Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers

It was nice to go check out Raising Cane's in Bloomington a couple weeks ago. I had only ate at Raising Cane's twice ever so it's nice to be reminded of how good their chicken is. They were pretty crowded when we got there and the parking lot was a bit tight. It's kind of only one row of parking and I drive a larger vehicle so it was difficult to pull in or even back in to the parking place. Once we finally got a parking place we went inside and placed our order. I noticed there was a lot of people that were happy and enjoying their dinner. There's not a lot of seating inside, I've definitely seen pictures of bigger Canes restaurants but it seems like it could be enough if people are in and out when they're finished eating. We didn't have to wait very long for our food and it was all fresh

I've visited one other RC location in the past and had a very mid experience there, so my expectations were so low for this new location. Unfortunately they were not even met. There was a hair in my fry/chicken container. I ordered sweet tea but was given unsweetened, and (as expected) my chicken strips were not crispy/crunchy and definitely not hot & fresh. An all around yuck.

I wanted to give it a chance since it’s new in town, sadly disappointed. They haven’t even been open for 2 weeks and their soda machine is broken. The chicken tenders were mushy and smelled like burnt oil which made them not edible, the fries were mushy but well salted, the Texas toast was cold and soft.. the best part of the meal was the canes sauce. With this being a new building, I wish there was a better flow for traffic, the incoming traffic blocks the exiting traffic.. thankfully the cars move through pretty quickly. If you want great chicken with a crunch and consistency go to Pop Up!

I’m trying lunch the 2nd day they are open, it’s about 11:30am. They have some folks in the parking lot directing traffic….so that’s going pretty well. The drive thru is 2 lines moving fairly quickly. I’d say it was about 8-10 mins from the time I joined the line to the time I got my food. I had “The Box” and it was fine. Bottom sides of the fingers were a bit soft, top was crunchy. So, I’ll prolly go again.

Hot take here, but imo not all it's cracked up to be. ITS JUST CHICKEN STRIPS. Also not a huge fan of the Cane's sauce, I feel it tastes like sour honey mustard. Service and staff were great so I don't want to take anything away from them. However, Canes is a hard pass for me. Chick-fil-A better on all accounts.