Nandos

Nandos, home of the little known four legged chicken!
Or so it seems because, correct me if I’m wrong, when you order a whole chicken you expect all it’s constituent parts not a plate with four legs.
That aside, it was very cold in this restaurant and that might be why most of the staff looked so bored and fed up.
The food was, well Nandos renown sparrow sized chicken (do they have their own pygmy chicken farms) and was, as usual average. I have always felt that Nandos is not great value for money and this visit did nothing to change my mind. Even their reward card is pretty mean when you only get one ‘point’ for a visit even if you do spend nearly £70.
BTW. desserts are expensive and, on our visit, a take away portion was half packaged in a takeaway chicken box which left it open to the elements for our journey home in the rain.

Overpriced and over rated!
I think that could pretty much sum up my review but I will elaborate slightly. I have always been one to think nandos was over rated but I just so happened to be with somebody who loves it so thought I would give it another go.
We ordered a platter which was a full chicken and 4 regular sides. The platter cost just under £20 which wouldn’t be too bad if the portion size was decent.
The chicken here is good not bcos they know how to cook it but because the marinade is really tasty. I would say these marinades and sauces are nandos only redeeming quality. The chips are probably the only good side on offer and im guessing thats because they don’t really do much with them.
The savoury rice is terrible! It is alway crunchyly undercooked and the garlic bread is toasted way too much. I would prefer the name oil bread as I don’t think this had even been introduced to garlic.
And if bad food isn’t enough for you then how about getting your food half an hour before the friends you are eating with.
Nandos is nothing more than a glorified fast food place. There is no quality in the food and I will not be wasting my money there any time soon.

This is the best Nandos in the universe! FACT!
I don’t know what it is about this place — it could be the chicken, the hot sauce or the super-​lovely staff but one thing I do know is that no other Nandos compares to this. Granted, I haven’t tried them all but I’ve been to plenty enough and I knows good chicken!
I’m not going to review what you get at Nandos, if you don’t know then shame shame know your name!
All I’m saying is pop into The Light and get your chicken on. Don’t go anywhere else in Leeds.
Mine’s a half chicken medium with corn and spicy rice by the way! BOOM!!!

Well if you’re not a fan of chicken, you’re not going to be a fan of this one!
The menu is probably about 85% grilled chicken. The thing that sets this place is the sauces and marinades. I’d never tried peri-​peri before, but it is immense!
It’s quite pricey, always busy and if you’ve been to one Nandos, you’ve pretty much been to them all.
Although nothing beats that feeling when you fill your loyalty card up and claim your hard earned free chicken!

Usually friendly staff, and the food is decent, but the portions of chicken are pretty stingy in burgers, especially considering how much they cost. They always seem to forget the pineapple in my burger too but hey, they are always willing to fix the problem for me. Nothing mind-​blowing but a place you can rely on if you’re hungry and aren’t bothered about the money! They do nice veggie burgers too.

I came to Nando’s with a bunch of my high school classmates just a few hours before leaving Leeds.
I realize that almost all the food they serve here is a chicken or vegetarian dish. I personally prefer other meats to chicken but I have to say the chicken here is pretty good.
I decided to order the chicken wrap instead of the usual grilled chicken. What blew me away was the sauce! I thought I wouldn’t like the sauces, especially the yogurt sauce so I had them separate the sauce from the wrap. But when I actually tried them, I fell in love with the yogurt sauce. yummmmmmmyyyyyyy. It works perfectly with the wrap. The other sauce, I thought was okay. But overall, I like my chicken wrap. I had the ratatouille as my side and that was okay — a little bit on the salty side. The next time I come back, I’d order the mashed potato and corn on the cob. I tried my friend’s mashed potato and that was superb! Creamy and delightful. ahhhh… now I’m craving mashed potatos haha
I also really like their lemonade — it was sour and sweet enough and has a hint of bitterness to it that makes it taste fresh.
The other thing I found interesting is the way we order the food. It makes it feel kind of like a fast food restaurant but healthier and more gourmet-​ish.
The service was great, the lady at the cashier was very helpful and although it’s quite pricey, I was satisfied.
I’d definitely come back again! =D

How hard is it to not get cooking a bit of chicken wrong?
Eight of us ordered yet I ended up waiting that long my friends had finished. When it came out it was the scabbiest bit of chicken leg with chips I have ever seen.
I took it back as i wasn’t happy with it and the manager said I could have another, which I said I did not want as we were all leaving, so he offered me a voucher which I refused as I wanted a full refund. I also told him it should specify whether you should be able to ask for breast or leg as the menus don’t say anything about it.
I would rather poor a bottle of peri-​peri over my head and try eating my own face than go back here.

The food is decent enough, but the bone I have to pick with Nandos is the portions: they’re small. I encourage customers to order appetizers and/​or desserts if they are particularly hungry.
One dish that hit home for me is the sweet potato mash. It’s great! I also have to note that they have unlimited frozen yogurt, so don’t miss it. They only have one flavour per day, but it changes daily.

I think Rachael’s review is a little confusing as this LS1 8TL Nandos @ The Headrowm IS the Nandos in The Light complex. There is another Nandos in Leeds centre, it’s the one on Briggate.
The Light Nandos is located just across from Brios and next to Café Rouge, one small ride down the escalator. This Nandos remains fond in heart due to a particularly lovely evening had here with a bunch of colleagues and friends, it was many of our first time experiencing Nandos and it really did set the bar. It’s not the biggest Nandos there is, but it does it’s job well, themed nicely but not too over the top, big wooden tables and lots of orange or orange wash walls.
Good menu selection, salads, burgers, pittas, all complete with chicken and the marinade of your choice, from mild, through to the extra hot. You pick your meal, you order it at the bar, if you’re having a soft drink, you get a refillable glass and pointed to the dispenser, take away your rooster with a number on it, sit down and wait for your food to arrive. My personal favourite is the chicken pitta, done mildly with the strange combination of cheese and pineapple, one side comes with, I always choose fries, on a greedy day I add some spicy rice too, and it all comes in under a tenner.
The staff are lovely, nice and helpful, the food is hot and the portion sizes are good. I mention this, as other Nandos I’ve been to, well staff are snappy, food arrives cold when there’s a large party ordering, and food always leaves me feeling hungry. This is definitely one of the better ones.

To be perfectly honest, I think I prefer the Nandos situated in The Light much better than this one. Even though this one is undoubtedly larger and spread across two floors, I can’t stand how busy it is and how close you have to sit to the other diners.
Although The Light is smaller, it seems more intimate and somehow better themed. The staff are also much politer and offer a faster service in the other.
Anyway, this one is good if you need something to eat mid-​shop and because of the size, you don’t normally have to wait too long for a table.

Friday night my brother took me here to eat. It took them ages here at the start to take our order they were really slow with their service here. There was a lot of mess also inside here with chicken pieces all over the place. Some of the tables were so filthy we decided not to eat inside here.
The food though was made fresh but its a shame they could not keep the place clean for customers to eat inside.

I would recommend going to the other Nando’s near the city, at the other Vue cinema because it’s a bit quieter. Lots of poncy office workers come in here thinking they own the place, which can be a bit annoying. Great food though, always perfectly cooked chicken.

Nando’s is a restaurant specialising in tasty piri piri (spicy) chicken. The great thing is you can choose how spicy you want you’re chicken depending how brave you feel and how much you like spicy food. The mild flavours are suitable for anyone not a fan of spicy food. Several different dishes are avaiablr from chicken burgers/​pitas to whole chickens to share and salads, coleslaw, chips and corn on the cobs are available as side orders. The chicken is really tasty and the prices are good. The staff are usually ok but unusually you need to order your food at the counter. If you don’t like chicken then the vegetarian burger and steak roll are the only options available.

Nando’s is one of my favorite places it eat in leeds! There is always a bit of a queue to get a table but its always worth the wait. Choose from all sorts of different chicken meals where you choose the heat of the chicken with the piri piri sauces. There are plenty of side order options such as rice, fries, coldslaw and salad.
Its great for groups of all sizes. If you go in a couple id recommend the whole chicken with sides and bottomless soft drinks! Mmmmmm
Overall great atmosphere and tasty food!

Located in The Light in the centre of town this is a great place to eat.
It has a great choice of chicken dishes and a few others. You get to mix and match your sides, so no need to end up with things you do not like on your plate. You can choose the strength of the sauce that you have on your chicken. I like spicy food but have never dared to have more than the medium so cant comment on how hot the hottest is. Bottles are available to buy to take home of your favourite one as well.
You go to the counter and place your order so it is a more informal place to eat. It does get very busy over peak times, obviously because the food is amazing.

Aaaghhh nandos, this is a great place for families and groups of friends to go for a meal. The food is very reasonably priced with bottomless drinks and the tastiest chicken around with a choice of different sauces. It is ideal to share with your friends and a good place to go and chill. It is so popular that another two have popped up in leeds since i have been here. Highly recommended to get yourself along to.