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Nando's

Portuguese Restaurant and African Restaurant$$$$

Connecticut Avenue - K Street, Washington

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Nando's

8.5^/10

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Ranked #8 for chicken wings in Washington
"The wild herb sauce is great and so is the garlic sauce!"(3 Tips)
"Flame-Grilled Butterfly Chicken Breast With Portuguese Roll"(2 Tips)
"I love the Macho Peas!"(2 Tips)
"portuguese rice and peri-chips"(2 Tips)

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wild herb sauce
spicy food
french fries
sangria
portuguese rice
good for groups
family-friendly
casual
vegetarian food
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mashed potatoes
happy hour
frozen yogurt
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Vick RoyMay 24, 2016
Best chicken and sauce I have ever put to my mouth. I really wish they had this on the West Coast. It's so good, I'm salivating just thinking about it. Nandos will always have a place in my heart.
Yasaman MahdianAugust 29, 2018
Been here 5+ times
Huge portions and tasty dishes. I like every single item on the menu. Also the staff are really friendly and cute here! 😅 I also like their wide range of soft drinks.
Goatha06August 21, 2023
I guess places nearby dupont are really good! Have 2 ea 1/4 chicken breast and as side dishes garlic bread + mashed potatoes with red wine sangria🍷..Strongly recommended!!👍🏻👏🏻
Omari AllenFebruary 22, 2016
Ask for a bottle of the Peri-Peri drizzle for your chips. It's not listed as a separate item in the States like in the UK locations.
Morgan ThomasNovember 11, 2014
Get the chicken (why else are you here?). This is best for a low key dinner. Inexpensive with a simple menu. But stick to the chicken and get two sides, simple is best here.
Raluca MunteanuAugust 18, 2017
I'll just say this: half a chicken-medium spicy, garlic bread, coleslaw and green salad with chicken thighs. Perfect lunch for two. Thank me later!
Dave WhelanSeptember 27, 2017
Been here 5+ times
Come for the chicken. Stay for the tunes. Return for the peri-peri.
Renan OliveiraJanuary 26, 2016
Butterfly Chicken is amazing. Try with portuguese rice and peri-chips, of course with perinaise, the best!!!
Alyssa ZhuDecember 20, 2015
AMAZING chicken! So tender with such a savory rub. The medium is a great choice to start with. Their aioli and fries are also delicious
K TSeptember 20, 2012
Out of the sauces garlic and medium spicy are best. Sides are all starches, pass over the fries & get the garlic bread which is more a portguese roll sliced thin with garlicky goodness.
Greg DronenAugust 1, 2015
The food is tasty. Their sauces are the best! Great atmosphere. Sangria was very good
Cassie PJune 17, 2013
Try the mango lime chicken! So good. Make your own sauces too. Garlic & hot sauce. The Portuguese rice was a good side with it too.
Sam PMarch 6, 2016
The veggie wrap is freaking awesome. Love the big portion of fries. "Extra hot" peri peri sauce was not actually that hot.
Peter RJanuary 9, 2015
Flame grilled chicken breast is great (the spicer the better) but plan on a pretty long wait if you go there at lunch during the week
Dan LurieFebruary 10, 2013
Started in South Africa, this chain serves up mouth-watering Portuguese-style roast chicken with a spicy African kick. When they say hot, they mean it.
Paulius DaunorasAugust 10, 2013
Wear an "eish" T-shirt. Because chicken tastes so good with hot peri-peri sauce that all you can say. "Eish" that's so good!
Jina KimAugust 12, 2013
If you expect big chunk chicken pieces, you might get surprised by thier small portion. Seriously I can eat 10 wings by myself. Never let you down with taste though!
Allison KasicJuly 15, 2015
Been here 5+ times
Don't be a jerk and hog a bottle of sauce at your table. Put it in a cup so the sauce stand doesn't run out of the most popular opinions (i.e. medium).
Dmytro KostiuchenkoJune 23, 2017
Great place to drink tasty sangria on a hot summer day
Kirill KukuruzaNovember 8, 2015
Very delicious Portuguese cuisine. Try Nandi's classics.
Geoffroy BablonJune 18, 2013
The chicken is amazing. The sauce packs quite a punch, so don't push your luck. Medium spice was plenty for me.
deenuhfoowadNovember 23, 2014
the hotter the chicken, the better - especially combined with the bottled Nandi sauces - so good!!
Andrew DobneyAugust 13, 2017
Chicken is great! Make sure to grab some extra sauce.
Chad MurrayAugust 18, 2012
Been here 5+ times
Try the great sauces with your chicken! The wild herb sauce is great and so is the garlic sauce!
Jimmy AbiFebruary 14, 2013
Half chicken with peri-peri fries and mashed potatoes or grilled corn on the cob is to die for
Rachel ClarkJanuary 6, 2016
Been here 5+ times
The veggie burger and portobello & halloumi wrap are delicious.
Mohammed AlgainJuly 11, 2016
Excellent food and very quick servicing although it was very crowded. :-)
Nikhil MenonJanuary 15, 2014
Great food, great music, good ambience. The extra hot is not for the faint hearted. ;)
Faheem NasarOctober 18, 2011
must try Peri-Peri sauces, all of them, they make the chicken incredibly delicious and satisfying!!
Jason LeibowitzAugust 25, 2012
They have the best ice. The peri peri chicken is pretty amazing too.
Nessa TMarch 21, 2012
Try the Flame-Grilled Butterfly Chicken Breast With Portuguese Roll And Chunky Portuguese Medley
John TaylorSeptember 15, 2011
Been here 25+ times
Put the garlic sauce on everything -- even the peas and fries. Mix it with the garlic herb sauce, too.
Danny PimientaNovember 8, 2010
Great food, loved the chicken "hot", for sides try garlic bread or the mashed potatoes. Want to try the macho peas soon.
Evan StephensAugust 8, 2016
Hummus and pita, roasted chicken, fries.
Sebastian GrayApril 19, 2019
Been here 50+ times
The Best services and people
Jon RiceJune 14, 2013
Chicken Wrap with Pineapple! Try, it's fantastic.
Asif KhanApril 29, 2011
The half chicken is great! With medium peri peri sauce and Portuguese sauce with wild herb sauce.
Scott WintnerDecember 5, 2012
I always forget how small the portions are (let alone for the price), but it's so tasty!!
TseFebruary 25, 2012
The rice & smashed peas are great. The sauces are what make the food!
David GloverJune 6, 2010
The portabello mushroom wrap was amazing with the salad dressing, pineapple, and wild herb sauce. Peas were pretty average. My friend had the "Portuguese" rice and he said it should have been free.
Adelaja ObajimiNovember 5, 2011
I don't know if this happens often but it's 7pm on a Saturday night and the line is crazy. Worth the wait tho :)
Geeta RazackSeptember 18, 2010
Been here 5+ times
red mashed potatoes with 1/4 chicken... get hot if you like spicy is deliciouss!! their wings are also pretty good
AI CJune 2, 2013
Been here 5+ times
Ask for some peri salt and mix it (1 tbsp) w/ Sprite to enjoy Portuguese Lemonade.
Chris GuizloMarch 16, 2012
Been here 5+ times
Get peri-peri fries and dip them in peri-peri mixed with creamy dressing!
Jonathan MurphyApril 6, 2014
Great atmosphere and food but the seating is crazy... Hostesses could do better
Daniela FigoliMay 24, 2017
Excellent place! Very friendly :)
Roopesh ChinnakampalliJune 8, 2018
Jumbo Chicken Platter!
Behrad EatsFebruary 14, 2012
Stick with the classic Chicken Breast Pita, but get it hot!
Lady MillerDecember 10, 2018
Been here 5+ times
They always forget to give me my pernaise on the side
Mashal Shabbir ChaudharyJune 10, 2013
Go for the mashed peas. Slightly sweet, spicy and minty. Go very well with hot chicken.

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