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    Nando's Mexican Cafe

    3.7 (507 reviews)
    ModerateMexican
    Closed 11:00 am - 10:00 pm
    Updated 2 months ago

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    NANDO'S MEXICAN CAFE ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Happy hour specials
    Outdoor seating

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    Steak Fajitas
    Robert C.

    Arrived on a Saturday at about 1:30pm, we were greeted and seated immediately. Short time later we were served chips and salsa. Pro tip: The habanero hot sauce is only serve if requested. Give it a try if you like it hot! We both ordered the lunch steak fajitas, swap the rice for mixed vegetables. And my friend requested a dairy free plate, so refried beans were swapped for whole pinto beans. The decor is rustic with lots of stone and tiles adding a pop of color. Food was delicious although seems the portions were smaller than in the past. Still a good value and definitely look forward to returning and sharing my next experience at Nando's! Recommend!

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    Deirdre L.

    Truly the worst experience we have had in a long time!!! We had a reservation for party of 10 people to celebrate a birthday. We were seated right at 5 pm and we had all arrived at the same time. Our server Samantha P. took a good 40 minutes before she even took our order, which was very frustrating. When our food finally arrived at almost 6:05 pm, half the food was luke warm and had obviously been sitting. My husband had ordered the chile verde, which came with only 3 little cubes of meat. He complained and they rectified this by bringing a separate bowl for him. Our drinks were all empty by then and we had to flag her down for refills. Our bill was $270.29 and they had automatically included a $42.20 tip, because we were a large group. Honestly, the service was not deserving of a tip like that. I suppose she knew she was automatically getting a good tip & was therefore not making a big effort. We have been to this restaurant many times before over the last several years, but if this had been our first experience, we would never go back! Way to ruin somebody's birthday!

    Green Chile Pork
    Pat M.

    Enchiladas Del Mar are by far the best thing on the menu, give it a try next time you're there. The salsa and chips are always so good, but my only complaint is that they are pretty hit or miss, sometimes they will be stale or and broken. I've definitely preferred this location over the Gilbert one lately. (See my other review lol)

    Bar area. Deconstructed Nachos
    Joel B.

    If you don't like this place we can't be friends. I would choose Nando's over most of my friendships anyways. Maybe I don't even need friends, I just need Nando's. The food is delicious and everything you could ask for from a Mexican restaurant. The margs are amazing. The nachos can turn around anyone's bad day. And don't get me started on the service and happy hour! Ok I'll get started. I went during happy hour and I'm fairly sure they never heard about inflation, because their prices were from pre 2020. The bartender Bob was also the best, guiding me to order deconstructed nachos which would be perfect leftovers (unfortunately I ate them all so no leftovers). Also the atmosphere is great, especially with the nice weather the patio is perfect

    Mexican pizza no meat
    Lisa G.

    I had never eaten at Nandos and in all honesty, I was pretty surprised. I had the bean tostada and cheese enchilada. Also shared a Mexican pizza, it was all really good. My friend had the red beef chili and it looked authentic (it's kind of rare to see the beef in chunks rather than shredded, like most restaurants serve now) he said it was good. It's a pretty busy restaurant but we were seated fairly quickly. The only downside we experienced was that we were sat in a booth which was serviced by the bartender. He was pleasant but was very busy so I was hard to get napkins, our bill, etc Overall it was a good experience with yummy food. Definitely recommend

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    1 month ago

    Went for lunch a few times, was seated right away and I thought the food was quite good! The price is pretty reasonable as well.

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    3 months ago

    Great mexican food. Chips and salsa yummy. Very nice patio seating. Very friendly staff

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    7 months ago

    Whenever we are in the area, we will stop to eat, or get it to go. One of our very favs!!

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    2 months ago

    Food was bland and soggy, chicken chili was dry, just had a big chunk of sauce less chicken inside. Maybe it was busy?

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    And they missed out on 3 for dinner because they didn't open the bar window. It's perfect Arizona weather, 67 degrees.

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    Great food and service. Was very excited to see the wide variety of dishes they have.

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    Ask the Community - Nando's Mexican Cafe

    Is the pasta dish very spicy? I am a wimp when it comes to spice so I tend to not order anything that indicates spicy.

    Request it not spice and it will come that way. Better yet order the polo Rico. Not spicy and loaded with chicken breast. Thank me later.😋

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