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| - Wow! Popeye is taken a beaten throughout the Las Vegas valley. I will give this Popeyes the verbal spinach that it needs in the form of a three star review. In reality, the experience that I had here was a three star experience that is on par with the fast food industry.
Before I continue, I must say that it is hard to believe that this Popeyes is already 2 & 1/2 years old. Time flies by when your having fun yelping in Vegas. I guess time goes by so fast because you are having fun eating out in places like Popeyes.
What finally led me here after 2 & 1/2 years was the Popeyes $5 Big Box promotion that appeared on my Facebook page. This $5 Big Box promotion that concluded on September 27, included two pieces of chicken, a biscuit, and two sides. An additional $1.50 brought a medium Coke that was the equivalent of a medium Coke. I would order a thigh and breast. Unlike the Centennial Popeyes, another location ravaged by bad ratings, there is a $1.50 charge for two breasts.
This was a dining in experience. The employees were pleasant and the restaurant was clean. This was noon on a Monday afternoon. I had zero complaints about the speed of service. Moreover, I had zero complaints about the food.
The chicken was good. There is far better and far worse chicken in the valley. Of course I favored the chicken breast over the thigh for the simple fact that there is far more chicken meat on the breast than there is on the bony thigh. It wasn't just the chicken. In between bites of the Cajun style chicken, I savoured the Cajun rice and Cole slaw. For the record, their Cajun rice has been a Popeyes favorite of mine when we would stop at a New Jersey Popeyes in the 1980s. By the time I threw the remaining chicken bones in the garbage, I knew that I didn't throw $6.50 plus tax in the garbage. This meal was worth the money.
At the time I write this review, Popeye needs more than the verbal spinach of a 3 star rating. Popeye is facing a battle that makes Bluto and the Sea Hag seem like a fight against a chicken. At the time of this writing, Stephanie Street where Popeyes is located in front of Winco, is becoming ground zero in the fried chicken restaurant war. Just one block north of Winco, Raisin Cane's also from Louisiana is going up at the corner of Wigwam. Further up the street, one of if not the first Chick-fil-A in Las Vegas will open at Stephanie and Warm Springs. Recently KFC opened at Stephanie and Horizon Ridge. To make a long story short, Popeyes is going to have serious competition. My advice for Popeye is to permanently offer the $5 Big Box combo and eliminate the charge for two chicken breasts. Most of all Popeye will have to be proactive with consistent customer service and food to generate the verbal spinach that is necessary to have good ratings to bring people inside the restaurant.
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