Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers — Restaurant in South Fayette Township

Cane’s is exploding all over the U.S. and one outpost opened in Bridgeville. I wanted to see what all the hoopla was about so when we were going shopping nearby, we stopped in for lunch. One of the things that makes this fast-food chain successful is that they are very focused. You have extremely limited choices! They make chicken fingers, a kind of dipping sauce, and French fries and that’s it. Your choices are basically limited to combinations of these things. We got the Sandwich, so they took a hamburger bun, slathered some of the sauce on it, put in three fingers and a lettuce leaf and placed it next to a pile of fries. For the three-piece combo they took three fingers and put them on a plate next to a pile of fries and then placed a small tub of sauce next to that. They do offer cole slaw (which we tried) as an upgrade. That also came in a small plastic tub.

How did it all taste? Mediocre. The chicken fingers were not greasy – which was good, but they had no flavor either. Same goes for the fries. They were pale crinkle cut fries and were lightly salted. No crunch and not large enough either. The sauce was a reddish version of a ranch dressing. The cole slaw was super creamy, but probably had the best flavors of everything we tried.

Big shout out to the staff. Everyone was super friendly. They were really busy but still found time to explain things to the newbies (like us – and others), and also delivered the food to those who were eating in the restaurant.

Nonetheless, the place was hopping! As we drove in, we saw a long line at the drive-up window. While we were eating a line formed inside the store. It’s a good thing – I suppose – that they have such a limited menu as this allows them to keep up with this huge demand, although it may be just a temporary thing as people try them out. Their prices were up there: We spent the same there as we would have at the Five Guys across the street. Next time we come to this area at lunchtime, we’ll go to...

Have visited twice now.

I "get" the whole thing is minimalist... but the breading lacks any kind of seasoning, and the Cane's sauce looks and even sounds much more spicy than it is... which is, not at all. My 9yo said it tastes like ketchup mixed with ranch dressing, and I can't disagree.

Would it kill someone to get out the pepper shaker or maybe some season-all? To offer some barbecue sauce or honey mustard?

The crinkle fries are different, but also the same frozen cafeteria food quality at consession stands at the zoo, museum, or a drive-in theater. They also lack seasoning. They are somehow less salty than even Wendy's, who I think uses 1 grain of salt per fry. Cain's must whisper the word "salt" as they sink them in the fryer.

The employees were all very nice and friendly, and the place was spotless, and it was packed... so they are doing something right.

This is the restaurant for adults that never grew out of the "I only eat chicken tenders and mac n' cheese" phase... and they can't even get mac n" cheese here. 🤷‍♂️

The colonel can rest assured that Cain's is using absolutely zero of their 11 herbs & spices, and Christian-Chicken has the sauce game down tight at their...

The place was clean, & the employees were very friendly. The parking lot is... interesting. The food was rather bland. The chicken was moist and tender but lacked any flavoring, and the sauce seems to have the flavor of ketchup mixed with ranch dressing and seasoned salt... it was just bland. The crinkle fries are different, but again could have used some salt or a 2nd dip in the fryer or something. The coleslaw was pretty good. I don't "get" the bread. It would be great as a side with BBQ... but this was a bland yet greasy meal.

KFC and even Chick-fil-A know how to season their breading better... and both know that a choice of sauces is a good thing. I guess it would go against their whole deal to offer some BBQ sauce or Honey Mustard?

This seems like the perfect place for adults who never grew out of the "I only eat chicken nuggets/tenders, french fries, and mac n' cheese" phase of childhood and are averse to even black pepper on the spice scale.

It wasn't terrible, just... bland. Absolutely devistatingly bland. It did not live up to any hype. This is the place for the "mayonnaise is...