Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Norwalk

I visited the Popeye's restaurant in Norwalk CT. The restaurant was very clean. It was later at night, but not too late, about 7:30pm. I ordered a chicken sandwich and a five piece spicy chicken tenders combo meal. It came with a biscuit and mashed potatoes. The chicken fingers were very good. The biscuit was also delicious because it was soaked in butter. The mashed potatoes were eh. Not the best and not the worst by any means. I'd rate them a 6 out of ten. The chicken fingers were excellent. Even though they were the spicy ones they were not overwhelmingly spicy and had just enough kick in my opinion. The only issue I had was that it took about 10 minutes waiting for my chicken fingers because they were out of them and I had to wait for more to be made. I found this odd because it wasn't very late and it seems like that would be a common item so they should have had them ready to go as it's not a made to order style restaurant. The chicken sandwich was ready immediately so I ended up eating that first while waiting on my chicken fingers combo. The sandwich was definitely good but does it deserve all the hype it received in the media....I think not. It was good but not write home or stab someone in line over the last one (like happened multiple times) good. Over all I enjoyed the meal and would definitely eat there again. I should note this was my first time ever eating at Popeye's restaurant. While not the servers fault for the chicken fingers not being ready he was extremely polite and appolgized multiple times for the amount of time it took so I give him credit for that. He was very professional and good at his job. He kept checking on multiple orders and was on top of everything. I give credit where credit is due and he deserved it. So yes I would eat there again but was it deserving of all the hype the media gave it....no. Not in my opinion.

I went to Popeyes to try the new fried chicken sandwich. This location is directly next to a Chick-fil-A. The contrast is Stark. The Popeyes was empty, the Chick-fil-A was packed. After waiting for a fresh Cajun sandwhich I can say with certainty that Popeyes offering is extremely competitive. It's definitely less healthy than Chick-fil-A and you taste it. This may or may not bother some people. My sandwich was terrific. Where Chick-fil-A wins hands down is on the quality of the actual location and the depth on the menu besides the sandwich. Service is faster, more seating, more healthy choices etc... However for the best tasting fast food chicken sandwich... Popeyes is a solid contender.