Golden Flame Hot Wings

While running errands in Lexington, the Fat Man and his wife decided that wings sounded terrific. So, after previously seeing a few commercials, we headed over to check out Golden Flame Hot Wings near the Fayette Mall. Golden Flame is a no-frills eatery serving chicken wings with a selection of sauces and renowned garlic fries. They are based in Colorado, but this is the only Kentucky location.

I decided to order the BBQ bone-in wings. The wings were fried perfectly with a crispy outer shell. The first couple of wings were a little dry on the outside, but the inner bites were juicy; it was still a tasty wing. The sauce was sweet with a hint of smokiness; I was unsure if it was made in-house. The wings were also appropriately coated in the sauce, adding to each bite. I only noticed too late that they have a signature sauce, the Golden Flame, several other sauces, from sweet to heat, and several dry rubs. Ranch, Bleu Cheese, celery, and carrots are also available to order.

My wife ordered the Cool Flicker(Mild Hot Sauce) boneless wings. The wings were fried well, and the bite was crispy and juicy. The sauce has a good flavor with mild heat, as advertised. These wings were also coated pretty well in the sauce, but the breading does soak up some of the sauce. They were not mushy, but you may want extra sauce depending on how you like your boneless.

We split an order of Cheese Fries, which comes with Jalapeno cheese. The fries are hand-cut, and they give you a considerable amount. I think the fries could have stayed In the fryer for another minute or two to get a little crispier. The amount of cheese sauce they put on the fries is excellent. This sauce was creamy with just a little heat; there was a slight sweetness: the sweet hits upfront and the heat on the backend. I recommend a fork for these fries.

Golden Flame has several items, including sandwiches, salads, wraps, tenders, french fry options, seafood, sides/appetizers, beer, some alcohol, and Pepsi products. The service was counter-style, and everyone we spoke to was amiable and helpful. The Fat Man says Golden Flame Hot Wings is Fat Man Approved with 1 chin.

Would be negative starts.
People were nice to a point. Showed up at 11am for a early lunch. Place looked nice and was decorated nice. Except for the LCA helmet.

Order 10 wings, 5 golden flame. 5 mile Hi (Cajun )
Order of fries.
The order gets brought out. Guy says they messed it up the fries. I could not see how they "messed them up"so he took them back. I have no idea what was wrong with them.
I chewed on the Cajun ones, hard as a rock. Not good but I plowed though like a fat guy should. There is only 2 ways to mess up wings. Over cook or make chicken Tartar. They did it.
Then on to the golden flame. Nice flavor.
Then the new fries come out. They are cooked about 75%. Lady who runs it came over I said the fries needed to be cooked more. Her quote "next time you come on they will be cooked better"

Strike one.....what about now? I'm here NOW! SPOILER ALERT, THERE Is not going to be a NEXT TIME.
I'm driving home made about halfway home. I got a the stoplight by the leestown IGA, threw up 3 times in the parking
Strike two.

Made it home. Now I've clogged my toilet.
Strike three.

Im not going back.

Not getting the couple low reviews. We came in and the folks treated us great, letting us try the flavors ahead of time. Food was prompt and had great flavor. We got three flavors of wings and they were all really nice and then finished off with trying the hottest flavors. Fries are a softer style, so if you want McDonalds, go to the arches. These fries are typical for the ones I see with BBQ eateries. Decor is great and a place I will order from in the future.

If you're like me and love crispy wings with a crunch factor you will love this place

Food was horrible. all of the fries were over salted, cheesy fries had no salt and plastic cheese, fries were undercooked or either overcooked and also soggy. The wings were ok but the sauce was subpar. bathroom decor was questionable definitely something I've never seen before. Food took 30 minutes for 6 wings. SAVE YOURSELF THE TRIP. not worth it.

Bone in wings were overcooked and chewy. Corn dog was cold. Boneless wings had so much sauce it was hard to find the wing.