I got the half chicken with two sides ($18) with corn and Brussels sprout(+$2). Food came out in about 15 minutes. The chicken tasted good and you could taste some of the charcoal smoke it got. The corn was pretty solid, Brussels sprouts were just meh. I liked the variety of hot sauces they had. Service was fair. Overall a solid lunch meal in a very casual atmosphere. I would come back. Food(50%): 7.3 Staff/service(25%): 6.0 Value(25%): 7.0 Overall: 6.9/10 read more

Nando's Peri-Peri - Half chicken - Portuguese Near Me - Gainesville, Virginia

A little expensive (especially the upgrade for the Brussels sprouts). But chicken is very fresh and tangy. I enjoy getting to try all their sauces read more

Nando's Peri-Peri - PERi PERi Chicken and fries - Portuguese Near Me - Gainesville, Virginia

Ordered the 1/2 chicken hot. Ordered the cauliflower and sweet potatoes. Everything was cooked to perfection. The owner and host checked on me frequently and allowed to eat quickly and get back to my sales day. Excellent meal with great flavors. I will be back. read more

Service was good and food was hot and delicious. Staff checked on us to make sure we had everything we needed. My only complaint is that we were charged a $12 "service fee" for our order. Not sure if this was to act as a tip since a lot of people don't tip at counter service locations but it would have been nice to know in advance. read more

This food and service is amazing! Let me tell you a positive story! We tried to eat at another restaurant in the same Complex but unfortunately they couldn't get the steaks correctly cooked, twice. We tipped the waitress we and left. Walked over to Nando's and ordered dinner. Told Them story laughing and when we went to pay for our food they comped the food! No charge!! Because they felt bad for our experience at another restaurant! Now that's service. My jaw hit the floor! We will be back for the amazing food and service at Nando's ! Totally recommend Nando's! read more

We ordered Nando's for catering an event for our teachers. We asked for 90 to be fed for lunch and the team stepped up and offered great suggestions for a dietary friendly menu, great flavors, and an even better price. We had our order delivered and the Manager who was on site was so helpful and friendly. He set up the entire order and went above and beyond to bring us a few extra items including coupons for the teachers. The food was fresh, flavorful, and packed in a way that kept it warm. We were thrilled with the portion sizes and how much they provided at the price point. I really love everything about this team and their catering was outstanding! We will be back as a family and likely order from catering again! read more

Nando's Peri-Peri - Catered lunch - Portuguese Near Me - Gainesville, Virginia

Food = 4.9/5 was soooo delicious! A little more marinade and crispier skin would make it 5/5 but really, this was still so delicious. Picture doesn't do much Justice... me and my boyfriend went straight for it and I totally forgot to take my picture until 3 bites in!!! Chicken was so juicy, not a single dry piece. Expectations met! Employees = 5/5 we were welcomed as soon as we got in. We needed some help with our order and one of the girls jumped right in. Also towards the end of our meal, we were asked how everything was by what seemed to be the owner? Either owner or manager. Environment = 5/5 loved the booth seats Price = for what we got I would say we are well beyond satisfied (full chicken meal). We got a half medium half lemon pepper. Came with fries and sweet potato slices. Totaled at $34.75 Will definitely come back!! read more

Nando's Peri-Peri - Full Chicken Platter - Portuguese Near Me - Gainesville, Virginia

Love the service. Very quick. Of I came in after the lunch crowd. Had the chicken skewers. Fabulous. Grilled to perfect with onions and tomatoes. Just a little charred around the chicken for even more flavor. I had a to go order, so no sides or sauce. I am on a carnivore diet for the month of October. read more

I went here for lunch on a Saturday and was amazed at how serene it was inside. There was music playing but I wasn't sure if it was Portuguese music or Brazilian music. It was nice to listen to though. And it was practically empty with one or two customers inside. I ordered the sweet and spicy chicken wrap with Portuguese rice and mixed leaf salad. My chicken was very succulent and delicious, and the lettuce tasted super fresh. I added the peri peri sauce and it gave a great spicy kick to the wrap. The rice was very good too. The service was ok. We were given our food in a timely fashion, but one server came to our table and mistakenly served the wrong food to our table, which shows a lack of memory or confusion on their part. Overall, I would recommend this location if you want a good meal without the crowd of customers. read more

Nando's Peri-Peri - Sweet & Spicy Chicken Wrap - Portuguese Near Me - Gainesville, Virginia

I absolutely love Nando's! I have tried it in Ireland and London and DC. Everywhere I go, if they have Nando's I tent to try to go to it! I got this Chicken Burger and it was delicious! Very flavorful and I'm not a big sauce fan but they are known for their sauces so if you are then definitely try it! They have a decent amount of seating but it can be very busy! read more

Best veggie burger in town; I've never had one so juicy, flavorful, nutritious, and filling ever. I mean I was blown away by how good it is. I went in not expecting much because veggie burgers are usually bland, or hard, etc. but not this one. The arugula they put on it gives it a nice sweet kick, the peri peri sauce as well (I got "plain-ish"). My only gripe is it came on a longer roll than I would've liked. If it had come on a burger sized bun it would've been easier to eat because the patty does get pretty crumbly and started sliding all over, but hey... the food was so good I licked my plate!!! read more

First issue was the ordering which I clearly noted as a chicken caesar wrap and was charged for a different item on my receipt. Luckily I noticed right way before I got the food. Second time this exact thing has happened which is why I specifically looked at the receipt. It seems like the cashiers don't know the menu very well. What was way worse was that my one wrap ad 3 bones in it. THREE!!! Unreal.... Not coming back any time soon. read more

The setting of the restaurant will immediately put you in a good mood. A vibrant shopping center, people walking, and children playing nearby make for a pleasant setting for a date, whether with your spouse or through tinder. The restaurant itself appeared to us to be very nice, soothing, and welcoming. We were seated immediately and without a reservation. We were very dissatisfied with the overall service at Woodbridge Nandos the last time we visited. However, this location will compel us to return. Excellent service, delicious food, and a pleasant atmosphere. We couldn't possibly complain about anything. read more

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[Disclaimer: I've been a pleasantly satisfied customer of Nando's in other locations for quite some time, though my previous experiences have all been via delivery around the Woodbridge and Alexandria areas. This was my first and only experience with the one in Gainesville. Now, having said that...] I went to Nando's at around 1:30 today for what was going to be lunch. Soon as I entered the nearly-empty place, a guy got up and asked "just one?" to which I responded "yes, just me." He walked me to a small table, put down a packet (which I'm guessing contained a fork and knife, I didn't open it), and walked away. The table had a stand with a QR code on it. I take that to be the "just break out your smartphone to view our menu" since no menus were visible anywhere else. So I tried to load the menu... which insisted that I needed to do the entire order via my phone. If that's what I wanted, I'd have ordered delivery. I waited another 10 minutes for someone to come by and maybe act like they actually worked there. Nothing. So at 1:48 I got up and left. There are entirely too many other places with good service in the same shopping center, to mess around with this. read more

What a disaster, pretty sure the manager doesn't know how to run a restaurant. I was here at 6:33pm on 12/03/22 I waited 1hr and 20 min and my order never arrived to my table. I had desk number 11 we were a party of 6 people order two different orders and my order never made it to the table. I stood up and walked to the cashier and politely I ask for a refund, the manager did not even turned her face at us. She' was not paying attention to anything. I will say that the cashier was the only one trying to fix the issue. The cashier walked to the manager and the manager told her to let us know that we have to wait 20-30 min for her to give us the refund. This was ridiculous I waited 2 hrs for no food and for a refund this is not acceptable. What a terrible manager y'all got in this location. Never coming back again read more

I can't believe I went this long without trying out this place! I visited recently for dinner. I ordered a chicken sandwich with fries on the side - and an order of wings - with one of the "spicier" heat levels. As a pepper head, I was intrigued. The wings came out first - home run here! Cooked perfectly! Tender, succulent, and good heat! The sandwich was rather ordinary, the fries were hot and crisp! I'm going to have to come back and try all the different wing selections! Bring the heat! #NandosPeriPeri read more

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Absolutely delicious! We love Nando's and this location is similar to all the others. Chicken is amazing, perfect level of flavor and spice. Garlic bread and peri fries are bomb with the seasoning. No issues with service. Prices pretty reasonable. read more

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Delicious flavorful chicken and sides! Love the self-service bottles of sauces so you can try a little of everything to suit your tastebuds. The pineapple lemonade is a delicious and refreshing compliment to the food. There is ample seating and the service is fast and friendly. Love the decor inside as well. read more

Nando's Peri-Peri - The pineapple lemonade is so good... smells like Hawaii - Portuguese Near Me - Gainesville, Virginia

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Nando is a great chain with a solid selection. Has been consistent across the various locations I've been to from London, Chicago and now along the mid Atlantic. I wouldn't pay many of these reviewed much mind because typically the low star ratings are referencing their individual poor experiences with staff or other circumstances. Usually not on the actual food. read more

Nando's Peri-Peri - Half chicken, macho peas and rice - Portuguese Near Me - Gainesville, Virginia

The chicken burned every time we ordered it to go. However, the servers are friendly.

Nando's has some tasty and refreshing dishes that generally seem to be pretty healthy. I basically liked the food, and especially enjoyed the chicken livers. I had a chicken sandwich that was enjoyable as well. It is a little pricey in my opinion considering it is just chicken, but you know, not much is "cheap" around here these days. What knocks the stars down a little is the service, which was not sharp. Still, its a 3 or 3.5 star and I think I will likely stop in again some day. read more

Nando's Peri-Peri - Chicken sandwich, chicken livers - Portuguese Near Me - Gainesville, Virginia

While on the Covid restrictions, we placed an online order, via their app for pickup at lunch time at this location. The girl up front was friendly and helpful and the food was ready when we got there and it was fresh and very tasty. Their heirloom tomato salad is awesome! Cole slaw was good too. They also gave us everything we needed to be able to enjoy lunch in the car. Always a great meal at Nando's! read more

Nando's Peri-Peri - Cole Slaw - Portuguese Near Me - Gainesville, Virginia

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It seems like the food at this location is hit or miss. Went we went today, we noticed how dirty the fabric was on their booths closest to the counter and their glass entrance doors look filthy. read more

I ordered a platter for Noon pickup today. It wasn't ready when I arrived just after Noon, but the tall fellow at the front greeted me warmly and invited me to sit down. He also offered a beverage while I waited. I thought that was great customer service. He came back 12 minutes later with my takeout bag, again still cheerful and accommodating. The food was piping hot as promised. The chicken and sides were fresh and flavorful. We're likely to stop by again for takeout. Thank you! read more

I very much enjoyed my lunch at Nando's today. I'm a first time customer. I don't eat chicken, but I did see the rice bowls available and thought to try. Walking in, My friend and I were greeted so nicely. We were informed of the different ways to order, variety of sauces and that we can get them on the side as well. The food came to the table looking great. I had an avocado and roasted red pepper bowl. It included grilled corn, hummus, arugula served over Portuguese rice. A full bowl and well proportioned. I did go up and ask for a side of sauce. She gave me 4 to try. They were quite spicy! But I was able to fine one that was mild enough to drip here and there. (I can be such a weeny about spicy food) I loved my dish and ate it all with the exception of about half the peppers. (I prefer raw peppers.) I also got the garlic bread and next time I know to try the garlic sticks instead. Garlic bread was a bit over done. Extremely crunchy but good enough. Glad they have fries and Brussel sprouts. Wish they had some fish. Fried, grilled...whatever.. would be great. I'd def go again. read more

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We thought we found our favorite Nando's place but we found out today that we were wrong. Our first visit was so great that we wanted to go back the next weekend which is today. We weren't even greeted and the register girl was playing with her phone, didn't acknowledge our presence til I say hi. Comes to the order time, we always wanted full platter dark meat only. Almost many other Nando's we been to they would ok with the order request, not this place. This is around 1pm afternoon on a Sunday. Plenty of seats and spaces available. We were told NO. We have three little children and they can't eat white meats. Just a complete disappointment. Our last visit here and definitely not worth the time and effort to write this review but figured we amplify the previous reviews. read more

order the jumbo platter and asked for mashed potatoes and the Butter squash & corn. the person that took the order told us that butter Squash & corn was not available to coke with the jumbo chicken plater. Below is what is on the Jumbo chicken player menu "Jumbo Chicken Plater" Two whole chicken plus 2 extra large essential sides. $59.49 if you order anything else from the menu you can paid a little extra in order to get the seasonal sides. I don't understand why they can offer the same for the large platter options :-( very sad we end up ordering a side we didn't want and purchase a separate season side. not good customer service in our opinion it it was not for that it will have been 5 starts read more

Nando's Peri-Peri - Portuguese Near Me - Gainesville, Virginia

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The food here is consistently delicious and the staff has great customer service! I highly recommend this location. They tend to be pretty busy, which makes sense since it's delicious, but everyone is always really friendly and kind. The management and staff should be proud of themselves for the level of customer service they provide! read more

I once gave this restaurant 5 stars. I should have suspected when we walked in at time and only one table was occupied. My SO and I have been there any times and notice a distinct difference in staff from the first time. This time we were actually disrespected and treated rudely by the guy taking orders. I asked for the Nandinos menu and he had to look for it. When he found one, he threw it across the counter to/at me! Then he took our order in a very surly manner. After taking our order, he walked away without giving us glasses for our drin, It was obvious he hated being at Nando's. By the time we got our food, we also hated being there. The chicken was over salted and the mashed potatoes tasted like paste...just water and potato flakes. We have been a frequent customer but will not go back again. We don't spend our hard-earned money to be disrespected and served mediocre food. read more

Surprisingly good chicken at slightly high prices. Expect to spend ~$15 / person for 1/2 a chicken (a leg and a breast). This place is pretty famous. If you haven't been to Nando's, they offer chicken and classic sides, to what amounts to something that feels like a home-cooked meal, with some extra zest from the sauces. Where this place really shines is their sauces. If you can take a little bit of heat, I recommend sampling all of their sauces. For mild / no heat sauces, you basically have only 2 choices. The sauces are what set Nando's apart, as they have a plethora of non vinegar based sauces to choose from. The result is a plethora of sauces with a large range of tastes, all of which are fantastic on Chicken. If you stop by here, I recommend grabbing some sauce to go, as it's fantastic, and it's only $5 a bottle, which if you are familiar with hot sauces, is dirt cheap for a small bottle. The place seems to be run by mostly high-schoolers, but they do a pretty decent job, so no complaints their. This place seems to be busier and busier every time I come to this location. read more

Nando's Peri-Peri - Seating - Portuguese Near Me - Gainesville, Virginia

Nice pollo! Me & James went here after watching Judge @ the nearby Regal theater. I had been to one other location before and thought it was a decent option. I had the 1/2 chicken white and James had the chicken wrap. Both were good and had fresh ingredients and good flavor. We palced our order @ the front, they give you a number and then you sit down. They give you a pacquard you plave on your table with the number of your order.. We sat down at a nice booth and a few minutes later we get an order of pita squares with hummus. We thought it was like a free appetizer,like chips & salsa. Turns out it was someone elses order. Then a few minutes later one of the servers brings a couple of other entree's...that were not ours. The server who brought our food apologized for the order of hummus and said it was 'on the house'. OK, we'll take it...since we had already started eating anyway! read more

FIRST OFF. The VIBES are immaculate. The AESTHETIC is poppin. The CUSTOMER SERVICE is on POINT. Today while I was enjoying my food, the GM came by and gave me a free BOTTLE of their SAUCE. THATS RIGHT. The whole fucking BOTTLE PEOPLE. COME. EAT. ENJOY. Plus the bathroom was hella clean. 11/10 would totally poop here again. They got that Dyson air drier ya feel. read more

Updated review - ordered the chicken breast sandwich and was very disappointed. The flavors were really good. But it had hardly any chicken. I should have taken a picture, I wish I had. The small amount of chicken was a little ridiculous for how much I paid. For the husband and I and a side of wings it was nearly $30. I could had gone to Bad to the Bone, gotten pretty much the same thing, for about the same price, but would have been stuffed and have plenty of left overs. Also I paid extra for their peri mayo - which I got two tiny globs of mayo with a HINT of flavor .75. Nearly a dollar for two globs of mayo? Pass on the peri peri mayo! I am so torn with this place. I love the flavors and fresh food but I am never totally full when I leave. Maybe I will give them one more shot, but I'm not getting my hopes up of actually leaving full. read more

I would not eat here. This restaurant is being run by 16 year olds. I wouldn't trust 16 year olds to wash their hands properly, let alone cook poultry for me. read more

I tried the chicken livers here and it was very flavorful. Though the last time I went there, we were seated and then never attended to; had to walk to the front to put in our orders so service can use improvement. I'd go back and try some of their other entrees, and hopefully have better service. read more

Go to any other nandos but this one. Been going to this one for years and it gets worse every single time. Normally one or two things are messed up in the order but this past order, every single thing was terrible. The garlic bread was burnt and tasted like fish. The corn on cob looked rotten. Fries were so burnt and the ones that weren't had the weirdest texture to them, maybe oil hasn't been cleaned in weeks? Who knows. The chicken? Of course that was overdone. Paid extra for perinaise sauce and like usual, this location forgot to put it in. I go different days each time, and never are they actually busy. I cannot understand how they can seriously put out such awful food. Wish I had looked and eaten some before I left with the bag or else I would asked for a refund. Never have any of these issues at the Reston or Loudoun location. Management needs to do something but I guess who cares since that will be my last time going there. read more

Service was awful! The girl was unfriendly and told us to order from the QR code at the table. Took us 10+ minutes because of online issues. She didn't even offer assistance when she saw how much trouble we were having. Small portions..$30 for their chicken platter with 2 large sides (which were not large and it was not filled up). Seats were dirty too. This is more like a fast food place with overpriced food. Wanted to give this place a try for the first time but it will be our last. read more

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Service was great and accommodating. The food is not cheap but does not disappoint, and servings are rather large. I have yet to try the steakhouse side but it looks just as good as the Nando's side. The atmosphere is great, clean, and welcoming. Honestly if they had a bigger place for this area they'd do very well, nothing else comes close here. Try it out, you won't be disappointed. read more

Okay so another bad experience at this location. If it weren't for the uniqueness of the food and typically good taste we would never patronize this business. Today we placed an online order with the app at and it said the order would be ready for pickup at 1:17pm. I decided to give them extra time, in case they were busy, and arrived about 10 minutes after the pickup time, expecting to just walk in and grab my food and leave. Not a chance. I stood in the restaurant for almost 20 minutes and finally, around 1:45pm, was my order placed on a back shelf. So what was supposed to be ready at 1:17pm wasn't ready until about 1:45pm. Crazy. Then, since I was starving, I decided to eat some fries on my drive home only to find the fries were luke warm. Not happy. I called in to complain and they say they will refund $10 on my order of $44, which didn't make me feel great considering my wife had already tipped almost $5 on the app when she put the order in the first place... this place needs to get their act together. read more

They need to get their portions or prices right. How is this posible? My adult meal was the same size as my kids's meal yet mine was double the price and mostly chicken fat? My kids meal was half the price, same size and it included side and a drink.. read more

Nando's Peri-Peri - Kid's meal vs adult meal.... - Portuguese Near Me - Gainesville, Virginia