Jorge’s Chicken and Waffles

This place was always empty when we went. As of a few weeks ago, it is closed «for remodeling». There is a distinct lack of remodeling activity going on. I think everyone knows what that means.

I didn’t get a chance to try this place because it’s currently closed for refurbishments. The owner should reflect this on Unilocal.Pretty much went out of my way to check this place out.

This place is great!!! My husband and I had a nice quiet lunch on the patio in the spring. The food was absolutely delightful! It was my first time trying chicken and waffles. Since then I have been addicted. We knew we had to go back! We took our whole family there for lunch and everyone was pleasantly surprised with the food and service!!!

Awesome food !!! Get the chicken and waffles! Come here it’s great food! Chicken and waffles chicken and waffles

Slow delivery, that also never arrived. Not only did I not get a confirmation of delivery until an hour after I ordered. They then called ad asked if I lived somewhere I didn’t (even though they have the address). After waiting so long and no hope for delivery, I just went out and got food.
I gave them two stars because grubhub was also a part of this stupidity.

Like I said, when I want something, I know what I want! Good all the way around… Nice crisp with my chicken and moist, waffle was hot with a bit of a crunch on the edge… And the cold coke in the mason jar hit the spot… Looking forward to coming back with live jazz on the menu in the evenings…
Came back in less than 24hrs with my family & the same thing applies that I said yesterday. The tacos were added and my son enjoyed!

It was pretty empty when I went in today, around 2 pm, but seems like a nice place — décor is sort of southern jazz music and food is a mix of chicken and waffle centric food and mexican food. I had the chicken and waffle dinner with the fried chicken breast (boneless, but it was not dry at all). It was about $ 11 and also came with a waffle and some coleslaw (you can get coleslaw or mashed potatoes), and some peppery cream gravy that was quite good — when I go back I’m going to replace the waffle in the chicken dinner with the mashed potatoes and I would go ahead and ask for extra cream gravy, right from the start.
The restaurant was empty when I was there (I was the only patron about 2 pm on a Sunday) — so I hope that is not indicative of the usual crowd level. While the food is good a crossover of a southern focused chicken and waffles and Mexican food feels like an odd cultural mishmash, just due to the décor — and they need to turn down the fans a bit as it was a bit windy at the table due to the high speed of the fans.
I don’t know the sales of this place but I would encourage a bit of a menu make over — put a chicken fried steak on the menu (the place already has the cream gravy and the flowering and wash for the chicken), I would also emphasize the cocktails (they have a full bar) and promote some vintage ones — and add some more Southern themed items — fried green tomatoes, cornbread, hush puppies, maybe even some catfish — an all you can eat Friday catfish might not be a bad idea. I would encourage management/​ownership to look at the menu of Southern Rail and I would also look to Mrs. White’s golden rule café. There are plenty of places for good Mexican food in Tempe but you have to travel a bit, from my experience, to get good Southern food.
Here’s my question for the owners — who is your target audience? Based on the menu, I’m not quite sure they have that answer down.

Awesome food-​hands down best guacamole I’ve ever tasted-​excellent shrimp and fried chicken tacos and great fried chicken and waffles (and my husband is definitely an expert!!).
The service was also fast and courteous, all while putting up with our 2 years old daughter!!!
I would definitely recommend this restaurant and we will for sure come back!

This place is definitely just starting out. You can tell they’re still working out some of the kinks, including menus (they don’t have a drink menu which made it like difficult to order drinks) and service (the waiter seemed new and not super familiar with the menu items), but the food is delicious. We got guacamole and the classic chicken and waffles. The guacamole was very good, but the chips just seemed to be cheap tortilla chips from the grocery store. However, the chicken and waffles were a delicious Belgian waffle and crispy fried chicken which had a bit of a spice. The combo of sweet and spicy was great.
On Friday night they had a guy playing live reggae music which was a little too loud and obnoxious. Not sure what demographic there trying to reach since the décor is jazz albums and the food is a mix of Southern and Mexican. If you can get over the restaurant’s growing stage, it’s worth it for the food. I hope they get things together and don’t go out of business because I’d like to continue going here.

Went here with a group of about 6 ladies for breakfast on Sat. morning. We were all excited to try it. When I walked in at about 930 it was almost completely empty, It was not because it was early because at around 11 when we left it was still just as empty!
Anyway, the service was kind of weird from the start. The waitress was attentive but also the bartender. Then there were 2 other waitresses that were kind of drifting around. Unfortunately, for all those servers and lack of guests the service was not attentive at all. At one point I had to get up and go to the bar to ask our waitress for a side of toast. You would think for a group of 6 they would check up a little more.
I got the classic chicken and waffle. I liked it a lot. For me, the food was the best part of the experience (besides the company). The other ladies with me were not so impressed. My one friend got the protein waffle and that looked good.
Overall, this place is going for too many identities. Brunch? Chicken and waffles? day bar with a cool patio? Nighttime scene?
I might go back because I liked the fried chicken but we shall see.

Dined here on a Sunday afternoon. I was freaking dying I was so hungry. Nothing sounded better then some chicken and waffles. Sat at the bar, bartender was friendly and sporting a thick beard. *props brah. My lady and I ordered a couple beers… nice and cold they were. Ordered the waffles and fried chicken breast no gravy. Also put in an order of their avocado ceviche. Food did not take long, chicken was very good… but very small for a chicken breast, especially fried. Needs to be twice the size. Chicken and waffles, people are looking to feast. The avocado ceviche was very interesting… ceviche was placed on top of two halves of an avocado… the avocado was not sliced or prepped to be eaten and the chips were not pleasing to the eye. I basically had to finish the job of making the avocado ceviche. It tasted great but I shouldn’t have to carve my own avocado out and dice it up and mix it up on a plate.
Lots of potential here.
Recommendation: ditch the peel and cut the avocado up for the customer and place it in a salsa dish

Yummy chicken. Moist and flavorful. Waffles were soft but wish they’d have added some cinnamon or something to make then taste more special.

This place is pretty bad, even if Lolo’s didn’t exist. Since Lolo’s does exist, there’s not much point in coming here.
The waffles are Belgian style, and generic and flavorless. If you’ve been to Lolo’s, you know the incredible flavor, the subtle spices that go into their waffles. Jorge’s taste like standard waffle mix.
Since they’re Belgian style, they get cold quickly. Belgians do this because they have so little mass and so much surface area. You’ve probably noticed that when you try to spread butter on a Belgian waffle, it often won’t melt. That’s because they cool down so quickly. If you don’t eat them immediately, they’ll be cold when you do. Another reason to prefer Lolo’s — theirs are nice and dense, flatter waffles, which stay hot longer, not to mention their incredible flavor.
The chicken was not normal fried chicken. It was some kind of boneless thing with a hot sauce mixed into the batter. It tasted terrible. It really was just unappetizing. I didn’t eat even a third of the chicken. It’s crazy to make fried chicken and decide for the customer how much hot sauce will be in the chicken — if people like hot sauce on their chicken, and that’s a big if, they probably prefer to be in control of how much.
Chicken and waffle places tend to be obsessive about their chicken and their waffles. It’s usually a situation where someone has spent years perfecting their waffles, finding the right spices, timing and heat. And the same thing with the fried chicken. These sorts of places, like Lolo’s or Roscoe’s in LA, are the culmination of serious skills. Jorge’s feels like someone just wanted to open a chicken and waffle place, and where no real effort went into either of the dishes.

Yay! I’m a fan of the chickenwaffle cone! :)
For one, There’s no Jorge. This Self proclaimed Mexican Restaurant has no Jorge there! I was really feeling some type of way about this. I really thought I was going to support (under the impression by the name Jorge) that it would be ran by an actual Spanish or Hispanic since it had a Spanish Name, served Mexican specialties like Ceviche. I thought a «Mexican Soul Food Jazz Joint»?! OKKKK :)
But come to my surprise this Mexican Chicken and Waffle Place is owned by the same owners of the US Egg! I was ready to leave for being mislead. Really, this is like mockery because they also have semi Soul Food like Jalapeño Mac & Cheese, Shrimp & Grits and the obvious Chicken & Waffles. When I found out that the owners weren’t Mexican or SOUL, SMH, BUT, None the less, I was there, been wanted to try it despite the SIKE but, still thought why not?!
Although, surprisingly, I didn’t hear or definitely didn’t feel the VIBE of a real inspired Jazz Joint, which the menus there also come inside Album Covers from different artist from Black Jazz Artist (DUH!) to White 50’s Jive (?) groups. That lost me too, this place is weird. The name you think sends one message: Mexican Soul Food but when inside the place it feels like any other old downtown Scottsdale bar catering to the rock crowd.
Anywaysss, I went in and like everyone else said on their reviews, although it wasn’t busy (about 5 employees, 3 customers) there wasn’t an instant acknowledge to greet us. We were New Customers who had never visit this establishment before but was eager to try the Mexican Chicken Waffle Combination!
The employees were just chillen, over the counter laid back, the bartenders were a rocker type white boy and a non-​social (maybe new?) long hair, skinny female. The bartender guy told me the happy hour specialty drinks were his own recipes. So, we tried the El Diablo & The Moscow Mule. Both taste like too much syrup, kind of strong with weak liquor but, like he said, «Drink it or wear it”(? — I don’t know).
We ordered some apps; The Chicken Waffle Cone, The wings and I wanted to try the shrimp & grits but was advised «don’t do that» may not like it (sad I was craving some damn shrimp & grits too) but instead I took the warning and ordered the Jalapeño Mac & Cheese. Why?!
The Chicken Waffle Cone was soooo good. Hard to eat how its served but it was seasoned just about right. A pinch more of seasoning wouldn’t hurt & maybe a little longer browning would of made this chicken waffle cone IT. But one down side to this, that I recommend adjusting is, that if this is a Waffle Cone, you expect some syrup with it, no? Add some syrup on the side along this app, waffles and syrup go hand in hand. The coleslaw bed was good too.
The wings tasted like any other bar food. Kindda disappointing too cos you would think they would be fried wings, no? (I don’t know maybe based on expectation from their competition) but man, the mac & cheese?! Why, didn’t I stick to my first choice? The Jalepenos Mac & Cheese taste like out the box macaroni with a non brand cheese melted on top, cooked to good temp tho, but it was so bland and taste-​less, like no salt or pepper, the very least.
My guest I took with me was really to leave as soon as we got a feel of the atmosphere there but hey, I tried it, I guess.

It was good not great. Service was excellent and probably worth an extra star but the chicken was slightly underdone and the breading was very generic — not a ton of flavor. Awesome atmosphere. Love the jazz music playing while I sat on the deck. Overall worth a look. I will try something besides the chicken and waffles next time.

They’re not claiming to be a 5-​star restaurant, this is straight up bar food. You want $ 3 beer and $ 3 apps go here, QUIT HAYTIN’

Don’t waste your time and money. Not only is the food cold and greasy, but also disgusting.
Who ‘fixes’ cold food by throwing it in the deep fryer for a second time? Cook up a new plate instead.

This place just opened up near my apt and sent out a $ 10 gift card to people in close proximity. Oddly enough I had been having such a craving for chicken and waffles lately, it seemed like fate.
First off, Fate I would like you to know that you’re a jerk.
My wife (who is a vegetarian) and I decided to try this place out even after reading the previous Unilocal!reviews.
I thought the record sleeves for menu covers was a cool idea, and it seems that they have added a better beer selection since one reviewer had posted his distaste of limited beer options.
At first, the service was prompt. Our server took our drink order and brought the beer and waters quickly. She was not very knowledgeable when it came time for ordering our entrees, my wife wanted to make sure there was no egg in the veggie tacos, she did not know but she did go to the kitchen to check for us, and was very polite.
We ordered:
Veggie Tacos
Side of sweet potato fries
Chicken and waffles that came with gravy
After waiting nearly 20 – 25 minutes for our food, it finally arrived.
The fries — barely lukewarm. When she brought the rest of our food out I explained to her that our fries were cold, she took them back and said she’d be back. A couple of minutes later she returned with what was obviously the same fries that were just redropped into the fryer to heat up (and soak up a ton more oil) they were awful.
The rest of our food was also barely warm. The butter didn’t even melt on the waffle.
The manager came over and asked how everything was and I told him «all of this food is barely warm»
«I’ll go reheat all of it for you»
He did. He obviously dropped the chicken back in the dryer (now frying the meat as I had cut off a few bites) and brought it back.
The whole meal was awful.
I felt like the food was probably ready at a decent time, but was not delivered to us promptly and sat under a heat lamp for 10+ minutes.
I will never go here again. People tell me I need to try Lolo’s. I guess I will next time I have the craving.
If I could have left 0 stars, I would have.

Blah… That is the first word that came to mind when I sat down at this place. The record covers for the menu is completely lame and I don’t quite understand the concept of letting customers write on the chairs. This is a poor, broke man’s disneyland version of a touristy New Orleans wanna be juke joint.
And the food! How dare they not have bone-​in chicken breast and decent hot sauce. It should be against the law to serve fried chicken and not have crystal hot sauce!
The service was absolutely terrible, took over 10 minutes just to get drinks. The mimosa was just a fancy glass of orange juice. The food took another 25 minutes, and some how managed to come out cold. The only thing I liked about this place was the small portions. You definitely will not over eat… Unless you order two entrees. All of the food tasted pretty average, the chorizo and salsa appeared to be store bought. The chicken was not very meaty and over fried.
So again … Blah

Awesome vibe out at the patio bar, we felt like we were at the beach! The manager and owner are very friendly and excited to be apart of this area and hope that their new restaurant gains popularity. The concept for this restaurant came from the same guy that owns all of the US Egg locations around town. I’ve never been there so I cannot relate any similarities or differences, but this place has a pretty cool thing going. The location is pretty close to ASU, right on the light rail path, and has some awesome interior decoration/​design. Jazz music is their jam. I like that. They also happen to have one of the best sign spinners that I’ve ever seen. Anyway on to the good stuff:
We ordered Chicken & Waffles with a side of Jalapeño Mac n’ Cheese. I’d say it was pretty good, but not on the same caliber as something like Rosco’s. Perhaps it was because I got the breast (I normally prefer dark meat). Anyway, the chicken was flavorful and cooked perfectly, but there was still something awry. The waffles were golden and crispy, also cooked to perfection. Perhaps I prefer a thinner waffle? I cannot quite put my finger on what was wrong. The hot sauce choices could be a little better. I opted for Cholula vs. Tabasco, but I feel like they need some Louisiana hot sauce or some Franks. Maybe I want crispier skin on my chicken. I still do not know what was missing. Anyway, it was not bad, but it was not quite like the chicken and waffles that I have come to love.
The manager recommended the mac n cheese, but my friend and I were not fans. It lacked flavor. It was bland and needed more of a cheesy taste. Perhaps some ham or bacon, or a sharper cheese. Hell even a little salt and pepper might work. I ended up putting hot sauce on it and that helped a little but not a lot.
I am interested to see how this restaurant does in the near future and look forward to checking it out again. This place has some serious potential to be a fun little spot.
Go see for yourself!