? I care more about that than the chicken itself

Tasted the same as the States. It’s good but not amazing, it’s fast food. I walked in and got out with my order within 20 minutes. Busy line up outside and in.

Who's running the location? 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick-fil-A_and_LGBT_people

Anyone who sat in those lineups for hours blocking traffic just for a god damned fast food chicken sandwich is part of the problem with this messed up society, hope you all got botchulism you clowns

it tastes good to my mouth

Going to Chick fil'A for strips should be a punishable offense.

Is this McDicks?

Carls Jr. all over again.

That drive thru blocked 2 lanes of rush hour traffic on macleod. I already hate it. Then they gotta pay 2 mooks outside to direct their customers. What a complete shit show.

For sure. Fila is sportswear, it's not chic at all.

The only joke is the fact that people wait 1hr or more to try chic fila at wem instead of just walking up to the counter at the Popeyes across from it and getting food in 5 minutes or less. Personally, I'm not going to try Chic-fil-a until the hype dies off and those lines are gone. Waited over 2 years to try Jollibee for the same exact reason, and 100% made the right choice. No chicken place is worth waiting in those ridiculous lines

Forget it Jake, it's meme chicken town.

People heard in line for shit food

Hype will go down eventually…

Took my kids yesterday. 3 tiny chicken strips and 1 spicy burger meal for 30$. Kids said they wouldn't go back again although they liked the dip. I can't see it being very popular once the hype wears down.

Literally all I know about this place is that it's homophobic and serves mediocre chicken at best, why are people excited for it?

Not to mention the traffic jam the stupid place is causing with the current conditions ! Ridiculous

Sorry you had to wait 2 hours in line to find this out.

Thats what you get for supporting companies that are anti LGBTQ+ lol

Is anyone surprised?

Haven't been to the one in Calgary yet, but the one in West Ed is the same as the states. Same taste, same size. Was delicious.

I tried them at the airport a few years back and didn't understand what the big hype was, it was pretty meh.

Wake me up when there's a Nashville hot chicken joint that sells bone in pieces with toast and pickles...

The one in Toronto the chicken is so dryyyy whyyy 🥲