So you go into Nandos and you see waiting staff all over the place, busily doing what they do best.
I don't think it was unreasonable to assume they would eventually scurry in my general direction, take my order and in due course proffer something approximating what I had requested.
Not so!, after you have been seated you are handed a menu and pointed towards the till where you have to go , order and pay in advance... I thought this was strange as hell but went along with it... I was very hungry and honestly if they had said I had to cook the meal as well I would have immediately donned the white chef's hat I keep in my back pocket for just such occasions.
So, up I went, ordered and was handed an empty cup in place of the diet coke I was expecting.... Because you get to serve yourself - it is a bottomless cup - I have never seen this in Ireland, I love it!
The beer I ordered was magically sitting on the table by the time I had finished my order.
From that point it all happens very quickly and you see just how well an oiled machine Nandos is, it works smoothly and faultlessly and the loos are sparkling clean to boot.
Can't say we'll be regulars but we won't be strangers either, much enjoyed and didn't break the bank! read more