The Buffalo Spot - Tucson — Restaurant in Tucson

Went with a few friends and tried a wide assortment of wings, which appears to be the main staple food of this restaurant. Verdict: 2 stars (details below)

GOOD: The wings are hefty in size and made to order, so they come out hot.

Wide variety of flavor options, you should be able to find something

Walking distance to campus, so if you're in that community it's just a quick walk/light rail ride away!

Friendly staff

BAD: The wings lack any crispy texture, and some of the sauces are super thick so you just get a goopy, almost jelly-like consistency on some flavors

Prices are a little crazy. $17 for 10 wings? Pushing nearly $20 after taxes, so you're talking almost $2 a wing. Not a good value even though the wings are large.

You're asked to tip at the register before even receiving any service or food, which is weird considering no service is even provided. You pick up your own food when they call your name, fill your own drink, and throw away your own trash...what exactly am I tipping for, just giving away free money? Skip the tip it's not justified whatsoever.

Sauces on some of the flavors are pretty muted. Garlic parmesan doesn't really have a hint of garlic, and the mango habanero has basically no heat or mango, it's just orange sweet goop. We tried about 60% of their menu, and flavors which you would typically associate with dry rubs (lemon pepper, garlic parmesan) were all sauces. Thick, goopy sauces. The lemon pepper in particular is so overwhelming on the lemon flavor it tastes like candy, with virtually no essence of pepper flavor. For those looking for some heat, we also tried the 'very hot' flavor and that was also fairly disappointing. It seemed on par with a mild sauce at other places. Their atomic hot flavor is the actual hot flavor, but even then, nothing too crazy. Not a place to go for heat

SIDE NOTE: We also saw several bottles of 'Sweet Baby Rays' in the back which was visible from our seat. Not bad for your fridge at home, but at a restaurant selling wings at this price, c'mon now. Take with that what you will

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RATION THE RANCH! First let’s start by saying the food is good. It is actually decent and flavorful. BUT - and it’s a big but, The Buffalo Spot is way overpriced in my opinion. I understand the location is prime real-estate, but what college kid is spending $30 on chicken? They really gouge you everywhere they can I feel. If you order a five piece you get one flavors choice (okay that’s fair), ten wings gets you two flavors (understandable) but if you order 15 or 20 pieces it’s an extra charge for the extra flavors. Which I feel their flavors are not different or better than wing stop, where you can get the multiple flavors for the price you pay on the menu... With a meal I might add.

Now the ranch... god forbid you want an extra ranch cup with your 20 wings, nope that’s gonna be a whopping $1.10 extra.... Everybody gets one. They really don’t have any combos for two people, only families of four...

Very expensive for chicken wings, that don’t really stand out above the competition. Also the location might be a prime location, but it’s on campus where college kids can’t afford to pay that much, and the locals aren’t going to drive and deal with downtown hassle for chicken wings... So all in all,...

After picking up from here for delivery several times i decided to come here for myself. Placed our order of 20 traditional wings with Pineapple Jalapeno and Mango Habanero sauce. After waiting for quite awhile and noticing customers who came after us receive their order, my gf hypothesized that the staff was afraid to try to pronounce my name. I didn't believe it until the staff looked at me several times then pointed to me and performed non-verbal hand/arm motions for me to pick up my food, whereas everyone else's names were called out loud and clear. I found this humorous and mildly disrespectful, it is actually not why im reviewing this place poorly. I requested blue cheese and whatever i got was labeled blue cheese but was far departed from it. My girlfriend was convinced it was spoiled ranch. My wings were somewhat crispy but my girlfriend's wings were slimy and the skin just slid off each wing which was unacceptable. I dont know why they didnt drop our order at the same time, i dont know what i received instead of blue cheese, and we definitely wont be...