Buffalo Joe's

07/07/09

Worse than crappy service; wings inconsistent quality

by ikr1212 at Citysearch

** Don't bother going here, not even if it's only for 10 minutes for take out, b/c you risk getting 5 minutes of blatantly rude service that will make you lose your appetite.** Placed my order for take-out and gave my name when asked. I automatically spelled my name for the employee like I usually do with any restaurant host/hostess when asked my name because I somehow had a memory lapse and forgot that I was not in a fine dining restaurant! The employee said "I guess I ought to have a sign saying I know how to spell!" loud enough so I could hear and so could her co-worker who laughed. When the order was ready my name got called by another worker, and the Joker/employee rudely said my name in a child-like manner mockingly. I said to the manager on-shift I 'd never go back and had to leave quickly before I started yelling.

• Pros: Wings sometimes ok
• Cons: Unbelievably rude service; wings sometimes old, cold and dry

02/18/09

Awesome Buffalo wings

by bearschicago at Citysearch

I used have Buffalo Wild Wings ranked as my top notch, but not anymore. Buffalo Joe's has the best sauce! the atmosphere is what it is but the wings more than make up for it. Not recomend for a romantic date night but great group lunch/dinner with friends.

• Pros: great wings price is good

11/14/08

JUST simply AWEFUL

by JOECULLEN at Citysearch

My name is Joe and I am from Buffalo... This place couldn't be worse. How can you have a name like that and NOT SERVE ANY TYPE OF BLUE CHEESE????!!!!!! The wings themselves are mediocre at best.

It is insulting name and establishment for any chicken wing connoisseur.

• Pros: good if you never ate chicken before
• Cons: NO BLUE CHEESE, and if you ask for it they glare at you

10/14/08

avoid altogether

by juice78 at Citysearch

Showed up ordered a double order spicy. The service was rude-the wings were tiny. Some of them didn't even have any meat. All around this place is awful. They used to have great wings but have since rested on their laurels. When they showed up at wingfest this year, they brought their dinky wings with them. I suggest putting this place on ban until they offer every past customer a free batch of new and improved wings, though I don't think they care to serve great wings anymore. Shelf for Buffalo Joes. If 0 stars were an option, that is what I would give. This place stinks.

• Pros: none
• Cons: everything

04/02/08

I seriously can't believe anyone recommends this place....

by danechicago at Citysearch

The sauce tastes like ketchup with a little hot sauce. It's very strange... And there's way too much sauce. It's like eating gobbly gook.

They're the smallest wings on earth! I took pictures of a wing next to a quarter: the quarter was wider. And it wasn't just this one wing, they were all that small. I posted them under the business pictures. How can a wing place find such small wings to serve? Are they aborted chickens, or chicks? Are they even chickens?

Their spicy wings aren't even hot... then they have "suicide" wings where they're not really any hotter--they just douse them in more sauce--AND ADD GIARDINARE. how disgusting!!! (it might be good drunk food or something, but don't call them buffalo wings)

THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE BLUE CHEESE!!! I suppose asking for carrots to go with celery (like you'd get in... Buffalo) would be totally out of the question if they're too cheap to even stock blue cheese! This place shouldn't be allowed to associate itself with wings OR Buffalo, let alone both.

The staff wasn't very friendly... I was trying to read the menu and got rushed into ordering. Once we sat down, we overheard a group of people arguing on the other side of the eating area... not just arguing, but standing up shouting in each other faces, ready to fight. the kind of thing where you debated if you should get up and leave, or get ready to dial 911. guess who it was? the staff.

The only redeeming thing about this place was the waffle fries... they were pretty darn good.

They weren't exactly cheap... An order of wings, waffle fries w/ cheese, and two drinks came out to be $17. I want my $17 back. Really. They were that bad.

It was one of those meals where you sat and debated if you wanted to finish, or if you would just abort and go elsewhere... we ended up eating more later I'm pretty sure.

I've had better wings at Applebee's. If you think the wings here are the best ever, you're really missing out.

• Pros: Waffle fries
• Cons: Nasty small wings with bad ketchupy sauce, not even spicey, no blue cheese, questionable employees.

11/22/06

Best wings around

by darkhawk5 at Citysearch

Buff' Joe's is the best wing place in the city, hands down. Whether you like spicy, mild, or anything in between, this is the place for you.

11/27/05

Nice wings...

by hueling at Citysearch

The wings are to die for, I went to UIUC, and people would come back from Chicago with a huge platter full.....if you do go, you need to go full out...Suicide...yum...no other wings compare, when I come in from Chicago, this is on my itinerary of places to show my boyfriend....

• Pros: Great wings

08/15/04

Best wings in Chicago are

by jackgarb at Citysearch

Buffalo Joe's easily has the best wings in the Chicagoland area. The only strike against them is they serve their wings with ranch dressing (due to popular demand) as opposed to the more traditional blue cheese dressing.

These wings are made to order, right in front of you, and come in three levels of hotness: mild, spicy, and suicide. I recommend the spicy myself. While suicide wings are good, I feel the jalapeno overpowers the flavor of the sauce.

These wings are fresh, hot, and crispy, not like the crap they serve at most places (Buffalo Wild Wings, I'm looking at you.) The vinegary smell is almost asphixiating. This is what a wing should be.

• Pros: Inexpensive

03/09/03

Best Wings!

by ssczar76 at Citysearch

It's definitely worth the 30 minute drive to Buff Joe's. Single order of suicide, cheddar chip and a gutbuster RC makes my day!