Chick-fil-A

I don’t know why Chick-​fil-​As in malls and airports are subpar. It should be all the same Chick-​fil-​A food, right? Anyway, I got a Market Salad, which is one of my favorite options at Chick-​fil-​A. Here, the lettuce leaves were peaked and blackening at the edges, and the chicken was weirdly gristly. It was a disappointing lunch, for sure.
The saving grace was the fries — they were nice and soft and familiarly bland. The service was OK, and pretty much what I expected for a Chick-​fil-​A in a mall, even though I had to keep repeating my order to the kid behind the counter.
Speaking of kid, kids love this place. This is always a go-​to, no-​thinking restaurant to take kids because they will eat fries and they will eat chicken. The kids meals come with an option of fruit instead of fries, which I highly suggest. The fruit is always fresh, and usually comes with the kind of fruit kids like: blueberries, strawberries and apples.

It’s hard to find a good fast food salad, but they’ve figured it out. The market salad is so good! I prefer the fried chicken and get the berry balsamic dressing. It comes with a few packs of crunchy add ons, which only make it better.

I can’t wait to get a CFA near us in Michigan! My kids are super picky but will always eat the chicken bites and lemonade from there. The CFA sauce is amazing on nearly anything and you can’t go wrong with tenders, sweet tea and waffle fries.

Have I ever had a bad experience at Chick-​fil-​A? Nope.
Outstanding customer service with the best food you can think of, not to mention that chocolate shake the changes your life every time it hits your lips.

Normally I love Chick-​Fil-​A but this location is not that great. The staff was extremely rude and the chicken was old and yucky. I looked forward to going to here since where I live there is no Chick-​fil-​A. I guess I will have to wait for my next trip to the east coast to get some good Chick-​fil-​A

Despite expense account dinners at St. Elmo’s, Shula’s, and Ruth Chris, it is the Chick-​Fil-​A in the Indy mall that is the highlight of my trip to Indianapolis every February. I apparently am not alone in feeling this way as I seem to win new friends every year simply by bringing an assortment of chicken sandwiches, tenders, and fries back with me for lunch. The staff at this location could not have been nicer on my last visit. One of the guys I was having lunch with was recovering from shoulder surgery and still wearing a sling. The attendant actually carried his tray and entire meal over to him at our food court table so he wouldn’t have to balance it. (Of course I had forgotten all about him and was totally useless.) Then when we were finishing up (aka inhaling) our meal, the same woman actually came back and asked if we wanted refills or needed anything. I don’t eat at many food courts, but I have never had that experience before. I don’t know if it’s midwest pleasant hospitality or that Chick-​Fil-​A is just awesome in general. The best part of all is that if you are staying at the Westin, the Crowne Plaza, or coming from the stadium or the convention center, you don’t even need to walk outside. The worst thing ever is that it is not open on Sundays.

O Chik-​Fil-​A of the centre city mall in Indianapolis, you do not disappoint. I live in a part of the country with the nearest Chik-​Fil-​A being a good 40 minute drive, and thus not really worth it.
But on a fine Friday at GenCon, you are a short walk from the Indianapolis Convention Center on the skywalks, and full of yummy chicken goodness and dipping sauces. fast. tasty. i like.
in fact, so much, that my wife went back the next day and got herself lunch there… picked up an order for me while i was at a seminar. good food, friendly staff.
dining area is food court style — grab a table anywhere you can find room.
Not open on sunday — o cruel world.

Better than most fast food, good fries

I’m all by myself at a conference in Indianapolis. Poor me. Sniff. Upon arrival I rang a couple colleagues who teach at different institutions, knowing they’re here in the city, somewhere, to see if they had dinner plans, but alas, no one answered. After a couple hours, I meandered out of my downtown hotel to the city convention center, picked up my conference materials, then began wandering the streets. It began to rain, which reminded me of home. And how I hadn’t eaten anything substantial all day. Not having much luck in locating take out, my eyes lit up when I saw the word, «MALL.» Perhaps I might find some cool Indianapolis-​esque food court options.
While on the mall’s second floor, I located what I thought was a food court just up one flight of steps. As I reached the top, a beacon of neon light that I hadn’t seen since living in Texas beckoned to me: Chick-​Fil-​A. I was never a huge fast food fan, but was nevertheless drawn to Chick-​Fil-​A while on lunch breaks while residing in the Lone Star State. Twenty years later, here I was. But something is different now: I can’t eat gluten. Well, I could, but I prefer not to spend the rest of my evening doubled over with stomach cramps.
Anyway, as I cautiously approached, I was thrilled to see several salad options. I asked the very helpful server for a suggestion, and he recommended the chargrilled chicken and fruit salad. For a total of $ 6.20, I received fresh lettuce, carrots, apple, mandarin oranges, strawberries, red grapes, jack & cheddar cheese, a berry vinaigrette, and the wonderful Chick-​fil-​A chicken I always remembered. The salad was also to come with granola, but the server offered me sunflower seeds instead. Yeah!
Other salad choices include breaded chicken strips & salad, Southwest chargrilled salad, and a few others I embarrassingly do not recall. A variety of salad dressings were available, too.
The downside, of course, is the location: a food court, which is responsible for the four-​star rating. Luckily, I have a cozy hotel room so got to bump my personal experience to five stars.