Nando's

Nando's is a Portuguese-themed fast food restaurant where one orders and pays for food at the counter. Chicken dishes in mild, medium or hot peri peri marinades are served with rice or chips. At some Nando's outlets, a board is given with the table number. At some stores, customers then collect their plates and cutlery plus additional peri-peri sauces. The freshly cooked meal is then brought out to the table when ready. Take-away orders are also available. Notable is the hot chicken, old style chips and peri mayonnaise. Both their frozen yoghurt dessert and soft drinks are "bottomless" in some places. Many Nando's stores are halal to cater for the members of Muslim communities.

Most Nando's stores are franchises.

Nando's started in South Africa where it incorporated influences by former Portuguese colonists from Mozambique, and there are now franchises in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Canada and elsewhere.

The name Nando's comes from Fernando, the name of one of the founders of the chain. He and a friend bought a restaurant called Chickenland in Johannesburg, which became the first Nando's restaurant [1]. Nando's is sometimes still referred to as Nando's Chickenland.

External link

• Company website