Joella’s Hot Chicken. The place where hearts are always warm and the chicken is spiced just right. At Joella’s we spice our 100% antibiotic-free, hormone-free, all-natural chicken just the way you like – from just enough heat to bring out the flavors and warm your heart, to Fire-In Da-Hole, bless your heart. So, come on in & get the Hot Chicken you want off your brain & into your belly.
Based on 779 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 3.6 stars. Price $$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Drive-through ✔️ No-contact delivery
Address:
10150 Ulmerton Rd, Largo, FL 33771
Phone: (727) 501-1451
Hours
| Saturday | 11 AM–9 PM |
| Sunday | 11 AM–8:30 PM |
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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11 AM–8:30 PM
Hours might differ
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| Tuesday | 11 AM–8:30 PM |
| Wednesday | 11 AM–8:30 PM |
| Thursday | 11 AM–8:30 PM |
| Friday | 11 AM–9 PM |
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Reviews
Natasha Trythall
It completely blows my mind that this place isn’t busier! I’ve been here several times and every time it’s super good. Quality chicken and authentic Nashville hot style sauce. I was just in Nashville recently and did a comparison with 3 other Nashville hot chicken places. Joella’s came in 2nd! The staff here, especially the lady manager, are always pleasant. If you haven’t already, definitely come check this place out!!
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Cassarah Chajkowski
The dine in experience was great! Absolute pleasure being there. We ordered 3 meals: 2x three tender meals, one hot and blue cheese dipping sauce with the kale crunch salad and the other “Joellas’s favorite” for the seasoning and sauce with Garlic Parmesan fries, and the two thighs meal with collard greens and BBQ dipping sauce. The hot tenders were delicious! Just enough heat that hits ya in the back of the throat and very well seasoned. I ordered the kale crunch salad without Parmesan cheese, the dressing was nice and light with a good flavor to it. The kale was cut too small, almost shredded, which made it hard to eat, but I ate it all. The blue cheese dipping sauce was really good! Had a nice pungent taste you’d expect with blue cheese and it was nice and creamy. I didn’t get to try the “Joellas’s favorite” seasoning on the tenders but it must have been good because my brother ate it all so fast, lol. The sauce was really good, like a sweet and mellow honey mustard. The fries were very tasty! The Parmesan was fresh and very apparent with just enough garlic and herbs to compliment. On the one thigh the breading seemed like it fell off a little, but the seasoning was good, nonetheless. My dad can be picky sometimes but he ate every bite! The collard greens were really tasty, there’s a spice in there that’s really good, just can’t put our finger on it. The BBQ sauce seemed like it needed something but it wasn’t bad. Kadeem was the man who seasoned it all and he was very pleasant and kind to be around. He check in with us and made sure our experience was good. The woman in there was so bubbly and fun, absolutely a great person to talk to. We didn’t get to speak with the cashier that much but he was kind as well. Overall a great experience. We will be back soon! We’ll bring more people with us if we can. Thank you for the service.
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Rhonda JJ
This food is good!! The chicken is tender. Chicken wings bone in are delicious. They have leg quarters!!! I love that they Marinade there chicken and there green beans don’t need NO flavor!! Oh and they have collard greens and baked Mac n cheese. And they have these different flavors for the chicken….. all I can say is try it before you judge it!! Oh and for dessert they have banana pudding and they have Strawberry Shortcake in a jar and cookies and cream in a jar!!
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Erin
Chicken was hot, fries were unbelievable. I had heard about this place but since it was a little far from my house never stopped by. I definitely will be making another trip in the near future. the Ella’s sauce was to die for and the ranch tasted homemade. Sweet tea was on point. The server was very nice and helped me since it was my first time.
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Des Pass
I order chicken tenders the tenders had way to much season I order a L sweet tea and they gave me 1/4of cup sugar whoever made my order deserves jail!
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Stephanie DeCosmo
Not at all impressed with this. Incredibly overpriced for being such poor quality. Plain fried tenders and the Jojo sauce were okay. But the chicken sauces just tasted like cheap hot sauce. The chicken on the sandwich tasted so bad, we actually didn’t eat it. The bun was stale and the chicken patty had a very weird taste to it. I was so excited to try this place after being a huge fan of a hot chicken restaurant in TX but it was very underwhelming. The tea and banana pudding were the best things we ordered.
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Elizabeth Wilson
Totally delicious!! 10/10 recommend! Fresh food and great workers.
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Doug Bennett
Eh. Pretty hit or miss.
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Carl Kremer
Great selection of choices and excellent service. The food is extremely greasy, however…if that’s your thing, go for it. (The kale salad was delicious though!) I was also bothered by the fact that I had two minors with me (12 & 14) and they had two rated R movies on one right after the other on the TVs there. I didn’t bother to say anything because we weren’t there long. Still, it seems like a no-brainer to *not* show rated R movies when you have families coming to eat there.
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Travis Boldrick
I have to admit, i have never had chicken and waffles before tonight. I have had plenty of chicken tenders at all of the other “new” chicken tender restaurants. All the same lame chicken…Forget the other reviews…This place is freaking good. And I am now bought into the chicken and waffle thing way too many years to late. The chicken tenders are huge. They are very moist, and the way the batter comes off, you can tell these are hand dipped onsite. This spicy honey, is out of control. Forget Franks redhot, I could literally put this sht on everything. I come to Largo every now and then, and I will be back! Great job!! Highly recommended
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