Buffalo Wing Factory — Restaurant in Virginia

The Buffalo Wing Factory is everything Buffalo Wild Wings or any sort of mainstream wing joint should be.

I decided to visit this fine establishment on a Thursday night in order to take advantage of their all you can eat wing deal. I arrived about 7:30 to find that I certainly wasn't the only person thinking along those lines. The restaurant was packed with people stuffing their faces with the huge amount of wing varieties this place offers.

After about a 10 minute wait, we grabbed a booth and within minutes had a waiter come around and take our drink and meal orders. We all purchased the $22 wing deal which gives you full access to all-you-can-eat wings, fries and a drink. It's pretty pricey, but it's also a lot of food depending on how hungry you are.

The wings were good, not mind-blowing, but they were fresh, hot and well-seasoned which I actually found surprising in an all-you-can-eat atmosphere.

I ate close to 50 wings (don't judge me) before I just about broke the booth I was sitting on and here's what I learned from the experience:

1. Don't eat the fries. They're good, but they're filled with starch which causes you to feel full. If you're trying to ingest wings and get your money's worth from the meal, skip them.

2. Whenever your wings come, immediately put in your order for the next batch. The wings took about 10-20 minutes to cook, so if you don't have your next order in you'll likely be forced to wait which allows your food to settle and causes you to eat less.

3. Avoid the boneless wings. This might just be a personal preference, but I really wasn't a fan of the boneless wings and I truly believe they are wait caused me to stop eating. The chicken is dry and super bready, which makes you feel really full and kind of sick depending on what variety you ordered.

All in all, I really enjoyed this place. It's a fun atmosphere, staff is really nice and there are over 25 wing varieties to choose from so there's likely something for everyone...

Wings weren't anything special, especially for the price. The waitress didn't know/ was unable to describe any of the wing flavors, like at all. Checked on the table almost every 3 minutes immediately after the meal, and then walked by ignoring the table when drinks were clearly empty and placed on the side of table as well as attempting to flag her down when the only other table she was serving was directly next to us and had a party of 2, and the restaurant was only 1/4 full, would then go and check her phone by the kitchen for 5+ mins at a time. Drinks were 3/4 chipped ice with so much ice you couldn't drink the last half of your drink without ice dumping on your face, even for the person who ordered plain tap water. Then was given the wrong bill and tried to blame her manager, who only brought it over after seeing us done and looking for her for over 15 mins, and then proceeded to forget boxes so after paying we waited an additional 10 mins for assistance.

Sauces were alright but not great, and the heat index must have been built for white people because the flavors weren't as hot as indicated by their scale, and even their 911 flavor (4 flames) was maybe as hot as Buffalo Wild Wings regular hot Buffalo.

Would never ever ever eat here again, and anyone who likes Wings shouldn't either.

The only good thing about the place was its interior design which was very pretty and made the place look more upscale like somewhere you would find in Reston, VA or Portland,...

I really hate to leave this review as my boyfriend and I used to love coming here. But the level of food has dramatically declined over the last year. We stopped in this afternoon to give it one more try and needless to say we were disappointed again. We ordered the traditional wings with suicide ranch, peppery parmesan, spicy ranch, and spicy garlic butter.

Suicide ranch used to be my favorites, but now it had very little flavor and no kick at all. Peppery parmesan was basically just ranch dressing, no peppery - no parmesan (was told "well, it is a ranch based sauce" with a condescending chuckle). Spicy ranch just tasted like suicide ranch (see above). Then there was the spicy garlic wings which looked and tasted like plain fried chicken wings. This time I was schooled that it is a "thin" sauce. There is a big difference between thin and non-existent.

The chicken was well cooked and not dry, which is a plus. The sauces are the problem, not the chicken. And it is pretty hard to mess up a crinkle fry, so I filled up on those. I only ate four wings out of ten, my boyfriend ate one of the peppery parmesan wings to confirm the ranchosity of the sauce. Filling up on fries wasn't my goal in going to a wing place.

Our server Lucas was great and he was at no fault during our visit. However, the manager was not helpful...