Nando's

Like most fast food restaurants that deal principally in poultry, Nando’s like to worship chickens before putting them on your plate and asking you to eat them Reviews

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Like most fast food restaurants that deal principally in poultry, Nando’s like to worship chickens before putting them on your plate and asking you to eat them. We sat behind a mock-stained glass chicken, next to schoolchild drawings of the birds, while, bafflingly, a notice on the menu proclaimed: ‘At Nando’s we love vegetarians, all of our chickens are vegetarians’. Perhaps they’re missing the point.

After brilliantly fiery olives set our taste buds in motion, we were treated to a chicken espetada – chunks of juicy, brown-edged, peri-peri chicken on a skewer hanging from something resembling a contraption at a Victorian dental surgery, over a bed of roasted vegetables. It was delicious. We also liked the chicken breast burger, which had a natural rather than processed feel, and the bun was crispy and fresh. The fries too, were just about perfect. To the sound of trumpeted Iberian balladry, at a South African-owned, Mozambiquean/ Portuguese fast food chain, we became converts too, worshipping at the altar of the feathered bird.

By Matthew Lee

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Details

    Location: Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai
  • Tel: 04 321 2000
  • Travel: Saeed Tower 2, Sheikh Zayed Road
  • Cuisine: Portuguese
  • Times: Open Sat-Thu noon-midnight; Fri 1pm-midnight
  • Price: Dhs50-200
  • Credit Cards Accepted: Yes

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  • Users voted this restaurant most suitable for: Business lunch
Posted by: Abdullah Y on 04 Aug ' 09 at 06:37
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  • Best for: Business lunch
  • Would you go back to this restaurant? Yes

Great chicken especially the chicken espetada dipped in their trademark peri-peri sauce. I like their appetizers too, go for the tahini, the chicken lever, or the chicken caesar salad.
Go there if you want a nice simple chicken dish, but don't expect many varieties as they only care about chicken, thus the menu is limited. So if this is your thing, you will not be disappointed and I predict you will be a repeat diner.

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