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Nando’s is overrated....
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Agree or disagree?
I have been once in my life and the chicken was hard and the fries were over greasy. The only reasonable bit was the hot sauce.
Never going again.
Your thoughts? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Agree with op. Absolutely overrated in my opinion. Chicken is the cheapest meat and I can cook it better myself. Sauces are ok but not good enough to make me go there again |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Went once. Was total shite. Haven't and won't go again.
Most of these big chains are pretty shite tho...more effort spent on marketing and customer service and less on the actual food.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Overrated by whom? I've never heard anyone rave about it. It's somewhere cheap and cheerful to take the kids. You get what you pay for. "
It was always full of people in Birmingham five ways one so I guess people do like it a lot |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Overrated by whom? I've never heard anyone rave about it. It's somewhere cheap and cheerful to take the kids. You get what you pay for. "
In general. I used to hear people ranting and raving about it. And have been told to go for a long time. When I did take the plunge was very disappointed. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Overrated by whom? I've never heard anyone rave about it. It's somewhere cheap and cheerful to take the kids. You get what you pay for. "
^ exactly this.
Its decent enough, it’s not ever going to be 5* but for a fairly cheap meal out I think it’s good value for money.
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I never understood the appeal.
During lockdown I would walk past our local Nandos whilst walking the dog and the queue of deliveroo/just eat drivers waiting outside to collect orders was astounding. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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It does the job for what it is.
Nobody would have ever called Nando’s overrated if the phrase cheeky Nando’s didn’t get so much momentum.
I like paying beforehand and getting my own drinks, it means I don’t have to wait for the servers |
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Only been a couple of times so, on a positive note I quite liked you paid in advance, so once you’ve finished you don’t have to wait for someone to give you your bill and then pay it.
I also, as someone who doesn’t really have sauces on his food, really love their sauce (the very hot ones) so much so I have three bottles of it in my cupboard.
It’s not a restaurant I go to with my kids, they love pizza so it’s generally Frankies and Bennys for us, but it’s ok  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Overrated by whom? I've never heard anyone rave about it. It's somewhere cheap and cheerful to take the kids. You get what you pay for. "
My mum and someone I work with both rave about it 
I don’t mind it but it wouldn’t be my first choice of places to eat at. |
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"Agree or disagree?
I have been once in my life and the chicken was hard and the fries were over greasy. The only reasonable bit was the hot sauce.
Never going again.
Your thoughts?"
We've never been to Nando's, their menu seems too limited for a meal out and their prices are too high for fast food.
Cal |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Agree or disagree?
I have been once in my life and the chicken was hard and the fries were over greasy. The only reasonable bit was the hot sauce.
Never going again.
Your thoughts?"
First time I went (in Leicester) it was a good experience.
Second time was in Huntingdon, never again. Like yours, the chicken was hard. |
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By *HaRiFMan
over a year ago
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"Agree or disagree?
I have been once in my life and the chicken was hard and the fries were over greasy. The only reasonable bit was the hot sauce.
Never going again.
Your thoughts?"
I'd have to agree with you, it's not my favourite place to go. There's far better chicken shops / nandos clones that offer better tasting food in my experience.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Never been..
You are not missing much. Unless I just went to a shit one. But it was that shit I was tempted to walk out without paying."
Walk out without paying? You pay before you eat in Nando’s......... |
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"Never been..
You are not missing much. Unless I just went to a shit one. But it was that shit I was tempted to walk out without paying.
Walk out without paying? You pay before you eat in Nando’s......... "
Maybe it was a joke...  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Never been..
You are not missing much. Unless I just went to a shit one. But it was that shit I was tempted to walk out without paying.
Walk out without paying? You pay before you eat in Nando’s......... "
Yeah I know, I think that’s why they have it set like that. Because loads of people would leave without paying otherwise. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Never been..
You are not missing much. Unless I just went to a shit one. But it was that shit I was tempted to walk out without paying.
Walk out without paying? You pay before you eat in Nando’s.........
Maybe it was a joke... "
Maybe it was....... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I remember when I first went to Nandos and we were seated at a table and then sat there for 15 minutes being ignored lmaoooo so we walked out  cringeeee. I didn't realise you had to go and order and grab the food yourself. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I remember when I first went to Nandos and we were seated at a table and then sat there for 15 minutes being ignored lmaoooo so we walked out cringeeee. I didn't realise you had to go and order and grab the food yourself. "
Walking out is the best thing you could have done |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I remember when I first went to Nandos and we were seated at a table and then sat there for 15 minutes being ignored lmaoooo so we walked out cringeeee. I didn't realise you had to go and order and grab the food yourself.
Walking out is the best thing you could have done "
I tried it for the first time a few months ago as I wanted to see what the hype was all about! I think it came to around £30 and the quality was shocking, it all tasted frozen and had little flavour. I won't be going back. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Been out of the UK for 15 years now so we have never been to nandos so on a trip back last year we went to one for the first time.
So we had no idea how it worked in there and was soon to our seat by the manager and waited for a server which of course didn’t turn up.
So after half an hour we asked the manager WTF to which he nearly died of embarrassment because he hadn’t asked if we’d been before so therefore didn’t tell us how it worked there.
He gave us free starters and many gifts to apologize but it wasn’t for us and we wouldn’t go back again.
What a boring story !!!!!!
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"Agree or disagree?
I have been once in my life and the chicken was hard and the fries were over greasy. The only reasonable bit was the hot sauce.
Never going again.
Your thoughts?"
I love chicken but think it is overrated and over priced. However my daughter likes it so sometimes we go. It has been more enjoyable recently with the cheap prices and i do love the minted peas and hot sauces. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Crap. Only been once and wasnt impressed at all. Plastic seats and plastic food. Seems targeted at kids and teens not adults. Dont know why people like it to be honest. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Agree or disagree?
I have been once in my life and the chicken was hard and the fries were over greasy. The only reasonable bit was the hot sauce.
Never going again.
Your thoughts?"
I’ve been once never again defo overrated |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I like it. Mango and lime butterfly chicken and spicy rice. Nice glass of red wine its lovely
That sounds lovely, So it’s nothing like a KFC"
Nope kfc is greasy. I have had a different Nando’s experience to the rest of the forum it seems |
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By *iewMan
over a year ago
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"I like it. Mango and lime butterfly chicken and spicy rice. Nice glass of red wine its lovely
That sounds lovely, So it’s nothing like a KFC
Nope kfc is greasy. I have had a different Nando’s experience to the rest of the forum it seems "
I have that as well and I like it |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I like it. Mango and lime butterfly chicken and spicy rice. Nice glass of red wine its lovely "
I usually get the sunset burger with chips and halloumi. I love the chutney they put on the burger. Bottle of Sagres to go with it as well. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I like it. Mango and lime butterfly chicken and spicy rice. Nice glass of red wine its lovely
I usually get the sunset burger with chips and halloumi. I love the chutney they put on the burger. Bottle of Sagres to go with it as well. "
Mmm love halloumi |
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By *hav02Man
over a year ago
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Quality has gone down in the last decade since it was seen as a "classy establishment" by the chav market.
Can't stand going to my local one in London, it's how i imagine an illegal rave populated by 12yrs olds would be. |
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By *al01Man
over a year ago
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"Agree or disagree?
I have been once in my life and the chicken was hard and the fries were over greasy. The only reasonable bit was the hot sauce.
Never going again.
Your thoughts?"
Overrated and overpriced in my _iew |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I like it. Mango and lime butterfly chicken and spicy rice. Nice glass of red wine its lovely
That sounds lovely, So it’s nothing like a KFC
Nope kfc is greasy. I have had a different Nando’s experience to the rest of the forum it seems
I have that as well and I like it "
I think it depends where you live. |
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100% in our opinion but then again so is KFC, McDonald's, burger King etc. Now if you have a Fat hippo burger chain near you I would highly recommend trying it (we have one in Nottingham) if you don't know there food then Google it, I promise if you are a burger fan you will not be disappointed |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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i lived in south africa for a while, and over the road was a nandos, i used to go often, lovely, tried it in the uk, totaly different, no wear near as good |
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"100% in our opinion but then again so is KFC, McDonald's, burger King etc. Now if you have a Fat hippo burger chain near you I would highly recommend trying it (we have one in Nottingham) if you don't know there food then Google it, I promise if you are a burger fan you will not be disappointed "
There are some awesome burgers available once you stray away from the chains.
Prices to match but as a treat they really do hit the spot taste and quality wise.
I'll try the hippo next time i am up that way, I'm assuming no hippos were harmed in making the said burger  |
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"Could say same for:-
Pizza Hut
Pizza express
Wagon mamas
Ask
McDonald’s
Burger King
Costa coffee
Starbucks
Frankly and Bennie
So many fast food franchises are crap"
Totally agree..
Because people have forgotten how to cook |
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Well, hearing people rave about it, it felt like I was the only one never to have been, It seems lots haven't and a fair number who have, don't think it's worth the bother, don't think I'll be going any time soon. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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We went once but after looking at the menu, decided to leave. Their chips are actually McCains - see https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-43209486 for confirmation |
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"Yes, totally overrated. It's just chicken with a bottle of sauce you can buy at the supermarket. It's unbelievable that it has become so successful. "
Are they another foreign owned company If so thats perhaps why you have to go to a good pub it seems now for a good english cuisine in a way thou I prefer that.. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Could say same for:-
Pizza Hut
Pizza express
Wagon mamas
Ask
McDonald’s
Burger King
Costa coffee
Starbucks
Frankly and Bennie
So many fast food franchises are crap
Totally agree..
Because people have forgotten how to cook "
And sometimes, they just don't want to! |
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