Eating at Hattie B's. Best Hot Chicken in Nashville? 

Your videos never fail to put me in a great mood, thanks for another enjoyable watch!

Most of the locals go to Bolton’s or Prince’s (they invented it!) but they have been on the decline. Hattie’s is decent and has more locations around the city but definitely the gentrified version of hot chicken.

I used to work at a fancy hotel near the Boston marathon finish line and I always admired the runners when they would finish the race and go to the hotel’s restaurant for dinner that evening as though it were any other day.

Nice one, James ! The fried chicken looked good. The first time I ever ate fries, I was 12 years old, and in the Singapura Hotel in Singapore, December 1971. My whole family was migrating from Ceylon (Sri Lanka now) to Australia, and we stayed there a couple of nights. The fries were crinkle cut like in your video, and they are still the best fries I've ever had. The flavor of the potatoes they used was something else. Today, everyone does great fries, but the one thing that's missing is the flavor of the potato. And, here in Sydney, no one uses the crinkle cut, which is a pity. That Parthenon reconstruction looked amazing, especially the golden statue of my favorite goddess, Athena. Beats the heck out of Big Shrimps, Big Cows, Big Rams, Big Bananas, you name it ! Hopefully, you won the marathon, James ! All the best !

Thank you James love Monday for your reviews.

Congratulations on the marathon and I cant help but admire the Orient Bambino on the wrist. Once again, excellent review. I am just amazed at how you try to respond to our comments, it must be a lot of work but I personally appreciate the great effort. I look forward to another excellent review of yours.

Hi James, as you were eating at the original I thought to myself, a great creamy slaw would be perfect to offset the heat. Bingo, at the airport, you ordered it. 🤣The chicken looked so mouth watering good. It's been years since we've been to Nashville, but now this is on the list of must try places. Your reviews are so enjoyable to watch. Not too long and always packed with good and honest information. I also love how you're spacing out the uploads and going from point A to B then to C. It keeps things interesting. Have a great week and as always, Cheers.

Service always makes the food taste better for me. I didn’t used to, but now it definitely does for some reason

Another great review! I'm glad you enjoyed yourself!! Thanks!!

Always enjoy your reviews. That hot chicken looks delicious. Thanks James!

Love your videos . I hope your channel grows fast 😊

I hope u can do this til the day u cant anymore. Watching ur content is addicting.

Even though i'm not much of a meat eater ( and when i do, it's KOSHER meat), i still enjoy each and every one of your videos because you've a natural talent for bringing out the best in critical food reviews. Keep up your labor of love.

That chicken looks so good. Thanks a million for sharing.

As usual, great review James. Only been to NYC and Boston, but still really like your reviews of other areas that I might not visit (but always hope to). Keep up the great work 👍

The best combination is to get the hot chicken with coleslaw and then have some bread with it and the barbecue beans. When you're eating hot chicken coleslaw is the best side dish. And have sweetened tea drink with lemon.

Youve made a very good channel James. Im happy to be here.

Interesting looking fried chicken, and I'm trying to think of what they are using as a coating, almost looks like bread crumbs. Cheddar grits with bacon are great when done right, sounds like these weren't. Crinkle fries, not a fan because they are grainy due to being previously frozen, rather have smooth and fresh,lol. Thanks James for the review on Hattie B's.

Seinfeld... "No Tap Water For You"!!!! LOL

Maybe the water was located at the soda station. Thats where the water is located in the restaurant that I work at. Love your videos.

So happy you got a nice meal -it looked delish - and I say that beeing a "no bone in the bird" kind of a guy....

Awesome, sir! I'll have to get down there!

James, im in Queens too! Let's link up! I know some culinary areas that only local people know of.

There's an Athens, Tennessee... and... yet... Tennessee's Parthenon is in Nashville.

this one looks pretty good. the restaurant giving water thing seems like a NYC meta. ive also encountered no water but ice establishments in the south/midwest.

Can you say yum what a beautiful day another great video ❤️

Hey! You ran right by my apartment lol glad you liked Nashville! It’s a fun city to live in

Princess is the best and original Nashville hot chicken Hattie B is a imitation 💯💯

Just tried them in Birmingham AL. They give you a lot of food for the money and it was amazing. Just be aware that what they call hot, truly is hot. Medium is what I would have called hot. Even with the spice, the meat itself was brined well and flavor penetrated to the bone.

🌹I live walkable distance to Hattie B's in Nashville! I hope you had fun! 🤠👢❤Love your channel!

haha... avoiding spicy fried chicken before a marathon... good call!

Love this page

Great lookin chicken! Love the watch shots too!

Thanks for the watch shot, Im the guy who wanted to see your collection!

Prince's (the original) use to be the best chicken in Nashville. As they expanded to new locations, they changed the formula and now it just tastes chemical hot with no flavor. Hattie B's is now the hands down winner in Nashville.

FRIED CHICKEN!!! 😋😋😋😋😋😋 Safe Journey! Yellowbird Blue Agave Sriracha!!!

Prince's for the OG Nashville hot chicken

You are a kind James I adore your honesty 💖💖💖💖 chiiiiicken 🍗🍗🍗🍗🍗

That was a tender moment you had at the airport.

Great Video . When I saw your wrist shot of the Orient I said to myself . This guy is a fellow watch geek ! Great watch for the $ and appreciate your looking for the value in your dining Experience as well . Just a tip though , ask for the likes and subscribers . Your channel is a commercial enterprise and you have to ask for the business . People will be glad you did as you do an excellent job . If you ever find yourself in Raleigh be sure to visit the Angus Barn it's recognised as one of the top steak houses in the country and one of the highest independent restaurant in revenue in the US as well . A great restaurant and a local institution .

I eat at the one on the west side of ATL a couple times a month. It's fantastic

Looks delicious! The Parthenon...wow. Do you mind telling me where you source your music?

I worked in Nashville for a few years. I stayed at West End which is the Hattie Bs you went to. I never stood in line. I would put my order online and walk in the back door. Back to my hotel to enjoy. I also got the hot most of the time but Damn Hot sometimes. I always got a side of pickles (which cools the burn) and cole slaw. If you want original you need to Lyft over to the black side of town to get Princes. I always wanted to but after work it was often just not reasonable. A co-worker and I planned it for our next trip. Sigh. That was when covid shut down the planet and I never got back to Nashville at all. Sorry I missed that experience of the original.

Hattie B’s 🙁 Bless your ❤️

Nice Bambino. Looks good on you. Chicken looks amazing.

Great review. Chicken looks good! Next time when you’re back in Nashville try Party Fowl.

While in Vegas I tried both Hattie B's and Blue Ribbon fried chicken, I much preferred Blue Ribbon.

This is a tourist spot locals don’t go here. Prince’s is the original hot chicken spot but to be honest most people in Nashville don’t even eat hot chicken. Go figure how Nashville became known for hot chicken cause I have no idea.

Bloody good review though sir!! Salutation’s from Belfast Northern Ireland 🇬🇧 from an old Vet.

That food at Hattie B’s looked great. You always have great background music, but it’s never overwhelming. Franklin, Tennessee? Isn’t that where the country music artists tend to have their homes?

I get loss in James’ dreamy eyes

I can see why you liked the $15 price for all of that compared to NYC prices! 😵‍💫😳😬

James, love your reviews. Still amazed how much food you can consume at a sitting. Curious does your job take you to all these fabulous locations or is it the food? 🍞🥑🌶️🍋

Good evening James, do you know the address of the Hattie B’s that you went to? I’m going to Nashville in a couple of days. I’ll probably just put a Google search and see which one has the highest reviews. But I really enjoy your videos and I really want to say that I want to get into making travel videos for the rest of my life. I’ve done different areas of Filmmaking but one thing I like my travel videos I like the creative control and there’s so much positivity in encouraging people to travel and see the bigger world

What is Vegan? 😂 another solid video and I want to see you do your next marathon fueled on grease!!!

Nice! I would love to try it some day. Does anyplace in NYC serve Nashville Hot that you know of?

Looked really good, do you find though the heat level sometimes on these hot chickens can be too spicy and just over power it? Were there any sauces available? Tenders would have been awesome.

I've heard of Christmas in July, but Autumn in May? Heat sickness from the Hattie B's hot chicken? Or heat stroke from the marathon? OPTION 3: Tardis, DeLorean, or some other time travel device. (No other options, like a late video drop, will be entertained.)

Nice. Have you ever had Willie Mae's? This is supposed to be the best. They have one in LA now so if you went there, you could also try Howlin Rays. I'd be curious which you think is better of those two. I've worked on a hot chicken recipe for 2 years, after working on a KFC clone for 2 years prior. I've never had any of these but I know of my own 100 recipes which peppers I liked best.

Love the Orient watch. Is that the bambino?

Good review

Toilet roulette 😂😅

You can see the spices on the chicken.

If I'm in Nashville I'll give it a try😅

Would be interested to see you compare this to Gus’. My friend from Memphis is a Gus fan.

Time to step up the game and get yourself a nice Sea Dweller or Batman! Chicken looks kick ass! Timmy C Arizona

oh you treid the tenders at the airport then, okay😅

I'm curious how you would have handled the 'Shut the Cluck Up' level of spice!

Hattie B’s…. Their chicken pieces are amazing. Skip the airport location.

It’s the most consistent. That ain’t nothing. The Athens of the south.

Hattie B's is good but Prince's is the best chicken in Nashville. I don't think it's very close, either.

Darn it the only chicken where I live is KFC and after steak fried chicken is my second choice good review

You said it’s autumn…..so this video is over 9 months ago?

Hatties is def not the best in Nashville. It used to be. They used to make the food fresh in each restaurant. Now it comes in the back door frozen and is not nearly as good. Also due to the feed the chickens eat, it has gotten "fishy" tasting. Try the og... Princes chicken. It's really good.

arent they legally required to serve water?

Why not go to Prince's hot chicken? I'm sure you researched because you went to the original Hattie B's...so why not go to the inventors of hot chicken and give them some shine?

do you have an extra full time job to support this chanel or the chanel is self sustained?

As a local, I got sticker shock from the price.

Drink Milk. Not water with spicy food. Milk is much better. 👍

Bruh, what do you for your day job that lets you go to so many restaurants (some of them $$$)?

Prince's Chicken is the original and better in my opinion. Make sure to stop by before you leave town!

Enjoy your videos. However, I did want to mention the background music in this one starts getting really irritating with the weird "voices" over and over.

I prefer Gus' Famous.

Autumn Day,.....????,.......and you are just getting around to posting ??,.........just curious about the delay.

so much junk food!

Prince's is better

We went to Princes original hot chicken place i needed a tetnis shot and shower after we left...what a dump

Dude, change up your reaction shots a bit! Do you never want to spit out anything or slightly throw up in your mouth?

It's awful. I tried it once and waste of money

bro saying "the original Hattie B's" like this place wasn't first opened 10 years ago by two white dudes who just copied Prince's is low key hilarious

Hattie B’s is extremely overrated. It’s a tourist trap and nothing more.

As far as hot chicken goes, Hattie B's is the worst. Not hot, bland, and a tourist trap. There are much better out there.

Uh...Princes chicken rules the ville