To not get the fuss about Nando's??

[littlemissrose]

Went to Nando's for the first time last night after my oldest dd asking to go as she'd heard how good it is...not very impressed I have to say! £40 for a very small wrap and fries two kids meals (chicken in a brioche bun) and a chicken burger and fries and soft drinks. Honestly would've been half the price in McDonalds for very similar food. Restaurant wasn't particularly clean either and it was a bit like having fast food but way more expensive. Am I right or just being an old moan

I like the chicken. The whole chicken platter (with two bottomless drinks and 2 sides is good value at £14ish.

I dislike Nandos with a vengeance. Why pay so much to eat chicken and chips. It's not even cheap!

Not very good for chickens i agree but i do love a kfc too

I don't mind it — most people can find something they like if you're out with a group. It's cooked to order, and I think the portion sizes are good.

I'm not saying it's haute cuisine, but it's similar to other chains. I'd prefer Nando's to a poor Italian restaurant.

@woodchuck99 what a load of sexist crap 🙄

Oh, and I like the way you can choose how many and which sides you have. At most chains that isn't a choice you get.

I agree its overpriced but I dont think there is a "fuss" about it. I dont know anyone who regards Nandos as anything more than a high street chain restaurant. Its chicken and chips, thats all. I just view it for what it is. Its kind of like expecting 50 shades of grey to win a Pulitzer prize- you know its never going to happen so you adjust your expectations. Nandos is like the reading equivalent of Cosmo.

@woodchuck99 what a load of sexist crap

It's not sexist to say that many teenage girls have smaller appetites and teenage boys and men. Do you eat as much as your DH?

Overpriced and poor portion sizes - we even had to order two meals for our son as the one that came out was tiny. Never again.

I just saw it as somewhere cheap, fast and a slightly healthier alternative to a burger bar. They also had a couple of vegetarian options plus you had real crockery and knives and forks. It wasn’t brilliant but okay if you were in a hurry and had teenagers with you.

There's hype about it?

I went to one once never again. It had delusions of being a restaurant but every time you wanted another drink you had to fekking queue up again, but the prices were similar to say zizzi's (a much nicer environment)

I wouldn't be too impressed by them donating what's left over. Lots of restaurants and grocery shops seek out charities to offload their surplus on to. It's cheaper than refuse charges (free if they can get the charity to pick it up) and good PR.

Don't get me wrong, great that the people using the soup kitchen get the food (if, unlike most on this thread, they like Nando's), but it's not really some amazing altruistic act from the company.

They don’t even do chicken in breadcrumbs do they? Just grilled chicken.

Do you eat as much as your DH

Yup, usually more. I have a big appetite.

What I don't get are these stupid snobbery based threads. Given that there are 340 Nandos in the UK, clearly LOTS of people enjoy it.

@YessicaHaircut - glad to "meet" another fan! Sadly, I'm missing them returning to my home town as I'm already booked that night! I took a gang of friends along last year when they first visited and they all loved them. Scott is lovely - as are the others - they always stay and chat afterwards and answers any questions if you email him.

But I'll be seeing them at Bearded Theory Festival in May. Just hope it stops bloody raining by then!

I really wanted to hate it but they are really good with food allergies and generally fast service.
The salads are good. I love a big salad I haven't had to prepare.

Disgusting food and the times I have been I've always been left with an upset stomach.

Glorified KFC.

It's ok. They don't cut into the chicken skin to marinade it so the flavour is only on the outside of the chicken and inner part is bland! We go now and again but I prefer pepes which is also a heck of a lot cheaper.

Agree, it is rank. Cheap, nasty, dirty food for teenage boys.

I've been once and that was enough. Dirty cutlery, average food. Grim.

YANBU. Nando’s is overpriced shite. Even my teenager refuses to go there with his friends it’s that bad. Also don’t they use Halal chicken- that would put me off for a start!

I have this same conversation with my DD27. She raves about it and I'm like 'But it's just chicken and chips!' 🤷‍♀️ I don't get the hype?

It used to be quite good value 10 years ago but now overpriced. yo sushi is now more popular with my teenage DD and her friends. My DD took me to yo sushi & I thought that was expensive.

I put it in the bracket as Frankie's and Benny's. I think the quality of the food is dubious too. Even dc agree it is shit after a brief phase of wanting to go all the time.

I enjoyed the "cheeky Nando's" jokes some years ago, but went to Nando's once and was disappointed because it wasn't really cheeky at all. I had some sort of a mushroom wrap and it was like chewing on a dead hand or something. My ex-colleagues really rate the chicken though.