Recommended dishes: Nandinos' Chicken Breast Sandwich
Josy Mukwamu
Nando's is my jam anywhere. The choice of peri-o-meter makes it fun to try different level of spiciness. Their music playlist is always great (lots of ???? music and afrobeats)
Emi M.
I loved Nando's when I tried them in Chicago a few years ago- and I found it near where we were staying in crystal city so we went there. I cannot remember what I tried before, but I was sure I would enjoy anything with rice and chicken. We chose to just seat ourselves and order online from our table (which I think is great and convenient). We ordered and entered our table number accurately, but it seemed servers were confused between ours and people sitting next to us. They delivered their food to us, and my bf got a drink cup when he had ordered sangria. They were not friendly either. The other location was so much better. I liked the peach rooibos tea. I wish it was unsweetened, because it's always easy to add sugar. But there's no removing sugar from sweetened tea. I had a bowl which had many toppings like hummus, and corn. It was delicious. My bf ordered one chicken breast with a small side of rice, and it was $14 - I think that particular one is overpriced. Not a good value. I would not recommend it. However, Portion of my bowl was reasonable. Nando's is still my favorite but this location in particular was sub par, unfortunately.
S S.
Usually extremely rude and unprofessional servers at this location. They just slam the food in front of you and when you ask them about items in the order they forget to bring to the table, instead of apologizing and bringing them, they give you an attitude and never return. Second instance within the past 3 months. Meat is also usually undercooked. Not sure if there is a manager or any kind of quality control. Terribly expensive but overall a poor quality franchise business that offers bad food and service while preventing a good chicken burger restaurant or shop from being set up in the area.
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Terrible quality and portions. Not consistent across all locations. Won’t be back to this store or Nando’s. Had to wait twenty minutes for my
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Nandinos' Chicken Breast Sandwich, Nandocas' Choice and Chips, Peri Peri Chicken Bowl
Yubesh Shrestha
The food was good but quality and not as aspected. The wings' size was too small. And customer service was not too friendly.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 2
Timothy Pierce
If you not tried here, you need to. All of the food (especially the chicken) is amazing!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Boneless Chicken Breast, Fries, Peri Chips Aka Fries
Tiffany Haliburton
This Nando's was ok...not the best, not the worst. Their chicken wings were really small, but, to their credit, they recognized that and have my daughter an extra wing to make up for it. And, although Nando's has a line selling their sauces, they don't sell them all. I love the mango lime sauce, but they don't sell that one.Parking: There is a paid parking lot about 100 yards away.Kid-friendliness: I saw several families with small children who seemed to navigate the restaurant well.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Peri-Peri Wings, Verity of Sauces, Macho Peas
Michael M.
Not sure if it is the business or the app coupon says Free garlic bread on orders over $7 and it doesn't apply to specials offers. But it doesn't work for some reason The food it's good and the service it's ok on this location. Probably an issue with the coupons since I tried online and I get the same issue.
Tyler Mills
I ordered +$30 worth of food and it was delivered over 30 minutes later than it was expected. Poor and unreliable service. Do not order takeout from here.
My dinner here was fantastic. I ordered the half chicken with two sides which was about $18. For my sides I choose the garlic bread and the spiced peas. I was really impressed on the amount of food and how delicious everything was. The peas had a wonderful mint spice blend on them and the chicken was perfectly juicy. They have a sauce station where you can get cups of their different flavors of their peri peri sauce. I had plenty to take home for leftovers. I noticed that they do family meals here as well so it would be a great place to grab to go dinner for a family. The medium spice on the chicken was perfect for me but if you are not a fan on heat they have plain or other sauces that are not spicy for you.
Scott H.
The food was excellent. My friend and I had the 24 piece wings with fries. I always like the nando's pea mash. The dining room was clean and well kept. But the service was abysmal. The guy taking the orders, curly hair, was either stoned or heavily medicated. He had absolutely no personality, and he stumbled over the simplest parts of taking an order. When he spoke it was as if he were on thorazine. The guy roaming the restaurant handing out food, young guy, dark hair, was worse. He wandered expressionless around the restaurant. He refused to make eye contact with any customer and he never said a single word that wasn't dragged out of him. When he dropped off the food he essentially literally dropped the plates on the table and walked away. It looked like he hated his job. The kitchen staff were turning and burning impressively. The manager was working hard. But the two most customer facing employees should have been kept hidden in a back room somewhere.
Malcolm H.
Came in for dinner with a group of co-workers. the restaurant was decently busy during their dinner rush. We were not greeted by and hostess, but they do have a pretty unique self seating model, where you can go to any open table sit down and order from a QR code sitting on the table. I really enjoyed that because sometimes you really aren't in the mood to interact with staff and you would rather just order food and keep it pushing with your group. One thing I didn't t appreciate is we had a somewhat larger group and hand to split between two different booths that they had to offer. Which isn't a problem, but what was is the fact the booths were a large wrap around style booth chair, but the table itself was pretty tiny. Small to the point where two people will be able to use the table comfortably, anything past two people using the table with multiple food plates and drinks it can get crowded pretty easily. I was pretty excited for the food as the menu was filled with all types of colorful and unique items, but i was quickly let down when everything came out. There was nothing wrong with the preparation of the food, everything was cooked properly and came out hot, but there was just nothing that really left a lasting impression to me as far as taste. Pretty boring in my opinion. And the Mac and cheese that they were pushing so hard in a lot of their menu items really reminded me of getting Mac in cheese from your grocery store food bar and heating it up. And it was more a macaroni salad kind of Mac not a classic Mac and cheese. I did really enjoy my Brussels sprouts and rice that i had ordered as a side dish. They was a bad experience, but this is for not the place for everyone. if say you have kids or are just young adult this might be a hit for you. Every one else leave a compliment and tell me what you think.
Nelson Bernal
Excellent chicken ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Boneless Chicken Breast, Peri Peri Chicken Bowl, Fries, Portuguese Rice
David S.
Food: the food is always excellent, this peri mac stack sandwich is bomb. It's a mix of mac and cheese, slaw and shredded chicken in a Portuguese roll. The sprouts are mad good and the kids grilled chz and fries are nop notch. Service. And this is why I only gave 3 stars. The employees of nando's are young I get it but you guys gotta become more friendly and want to actually serve and help the customers. I asked for silverware and a To-go box today and I could just tell how annoyed the runner and employee behind the counter were. Your job is to serve the customer, so do it and be happy to do it and do so with a smile on your face. Same with the host/hostess, when you greet the customer have a smile on your face. Ambiance: the ambiance is great, very cool chill relaxing atmosphere, love the stories written on the walls. My daughter loves nando's because of the music and just pure charm. Nando's is a great chain, I just wish the attitude of the staff could improve a bit.
I wouldn't go there
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Nandinos' Chicken Breast Sandwich
Nando's is my jam anywhere. The choice of peri-o-meter makes it fun to try different level of spiciness. Their music playlist is always great (lots of ???? music and afrobeats)
I loved Nando's when I tried them in Chicago a few years ago- and I found it near where we were staying in crystal city so we went there. I cannot remember what I tried before, but I was sure I would enjoy anything with rice and chicken. We chose to just seat ourselves and order online from our table (which I think is great and convenient). We ordered and entered our table number accurately, but it seemed servers were confused between ours and people sitting next to us. They delivered their food to us, and my bf got a drink cup when he had ordered sangria. They were not friendly either. The other location was so much better. I liked the peach rooibos tea. I wish it was unsweetened, because it's always easy to add sugar. But there's no removing sugar from sweetened tea. I had a bowl which had many toppings like hummus, and corn. It was delicious. My bf ordered one chicken breast with a small side of rice, and it was $14 - I think that particular one is overpriced. Not a good value. I would not recommend it. However, Portion of my bowl was reasonable. Nando's is still my favorite but this location in particular was sub par, unfortunately.
Usually extremely rude and unprofessional servers at this location. They just slam the food in front of you and when you ask them about items in the order they forget to bring to the table, instead of apologizing and bringing them, they give you an attitude and never return. Second instance within the past 3 months. Meat is also usually undercooked. Not sure if there is a manager or any kind of quality control. Terribly expensive but overall a poor quality franchise business that offers bad food and service while preventing a good chicken burger restaurant or shop from being set up in the area.
Terrible quality and portions. Not consistent across all locations. Won’t be back to this store or Nando’s. Had to wait twenty minutes for my
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Nandinos' Chicken Breast Sandwich, Nandocas' Choice and Chips, Peri Peri Chicken Bowl
The food was good but quality and not as aspected. The wings' size was too small. And customer service was not too friendly.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 2
If you not tried here, you need to. All of the food (especially the chicken) is amazing!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Boneless Chicken Breast, Fries, Peri Chips Aka Fries
This Nando's was ok...not the best, not the worst. Their chicken wings were really small, but, to their credit, they recognized that and have my daughter an extra wing to make up for it. And, although Nando's has a line selling their sauces, they don't sell them all. I love the mango lime sauce, but they don't sell that one.Parking: There is a paid parking lot about 100 yards away.Kid-friendliness: I saw several families with small children who seemed to navigate the restaurant well.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Peri-Peri Wings, Verity of Sauces, Macho Peas
Not sure if it is the business or the app coupon says Free garlic bread on orders over $7 and it doesn't apply to specials offers. But it doesn't work for some reason The food it's good and the service it's ok on this location. Probably an issue with the coupons since I tried online and I get the same issue.
I ordered +$30 worth of food and it was delivered over 30 minutes later than it was expected. Poor and unreliable service. Do not order takeout from here.
Food: 2
Service: 1
Restaurantji Recommends
My dinner here was fantastic. I ordered the half chicken with two sides which was about $18. For my sides I choose the garlic bread and the spiced peas. I was really impressed on the amount of food and how delicious everything was. The peas had a wonderful mint spice blend on them and the chicken was perfectly juicy. They have a sauce station where you can get cups of their different flavors of their peri peri sauce. I had plenty to take home for leftovers. I noticed that they do family meals here as well so it would be a great place to grab to go dinner for a family. The medium spice on the chicken was perfect for me but if you are not a fan on heat they have plain or other sauces that are not spicy for you.
The food was excellent. My friend and I had the 24 piece wings with fries. I always like the nando's pea mash. The dining room was clean and well kept. But the service was abysmal. The guy taking the orders, curly hair, was either stoned or heavily medicated. He had absolutely no personality, and he stumbled over the simplest parts of taking an order. When he spoke it was as if he were on thorazine. The guy roaming the restaurant handing out food, young guy, dark hair, was worse. He wandered expressionless around the restaurant. He refused to make eye contact with any customer and he never said a single word that wasn't dragged out of him. When he dropped off the food he essentially literally dropped the plates on the table and walked away. It looked like he hated his job. The kitchen staff were turning and burning impressively. The manager was working hard. But the two most customer facing employees should have been kept hidden in a back room somewhere.
Came in for dinner with a group of co-workers. the restaurant was decently busy during their dinner rush. We were not greeted by and hostess, but they do have a pretty unique self seating model, where you can go to any open table sit down and order from a QR code sitting on the table. I really enjoyed that because sometimes you really aren't in the mood to interact with staff and you would rather just order food and keep it pushing with your group. One thing I didn't t appreciate is we had a somewhat larger group and hand to split between two different booths that they had to offer. Which isn't a problem, but what was is the fact the booths were a large wrap around style booth chair, but the table itself was pretty tiny. Small to the point where two people will be able to use the table comfortably, anything past two people using the table with multiple food plates and drinks it can get crowded pretty easily. I was pretty excited for the food as the menu was filled with all types of colorful and unique items, but i was quickly let down when everything came out. There was nothing wrong with the preparation of the food, everything was cooked properly and came out hot, but there was just nothing that really left a lasting impression to me as far as taste. Pretty boring in my opinion. And the Mac and cheese that they were pushing so hard in a lot of their menu items really reminded me of getting Mac in cheese from your grocery store food bar and heating it up. And it was more a macaroni salad kind of Mac not a classic Mac and cheese. I did really enjoy my Brussels sprouts and rice that i had ordered as a side dish. They was a bad experience, but this is for not the place for everyone. if say you have kids or are just young adult this might be a hit for you. Every one else leave a compliment and tell me what you think.
Excellent chicken ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Boneless Chicken Breast, Peri Peri Chicken Bowl, Fries, Portuguese Rice
Food: the food is always excellent, this peri mac stack sandwich is bomb. It's a mix of mac and cheese, slaw and shredded chicken in a Portuguese roll. The sprouts are mad good and the kids grilled chz and fries are nop notch. Service. And this is why I only gave 3 stars. The employees of nando's are young I get it but you guys gotta become more friendly and want to actually serve and help the customers. I asked for silverware and a To-go box today and I could just tell how annoyed the runner and employee behind the counter were. Your job is to serve the customer, so do it and be happy to do it and do so with a smile on your face. Same with the host/hostess, when you greet the customer have a smile on your face. Ambiance: the ambiance is great, very cool chill relaxing atmosphere, love the stories written on the walls. My daughter loves nando's because of the music and just pure charm. Nando's is a great chain, I just wish the attitude of the staff could improve a bit.