Popeyes
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About Popeyes
En Popeyes, te damos la bienvenida a un pedacito de Louisiana en Universal City. Nuestra especialidad es el pollo frito crujiente, preparado con recetas auténticas y un toque sureño que te encantará. Disfruta de nuestros famosos sándwiches de pollo y nuestras patatas fritas, perfectos para una comid...
En Popeyes, te damos la bienvenida a un pedacito de Louisiana en Universal City. Nuestra especialidad es el pollo frito crujiente, preparado con recetas auténticas y un toque sureño que te encantará. Disfruta de nuestros famosos sándwiches de pollo y nuestras patatas fritas, perfectos para una comida rápida y deliciosa con sabor inigualable. ¡Ven a descubrir el sabor único de Popeyes!
What Customers Say About Popeyes
Popeyes in Universal City receives mixed reviews. While some customers praise the fresh, hot chicken and fast service, others complain about rude staff, incorrect orders, and inconsistent food quality, especially regarding the chicken strips and biscuits. Issues with the app and gift card usage are also noted.
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Tip: If using a gift card, be aware that this location may not accept them, despite the lack of signage. Double-check your order at the drive-thru to ensure accuracy.
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Popeyes Universal City Reviews
The food is fresh. The staff is quick and knowledgeable. The seating area is always clean. The counter and soda machine is clean working and always stocked. The food is delicious fresh and hot. I love coming here.
We used the Drive thru but inside looked busy. The line of cars looked long but we didn't have to wait long, we placed the order and we were served immediately. The young man was serviceable and friendly. We checked our order and it was complete, and was real good. This Popeye's always have the freshest and we'll cooked chicken.
Drive thru only, so can't comment on "atmosphere". Fast food chicken joint. Chicken is good with a little bit more kick to it than KFC. Definitely this is the best choice. Same with fries - well seasoned, stayed hot and crisp til I got home. Coleslaw- well, not so great here. Just mystified that it had no flavor. I expected more zing from a Cajun food place. KFC for the Coleslaw win. Do better Popeyes. But the chicken? Yes, will absolutely be back for more!!
Did they change the recipe for the chicken strips!? The strips had zero spices added. I only ever order strips from here. I thought i was eating churches chicken! also, the strips were soggy. it felt like i was biting into a funnel cake. almost like they were undercooked. It made me nauseous.
My issue is more really with the app than the store per se, but if you have a special and you're out of it in the store, the app should have some kind of way to be connected to the store. That way people can't order the item. Got the five nights at Freddy's bundle but they were out of the cake which of course I didn't find out till I got there. Paying an extra five bucks for a drink and a cake that I can't have is kind of ridiculous. The manager offered an apology and a side to compensate but again it's the principle. Again I'm not disappointed at the store, more the app not having connection to the store inventory. The food was fine, but nothing spectacular. The FNAF thing was the reason we went in the first place and to not have a key element is just disappointing.
Congratulations on your newest creation. Flounder sandwich that was a chicken sandwich with tarter sauce on it. Note the wrapper says fish. It wasn't. Good thing it's lent. Lol! It didn't taste terrible, but i really wanted the flounder. Edit... You really shouldn't advertise something on your drive through menu that is only available on line. I reference BOGO chicken wings. Thats fairly deceptive.
Staff is rude to each other and cannot get their act together when it comes to putting together orders. They were bagging and rebagging taking from one order to make another order and then having to remake orders. Manager was rude to some customers as soon as they walked through the door.
The chicken tenders did not taste as good as I expected they tasted off, and it is really expensive for a little meal. There were a bunch of dead flies on the window seal. I would have taken more pictures but there was just too many flies. The customer service is awful and the manager that works here is a hard worker but awful attitude and they ignore customers in the lobby purposefully , I would not personally recommend this place if you’re looking for fast food, they are really slow with their service for no reason and have an attitude and this is my third time being here and it’s always been the same. I’ve try to give them the benefit of the doubt, but just don’t waste your time here.
The manager up front needs allot of help in Guest Experience, Guest Service and needs to understand who is paying his salary. Has a very poor greeting, or shall I say NO greeting upon our arrival. Very DRY attitude and a no care attitude. The atmosphere was no music, the entire mood just brings you down. I will give the credit to the food though, it was HOT and great chicken. The little gravy given was VERY little as you can see. Maybe he had an off day, but it was very noticeable that he did NOT want to be there or had no care in the world to exemplify a good guest experience. Take this comment to help you guys, you have great product, touch up just a bit on the gravy, the chicken was a HOMERUN, and please have hot sauce available, you had none. 😞
I’ve been going to this Popeyes for a while with no issues, but tonight was a complete disaster. I placed two separate orders with coupons in the drive-thru and clearly told the order taker they were coupons and should be separate. She acknowledged me, so I assumed all was good. At the window, I handed the coupons to the manager (not the order taker) and immediately got attitude. She questioned whether I had told the order taker, scolded her, and said I should’ve given the coupon codes at the time of ordering because now she had to clear the screen and re-enter everything. I explained that the order taker never asked for the codes, and that I normally pay full price and only used the mailed coupons, so I had no idea about their process. She kept scolding anyway. To top it off, I forgot to ask for my sauces, didn’t even get a straw, and when I bit into my chicken—why the hell is this spicy and not classic?! If you want to feel belittled, treated like an inconvenience, and leave hungry for your actual order, this is the place to eat. Absolutely terrible customer service—very disappointing.
Ordered a three-piece meal online when I went to go pick it up,I opened it up to make sure it was breast and 2 Wings. When I opened it the chicken breast was so dried out beyond compare. She switched it out for me which I appreciate it, but if I wouldn't have opened it up to check it I would have went home with dried out that was just sitting there too long under the lights.
Very disappointed with this Popeyes location. I ordered a 12-piece meal and was told over the speaker it would be three pieces of each type, but that’s not what I received. The order was unbalanced with six dark drumsticks, and the chicken was dry. When I tried to address the issue, the manager was not customer-savvy and showed no interest in listening or resolving the problem. What makes this worse is that this is the same location where I previously witnessed an employee vaping in the back while chicken was being cooked. That is completely unacceptable and raises serious concerns about cleanliness and food safety. Overall, poor service and poor standards. I advise my military and veteran family not to eat at this location for not being customer savvy. Regardless what the owner says.
There is an old man named HALID that really came off rude today. Me and my fiance got to the order box with plans to order the mix and match family bundle, when we tried ti order it we were told that the particular family bundle is only available on the app. MIND YOU we were sitting at the box for about 8 minutes without anything being said. So we asked if we could have a moment to look at the menu since we had to change up everything we were going to get being we just had cash. We got to look at the menu for 1 minute before an old man walked out badgering us to order saying we were taking too long and we can't just sit at the menu and waste time and he told us to drive around since we didn't know what we wanted. I have been to this location plenty of times and have never been treated like that. I am not sure if it was our skin color but I was FURIOUS. He shouldn't be at work if thats how he treats customers.
Food was and is always good. I stood at the front counter for 4 minutes before anyone even asked if inwas placing an order or picking up. It was then another 6 minutes before I was addressed to have my order placed. And there were a whopping 5 people inside and 2 cars in the drive through. Also my order, 10 pieces of chicken and 1 side. Took me all of 20 second to place but 10 minutes to be place it
By far the worst experience I've had at Popeyes in my 47 years on the earth. I placed an order for two chicken sandwiches through Uber eats. I got there after receiving a message that my order was ready. I proceeded to the lobby. There were 5 people working the front line to include a male Indian manager. I stood there for 6 minutes before anyone acknowledged me ,however they looked at me several times. Finally, 16 minutes after my arrival my order is handed to me. No one apologized for the wait. Lastly, I received two over cooked, hard, and dry chicken sandwiches. Please save your money and stay away. Everyone stay safe out there and have a great Navy day.
If you plan to use a gift card don't. The manager will lie and tell you this is a corporate issue but its a her issue. There is 0 signs on the doors, order box, online that states you have to use a gift card online. This is a decision she made herself and is telling people this but she will also swiped the card knowing this and now I just gave popeyes (her store) free money but she will accuse you of trying to get free food. As a manager you try to problem solve and help us understand where our money went but instead she was rude, not helpful, will give you a number to corporate that is an automatic service and will lie there is no number for her to contact when shit hits the fan at her store. Sarah do better, be better and I did get in contact with someone that was helpful but beware. If you can use the one on base but the manager on Nacogdoches was MVP for helping us out and taking care of us.
We pulled up waited for a bit and then the young man seemed irritated and unsure. We repeated the order over several times.. he rung the order wrong so we repeated again. We said mild etc 3 times after he struggled. We were kind just in case he was new , but got to the window and he was not hearing us and snappy rushing us.. We got our order got home my 8 year old son’s food was spicy even after saying mild over and over. My tenders were sour meat it was spoiled. Not able to be eaten. My son had to eat pizza and I went to bed with a bad tummy ache… Disappointing…. Today 11/18/2025 not ok and dangerous
It’s so funny when employees get mad that they have to do their job. Ordered 3 sandwiches with fries two combos one by themselves, cool. They bring out all 3 sandwiches. No fries, and no pickles or mayo on the regular ones. Go up to the counter to ask for them because hey things happen you know long day. Very loudly messing around instead of helping us. In direct eye contact aswell. When they finally come to the counter we ask and youdve though we asked them for their first born. Like if a guest is being excessive I get it but asking for the stuff that YOU forgot to give is insane. Looked at us like we were stupid when we asked for pickles and mayo and when we brought up the fries they were like “oh we’re out” and didn’t think to let us know that it would be a few minutes. Just drop off the half missing food and get mad when we try to get the rest of what we paid for? I’m not expecting A+ service at a dang Popeyes but atleast try to get my order right or fix it if it’s wrong? I don’t need you to kiss my feet but I didn’t make u work here so stop taking it out on me thank you.
I have been to this location multiple times and the service is usually good and the food is always fresh but tonight (10/10/2025) some lady was working the drive through window and she was extremely rude! She kept acting like she couldn't hear me while I was trying to order while people who ordered ahead of me were talking normally and she could hear them. I kept repeating my order and she kept saying how she couldn't hear me! She was absolutely ridiculous!
Absolutely no personality! The manager was not friendly and acted as though he didn't want to take our order. I would rate zero 🌟 stars if possible. I have not had this same experience with other Popeye's restaurants in the San Antonio area. On a positive note though, the food was hot and delicious.
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2980 Pat Booker Rd, Universal City, TX 78148
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