It seems, no matter what city I go to in Britain, I can never avoid at least seeing a Nando's, they have grown so big over the past few years, this store in particular is well hidden on the 5th floor of Liverpool One.
If you are looking for this store, it is quite close to the ODEON cinema, and it is well hidden compared to the likes of Pizza Express and Caffe Rouge, who all have nearby stores.
The store is actually quite big, and the first thing that hit me was the loud music, luckily I sat towards the back of the large store, hence it wasn't as bad for me. (Who goes out to eat, at a concert, Nando's thinks people do!) Unlike, at every other branch of Nando's I visited, they was no one to sit me at a table, so I just waltzed in, and found a table.
It is the standard Nando's menu of course, and they do accept Starbucks cards here.
This store is quite nice, it is very big and even has circular booths, for large parties, but unfortunately these seemed to be all taken on my visit.
The staff here seemed okay, at the "bar", I was served by a trainee so it was a little slow and not the best possible service, but for a trainee, it was a good standard, and I have actually had worse service from managers of stores in the past.
Service here seemed very slow and it actually taken 25 minutes to get my food, Nando's is a little pricy with my meal costing just over £10 for Chicken Butterfly and two portions of chips, but it is the typical chain prices and in a way, for the quality it does represent value for money.
I'd say this is one of the nicer branches of Nando's for food, my chicken and the mango and lime flavouring was quite nice, and so were my chips, however the service here is pretty slow compared to other stores, which could mean having to seat yourselves and / or having to wait considerably longer for your food, than a different branch, which is one of the main reasons for the store's rating being lower than what I'd have liked to give.
The drinks here, I find far too pricy especially for iced tea, and the best drink to get is just paying £2.50 for the glass and getting unlimited fizzy drink, but I don't find their to be a cheaper, value for money alternative for someone, who does not like fizzy drinks.
This Nando's store is a nice store, with food that is up to a good standard, but the service is the one thing that seems to let it down along with some pricing issues, so I feel the highest I can give this store is 3 stars. read more