Popeyes

So when I heard @popeyesuk was opening in Brighton, I was the first one to roll my eyes at yet another American Southern Fried Chicken chain, trying to establish itself in the UK by opening shops all over the country with their promise of the best fried chicken you will ever taste… but after walking past several times with queues out the door and people raving about the quality, I had to go and try it myself and I’m actually quite impressed!

I also had a lovely lady from their PR team contact me asking if I would be interested in visiting so I thought this would be a good opportunity to see what all of the fuss was about! What we had to eat: Deluxe Chicken Sandwich Meal (Spicy) Original Chicken Sandwich Meal with Cajun chips 5 chicken wings Biscuit with Cajun Gravy Mango Habanero Dip

My favourite part was the Cajun gravy, I would go back for this alone as it was delicious and I dipped my whole meal into this and it was great! The chicken was well seasoned, crispy and not greasy at all which I really enjoyed! Cajun chips were good, slightly soggy but enough flavour. The drinks were refillable which I haven’t seen in years since my Nandos addiction days so was a nice nostalgic moment to help myself to a drink or two. The Mango Habanero dip was really tasty but very spicy so I would only recommend it if you like a sweet chilli with your meal! I didn’t think the Chicken sandwich was that spicy even though I ordered the spicy version, could have had a bit more of a kick to it but still tasted good!

Overall, I was impressed. The quality was good, the place was sooo busy with satisfied customers and the staff were very attentive and polite (which you don’t see much in fast food chain restaurants). They also offer table service if you would like it which I thought was a nice touch and made them stand out against their competitors. More expensive than your standard KFC but the quality was a lot better in my opinion and I would choose this place over KFC any day (don’t @ me KFC fans!)

Have you been yet? What did you think? 🍗

I was invited to try this one. As always, all opinions are my own.