• Re: Dinner Tonight 5/22/2026

    From Milo Trax@milo@tr.ax to rec.food.cooking,soc.culture.hawaii,alt.food.fast-food on Sun May 24 16:58:35 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.food.fast-food

    On Sun, 24 May 2026 22:23:45 GMT
    ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:

    The good news is that Popeye's Louisiana Kitchen opened in our
    little town. The bad news is that the lane entering the lot has
    been clogged up since it opened. Not to be negative or anything,
    but the drive-through was not a good experience. We had to wait
    about 20 minutes to get our food. Unfortunately, the staff was not
    ready for the mission they have taken on.

    If you'd opted to go inside for your order you probably would have
    walked out with it in hand in about 10 minutes.

    Unlikely, counter orders get in line with drive through many places.

    When we finally got home, the sandwiches we found to have paper in
    them. Hopefully, the person assembling the sandwiches was unaware
    of the paper keeping the cheese slices separate. I like to think
    that it was a manager that was responsible. One sandwich had two
    bottom buns. That probably threw their entire assembly sequence
    into a tizzy.

    As annoying as it would have been, I'd driven back with that order
    and gone inside and asked what seems to be the problem with
    assembling sandwiches?

    ~
    It's Popeyes - they don't cotton to criticism.

    Also, check the 2-3* reviews they get on yelp:

    https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=Popeyes&find_loc=O%27ahu%2C+HI&osq=Popeyes

    https://www.yelp.com/biz/popeyes-louisiana-kitchen-honolulu-8?osq=Popeyes


    Dennis P.
    Wahiawa, HI
    010
    May 18, 2026
    went to Kapahulu Popeye's for an online / drive through. at the drive through, they forgot about 2/3's of my order. no drink, no sides, no sauce, etc. checked as much as i could, drove off. noticed that the pieces of chicken were less than advertised. called to notify them, they said "sorry, cant help. go online" definitely will never return to this place ever again. horrible in every way possible.


    Tin Shing C.
    Honolulu, HI
    010330
    Dec 24, 2025Updated review
    Long waiting inside the store, They just let you wait for 15 plus
    minutes, they are trying to serve the drive through first, may be next
    time better do drive, through. Can't help just wait, wait, and wait.
    Too bad.

    I hate to agree, but...this is typical in any Popeyes I have tried.

    Not well-sorted at the counter or drive through.



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  • From dsi1@user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid to rec.food.cooking,soc.culture.hawaii,alt.food.fast-food on Mon May 25 03:04:46 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.food.fast-food


    Milo Trax <milo@tr.ax> posted:

    On Sun, 24 May 2026 22:23:45 GMT
    ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:

    The good news is that Popeye's Louisiana Kitchen opened in our
    little town. The bad news is that the lane entering the lot has
    been clogged up since it opened. Not to be negative or anything,
    but the drive-through was not a good experience. We had to wait
    about 20 minutes to get our food. Unfortunately, the staff was not
    ready for the mission they have taken on.

    If you'd opted to go inside for your order you probably would have
    walked out with it in hand in about 10 minutes.

    Unlikely, counter orders get in line with drive through many places.

    When we finally got home, the sandwiches we found to have paper in
    them. Hopefully, the person assembling the sandwiches was unaware
    of the paper keeping the cheese slices separate. I like to think
    that it was a manager that was responsible. One sandwich had two
    bottom buns. That probably threw their entire assembly sequence
    into a tizzy.

    As annoying as it would have been, I'd driven back with that order
    and gone inside and asked what seems to be the problem with
    assembling sandwiches?

    ~
    It's Popeyes - they don't cotton to criticism.

    Also, check the 2-3* reviews they get on yelp:

    https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=Popeyes&find_loc=O%27ahu%2C+HI&osq=Popeyes

    https://www.yelp.com/biz/popeyes-louisiana-kitchen-honolulu-8?osq=Popeyes


    Dennis P.
    Wahiawa, HI
    010
    May 18, 2026
    went to Kapahulu Popeye's for an online / drive through. at the drive through, they forgot about 2/3's of my order. no drink, no sides, no sauce, etc. checked as much as i could, drove off. noticed that the pieces of chicken were less than advertised. called to notify them, they said "sorry, cant help. go online" definitely will never return to this place ever again. horrible in every way possible.


    Tin Shing C.
    Honolulu, HI
    010330
    Dec 24, 2025Updated review
    Long waiting inside the store, They just let you wait for 15 plus
    minutes, they are trying to serve the drive through first, may be next
    time better do drive, through. Can't help just wait, wait, and wait.
    Too bad.

    I hate to agree, but...this is typical in any Popeyes I have tried.

    Not well-sorted at the counter or drive through.



    It's important to have a good crew behind the counter. My wife used to work at McDonald's for less than a week. That was not a happy crew. The boss was not nice. Then she worked at Jack-in-the-Box. It sounds like that was a happy crew.
    Maybe they were too happy. OTOH, in those days, you had to place you order at the
    drive through by talking to a clown head. My wife (then a grillfriend) was so cute. My friend and I went in there and order some nasty food and watch her working. When we got the food, we're standing there and she's standing there. We're waiting to pay and she's waiting for us to beat it. As far as petty larceny it was strictly amateur hour. We never did get to hone our skills to
    a dangerous sharp edge.

    As far as Popeye's goes, you got to admit that it's a nice, clean, building anyway.

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  • From Milo Trax@milo@tr.ax to rec.food.cooking,soc.culture.hawaii,alt.food.fast-food on Mon May 25 10:22:07 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.food.fast-food

    On Mon, 25 May 2026 03:04:46 GMT
    dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    Milo Trax <milo@tr.ax> posted:

    On Sun, 24 May 2026 22:23:45 GMT
    ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:


    dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:


    The good news is that Popeye's Louisiana Kitchen opened in our
    little town. The bad news is that the lane entering the lot has
    been clogged up since it opened. Not to be negative or anything,
    but the drive-through was not a good experience. We had to wait
    about 20 minutes to get our food. Unfortunately, the staff was
    not ready for the mission they have taken on.


    If you'd opted to go inside for your order you probably would have
    walked out with it in hand in about 10 minutes.


    Unlikely, counter orders get in line with drive through many places.


    When we finally got home, the sandwiches we found to have paper
    in them. Hopefully, the person assembling the sandwiches was
    unaware of the paper keeping the cheese slices separate. I like
    to think that it was a manager that was responsible. One
    sandwich had two bottom buns. That probably threw their entire
    assembly sequence into a tizzy.


    As annoying as it would have been, I'd driven back with that order
    and gone inside and asked what seems to be the problem with
    assembling sandwiches?

    ~

    It's Popeyes - they don't cotton to criticism.

    Also, check the 2-3* reviews they get on yelp:

    https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=Popeyes&find_loc=O%27ahu%2C+HI&osq=Popeyes

    https://www.yelp.com/biz/popeyes-louisiana-kitchen-honolulu-8?osq=Popeyes


    Dennis P.
    Wahiawa, HI
    010
    May 18, 2026
    went to Kapahulu Popeye's for an online / drive through. at the
    drive through, they forgot about 2/3's of my order. no drink, no
    sides, no sauce, etc. checked as much as i could, drove off.
    noticed that the pieces of chicken were less than advertised.
    called to notify them, they said "sorry, cant help. go online"
    definitely will never return to this place ever again. horrible in
    every way possible.


    Tin Shing C.
    Honolulu, HI
    010330
    Dec 24, 2025Updated review
    Long waiting inside the store, They just let you wait for 15 plus
    minutes, they are trying to serve the drive through first, may be
    next time better do drive, through. Can't help just wait, wait, and
    wait. Too bad.

    I hate to agree, but...this is typical in any Popeyes I have tried.

    Not well-sorted at the counter or drive through.




    It's important to have a good crew behind the counter. My wife used
    to work at McDonald's for less than a week. That was not a happy
    crew. The boss was not nice. Then she worked at Jack-in-the-Box. It
    sounds like that was a happy crew. Maybe they were too happy. OTOH,
    in those days, you had to place you order at the drive through by
    talking to a clown head. My wife (then a grillfriend) was so cute. My
    friend and I went in there and order some nasty food and watch her
    working. When we got the food, we're standing there and she's
    standing there. We're waiting to pay and she's waiting for us to beat
    it. As far as petty larceny it was strictly amateur hour. We never
    did get to hone our skills to a dangerous sharp edge.

    As far as Popeye's goes, you got to admit that it's a nice, clean,
    building anyway.


    Tis indeed, plus they get the chicken in the right size (not steroidal)
    and their biscuits rock as well their sides.

    I love the product, hate the delivery is all.

    Very strange that this is a commonality nationwide.

    The may need new teens:

    https://youtu.be/A1HqjBc6LhA

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  • From Bryan Simmons@bryangsimmons@gmail.com to rec.food.cooking,soc.culture.hawaii,alt.food.fast-food on Sat Jun 6 17:58:18 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.food.fast-food

    On 5/24/2026 10:04 PM, dsi1 wrote:

    As far as Popeye's goes, you got to admit that it's a nice, clean, building anyway.

    Popeyes has no apostrophe.
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    For your safety and protection, this sig. has been thoroughly
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    We're just too courteous to say so."
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