This is the famous fried chicken place. I have been here many times, the food is good. I highly recommend the fried Cajun fish and the popcorn shrimps. Service can sometimes be slow and the staff gets annoying.
I have to say Im super shocked about the reviews about this place, unless its totally different than the one on Walkley.
My fiancee is from the American South and down there, fried chicken is religion. You cant go anywhere down there without finding chains specializing only in fried chicken and she said Popeyes is somewhere around the middle for good fried chicken.
That being said, its head and shoulders above anything we have in Canada, it blows KFC, Chubby Chicken, St. Hubert, any other place that has fried chicken on the menu, completely out of the water. So im confused as to how people can say its greasy or salty...when the competition is so much worse.
The one on Walkley is always crazy busy and hasnt let up since it opened. A good indication of how badly Ottawa needed a fried chicken place that makes good fried chicken. Their sides are head and shoulders above anybody elses too.
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I've always enjoyed Popeyes and always went to when every time I visited Toronto, which is why I was ecstatic when I learned that they were finally opening one in Ottawa. They were supposed to open in June, but ended up opening in late October (and their Walkley branch hasn't even opened yet as of writing this post). Like so many, I was frustrated with their lack of straight forward answers. Turned out the issue was zoning problems. If they just said that straight up, most people would have understood and relaxed their complaints. Anyways, enough rants, how is the food really like?
Pretty good. Just as good if not better than the Popeye's in Toronto. Their biscuits were much softer and I liked how they didn't charge extra for sauces (my god the blackened buttermilk ranch is to die for). Though I haven't seen their daily deals and not sure if they'll introduce it. A major complaint I hear is the service time wait. For a fast food establishment, it is quite slow, but in comparison to other fried chicken establishments, it's quite average. The manager was quite friendly and reassuring of the customers, which I found quite nice. The place was quite brutal the first 2 weeks, but it has managed to die down.
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Finally! After waiting all summer long, Popeyes has finally landed in Ottawa! I have always been a fan of Popeyes over KFC and I am so happy to finally have one in town. I love the Louisiana taste, the crunchy/spiciness of the chicken, and all the sides are to die for. Got a family meal with cajun fries, mac and cheese, gravy, butterfly shrimp and biscuits (which come free with every meal and isn't considered a side, AWESOME). It was all delicious and I look forward to continuing to go there and get me some taste of the south. Be warned, it is a little pricey like KFC, in the sense that it isn't really fast food, it's fried chicken and currently, being bran new, the wait time is RIDICULOUS!!! Apparently it has been crazy out the door busy since they opened, so be warned, you might wanna pack a snack. We waited 90 minutes between the time we entered and leaving with food in hand. (Reasonable for a die hard Popeyes fan who has been waiting months for the joint to open up, but ridiculous otherwise.) This was on a Friday during dinner time mind you, but still. Overall, glad to see Popeyes in Ottawa finally and I will definitely be going back once the hype dies down. Mmmmmm, dat fried chicken, go check it out!
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