Roots Chicken Shak

4.5
177 reviews

About

Chicken RestaurantChicken Wings RestaurantSouthern Restaurant
Main Streat Food Hall at H-E-B Mueller features Roots Chicken Shak, home of Chef Tiffany Derry's Famous Duck-Fat Fried Chicken. Known for her culinary expertise and warm southern charm, Chef Derry gained international notoriety when she appeared on Season 7 of Bravo’s Top Chef, and has made appearances as a culinary expert and judge on several TV shows, including Bar Rescue, Top Chef Junior, Chopped Junior, Bobby’s Dinner Battle, and Foodfighters. She is also heavily involved in the culinary community with a focus on food access, education, gender and racial equity. “Feeding people great food and putting a smile on their face is at the heart of everything I do, and nothing does that better than Southern comfort food. I love food, and I’m excited to share the food that holds great childhood memories for me with the Austin community”, said Chef Tiffany Derry. “More importantly, we know that our community is struggling with health, economic, and social justice challenges and we hope to bring comfort with our Roots’ cooking as well as join the Austin community to help make a positive difference.” The Roots Chicken Shak menu will feature Duck Fat Fried Chicken Wings and Duck Fat Fried Chicken Strips, its Big Bird and Spicy Bird chicken sandwiches, Shak Caesar Salad, The Barnyard Cobb salad, and Duck Fat Fries with house-made Clucking Sauces. And to finish it all off, Banana Pudding made with vanilla custard, cookies and fresh banana and Southern Sweet Tea!

Details

  • Dine-inAvailable
  • DeliveryAvailable
  • TakeoutAvailable
  • Requires reservationsNot available

Location

Roots Chicken Shak
1801 East 51st Street, Austin, TX
78723, United States

Hours

Reviews

4.5
177 reviews
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4 stars
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1 star
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  • LN
    Leo Nydus
    Oct 6, 2025
    5.0
    It's not the absolute best chicken sandwich I've ever had, but it was pretty great, so it definitely was the best chicken sandwich I've ever had for $9. Considering this is a kiosk stand in an HEB, these guys are punching way above their weightclass. I kind of didn't believe it would be that good, but saw the high scores on google maps and thought I'll just try it. You should too, the hype is real. Their fried chicken fingers seem reasonably priced too.
  • AR
    Anthony Ramirez
    Sep 18, 2025
    5.0
    I ordered this for lunch and I loved the fries salad and crispy duck fried chicken nuggets! Definitely will come back!
  • MC
    Maria C
    Aug 24, 2025
    3.0
    Good food but I found a hair in the banana pudding. Grossed out. I would not order from again.
  • ST
    Steve Takata
    Jul 17, 2025
    4.0
    Chicken restaurant inside the H-E-B food court
  • PD
    Paul Dovi
    Jul 13, 2025
    3.0
    Love Roots but this visit saw a big bump in price and seemingly the food quality went down. I'll give a mulligan and try again; but I worry this has fallen to the too common trend of price increase / quality decrease.