KFC

July 2015: THREE STARS
Buffet $ 8.29 +tax (this time they gave me the Sr. Buffet price) and what a difference a month makes. I tried same restaurant again on Thursday at 7:30pm. Not busy inside but drive-​thru typical for dinner time. Restaurant was VERY clean, with 2 employees working to clean floors, tables, and windows. Buffet reasonably stocked and food looked and tasted very good. Manager and staff all hard working and very friendly. Raising my rating and will try again to see if this is the norm. Optimistic.
June 2015: TWO STARS
Buffet $ 9.19 +tax: here’s something you don’t see often for KFC so I tried it. Now you need to know, my 1^st job was with Kentucky Fried Chicken, in 1973 and I’ve loved the Colonel’s «Original Recipe» ever since. This location and experience was disappointing, at best. At dinner (7pm) the restaurant was not very busy with dirty floors and tables that were never attended during my half-​hour stay. Chicken selection was okay, serving area messy, and staff seemed to be in «slow-​motion». My guess is the buffet is a last ditch effort to try to save this soon-​to-​fail franchise location.

Pulled up to KFC at 9:55 to order popcorn shrimp and a combo meal (chicken potpie). Was told at that time that they are almost closed and only had chicken fried steak left. I said I didn’t want chicken fried steak and then confirmed the hours of the store. He confirmed it was 10pm and I told him I’d just let corporate know… I get its 5min till, but frankly I wanted some good fast food tonight. At my hotel my restaurant closed at 10pm as well, but if someone checks in at 10pm or a tad bit later and wants food I tell my chef to cook them what they want. How are you out of everything but chicken fried steak in South Dallas? We love chicken down here… End of the story, I went next door to the competition for my dinner. PS doesn’t even deserve a star. The lady at the drive thru window just gave me a dirty look…

Super friendly staff, but the wait is a bit much. I was asked to wait for their chicken to finish cooking at 3:30pm on a Wednesday.
I’ll definitely be back!

Waiting 6 minutes for dark meat, as the super friendly CSR requested that I do. At least she was nice enough to ask if it was OK with me, which sounded like she would have tried to modify or cancel my order if I had asked her to. Yeah, but still waiting…