Nando's Peri-peri - Chicago

I got A medium thigh-and-mighty meal deal with Portuguese rice and a soda. They give you glass glasses, but the foods is still cheap and fast. Great for when you’ve just checked in to a hotel in the area. Possibly the only good carrot cake I’ve ever had

I was very curious about the differences between US and UK Nando’s. The garlic bread definitely tasted much better, and the chicken tasted literally the same. However, the fries need improvement as they seem to be a little hard on the outside.

Nandos never disappoints! We received a complimentary bottled sauce from the manager, so sweet! And the workers were very attentive, always checking in and making sure we were enjoying our meal or needed anything else. This is a must stop place to try some delicious chicken!!

I will start by saying that the people here are awesome and were our favorite Chicagoans during our visit out of the places we visited! Jan and Aerial were awesome during our visit make the service during the experience grand. When we walked in we didn't know what to expect as we had only heard about Nando's from Insider Food's YouTube channel in their Food Wars segment. Upon entering Nando's we were immediately greeted escorted to our table to sit down. We learned that you ordered from your phone which was immediately sent to the kitchen and brought to your table. It was recommended that if we hadn't had Nando's before that it may be a good idea to order our chicken plain then you can take some of the different levels of sauces to figure out what you like....an awesome experience we'll find out later. Our water was brought to us and they also bring a convenient small refill pitcher for you as well. It's kinda a fast food sit down experience all at once because the food does come out pretty quick. We ordered the honey peri-peri chicken wings and also two of the $10 lunch meal deal chicken breasts that come with a side and drink. The honey wings were great, just the right consistency on the honey sauce of not being too thick or thin great sweet heat flavor. I think these are new so if you have been to Nando's before but haven't had these give them a whirl. The chicken breast meals were good too, juicy chicken and as aforementioned plain so that we could try the sauces. It turns out that I really like the medium or medium with wild herb....the hot and extra hot were good too but not egregious hot like you would think, it's more of a different flavoring then bringing a burning to the experience. I can't speak highly enough about getting recommended to order in this way the fact that Nando's does this makes it awesome....it's nice to get the bottles and try the full array of sauces to see what you like instead of fully committing to one sauce without knowing what you are getting into. I wish more chicken places made this an option, but nevertheless it has made me a Nando's ambassador in many ways as a result of this visit experience. The sides were good too, garlic bread and mash potatoes were very nice. If you've seen the Insider Food YouTube video for Nando's US vs UK review I disagree with the US reviewer's perspective of the garlic bread being strange...I found it quite nice but in fairness if it was delivered it may not have been the same as the in-restaurant level that we had. The music that plays in the restaurant also gives you a South African feel as well we found out. It's a good music level as well, not too much...just enough to enjoy. The decor is also South African sourced it seems based on what we saw on the card on our table. It's a full immersive South African experience right in Chicago it's a good one in my opinion. I HIGHLY recommend giving Nando's a try, I think you'll find that it's an awesome experience!

1st time here and the food, service was AMAZING!! They have the BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE!! Kayla and Brooklyn were just awesome with us!!! We will surely be back! We also recommend the Sangria!