Zaxby’s Menu & Prices: Chicken Fingerz, Wings, Zalads, Sauces & Zax Kidz Meals

Last updated: November 1, 2026

Zaxby’s built its name on one simple idea: chicken fingers good enough to be the main event, not the kids-menu afterthought. The hand-breaded Chicken Fingerz — always spelled with a Z — come with the chain’s secret-recipe Zax Sauce, seasoned crinkle fries and thick Texas toast, and around that core the menu fans out into boneless and traditional wings, chicken sandwiches, big chopped Zalads, shareable loaded fries and a sauce roster thirteen deep. The chain started in a Georgia college town in 1990 and now runs more than 900 restaurants, most of them across the South.

One thing to know before the prices: Zaxby’s does not publish a single national price list. Each restaurant sets its own prices, and the chain’s own website shows the menu without prices until you pick a location. So every price in this guide comes from one named reference restaurant — Zaxby’s at 2100 South Barnett Shoals Road, Athens, Georgia — read on 1 November 2026 from that store’s own merchant-set menu listing. A cross-check of a second Athens store (3704 Atlanta Highway) matched Barnett Shoals exactly on every item we compared — all forty-plus of them — so treat these figures as a reliable guide to a typical Zaxby’s. Prices elsewhere do move: the same meals ran noticeably higher at stores we sampled in Florida and Tennessee. Prices marked with a + are starting prices that rise with add-ons and swaps.

Zaxby’s Menu at a Glance

Chicken Fingerz & Finger Plates — With Prices

The Chicken Fingerz are the whole point: chicken strips hand-breaded in the chain’s seasoned coating, fried crisp, served with Zax Sauce for dipping. As a Chicken Finger Plate they arrive as a full meal — crinkle fries, cole slaw, Texas toast and a small drink included. As a Big Zax Snak Meal, the classic starter order, you get three Fingerz with fries, toast and a drink but no slaw. Any plate can be ordered Sauced, the Fingerz tossed in the wing sauce of your choice (see the sauce section below), and the specials board adds dry-rubbed and lemon-pepper plates at the sauced-plate price.

Prices below are from the Athens, Georgia reference restaurant (checked 1 November 2026); see the note at the top of this guide.

Chicken Fingerz on Their Own

Feeding a table, or just skipping the sides? Fingerz are sold by the count, plain or sauced:

The per-piece maths rewards going big — a 20-count costs well under the per-finger price of a 5-count.

Wings — Boneless & Traditional

Wings are the menu’s second pillar, in two builds. Boneless Wings are chunks of all-white breast meat, breaded and tossed in your choice of sauce, served with Ranch. Traditional Wings are the bone-in original. Both appear as full meals — with Texas toast, crinkle fries and a small drink — in “Wings & Things” combos that pair the wings with three Chicken Fingerz, and à la carte by the count. The specials board adds dry-rub and lemon-pepper versions of the Traditional Wings Meal.

Sandwiches

The sandwich line is short and built from the same chicken. The Zaxby’s Signature Sandwich is the flagship — a hand-breaded fillet with dill pickles and Zax Sauce on a toasted potato bun — with a Spicy Signature alongside it. The Kickin Chicken Sandwich is the old-school build: Fingerz, Tongue Torch sauce and Ranch on Texas toast. Nibblerz are snack-size Fingerz sandwiches, and a Grilled Chicken Sandwich covers anyone skipping the fryer. Every sandwich sells as a meal with crinkle fries and a small drink, or on its own.

Zalads — the Big Salads

Zalads are Zaxby’s full-size chopped salads, each built on mixed greens and served with Texas toast and your choice of dressing. Every Zalad can be topped with fried or grilled chicken — the one corner of the menu where the lighter order still eats like a meal. Dressings run from Ranch and Lite Ranch to Honey Mustard, Blue Cheese, Caesar, 1000 Island and Lite Vinaigrette (extra dressing $0.31).

The Sauces — Zax Sauce & the Full Roster

Sauce is half the Zaxby’s identity. Zax Sauce is the original: a creamy, tangy, pepper-flecked secret recipe created for the Fingerz, and it still comes with every Fingerz order. Alongside it sit twelve more — dips, dressings and wing-tossing sauces that climb a heat ladder the chain names with increasing alarm. Extra dipping sauce is $0.31 a cup at the reference store, and true devotees can buy Zax Sauce by the 16 oz tub ($6.26).

Two dry seasonings round out the bench at many stores — a house dry rub and lemon pepper — applied to finger plates and traditional wings on the reference store’s specials board.

Shareables, Sides & Extras

The shareables are built for the middle of the table — and the reference store’s own data makes the Chicken Bacon Ranch Loaded Fries one of its three most-ordered items, ahead of most of the chicken.

Cole slaw comes with every Chicken Finger Plate; the seasoned crinkle fries are the default side everywhere else.

Zax Kidz, Treats & Drinks

The kids’ menu, sold as Zax Kidz, keeps it to two orders, each a meal with a side and a drink:

On the treats side, milkshakes are the headline — the featured shake at the reference restaurant on check day was a Nerds® Strawberry Milkshake at $6.89, and shake flavors rotate through the year. Fountain drinks are $3.12+ at the reference store; most locations pour from Coca-Cola Freestyle machines, and sweet tea is the Southern default.

Zax Packz & Platters — Feeding a Group

For family nights and office runs, Zax Packz are the value play: family-size boxes built around 20 Chicken Fingerz or 30 Boneless Wings, with sauces, two large crinkle fries and Texas toast — roughly four meals’ worth of chicken at a bundle price.

Bigger still are the Platters — crowd trays of Fingerz, boneless or traditional wings built to serve a dozen or more. Platter pricing is the most store-dependent line on the menu: the Regular Chicken Fingerz™ Platter was $81.56 at Athens’ Atlanta Highway restaurant on check day. Confirm price and serving count with your own store, and order ahead — a 40-piece tray is not a drive-thru impulse buy.

The Specials board rotates: at the reference restaurant it carried two giant chicken quesadillas (Chicken Bacon Ranch and Chicken Fajita, $10.53 each, or $13.04 with a drink) alongside the dry-rub plates and the featured shake.

What to Order First at Zaxby’s

If it is your first visit, order the Chicken Finger Plate — and make it the 6 Fingerz. It is the reference store’s most-ordered item for a reason: the full build (Fingerz, Zax Sauce, seasoned crinkle fries, slaw, Texas toast, drink) is the entire Zaxby’s argument on one tray, and at $15.80 in Athens it eats like a plate lunch. For the value order, the Big Zax Snak Meal at $10.53 is the same chicken in a leaner frame. Wing people should take the Great 8 Boneless Wings Meal in Tongue Torch — the chain’s most popular tossing sauce — with Ranch for the cool-down; heat-seekers climb one rung to Nuclear before daring Insane. The sleeper hit is the Chicken Bacon Ranch Loaded Fries, a top-three seller at our reference store that eats like a meal. Feeding the family, a Chicken Fingerz Zax Packz at $42.66 beats four separate plates on price and peace.

Calories & Nutrition, Honestly

Zaxby’s publishes a full Nutrition & Allergen Guide on its website, and that document — not any third-party calorie table — is the one to trust, because the chain revises it as recipes change. The honest shape of the menu: this is hearty food. In the chain’s published figures, five plain Chicken Fingerz sit in the low 400s for calories before any sauce, and a full Chicken Finger Plate with fries, slaw and toast starts around 1,110 calories before the drink, with sauced versions and Wings & Things combos climbing well beyond that. The lighter route is real, though: the Grilled Chicken Sandwich, a grilled-chicken Zalad with a lite dressing, and the Asian Slaw side keep a meal modest. If you are counting precisely, check your exact build in the chain’s current guide — sauce choice alone can swing a plate by hundreds of calories, and copies of older editions circulating online disagree with each other.

Vegetarian, Gluten-Free & Allergy Notes

• Vegetarian: The meat-free bench is better than most chicken chains: Veggie Egg Rolls, Fried Pickles, Fried White Cheddar Bites, crinkle fries, Texas toast, the Kiddie Cheese grilled cheese, and any Zalad ordered without chicken make a genuine meal.
• Grilled route: The Grilled Chicken Sandwich and grilled-chicken Zalads are the non-fried path, though the kitchen is built around fryers.
• Gluten-free: There is no dedicated gluten-free menu. A grilled-chicken Zalad without the toast or fried onions is the usual workaround, but breading is everywhere and cross-contact is likely — check the allergen guide and talk to the store if you have celiac disease.
• Allergies: The core menu leans on wheat (breading, toast, buns), milk (cheese, Ranch, Zax Sauce) and egg (mayo-based sauces and dressings). The chain publishes an allergen guide alongside its nutrition information — read it for your specific allergy, and tell the staff before ordering.

Practical Information

Finding a restaurant. With 900+ locations concentrated in the Southeast and South — Georgia is home turf — the chain’s own site carries the store locator. Expansion continues west and north each year.

Hours. There is no national timetable and no breakfast menu; most stores open around 10:30 a.m. and run to 10 p.m. or later, with drive-thrus often open later on weekends. Check your store’s hours before a late run.

Ordering. Order at the counter or the drive-thru; the chain’s app and website take pickup orders, and delivery runs through the usual apps at prices that can sit above in-store. The prices in this guide came from a merchant-set delivery listing, so the counter may treat you slightly better.

Rewards & deals. Offers run through the Zax Rewardz program in the chain’s app — points, member offers and limited-time specials live there rather than on a national deals page, which is why this guide lists no coupon prices.

FAQs

How much is a Chicken Finger Plate at Zaxby’s?

At our Athens, Georgia reference restaurant, the Chicken Finger Plate is $13.16 with 4 Fingerz, $14.55 with 5 and $15.80 with 6 — each including crinkle fries, cole slaw, Texas toast, Zax Sauce and a small drink. Sauced plates run $14.42 to $17.06. Prices are set per store, so expect variation.

What comes in the Big Zax Snak Meal?

Three hand-breaded Chicken Fingerz with Zax Sauce, Texas Toast, Crinkle Fries and a Small Drink — $10.53 at the reference restaurant. The classic first order: all the signature items, none of the slaw.

What is Zax Sauce?

Zax Sauce is the chain’s secret-recipe signature dip, created for the Chicken Fingerz: creamy, tangy and flecked with pepper. It comes with every Fingerz order, extra cups are $0.31 at the reference store, and a 16 oz take-home tub is $6.26.

What is the hottest sauce at Zaxby’s?

Insane, at the top of a heat ladder that climbs Wimpy (mild), Tongue Torch (medium — and the most popular), then Nuclear. The chain calls Nuclear a “mouth-detonating mix of atom-splitting heat and serious flavor fallout”; Insane goes further. Order Ranch alongside either.

How much are Zax Kidz meals?

Both kids’ meals — the Kiddie Fingerz Meal and the Kiddie Cheese grilled cheese — are $7.77 at the reference restaurant, each served as a meal with a side and a drink.

Does Zaxby’s cater or feed a crowd?

Yes, two ways. Zax Packz are family boxes built around 20 Chicken Fingerz or 30 Boneless Wings with fries, toast and sauces ($42.66 at the reference restaurant; sauced Fingerz pack $47.68). Platters scale up to trays serving a dozen or more — the Regular Chicken Fingerz Platter was $81.56 at a second Athens store — but platter prices vary most by location, so confirm with your store and order ahead.

Who founded Zaxby’s, and where?

Childhood friends Zach McLeroy and Tony Townley opened the first Zaxby’s — originally just called “Zax” — in Statesboro, Georgia, near the Georgia Southern University campus, in March 1990. As the chain’s history records, it has since grown past 900 locations, most of them in the South.

Does Zaxby’s have grilled or lighter options?

Yes. The Grilled Chicken Sandwich ($8.27 on its own, $11.28 as a meal at the reference store), grilled-chicken Zalads with lite dressings, and the Asian Slaw side are the lighter bench. The chain’s published nutrition guide has the exact figures for each build.

Before You Go

• Prices are per-store. The figures above are one named Athens, Georgia restaurant’s, checked 1 November 2026 and matched item-for-item at a second Athens store the same day. Florida and Tennessee stores we sampled ran higher — your menu board is the final word.
• First visit? Get the Plate, not the Snak — the 6-Fingerz Chicken Finger Plate is the full build and the reference store’s most-ordered tray.
• Sauce strategy matters. Tongue Torch is the sweet spot; Nuclear and Insane are commitments.
• Feeding four or more? Price a Zax Packz first — $42.66 at the reference store, with fries and toast included.
• Deals live in the app. Zax Rewardz carries the offers; there is no national coupon page to check.

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