Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen

Friendly staff.

This is by far the worst Popeyes that I have ever been to in my life (and I've been to A LOT of them, including the OG full service restaurant in Louisiana). This location was my 3rd time visit since it first opened. Compared to the Popeyes in Newhall, the food here is REALLY BAD. The server that greeted me was nice (all of the staff were nice) she had this "I really don't want to be here" demeanor though. She took my order, I always ask for the chicken that just came out of the fryer to make sure that it's fresh and hot. That was no problem. I watched a batch come out "fresh", and that's what I got. I ordered fries that also came out "fresh", red beans & rice, and an apple pie. I went to my car to eat it (I haven't felt comfortable eating in their dining room ever since there was a shooting at this location, but I digress), and the food was lukewarm - cold. How does that happen?! I watched the food come out, but I noticed that there was no steam coming from any of the food. Usually when hot food comes out you can see the steam emanating from it. This was not the case. The red beans and rice were putrid. It smelled and tasted horrible. Really bitter. I didn't even bother eating it. The biscuit was hard as a brick. The 1st thing I tried were my fries and I went back in to get new ones. The manager happily replaced them with "new" ones. Would you believe that they too were soggy and lukewarm? I tried the other items afterwards. It was all gross. I gave up and trashed my food. I blame myself. I should've known better based on the previous 2 visits. The one star is for the apple pie. It was so good. Hot and crispy just like my food should have been.

Tried to give it 0 stars. Kid working the drive-through line last week asked to swipe my debit card "again" since it "didn't go through" the first time. Yeah. Then coincidentally a week later a bunch of fraudulent purchases on that exact card. Bunch of low-life scumbag crooks working at this location. Don't ever pay with card there, or at least force them to hold the card reader out of the window if you don't have any cash on you. I'll definitely be stopping by this week to speak to a manager, if they even have one on duty with some level of brains/competence, but I highly doubt it. Perfect example of everything wrong with our society, and more specifically the state of California in general.