Willie's Chicken Shack

540 Frenchmen St, New Orleans - 70116
62 reviews
Soul Food Cajun/Creole Chicken Wings
(504) 229-2307

The place always has a line so I jumped in. The cashier was awesome and super helpful to this newby. They are still working with a limited menu so I had to change my order based on her suggestions. I would come here just for the biscuits. They are to die for! Amazing. I could just eat a box of them. The fries aren’t bad either. I agree with the other comments about the chicken not being greasy. I got the chicken tender box. The chicken is solid but not amazing. The barbecue sauce is okay. I still don’t know if there are other sauces available. I am all about the sauce. The decor is awesome and the place has a great vibe. I enjoyed the music and they are open late. I mixed the blue drink (I can’t remember the name) with the colada. I loved it. She let me try three flavors ☺️. Like I said, I would come back for the biscuits and maybe make it a chicken biscuits. ? They also have a/c! Nice pit stop. The food comes out so fast!!!!

The food was pretty good, but the general vibe was not good. The menu on the wall is completely not accurate, they only had about half of the things on there. Also, they said that they were ‘out’ of water and only had water bottles, obviously just to get people to spend more money. Luckily the bar across the street wasn’t as stingy, but overall not a great experience.

My friends and I stopped in here after several drinks around the area, and the chicken meals really helped us out. I stuck with water as a drink for good measure, but the food was a great after-bar meal.

Frenchmen at 2am eating this FABULOUS OFF THE CHAIN SPICY DELICIOUSNESS is an EXPERIENCE!!!! Great music, vibe n the chicken tasted soooooo good!

These are all over new orleans, so we thought we had to try it, to compare to other fried chicken at independent places. Chicken was OK, skin and batter was tasty, fries were soggy though and I hated the greasy biscuit! We also got one of the giant frozen cocktails, which were lethal!

The biscuits were great. The chicken and fries weren't so special. The customer service and selection were terrible. When you're looking for food on a Friday night when the bars are all open and streets are packed, these guys demand that you only order a 3 piece Cajun strip. You wanted fried seafood? You wanted anything else on the menu? You wanted a 5 piece instead of two 3 piece meals because you don't want to spend double the amount? Too bad.

poor attitudes and ridiculously slow/disorganized service. hands down the worst experience I had in New Orleans. And it's overpriced on top of that. Made me dream of finding a buffalo wild wings.

Popeyes is 100 times better and 300 times faster.

Delicious fresh chicken!

The chicken was awesome, best in NOLA but the greeter up front was a real jerk, he was rude, and unhelpful,, should not be representing your business.