Church's Texas Chicken — Restaurant in West Chicago Township

Growing up in Austin this is pretty much a monument in the area that stands the test of time. I remember this placed used to be packed all day. Nowadays the activity is nowhere near the same & visiting it I can tell why. Outside there was a beggar asking for money to buy megabites (he stands there all day every day so I'm pretty sure he's looking for a different kind of "megabite.") The place was pretty much dead walking in. I order the 8 piece megabite combo & it rung up $6.93.

My order was ready in mere seconds. I had asked for fries, but apparently a second side comes with it so they threw in a whopping 3 pieces of fried okra. The entire dish was underwhelming. The megabites were just dry chicken tenders with dry rub on them. Of course since dry rub really isn't meant to be sprinkled on top of breaded chicken you can barely taste it. The chicken doesn't even look like the pictures. In the pictures the entire chicken is orange indicating that it's supposed to be covered in the seasoning or some sort of sauce. Instead you have dry chicken with a little spot of orange (some barely any at all.) They skimped out on the fries & okra too.

Overall, Church's chicken has really gone downhill. The chicken is dry, barely seasoned & you can tell it's been sitting out for awhile. With how little business this place seems to get nowadays I'm surprised it's still...

the chicken is edible. you can taste the grease in their biscuits. they never have honey or jelly. those biscuits need the help. 1 time I was in the middle of ordering food and the male cashier (wears glasses) left out the side door and was gone for a while. he didn't say excuse me or anything. I assumed he had to use the restroom and could no longer hold it. Last time I was there, I ordered chicken and then went across the street to get money from the ATM. I came back and had a boot on my car. I had to pay $140. that was bill money. Now, I maybe late on my bills. my chicken cost me $150 that day. I will never eat here again. You need to treat your customers better. there should be a 10-30 minute parking rule if you order food there. but you all see it fit to treat your customers this way. then I just can't afford to be one anymore. If someone in my household wants church's chicken they will be catching the bus. I won't even...

DAMN. let me start this off by saying the employees themselves have nothing to do with my rating. they were all great and i have nothing against them, but DAMN.

took almost 20 minutes to get my meal, half the people in there were also waiting a long time and when i opened the box i saw some of the palest, scrawniest chicken i've ever seen. it was definitely a little underdone, you could tell by the batter. the chicken itself felt fine, but time will tell. i'll lyk later. though tbh im kinda scared. mac and cheese is the worst ive ever had, pasta tastes like raw dough and the cheese had no flavor. it all mushed up together and everything. the only thing that was decent was the...