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Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers
Category: Restaurants Fast Food Fast Food [Edit]
1816 N High StColumbus, OH 43201
Neighborhood: University District
(614) 298-8713
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- Yes
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- No
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Good For:
- Lunch
- Alcohol:
- No
- Drive-Thru:
- Yes
- Noise Level:
- Loud
- Has TV:
- No
- Caters:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
31 reviews for Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers
Review Highlights
"As well as a piece of your buttery Texas toast."
(in 14 reviews)
"...comes tasty garlic bread, crinkle-cut fries and coleslaw."
(in 4 reviews)
"They were fall-apart tender, and oh-so-lightly breaded."
(in 3 reviews)
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31 reviews in English
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Review from Annette A.
Chicago, IL
8/14/2011
Oh how I miss you cane's chicken! You are not in Chicago, and it makes me sad. They just opened a Chik-Fil-A in downtown Chicago, and because of the hype people believe it's amazing chicken. If they only had a taste of your tender fried chicken strips, and your amazing sauce. As well as a piece of your buttery Texas toast.
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Review from Joey H.
Columbus, OH
12/5/2011 1 Check-in Here
The campus cane's is always a good time.
Funny-friendly staff. When ordering you don't feel like you're just going through a "process." You actually feel like you're having a conversation with a friend. Nice change of pace for a quick-stop restaurant.
Great service and speeding process despite large crowds. Food is always living up to the cane's standard. I'm never worried about waiting in line here, because it moves quick.
No wifi? If they changed this, I'd probably come here at least twice as much. -
Review from Evalyn W.
11/6/2011
I will start by saying this location is ALWAYS packed (Super packed, in fact.) during the school year so seating is tricky and the line gets long. It also gets pretty dirty and sticky because so many people are coming in and so few workers have time to clean up the dining area. I don't fault them for that, it's just something to keep in mind.
You know, I just don't think I get it. I mean, I like chicken tenders as much as the next lady, but I don't find these to be the best, greatest, or most perfect chicken fingers on earth. They're pretty tasty and all, but not really anything I find super special. I like mine with a little more pop of flavor and a less soggy breading than I seem to get at Cane's.
The dipping sauce is great, but to make it the only option? Really?
While I genuinely like all of the side offerings, I also don't care to only have those options or to be told I can get more dipping sauce in place of one. Again, sauce is good, but not that good and who needs that much sauce? -
Review from Colin A.
10/21/2011
Recently, after catching up with a former colleague, I was reflecting on my year living in Columbus, OH (home of that one school that insists on putting "The" in front of its name). Reflection turned into a nap, which led to a dream --- and I woke up craving Cane's chicken fingers. Mind you, I haven't eaten here in over two and a half years.
There SHOULDN'T be anything great about this place -- I mean, it's a chain and they serve breaded chicken fingers -- but damn son, they do chicken well. The sauce, the perfectly breaded and cooked cuts of fowl, the overwhelmingly delicious Texas toast...and whoah, the sauce (worth five mentions). I'm pretty sure they put heroin in there (KIDDING!) -- but there is something addictive about the sauce. I probably ate here once every week from Fall 2008 to Spring 2009 ...I'm a little sad to admit that I kinda miss this place. Not the best in the world, but if you are driving through Columbus and don't know of the really good places to go (and you like chicken), this is worth a stop. -
Review from Clint S.
7/4/2011 1 Check-in Here
I love chicken fingers. For most people its just an appetizer but I make them into a meal. I was recently in Columbus searching for somewhere to eat lunch then I saw a restaurant that was dedicated to chicken fingers. As Liz Lemon would say "I want to go there".
Canes did not disappoint, they were some of the best chicken fingers I have had. The cuts of chicken were very tasty as was the breading. I also enjoyed the Texas Toast that came with the meal. The fries were ok, kind of like White Castle crinkle cut fries.
Overall I really enjoyed Canes and wished Cincy had one. -
Review from Ryne D.
4/13/2011 1 Check-in Here
First things first: I really wished I read all the reviews here before ordering. As many people are saying, screw the cole slaw, get extra saaaauuuuce.
So some friends and I are visiting OSU, when I ask the kids working in the union where I can get some uniquely OSU food. Now, if we were at Illinois, I could suggest a dozen places a visitor could go to. But the best these kids could come up with was a chain found across the nation?
Well, they don't have one in Chicago, so it kind of counted...
Ah hell, it was pretty damn good, so we can't complain too much. Like I said, sauce all day, and what were unequivocally the best chicken fingers I've ever had. Light, crispy, juicy, and tender...everything you could ever want in a chicken finger. Sure, not the healthiest thing, but screw it...we drove 7 hours to OSU eating chips and Oreos. Cane's was a great step up. -
Review from Anne K.
Tempe, AZ
4/13/2011
The special sauce, the texas toast, the chicken, the coleslaw. Screw the fries, get an extra piece of bread or more sauce!!!
You can get fries everywhere, but the other things... TO DIE FOR.
Oh god, I wish I was in Columbus to eat some now.
The cane's sauce is FANTASTIC with everything.
The coleslaw is not vinegar-based, which makes it 1000 times better.
The fries are crinkle-cut, but as I said, you can get fries elsewhere... or just splurge and order an extra side (that is after you already subbed it out for your 2nd piece of their delicious texas toast).
The chicken is breaded to perfection.
The sauce, oh the sauce... I don't even know how to describe it's amazing-ness.
In the mood for fast food? GET CANES CHICKEN. yum!!! -
Review from Ben B.
San Francisco, CA
11/29/2010
Cane's sauce. That is the only thing that matters about Raising Cane's. Dip everything in it.
Standard order: #1 with extra texas toast instead of cole slaw.
If you're feeling bold, get the Cainiac. -
Review from Daniel K.
Los Angeles, CA
7/6/2011
this place is on high street, right across from osu, or the osu, or whatever is the correct way to call that school in ohio.
anyways, that seems like a very convenient location. it's apparently very popular too - it was PACKED the entire time i was there.
anyways i had their chicken fingers meal. very good. fries, very good. bread, very good. i think i was just really hungry.
the price was right, i think it was about $7 for the meal (with a drink). service was nice (very friendly cashier girl). place was clean.
i don't know if i will drive 75 miles up from kettering to try this place next time i'm in ohio, but if i happen to be near osu and have only $7 on me, i guess i know where i'll be heading for lunch. -
Review from Lisa S.
6/25/2007 1 Check-in Here
When you only have 4 things on your menu, you darn well better do them right. Chicken fingers, fries, Texas toast, and coleslaw. Those are your choices at Cane's, and they made sure to get it right.
The chicken fingers come from fresh (not frozen) chicken, and I'm guessing this is the cause for the juice tender and savory flavor in the chicken. I don't know what they use for breading, but my guess is some magnificent combination of corn flakes and love. Their chicken fingers and juicy, not greasy. Remember that.
As for the rest of the menu, everything remains comparatively as good as the chicken itself. The Texas toast has a nice buttery brown crispy outside, and a soft warm inside. Crinkle cut fries are served with every meal, and coleslaw with some.
The real kicker, besides the chicken, Cane's sauce, and Texas toast? The sweet tea. Amazing. It's like drinking liquid candy. -
Review from Sarah S.
Canal Winchester, OH
8/28/2008
Most of my conversations with those who have never been to Raising Cane's go something like this:
Inexperienced Raising Cane's Goer: So, they only have chicken fingers?
Me: Yes, my friend. Only chicken fingers.
IRCG: What about a chicken sandwich?
Me: Sure, how about chicken fingers on a bun.
IRCG: Can I get honey mustard sauce?
Me: Man, you better go somewhere else...
The chicken fingers here are simply amazing. I applaud Raising Cane's for serving what they know best. They simply don't need anything else on the menu.
I don't think I have ever had a chicken finger that was so flavorful, so juicy or cooked to such perfection. I'm not sure I even knew a chicken finger could taste so good.
And the sauce...I would say that I could have it injected directly into my veins, but I couldn't miss out on that flavor!
They serve crinkle-cut fries, which I'm a little surprised and slightly disappointed by. I'd choose a shoestring or waffle any day over a crinkle. That being said, though, the fries are a nice side. There's also coleslaw, but I've never had it (not a fan).
The sweet tea is spot on with anything you'd find in a southern lady's kitchen, and the Texas toast seals the deal. -
Review from Matthew B.
Columbus, OH
Can enough praise be heaped upon Raising Cane's? I think not. Sure, they only really have one thing: chicken fingers. But that one thing they do incredibly well with alarming consistency. I can't think of a tastier, juicier hunk o' fried bird I've ever had.
The other secret to Cane's success is their secret sauce. Why's it so damned addictive? I don't know. It looks like Pepto-Bismol with pepper ground into it, but I'll be damned if it isn't liquid crack. It's great for dipping the chicken in, of course, and also the garlic toast and the french fries.
I was only mildly impressed with Cane's until I discovered they keep packets of Texas Pete behind the counter. Now I absolutely love Cane's, because I can get great food and nearly ruin it by drowning it in a small loch of hot sauce. -
Review from Randy S.
Canal Winchester, OH
8/17/2008
Raising Cane's has to be understood in the context that it strictly offers ONLY chicken fingers and a few sides. If you can't get over that, move on. If you can get behind that idea and appreciate this hyper-compartmentalization, then keep dipping those tasty fingers.
Cane's fingers are peerless. They are wonderfully tender. The fingers are available in packs of three, four and six. For real devotees, party trays of 25+ are available too.
Of course, the sauce is the thing here. Access to only one sauce is perhaps just as shocking to the uninitiated as the chicken-only menu. The secret sauce is all you need, though. I could drink the stuff like so much sweet tea. It's creamy, a little tomato-y and very peppery. I've tried imitating it at home. I've been close to cracking the code, but I just can't figure it out.
On the side comes tasty garlic bread, crinkle-cut fries and coleslaw. They're all great additions that don't detract from the main event.
Cane's already has three restaurants in C-bus, plus there's one on its way to Grove City. Join me on the bandwagon while you can. This place rocks. -
Review from Anuj S.
Columbus, OH
10/5/2011
One of the best fast food restaurants near Ohio State University.
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Review from Andra Z.
Culver City, CA
1/12/2009
Just seeing the name "Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers" gets my mouth salivating.
The shit on the walls is a little weird and reminds of me of a moment from "Super Troopers" but otherwise, this place is flawless.
I believe that there should be a place like Cane's for every type of food. It takes one cuisine and makes it into the best version of that food in the world. With Cane's it's chicken fingers. With Chipotle it's burritos. Do what you know how to do and do it better than anyone else ever could.
The chicken fingers are obviously incredibly fresh. You have to wait at this place, especially when it's busy. But, it's worth it. Wait for quality, it's a fact of life. The coleslaw is totes awesome and the fries are nothing to ignore. But my friends the best thing at Cane's? And I mean the absolute reason I would pay $300 to take a flight from Boston to Columbus to go to this restaurant:
The toasted bread. Dipped in Cane's sauce.
The bread is always, let me repeat that, always toasted to perfection. It's buttery and greasy. Beautiful. And Cane's sauce. Gasp. It's the best sauce in the world. It's peppery and tangy and perfect on fries, bread and chicken.
For those of you who are seriously complaining about it being only chicken fingers: give it a rest. Those who want nom chicken, go to Cane's. If you want everything else: go somewhere else. The chicken at Cane's is it. For Real. There is never any reason to hate on Cane's food. Ever. -
Review from David M.
Canton, OH
7/8/2011
Nothing special. Always a little less than crisp chicken. Fries a tad bit soggy. And go ahead and leave out that flimsy piece of garlic toast. Better fingers at countless other places, albeit maybe not at fast food restaurants.
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Review from Kristina B.
Chicago, IL
5/19/2010
I plan on creating a spout that comes out of my fridge or sink that ONLY dispenses Cane's sauce. *stamp patent* Don't steal my idea.
Texas toast = WTF do I only get one? Omg, please include another in any of the meals. I could really go for 2.
Pretty quick service at this location. Appreciated, natch, seeing as how I can't wait to inject my life with this glorious chicken. 1 Caniac please. Don't judge. -
Review from Simon B.
Raising canes is a chicken fingers restaurant. That's right. All they sell is chicken fingers.
Four items on the menu:
Combo #1: 3 chicken fingers, bread, fries and special sauce.
Combo #2: 4 chicken fingers, bread, fries, coleslaw and special sauce.
Combo #3: 5 chicken fingers, bread, fries, coleslaw and TWO special sauces.
Combo #4: 3 chicken fingers in a sandwich, bread, fries, and special sauce.
Want something else? Go somewhere else.
I discovered the little chain in 2003 when I was an exchange student at LSU in Baton Rouge. For those four months, I had over 50 snack boxes, about one ever second day. Most of them at the original Canes restaurant. I ended up gaining 35 pounds, but it was totally worth it.
6 years later, I was heading to Columbus for the Marathon when I found out Columbus had several Canes restaurants. I got really excited, but I was only in town for two days and there was so little time. I certainly couldn't eat that before the race could I? Pre-race meals are super important, and canes would probably be terrible running fuel.
Well, I couldn't resist. I had Canes for my pre-race meal but I ended up beating my personal best time. All due to Canes I'm sure! Of course, I celebrated being going back to Canes for my post-race meal a couple hours later. Columbus, you're so lucky... -
Review from Peter C.
Columbus, OH
7/10/2008
Raising Cane's unapologetic concept of serving nothing but chicken fingers may be baffling at first, but you'll be back. Oh yes, you'll be back.
I was more than irked when I found out that these chicken-peddlers were replacing my favorite bagel joint on High St. (the sorely missed Beekman's, of course), so my skepticism for a chicken shack with faux-college kitsch on the walls was understandably high. Regardless, I browsed the menu and ordered a meal that consisted of 4 chicken fingers, garlic toast, coleslaw, special sauce, and fries. And I stood there and waited to be impressed. Then I waited some more. Apparently the cost of freshness is an above average wait-time, depending on whether you got there during in the midst of a glut of customers or not.
When I finally got my hands on the bounty I had waited about ten minutes for, I was dually impressed to say the least. The fingers were piping hot, lightly breaded, and just a tad bit greasy- perfect, to put it plainly. I bit in to one sans sauce just to get an idea of the texture, and it was as good as friend chicken can possibly be. And then there was the sauce.
What the sauce is made of is one of the greatest culinary mysteries of the 21st century. It somehow manages to be tangy, sweet, and just a little bit spicy all at the time same time. Most of the time I'm able to pick up on whether a restaurants special sauce is nothing more than a tricked-out rendition of ranch or mayo, but Cane's sauce was something entirely new to me. It complimented the fingers perfectly, and together they made a believer of me. The garlic bread and coleslaw seemed like an afterthought compared to the one-two-punch of the chicken and the sauce, but I knew I'd be able to forgive them for this in time.
The only strike against Cane's is the fact that it's a dichotomy: either you like chicken or you don't. I'd love to see them venture into the brave new world of barbecue or buffalo flavors, but it seems highly unlikely at this juncture in time. No worries; I'll be back. And so will you. -
Review from Max T.
Lewis Center, OH
6/28/2007
When I first heard Canes was opening and would be a "chicken fingers" place, my first thought was that they'd jazz things up by offering a huge variety of sauces to accompany the chicken fingers. And perhaps a nice variety of sides.
Instead, there is ONE sauce, and the whole of the Canes food menu is as follows:
-Chicken fingers (available in combos of 3, 4 or 6)
-Chicken fingers on a bun
-fries (crinkle-cut, presumably from frozen)
-cole slaw
-texas toast
--in addition to the combos, everything on the menu, INCLUDING chicken fingers, is also available a la carte.
The chicken fingers are, as one would hope, spectacular. Breading is thin and flaky, not overpowering, never underdone. Sometimes (rarely) overdone and dry, but usually they're perfectly crisp and juicy. The one sauce ("Cane's Sauce") is... really hard to describe. It's not a BBQ, it's not a honey mustard... I don't know what it is, but it IS tasty.
The sandwich is very sloppy - the chicken fingers on a bun format doesn't work particularly well in quantities more than, well, one. It's tasty.
Fries are just OK - very underwhelming. They don't brown much at all, but do crisp up well enough. They go well with the Cane's sauce.
The texas toast is perhaps the highlight of the menu - even moreso than the chicken. I wouldn't be at all surprised if someone told me that their original plan was to sell ONLY texas toast, and the chicken fingers were added just to keep the carnivores appeased. It's good stuff, thick, just the perfect crispness on the outside, soft on the inside, buttery goodness.
Cole slaw is... cole slaw. Move along.
If you like chicken fingers (or fried chicken in general), you NEED to get to Canes. If you DON'T like chicken fingers, then it's pretty safe to say that Canes is not the place for you. (Just have your chicken finger-liking friends bring you home some texas toast!)
I WANT to give a 4.5, dinging for the "meh" fries... but without that option, I'll err on the side of the chicken fingers + sauce + texas toast awesomeness. -
Review from Colleen R.
Columbus, OH
3/10/2011 1 Check-in Here
Cane's Sauce. Enough said.
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Review from Shane L.
Columbus, OH
11/28/2008
I love Cane's, but since it's not the most accommodating place for those not looking for chicken fingers, it loses a star.
The chicken strips are amazing--truly fresh, meaty, nicely breaded (tempura style), fried to perfection, and absent of any of the possible faux pas: not greasy, not salty, and not made from McMeat). They're accompanied by very basic sides: cole slaw, French fries, and Texas toast. All in all, it's a great meal. Barbecue sauce, honey mustard, sweat and sour? Look elsewhere. One sauce to rule them all, and it's actually pretty good. It's not my style, but I find it rather good. Gulp down some wonderful sweat tea or freshly squeezed lemonade you're in heaven.
What can be wrong with this? They're no other options! Even Chic Fil-A offers a few variants of chicken, plus salads, and other those cute bovines--though not for chowing on. Cane's doesn't even let you order a basket of fries (vegetarians be damned!). Oh well, it's just rather hard to talk the wife into going there. -
Review from Dylan W.
Tucson, AZ
2/3/2011
I live in Michigan, but every time i go to Columbus... It's CANE'S TIME. This place is insanely delicious. The cane's sauce? Dip everything in it. The toast, pretzels, chicken, or fries. Their chicken is amazing and so is that damn toast. Last time I went the restaurant had a line practically going out of the door, yet, I still received my order without waiting a shocking amount of time. Get extra cane's sauce, please.
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Review from Kenley M.
Columbus, OH
2/8/2008
Sure, Cane's chicken fingers were the best I've ever had. They were fall-apart tender, and oh-so-lightly breaded. But they were still just chicken fingers. It's one of the least interesting ways to prepare the least interesting meat, people! IT'S ALL THEY SERVE. If that's your thing, fine, just keep giving 'em five stars. I'll never understand.
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Review from Jeremy C.
New York, NY
12/25/2009
Raising Cane's came to existence during my last year at OSU. During this time, I vanquished dozens and dozens of chicken fingers. Place is damn good, and they've got their own unique sauce.
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Review from Jessica L.
Wauseon, OH
9/5/2010
I don't know what they put in the Cane's sauce but it's addicting as all heck. And goes with EVERYTHING (well, everything I've tried it with. Which is chicken, fries, Texas toast and soft pretzels). Food is hot and fresh no matter when you go in (after the bars close, before a football game, for lunch between classes). So good. One of my favorite places to eat.
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Review from Ben B.
Columbus, OH
6/18/2008
Cane's is basically the southern equivalent to a British fish and chips stand.
Do you like chicken fingers? If the answer is no, then look elsewhere. Cane's specializes in chicken fingers... and only chicken fingers.
Some might perceive the 3-star rating as bad. Well, it's not. By yelp's information 3-stars equals "A-OK" and that is exactly what Cane's is.
The fingers are good; fresh breast meat strips (they claim never frozen) lightly breaded, and flaky. They're served with fries that vary in quality, but are at best mediocre, a side of coleslaw that is good, but not particularly so, a slice of Texas toast, which for Texas toast is very good, and a portion of "Cane sauce".
People seem to have glorified Cane's into something it's not. I can honestly say I've had comparable chicken in various small family diners elsewhere. It seems that when most people get to used to frozen fast food chicken fingers and a company comes along making them fresh again, it is somehow amazing. The breading isn't extraordinarily well-seasoned. The unique quality is the sauce, which tastes like a mixture of ketchup, mayo, paprika, and coarse ground pepper (I'm not saying that's what it is, but that's what it TASTES like. I've produced a similar tasting sauce in my kitchen with the mentioned ingredients.). I've also heard people talk about the iced tea they serve. Yes, it's good. But ultimately it's just southern-style tea. I believe Arizona sells it in bottles. You can even make it at home. Make some tea to the strength you prefer and mix in 1 part sugar to every 3 parts water, then refrigerate. Crazy, I know.
Don't get me wrong, if you have an appetite for chicken fingers you will not be disappointed. It is, however, unlikely that you'll be blown away. I'd recommend it as a good lunch. -
Review from Mark K.
Dublin, OH
2/22/2010
Their chicken is AWESOME!!
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Review from Alicia B.
Columbus, OH
12/10/2007
I wouldn't consider myself a chicken fingers fan, but I was impressed by Cane's. The fingers are just as juicy and well prepared as all the other reviewers have said. I liked the fries - they have more substance than many other fast food fries, and the crinkles do a great job of catching the salt! :-) I must admit I passed on the cole slaw, since, well, it's cole slaw, and didn't try the Texas toast myself, but my companions had the toast and liked it very much. Overall, not a bad place to get a fast chicken finger something.
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Review from Josh Z.
Columbus, OH
11/23/2010
A life without canes is no life i would want live! This place is the best
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Review from Trent C.
Chicago, IL
8/16/2010
Raising Cane's offers exactly what the name implies...chicken fingers. They offer only a handful of items on the menu and all feature some variation in chicken fingers. The Caniac is a lifesave some nights after going out. The High Street location is probably the best in the city but expect it to be packed during lunch and dinner hours during the week and also late night on the weekends. The food is cheap and prepared fresh for you. The sauce is a real surprise as it is fantastic, not just with the chicken, fries or Texas toast that you get in your box. Perfect place to get some food after a night out with friends. They don't offer delivery but when they do, they'll need to expand the store to satisfy the Canes addicts on campus.
