Mars Hot Chicken — Restaurant in Fort Lauderdale

The food is simple ingredients but placed divinely into a work of art. The price is super surprising for quality of ingredients, taste and overall quality. Meeting the owners on our first night of our vacation set a high standard that surprisingly wasn't able to be topped ; even with all the options Ft Laudy has!

Christiano, we will never forget you nor your family or delicious food. Meeting you and eating at your establishment was honestly the eptimoe of nothing less than hospitality at it's finest. But, this was more than just dinner for us. It was a loving touch 20hrs from home.

As you franchise out, you know my sentiments on that. You and your family made a forever memory in my and my 2 kids' hearts forever.

May God continue to bless you and the restaurant. Your expectations are above standards and in turn you not only created something beautiful and delicious beyond words, but you made an impact on us forever.

If you ever need support...I'd love to join your immense passion. Everything you've went through personally and everything you sacrificed will and is being rewarded.

I truly hope and pray we can see you again.

Also, you've got quite the husband. It was so refreshing to see how much passion and work you guys put in for simple ingredients but done with love and the best recipe.

Love,

Ally Ben and...

Background, I've eaten a lot of Nashville not chicken in FL, CA as well as Nashville itself. I go out of my way to try different spots and I like it spicy spicy spicy. Daves hot chicken is fantastic. Cluckface is also fantastic. And of course Nashville TN has some of the best around.

Pros: really nice, met the owner, chatted, awesome vibe. Location is great. The country fried chicken was good, nice light fry, crispy, juicy, everything you'd expect.

Cons: the 'Nashville' part of the food just wasn't up to par. I ordered the spiciest option and it lacked heat. It was covered in red spices but they all fell off of the tender with each bite. Even if they had stayed, they weren't remotely hot enough to justify the "hottest" option on the menu. The side tender I ordered was supposed to come with a side of pickles and a side of mars sauce. They forgot both with the initial bagging (pickles were missing in the box) but I specifically asked about the sauce so the guy went and grabbed a side of it before I left.

Honesty, it has a lot of potential but just misses the mark in such a way I don't think it'll last long. If you're looking for great fried chicken by the beach, its your spot. If you're looking for actual Nashville style hot chicken, steer clear, this...

Picked this place to eat simply by the location (walking distance from where we were staying & had passed by it on our way to the beach) and was SO GLAD we did!

Ordered the "Southern style" chicken strips, fries, and coleslaw for our family to share. The strips were a very nice size, the meat was moist and tender with great seasoning (not spicy at all) in the breading. The seasoning on the fries was also good, and not too spicy. I'm sure you can get some hot hot chicken here, but its also good to know they have "kid friendly" options as well.

I would most definitely eat here again when close to the beach, and my kiddo has already asked to go back! This place is a fantastic addition to the quick/casual food options on the beach.

Call to order take out as their online ordering (through a 3rd party but don't remember which one) was not working then.

I think Josh was the name of the delightful person who took my order on the phone & served me when I came in to pick up the order. He was great and so friendly! We even ran into him later when out again for ice cream.

Only a star lost for atmosphere as it looks like they are still adding decor to the...