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| - The fact that this Nando's has been around for quite a while stuns me that :
1. They're still in business
2. People still come here
Came here on a Friday afternoon lunch rush with a couple of coworkers - it was busy, sure, but being located in an industrial area with nothing but businesses, you'd expect this location would know by now how busy a lunch rush would be.
Stood in line for about 10 minutes before placing our order which gave us ample time to decide what to get - lots of options here which was nice. I decided on the quarter chicken with 2 sides (peri peri fries which were highly recommended to me, and mash potatoes). This cost me ~$15 after tax, which seemed fine as I thought I was getting a fairly large meal (I'm picturing Swiss Chalet meals here).
Ok so now here's where this story gets better - I waited a full 50 minutes to get my order! FIVE-ZERO. Standing in there from 12:00 till 12:50, I almost lost my mind and started hallucinating dancing chickens doing the salsa. People seated later than me got their order, ate it, and went home and took a nap. I was near the point of fainting when these angelic Portuguese egg tarts ($2.50) called to me and offered themselves to my belly. My saviour, I'll never forget you oh sweet Natas.
Ok so these egg tarts saved my life and I finally got my order - I was so prepared for this feast and to my disappointment when I opened my boxes, these were ant sized meals! See my photo - the 1/4 chicken itself was $8, like are you serious? I see the breakdown of the $8 including labour fees associated with Nando's personally breeding the chickens, giving them a tender massage, singing them lullabies, before serving it to us. Sure - the chicken was delicious, moist (was told not to say this, so juicy) and I would've loved another, but for the price I was paying??? No way José!
All in all, overpriced good food with a deathly wait time, sorry Nando's.
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