Florida’s Best Rated Fast Food Chain May Surprise You
Florida’s best rated fast food. What comes to mind?
The Usual Suspects
McDonald’s, Taco Bell, and Chick-fil-A are big names in fast food, but they’re not the only ones. Dozens of much smaller but well-known fast food chains serve their own tasty versions of burgers, fried chicken, Mexican food, and lots of other foods.
If you want to try local fast food chains, Food & Wine showed which ones were the best in each state. The website says, “These restaurants often end up doing double duty as ambassadors for their place of origin because they are fast, easy, and usually pretty cheap. They also almost always have a strong sense of place.”
This may (or may not) surprise you!
Writers say that PDQ (which stands for: People Dedicated to Quality) is the best fast food place in Florida.
Here are the reasons why they are named the best:
“Fresh — as in, never frozen — chicken, skillfully made fingers and nuggets and a clear talent for sauce creation (creamy garlic, chipotle pepper barbecue, sweet and hot sriracha) that we can’t get enough of are the calling card at this relatively new, Tampa-based find, with locations scattered around the Southeast. There’s no beef here, thank goodness Clara Peller isn’t alive to see this, but we promise you won’t mind. Get a load, by the way, of their crispy chicken sandwich with the house pimento cheese, crispy bacon, and crunchy sea salt potato chips — it’s rather ridiculous. (Order a healthy side of steamed broccoli or chili-lime corn, you’ll feel better. Or those delicious zucchini fries. That’s a vegetable, right?)”
I, for one, love me some PDQ! Have you tried them? Absolutely delicious fast food! Even better, is the in-house sauces! I see why PDQ is Florida’s best rated fast food.
The Best 10 Tampa Chick-fil-A Stores: Ranked
1. Waters Ave
Location: 6299 W Waters Ave, Tampa
Rating: 4.6
Number of reviews: 5,743
What people are saying: This location mostly has 4 and 5 star reviews. Many have commented that it’s the BEST Chick-fil-A in the area. Most of the glowing reviews are about their Christmas lights display during the holidays. Which, if you’ve never seen it, you should check it out! They deck out the entire location in lights!
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2. E. Brandon/Valrico
Location: 1504 E Brandon Blvd, Brandon
Rating: 4.6
Number of reviews: 3,588
What most people are saying: Super clean place plus fast and friendly service. If there is a negative review, the store owner has responded and tried to correct it!
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3. Temple Terrace
Location: 5302 E Fowler Ave, Temple Terrace
Rating: 4.5
Number of reviews: 5,103
What people are saying: This location seems to have some constant problems, but the staff is normally kind enough to quickly correct them.
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4. North Dale Mabry
Location: 15801 N Dale Mabry Hwy, Carrollwood
Rating: 4.5
Number of reviews: 2,772
What people are saying: Most people say that food and customer service is good. People are mainly complaining about the way the drive-thru is set up.
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5. Lake Brandon Village
Location: 11325 Causeway Blvd, Brandon
Rating: 4.4
Number of reviews: 3,904
What people are saying: Most experiences are good but some are disappointing. People say the staff is nice but they often get orders wrong or incomplete.
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6. South Dale Mabry
Location: 609 S Dale Mabry Hwy, Tampa, FL
Rating: 4.3
Number of reviews: 2,928
What people are saying: There are a few bad reviews among hundreds of good ones. Most people are saying that the staff here is very friendly and the restaurant runs really well.
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7. Gandy Blvd
Location: 3678 W Gandy Blvd, Tampa
Rating: 4.3
Number of reviews: 2,637
What people are saying: We noticed that in the past 8 months this location has gotten some pretty bad reviews based off of incorrect orders. However, the store owner has responded to all of the bad reviews and has offered to make it right. They even asked for the person’s Chick-fil-A app username so maybe they can send them a reward.
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8. Uptown District
Location: 2811 E Fowler Ave, Tampa
Rating: 4.2
Number of reviews: 2,522
What people are saying: Little complaints on food quality but most people express their dissatisfaction with the drive-thru line.
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9. West Hillsborough
Location: 8465 W Hillsborough Ave, Tampa
Rating: 4.2
Number of reviews: 174 (this is a brand new location so that’s why there aren’t as many reviews as other locations).
What people are saying: It seemed like the new location was working through some kinks but have since upped their speed. Some complaints mention the online orders aren’t accurate.
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10. Tampa Stadium
Address: 2551 N Dale Mabry Hwy, Tampa, FL
Rating: 3.8
Number of reviews: 2,959
What people are saying: A lot of complaints state that this store is usually understaffed and the drive-thru takes “forever”. However we did notice that the store owner responds to most of the complaints and tries to offer a solution, which is nice.
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