Nando’s

This place is magical. I wish we had this back in the States.
Chicken is always perfectly seasoned and tender to the bone. Potato mash is flavorful and filling. Coleslaw is great as well.
I originally waited about a month to eat here even though I live right across the street from it, and once I finally did eat I’ve been craving it ever since!

It seems strange maybe that I like nando’s given that it is primarily a chicken restaurant and I’m vegetarian, but they actually do decent veggie food.
I like the portobello mushroom wrap with hallumi cheese & pineapple. The sweet potato mash is great too.
The staff are nice although their staff turnover seems pretty fast as always new faces when I go in.
It is in the fountain park complex, so handy pre cinema for a quick tea.
I would ideally like to see a completely separate area for preparing & cooking veggie options rather than different sides of the grill, this can freak me out if things get too close and there is a meat cross contamination incident!
You can scan your parking ticket at the till to qualify for 4 hours of free parking.

Still on 4 Stars (just) — that is solely on the strenghts of their chicken. They taste good, very good.
The menu has been amended to include some more meats and vegetarian dishes. They introduced beef, and chicken thighs.
The service is friendly, helpful and efficient. The tables are clean (not sticky as I originally noticed in my previous review).
I like the refillable icewater and bottemless soft drinks.
Their sauces include new varieties Garlic, Lemon, Wild Herb, which are tasty and hot.
Their fries however have taken a battering (. see what I did here) — they were a little limp and soft, with minumum of peri peri salt.
Still a great contender in the Edinburgh ‘Wings’ quest — If there was one. (perhaps I should start one.)

edinburgh used to be a sad city with exactly zero nandos in its city limits. and then one opened… and then a second, and finally a third. and then my heart was happy because nando’s is one of those places that is just good. and it was perfect for a pre-​rugby lunch when our prefered choice of venue told us they had no tables.
nando’s however, was still fairly empty as it had just gone noon and most rugby going fans were in a pub with a pint. we however were being swifty shown to a table with menus and the promise of food very soon. i decided quickly because despite nando’s being known for its grilled chicken, i always get the grilled portabello mushroom and haluomi pita. it’s delicious and haluomi cheese is just amazinggggggggggg. i ordered this with a side of fries and macho peas. the boyfriend went for a double chicken wrap with corn on the cob and some fries. we also ordered the hummus with peri peri drizzle to share. i know so much food, but i was suffering some bad hangover blues and needed some nando’s loving!
orders taken quickly and we were back at our table with drinks and followed by the hummus shortly. the peri peri drizzle came in an adorable little bottle so you could add as much or as little as you wanted. and loads of pitta bread for dipping yummmmmmmm! we had a bit of a wait for our food, but i think that that was the hangover hunger monster being inpatient so it wasn’t actually that long. my pita was awesome with a huge portabello mushroom and lots of grilled haluomi cheese!!! the chips were ok (not quite as crisp as i like) but the peas were super tasty with just a tiny kick of chilli. the empty plate across from me clearly signifed that my boyfriend enjoyed his wrap as well.
so nando’s gets a hearty four stars from me. it’s consistent, the food is of good quality, it has the option to go healthy if you wanted, and they have grilled haluomi cheese. this is a chain i will happily go to when in need of a satisfying and quick dinner.

I like Nandos. There, I said it. Nandos seems to be like Marmite — people either love it or hate it. For me, it’s love. It’s spicy. It’s freshly-​grilled chicken. A WHOLE chicken if you want. I normally pip for the half. And they have ratatouille and sweet potato mash. It’s a filling, hearty but also relatively healthy feed.
It’s hard to review different Nando branches, as it’s a chain and one of the thing a chain should do well is reproduce the same quality everywhere. They do. The chicken here is so less juicy, hot, fresh and flavourful. I suppose as this branch is attached to the cinema and bowling complex, it gets really busy. But the staff are really efficient, always smiling and never seem stressed waiting on the crowds.
I ordered take out from here recently and whilst waiting, I sat and watched the behind-​the-​till and kitchen staff. It ticked over like a well oiled machine, or well spiced chicken (No, wait that doesn’t work. Nevermind). They had a system, they were rocking it. I was impressed. I left with my half a chicken in a bag and I hadnt been happier that day.
I suppose I’m giving this one 3 stars as I only come here if I’m going to the cinema, and even then it’s only every few visits that I go, due to how busy it gets. But kudos to the staff for dealing with such a busy branch so well.

My friends and I love Nando’s!
It’s sauces has very distinctive flavours, it’s portions are large and its prices are pretty acceptable for the kind of quality it serves.
It is often packed so it is a good idea to make reservations.
The chips and mash potatoes are our favourite side dishes!

Mmmmm Nandos, now this is really finger licking good chicken!!! If you haven’t been to Nandos before and like spicy food this place is defo worth a try. Obviously Nandos is a big chain and I’ve been to a few in other cities but they do vary in taste of the food from pace to place.
Happy to report that this Nandos in fountain park is excellent! The chicken was not dry as it an be elsewhere but peri peri perfection!
It is a large Nandos and being so close to the cinema gets really heaving at peak times. I knocked one star off for the length of time taken to place our order, 15mins standing in the queue is tiring on my legs! Although it was a busy night but from what the waitress said it is always busy even during the week, but opening an extra till seems an easy fix and as one was unmanned I think they could have done this.
All in all a very enjoyable experience oh and final thing for a big Nandos the toilets were immaculate, have to give credit here as don’t know about you but I think the state of an establishmens toilets tells you how much on the ball they are!

my family loves to go to nando while we have a family day out. amazing food, cozy atomphere
i usually have whole chicken to start myself, and it nver disappointed me a bit.

This Nando’s is far superior to the one on Lothian Road. Nando’s is generally quite pricey, but you know what you’re getting. It’s probably the best place to kill time at Fountain Park if you’re a bit peckish.

Yum! Nando’s is brilliant, and if you haven’t tried it stop reading this and go eat some chicken! A half chicken with medium sauce is a good place to start, and the froyo and drinks are bottomless so you’ll not get thirsty.
You’re encouraged to eat with your hands (it tastes better), so do it.
Oh, and before you leave don’t forget to stamp your parking ticket at the till so you get free parking.

Nice food, nice atmosphere. Handy for a pre-​cinema dinner.
Have been on several occasions and never really had any problems. Did once have burnt chicken wings but was given a voucher for 10 free chicken wings on my next visit so can’t really complain!
Loyalty is rewarded too.

I like Nandos as its reasonable and very quick, if you are trying to catch a film. The staff are a mixed bunch, but on the whole nice. I think that they are just young and not so used to dealing with customers.
Not great for vegetarians, but if you like chicken you’re sorted.

It is a testament to Nando’s that despite this being one of the bigger restaurants it has, that there always seems to be long queues to get a table. As Mark says, this is the first option people opt for when they go to Fountain Park, and there is a very good reason for this, because the food is so tasty!
I can be a bit of a pig when I go here, my usual choice I go for is the ½ chicken, bathed in several layers of chicken peri perisauce, with this I usually order a side of chips and a corn on the cob. You can get garlic bread as a side, but I would suggest against this, you only get a couple of slices, and it really doesn’t provide you with good value for money. This meal comes to around £9, but considering a meal at Burger King costs around £6, the few extra quid, really is worth it and puts them a cut above such fast food joints.

Even thinking about Nando’s makes me a little bit hungry for some chicken. If I want to eat out at Fountain Park, I will automatically first think of Nando’s. Trouble is, quite often everyone else has the same idea. This won’t stop me coming back here though.
I’d never even heard of Nando’s before I came to Edinburgh. I had no idea of what I was missing, and it was only when I moved into Bruntsfield a couple of years back that I realised the error of my ways. The idea of Nando’s is simple. You can get chicken done to differing levels of spicyness, These can then be had with a variety of side dishes, or as a burger, wrap, pitta, or other things. There are, of course, provisions made for any vegetarians who may come along.
The kitchen at Nando’s feels much like a part of the restaurant. You can see the grills at work as you order your food, and watch the magic unfold. Nando’s feels a bit like a fast food place, in that you place your order at the counter, and collect your own cutlery and sauces. On the sauces front, try the extra extra hot sauce (in the black bottle). The consensus amongst my friends is that it is not the hottest one they offer. What do you think?
I have never been disappointed with the food I have got from Nando’s. It is often busy and so, the food can sometimes take a while to arrive, but you’ll forget about that once you start eating.
If you have never eaten at Nando’s, I have no idea why. You are missing one of Edinburgh’s great culinary experiences.

It is a fast food restaurant offering a wide selection of chicken dishes, something the South African chain is expert in. The meals come with a good variety of sauces and the refillable drinks is another asset to the place. Portions are really generous, the service is quick. Not very busy during the week but the weekends could be a small hell.

Having been to Nando’s in the past, albeit quite a few years ago, I pretty much knew what to expect here and certainly as far as the quality of the food and the general service were concerned I’ve no complaints.
I do not however think that the restaurant is particularly good value for money — £12 for an ordinary sized wrap with two modest servings of rice/​veg is steep. The pricing structure across the board is also rather bizarre. Where else charges £3.01 for a beer (never mind that one of them is Super Bock, which Oddbins practically give away, not that it’s a bad beer in any way)? Possibly this is due to the recent vat change but it strikes me they could either have absorbed that or re-​priced in a more sensible manner rather than littering the menu with pence amounts of 13, 26, 64 etc. On this visit they also ran out of knives (and those on the go looked rather less than totally clean although that could have just been dishwasher smears) and they could do with a larger soft drink dispenser as on busy nights it appears to run out of content on a regular basis due to the free refills available.
For 2^nd tier fast food I would choose the La Tasca or TGI Fridays chains above Nando’s.

Well, it’s probably unfair to label it as a fast food restaurant in a restaurant setting, but that is essentially what it is.
However, that’s where the similarities end.
The food is excellent, served really quickly and good value for money with generous portions.
I had the chicken breast wrap with chilli jam and it was insanely tasty. If you are getting chips, definitely pay the extra for the piri-​piri salt!
When I was in, the staff were friendly and approachable without being overbearing.

Ok, not cool to frequent or voluntarily review a chain restaurant, but I love chicken & I love Nandos so am over the moon to finally have one in Edinburgh!
Long may it reign!
Ess

I’d heard nothing but good things about Nando’s in the past but never actually visited one. I have to admit it was a pretty enjoyable experience.
The Fountain park branch is only a few minutes walk from my flat so made it an easy choice for Sunday dinner when feeling too lazy to cook. The place was big enough that we didn’t have to queue to get a table but not so cavernous that it ruins any atmosphere.
Being a bit of a chicken wing fan I went straight for the portion of 10 with a side of chips. I am Scottish after all. My partner has a quarter chicken with sides of rice and coleslaw. The staff member at the counter asked if we’d visited Nando’s before and told us we were very brave opting for the hot sauce as first time visitors. We’re fans of spicy food though and would probably have rated this more medium than hot. Just a pleasant amount of heat with plenty of flavour.
If there’s not enough heat in the marinade for you they prvide bottles of sauce of each heat level to take to your table so you can spice it up ’til your hearts content.
The wings were perfectly cooked with the meat just falling off the bone. Chips are chips and I can’t think of anything exciting to say about them.
With top-​ups of your soft drink also included and a takeaway service available I’ll be more than happy to become a regular at Nando’s

This is the first time I’ve been to Nando’s and I was really impressed with the food.
It’s more a fast food style of service, so you get a table and then order your food and drink at the bar. The food is then brought to your table.
I had a half chicken with sweet potato mash and it was really good. I had the hot spice and it certainly lived up to the name! It wasn’t a huge chicken and I could quite easily have eaten more. My husband had a plain chicken burger which he said was ok. The olives were good and one of my friends had the cous cous salad which looked pretty good too.
It was pretty busy and noisy (it was a Friday night so to be expected!) but teh service was still quick, although queueing to order took ages.
As it’s in fountain park theres plenty of parking, and if you get your ticket validated by the restaurant the parking is free.
There is also a take away service