Royal Farms

They have free air for tires! there’s usually a line for it, but it’s a nice thing to know if you’re in the area and in need

Cheaper gas and around them and a good clean mini-​mart with great fried chicken. What else do you need?

This is five stars because we’re talking about a *gas station + convenience store*. I’m not saying it’s getting a Michelin.
Very well-​stocked convenience store, along with the Royal Farms fried chicken well love, or should love, for convenience store fried chicken. Their coffee selection is excellent; there are a billion different coffees to choose from along with every type of creamer and milk you can imagine. Parking is convenient as is the location right off of 95 and 295. The gas is reasonably priced for the area, too.

The staff isn’t always the most bubbly of personalities but they always get the job done and they do right and everything is always smooth. No complaints here.

I told some coworkers (I am not from the area) that their fried chicken looked good. They said I really had to get some before I left town. The told me they got it at Royal Farms. I said «sounds great!» I heard the name Royal Farms and thought maybe it was a small restaurant. The name sounds like it could even be a country store, but I knew in the city of Baltimore, that was not the case. Then I found out Royal Farms is actually a gas station, and I seriously wondered if they were trying to kill me. I decided to give it a go, because, well… they were eating it. I was impressed. It was delicious! Royal Farms has some of the best fried chicken I have ever had.

I go to this farm store 3 – 4 times a week and it’s generally very good. The cashiers are always pleasant and quick. Sometimes, the made to order food takes a while (which can be inconvenient on the way to work), but I’m 99% sure that this is due mostly to the construction across the street. I wish the guys building the casino would call their orders ahead or something. They take the place over in the morning and hey, I know they’ve gotta eat (and I appreciate the work they’re doing), but it seems to put a lot of stress on the nice folks putting together food orders.

The service is consistently bad here. I’ve had cashiers roll their eyes at me one too many times. Cheap gas can’t save this dump. BTW: the men’s bathroom door is always locked.

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Went into the store to purchase a few items and Mega Million ticket. One cashier with a steady line was on duty and she called an additional cashier over to help.
When I got to the register, she would not do the $ 5 Quick Pick purchase but said I had to go to a separate register, which was unmanned and wait there. Doesn’t make sense to me and I made my lottery purchase at a competitor later in the day.
My purchase was for 5. xx and I gave her a $ 20. She started to give me 14 brand new singles. When I complained she said she would get larger bills but it would take time. She then pulled large bills out of her register and deposited them in the safe, which did take time, and finally pressed the button for the $ 10 bill for me.
I did not appreciate having to wait for her to make a deposit nor being told, for the first time in my memory, that I had to go to a separate register to make a quick pick lottery purchase.
She had a poor attitude during the whole transaction, was not friendly or welcoming at all. The store manager should also be more aware of the lines when the store is busy.
Nice new store but the customer service is lacking … which is becoming more and more common at Royal Farm stores.

Eh, what you can say? It’s a Royal Farms. Plenty of chicken, plenty of drinks, plenty of quick food options if you’re in a hurry, plenty of gas to fill up your car with.
My mother (otherwise known in our little Unilocal world as «Carrie’s Momma»), however, cannot stop RAVING about their made-​to-​order subs at this particular location. Apparently, the one time we took her here during an errand day, they made her a roast beef wrap that imprinted itself on her brain with such zeal, she now can’t stop talking about it and requests that we bring her one constantly.
We do occasionally run into some service issues at this location because the cooks are so overwhelmed with orders that they take a long… long… long… long time. But the food has always been quite good here, so we don’t mind a short wait.
There is a bit of an issue here with unsavory looking characters hanging outside the doors and in the parking lot, but they won’t bother you if you don’t bother them. The neighborhood is sort of «in-​between» — not exactly the safest area on the planet, but it’s not totally sketch, either. This one’s on very busy Russell Street, so a lot of the traffic comes from everywhere, but it is on the edge of a small residential area.
The store IS very clean, however. I think it’s partially because it was recently built, but the upkeep is usually quite good when I stop in.
A decent option if you need gas, drinks, chicken, or a memorable, to-​die-​for, please-​bring-​your-​old-​momma-​one-​of-​those roast beef wraps.

What can I say about this amazing specimen of an institution.
Cheap gas (petrol). Cheap tobacco. What else. Cheap-​ass food. Typically, a 3 – 5 wait for the food (if it’s taking any longer, maybe make sure that the computer delivered the order to the «cooks»).
Competitively priced non-​cheap things (like energy drinks). Hey, the bathrooms are free and clean (this is for the non-​Americans).
Easy parking. Just make sure you signal when you’re turning off Russell into this lot, you jerk.
Uhhhm, its 24 hours. Responsive cashiers. They ask me how I’m doing. They care a little. They even tell me when I missed random deals? Apparently they were giving out Camel Lights for $ 1.00 a pack recently. I was like «oh, I’m sorry, I must’ve missed that.» Then went home and cried. I might’ve even blamed Obama for my missed economic opportunity.
Sometimes you can see creepy shoplifters. I guess snitch on them if you feel like it’s your responsibility, otherwise just stare at them and make them feel even worse.