Dave's Hot Chicken

St Paul, MN · Chicken restaurant

Rating
4.8/5
★★★★★ 4.8
Reviews
20
Rank in St Paul
#35
of 613 restaurants
City Percentile
84%
rating percentile

Dave's Hot Chicken is a restaurant located in St Paul, MN. It is one of 613 restaurants listed in St Paul. Its 4.8-star rating is above the St Paul city average of 4.2 stars. There are 10 photos associated with this location.

About Dave's Hot Chicken

TO LIVE AND FRY IN L.A. In 2017, four childhood friends came up with a simple concept — take Nashville Hot Chicken and make it better than anyone else in America. With only a couple thousand dollars to their name, they boot-strapped a pop-up concept... More

Hours

Saturday10 AM–10 PM

Customer Reviews

★★★★★ 5.0 Timothy Sanclz · Jan 2026

Dave’s Hot Chicken never disappoints 🔥 The place is always very clean, the chicken is super juicy and crispy, and the spice levels are perfect for everyone. Portions are generous and full of flavor.The atmosphere is great and you can really feel the good vibes. The staff is friendly and the service is fast. Highly recommended!

★★★★★ 5.0 Steve Mascheri · Jan 2026

I enjoy spicy chicken and this one punches! From other reviews, I agree that the heat levels are a bit hotter than written, so be aware. It's spicy but doesn't overwhelm. Spice has a little pepper to it and isn't heavily breaded....not complaining but as an FYI when comparing to other wings/fried chicken. I liked it but was noticeable and somewhat unique. Vibe is fun and the decor definitely vibrant. Came here for lunch, seems like it would be an event late at night.

★★★★★ 5.0 P Liebre · Nov 2025

Lovely meal, excellent service. Very impressed with staff as there was a difficult customer at Dave’s when we were there with our son and the staff handled the situation well, stayed calm, de-escalating the agitated individual and resolved the issue. Kudos to Dave’s Hot Chicken and their staff for the meal and service.

★★★★★ 5.0 Dylan Johnson · Sep 2025

The chicken here is fantastic and sooo fresh! I really enjoyed it I could have handled a bit more heat too but I did get the medium one , I ordered a sandwich meal and the customer service from the workers was fast and polite I will def be back I got so full of this meal it was at a decent price too for how good the food was , the interior is very clean and we'll thought out with art all over the restaurant lots of different tables or seating facing Ford Pkwy and they also had outdoor seating

★★★★★ 5.0 Angela Swanson · Aug 2025

There was not a thing about this place that I did not like... It was exceptionally clean.The staff were wonderful. The food was the most fantastic chicken that I've had in a long time. I hate places that say that their food is spicy and then you get in there and it's not. Cause they had to white girl tame something.... yes I'm going to put it that way. My friend and I love spicy food but our family members don't so we go and try as many places that we can that have spicy food. Great flavor. Was not as crunchy as i was expecting but made up for that in flavor.

Accessibility & Amenities

✓ Wheelchair Accessible Entrance ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Parking Lot ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Restroom ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Seating

Services

Chicken restaurant

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