Wingstop
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Wingstop in Santa Cruz offers a casual dining experience with a focus on flavorful chicken wings and a variety of tasty sides. We're a counter-serve chain committed to fast service, whether you're joining us for lunch or dinner. Enjoy our convenient options including no-contact delivery, takeout, an...
Wingstop in Santa Cruz offers a casual dining experience with a focus on flavorful chicken wings and a variety of tasty sides. We're a counter-serve chain committed to fast service, whether you're joining us for lunch or dinner. Enjoy our convenient options including no-contact delivery, takeout, and dine-in. We strive to be accessible to all, with wheelchair accessible entrances, parking, restrooms, and seating. Open daily, we're ready to satisfy your wing cravings, with extended hours until 1AM on Friday and Saturday. With a current rating of 3.5/5 from 244 reviews, we're always working to improve your experience.
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Wingstop Santa Cruz Reviews
Staff was extremely helpful, kind, and caring. Went above and beyond service especially for a fast food chain, and were patient and considerate while fulfilling my order. Had issues with ordering and the they helped us out immensely.
If you’re hungry for wings, this is THE best place I’ve EVER been too. Not only were the wings perfectly flavored, juicy, tender, comes right off the bone but the staff were INCREDIBLE! The cashier took our order right off the bat and was so friendly and attentive. Our drinks were served right away and the food was out within MINUTES, we couldn’t believe our eyes! The kitchen was the cleanest I’ve ever seen and ever single staff member created an incredible experience! 10/10 phenomenal wings and staff! I seriously couldn’t thank them enough! WILL BE BACK AGAIN!! ❤️ P.S. Kitchen staff deserves a round!!
I ordered original spicy bone-in wings, and Korean flavor wings. Very tasty in fact it was more than I could eat. So next time I'll order a little bit less. Service was great professional and courteous.
Wasn’t having the best day, thankfully wing stop gave me more wings than i had ordered. I Love you Wing stop, excellent service. I will be back again.
Fastest most efficient Wingstop there is... Order accurate and done w in 12 mins!! Fries and Wings cooked perfect
Of all the Wingstop I have eaten in I can say that it has been the best wings at the exact point crunchy juicy well-seasoned potatoes excellent for me
Staff was extremely helpful, kind, and caring. Went above and beyond service especially for a fast food chain, and were patient and considerate while fulfilling my order. Had issues with ordering and the they helped us out immensely.
I ordered original spicy bone-in wings, and Korean flavor wings. Very tasty in fact it was more than I could eat. So next time I'll order a little bit less. Service was great professional and courteous.
If you’re hungry for wings, this is THE best place I’ve EVER been too. Not only were the wings perfectly flavored, juicy, tender, comes right off the bone but the staff were INCREDIBLE! The cashier took our order right off the bat and was so friendly and attentive. Our drinks were served right away and the food was out within MINUTES, we couldn’t believe our eyes! The kitchen was the cleanest I’ve ever seen and ever single staff member created an incredible experience! 10/10 phenomenal wings and staff! I seriously couldn’t thank them enough! WILL BE BACK AGAIN!! ❤️ P.S. Kitchen staff deserves a round!!
The wings are the best I’ve had in town thus far absolutely delicious. Besides that the location is convenient but they often run out of the bone in chicken wings. It takes quite a while to wait for a fresh batch of wings but it is always worth it. You must get the sweet fries they do so good.
The food was good, the staff did their job, and the location is easily accessible with a lot of parking. They have a selection of rubs and sauces which help elevate the meal, but at the end of the day it's chicken. Overall I wouldn't say this is a must visit place, but, if you're craving Wingstop, here you go.
The wings are the best I’ve had in town thus far absolutely delicious. Besides that the location is convenient but they often run out of the bone in chicken wings. It takes quite a while to wait for a fresh batch of wings but it is always worth it. You must get the sweet fries they do so good.
Deliciously satisfied. The food and service was great. Most definitely returning... Even the bathroom was clean! The dining room is a bit small but overall it's a good spot.
Good wings for a decent price. They went delivering because of the flash flood, which is understandable. The wings are pretty oily though.
The food was good, the staff did their job, and the location is easily accessible with a lot of parking. They have a selection of rubs and sauces which help elevate the meal, but at the end of the day it's chicken. Overall I wouldn't say this is a must visit place, but, if you're craving Wingstop, here you go.
Was really looking forward to their wings. Got three different types. Both of the dry rubs were ok, nothing special and more disappointing than satisfying. Their regular buffalo sauce were a little better but nothing special. The shocking thing was that spending 45 dollars on wings and if you want dipping sauce it is still going to cost around $6 for one large ranch or blue cheese. Outrageous.
Overall the wings are really good. I enjoy how the wings taste and I also like their fries. The online order feature is great because you can customize the order to your liking (I personally like to add cajun seasoning to the fries and it makes the fries much more enjoyable) The store does a great job at making sure social distancing is being applied. There are times when my order has missed a few items. Sometimes they don't get me all the fries I ordered online, and the worse case was when I order wings and tenders and the tenders were not in the bag. I assumed that because it was sealed everything was in there. I would suggest to people ordering online at this store to check the bag before leaving. Most of the time the staff has been very polite when I've spotted an error while in the store. Overall, the food is really good and customer service in the store is great but the accuracy of the order can be spotty.
Overall the wings are really good. I enjoy how the wings taste and I also like their fries. The online order feature is great because you can customize the order to your liking (I personally like to add cajun seasoning to the fries and it makes the fries much more enjoyable) The store does a great job at making sure social distancing is being applied. There are times when my order has missed a few items. Sometimes they don't get me all the fries I ordered online, and the worse case was when I order wings and tenders and the tenders were not in the bag. I assumed that because it was sealed everything was in there. I would suggest to people ordering online at this store to check the bag before leaving. Most of the time the staff has been very polite when I've spotted an error while in the store. Overall, the food is really good and customer service in the store is great but the accuracy of the order can be spotty.
My first time trying wingstop, not a good first impression. I was very excited to try something new i was expecting it to be quick and easy especially because i order it on DoorDash. Was waiting their for atleast 30-20 minutes before i went in to check if my food was ready and the app just didnt update it, wow was i shocked first of all my order wasnt even ready and keep in mind i ordered it about 50 minutes ago then i had to wait another 30 Huge waste of time i went up to the counter and asked if it was done and she hadnt even started it so firstly they were lying it wasnt done secondly didnt even bother to check if they got it right. My name is sort of unique and different so i could see how you would find it weird but you dont have to make fun of me for it they kept saying “Olive ur order is ready” and everytime i would come up to get it they would say “Whoops sorry wrong name” and start laughing so then i brought my dad in and Wow did he teach them a lesson it was quite funny but after half an hour i got my food it was good but too way too long.
Although the chicken is good, it sucks that this is currently the only wingstop location around because they have repeatedly shown bad customer service, disregard for the customers in the store, and crazy long wait times. The most recent time ordering from this location it took 40 minutes from ordering to getting our food. I also saw 5 employees at the cash registers talk to one another for 5 minutes while ignoring the growing crowd of customers in front of them. This is sad because other locations of wingstop that I have been to have been fast and efficient and I have had no customer service issues.
Food was ok. Gal working the counter was super rude
Well, probable will not be back. Im taking this opurtunity to write this review because the actual food really was so bad i feel ripped off. 17$ for 6 (smaller than macdonalds )chicken nuggets and fries enough for 4 people. A real dissappointment in my opioion. Will have to spread the news, as this was and is my only visit. This was not worth the money, They gave more potayoes
Really bad service experience, the girl told me that she just got on her brake so that I could order online which seems really messed up, how she is on break but still in the kitchen/front desk 🙃 If she is not going to take my order then why would somebody be on their break & still at be in the front desk? It makes no sense 😕 The food is always good, but the service is always bad, really unprofessional 🥲
Wingstop up your gut! If you like old deep fryer fat and bleached flour with a little frankenchicken underneath then yummm this is all you! With an impressive wait even for that. Ugh slightly sick just thinking about it. Never again…
I gave 2 start, because at least it was food. Had better gas station sandwiches before. Definitely nothing like pic looks and it was cold in the center. I ordered a plain sandwich and this thing is so dang spicy hot.. Definitely not what I ordered, Holy moly. What a poor decision
Horrible. Fires were full of oil, literally just hard as rocks. Half order missing as ALWAYS. I’ve gone to two locations & both do the same thing. What is wrong with Wing stop service???
These people can't Put an order together to save their life. I placed an $80+ order for 50 + wing and more. We got 10 wings. I know it's difficult to do the bare minimum for these employees but this is outrageous. This will be the last time I order from wingstop
Bro are you serious? Whoever made this really put the sandwich in the bag thinking, “yeah that seems fine”. I have no problem with the place but whoever made this sandwich you should never cook again.
Food was ok. Gal working the counter was super rude
Well, probable will not be back. Im taking this opurtunity to write this review because the actual food really was so bad i feel ripped off. 17$ for 6 (smaller than macdonalds )chicken nuggets and fries enough for 4 people. A real dissappointment in my opioion. Will have to spread the news, as this was and is my only visit. This was not worth the money, They gave more potayoes
Wingstop up your gut! If you like old deep fryer fat and bleached flour with a little frankenchicken underneath then yummm this is all you! With an impressive wait even for that. Ugh slightly sick just thinking about it. Never again…
Really bad service experience, the girl told me that she just got on her brake so that I could order online which seems really messed up, how she is on break but still in the kitchen/front desk 🙃 If she is not going to take my order then why would somebody be on their break & still at be in the front desk? It makes no sense 😕 The food is always good, but the service is always bad, really unprofessional 🥲
My first time trying wingstop, not a good first impression. I was very excited to try something new i was expecting it to be quick and easy especially because i order it on DoorDash. Was waiting their for atleast 30-20 minutes before i went in to check if my food was ready and the app just didnt update it, wow was i shocked first of all my order wasnt even ready and keep in mind i ordered it about 50 minutes ago then i had to wait another 30 Huge waste of time i went up to the counter and asked if it was done and she hadnt even started it so firstly they were lying it wasnt done secondly didnt even bother to check if they got it right. My name is sort of unique and different so i could see how you would find it weird but you dont have to make fun of me for it they kept saying “Olive ur order is ready” and everytime i would come up to get it they would say “Whoops sorry wrong name” and start laughing so then i brought my dad in and Wow did he teach them a lesson it was quite funny but after half an hour i got my food it was good but too way too long.
Although the chicken is good, it sucks that this is currently the only wingstop location around because they have repeatedly shown bad customer service, disregard for the customers in the store, and crazy long wait times. The most recent time ordering from this location it took 40 minutes from ordering to getting our food. I also saw 5 employees at the cash registers talk to one another for 5 minutes while ignoring the growing crowd of customers in front of them. This is sad because other locations of wingstop that I have been to have been fast and efficient and I have had no customer service issues.
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