Mary Brown's Chicken — Restaurant in Regina

Please note this is my personal opinion so yours may be different and I do recommend you try it for yourself first.

TL:DR- food is really plain and does nothing to stand out above other chicken places. Only part that really impressed me was the staff. I probably won’t be making any attempts to go out of my way to eat there again.

Since I’ve heard “things” about KFC so I’ve been looking for a good place to go for fried chicken in town, I had already tried Popeyes and was told to try out Mary Brown’s by a friend. It was very out of the way from where I am so I had to make plans to drive to that end of town to try it and from checking reviews I had high hopes for it.

When I got there I noticed their menu doesn’t show everything and I had to ask about stuff I had seen on their website, which unfortunately they said were unavailable at this location. When I got my food (3 piece chicken combo) I found the chicken rather plain and nothing that really made it stand out in any way. It was a little less greasy in comparison to other places and bland. Their fries were obviously prepackaged as they tasted a looked like ones you can get at most restaurants. Their gravy also was lack luster as it was very obvious it was the generic gravy mix with nothing to spice it up.

Staff was the only upside of this place as they were all quick, cheerful, and fun to talk to. But the price difference between other chicken places and here...

Firstly we just moved from Kelowna BC where we Soooo!!!! enjoyed the chicken.The pieces were a good portion so when we ordered two wings,one drumstick and two side pieces of side breast we always could not finish the chicken because it was such a good portion.Here we are ordering the same pieces ''And'' requested it to be fresh meaning Cook it and we will wait for the order.My husband had an errand and left,so then in about two whole minutes the gal put together the order,I said to her '''No Way'' that it was fresh and she told me it was about 10 minutes under the heat lamp,I REFUSED THIS BECAUSE I SAID TO COOK IT AND WE WOULD WAIT FOR IT.This was 3;42pm and the place was not busy with only a few people coming in,we waited for over 1/2 hour,Now is this Normal practice? Does this franchise always serve these very small pieces of chicken? People in Regina don,t know any better but we certainly do,VERY DISAPOINTED AS this was our first time at location Rochdale Blvd.Gal at not very friendly after not excepting first attemp to give chicken that we know wasn,t fresh.You ever get a second chance to make a first impression,And another thing Why can,t the staff talk in ENGLISH so everyone can under what they are saying ''VERY RUDE''this happens...

I really don't understand why this category of food vendors has an 'atmosphere' rating but I am never giving a '5' star atmosphere rating to a place with a menu on the wall. Sorry. Anyways, the important stuff is what you get when you hand over 20 bucks for lunch. I have mixed feelings. This was the first time I ever tried Mary Brown's and the chicken was delicious. The breading isn't as flavourful as some others but that's not a bad thing. The portions of chicken were good. Unfortunately I can't say the same for the side dishes. The macaroni salad was laughably small. Same with the gravy. Sadly, it appears that they aren't immune from 'shrinkflation'. Although that's a little too nice a way to describe it. Frankly the side dishes are a rip-off. It's hard to feel you are getting a good value when you get charged 3 or 4 dollars for something served in a container that they use at Costco for free samples. Even when the food is OK. There wasn't enough there to even tell. Chicken was great. Outstanding in fact. Everything else was too expensive for...