Daves Hot Chicken - Santa Ana

This is my first time in Dave?s hot chicken eatery. It?s cute and cozy. The menu is beyond simple: only 3 choices: #1. Tenders with fries, #2. Sliders with fries, and #3. One tender, one slider with fries. You can choose from seven heat levels: reaper, extra hot, hot, medium, mild, lemon pepper, and no spicy ????, Lisly was a great help. They advised me to try no. 3 with mix spices: one hot, the other lemon ???? pepper. It was delicious

I have been wanting to come to this place to try out their food and the levels of spicy. Finally tonight my wife I stopped by. The ambiance is really vibrant and artsy. We ordered combo #3. Slider w/ a chicken tender, chicken sandwich coleslaw and seasoned fries; spicy level Hot. The food was great. Chicken tenders were juicy. The level of spicy was very tolerable. Overall the food was delicious. Almost forgot to mention we ended our meal with a strawberry shake. Yummy.We have finally found an alternative to KFC. Wifey loved it so much that she might dump 3 of her favorite fast food restaurants for this one. My wife did not get heartburn after her meal. Service was good. Food came out fast and hot acouple of minutes after placing the order. Helps that they are open late nights. Definitely going back.

First time visiting this establishment and I had to choose a very busy Friday night ????. A bit of a wait needless to say. I ordered a two extra-hot tenders meal (see attached photo) and my son ordered a hot sliders meal. Pretty pricy for two meal but the chicken was bomb! I liked the flavor, heat and juiciness of the tenders.

Had two sliders (mild), and one slider and one chicken tender (spicy). One order of normal fries and one order of cheesy fries. All very good fast food, make sure to pour the sauce on the burgers and use it as dipping for the fries! Three options for meat spicy-ness: no spice, mild, and spicy.

DHC was a surprise since I'm coming from a place where you can't get a good halal spicy chicken sandwich. Sadly I couldn't grab any food pictures cause the food was good but definitely a place I'd stop by to grab a meal again. The vibe inside during the night, around 6ish, wasn't bad, it wasn't packed nor empty. Decent chunk were going through the sidewalk window. The perfume of spicy slaps inside was great. Ordered 2 sandwiches and fries combo which I split withsomeone. Came with enough of their sauce which tbh wasn't special, it was some classic spicy mayo. I went with extra hot because too much and you only taste spice and too little and it's bland so consider that when ordering. Also eat it assoon as you get it, nobody wanna eat no soggy sandwich. The bun was nice and soft, the chicken wasn't some Chick-fil-A sized garbage, and the mix of lettuce and stuff was nice and crunchy. The chicken on its own as extra hot was a good olepiece of chicken that actually had a good amount of spice for me. It was cooked well, not dry and I wasn't going to die of salmonella so ????. The rub they used was good aka the seasoning/mix/spice wasn't bland and the mayo helped. In allwould stop by for a meal probably a lunch or dinner though I'd imagine it's busy during lunch hours so order it within 5 minutes of your being their and eat it hot or else you won't be able to enjoy it.