The Cocky Rooster

2523 W Main St, Richmond - 23220
159 reviews
Chicken Wings
(804) 944-9464

We blew in last night and rode out the summer thunderstorm in the best possible place! We had the not-not wings (vegan) and tried four different sauces. All were great. The Asian ginger was my favorite, but the truffle buffalo was a close second. Had the fries AND the sweet potato fries (because why not?). Really tasty. The interior is clean and bright and is sporting amazing hand painted walls with a huge rooster on one wall for all your Gram needs. Where else in Short Pump are you going to get 40 oz. bumpers? And for $4? Crazy fun!

It’s the Experience for me!!! Cool Vibe!!! The staff is super friendly and helpful!! Walked me through the entire ordering process. We sampled flavors to get an idea of what we wanted. My faves are K Town Rolex, Anaconda, Biggie Buff Ranch!! I look forward to going back!!! #TakeYourWingsAndFly

edit: Sorry, I didn't add an actual review either my rating! This place was awesome and we will DEFINITELY be returning. I've had too many run-ins lately with bad boneless chicken of any kind, and it was really nice to enjoy some boneless wings that had minimal (because obviously zero is nigh-impossible) chewy fat chunks and zero cartilage chunks. I know cartilage is just part of chicken, but it really turns me off when other places have chunks of it in the food ?Such was not the case here! Great chicken, awesome sauce, and the staff was so nice, they let us try an ice cream sandwich on the house (as part of a promotion they're currently doing)! Next time we will purchase one because it was AWESOME!

The first few times I have been here the boneless wings and the fries with everything seasoning were great. Last few times they were okay, the chicken is fully cooked but the coating was a little mushy. Got it today and it’s mushy again. Not sure if it’s too much sauce or not fried long enough. I really love the sauces but this mush is not it.

Vegan wings weren't bad. Dry rub is salty and so is the fries but nevertheless really good for a once of week thing. Staff were super friendly and let us try out some sauces before we settled on one. All in all a good experience. Will definitely be back

We’ve ordered here a bunch because we like the food - the problem is their takeout/delivery is super unreliable in terms of getting what you ordered and paid for. Every single order we’ve received in the last year has had something missing, the wrong thing, etc. We finally decided to call last night when my husband got home with our pick up order and opened the bag and there were no sauces for the strips. It was clear as day on the receipt stapled to the bag the sauces were ordered, so we made sure it wasn’t our error. The person who answered the phone said “the sauces are free so we can’t do anything for you”….I meannn. The sauces are their whole niche, I could’ve got plain chicken tendies elsewhere for much less $. Just weird customer service response and for that it was unfortunately our last visit ??‍♀️. If you want to eat here I wouldn’t do delivery and definitely check the bag before you leave.

Awesome food! Wings were made to perfection. Fries were seasoned well and crispy. All of this made me overlook the hot coke soda can that I received. Even with a warm drink, I still recommend this wonderful Richmond takeout wing spot!

The best place to go for wings in Richmond. The sauces are great and I haven't tried one flavor yet that disappoints. Southern Honey & Liquid Gold are my go to flavors. Also the sweet potato fries are pretty good.

As everyone would I looked for a "valued" place for wings for the superbowl. I bought 25pc boneless and 25pc bone in and sweet fries. I placed the order around 2pm for pickup at 4:15pm. I picked up my order at 4:23 and went home. Open up the wings try them and they were by far THE WORST chicken I've ever had! The wings were not only cold but they also had a soggy bottom on the boneless wings and had been cooked to the consistency of rubber.. $123.00 later for me to throw them all in the trash.They also came naked and I had to dip the 2 boneless wings that I tried in the sauce cups. (They didn't even toss them in the sauce.) the bone in wings were also soggy and they were suppose to be a dry rub lemon pepper.. Not sure how that even happens, but don't waste your money buying here. Very unpleasant experience.

Wings are good, tenders were too dry. Good blue cheese which is a big ask outside of Buffalo. Good to know someone knows that there’s more than one heat level for wing sauce. Carrots and celery made me feel like I was home.Best part: fries. They barely made it home.