Marietta's wing scene runs from straightforward counter-service spots to family-owned rooms where the cook is also the owner taking your order. The picks below represent the range: smoked and sauced, Cajun-seasoned, lemon-pepper, and at least one room that treats wings as a side act to something else worth knowing about. Insider Scores reflect the cumulative public record; no restaurant pays for placement.
Marietta
2500 Barrett Creek Blvd · (770) 485-2503
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Counter service, five-minute waits, and a kitchen that keeps its seasoning restrained enough to let the bird speak. The buffalo wings come with blue cheese and hold up alongside the smoked BBQ ribs as the room's dual anchors. Fried chicken and mac and cheese is the combination to know. Candied yams round out a plate that reads as a straightforward Southern comfort operation, not a trend chaser. Solid and consistent are the words that follow this room.
What to orderSmoked BBQ Ribs, Buffalo Wings with Blue Cheese, Fried Chicken and Mac & Cheese
№ 02
Wingz On Wheelz
5.4Solid
Marietta $
800 Whitlock Ave · (678) 503-8808
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Family-owned and operated in the plainest sense: the mother takes orders up front, the father and son work the kitchen. The honey garlic wings are the draw most regulars cite first, with the BBQ wing platter close behind. Buffalo chicken nachos extend the menu toward shareable territory. At the dollar-sign price tier, the value proposition is real. The ownership structure gives the room a personal accountability that corporate wing chains do not replicate.
What to orderHoney Garlic Wings, Buffalo Chicken Nachos, BBQ Wing Platter
№ 03
Big Fish and Chicken
5.4Solid
Marietta $$
3190 Canton Rd · (770) 635-8256
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No pretense about the format or the mission. Buffalo wings and honey BBQ wings share the menu with fried catfish, and the room handles both without apology. This is counter-service comfort food operating on the straightforward premise that the food carries the experience. The catfish draws customers who might have come for wings and leave with both. A casual family dinner or game-day gathering is the honest use case, and the kitchen does not oversell itself beyond that.
What to orderBuffalo Wings, Fried Catfish, Honey BBQ Wings
№ 04
Infusion Crab ATL
5.5Solid
Marietta
2044 Lower Roswell Rd · (678) 742-8946
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The house sauce, a proprietary combination of blended seasonings, is what separates Infusion Crab ATL from the standard boil-and-bag operation. Cajun seafood boil is the main event; the honey hot wings function as a credible secondary order for the table member not committed to a full boil. Fried catfish rounds out a menu built around Gulf-coast-inflected seasoning applied generously. Pricing reads as reasonable relative to the portion. A weekend group dinner format suits the room's pace.
What to orderCajun Seafood Boil, Honey Hot Wings, Fried Catfish Platter
№ 05
Hibachi Stop
4.7Notable
Marietta $
2856 Delk Rd · (678) 324-6045
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Teriyaki wings sit alongside hibachi chicken plates and spicy tuna rolls, which positions this room differently from every other entry on this list. The teriyaki preparation is the relevant order for wings-seekers; the kitchen's strength, per the record, runs across the hibachi and sushi sides of the menu. High-quality ingredients at the dollar-sign price point is the recurring characterization. Worth noting for a table with mixed preferences, where one person wants wings and another wants a roll.
What to orderHibachi Chicken Plate, Spicy Tuna Roll, Teriyaki Wings
№ 06
Marietta Crawfish
4.7Notable
Marietta $$
1420 Roswell Rd · (770) 971-7070
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The crawfish boil is the primary draw, and the Cajun wings exist in its orbit rather than competing with it. A strong selection of seasonings gives the room some range for heat-preference customization. The honest assessment from the record is that this operates better as a takeout format than a sit-down dining experience, and the seafood-to-price ratio on the crawfish has drawn some pushback. Order the wings as an add-on to a boil, not as the standalone reason to visit.
What to orderCrawfish Boil, Fried Catfish Platter, Cajun Wings
№ 07
Windy City Grill
4.9Notable
Marietta $
4017 Canton Rd · (678) 401-7735
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Chicago-style wings at a diner-format room that also runs an all-day breakfast and hand-cut fries. The fries are cut and cooked in-house, which signals kitchen attention beyond the wing fryer. Service runs attentive during off-peak hours, and the room is kept clean. The classic cheeseburger anchors the lunch side. For a Marietta counter that produces wings alongside real diner cooking rather than a dedicated wing-shop operation, this is the outlier with a broader plate.
What to orderChicago-Style Wings, All-Day Breakfast Platter, Classic Cheeseburger
№ 08
Wing City
4.6Notable
Marietta $
2467 Windy Hill Rd · (770) 675-7922
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Lemon pepper is the wing to order here, cited consistently as the best flavor on the board. Hot wings with blue cheese and a fried fish and shrimp combo extend the menu for tables that want both land and sea. The room has been operating since at least 2011, which gives it a neighborhood-institution standing in Marietta. Wings run large in size and hold quality even late in the service. Mr. and Mrs. Lee's customer-service reputation follows the room across the record.
What to orderLemon Pepper Wings, Fried Fish and Shrimp Combo, Hot Wings with Blue Cheese
№ 09
Ah-Beetz New Haven Pizza
4.9Notable
Marietta
125 Ernest W Barrett Pkwy NW · (678) 695-7432
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New Haven-style pizza is the reason to be here: coal-fired crust with the chew and char that distinguishes the New Haven tradition from New York or Neapolitan. Wings are on the menu and the flavor holds, though the kitchen's identity is built around the pie. For a Marietta guide to wings, this entry earns its place as the room where a wing order accompanies something genuinely distinctive. The pizza alone makes the trip; the wings are a reasonable addition to the table.
What to orderHouse Special, Chef's Recommendation, Popular Favorite
Frequently asked
Where can I find the best wings near me in Marietta?
Wing City on the south end of Marietta has been a neighborhood constant since at least 2011, with lemon pepper as its most-cited flavor. Cozy Coop and Wingz On Wheelz are the other counter-service anchors for straightforward wing orders. Every restaurant in this guide is located in Marietta. The Insider Score next to each name reflects the cumulative public review record; no restaurant pays to appear on this list.
Which Marietta wing spot is best for a large group?
Infusion Crab ATL handles groups well, with a seafood boil format that naturally scales to the table and Cajun wings as a supplement. Marietta Crawfish operates similarly but works better as takeout than a sit-down group meal. For a strictly wings-focused group in a casual setting, Wingz On Wheelz and Cozy Coop both accommodate families without a complicated format.
Are any of these Marietta wing restaurants good for takeout?
Most of the rooms on this list are counter-service or casual walk-in operations that handle takeout as a primary format. Marietta Crawfish is specifically noted as performing better as takeout than dine-in. Wing City and Big Fish and Chicken both operate in a format where takeout is a standard order mode. Hibachi Stop processes Uber Eats orders alongside walk-in service.
Do these restaurants pay to be listed as the best wings in Marietta?
No. The Insider Score is calculated from the public review record, and no restaurant pays for placement or ranking on this list. The guide reflects the cumulative public record as of 2026. If a room's record is mixed, the writeup says so.
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The data first, then the verdict
We start with the review record, not a press release. Every room here is a real kitchen with a strong rating across a meaningful number of reviews, ranked on our 10-point Insider Score. We weight consistency over time and the rooms locals return to, not the ones tourists pass through once. The list updates as the data does. How we work →
Desmond Caldwell
Editor at Large
Desmond writes the long view on Atlanta dining: the institutions, the chefs who set the standard, the rooms the city returns to. He reviews from the full record and tells you why a place still matters.